Inside Criminal Minds (2022)

Truly dark

Through the Darkness is a crime drama that is particularly unique for being adapted from the book of Korea’s first profiler. In this sense, it isn’t only focused on the crimes, but more so on the work that goes into solving them. It managed to capture the struggles of, at the time, still developing field of crime profiling.

Not every aspect of this show is actually based on real happenings, but the characters and their stories make the viewer feel more included. It doesn't strack you as fiction or merely distant reality, it rather showcases itself as the everyday reality we face.

As for the acting, there isn’t anything I can criticise. Kim Nam Gil did an extraordinary job and his acting performance is memorable. This can be said about all the other characters, too. It isn’t quite common to see actors portray serial murders this well.

This drama was not the fastest watch (though it was rather intense), but it would feel wrong if such stories were easy to watch. That’s, of course, something one has to account for. On that note, I would argue that the rewatch value may not be the highest, which in this case is not a drawback.

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Compelling series

This was not my usual type of series to watch. However it caught my attention with the title and the short intro as i looked on the list of new & popular on Netflix, so i decided to give it a try and watch the first episode . That was my fatal mistake, once i started watching i felt compelled to watch the complete series.
It was only as i read reviews afterwards that i realized it was from a non-fiction book. So a true story. I would love to read the book but unfortunately i have not yet found it in English. But i have not given up yet and still hope to find it.
The lead actor Kim Nam Gil's performance was of another class, it was brilliant, i could not fault his performance, you could feel the struggles he went through to achieve some understanding of the criminal mind. Kim So Jin and Jin Seon Kyu also lead actors were equally as good. The emotion came through the screen and you could feel the changes as you went through the series. The supporting cast member, though how you call the actors who portrayed the criminals as supporting cast, they were faultless. It was all in all a superb performance from all, even the smaller roles where well acted.
As you go through the series non of the episodes are slow and boring there is always something to keep you watching, and looking forward to the next episode.
I was quite sad when i realized i was watching the final episode.

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Passionnate re-création de la naissance du profilage en Corée du Sud

J’ai était captivée de bout en bout par ce drama, sans doute du fait de l’authenticité de l’histoire qui transparaît dans le scénario et l’écriture des personnages.
La difficulté pour créer l’unité d’étude du comportement criminel est parfaitement restituée. La méfiance des flics de terrain envers ces méthodes inconnues, puis leur évolution au vu des résultats est très réaliste, rien à voir avec le triomphalisme de la victoire qu’on rencontre parfois dans ce genre de drama ! le travail du journaliste Go a été particulièrement bien utilisé pour l’écriture des dialogues, surtout lors de la confrontation du profiler avec le suspect d’abord, puis le coupable ensuite. L’influence des séries américaines de ce genre est évidente, mais elle a été bien digérée, si je puis dire, apportant une rigueur et une maîtrise indispensable (et souvent négligées en Corée)mais restant tout à fait dans le style des dramas coréens pour l’écriture des personnages.
Les actions criminelles sont décrites sans voyeurisme mais sans chercher non plus à adoucir l’horrible.
Les heures sans nombres passées à étudier d’anciens dossiers, ce dont se moquent les autres policiers, permettent de ressortir un cheminement psychologique commun aux tueurs en série, et les moments où le profiler donne le profil en réunissant tous les fils qui l’ont amené jusque là sont passionnants, surtout en parallèle ensuite avec la découverte du coupable, les points communs avec le profil et les réactions du tueur, en accord avec ce que le profiler avait prévu.
Et toute cette belle  mécanique est magnifiquement soutenue par une interprétation hors pair !! Kim Nam Gil est époustouflant dans ce personnage solitaire, vivant toujours chez sa mère, doué d’une empathie particulière doublée d’un sens aigu de l’observation, mais qui va jusqu’à mettre sa santé mentale en jeu ! Son collègue, qui se bat bec et ongles pour créer cette unité, est interprété par Jin Sun Kyu avec solidité et énergie, retenant souvent son coéquipier au bord du gouffre. Le reste de la distribution est excellent, particulièrement les « seconds rôles » qui interprètent les criminels d’une façon si réaliste qu’on n’aimerait pas les rencontrer dans une ruelle sombre la nuit !
Naturellement aucune romance, les seuls liens affectifs qui se nouent peu à peu sont ceux du respect, de l’acceptation des nouvelles méthodes et de l’intégration solidaire de l’unité d’étude du comportement, qui finissent par se créer au sein de toute l’équipe

Bref c’est un excellent drama, que je conseille fortement !

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a 11/10 crime show with really consistent and brilliant writing

literally one of the most interesting crime/thriller dramas I've seen. i always enjoy shows where they delve deep into the criminal psyche, being a huge fan of mindhunter, i already knew i was gonna love the drama for that aspect at least. and man, i was definitely not disappointed. this drama totally served more than my expectations. in fact, i actually wasn't expecting much bc it's usually hard to hold my attention for a slow paced k-drama but this one really took my brain by choke hold and had a steady hold on the interest button in my brain. a very pleasant surprise.

i think what really makes this drama is the fact that it is very consistent in terms of its theme. It's focused on the development of criminal profiling, delving deep into the criminal psyche but never losing the focus. grief and the bereaved takes the center stage in the play, not the monster. the writing is just straight up brilliant in terms of how it focuses on the criminal psyche without humanizing them or glorying or justifying their action bc of their past. the past exists, it impacts them but it does not justify their actions. the explicitness of this message is so very evident in the writing but it does so by shifting the focus on the victim not by putting down the monster's past. that's what i find most interesting. like i really like the writing god, it's written so well i dont have words to describe it.

kim nam gil has done such a phenomenal job with song ha young's character, the grief and empathy he carries for the victim is heart wrenching. the acting was simply amazing in this k-drama, i especially love the people who played the serial killers, their acting was top-tier and contributed such solidness to the characters. i've a lot of respect for the cast and the production team definitely. :)

like yeah solid this was definitely 11/10 writing + good characters + good acting. all of that really served it well and polished it into an underrated gem. i'm so very glad i gave it a chance before 2022 ended, this drama seriously gnaws its way into your heart with that writing. do give it a try, it really does not disappoint in serving!

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posible for s2 if they want

In these 12 episodes I think the first two cases are quite good and the details are also quite good And easy to understand but the essence of this drama is about Profiler and most of the Profiler is to identify serial murders but serial murder cases in this drama actually look very absurd serial killers don't caught by the police after being identified, but caught due to negligence during the act of murder, this serial murder case is what makes this drama destroyed even though the core of this drama is about serial murder I think in these twelve episodes I can see alot of unique cases but delayed due to serial murder cases, especially the very few episodes, making the rating not going to be high.

And what makes me feel very absurd is that serial killers who only have photos of their backs,they make a list of wanted people, but serial killers who they have the drawing picture of the culprit's face they don't put them on the people's wanted list so that it makes alot of other victims fall ,, in my opinion very not makes sense

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Kim nam Gil does not dissapoint!

This drama actually keeps his promise, there were no subplots or whatever writers always use to drag the drama. And knowing that the drama was based on a true story it was really well executed, all the cast did a great job at portraying their characters.

It's true that it was slow and somehow predictable, but since this is based on a true story, i kind of expected it. Because in real life it is not so easy to solve a crime case and to be a profiler at the time was not something common.

So i will give this drama an 8.5/10, and i totally recommend it, though it is not the kind of drama i would rewatch lol.

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เพราะเป็นเรื่องที่ based on true story โทนเรื่องเลยไม่ได้มีความว๊าว หรือตื่นเต้นมาก

มีความสมจริงในการสืบสวนมาก แบบที่ไม่ได้สืบแล้วรู้เลย ไม่ได้มีความคืบหน้าทุกครั้ง พระเอกไม่ได้เป็นคนที่แก้คดีได้โดยตรง มีช่วงที่ทิ้งระยะผ่านเลยไปโดยไม่มีอะไรคืบหน้าเลย หลายครั้งไม่ได้จับได้เพราะสืบได้ด้วยซ้ำ คือถ้าเป็นเรื่องอื่นๆพระเอกจะเป็น lead ชัดเจน แบบเก่งเว่อๆไปเลย ถ้าคนที่ชอบดูอะไรที่สนุกตื่นเต้นคงจะเบื่อนิดหน่อย แต่พอรู้ว่าเรื่องต้องการจะเล่าอะไรเลยเข้าใจแล้วก็ชอบด้วย

โทนความเครียดทำออกมาดีมาก ยิ่งตอนที่พระเอกเริ่มทำตัวเหมือนฆาตรกรดูแล้วก็แอบหวั่นใจว่าพระเอกจะหลุดไหม ดูแล้วเครียด อึดอัดตาม

แต่เคสสุดท้ายโทนเรื่องมันดูเบาไปหน่อย โชว์ความเก่งพระเอกดีแล้วแต่มันเรื่อยๆเกินไปนิด

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Good thiller

It is really interesting to see the development of the characters and the journey they had to go through to get the respect they deserve. The beginning was too slow for me and I almost dropped the drama but I am glad I did not.
The acting was great. The story line is good and the killers were portrayed well but it is not as dark as I thought it will be. The middle part of the drama got me hooked but close to end I was starting loosing interest. Maybe because I watched Mouse & Signal which is very hard to beat and I have heigh expectations now.
Overall it was not bad and it was not great…

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Good, but not great

An interesting premise, and explores a side of crime dramas beyond the usual clues and characters having an einstein moment. Where the drama falls short is in the character development and the amount of them which are redundant. A lot of characters are introduced but don't really drive the plot or serve any significant purpose. Case and point is the journalist and her boss. They don't affect the plot whatsoever, and are pretty redundant outside of giving the Behaviour Analysis team an interview. Yet we see them every single episode bickering. Same goes with the data analyst on their team, he doesn't contribute anything apart from helping them bounce ideas and just stays in the office. The two leads also lack chemistry, we don't see them learn alot about each other. There are also some pretty underwhelming resolutions to some of the serial killers.

Compared to Signal or Beyond Evil, it falls short.

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everyone has their own worst memories but that reason cannot justify us to commit a crime.

bagus si drama nya, yang nonton jadi lebih tau gimana perasaan si pelaku. ga cuma interogasi ttg kasus aja, tapi juga interogasi ttg masa lalu dia, knp dia bisa membunuh. nonton ini bikin naik darah banget lah. apalagi waktu pemvunuhnya itu bilang kl dia ngelakuin itu cuma karena ingin. bajingan kali. Tapi pelaku” nya ditangkap ga sesuai bayangan ku gitu. yang kasus topi merah, kayak ga nyangka tiba tiba ketangkap gitu, kayak kelihatan mudah. aku mikir kayak udah gitu aja dan di kasus kasus lain jg yg kayak cpt banget ditangkapnya. mungkin karena emang mau lebih fokus nyeritain perilaku si psiko nya kali ya. jadi ga terlalu fokus sama cara nangkapnya. okelah drama ini, awalnya agak lambat karena baru mungkin tetapi makin lama makin cepat dapet profil tersangkanya. aku searching pelaku yg sbnrnya dan pelakunya mirip vibesnya sama pelaku yang ada di drama. gilasi hebat bgt milihnya. accent si pelaku pun bnr bnr diikutin.

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The Korean Mindhunter But Not Quite

Right off the bat, dunno why some on here are giving this bad ratings on here while a show as awful as signal has such high ratings lol. Anyway.....as a huge mindhunter fan I was so excited for this and it met my expectations. When I started it I was slightly disappointed as I went around calling it the Korean Mindhunter and was let down by the lack of the 'fincher-esque' fast paced but almost academic storytelling. But its just entirely different i mean its set some 35 years later in South Korea.. very different but good nevertheless. At first Detective Yoon was frustrating but every character on the show is fully realized and based in reality, so you'll learn to bare with it. Also would be good to actually research some of the real cases the show was based on and read a bit about Prof Kown IlYong whom Song Hayoung is based off of.

This was an excellent show and for someone interested in the psychology of criminals, i was thoroughly entertained. They handled the cases with respect and it was honestly clever unfolding of plot.

Initially was uncomfortable with the editing and look of the show, (the high-contrast postprod sharpness effect really threw me off) but I came arnd to enjoying it - it really captures that dark late 90's early 00's era of south korean criminal bureaus.
Best kshow of 2022 alongside juvenile justice for me.

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Great thriller drama/ Similar to Mouse

Damn the murders are surprisingly well detailed and i cant believe this is based on real story its good so far and the people who gave this a 4.5 or 2.5 or even 1 i dont understand u lmao. this is focused on profiling not rlly a thriller focused and also the psycopaths getting interviewed are so convincing and scary they did amazing. But this isnt something i'd rewatch the murders details are so scarring, it gave me chills. I didnt consider watching this when i saw the age rating was 15+, was a bit confused. But this isnt a bad thriller drama and derserves the high global rating.

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