K-drama One Ordinary Day: Kim Soo-hyun leads edgy Korean remake of BBC legal drama series Criminal Justice
- Korean superstar Kim plays a university student who gets caught up in a murder after a night of drink, drugs and sex
- This brooding, no-frills legal drama has great production values, a controlled tempo and a strong cast
Imagine our surprise when, instead of a splashy event series, One Ordinary Day turned out to be a sober and grounded show that dispenses with theatrics to deliver a brooding and tightly controlled story about an ordinary day that leads to a terrible night for one unlucky student.
From The Fiery Priest director Lee Myung-woo, the show features Kim as Kim Hyun-soo, an ordinary university student in the middle of exams who spies a chance to unwind when a friend invites him to a pool party. Lacking the cash for the taxi ride there, he does the next best thing, and sneaks out with his dad’s cab instead.
Unable to shut off the For Hire sign, Hyun-soo accidentally gets a passenger when Hong Gook-hwa (Hwang Se-on) steps in and refuses to get out. He drives off with no destination and before he knows it enters a night of drink, drugs and sex with this mysterious young woman after she invites him back to her swanky suburban house, where she lives alone.