Karma: A Mini-Series That Describes, Well, Karma (Some Spoilers)

Drama Beans

I decided to watch the Korean drama Karma. Crime drama has its own way of being appealing yet frightening. I decided to put some spoilers because some things were just OH SO SATISFYING. The whole K-Drama has some villains who pay for their crimes -- in the most gruesome ways. It's got some questions like, "If I my revenge then what?" It's the question that nags the mind of Dr. Lee Ju Yeon (played by Park Min-A). It's because Lee Ju Yeon was victimized by gang rape as a teenager. Ju Yeon wants revenge. Would she pursue the revenge or not?

The criminal elements here are downright gritty. You've got an evil landlord (and he's apparently a Karma Houdini, so maybe we'll need a second season to kill him off) and his organ harvesting. The true main antagonist is Kim Beon Jun -- a man who stole the identity of another crook known as Park Jae Young. It's nice to actually have Park Sae Hoo play a villain -- after his role as a delinquent in Squid Game. Well, I dropped Squid Game because I hated having to deal with people who don't know how to pay debts.

What truly intrigued me was how KARMA had its own way of biting back. Beon Jun got his burned scars from trying to steal Jae Young's identity. Why Beon Jun wanted to steal a debt-ridden man's identity is something. It was an Aliens vs. Predator scenario. This results in probably one of the best karma. It can be brutal but half of me actually enjoyed seeing Beon Jun mistaken as Jae Young -- dying a rather painful death of being dissected alive!