Bloodhounds

June 9, 2023

Gun-woo (Woo Do-hwan) and Woo-jin (Lee Sang-yi) train at their Gyeonggi boxing gym, two young men with nothing but their physical discipline. Their families are already being preyed upon by illegal loan sharks.

June 9, 2023

Both families' situations are fully revealed. The loan shark operation — its predatory mechanisms, its violence — is shown with documentary clarity.

June 9, 2023

The drama's action sequences — among the best in 2023 Korean television — escalate. Gun-woo and Woo-jin's boxing skills deployed not in sport but in survival.

June 9, 2023

A chase sequence through Mapo's residential and commercial streets. The drama uses the neighbourhood's ordinariness to make the violence feel like a violation.

June 9, 2023

The final boss of the criminal operation is reached. The drama's most ambitious action set piece.

June 9, 2023

The finale. Named one of Rolling Stone's 10 best Korean shows of 2023 for action choreography that ranks with the best in the world.