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In HOWLING, what seems like a case of self-immolation turns into something far more bizarre. Detective Sang-Kill (Song Kang-ho) is partnered with Eun-young (Lee-Na Young) a rookie Detective. As they dig deeper into the mysterious death, it becomes much darker, and leads to further deaths.

This is an outstanding crime-drama / mystery / thriller with horror elements, due to the involvement of a certain wolf-dog hybrid. The police investigation is handled well, and the characters are interesting. The wolf-dog is a beautiful animal with a lot of presence. He can be both terrifying and sympathetic, and, for this reason, the finale is both action-packed, and poignant...

This is not a horror or a supernatural movie that the title or poster may imply.

This movie is actually a cop thriller that many of us like to see with some intense scenes and it stars in my opinion one of Korea's best actors "Song Kang-Ho" (Memories of Murder) who plays the role of the not so straight cop with family issues.

Detective Sang-Gil played by Song Kang-Ho is being assigned to solve what appears to be a small suicide case and to train the new unwelcomed lady recruit Eun-Young (Lee Na-Young) to which he refuses. Being bitter because he was passed over for a promotion to another colleague, the detective reluctantly agrees, while his new colleague is being treated differently by her very sexist colleagues.

During the course of the movie the new partners discover that a string of murders could be connected and they wonder if the murders are justified and intentional or not, while trying to overcome work and family problems.

The lead star gives a good believable performance along with decent performances from supporting actors.

The film has a good original story on hand that may have fell a bit short due to a mix of directing, writing and probably length of the movie? Otherwise this is a good movie that could have been a powerful thriller.

The story and characters are well-developed from beginning to finish. More than just a serial-murder mystery, it also has some social justice components that gives the conflict a few more layers of complexity. A very moving conclusion to a clever detective-mystery.

Character of leading actress is so annoying. There are a lot of actor who are naturally talented, but not her. She has terrible acting. The movie has a great plot, great character, but a bad acting (For Leading actress).

The Leading actor got the great acting talent anyway.

A dog killing few people for a reason and there is a man who behind that dog... Good story and screenplay.... Must watchable movie....!!