I Watched “Moving” K-Drama & Here’s My Honest Review

Today’s topic: Should you watch Moving Kdrama? 

If you’re into K-dramas, you’ve probably heard of Moving. With Disney+ behind it, a great cast, and tons of good reviews, Moving became a super popular K-drama in 2023 rather quickly. 

I can easily watch a whole show in a day or two, so I was really curious, mainly since people were saying it’s one of the best ever. 

With all the hype, I thought I’d love the 20 episodes. But my thoughts might be a tad bit controversial. 

After watching Moving, I looked online to see if anyone else thought the same way, but it was hard to find feedback that wasn’t all praise. 

So here I am, sharing my two cents—because I’m genuinely curious: did anyone else feel disappointed? 

Moving Kdrama Review: What Is It About (Spoiler-Free Overview) 

Moving is about these high schoolers who got crazy superpowers from their parents. 

There’s Kim Bong-Seok, who can fly, Jang Hui-Soo, who’s super strong and heals fast, and Lee Gang-Hoon, who’s just generally better than everyone else physically. 

Turns out, their parents were all spies back in the day for South Korea’s NIS, which makes things even messier. 

The show’s got a bit of everything – superheroes, family drama, spy stuff, and a ton of action. 

At first, it feels like a sweet story about awkward teens dealing with school and trying not to break everything with their powers. Honestly, that’s what got me hooked at the beginning. 

Moving Kdrama Cast 

The Bait-And-Switch That Threw Me Off 

When I started Moving, I hadn’t seen the posters and wasn’t familiar with the webtoon. All I knew was what I’d heard in passing online: kids with superpowers. 

The first five episodes reinforced that expectation. The focus stayed on Bong-Seok, Hui-Soo, and Gang-Hoon as they awkwardly navigated high school, friendships, and first love while trying to hide abilities they barely understood. 

Then episode five hits—and the show takes a sharp turn. 

Suddenly, the narrative shifts almost entirely to the parents’ backstories. While this context is important (it explains where the powers came from and why all these kids ended up at the same school), the young characters who had been driving the story practically disappear. 

By episode eight, I actually found myself wondering if the story would ever return to the kids. [Spoiler: it doesn’t—at least not meaningfully—until much later.] 

Besides, the tonal shift was just as abrupt as the narrative one. For me, what began as a warm, character-driven story quickly devolved into a dark, violent world of NIS agents, gangsters, and North Korean spies. 

When Violence Takes Over The Story 

I want to be clear: I don’t mind violence in K-dramas. Some of my favorite series—Sweet Home, DP, and Bloodhounds—are violent because the violence serves the story. In Moving, though, it often felt rather unnecessary. 

Yes, superpowers like strength and self-healing are easiest to showcase through combat. But after a while, the endless stabbings, gunshots, skull-cracking punches, and broken limbs stopped feeling impactful. 

The fight scenes became longer, more frequent, and increasingly predictable. Instead of feeling tension or shock, I found myself rolling my eyes and thinking, here we go again. 

When action scenes start inducing boredom instead of suspense, it might be time to reevaluate how they’re being used. 

Uneven Use Of Superpowers & Missed World-Building 

Another frustration was how unevenly the superpowers were explored. Super strength and healing abilities dominated the screen time, while other fascinating powers—like heightened hearing, telescopic vision, and even flight—barely scratched the surface. 

For instance, Kim Doo-Sik’s ability to fly felt almost secondary to his proficiency with guns. We’re told he’s the top NIS Black Agent, but we’re never shown how he learned to master his powers so completely. 

How did the NIS even discover him? How long did it take him to learn control?\ 

These questions are never meaningfully explored. 

Instead of endless fight scenes, the show could have spent more time on world-building—where the powers originated, whether they’re inherited across generations, and how different characters learned to control them. 

Parenting Choices That Just Didn’t Make Sense In Moving Kdrama 

One of my biggest issues with Moving was the logic behind the parents’ choices, particularly Lee Mi-Hyun’s approach to her son, Bong-Seok. 

We’re supposed to believe that a former NIS agent with two superpowers, married to the most elite Black Agent, thought the safest approach was making her son overeat and weigh himself down to prevent floating? 

I mean, are we being serious here? 

Lee Jeong-Ha reportedly gained 66 pounds for the role. While that is really impressive, narratively, it makes little sense. 

Given Mi-Hyun’s background, wouldn’t it have been safer to teach Bong-Seok controlled flight rather than suppress his ability entirely? 

His lack of mastery leaves him dangerously vulnerable during the gym fight against North Korean agent Jung Jun-Hwa—a situation that could have easily ended in his death. 

Instead, Mi-Hyun (played by the amazing Hyo-joo) is reduced to a stereotypical overprotective mother, driven by fear rather than logic or experience. It felt like a disservice to an otherwise compelling female character. 

SPOILER ALERT!! The Ending Fell Flat 

The final stretch of Moving was where my frustration peaked. Two new North Korean agents—Lim Jae-Seok and Kwon Yong-Deuk—are introduced in the second-to-last episode. 

To me, their sudden inclusion felt like a rushed attempt to humanize the villains while squeezing in even more fight scenes. 

Meanwhile, the resolution for the actual villains—Min Young-Jun and Jo Rae-Hyuk—was shockingly brief. For characters portrayed as manipulative and monstrous, their downfall felt rushed and unsatisfying. 

What really stung, though, was Kim Doo-Sik’s reunion with his family. 

This man hadn’t seen his son since he was a toddler. This should have been one of the most emotionally charged moments of the entire series. 

Instead, we get a quick side hug and a strangely distant overhead shot that barely lets us see their faces. That’s it. No close-ups. No emotional payoff. Really? 

Personally, I feel like the show somehow devoted more screen time to giving Kwon Yong-Deuk—a very secondary character—a “second chance” than to reuniting a broken family. 

Moving Kdrama Verdict: Is It Worth Watching? 

Honestly, it’s really not like I hated Moving. It just bugged me that it didn’t live up to its potential. 

The actors were great, the idea was cool, and it could have been a real tear-jerker. But the over-the-top violence, weird pacing, and weak character stories kept it from being truly good. 

If you’re into action and long fight scenes, you’ll probably dig Moving. But if you want characters you care about, a story that really pays off emotionally, and a well-thought-out world, you might be disappointed – like I was. 

For me, Moving kdrama was… just okay. 

One thing Moving did spark was an interesting conversation between my friends (who had also asked me to review this kdrama) and me: if you could have one superpower, what would it be? 

While some of them considered flying and invisibility, others settled on teleportation. So now I’ll ask you: what superpower would you choose—and why?