K-Drama Royalty: Unpacking The Series "Queen Woo" Review
"It's just 8 episodes, I'll see this one!" This was my thought when I saw the kdrama trending everywhere on my social media page. I kept wondering what could be the story of this Queen, because I've seen a lot of historical drama and most have a real life story they are based on. My favourite remains "Under The Queen's Umbrella".
Well, as much as I do have high expectations for historical drama, I didn't expect much from an 8-episode series because I suspected it might not end well since it's a short one. For what it's worth, this mini series has a very good amount of thrilling scenes to keep viewers excited about the story and where it ends, accolades to the Queen.
"Queen Woo" is a mini series released in the year 2024 starring "Jeon Jong-Seo" as the main cast, there is also big figures like "Ji Chang-wook" and "Lee Soo-hyuk" who brought to life great characters in the story. This is one of the kdrama with a strong female lead, the last time I saw one like this was in "Under The Queen's Umbrella".
The story captures the political scene of a time in history, a Queen after the death of her husband, the king have to marry one of his brothers, the Princes to rule the kingdom. In her quest to find the right Prince, she has to survive assassination plans from opponents and prepare for a major war between tribes and princes for the throne.
The first and last time I saw the actress "Jeon Jong-seo" before "Queen Woo" was in "Wedding Impossible" and I totally enjoyed her role played in that story but I expected more from her which I think she gave it a 100 in this mini series "Queen Woo". Her facial expression in this story was just perfect, talk of the right character to play Queen.
The first episode made viewers love the king, "Ji Chang-wook" as he had this strong presence unlike kings we've seen before who allow people control their decisions. His chemistry with the queen was quite okay, his fighting skills during war was thrilling to watch but how he died is still a part of the story I wish was given more thought.
One supporting character that hold a strong presence in the story has to be "Lee Soo-hyuk" who played as the third Prince and the first prince the Queen visited with hopes of proposing marriage. The initial plan was marry the third prince, gain power from him and face opponents going against the king's lack of heir before death.
As thrilling as it can get, the powerful Queen dared to decide last minute that she would choose among the princes herself and her first rejection was the third prince because of his psychotic side, he kills his people without much thoughts. Even after realizing he was rejected by the Queen, he kills his wife to pursue Queen Woo.
I think there were more horse riding scenes than normal in this series but it's mainly because the Queen was on a move to find the right prince before the king's death news spread afar. I was dissatisfied with how the Queen's sister's role was played out, her end was also unnecessary. The prime minister role was unclear for a while.
I know there are better historical series than this but for what it's worth, it's still an interesting one to see. Sadly, there's a second season to look forward to. This series is also not for kids, there are a lot of nudity and sex scenes to watch out for. I had a good time binge-watching this, I'll recommend it for the thrills with a rating of 7/10.
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Wao..I must say you really enjoyed watching this movie, for you to analyze it like this, and with what you narrated about this series movie, I think I'm gonna give a try to watch the movie, I'm not the movie type like that, but I think I'm gonna try watch this one... I hope it worth watching sha
Thanks for your kind words, I hope you find time to see it soon.
Sure... I'll watch it tonight and get back to you after I finish watching
Enjoy!