Title: Bad Guys
AKA: Bad Boys
Genre: Crime, Investigation
Episodes: 11
Broadcast period: 2014-Oct to
2014-Dec
Cast: Kim Sang Joong, Ma
Dong Suk, Park Hae Jin, Jo Dong Hyuk, Gang Ye Won and Kang Shin Il.
After the death of his
son Chief Police Officer Nam Goo Hyun (Kang Shin Il) brings in the craziest
person with a badge to find the killer: Oh Goo Tak (Kim Sang Joong) also known
as “Mad Dog” by his juniors. The very killer is up to his 9th killer
with same M.O, so Mad Dog Goo Tak decides to use the craziest method to find
the murderer: by having criminals catch the criminal. He takes out three long
sentenced prisoners out of jail to make a deal with them; for each murderer or
criminal they catch (of which he assigns) they’ll get 5 years sentence
reducing, but that only goes to the one person catching the criminal.
The three prisoners
are: Park Woong Chul (Ma Dong Suk) a gangster/thug who is in jail for numerous
of things, but has the advantage of being strong and short-tempered even the
guards fear him. Jung Tae Sun (Jo Dong Hyuk) is a professional assassin or
‘hired killer’ who only got caught by giving himself up. And lastly Lee Jung
Moon (Park Hae Jin) a genius with an IQ of 165 and a Mensa, turned serial killer,
killing 15 people - though he doesn’t remember doing so.
Goo Tak and police
officer Yoo Mi Young (Gang Ye Won) have to take care of those three, whiles
taking care of them, but while looking through the case files Mi Young starts
to question her senior - why did Oh Goo Tak choose these three, and how come he
knows so much about Lee Jung Moon?
Okay so I started this
while it was airing and completely fell in love with the storyline, however my enthusiasm
kind of dropped as further we went. I really like OCN dramas, like I don’t
think a single one of them has let me down, and this one didn’t, it just left
me unsatisfied. First off I have no idea why, but the longer I saw the female
police officer the more I disliked her and felt she was useless – to the point
where her voice was annoying me. Second of all, the main story or the story
which ‘connects them all’ felt forced, and really was quite boring. I should
have been excited or intrigued, but I was just waiting on it to be finished
honesty. Lastly the amount of ‘cases’ should at least be close to the amount of
fighting, I mean I spent a lot of time to waiting – though sometimes it was
quite cool.
On the other hand the
cast was brilliant, well picked, and the dialogues were great like: “Are we
beasts or are we human beings?” hit me quite hard tbh, because I never really
think of the law as something wrong, but I guess I have to rethink some things…
All in all, another
great OCN drama.
☆☆☆☆ / 4 out of 5 stars
♥♥♥½ / 3½ out of 5
stars
Kamji’s Verdict
Bad Guys. Hm, the
title says it all.. (totally my style). Every episode kept me on the edge of my
seat and there was never a dull moment. It had great acting, an awesome cast,
an intriguing storyline and expert directing and camera work. It had a lot of
suspense and some really heartfelt moments. The bromance between these four men
was great and I loved how each person had his own story. The thrill and action
was gripping. I love fighting scenes but the ones in this drama were intense
and I found myself immersed in them.
The one thing I feel like highlighting in this drama is Lee Jung Moon (Park Hae
Jin), my favorite, who played the genius
serial killer. They called him Psycho. Yeah, he is a bit strange in the beginning
but after the action unfolds you will understand him. I even cried when he
cried. I really liked that Psycho look on him.
Yoo Mi Young was so annoying I can't even begin to describe it, even her voice
could irritate me to death. Nevertheless I tolerated her because the rest of
the characters were amazing.
Well, OCN.. About that season 2 ;)
☆☆☆☆½ / 4½ out of 5 stars
♥♥♥♥/ 4 out of 5 hearts
Title: Man to Man
