‘Money Heist: Korea’: What to know about Netflix’s new crossover series
After a brief appearance on Spanish television, "Money Heist" (also known as "La Casa de Papel") thrived on Netflix, and the platform quickly capitalized on the hype with a documentary titled "Money Heist: The Phenomenon." When the show's five-season run ended last year, Netflix released another documentary, "Money Heist: From Tokyo to Berlin," in which the actors and crew discussed the show's demise.
But that was not the end of "Money Heist," which lives on with the recently released "Money Heist: Korea — Joint Economic Area."
"Money Heist: Korea" is a crossover rather than a spinoff: The series sticks to the original plot, in which a mysterious criminal mastermind enlists the help of a gang of thieves to pull off a daring heist at Spain's national mint. However, because it is specific to its setting — and very much a K-drama — the latest iteration manages to feel like a different show. "Money Heist: Korea" has all you need to know right here.
There are many well-known names and faces.
Devotees of the first "Cash Heist" will review that the Professor's enlisted people utilize worldwide city names to disguise their personalities from each other while on the run.
The names of the characters in "Cash Heist: Korea" are something very similar. As in the original, the Professor (Yoo Ji-tae) first meets the series narrator Tokyo (Jun Jong-seo) while attempting to elude authorities following a crime.
Berlin (Park Hae-soo), Moscow (Lee Won-jong), Denver (Kim Ji-hun), Rio (Lee Hyun-woo), Nairobi (Jang Yoon-ju), Helsinki (Kim Ji-hoon), and Oslo round out the team (Lee Kyu-ho).
The setup for the first episode is largely the same: the thieves take over the Mint while high school students, including the daughter of a prominent figure, are touring the facility. In order to avoid arrest, the hostages are forced to disguise themselves as their captors.
The characters also share some physical and psychological similarities with their "Casa de Papel" counterparts: Tokyo is the master of the blunt bob (okay, maybe one other). Moscow, husky and beardless, is frequently seen attempting to calm his fiery, handsome son, Denver. Rio is a charming kooky.
Nairobi is free to do whatever she wants. And Berlin, who "Squid Game" fans will recognize immediately, is not to be trifled with.
Kim Yun-jin plays Seon Woojin, a police negotiator who tries to figure out what the Professor and his team want, unaware that she is much closer to him than she realizes. In addition to the audacious crime she hopes to solve, Seon Woojin (like Raquel Murrillo before her) faces sexism on the job, which she clearly excels at.
It is culturally distinct.
The series "Money Heist: Korea" is subtitled "Joint Economic Area" because it takes place in the near future in which North and South Korea are on the verge of reunification. Because the Mint is located in the JEA, both Koreas have jurisdiction over the crime scene.
And because the Professor recruits criminals from both sides of the border — Tokyo is one of the North Koreans chosen for the robbery — "Money Heist: Korea" joins previous K-dramas such as "Squid Game" and "Crash Landing on You" in providing a rare glimpse into life under the totalitarian rule.
The issue of inequality takes on greater weight in this adaptation, in keeping with Korean TV and movies, which are more likely to address economic inequity.
"South Korea has become a worldwide exporter of culture (particularly through movies, television, and music)," Washington Post TV critic Inkoo Kang said after "Squid Game" became last year's unexpected streaming phenomenon. "And Netflix, which has aggressively invested in K-dramas in recent years, frequently urges members to cross the 'one-inch-tall barrier of subtitles,' as 'Parasite' director Bong Joon-ho so eloquently put it, with foreign programming and international reality franchises." ("Money Heist: Korea" is available with or without English subtitles, much as the original.)
It's more frantic.
At the point when Netflix purchased "La Casa de Papel," the web-based feature made changes, diminishing the 15-episode first season to 22 episodes spread across two seasons. "Cash Heist Korea" appeared with just six episodes, permitting it to get to the characters' origin stories significantly quicker. What's more, not normal for in the first "Cash Heist," when the Professor meets Raquel (Itziar Ituo) deliberately in the third episode, the Professor and Seon Woojin have known one another starting from the start.
It's going to be really popular.
"Money Heist" has long been one of Netflix's most popular offerings. And K-dramas, like other non-English titles, have thrived on Netflix and other streaming sites. We won't be shocked if "Money Heist: Korea — JEA" takes the top spot on Netflix's worldwide TV list next week.
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