Gukyeongi

Interestingly the star of Lady Vengeance Lee Young-ae plays an ex police officer in pursuit of a serial killer played by Kim Hye-jun, who kills evil people. It is well acted particularly by these two ladies and parts of the story and interaction with the leads are very entertaining. Sadly the series is let down by the writers as the story takes a quirky individual in Lee Young-ae and makes her stupidly annoying. The ending is a little cobbled together and the humour within the series is mostly a miss. So disappointed as with this cast it could have been brilliant and it parts of the series it is, but then it dips to mundane.

For some, this show may take a while to get into. The deep intricate (not weak) plot and constant switching back and forth between past and present; and between sets, requires one's full unflinching attention to fully capture its mosaic-piece revelations and contextualise the manic scene jumps.

Having freshly emerged from Saimdang into Inspector Koo, one needed to reset one's expectations to appreciate this completely different genre. Not something to watch whilst multitasking, especially when fully reliant on English subtitles.

Thanks to TheReviewGeek.com episode reviews, the lights came on and Inspector Koo turned out to be highly enjoyable kooky hilarious life manga cat and mouse thriller. The cast chemistry fitted well together apart from a really annoying hapless Santa. Both female leads were stellar. A

Lee Young Ae was very brave to have accepted this role, which goes to show her versatility and willingness to explore/ portray vastly different genre characters. Initially off putting to see her eccentric character, however in hingsight she fitted in like a glove. The showcase was Yi-Kung's character

Crime dramas are best told in 1-2 episodes but this has managed to pull off 12 hence a little protracted but highly engaging after all (on third take).

Actually rather entertaining with many cartoon moments which (if you flip the switch) can be hilarious.

This is so nice to see Lee Yeong-ae surrounded by amazing cast and display her talent as a serious, clever and funny character. This is a refreshing portrait of a drunk devasted detective ! Original as all the clues come and go. We appreciate all the roles and it is cool to see this gang becoming attached to each others. Lee Yeong-ae is perfect and the outfit is legendary. We get more in 1 season than we usually get from other series, this shows how generous korean series are ! This serie has some flaws but overall it Is so pleasant to watch that it is ok.

I'm picking up some very strong 'Killing Eve' vibes. BUT only on episode 2, so just saying, wonder how they'll run with it. Some harsh critics on just exposition, come on, enjoy each quirky personality--sociopaths or genius?

***edit*** i'm on episode 3 and i just realized it's trying to be like a manga comic--makes more sense now.

I didn't expect much from this based on the synopsis, but I'm glad I took a punt. The supporting characterisations are really interesting, and the two leads are different and dysfunctional in quite separate ways. I'm really interested to see where they go with this and how the character arcs develop.

I'm also really interested to see how the cartoon/manga aspects are further used, as they allow you to take a step back from what is otherwise a quite blasé consideration for violence.