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• Release Date: October 28, 2010
• Genre: Thriller/Police – Crime
• Cast: Hwang Jung Min, Ryoo Seung Bum, Yu Hae Jin,  Ma Dong Seok, and Cheon Ho Jin

 Review

In 2010, South Koreans are terrified by a series of murders targeting children. The police fail repeatedly to capture the killer. Finally, the Korean President becomes directly involved in the case. The cops, feeling pressure from all sides, pursue a possible suspect, but the suspect is shot to death by the cops. To avoid another dead end and any further heat, the National Police Agency wants to target another person, any plausible person, and close the case as soon as possible.

Police officer Choi Cheol-Gi is then chosen to do the dirty work. Police officer Choi Cheol-Gi is well respected by his peers and has an impressive resume of arrests, but due to the fact that Choi Chil-Gi did not graduate from the police academy he is always passed over for promotions. This time around, the police brass guarantees a promotion if he is able to close the case. Meanwhile, prosecutor Joo-Yang is assigned to the arrest of the serial killer. He has also take on sponsorship by a powerful real estate businessman. When police officer Choi Cheol-Gi attempts to arrest Joo-Yang’s sponsor, prosecutor Joo-Yang looks into Choi Cheol-Gi background to exact revenge. He hits paydirt when he comes across a deal between Choi Cheol-Gi and gangster Jang Suk-Gu.

I’ve been looking for this movie for a while. It’s been on my plan to watch list so I was excited when it popped up on daily motion. Okay…I don’t think I’ve ever written a poor review on a Korean movie before. I don’t want to start now but…I’d be lying if I said I enjoyed this 🙁  I know what you’re thinking. If I didn’t like it, why did I sit through it. Well because my dears, I kept hoping it would pick up. Sadly though, for me, that didn’t happen. There were bits that were good and I would think, yes finally.  But then it would stop leaving me like this.

*sigh* The storyline itself…I get. Cops mess up, need a scapegoat but then it all goes wrong. Then we get to watch what happens as a result. However there was just too much drag time for me. Not enough action.  And of course the ending came from left field. So…yeah. I guess if you have about 3 hours to kill (why do Korean movies last so long) then please go ahead and watch. You might like it.
I watched it on dailymotion. The subs weren’t that bad and no commercials so score for that. The video is no longer available but you can now find the movie on Dramacool.

Check out the trailer and let me know what you think of it, ‘kay?