In the police thriller "My Beautiful Bride," no one is innocent. The drama, which is currently speeding its way toward its conclusion, is the story of a man who loves a woman without caring about her past or the danger he faces in his present.
Go Sung Hee plays Joo Young, a woman who poverty forced into being the mistress of a dangerous loan shark. It's a similar role to the one she recently played in the drama "Spy" when her character was an undercover North Korean spy. Joo Young is a woman with secrets, desperate to change her life and live on the right side of the law.
Kim Moo Yul plays Kim Do Hyeong, a banker, often referred to as "the bank guy." He is so in love with Joo Young that he is willing to ignore her past and his mother's disdain for her. He's also a man with a past. While he was serving his military duty, he learned how to disable enemies with lightning speed.
In his attempts to save Joo Young, the law stops making sense. He will fight the police, steal cars, and kidnap anyone who will help him find Joo Young. Fulfilling his mission is all that's important.
In this drama, the police are not what they appear to be either. Park Hae Joon's character has made some bad deals with criminals in the past and it not only interferes with his ability to pursue justice but threatens to turn him into a murderer.
Lee Si Young's police chief character Cha Yoon Mi came from a family that also had run-ins with loan sharks but she wanted to change her life and became a police officer. To crack a major crime ring, she used Joo Young's testimony. She endangered her to achieve a greater good, but that act led to the dangerous developments in "My Beautiful Bride." Is it right to endanger a witness to corner a criminal? Cha thought so but now she is not so sure. Cha Yoon Mi feels so guilty about what she has done that she helps Kim Do Hyeong after he is already a fugitive from the law.
While there are supporting characters that are simply portrayed as good or evil, the four leading characters spend enough time on alternate sides of the law to keep things interesting. Besides the fast chases, thrilling falls and great acting, it's what makes this drama compelling. The drama is almost ready to marathon. If you haven't started watching yet, get ready for a bumpy ride.
