genre: action, martial arts, drama
If you select the film on Netflix you get to see a fight scene where things seem light-hearted and yes the first half hour is a little jokey and light.
Until you get thrust into a world of seedy and conniving perverts. Perhaps they wanted the viewer to experience the same as the lead, who up until this moment had a simple outlook on life. Immediately, he grows up and decides to do what he can for these repeat offenders to do harm. Some of the offenders seem harmless, but then there are some who belong in jail, without question. But for some reason they are put back on the streets with electronic trackers wrapped around their ankles so that they can be monitored. I was wondering if it really was true that South-Korea is soft on sexual abuse and rape. A little google search confirms this. I am flabbergasted. Usually, these criminal are very likely to repeat their criminal acts. It's not a matter of if, but when.
In that light, our lead and coworkers should be seen as superheroes. They basically do what the law neglects to do. And they seem fully dedicated to prevent the worst from happening, even if that means they will get hurt or worse. Naturally, this is dramatized. But nothing as uplifting where someone is fighting the good fight and overcome it. Kim Woo-Bin is the lead and doesn't have a martial arts background. So he trained very hard and it shows. He easily fooled me that he did have martial arts background.
So if you ask me, this definitely is worth your time!
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