When it comes to Korean suspense dramas, I believe many people are not strangers.
As a popular theme in Korean dramas, Korean suspense dramas have always been known for daring to make up and shoot.
Whether it is the "Signal" that exists in the ceiling, or the god work "Secret Forest" of the past generations, word of mouth and ratings have achieved good results.
Recently, South Korea's tvN television station, which is famous for producing high-quality suspense dramas, has come with a new "suspense drama" - "Snooping".
This drama is a crime suspense drama produced by TvN Television in South Korea, directed by Choi Joon Bae, written by Choi Lan, and starring Lee Seung Ki, Lee Hee Joon, Park Joo Hyun and so on.
Why is this a "suspense drama"?
First of all, the drama is based on the theme of mental twisters, inspired by the real case that shocked South Korea in 2017, when two underage high school girls killed an 8-year-old girl in a brutal way.
Because the criminal lacks "mirror neurons" and has no feelings, he has no remorse after committing the crime, and he is unable to feel the pain of the victim and his family.
This incident shocked and angered the screenwriter of the play, and wrote the script story on its basis.
It is hoped that through this drama, the perpetrators will have the same emotional ability as normal people, and feel pain for the crimes they have committed to reflect on and atone for their sins.
Due to the high-energy stimulation scale of the plot, some of the scenes of the show are directly marked with mosaics, and the first episode is set to be over 19 years old to watch.
The second is the explosion of word of mouth, recently in addition to the "Penthouse 2", many big productions of famous actors of the drama are generally popular, such as Cao Chengyou and Song Joong-ki's new drama rating hovered around 6 points.
And "Snooping" not only ranked first in popularity with "Penthouse 2", but also broadcast an episode of Douban ratings soared to 9.0, and word of mouth directly hung Cao Chengyou and Song Joong-ki's new drama.
Various positive reviews in the comments section.
"I would like to call it the first work of 2021, and this year there is finally a Korean drama to watch."
"The quality of the first episode is the degree of the movie, the opening is high-energy, and it completely amazes me."
"It's hard to get through the drama, finally usher in a drama that can be chased, see the trembling, the whole body tightens, and the story line laid out in the first episode is grand and meticulous."
The best thing a suspense drama is "high energy at the beginning", and "Snooping" not only continues this principle, but also lasts the high energy for a whole episode.
At the beginning of the episode, it is creepy.
On a snowy night, a woman went home alone when she suddenly heard a little girl's plea for help, and her father was trapped in the car because the car was slipping.
So the woman followed the girl to help, but when she approached, she did not see anyone, but was brutally killed by someone who suddenly appeared behind her.
The woman's body was found in the sea, her hands tattooed, and her head cut off.
This is the 18th headless murder in recent times, but the police have made no progress, knowing that it is the same perpetrator.
Immediately after that, the high-energy plot continues.
A family of four drove to camp when an accident occurred.
Mom went to fetch water nearby and was suddenly attacked by a man dressed in black, Dad heard the shouts and went to fight with the gangsters, Mom took the opportunity to escape.
Then the mother and her two sons drove away, but the car could not start, and the man in black in the distance was already carrying his father's head and slowly approaching.
The mother quickly arranged for the two children, told the eldest to protect her brother, and then ran out of the car to lead the gangsters to be killed.
In order to protect his younger brother, he was also seriously injured by the gangsters, and only the younger brother hid in the box to escape the disaster.
The police saw his brother at the hospital hoping that he could give information about the murderer, but because he witnessed his parents being killed, the brother was so frightened that he could not even speak.
And the next second the reversal came.
The younger brother suddenly shouted, pointed to the picture on the wall and said, it was the man!
The police were shocked to see that the head hunter that the police were painstakingly pursuing was actually the famous doctor Han Su-joon (played by Ahn Jae-wook).
However, after the police went to Han Sujun's house to search, they found nothing, and did not find the tools and suspicious places.
Just when the police are discouraged and think that they should not believe the nonsense of a child, the plot is reversed again,
The snowman that was accidentally overturned in the yard actually hid a corpse inside.
But in the face of the body in the snowman, Han Xujun resolutely denied it, saying that he did not know who built the snowman, and because there was no more accurate evidence, the police had to release the person.
Could it be that the murderous maniac was released in this way?
The next moment, the screenwriter amplified the move again.
Han Sujun's wife was at the door of the police station, asking in front of reporters, is it really not you who killed him? Then she took out a picture of her husband building a snowman that she had inadvertently taken.
And this photo directly confirms that Han Sujun is the murderer.
Here we have to mention the actor Who plays Han Sujun, An Jae-wook.
As an early K-pop star, Ahn Jae-wook starred in "Star Dream", "I Fell in Love with My Friend's Sister", "Oh! Bi Sheng, Feng Shunying" and many other film and television dramas.
This time, An Jae-wook played a murderous demon in the play, although it was a supporting role, but his acting skills exploded, which perfectly explained what is called Sven scum.
In front of his family and friends, he is a gentle and considerate perfect man, but behind him is a cold-blooded demon who kills like a numb.
In particular, the cold and piercing eyes when switching to the killer demon make people shudder every minute.
The killer head hunters have finally been captured, and you think the climax of the show is over?
It can be said that the killer is only the beginning of the play, and the theme of the story of the play is introduced through the killing demon - the criminal gene.
In the play, Dr. Li's research has concluded that the genes of serial killers and the genes of psychologically pathologic people are 100% the same genetic genes, and it can also be determined whether the fetus has a crime gene through genetic testing.
Therefore, some parliamentarians suggested that once the fetus is found to have a criminal gene, the abortion should be forced immediately.
But the accuracy of this technology is 99% and there is still a 1% deviation, which means that you are likely to kill not Hitler but Mozart.
At this time, the wife of the killer Han Sujun happened to be pregnant, and after genetic testing, the child may be a devil like his father.
So the play throws out a suspense, whether this child is born or not.
To this end, the screenwriter introduced another pregnant woman with a child with a perverted gene, and the husband of the pregnant woman was a kind person who sacrificed to save people, so she wanted to give birth to the child to prove that the doctor's conclusion was not necessarily correct.
So two children with perverted genes were born, whether they became devils or geniuses, and the play did not explicitly tell the two children who they would be when they grew up, everything was unknown.
But the play's English name mouse suggests that rats are used for experiments in scientific experiments, and the results obtained in different environments and different foods will become different.
For example, at the beginning, the little boy put the mouse into the box containing the snake, and the result was that the snake did not eat the mouse, but the mouse became more vicious to attack the snake.
This means that after the birth of a child with a perverted gene, it is possible to become a different person with the influence of the growth environment and education method.
I have to admire The Korean screenwriter, the bold theme can also explore profound topics.
As a suspense drama, in addition to the high-energy stimulation of the story, "Snooping" is also very exciting in the manufacture of suspense, whether it is the picture or the sound effects, it presents a movie-like texture.
In the two episodes currently airing, the story begins by throwing out the case that leads to a killer with perverted genes.
The characters in the show are then linked again through a new serial murder case in 15 years.
Two children carrying perverted genes, the killer Han Su-joon and the two brothers whose parents were killed.
The first episode uses a two-line cross-narrative, one is the line of serial murderer Han Sujun, and the other is the line of monster children carrying criminal genes.
The two story lines intersect with each other but are not messy, but the suspenseful atmosphere of the story is created just right, especially the confession of the child at the end directly makes the series full of restrained horror.
I heard that I was born a monster, and that day I prayed to God not to make me a monster.
After all, God did not listen to my prayers, and I eventually became a murderer.
(These two children are also very good at acting, and every minute makes people sweat)
At the same time, the plot also set up a lot of suspense points.
For example, who are the sons of the killer of the two children with perverted genes? Is it the kind Zheng Ba Rin played by Lee Seung Ki, or the gloomy doctor Cheng Yaohan.
What happened to the heroine when she was a child, and what was Grandma hiding?
The story of the second female reporter, when the second male asks, she seems to be hiding something about the son of the devil.
Who was the little girl who killed the woman's accomplice at the beginning?
The box sent to the professor contained two rats, one running out and one in the box, does this mean that the Slayer has another one?
Also, when Han Sujun's wife consulted the professor, the professor gave the information to a mysterious person, is this related to the child of the perverted gene?
Overall, "Snooping" is definitely a recent Korean drama that has made people shine.
Especially in the recent environment where the reputation of many Korean dramas is not satisfactory, "Snooping" has shown the level of suspense dramas in all aspects.
As netizens commented:
The feeling that Korean dramas should have come back, I bet this is the best in March.
So don't miss the little friends who like suspense dramas, "Snooping" is worth chasing!
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