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I am a sucker for South Korean movies. They are much better than the crap Hollywood cranks out.
Stranger is a kdrama (Korean Drama) about a prosecutor who has a handicap which required brain surgery as a kid resulting in him being unable to feel empathy or express emotions.
There are two 16-episode seasons, each episode is about one hour long.
I've only watched the first season so far, but the acting and story are incredibly well done.
It seems a lot of Korean movies and dramas are about police and government corruption. So much so that one can't help but wonder if this is a real problem in that country.
The first season starts with the murder of a broker of corrupt deals who acts as the go-between who carries bribes to government officials (including the police and prosecutors) on behalf of big business.
Our hero arrives on the scene coincidentally just as the murder has occurred. He quickly deduces a TV repairman was somehow involved and the game is afoot.
The prosecutor ends up partnering up with a policewoman who learns to ignore his coldness as they unravel a very complicated plot. Who in the police force and prosector's office are corrupt and who isn't?
This is a great show, the only difficulty being the Korean names are so different from a Western perspective that it took me a while to figure out who the characters were talking about when referring to someone not present in the scene.
Yes, it has subtitles. I know this is a deal breaker for a lot of people, but if you skip a Korean movie or show just because of that, you are seriously cheating yourself out of some great stuff. And that's a shame.
Stranger is a kdrama (Korean Drama) about a prosecutor who has a handicap which required brain surgery as a kid resulting in him being unable to feel empathy or express emotions.
There are two 16-episode seasons, each episode is about one hour long.
I've only watched the first season so far, but the acting and story are incredibly well done.
It seems a lot of Korean movies and dramas are about police and government corruption. So much so that one can't help but wonder if this is a real problem in that country.
The first season starts with the murder of a broker of corrupt deals who acts as the go-between who carries bribes to government officials (including the police and prosecutors) on behalf of big business.
Our hero arrives on the scene coincidentally just as the murder has occurred. He quickly deduces a TV repairman was somehow involved and the game is afoot.
The prosecutor ends up partnering up with a policewoman who learns to ignore his coldness as they unravel a very complicated plot. Who in the police force and prosector's office are corrupt and who isn't?
This is a great show, the only difficulty being the Korean names are so different from a Western perspective that it took me a while to figure out who the characters were talking about when referring to someone not present in the scene.
Yes, it has subtitles. I know this is a deal breaker for a lot of people, but if you skip a Korean movie or show just because of that, you are seriously cheating yourself out of some great stuff. And that's a shame.
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