Whoever catches K first gets to deal with him their way. The cop wants an arrest; the gangster wants a slow, painful death.
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
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: Whoever catches K first gets to deal with him their way
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 💡 The Inciting Incident Jung Tae-suk is a hot-headed
Dong-soo provides the manpower and underworld intel. Intel: Tae-suk provides police data and forensic tools.