Writer: Andrea Fernandez (Kollam, Kerala, India)
Editor: Divya Sonawane (Pune, Maharashtra, India)
L.U.C.A- The Beginning is a thriller, action, and supernatural-based drama. The drama narrates the story of a man who possesses supernatural power and tries to find his past, and there are people who are chasing after him in order to acquire his power. The male lead is Kim Rae-won as “Ji-oh”, and the female lead is Lee Da-hee as “Ha Gu-reum”.
Ji-oh is a human who was created in a lab, and while creating Ji-oh, the scientists combined various DNA of animals, including the electric eel, bat, jellyfish, and fly. Ji-oh was the only successful experiment. Ji-oh somehow escapes from the lab and gets to the real world, and he is chased by the cult leaders and the lab workers who want his power.
Ji-oh tries to find his past and struggles to adapt to other people because of his abilities. He can summon electricity and release it from his body. When Ji-oh was a child, he caused a fire in the orphanage where he was staying. As a result, he was forced to leave and survived with a friend from the orphanage, using his powers to stay alive. One major limitation of his power is that his memory cells burn whenever he releases electricity, causing him to forget who he is and what has happened to him. Ji-oh knows that people are chasing him, but their identities remain unknown.
Ha Gu-reum is a female detective investigating her parents’ disappearance. When she was a child, her parents left home and never returned, which led her to spend her life searching for them. While working as a detective, Ha Gu-reum meets Ji-oh, who saves her when she is hit by a truck. She then remembers meeting Ji-oh in her childhood and recalls that her parents had left home with him. This makes her suspect that Ji-oh may be responsible for her parents’ disappearance.
After saving Ha Gu-reum, Ji-oh’s identity is revealed, and he is once again chased by cult leaders, police officers, and people from the Human Tech lab. He has no place to hide and no one he can trust.
Ha Gu-reum eventually decides to help Ji-oh uncover the truth behind his involvement in her parents’ disappearance. Ji-oh starts staying at Ha Gu-reum’s apartment, where she questions him about past events and realizes that he has no memory of them. Gradually, she begins to trust him and later discovers that her father was involved with the lab. Ha Gu-reum is betrayed by her colleagues and framed for a scientist’s death, forcing both her and Ji-oh to flee from the police. Ji-oh suggests a safe place where no one can find them, and during this time, they fall in love and temporarily forget about the world around them.
A few months later, Ji-oh and Ha Gu-reum become parents to a baby girl who possesses the same powers as Ji-oh. When the cult leader and lab workers learn about the child, they begin chasing both the baby and Ji-oh. The cult leader wants Ji-oh’s DNA to create thousands of superhumans who could rule over others, while the lab workers want to capture Ji-oh to sell his cells for profit. During their escape, Ji-oh finally discovers who he was and how he had met Ha Gu-reum during childhood. Ha Gu-reum also learns that Ji-oh is innocent.
I really loved L.U.C.A.: The Beginning, because of its strong supernatural elements and intense action. The chemistry between the lead actors was excellent.
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