Readers who find such details distressing should proceed with caution. There is also discussion of mental health challenges and suicide risk among queer youth. The following three paragraphs describe a scene that depicts a suicide attempt. Forgive the repetition of the word actual, but Color Rush’s choice to turn away from a cute yet thoughtful romance, and towards a dysfunctional and borderline criminal vibe, actually happens, and it actually sucks. Tormented by greed and guilt, Yeon-woo seems to be on the verge of giving in to his demons, going to a hardware store to buy actual supplies to actually kidnap Yoo-han. However, this storyline comes roaring to the fore in episode 6. Yeon-woo’s fight against his worst instincts stays largely in the background throughout Color Rush’s opening episodes. This is because while Yeon-woo and Yoo-han are falling for each other, Yeon-woo is also dealing with mono-related challenges, most alarmingly a dark history of monos kidnapping and even killing their probes in the hope of achieving permanent access to colors. Some scenes are pure light-hearted rom-com material, while others would belong best in a tense thriller. From the beginning, the drama features abrupt shifts in mood. What is less permissible are the tone-deaf plot twists that dominate Color Rush’s second half. However, with only eight 15-20 minute episodes to tell an entire story, the drama can be forgiven for taking a few shortcuts. Color Rush is guilty of overusing this Yeon-woo perspective narration to move its plot along. Yoo Jun deserves special praise for executing a truly staggering amount of voice over work with convincing emotion. Yoo Jun and Hur Hyun Jun have unforced and pleasant chemistry, and both carry off the show’s frequently sappy material with impressive believability. The drama is also fortunate with its lead actors. The way the drama portrays how color flows in and out of Yeon-woo’s life is arresting if occasionally lacking sophistication.
It allows the show to set itself apart through unique visuals. Cue boatloads of youthful angst, awkward teenage flirting, and intense face gazing.Īs absurd as Color Rush’s premise may be, it is very effective. Yeon-woo meets his probe on his first day at a new school, the quirky Go Yoo-han (former The Boyz member Hur Hyun Jun). Every mono has a “probe”, a person who can unlock the world of color for their mono as long as they are by their side. Yeon-woo is a “mono”, someone unable to see colors beyond a grayscale. Light gray, mouse gray, gray-white, dark gray, slate gray, taupe gray, cement gray, and true gray: this is the limited color palette that defines the world Choi Yeon-woo ( Yoo Jun) inhabits.
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