The Korean drama series A Killer Paradox features a university student named Lee Tang, portrayed by Choi Woo-shik. An uninspired student, Tang spends his free time watching YouTube travel vlogs and dreaming of escape from his mundane hometown. He works at a convenience store, where he is constantly nagged over punctuality and deals with drunken customers on the night shift.
One fateful night, after cleaning up after a drunk customer, Tang finds the man’s friend passed out on a backstreet. When Tang offers to help him, the man becomes aggressive, prompting Tang to use a hammer he had borrowed from the convenience store to commit murder. Racked with guilt upon returning home, Tang is later relieved to find out that his victim was actually a serial killer evading the police.
However, Tang’s troubles are far from over as a witness comes forward and blackmails him, and he becomes the target of interrogations by detective Jang Nan-gam, portrayed by Son Suk-ku. An intense cat-and-mouse game ensues between Tang and Nan-gam, with obstacles to getting away with murder piling up.
A Killer Paradox offers a unique take on the thriller genre, adding elements of fantasy and exploring complex questions about justice and morals. The series boasts stellar performances from its cast, with Choi Woo-shik delivering a phenomenal portrayal of the unlikely avenger Tang. Lee Hee-joon brings fresh bite and menace to the series as the former detective-turned-villain Song Chon, making for an engrossing watch and this year’s most thrilling face-off to date. A Killer Paradox is available to stream exclusively on Netflix
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