Netflix K-drama Inspector Koo: Lee Young-ae returns in kooky serial killer comedy-drama

K-drama legend Lee Young-ae and Kim Hye-jun, of Kingdom, star in Netflix’s Inspector Koo as a former police officer and a young, unhinged serial killer

Both are eccentric characters that don’t make sense on paper, but their aggressive performances are somewhat tempered by a stellar supporting cast

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Veteran K-drama star Lee Young-ae stars in the comedy-tinged procedural Inspector Koo as the titular former police officer facing off against an unhinged serial killer.

Published: 5:45pm, 10 Nov 2021

This article contains minor spoilers.

Following a brief voice-over cameo in Taxi Driver earlier this year, Lee Young-ae is back on screens in her first leading role since 2017’s Saimdang, Memoir of Colors.

The veteran star isn’t afraid to muss up her image in the comedy-tinged serial killer procedural Inspector Koo, in which she plays the titular former police officer putting her deduction skills to use as an insurance investigator – when she isn’t playing video games, that is.

Joining her on screen is the young star Kim Hye-jun, best known to viewers as the queen in the Netflix series Kingdom, as an unhinged serial killer who takes a page out of Dexter’s book as she targets people who’ve done bad things.

Filled with verve and colour but somewhat scattered in its plotting, the show has already drawn some comparisons to the acclaimed BBC series Killing Eve. Meanwhile, its perplexing psychology places it squarely in the realm of loopy Korean serial killer shows such as Mouse.

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