Trigger (2025)

트리거 ‧ Drama ‧ 2025
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Tajima
2 people found this review helpful
Jul 31, 2025
10 of 10 episodes seen
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Overall 10
Story 10
Acting/Cast 10
Music 10
Rewatch Value 10

impressed but disappointed

it’s worth watching but without really getting a end tbh the kdrama got a really good start every episode was really interesting and was having a lot of suspense the actors was really good I really the main actors but the kdrama kinda fast rushed on the last 2/3 episode and we not even talking about the last episode it was so disappointing and we don’t really got a end they show us a bit of teasing but we know they not gonna give us another season for now when it’s from Netflix.. still a 10 for me but could be above that if they didn’t want to rush..
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koreannatic
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Aug 1, 2025
10 of 10 episodes seen
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Overall 9.5
Story 9.0
Acting/Cast 9.5
Music 7.0
Rewatch Value 7.0
Trigger is a bold, intense, and thought-provoking thriller that dares to imagine a terrifying scenario: South Korea facing a social collapse when firearms suddenly become accessible to any citizen. From this unsettling premise, the series builds a story full of tension, action, and moral dilemmas.

At the heart of the conflict are two men who represent opposite sides of the system: one who fights to maintain order, and another who thrives in chaos.

Kim Nam-gil plays a police detective determined to stop the surge in gun violence and uncover who is behind the illegal arms trade. With his signature calm intensity and emotional depth, Nam-gil delivers a restrained yet powerful performance, conveying the burden of a man trying to uphold the law while everything around him is falling apart.

Kim Young-kwang delivers a magnetic performance as the main arms dealer, a cold, elegant, and truly dangerous character. Far from a cartoonish villain, Young-kwang crafts a fascinating antagonist: intelligent, calculated, and armed with a discourse that, at times, directly challenges the protagonist's moral compass. His on-screen presence is undeniable, making the enemy as compelling as he is threatening.

What stands out most about Trigger is not just its dystopian premise, but the dynamic between these two characters. Their confrontations, sometimes physical, other times ideological, are the driving force of the drama. Each encounter is a clash of convictions, experiences, and deeply rooted wounds.

Trigger goes beyond simple entertainment: it’s a fierce critique of gun culture, the illegal arms market, and the fragility of social order. With sharp direction, gripping action scenes, and ever-present psychological tension, the series keeps the viewer hooked from the very first episode.

Conclusion: Trigger is a powerful and timely drama that asks uncomfortable questions and delivers memorable performances. Kim Nam-gil and Kim Young-kwang shine in their respective roles, facing off as two opposing forces in a country on the edge of collapse. A must-watch for fans of socially conscious thrillers.

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INEEDSLEEP
2 people found this review helpful
Jul 27, 2025
10 of 10 episodes seen
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Overall 9.5
Story 9.5
Acting/Cast 10
Music 8.0
Rewatch Value 9.5

New Mature KDRAMA ? Thank you finally !!

This drama really put me in the mind of how different cultures/ people view gun crimes and violence it’s very interesting to see each storyline play out. I loved each episode especially the ep2 storyline hit home the best. The camera work made it seem like you the viewer were inside the characters heads or even there inside the movie watching each scene go down I loved it. It’s very violent hence the name trigger it’s a lot of guns but it’s ment for mature audiences because it mature themes. Personally I need more action pack 18+ dramas with new storylines like this pushing the boundaries of what’s consider a the mainstream k drama with “fluffy and rainbows love ” Nope let’s get triggered!!

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Dropped 2/10
Angelicpuppyy
1 people found this review helpful
Nov 5, 2025
2 of 10 episodes seen
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Overall 6.0
Story 5.0
Acting/Cast 5.0
Music 5.0
Rewatch Value 3.5

way too violent, little to no plot

Look, i love violent shows but this felt so violent and for no reason. If you really like gore/violence without any plot this is perfect but personally seeing mass shootings every 3 mins in this show was not my thing. It felt like the violence was drawn out so long and took up 80% of the show and was meaningless. wouldn’t recommend
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Ana angel
2 people found this review helpful
Jul 30, 2025
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Overall 10
Story 10
Acting/Cast 10
Music 8.0
Rewatch Value 10

GOAT action seires

First of all Kim nam gil is great action actor . His skills and abilities and talent is so unique and good . His action scenes and acting makes me forget park bogum and ji chang wook and I do consider him top action kdramas actor which we all should start now to recognize one actual star of action
The trigger series story plot twist acting set cinematic mode everything was so good . I am kdrama fan but I usually watch kdrama on fast speed and try to skip many seconds to let the story move on but in trigger I didn't even skipped I continued watching it without skipping and plot twist and story was hell so good . The action scenes were so good and I think we all need now season 2 also . The thriller the good and evil side the monster inside us the humanity they showed is amazing. If you have nothing to watch feeling so bored or you are bored and can't find any master peices kdrama at all and want to spend your time and bettery worthingly than watch this drama and become a fan of Kim nam gil also

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muhammadnur
1 people found this review helpful
Jul 27, 2025
10 of 10 episodes seen
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Overall 9.0
Story 7.0
Acting/Cast 9.0
Music 7.0
Rewatch Value 9.5
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The message hidden inside this drama

I recommended to anyone who love action, thrill, suspense, and emotional this is the one. Although the storyline is predictable, but the message hidden such as for me, when we might give advice on others who feel the pain, the suffer they going thru, but the moment it happen to us, we might become ruthless, vengeful and might fall into darkness, it takes a courageous to fight our inner self to do the right thing, yet when something bad happen to our beloved ones, story will be different, i kept me questioning myself what satisfaction do people get if they choose vengeance or forgive the murderer by this drama.. Great story to tell

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Unique_rain
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Aug 3, 2025
10 of 10 episodes seen
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Overall 8.5
Story 6.5
Acting/Cast 8.0
Music 9.5
Rewatch Value 9.0
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It had the potential

It hooked me from the get-go.
It showed how life is influenced by weapons- fatal in the wrong hands. Guns. Legal in some countries. Not legal in some.
It had me crying when Officer Lee was protecting the boy; he saw himself in that boy and wanted to help him, as he was helped by Captain Jo.
But as much as I like the action scenes and the suspense, it always leaves us on cliffhangers.
We can't ignore the bland dialogue that I skimmed through as it was totally irrelevant to the story. I'm still confused about how the gangs were relevant as well. Everyone ends up dead.

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luu_ackerman
0 people found this review helpful
Aug 2, 2025
10 of 10 episodes seen
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Overall 8.5
Story 8.5
Acting/Cast 9.0
Music 8.5
Rewatch Value 7.0
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Great start but lost it along the way

The show starts presenting all the characters and we get to know a little about all of them, mostly what led them to this point of the story, For example, for the shooters we are presented with the happenings that led them to shoot, with Lee Do we see why he chooses not to use guns and Moon Baek tells about his difficult past.
But I think they started to lose the tread, Lee Do picks up a gun and we see a brief moment of hesitation in the evidence locker, but he kills the man either way. At this point the viwer would expect some kind of sadness and regret from him, but that is not shown clearly and soon after he's using a gun again, and doesn't stop.
Moon Baek's reasoning is kinda of nonsens, I don't know if he's supposed to want the chaos or just introduce the guns in Korea, so I don't think the show put it well, in the end I was left wodering what was all that for.
The ending of the show was the chaos followed by the people handing over the guns, but they did leave and opening that could be for a seconde season. Overall is a good show if you're looking for action.

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ibisfeather
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Jul 26, 2025
10 of 10 episodes seen
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Overall 9.0
Story 9.0
Acting/Cast 10
Music 10
Rewatch Value 7.5

Social commentary and Kim Young Kwang

A really great watch, although quite violent. 2025, 10eps x 50mins ea = abt 9 hrs watchtime. A police procedural becomes a kdrama with the addition of a fantastical villain, scads of social commentary and traumatic pasts all around.

Excellent vignettes of individuals encouraged to pick up a gun to address their crushing grievances. The legendary action star Kim Nam Gil wearily struggles against the seductive desire for violent vengeance. Kim Young Kwang, all tattoos, swagger and excellent tailoring, takes revenge upon the society which abandoned him as a child. His performance is what makes this small kdrama so enjoyable.

The merciless bullying and barely suppressed anger of daily life in SK is the context, guns are the 'triggers' and the grand climax of this 10 episode series is a large cleansing violent setpiece. The use of smoke renders it dreamlike and poetic. The shadowy mostly American gangs of armsdealers who back Young Kwang's character seem determined to see SK as a market opportunity for gun sales.

Gun violence is not as common in kdrama since guns are banned in RL Korea -- villains in drama usually use an imaginative array of other weapons. The discussion of the use of guns and their potential effect on SK society is therefore uniquely interesting. Always interesting to consider, given the fact that in a society with universal male conscription, exactly half the population is already trained to handle guns.

An excellent Netflix production. The soundtrack is great, by the experienced composer Hwang Sang Jun. Director, Kwon Oh Seung.

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Farrah Aina
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Jul 31, 2025
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Overall 10
Story 10
Acting/Cast 10
Music 10
Rewatch Value 10
Trigger is more than just an action thriller — it’s a gripping, emotional, and thought-provoking drama that dives into the chaos unleashed when guns suddenly flood a gun-free society. Starring the phenomenal Kim Nam-gil and Kim Young-kwang, the series explores the fine line between justice and revenge, law and survival.

Kim Nam-gil plays Lee Do, a former sniper turned cop who’s desperately trying to stop a wave of violence that’s tearing the country apart. Kim Young-kwang is chillingly calm as Moon Baek, a mysterious broker who seems to help, but clearly has his own hidden agenda. Their tension, chemistry, and emotional conflict drive the show’s moral weight.

What makes Trigger hit so hard is that behind every action scene is a story of pain — victims of injustice, people pushed to the edge, families broken by a system that failed them. It raises difficult questions: What would you do if the world stopped protecting you? Is violence ever the answer? What does it mean to be responsible for someone else's life?

The ending is intense and deeply human — it doesn’t offer easy answers, but leaves you reflecting on how much trauma one society can carry before it breaks.

⭐ Final thoughts:
Trigger is bold, raw, and emotionally layered. It delivers thrilling action and heavy moral impact in every episode. One of the strongest Korean thrillers in recent years — a must-watch for anyone who loves meaningful stories wrapped in suspense.

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Scott mccall7
4 people found this review helpful
Jul 29, 2025
10 of 10 episodes seen
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Overall 6.5
Story 1.5
Acting/Cast 7.5
Music 3.0
Rewatch Value 1.0

minha opinião!!

a premissa inicial é interessante, mas achei um dorama muito superestimado pelos elogios que eu li, muita cena com erro de direção, erro de roteiro. o que eu achei muito bizarro foi as pessoas que assistiram normalizando e até gostando do vilão sendo que na vida real o ex presidente do Brasil tentou fazer algo parecido, me questiono se essas pessoas que normalizou isso tbm achou normal essa questão na vida real fica aí o questionamento, acho que é um drama que vale a pena ver só se for pelo tempo de episódio e número de episódios. pela história não vale.

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Lynnea
3 people found this review helpful
Aug 7, 2025
10 of 10 episodes seen
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Overall 8.0
Story 7.5
Acting/Cast 9.0
Music 7.0
Rewatch Value 7.0
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Serie che preme il grilletto senza esitazione, ma non centra del tutto il bersaglio

Drama che preme subito il grilletto ed entra nel vivo della vicenda fin dal primo episodio. Trigger - "grilletto", per l'appunto - è un thriller incentrato sulla diffusione illegale di armi da fuoco, in un Paese dove alla popolazione non è permesso nè l'uso nè la detenzione.
Siamo in un contesto investigativo-poliziesco, il protagonista è un poliziotto interpretato da un attore che non conoscevo e che, di primo acchito, mi convinceva poco - forse perchè poco carismatico e vagamente anonimo - ma che si è rivelato poi performante rispetto al ruolo interpretato. Una buona scelta, dunque.
Fin dal primo episodio appare chiaro che il cast è stato selezionato con cura, soprattutto se si considerano alcuni personaggi secondari, dove ho ritrovato con piacere alcuni attori che hanno vestito i panni delle figure secondarie in molti drama di successo: parlo di Kim Won Hae, Jo Han Chul e Jung Woon In. Ma la vera punta di diamante entra in scena dopo qualche episodio, con un Kim Young Kwang accattivante (come già dato prova in Evilive) e che porta in scena un personaggio davvero complesso e imprevedibile. Il suo Moon Baek sembra saltato fuori dal nulla, stravagante e carismatico, affascinante e un po' spiazzante. Si empatizza subito con il nuovo personaggio che diventa compagno quasi casuale nelle indagini portate avanti dal Lee Do, al contrario sempre un po' ingessato, dando vita a un duo interessante e a tratti anche divertente. Ma Trigger è anche un drama dagli imprevedibili colpi di scena, per cui Moon Baek non solo fa il suo ingresso in ritardo ma fa scoprire - episodio dopo episodio - una realtà ben diversa. E insieme a un passato veramente pesante entra in scena anche il suo singolare occhio azzurro, con tutto ciò che concerne la sua vera identità.
Il tema centrale del drama sa quasi di esperimento volto a confermare una precisa teoria: chiunque, se sottoposto alla giusta pressione, scoppia. Le pressioni e fonti di stress sono varie e molteplici, dal bullismo (i ragazzi a scuola) alla non considerazione (la vecchia signora che ha perso il figlio, piuttosto che lo studente universitario dei primi episodi), passando per soprusi di diverso genere, desiderio di vendetta per un ingiustizia subita, e via dicendo. Non c'è distinzione tra buoni e cattivi, il punto di rottura viene oltrepassato dal mite studente accademico così come dallo stupratore agli arresti domiciliari, dal giovane adolescente vittima di bullismo alla madre che strenuamente protesta pacificamente per chiedere giustizia per la morte del figlio, fino addirittura al padre putativo del protagonista, un poliziotto ormai sulla soglia della pensione che tempo addietro aveva mostrato al piccolo orfano animato da rabbia e vendetta per lo sterminio della famiglia che la strada giusta era un'altra, crescendolo come un figlio.
Questo, sostanzialmente, rappresenta però il credo di Moon Baek, un giovane disilluso, abbandonato fin dalla nascita a una vita di atroci angherie, animato da un indomabile desiderio di vendetta che lo rende figura perfetta sulla quale investire da parte di un potente trafficante d'armi. Una vita senza un briciolo d'amore, da parte di nessuno, ma solo dolore, nel passato, nel presente e anche in quel poco che resta del futuro minato da una malattia terminale. E' un cattivo? Direi proprio di sì. L'espressione compiaciuta con cui osserva il malcapitato di turno imbracciare il fucile e compiere di punto in bianco una mezza strage è qualcosa ai limiti del sadico. Ma è anche un uomo che fa indubbiamente pena, un giovane intelligente che non ha avuto una solo chance nella vita e il cui unico desiderio prima di spegnersi definitivamente e sparire nel più completo anonimato - perchè nessuno si ricorderà di lui - è proprio il verificare la sua teoria, dimostrare che un altro tipo di vita non l'ha avuta perchè di fatto non era possibile: chiunque, portato al limite, finisce per reagire superandolo. In questo senso il suo disprezzo verso il poliziotto protagonista è massimo: una figura che sembra volta all'integrità, ma che in passato ha mancato di coerenza, arrivando a uccidere nel periodo passato nell'esercito, quasi uno sfogo per il massacro della famiglia vissuto da bambino.
Il finale, ovviamente, mostrerà che la teoria è sbagliata: nessuno è immune alle conseguenze potenzialmente violente di un crollo nervoso, ma lo si può affrontare e, in alcuni casi, contrastare o aiutare gli altri a fermarsi in tempo. Moon Baek non vedrà tutto questo, la sua è una strada a senso unico senza possibilità di retromarcia, il suo triste destino segnato da tempo. Per Lee Do la conferma invece di aver intrapreso la giusta direzione, nonostante un passato difficile e il ritrovarsi, a volte, ancora combattuto.
Bella l'idea, bella la storia, bravi gli attori. Scenografia curata, musiche non particolarmente memorabili. Complice una regia forse un po' ancora troppo acerba, il drama, dopo un buon decollo, sembra non riuscire a mantenere la quota costante. L'impressione è che nella seconda parte si potesse osare qualcosa di più, mentre invece si è andati un po' in fatica, chiudendo le molte parentesi aperte in modo un po' troppo scontato. Grilletto premuto con convinzione, ma bersaglio non propriamente centrato.
E' comunque una serie che reputo meritevole e che mi sento di consigliare, anche solo per il calibro degli attori presenti.

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