K-drama A Superior Day: conventional serial killer mystery starring Jin Goo hasn’t lived up to its title yet

Based on a webcomic of the same name, this eight-part series follows a father tasked with tracking down a serial killer in exchange for his kidnapped daughter

A Superior Day sticks to a conventional dramatic framework, reserving its ingenuity for gruesome crime scenes. Jin Goo is somewhat milquetoast in the lead role

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Jin Goo in a still from A Superior Day. Goo stars as a father tasked with tracking down a serial killer in exchange for his kidnapped daughter.

Published: 5:23pm, 18 Mar 2022

This article contains mild spoilers.

The K-drama series Through the Darkness may have just wrapped up its run, but the grisly and tense new chiller A Superior Day is here to satisfy your serial killer itch.

Based on a webcomic of the same name, this eight-part series stars Jin Goo, of Descendants of the Sun, with Ha Do-kwon (The Penthouse) and Lee Won-geun (One the Woman) as his co-stars. New episodes will air weekly.

While Through the Darkness, based on the memoir of Korea’s first criminal profiler, attempted to put a more realistic spin on the genre, A Superior Day goes back to the basics. It is an old-fashioned and macabre yarn which employs a simple hook: a father tasked with tracking down a serial killer in exchange for his kidnapped daughter.

Jin plays firefighter Lee Ho-chul, who we first meet when he exits an ambulance on a deserted road in the shadow of an overpass after hurtling through the city.

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