Review | K-drama review: Dark Hole – sci-fi horror series loses itself in an abyss of loose ends
- From the start, this twist on the zombie genre was full of plot and character inconsistencies, with repetitive action that lacked tension and imagination
- For the few viewers who stuck with it, the series saved the worst for last – which in this case was nothing at all
This article contains spoilers.
1/5 stars
Many K-dramas are guilty of being overindulgent in their painstaking efforts to tie off each story thread that has survived until their finales, leaving no stone unturned. Not so in the case of Dark Hole, the sci-fi horror show from OCN starring Kim Ok-vin and Lee Joon-hyuk, which failed to answer almost as many questions as it posed.
The show’s 12-episode run was filled with a breathless series of rescue missions and supply runs, with various parcels of survivors fending for themselves at the town school, hospital, supermarket and, ultimately, chemical plant. A rotating group of leaders shepherded each group, including the gutsy Seoul homicide detective Lee Hwa-sun (Kim), disgraced former cop Yoo Tae-han (Lee), cracked shaman Kim Seon-nyeo (Song Sang-eun), doctor-with-a-secret Han Ji-soo (Bae Jung-hwa) and wimpy local cop Park Soon-il (Lim Won-hee).