Introducing viewers with its lead cast, The Worst of Evil piques interest in the interwoven fates of a gang leader, his first love, and his first love’s husband.
Vibing classic Asian detective stories, this new original series from Disney+ does not complicate the story flow from the get-go. Notably, it already entrenched the direction of the narrative from the viewpoints of the focal characters.
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The Worst of Evil Opening Week Story
In 1990s Seoul, a former DJ seized control of a gang and began pushing a popular new drug nicknamed “Gangnam Crystal” in the city’s nightclubs. With little known about its source, a rural officer is recruited into an undercover police unit and is tasked with infiltrating the gang to bring it down from the inside.
Forced to keep his new assignment a secret from everyone, Officer Park Jun-mo (Ji Chang Wook) is stunned to discover his wife and fellow officer Yu Eui-jeong (Lim Se Mi) has volunteered for the same assignment and that she has a mysterious past with the city’s new drug lord, Jung Gi-cheul (Wi Ha Jun).
Trying to get on Gi-cheul’s good side, Jun-mo risks his life to protect him. When given an opportunity to sneak into the gang’s lair, he also makes sure to get information that he can feed to the team.
Meanwhile, Gi-cheul fortifies his power and also leads Jun-mo to irreversible choices.
The Worst of Evil Opening Week Musings
Violence and brutal scenes abound in the opening week episodes of The Worst of Evil. It has an easy plot and the reeling factor lies in whether the “Gangnam Crystal” operation would yield the expected results.
Ji Chang Wook and Wi Ha Jun as expected are phenomenal in their characters. They already entrenched the excitement when Jun-mo’s cover will be out in the open.
A peek at the illegal drug dealings in the 1990s also adds to the charm of the series as well as the organized drug crimes. Because the first three episodes focused on character overviews and the mission which spins the conflict of the series.
With Eui-jeong becoming the connection that would make or break the mission, this reality also heightens excitement for the story’s development.
Can Jun-mo and his team accomplish a Herculean mission in The Worst of Evil?
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