March 03, 2021
Shin Ha-kyun in a still from Beyond Evil.
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K-dramas often come armed with big budgets these days but, for the most part, there’s still a fairly clear distinction in production quality between Korean film and TV. Every so often, however, something comes around that blurs those boundaries magnificently.
Despite having a smaller budget than most of the primetime K-dramas launched in February, Beyond Evil, a slippery and dread-fuelled new serial killer drama from JTBC, is the most cinematic K-drama we’ve seen so far this year.
Shin Ha-kyun plays Lee Dong-sik, a washed-up detective now working as a substation cop in his hometown of Manyang, a small rural community. He mostly completes his work without any hassle, but every so often he gets a mad glint in his eye and goes a little off the rails.