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My Name · Season 1 · Netflix

My Name Season 1

My Name Season 1 is a MUST-WATCH, BollyMeter 8.2/10. 8 episodes on Netflix from 15 October 2021.

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BollyMeter8.2/10Han So-hee's physically committed performance and the show's lean, uncompromsing eight-episode shape make it the tightest Korean action noir of 2021; rare 100 percent Rotten Tomatoes score reflects critical unity.

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What BollyAI Thinks

My Name arrived quietly and converted viewers through word of mouth, eventually becoming one of the few K-dramas to hold a perfect 100 percent on Rotten Tomatoes. The pitch is tight: a bereaved daughter accepts gang membership in exchange for a shot at the man who killed her father, then operates undercover inside the police drug unit hunting her own boss. Director Kim Jin-min stages the hand-to-hand combat with unusual physicality, and Han So-hee trained extensively to perform it herself. Critics flagged the mid-section as the weaker stretch, where plot mechanics slow the emotional momentum, but no one disputed the lead performance or the economy of the eight-episode structure. The South China Morning Post noted it starts slower than it ends, which is accurate, but the final three episodes close the loop with precision.

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100%critics positive · n=78.7/10MyDramaList audience
  • Han delivers a performance of great physicality, intensity and occasional vulnerability; My Name works on a range of levels.
    Rotten Tomatoes critics consensus
  • A very different show worthy of just as much attention, delivering a handsome, engaging, bloodthirsty spectacle with plenty of style and verve.
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