Beyond Evil - Netflix - Series

Beyond Evil | Official Trailer | Netflix [ENG SUB]
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Handsome young policeman, son of police big shot, moves to small town where he teams up with a 20 year veteran. Shortly thereafter there is a murder, a murder in a small town where there hasn't been a murder in 20 years. The story centers on the staff of the local Manyang police substation. Note: Manyang is not the same as Munju.

Characters. All men unless otherwise noted.  

• Lee Dong-sik - A local detective whose life was turned upside down when his sister disappeared 20 years ago,
• Han Joo-won - A young, handsome detective, son of the Assistant Director of the National Police Force.
• Park Jeong-je - A captain at the Manyang substation and Dong-sik's childhood friend.
• Yoo Jae-yi (woman) - The hardworking operator and manager of the Manyang butcher shop and restaurant.
• Nam Sang-bae - The chief of the Manyang police substation, nearing the end of his career.
• Oh Ji-hwa (woman) - Head of the violent crimes team at the Munju Police Station. Previously married to:
• Lee Chang-jin - The CEO of the JL Construction company, heavily involved in local development projects. Previously married to Oh Ji-hwa. Slimy thug. You despise him as soon as he opens his mouth.
• The grocer, apparently not too smart, and he has a stutter.
• Han Joo-won's father, big shot in the national police force.
• Park Jeong-je's mother, local politician.
• Several women victims.

Very slow paced story of horrific serial killer in a small town in Korea. It starts with the discovery of a body. The investigation goes very slowly for the first 7 or 8 episodes, mostly we have everyone suspecting everyone else. They the investigation starts getting results. Eventually the whole story is revealed.

The story starts 20 years ago when the sister of a local policeman, Lee Dong-sik, discovers their neighbor, the grocer attempting to dispose of the body of a woman he has killed. He, being the demented son-of-a-bitch that he is, cuts off the tips of her fingers. She manages to escape from his clutches and runs down the road looking for help. The chief of police (who will be Han's father), driving home drunk after a late night party with his two partners, hits her and kills her. He calls his partner, Lee Chang-jin, to come help him clean up the mess. The Chang-jin shows up, takes charge, and the chief leaves. Chang-jin doesn't do anything, he leaves the body in the middle of the road. Not too much later, a teenage boy, Park Jeong-je, also drunk, comes down the same road and runs over the body. He calls his mom, who is the chief's other partner. She calls Chang-jin and he comes out to this same scene, again. He loads the body in his car, but then . . . something happens, I don't recall exactly what . . . and when he gets back the body is gone. The grocer has finally caught up with his victim. He carts her off, takes her back to her house (not his house) and walls her up in a concrete block wall next to the boiler, which he repaired. This repair must have been going on at the same time in order for his working in the basement to go unremarked.

Now everyone clams up and the murder goes unsolved for 20 years. The dead girl's brother, Lee Dong-sik, is now an inspector with the local police department. Chang-jin has become a developer and Park Jeong-je's mother is running for mayor. The chief of police (Han's father) is now the deputy director of the national police force. His son, Han, has joined the police. As part of all cops early service, they need to spend some time in a rural district, so he gets transferred to this same small town.

He's a good looking guy, but he's got some minor psychological problems. He's hyper-sensitive about cleanliness, his personal space and the letter of the law. He seems to be a good cop, but it takes him forever to respond to anyone talking to him. Or maybe that's just the director wanting to keep his pretty face on the screen for a while. He seems to be pretty smart, but these long delays make him look kind of stupid, so what's the deal?

Now another body shows up. Actually, it's the first one the grocer killed. It was buried in the swamp 20 years ago but has worked its way to the surface. Her fingertips have also been cut off, which leads to suspicion that it might be the cop's missing sister, but DNA evidence shows that it is not her.

Dong-sik and Han have both been collecting missing persons reports and they have about a dozen reports of women about 30 years old who have gone missing. This new dead body spurs them to do some more digging. They spend a good deal of time suspecting each other over the flimsiest of circumstances. Can't say as I blame them since they don't have any other evidence.

Now the grocer kills his 20 year old daughter. Evidently, 20 years ago, a hooker got pregnant and then latched onto the grocer who marries her. The hooker gives birth, leaves the baby with the grocer and runs off. Now the grocer embarks on a 20 year campaign of revenge, killing hookers and burying them in a field. The baby grows up to be an irresponsible brat. Both the grocer and the kid suspect he is not her father. Eventually her behavior sends him over the edge and he kills her. Now his whole sordid tale unravels.

16 episodes, about an hour each.