Bad Guys (Korean나쁜 녀석들; RRNappeun Nyeoseokdeul) is a 2014 South Korean television series starring Kim Sang-joong, Park Hae-jin, Ma Dong-seok, Jo Dong-hyuk and Kang Ye-won. It aired on OCN from October 4 to December 13, 2014, on Saturdays at 22:00 for 11 episodes.[1][2][3][4]

Bad Guys
Promotional poster for Bad Guys
Also known asBad Boys
GenrePolice procedural
Crime
Thriller
Action
Created by
  • Park Ji-young (CJ ENM)
  • Kim Cheol-yeon
Written byHan Jung-hoon [ko]
Directed byKim Jung-min [ko]
Starring
ComposerKim Jang-woo
Country of originSouth Korea
Original languageKorean
No. of episodes11
Production
Executive producerPark Ho-shik
Production locationKorea
Camera setupSingle camera
Running time60
Production companyUrban Works Media
Original release
NetworkOCN
ReleaseOctober 4 (2014-10-04) –
December 13, 2014 (2014-12-13)
Related
Bad Guys 2

Plot

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Fueled by the loss of his daughter to a murderer, Detective Oh Gu-tak will use any means necessary to catch criminals, and his ambiguous moral line often results in him getting suspended for excessive force. After his former superior request him back in the force to track down a serial killer who killed his son, a detective, Gu-tak comes up with a plan to form a team of "bad guys" to work on cases and hunt down the serial killer, ambitious police inspector Yoo Mi-young signs off on the arrangement.

Gu-tak releases three convicts from jail to form his team: Lee Jung-moon is the youngest member of Mensa with a genius IQ of 165 and doctorate degrees in math and philosophy, but behind his boyish facade is a psychopath serial killer; Park Woong-Cheol is a mob boss who crushed his way to the top of the gangster chain in 25 days, and still remains top dog in prison; and Jung Tae-soo was once a hired hit man who never made a single mistake, but suddenly confessed and turned himself in one day. In exchange for their collaboration, 5 years of worth of sentences will be reduced for them. When they try to recruit Jung-moon, he escapes captivity and Gu-talk gives Woong-Cheol and Tae-woo the task to apprehend Jung-moon with the reward of 4 years reduction in sentence. In the end, Woong-cheol captures Jung-moon and has his sentences reduced. During the investigation of the serial killer, Jung-mon state that, based on his research, the killer always kill their victims during rainy days and have killed several other unknown victims as practice to kill more discreetly. Eventually, they manage to capture the serial killer who is a locksmith. However, they soon realize that the locksmith is not the only one and there are more serial killers like him who target women during rainy days. Eventually, Gu-talk makes a deal with the three convicts to work with the police to capture serial killers in exchange for reduced sentences until their sentences are reduced to zero, which all of them will be granted freedom.

Cast

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  • Kim Sang-joong as Oh Gu-tak
  • Ma Dong-seok as Park Woong-Cheol
  • Park Hae-jin as Lee Jung-moon
  • Jo Dong-hyuk as Jung Tae-soo
  • Kang Ye-won as Yoo Mi-young
  • Kang Shin-il as Nam Gu-hyeon
  • Kwon Hae-seong as nam geon wook
  • Min Ji-ah as Park Seon-jeong
  • Hwang Seung-eon as Yang Yoo-jin
  • Park Jung-hak as Lee Doo-kwang
  • Kim Tae-hoon as Oh Jae-won
  • Ki Se-hyung as Kang Doo-man
  • Kim Jae-seung as Woo Hyun-woo
  • Kim Sung-hoon as Lee Seok-jin
  • Son Se-bin as Jung Hon-ja, Hyun-woo's fiancée[5]
  • Jeon Jin-seo as Kim Young-joon
  • Seo Hye-jin as Shin So-jung
  • Nam Sung-jin as Kim Dong-ho
  • Park Jung-woo as Son Moon-ki
  • Park Hyo-jun as Yoon Chul-joo
  • Park Sung-taek as Kim Do-shik
  • Nam Tae-boo as Korean-Chinese man
  • Kim Byung-choon as Serial killer obsessed with blood
  • Lee Yong-nyeo as Hwang Kyung-soon
  • Jang Seon-ho as Park Jong-seok
  • Kim Hye-yoon as Oh Ji-yun, Gu-tak's daughter

Ratings

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In this table, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.

Ep. Original broadcast date Title Average audience share
AGB Nielsen[6]
Nationwide Seoul
1 October 4, 2014 Crazy Dogs 1.3% [7] 1.510% [8]
02 October 11, 2014 Outlaw 2.167%[9] 2.651%[10]
03 October 18, 2014 Human Market 2.384%[11] 2.625%[12]
04 October 25, 2014 Too Many Bad Guys 3.551%[13] 4.324%[14]
05 November 1, 2014 Reason for Murder 3.779%[15] 4.686%[16]
06 November 8, 2014 Desperate Chase 3.822%[17] 3.907%[18]
07 November 15, 2014 In the Line of Fire 3.329%[19] 3.625%[20]
08 November 22, 2014 Truth's Shadow 3.214%[21] 3.266%[22]
09 November 29, 2014 Tropical Night 2.930%[23] 2.978%[24]
10 December 6, 2014 The Knife Is Dancing 3.307%[25] 3.910%[26]
11 December 13, 2014 Back to the World 4.128%[27] 4.101%[28]
Average 3.083% 3.417%

Awards and nominations

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Year Award Category Recipient Result
2015 51st Baeksang Arts Awards Best Director Kim Jung-min Nominated
8th Korea Drama Awards Top Excellence Award, Actor Park Hae-jin Nominated
KDA Award Won
10th Seoul International Drama Awards Best Mini-series Bad Guys Nominated

International broadcast

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The drama is available to stream on Netflix with a variety of subtitles in North America, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines and Sri Lanka.[29]

References

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  1. ^ Jeon, Su-mi (9 July 2014). "Park Hae Jin to Transform into Genius Psychopath in New Drama Bad Guys". enewsWorld. Retrieved 2014-10-08.
  2. ^ Lee, Sun-min (10 July 2014). "Park continues TV run with Bad Boys". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 2014-10-08.
  3. ^ Park, Gyu-oh (3 September 2014). "Park Hae-jin reveals creepy teaser of Bad Boys". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 2014-10-08.
  4. ^ "Park Hae-jin, Ma Dong-suk go 'manly adorable'". The Korea Herald. 5 October 2014. Retrieved 2014-10-08.
  5. ^ Lee, Choon-woo (November 13, 2014). '나쁜녀석들' 배우 손세빈, 김재승 정혼자 역으로 합류. Busan Ilbo (in Korean). Retrieved December 8, 2019.
  6. ^ "Nielsen Korea". AGB Nielsen Media Research (in Korean). Retrieved October 18, 2013.
  7. ^ "나쁜 녀석들 시청률 OCN". Naver. 1.3 1화 10.04
  8. ^ "October 4, 2014 Seoul Cable Ratings". Nielsen Korea. 8th (OCN) 나쁜놈잡는나쁜녀석들<본> 1.510%
  9. ^ "October 11, 2014 Nationwide Cable Ratings". Nielsen Korea. 1st (OCN) 나쁜놈잡는나쁜녀석들<본> 2.167%
  10. ^ "October 11, 2014 Seoul Cable Ratings". Nielsen Korea. 2nd (OCN) 나쁜놈잡는나쁜녀석들<본> 2.651%
  11. ^ "October 18, 2014 Nationwide Cable Ratings". Nielsen Korea. 1st (OCN) 나쁜놈잡는나쁜녀석들<본> 2.384%
  12. ^ "October 18, 2014 Seoul Cable Ratings". Nielsen Korea. 1st (OCN) 나쁜놈잡는나쁜녀석들<본> 2.625%
  13. ^ "October 25, 2014 Nationwide Cable Ratings". Nielsen Korea. 1st (OCN) 나쁜놈잡는나쁜녀석들<본> 3.551%
  14. ^ "October 25, 2014 Seoul Cable Ratings". Nielsen Korea. 1st (OCN) 나쁜놈잡는나쁜녀석들<본> 4.324%
  15. ^ "November 1, 2014 Nationwide Cable Ratings". Nielsen Korea. 1st (OCN) 나쁜놈잡는나쁜녀석들<본> 3.779%
  16. ^ "November 1, 2014 Seoul Cable Ratings". Nielsen Korea. 1st (OCN) 나쁜놈잡는나쁜녀석들<본> 4.686%
  17. ^ "November 8, 2014 Nationwide Cable Ratings". Nielsen Korea. 2nd (OCN) 나쁜놈잡는나쁜녀석들<본> 3.822%
  18. ^ "November 8, 2014 Seoul Cable Ratings". Nielsen Korea. 2nd (OCN) 나쁜놈잡는나쁜녀석들<본> 3.907%
  19. ^ "November 15, 2014 Nationwide Cable Ratings". Nielsen Korea. 2nd (OCN) 나쁜놈잡는나쁜녀석들<본> 3.329%
  20. ^ "November 15, 2014 Seoul Cable Ratings". Nielsen Korea. 2nd (OCN) 나쁜놈잡는나쁜녀석들<본> 3.625%
  21. ^ "November 22, 2014 Nationwide Cable Ratings". Nielsen Korea. 2nd (OCN) 나쁜놈잡는나쁜녀석들<본> 3.214%
  22. ^ "November 22, 2014 Seoul Cable Ratings". Nielsen Korea. 2nd (OCN) 나쁜놈잡는나쁜녀석들<본> 3.266%
  23. ^ "November 29, 2014 Nationwide Cable Ratings". Nielsen Korea. 3rd (OCN) 나쁜놈잡는나쁜녀석들<본> 2.930%
  24. ^ "November 29, 2014 Seoul Cable Ratings". Nielsen Korea. 3rd (OCN) 나쁜놈잡는나쁜녀석들<본> 2.978%
  25. ^ "December 6, 2014 Nationwide Cable Ratings". Nielsen Korea. 2nd (OCN) 나쁜놈잡는나쁜녀석들<본> 3.307%
  26. ^ "December 6, 2014 Seoul Cable Ratings". Nielsen Korea. 2nd (OCN) 나쁜놈잡는나쁜녀석들<본> 3.910%
  27. ^ "December 13, 2014 Nationwide Cable Ratings". Nielsen Korea. 2nd (OCN) 나쁜놈잡는나쁜녀석들<본> 4.128%
  28. ^ "December 28, 2013 Seoul Cable Ratings". Nielsen Korea. 2nd (OCN) 나쁜놈잡는나쁜녀석들<본> 4.101%
  29. ^ iflix Malaysia (9 September 2015). "September 2015 Korean Titles on iflix". Retrieved 31 March 2018 – via YouTube.
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