Nam Joo-hyuk serves his own justice as Disney+’s Vigilante

by tccolb

Adding to a moody lineup of dramas this fall, the promo train has taken off for Disney+’s Vigilante and we get our first peek at the crime-action’s main cast in the first poster and video teaser.

Based on a webtoon by the same title, the series stars Nam Joo-hyuk (Twenty Five Twenty One) as police cadet Kim Ji-yong, who chose his career path with the personal goal of finding the perpetrators who wronged his parents. But Ji-yong finds the legal system riddled with gaping holes, allowing criminals to easily slip away with just a slap on the wrist.

In order to ensure that punishment is served, we see in the teaser’s opening that Ji-yong has gone rogue. As he catches up with one such criminal, he lectures, “You should have lived in remorse for the rest of your life. From now on, you can blame the law that let you go freely.”

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But while Ji-yong hides his face ~~with the hoodie of invisibility~~, he does want his work to be found and leaves a gory statement for the police. Inspecting the scene, head of police investigations Jo Heon – played by Yoo Ji-tae (Money Heist: Korea – Joint Economic Area) – concludes that, “This is not something anyone can do. It is someone very diligent and crazed on justice.”

We are then introduced to Lee Jun-hyuk (Dark Hole) playing DK Group’s vice-president Jo Kang-ok, who is intrigued by our vigilante hero. Another potential ally is Kim So-jin’s (Through the Darkness) journalist Choi Mi-ryeo, who discusses the article with her boss: “Someone is using violence to serve the punishment for crime that the law failed to do. Right now, the people want a dark hero like this.”

As Ji-yong continues his vigilante work, Mi-ryeo celebrates another hit piece for the news, while Heon fumes in the background. In the appearing captions we read: “A dark hero made by the world. I will do the sentencing now.” The teaser then closes with Ji-yong’s resolve: “There are holes in the law and I’m now going to close them.”

Directed by filmmaker Choi Jung-yeol (Start-Up, the 2019 film) with scripts by Lee Min-seob, 8-episode drama Vigilante will be releasing two episodes a week on Wednesdays starting November 8 on Disney+.