Kyeongchalsueob

It had a good concept and it started off actually decent but it derailed unbelievably hard and quick after episode 2. As If there was a switch flipped. It almost seemed as if the writer lost interest and handed over the wheel to an intern. The drama got seriously dumbed down to the nth degree and the cheese meter got turned to 11. The performance of the younger cast was weak, and the older cast seemed to take the easy way out, delivering lackluster performances for their relatively insignificant and undemanding roles. Cha Tae Hyun is usually good but somehow he's unable to show an expression other than him pouting all the time. The plot surrounding the villain was poorly developed and ended up being lame, as expected. The whole romance in the drama was nothing but childish. The portrayal of the police life was dull and uninteresting. The drama is a strong contender for the worst love triangle out there as well. The last episode was solely dedicated to pair everyone with someone forcefully because reasons?!

Everyone goes around spewing justice, rules and regulations blah blah and promptly breaks them all. Professors sit to drink with students. Everyone shouts as if the others had a hearing problem. Characters appeared and disappeared at will. Every evidence , In USBs, ledgers, that was precious to pin the culprit was carried around like a newspaper. Ouch. The student trainee was more intelligent than the Professor and could think through issues and connections better.

It got so tiring I just stopped bothering. . The lead pair were dead as dodos.

It's just a meal ticket. Salary dump. The story is slow, long, not funny, in all kinds of genre. So mixed up, sprawling, dumbed down, it is like a teenager trying to find oneself.

Only the basic setup is clear. A veteran police office relegated to police university teacher. And a young computer whiz who has no direction in life.

They go through the training, have side kicks, friends, love interest, other teachers. In trying to catch a gambling ring. Just way too many characters that do nothing really. For one long plot that crawls along from one red herring to another.

There is no grit, no realistic investigation, but instead, guesses, having fun and slow motion walkabouts. That should tell you something.

Korean Drama " Police University " is a predictable, boring, drama.

The story has a nice start and some interesting characters, although the main one is so cookie cutter 'good guy struggling' that it gets the plot cheesy and full of cliches. The progress of the story has few surprises to offer as well and the action part, unfortunately, doesn't aid to the entertainment. The romance, in addition, is boring and tiring. Probably, the only enjoyable relationship is between the mentor and the young trainees.

On the other hand, the performances were decent and the actors and actresses did a good job presenting their characters.

So, overall, two out of ten.

I have to admit, i could only watched the first 2 episodes. I don't think I was the target audience I tried to watch this show after, "Partners for Justice", and this just doesn't compare. Other than Oh Man-seok, I don't think I was familiar with any of the other actors. But it was a little predictable, an orphaned character taken in by a family friend, who grows up and becomes adept on a computer and a try hard police officer, who tries to do things outside of the box which gets him into trouble with his superior, so gets demoted from active duty. But production wise, it was up there with any K-Drama, it was the script that let this show down.