Netflix’s new Korean series takes itself too seriously to be authentic or convincing “Y ou’ve fallen into quicksand, but don’t you dare try and reach out for help. Whoever grabs your hand will be dragged down with you,” South Korean President Jang Il-jun (played by Kim Hong-fa) tells Prime Minister Park Dong-ho (played by Sul Kyung-gu) sinisterly as he grips Park’s arm. “You can scream all you want, but it won’t matter.
Everyone in your camp will suffer. This is the end for you and I.” But little does the president know, he would soon go into cardiac arrest and collapse in his own office.
The Prime Minister has been a passive whistleblower in the world of The Whirlwind , quietly investigating the president’s illicit activities and corrupt dealings with Daejin Group, South Korea’s most prestigious and cunning conglomerate. Though, there’s little Dong-ho can do mid the quicksand that is politics, slowly getting swallowed up by the growing depravity of those who South Koreans look to for leadership. But when assemblyman and close personal friend Seo Gi-tae is killed amid his probe into the Blue House’s illicit ties with the rich, he finally decides to take matters into his own hands and see through Gi-tae’s unfinished work.
To achieve his goals, he goes down a dark road, poisoning the president in an attempt to kill him (although he would later find out was not entirely successful). That would make him the Acting President, during which he will be gra.
