➕ The Chemistry: Here’s the point where I want to share with you my personal experience trying to appreciate and interpret the two male leads’ dynamics. His partner Han Joowon, one who walks into the show looking nothing short of the annoying brat you’ll want to punch in the face, reaches what I would gladly define as peak character development by the end of the show, the sort that almost feels as though he’s been through a lifetime of troubles. Lee Dongsik certainly makes it to my list of characters with such profound depths, despite the fact that the show’s runtime isn’t even that long, and the subtlety, the complexity of his struggles is brought out even more amazingly thanks to Shin Hakyun’s acting. ![]() Get ready to be attached to certain characters, because you simply will.Īnd of course, I can’t be done with this part without talking about our two leads, Lee Dongsik and Han Joowon. ![]() Intriguingly, when it isn’t dealing with the darker sides of life, the show oozes a quality Found Family vibe, a warm depiction of how far a close-knitted community will go to protect their own people. As easy it is to judge them for such questionable behaviours, the reasons why they do what they do will probably keep you awake at night, wondering if you could’ve done any better had you been put in their shoes. Most interestingly, this is also the first show I’ve ever watched where every single character’s ethics might lie in a grey zone. We’re talking about at least 8 of them here, within mere 16 episodes. ➕ The Characters: This is probably the first K-drama I’ve ever watched that somehow manages to spare a proper backstory for almost all major characters, including the villains. Did it do a good job at being a Psychological Thriller? Oh, god, yes. Yes, not even the lead characters.ĭid Beyond Evil do a good job at being a Mystery? Likely, yes, though I’m aware some might’ve preferred the mystery bits to stay on a little longer. ![]() ➕ The Plot: Beyond Evil may come off looking all very similar to the usual small-town murder, where you’re made to anticipate that the core of the show is a whodunit mystery.Īt its very core, Beyond Evil is a powerful story of grief, guilt and greed, masked behind a remarkably intricate web of human relations and their ugliest, rawest desires. When a string of gruesome killings occurs in town, the pattern that takes shape is oddly reminiscent of several serial-murder cases from 20 years prior, for which none other than Lee Dongsik was the main suspect.Īs the two’s investigation proceeds, they are forced to look far deeper than what the evidence suggests and to question the culpability of all those surrounding the case, including their own. Just as he is beginning to settle into a peaceful life, Han Joowon, a young, arrogant, elite detective whose father is the star candidate for the National Police Agency’s next chief, is transferred in and becomes his new partner. Lee Dongsik, a once capable detective, is now demoted to perform menial tasks at the Manyang Police Substation. Meet two fearless men who are willing to go to extreme lengths in their pursuit of a serial killer that has shaken up their quiet town. ![]() Synopsis (taken & modified from MyDramaList): Genre: Psychological, Thriller, Mystery, Investigation, Dramaįeaturing: Shin Ha-kyun, Yeo Jin-goo, Choi Dae-hoon, Kim Shin-rok, Choi Sung-eun
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