The Worst of Evil

Perfectly-crafted, Soul-shattering!

This drama is fabulous, as a fan of thrillers I approve of it very easily. But it could have some modifications (only a little, but a little is still important).
Let’s break the aspects down one-by-one;

Story: The story was creative, although the core plot is not new. I mean we all have seen one such story before where a cop goes undercover to join the criminals and ends up sympathizing for them. But in ‘The Worst of Evil’ however, it doesn’t quite follow the same plot. it’s unique in its own way. Overall it’s great. I have one question though; in the last episode, it was clear that both Euijeong and Junmo had a soft-corner for Gicheul, proven by the fact that Junmo let him go and didn’t arrest him and Euijeong constantly telling him to stop doing bad things.
Then why did Junmo had to shoot him? I get that he was trying to stop Gicheul from killing himself so that Euijeong gets saved from the guilt of being the reason behind his death, but couldn’t he just shoot him in the leg or something to prevent his suicide? I don’t know, maybe I’m dumb but couldn’t it be simpler?
One of the reasons behind it might be that although Junmo liked Gicheul, he was blinded by the fact that he was his wife’s past-lover who was still in love with her, and Euijeong also obviously had feelings for him. So in the conflict of emotions, he might’ve decided to kill him.
The ending was very bittersweet, but all the characters received their closure so I was pretty satisfied.

I think the general idea of this drama is that the worst form of evil is deceiving somebody. As everybody in the story had deceived somebody in their life, nobody really got their happy ending. The story was well-crafted to show this.

Cast & Acting: One of the sole reasons behind starting this drama was Wi Ha-joon for me, so that pretty much tells you how well the actors did their job. This was the first time I saw Ji Changwook act, and man did he eat the role up. He was so good at it. Casting didn’t have any issues, all the actors did a great job. Bibi? Man how can she act so well as somebody who isn’t originally an actor? It’s a boon to be so versatile, really. She was awesome.

Soundtrack: It’s a webseries, a thriller one on top of that, so it doesn’t really have your typical kdrama OSTs. But the soundtrack was good, did the job for making the scenes more effective and creating an overall impact.

So, that’s about it. That is what I felt about this drama. It was a great watch for me, and I would recommend it to everyone looking for a good traumatizing thriller.

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Emotional Rollercoaster

Tldr; 12 eps was perfect for this plotline. I think the ending was a perfect ending to the situation and the acting from everyone was phenomenal. OST.. can't even remember the music lol

The drama starts off with JM, an underdog cop who can't get higher than his desk cop rank. He married into a renowned cop family where everyone is basically a high ranking cop - even his wife. You can see that the marriage is already stained from ep 1 because his in-laws constantly shits on him about his rank in the police world and no matter how many sweet words his wife can whisper into his ears, the wound is too deep. (You know what they say about men who feel inferior).

JM gets proposed by one of his cop sunbae and friend to go undercover and infiltrate KC's gang so they can take down the drug trafficking triad. He only accepts with the condition of getting promoted (see how deep his wound is? and how desperately he wants to prove that he's worthy to his wife & in-laws?)

He joins under a alias and this is the beginning of JM's downfall. At the beginning, he tries his best to stick to his morals and his duty as a copy, but if everyone in the gang keeps suspecting you... it's kind of hard to be all bark and no bite ESP in a gang where they kill. His wife, EJ finds out that he went undercover and ofc.. his wife is KC's first love. Obviously with this known, even if she didn't want to participate in the investigation, she HAS to be part of it bc KC knows her.

I know this adds to the plot.. but let's talk about EJ. Her character was bland to me. I don't hate the actress but her character gave nothing but a headache to the plotline. I guess we can say that JM really turned into someone who didn't want to be in order to protect her but she really just put herself back into the situation of always being there even when it wasn't needed. Sure her first move was helpful to JM to get deeper into the gang and to gain KC's trust... but grass is always greener on the other side.

The love triangle begins and this was when I got annoyed of the drama. Here's an example of how the industry not knowing how to write strong FL. After the 3rd... 4th... 5th time EJ met up with KC for NO GOOD REASON, was when you can tell that she was masking her feelings by trying to convince herself that she was only doing this for her husband.

YES, both JM and EJ cheated and their marriage was doomed from the start. I will say... EJ really caught feelings and JM just felt bad for HR like he did for KC. He was able to relate to the both of them bc of his own fucked up past. If he really like HR is one thing, but I know (& the audience can see) that he was conflicted and confused with his actions towards HR. I want to say he's been undercover for so long and him and EJ weren't able to communicate, he was weak. But he still cheated.

The down fall of the gang was not bc KC got involved with EJ again. It was bc he got emotional about Taeho. His inner circle kept telling him how sus how everything was happening since JM joined the gang and he didn't listen. Sure he did a mere background check, but as someone who is the big boss of his gang.. he really done goofed in believing people when he should know that documents can be forged.

The brotherhood of the drama was strong until it wasn't. There's always a power struggle and jealousy and betrayal - this is why you can't get emotional about the past and just let people walk away after betraying you.

My take on the last 20 mins of ep 12. JM felt an emotional bond to KC no matter how much he wants to deny it. That's why he gave him the opportunity to escape and actually live the good life he wanted/dreamt of. But KC's (lk) obsession over EJ was his downfall. When the 3 of them were in the couple's house, you can already see the dynamic has shifted. EJ couldn't see JM the same anymore, JM couldn't forget everything that he has done and what has happened when he was undercover, and KC.... he was too wrapped up in trying to figure out if EJ really loved him to understand the great opportunity JM gave him.
I find the talk between a mafia boss and a cop about being sinners funny. After all he has done, he talks about being a sinner but blames EJ about being a sinner for mm.. essentially doing her job. & EJ talking about how she will repent for the rest of her life for... ONCE AGAIN, doing her duty as a cop. IDC if he was your first love, he's a mafia boss who kills and is importing drugs into your country. To think, someone who grew up in a cop family, she'd have a stronger mindset. But back to the point... I believe that JM shot KC when he was about to unalive himself was bc it was his last attempt to show his wife that he loves her. I know.. that sounds weird bc he just SHOT someone in front of her BUT my point is, he knew that if KC unalived himself in front of them, EJ will blame herself for the rest of her life. If JM shot him, she will have him to blame. Their marriage ending was a good choice.

The ending was great for the situation. I personally don't think there needs to be a season 2 (if there even is one) bc season 2 will have a new plotline and probably a new cast. They've exhausted every character they could in this season.

Oh and one last thing... considering how this is BIBI's first real role. She DELIVERED. I loved her character more than EJ. The chemistry between BIBI and JCW was 100000/10.

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Speechless

A happy ending was never my thing and for me this was perfect. All started off as if it was another dangerous investigation and by the end of it, no one was the same as they were. Either dead physically or dead mentally, no in-between. The emotions that humans can go through spending time in a dangerous environment so much you start to lose yourself, and forget who you are. Not knowing who to love, who to save or who to arrest. This is a 10/10 for me. He got what he wanted, the double promotion then what? They were happily married but they could never be the same. He won but at what cost?

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"The Worst of Evil" it's a drama about a cop named Joon Mo that goes undercover in a gangster organization, to find the drug rings and buyers. There he gets closer to their leader Gi Cheul and do basically everything to wins his trust. The problem is how deeper Joon Mo is willing to go and how much he's willing to lose to achieve his goal.

Joon Mo and Gi Cheul's relationship is the drama's strong point. Seeing their friendship grow and how Gi Cheul trusted Joon Mo, like a brother, his betrayal hits him harder when the learns the truth.

There is a single mistake in the drama for me and it consists of a woman. There was no need for the Eui Jeong's character or at least her involvement in the case, because besides not helping anything, all the problems happened because of her, her decisions. I would much prefer it to focus only on the relationship between Gi Cheul and Joon Mo, showing the bond they created, depending on each other. Eui Jeong only served to cause confusion, using Gi Cheul's feelings. Yes, Joon Mo used Hae Ryun's feelings too, but he never said he loved her, it didn't come to that, he wasn't that cruel. But in the end the plan backfired, as Gi Cheul actually took appropriate revenge, because when he died, it was clear that Eui Jeong liked him and this destroyed any chance of reconciliation between her and Joon Mo.

The story is very good, I love investigations involving gangsters, because there are always great action scenes that are intense, fast and bloody. Highlighting the bloodbath in episode 9, Joon Mo totally freaked out and I loved it. The way he moved, it was as if he was completely out of control, acting on instinct... incredible.

It couldn't be bad with Ji Chang Wook and Wi Ha Jun as the main characters <3

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Subpar at Plot, Amazing Acting

I had high expectations of this drama because of the cast, but I’m afraid it was disappointing with respect to the writing. I thought that acting was amazing throughout, but I simply couldn’t get into the story. It wasn’t engaging enough and relied on making one side weaker without substantial reasons for the other side to win. If you’re looking for an intense crime thriller with an interesting plot, you’ll feel the latter doesn’t quite catch up. It’s intense nonetheless. It’s also quite brutal with all the action scenes, but most of them feel like it’s for the ‘vibes’.

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briliant my ass

yet, i got to kind of movie based on review. at the top rev, briliant., good, what a movie and so on.
and geot confidence this series is good. ist it? nope.. big NO.
how people see this briliant?
the stupid idea that the police who try to solve the problem with recruit a low rank officer and involved his wife? do you think with thoose idea that low rank piceman allow it? in real life i think those two chief ccops will murdered with cold bold qnd leave the police to join the gang. the story is awfull. briliant? yet another korean movie that show their cops dint have good competensi to solve problem. yet a korean movie show using stupidty to gain viewer attention. briliant? briliant my ASS. done at 5

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Shocking and fascinating reality

I have watched three episodes and I can say that I already like it. This drama has a good storyline that is unexpected or even has the effect of surprise, even though many Korean detective dramas are already recognized, this story is fresh and has unexpected twists and turns in every episode - it's exciting and keeps me in suspense like it.
The acting is first-class in all GG. Especially Ji Chang Wook - his transformation as an actor is impressive. The battle scenes are so real that you start to worry on a physical level about the condition of the actors. The fight scenes in the drama were perfectly staged without equipment, everything was real and raw.
I also like the interaction between Jang Wook and Ha Joon. I think that this will be revealed to a greater extent later in the plot.
I also liked the OSTs. All without exception.
Looking forward to further episodes.

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Drama portrays every thing was easy then or the people were fooled easily

JCW is one of my favourite guys. I read some of the 10star reviews of this drama, here on MDL. But had to force myself to watch till episode 3. Didn't like anything - how easy it was to take over the gangnam by killing the old boss, how easily JCW fooled the boss, passed off as dead friend's cousin and became the must trusted guy and how easily they killed off the Busan gang leader. Just too easy and I find it hard to believe.
I liked JCW actions, he's does best of the best actions. The fight scenes are well acted.
P.S. does using cuss words in every f***ing line make it a good 90s crime drama. Felt more like teens acting off as grown-ups by using big cuss words.

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100% Recommended!! Incredible cast, storyline and brilliant plot execution ( An early stage review)

I WANTED TO BE THE FIRST TO REVIEW THIS SO BAD xD( tho i 100% sound so immature)

This has undoubtedly been the most awaited series this year and I was so excited for it that I watched all three episodes right at release time and I have to say, it certainly DID NOT disappoint. I think that the show's lineup of actors Ji Chang Wook and Wi Ha Jun is pretty interesting because the plotline of this drama seems like its mixing together Ji Chang Wook's ambitious, tenacious character and Wi Ha Joon's somewhat sweet but a psycho character from their previous works really perfectly. And ofcourse their acting in this show is just AMAZINGG and so coooooooooooool.

It gives me the vibes that I got from flower of evil and little women- that whole "Turned bad to survive in a cruel and unfair world" feeling if ya'll get what I mean.

Don't want to spoil anything much for anyone but I'll just say that this seems like a very promising drama at its current stage and if you liked tv shows like Flower of evil and Little women this is a must recommend as this tv show also shows a lot about how the real world is and how it changes people in a very raw and realistic manner.

It's a representation of how some "bad" people just ended up in that place trying to protect what's dear to them whether its their friend, family or even their dignity.

I hope my rating for this show stays 10/10 till the end ;)

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Wow

This show is so underrated, ji Chang wook is soo good and this drama is a 10 out of 10, not just the main character but the supporting characters are also great. Kudos to the director he did a good job with the emotional, actions and many other things
If you aren’t watching this yet do so right now
This show is so underrated, ji Chang wook is soo good and this drama is a 10 out of 10, not just the main character but the supporting characters are also great. Kudos to the director he did a good job with the emotional, actions and many other things
If you aren’t watching this yet do so right now

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