Kim Hye-soo‘s ‘crazy code’ is captivating TV screens.

Following her popular roles as bold female protagonists in her previous works ‘Signal’, ‘Shoop’, ‘Hyena’, and ‘Juvenile Judge’, she is once again showing off her extraordinary presence through her comeback project, the Disney+ drama ‘Trigger’ after a three-year hiatus.

‘Trigger’, which was released on the 15th, tells the story of investigative reporting program PDs who track down cases that even the police and prosecutors have not been able to solve and reveal the truth.

In the drama, Kim Hye-soo plays the role of Oh So-ryong, a ‘passionate PD’ who will do anything to solve the case.

She is a character full of ‘cleverness’, with a strong sense of mission and even risking her life to punish social evils.

In the content that has been revealed up to the second episode, the ‘Trigger’ team including Team Leader Kim Hye-soo, Jeong Seong-il, and Joo Jong-hyuk deal with major social issues such as contract workers from junior colleges, animal abuse, and pseudo-religious groups, and does not lose its cheerfulness by inserting comical elements at the right places.

Some people have responded that the setting and lines are too excessive to the point of being forced, which reduces plausibility, but the ‘fact assault’ with sharp lines that coolly inform the viewer of the exact facts delivers a refreshing feeling. The fast-paced development here has led to continuous reviews saying it is “super cool”.

Kim Hye-soo’s comedic acting also stands out throughout the process. In order to implement justice, he unconditionally pushes the camera in first, and in the process, he falls and rolls, so much so that the term “body gag” is used. In fact, he showed off action scenes without sparing his body during filming, and suffered an injury where his thigh muscle was torn.

In this way, by removing all the makeup and crossing the line between seriousness and comedy, “Kim Hye-soo’s crazy laughter” that “is actually funnier because it’s serious” has become a point of view.

Thanks to this, it caught attention by ranking first in the overall Disney+ content ranking on FlixPatrol, a content viewing ranking site for OTT platforms around the world, just one day after its release. It also ranked first in NaverTalk’s real-time open talk ranking, where viewers’ reactions can be checked right away.


Reporter Lee Jeong-yeon annjoy@donga.com
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