Are you still fired up from John Wick? Quoting his lines back and forth? Can’t get enough of those brutal fights and that mission-fueled, blood-soaked revenge? And now what—you’re left hanging, already among the first to see Ballerina?
Well, listen up—I’ve got something for you, straight out of Korea. A series where fighting is the plot. And not just any beatdowns: we’re talking suited-up enforcers from the “corporate”—read: mafia—world, tearing into each other with brutal finesse. The opening scene? Two squads of solo fighters taking each other out in a no-holds-barred execution match. Think Fight Club—except it’s guys in white dress shirts elbowing each other just to step into the ring.
Meanwhile, their “bosses”—two corporate top dogs, aka mafia CEOs—look on with pride, striking confident poses and trading satisfied grimaces as their men do the dirty work.
But this goes deeper than bare-knuckle brawls. As hinted earlier, the real fuel here is an old-school, noble blood feud. The setup? One mafia boss, staged as “honorable,” isn’t grooming his own son for succession—instead, he picks the younger brother of a once‑beloved enforcer. (Yep, that detail matters.)
You can probably see where this is going—it’s that time-tested formula: the jealous almost-heir, the one no one really wants in charge, versus the loyal right-hand man on the rise. The bloodthirsty son has the younger brother killed. In response, the victim’s older brother—Gijun, a retired enforcer—swears revenge.
And get this—the tension doesn’t let up. It only gets juicier thanks to a corrupt, chaos-stirring cop who plays Seoul’s elite gangs against each other. So beyond the blood feud, you’re in for full-blown gang wars—stretched across seven tight episodes of this brand-new, 2025 Korean action drama.
It’s a comic-book-style adaptation—an action drama with few happy endings, but packed with the gritty fusion of The Matrix, Fight Club, and the no-mercy legacy of John Wick. Forget the guns: this is all close-quarters combat—bare fists, blades, and baseball bats—executed with a level of craft that puts recent American attempts to shame. And yep, we’ve already broken it down over at Heti Mocsok.
Go on—give it a watch.
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IMDb rating: 7.6/10
