# Bad Guys (TV series)

Bad Guys (Korean: 나쁜 녀석들; RR: Nappeun 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.

## Plot

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

* 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
* 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

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

## Awards and nominations

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

## International broadcast

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

### Adaptation

The series has been adapted for Indonesian streaming platform Vidio as their first Korean drama adaptation co-produced by BASE Entertainment and CJ ENM Hong Kong. The teaser of the series was firstly unveiled at the 19th Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival following 3 months of filming across Indonesia, with the series set to be premiered on February 21, 2025.