Netflix is at the top of the streaming platform pile when it comes to giving fans original K-dramas to binge-watch, one of the best being the 2021 show, Vincenzo. It stars Song Joong-ki, who became well-known for his role in Descendants of the Sun, and his other Netflix movie, Space Sweepers.

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Song plays the lead role of Vincenzo Cassano, the ruthless lawyer, and consigliere of the Italian mafia, but he soon returns to Korea after his former boss's son double-crosses him. His new life in Korea also poses some familiar turmoil with a conglomerate. The K-drama is full of surprising twists and storyline elements that have fans wanting more. But the show isn't stranger to common tropes often seen in K-dramas that fans expected. Warning: this list contains mild spoilers.

Needed: The Italian Mafia Backstory

Vincenzo warns Italian mafia boss in episode 1 of Vincenzo

What intrigues fans about this Netflix drama is that Vincenzo didn't live the majority of his life in South Korea. As a young boy, he was abandoned and left in the foster system. A young couple adopts him and takes him to Italy. As he grows up, he starts to learn that the couple is actually part of the mafia and one of the most powerful in Italy.

Vincenzo grows up in the lifestyle and becomes ruthless and determined in his own way. He becomes his family's lawyer and consigliere, feared by others and doing whatever necessary to get his way. When his boss is killed and his son takes over, he double-crosses Vincenzo, leading him to flee to South Korea.

Typical: Vincenzo's Backstory

Vincenzo getting adopted in episode 6 of Vincenzo

Vincenzo's backstory is both typical and slightly strays from the norm. There are many K-drama storylines in which the main character is abandoned as a child by their parent or had childhood trauma, leading them to live a completely different life. The same idea was used in Vincenzo when his mother gave him up after she's wrongfully accused of killing her employee.

Vincenzo has a sense of resentment towards her and this changed who he was. Like many K-dramas, he comes face to face with her when he returns to Korea, but refuses to let her know who he really is. Nonetheless, he goes out of his way to seek justice for her.

Needed: The Spoken Italian

Vincenzo looking out a window in the show Vincenzo.

One of the reasons why fans got hooked by the trailer alone was Song's ability to speak Italian in the show. It had fans shocked and looking at Vincenzo Cassano with admiration and love. In many K-dramas, some characters play with the use of English to create a bit more depth in the character, but it was a welcome shock to instead see the main character speak almost perfect Italian.

Song revealed in an interview, that he purposely learned Italian for his character. He wanted to portray the difference in culture, as his character returns to South Korea after spending the majority of his life in Italy.

Typical: The Turn Of Events

Yoo-chan has dinner with Vincenzo in episode 3 of Vincenzo speaks Italian while dangling a thug off building in Vincenzo

A common trope seen in K-dramas is the one event that changes the storyline going forward. It's what sparks a match for the characters to change their ways or band together for the greater good. In this drama, the major event is the death of Hong Yoo-chan (Yoo Jae-myung), the lawyer and chairman of the Development Opposition Committee for Geumga Plaza.

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Vincenzo arrives in Korea and goes to the residential building where he meets Yoo-chan, who tries to convince him to not demolish the building and the two soon develop a friendship. Vincenzo is out for blood when someone is hired to drive a truck into the restaurant they're eating at, killing Yoo-chan, and he knows it's in connection to their rivalry with the Babel Group.

Needed: The Comedy

Building residents fight off company thugs in episode 7 of Vincenzo

Every K-drama is revered for its comedic moments and dialogue. Vincenzo takes it up a notch and has fans laughing in every episode. Not only are the residents of the building complex hilarious in their own way, but Vincenzo's interactions with them are above par.

Between the dramatic angry fits and the exaggerated, loud scenes, it's hard not to laugh. In episode seven, the building tenants fight company thugs as flour in the air creates an intense battle scene. Comically enough, the scene resembles the famous painting, "Liberty Leading the People" by Delacroix.

Typical: The Unsuspected Romance

Vincenzo and Cha-young in their law offices in Vincenzo

What's a K-drama without a touch of romance? While fans may love the romantic relationship that starts to brew in the drama, it wasn't surprising. Hong Cha-young is the daughter of Yoo-chan, who is also a lawyer at another top firm. She's not privy to Vicenzo's supposed charm, but she still roots for him, as he shows no remorse to the people he dislikes.

When her father is killed, she and Vicnezo join forces to take down Babel Group. Along the way, Vincenzo starts to see her spitfire character in a new light. In one scene, a tenant exclaims that the person a man fears most is the woman he loves. Vincenzo slyly looks at her. But Cha-young soon starts to also fall for him, especially when he looks like prince charming while horseback riding.

Needed: The Bigger Picture

Vincenzo and Cha-young act out thier plan for information in episode 4 of Vincenzo

What makes this drama so worth watching is that a seemingly small storyline blows up into a much bigger picture. Vincenzo originally flees to Korea, seeing as he has gold hidden away in a vault underneath the building complex. Fans expected his Italian mafia past to catch up to him, but that wasn't the case.

His plan to destroy the building to get the gold takes a seat on the backburner. Instead, the inclusion of the company thugs trying to scare the residents leads to a much bigger picture involving Babel Group. This then leads to Vincenzo going out for blood against the conglomerate who has a secret ruthless CEO no one knows about. The conglomerate has multiple ties that need to be severed, meaning a lot of action scenes and plots for revenge.

Typical: The Change Of Heart

Vincenzo defends building residents in episode 1 of Vincenzo

The ruthless Italian lawyer starts to warm up in his new situation and gets a change of heart. It's not bizarre to see this in K-dramas. There's the supernatural crime drama, Black, in which a cold grim reaper character starts to fall for a woman who can see spirits. There's also the common trope of the bad boy changing his ways for the girl he loves.

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In Vincenzo, at first, his only intention was to get his gold, but he starts to have change of heart as he sides with the residents, often protecting them in fights. He also soon seeks revenge for Yoo-chan. Despite their problems with Babel Group not initially affecting him, he takes it upon himself to seek retribution.

Worth It: Mafia Versus CEO

Jun-woo as Cha-young's assistant in Vincenzo

As the show's episodes progress, it's clear that there is a puppeteer who is pulling the strings behind-the-scenes. The CEO of Babel Group was only a front for the real mastermind and it's revealed that the true CEO of the company is someone no one expected.

Audiences are introduced to Cha-young's assistant, Jun-woo (Ok Taec-yeon), a quirky, energetic, and naive man. In reality, he's the ruthless CEO who stops at nothing to get what he wants, even if it means killing his own father. The show depicts him as being a dark seed who's even willing to put his brother in harm's way and he proves to be a hard foe for Vincenzo. It's the skills of a mafia lawyer versus an evil CEO.

Typical: The Corruption

Babel Group CEO Jang Han-seo, lawyer Choi Myung-hee and Han Seung-hyeok in Vincenzo

Many K-drama storylines use the company or police corruption as a major ploy - shows like Mad Dog, Itaewon Class, and Chief Kim. The same went for Vincenzo. The big storyline was Babel Group being a corrupt company that abused their employees and status and did whatever necessary to keep their dirty laundry hidden. It starts with the introduction of harmful drug that can be fatal that still passes through the corrupt pharmaceutical company.

In one instance, they poison a worker and want him to keep his mouth shut about the inadequate procedures. There's even the cover-up of a death that was blamed on Vincenzo's mother, instead of coming out with the fact that the CEO's wife wanted her husband to die.

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