When “Money Heist”, one of the most successful Netflix series of all time, ended in December 2021 after five seasons with the big series finale, the fans of the Spanish bank robbery cracker looked down the drain.
Now there is a refill for all “Money Heist” fans. In the form of a Korean remake.
The first six episodes of the first season of “Money Heist: Korea” are available to watch on Netflix since Friday. A celebration for everyone who loved the Spanish hit series?
A mysterious man who calls himself a professor rounds up eight thieves again. And they are again called Tokyo, Rio, Berlin, Moscow, Denver, Nairobi, Helsinki and Oslo.
Also present is “Squid Game” star Park Hae-Soo (40), who got the role of Berlin in the remake, in which the Spaniard Pedro Alonso (51) shone in the original.
The South Korean-American actress Kim Yunjin (48) should also look familiar to many. In the US TV series “Lost” she played the role of the Korean Sun Kwon, in “Money Heist: Korea” she is investigator Seon Woo-jin, who wants to track down the gangsters.
Of course, as you can imagine, no Spanish banknote printers or central banks are stormed in the remake, this time the series specialists invade the Korean mint. And it gets a little more political than the Spanish Money Heist version.
The Spanish original delighted fans for five seasons (2017-2021)
The Story: The series begins in a Korea where North and South are about to be reunited. The professor, who pulls the strings, puts together a team of eight from the North and the South. That is to steal newly minted coins, a single currency. And while it’s still in print. Because only the rich would benefit from the new money, while the poor would only get poorer…
Money Heist: Korea is a new installment of the Spanish hit series
And not only the content of the “House of Money” new edition partially differs from the original. After the famous Salvador Dalí masks, with which the thieves veiled their identity in the original, this time there are masks that are based on traditional Korean masks.
The masks in Money Heist: Korea are based on traditional masks in Korea
In the original “Money Heist” the bank robbers disguised themselves with masks depicting a caricature by the Spanish artist Salvador Dalí
It remains to be seen whether “Heist of Money: Korea” can captivate the series fans as much as the Spanish original. However, the Twitter reactions of many who watched the show as it went live are not very promising.
★ “Netflix has money to copy their own shows (see Money Heist: Korea) but fails to continue really good and exciting shows that haven’t died out forever (e.g. The Society, I Am Not Okay With This’). I’m angry,” they mobbed.
★ “#HouseOfMoneyKorea extremely disappointing. characters alike. names same. Minimal changes in what is happening … You can save yourself completely! “
★ “Can we talk about the ‘Money Heist: Korea’ series? First episode and I don’t know why they’re doing this. It really shouldn’t have been like that, same characters, same names, same storyline…”
Of course, there are also viewers who celebrate the remake and write, among other things: “Just watched ‘Money Heist: Korea’. It feels like more happened in the first episode than in the entire first season of the original.” Or also: “I’m still on the first episode, but I like it a lot. Even though it’s the Korean version, it’s still a success. Don’t understand the unnecessary hate.”
But the positive voices are (still) clearly in the minority.