Jang Dong-soo, a powerful mob boss, is driving home alone on a rainy night. A stranger intentionally rear-ends his car. When Dong-soo steps out, the stranger—a nameless serial killer known as "K"—stabs him repeatedly. Dong-soo fights back with terrifying ferocity, wounding the killer before K escapes. Dong-soo survives, but his reputation as an untouchable kingpin is shattered. The Uneasy Alliance
Jung Tae-suk is a hot-headed detective convinced that a string of recent "accidental" murders are the work of a single serial killer. His superiors ignore him, but he realizes Dong-soo is the only living witness to the murderer. The two men strike a deal:
The 2019 South Korean action-thriller centers on an unlikely alliance between a brutal crime boss and a rogue detective to hunt down a nihilistic serial killer. The Inciting Incident The Gangster, The Cop, The Devil
After a high-speed chase through a crowded district, Dong-soo captures K just seconds before the police arrive. He takes the killer to a secluded warehouse to torture him. Just as Dong-soo prepares the killing blow, Tae-suk crashes his car into the warehouse. He knocks out the mob boss and arrests K, choosing the law over vengeance. The Resolution 💡
Whoever catches K first gets to deal with him their way. The cop wants an arrest; the gangster wants a slow, painful death. Jang Dong-soo, a powerful mob boss, is driving
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The investigation leads them through the gritty neon streets of Cheonan. The gangster’s henchmen and the cop’s unit play a dangerous game of cat-and-mouse with K. Dong-soo fights back with terrifying ferocity, wounding the
They find K’s weapon—a specific type of knife—and track his stolen vehicle.