The sanctity of life according to Jang Ki-yong’s hitman in OCN thriller
by tipsymocha
Curiouser and curiouser. OCN looks like they have another hit on their hands with Kill It, formerly known as Blue Eyes, featuring up-and-coming leading man Jang Ki-yong (Come Here and Hug Me) and Nana (The Swindlers, The Good Wife) headlining in the action thriller. I’ve really enjoyed witnessing Jang Ki-yong’s rather rapid rise to leading man status, and I’m hoping Kill It will further cement his place in dramaland.
The latest teaser for Kill It is quite straight-to-the-point, and opens up as Jang Ki-yong assembles a sniper’s rifle on the roof of a building. He narrates that, “Life is precious, of course. As long as it isn’t a target,” while he aims and fires at an unknown target in the office building across the way. The clip is very much in line with OCN’s M.O.: It’s stylish and slick, with all the efficiency and subtlety of a professional hitman. Not that that’s a bad thing.
Jang Ki-yong will play a killer with a day job as a veterinarian, while Nana will play a detective chasing a serial killer, who may have also killed her lover. Hm, it definitely sounds like the plot is set up for a cat-and-mouse game between the two, which should be interesting if we as the audience are meant to root for both of the leads. I’m more interested in Jang Ki-yong’s character, as well, since we don’t know why he’s turned his back on being a professional hitman and taken up a double life as a vet. I love it when there’s a mysterious backstory to mine.
Kill It will premiere on March 16, and air on OCN’s weekend slot following currently airing Trap.
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1 gadis
February 16, 2019 at 8:15 PM
I'm super excited. OCN continues to deliver solid crime show, so hopefully this one will also be a satisfying drama. Plus, Jang Ki-young is seriously handsome in this teaser. 😍😍
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2 Jrr 🌈
February 16, 2019 at 8:24 PM
*can't stop nodding*
My lovely boy. 😍
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Dru
February 17, 2019 at 5:49 AM
Me too.. me too..
I just love him.. 😍😍
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3 Kairoskat 💐
February 16, 2019 at 8:43 PM
Interesting~ a vet and a serial killer. So he'll be cute during daytime, all dark and twisted at night.
Can i expect some DotS parody in Kill It? Maybe not. He had a memorable appearance in Touch your Heart. Hohoho
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mary
February 16, 2019 at 8:58 PM
I think he's a vet so he can also get access to certain drugs that are useful in his uhm... side job.
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oppafangirl
February 17, 2019 at 12:25 AM
Nooooooo! Let's just keep it simple and cute days: He will play with cute dogs, otters and cats will give him deadly stare!!
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🍙 kimbap noona
February 17, 2019 at 3:47 AM
Yes yes yes!
Save cute animals by day,
Annihilate despicable animals at night.
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mary
February 17, 2019 at 5:16 AM
Humans are despicable animals. Some...
🍙 kimbap noona
February 17, 2019 at 6:05 AM
@mary, maybe JKY will be doing some "conscientious" killing in this drama?
Like Robin Hood, instead of stealing one's wealth to give it to the poor, he will be stealing's one's life to avenge the wronged.
mindy
February 17, 2019 at 6:18 AM
@kimbapnoona So, Dexter?
🍙 kimbap noona
February 17, 2019 at 8:53 AM
@mindy
Now I totally want a K-drama Dexter, except maybe with less body dismemberment. 🔪👃👂🤚
redfox
February 17, 2019 at 7:06 AM
this conversation calls for a revival of Beans of Wisdom
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oppafangirl
February 17, 2019 at 7:24 AM
What is that?
PakalanaPikake
February 17, 2019 at 9:38 PM
@redfox,
Until such time as the column is revived, here's a vintage Beans of Wisdom with one of your zombie comments. ;-)
http://www.dramabeans.com/2017/02/beans-of-wisdom-from-the-future/
@oppafangirl,
Before DB was overhauled, it didn't have fan walls and a way to track a poster's comments. BOW was a weekly digest of pithy, hilarious, and insightful quotes from Beanies, selected by the Powers Who Be. Some of the comment threads that were highlighted were long indeed. The Cliff Of Non-Doom made its appearance in the above installment. Enjoy! ;-)
WishfulToki
February 17, 2019 at 9:46 PM
@pakalanapikake thank you for resurrecting the Hwarang memories. I don’t remember having had so much fun on a discussion thread since then 🤣🤣
PakalanaPikake
February 17, 2019 at 10:15 PM
@wishfultoki February 17, 2019 at 9:46 PM
You're most welcome for the trip down memory lane in Shilla. I didn't watch HWARANG (my sageuk spider sense warned me away), but I'm glad you had fun yakking about it. ;-)
oppafangirl
February 17, 2019 at 11:40 PM
@pakalanapikake wow, that was a treasure hole, thank you!!
@sicarius Sunbae I am so glad we got our zombie saeguk!!!
4 Kafiyah Bello
February 16, 2019 at 8:43 PM
I am super excited for this, especially for Nana after the 4 brothers fiasco, I hope she shines. Jang Ki-yong for me is a forgone conclusion that he will be excellent.
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5 mary
February 16, 2019 at 8:51 PM
OCN looks like they have another hit on their hands
Heehee I see what you did there :D
The teaser looks cool but wouldn't it be awesome if, rather than an elite hitman, he turns out to be a dramaland killer-for-hire instead?
... and then Jang Ki-yong has to deal with billing screechy in-laws and bratty chaebols.
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egads aka Dame Maggie
February 16, 2019 at 9:02 PM
Now this is the drama I really want.
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💜🍍☠ Sicarius The Queen of Melonia ☠🍍💜
February 16, 2019 at 9:03 PM
SAME
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xhuizini
February 16, 2019 at 9:47 PM
Kim Nam Gil is on a new drama. Get on it! --- 😂😂😂😂😂
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gadis
February 16, 2019 at 10:09 PM
😂😂😂 The Kim Nam-gil one...
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Sincerely, ToD
February 17, 2019 at 5:43 AM
Reporting for duty!
*readies self to crush new daughter-in-law with everything but kindness*
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Rukia wants melona
February 17, 2019 at 1:31 PM
Genius concept. Yes please!!
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6 💜🍍☠ Sicarius The Queen of Melonia ☠🍍💜
February 16, 2019 at 9:02 PM
Ahh my lesser known catnip- killers with contrary day jobs lmao.
(Side note but I've always wanted a story about a super model who is also an assassin. Don't ask me why)
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mary
February 16, 2019 at 9:04 PM
City Hunter was close. XD
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💜🍍☠ Sicarius The Queen of Melonia ☠🍍💜
February 16, 2019 at 9:05 PM
*SNORTS*
Although my original thought was the assassin/super model would be a female.
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mary
February 16, 2019 at 9:09 PM
Ooooh Kim Hye-soo and Jeon Ji-hyun come to mind.
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egads aka Dame Maggie
February 16, 2019 at 9:11 PM
I love assassins with day jobs, but I particularly like it when their non-assassin persona is something deadly dull and non-descript, like a housewife, or accountant. Though a super model would work too.
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Ally
February 16, 2019 at 9:15 PM
Or a librarian. 😉
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💜🍍☠ Sicarius The Queen of Melonia ☠🍍💜
February 16, 2019 at 9:31 PM
Uh this... this I approve.
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💜🍍☠ Sicarius The Queen of Melonia ☠🍍💜
February 16, 2019 at 9:32 PM
also *Raise your hand if you've ever thought the stacks would be a great place to hide a body*
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PakalanaPikake
February 17, 2019 at 9:42 PM
Postal worker would be good, too. Hide the bodies in the Dead Letter Office. ;-)
Kairoskat 💐
February 16, 2019 at 9:26 PM
@egads maybe you will like Ben Affleck's movie : Accountant. I watched to see an accountant doing accountant stuff and calculations and I was surprised with what actually transpired hahaha
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💜🍍☠ Sicarius The Queen of Melonia ☠🍍💜
February 16, 2019 at 9:32 PM
Mundane Day Job Assassin is definitely one of the best combinations of this catnip yes.
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mary
February 17, 2019 at 5:16 AM
I would love the housewife one!
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egads aka Dame Maggie
February 17, 2019 at 5:54 AM
Check out the jdrama Caution: Hazardous Wife.
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mary
February 18, 2019 at 3:47 PM
That has to be one of the rules of dramaland: For every outlandish premise you can think of, a jdorama already exists with that plot.
PakalanaPikake
February 17, 2019 at 9:47 PM
Or a babysitter.
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7 sweetsour
February 16, 2019 at 10:08 PM
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8 nightmoon
February 16, 2019 at 10:44 PM
There probably won't be official Eng subs for this, will there? But seriously, are OCN licenses really difficult to get? sighs
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oppafangirl
February 17, 2019 at 12:32 AM
You can request the license on Viki, which is what I am doing everyday!
http://vikiinc.wufoo.com/forms/title-request-form/
(Note: You can also do the same on Netflix, but I don't like their subs.)
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nightmoon
February 17, 2019 at 1:42 AM
Didn’t know you could request shows on Netflix. Thanks!
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oppafangirl
February 17, 2019 at 4:08 AM
https://help.netflix.com/en/titlerequest
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oppafangirl
February 17, 2019 at 4:09 AM
Here: https://help.netflix.com/en/titlerequest
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nightmoon
February 17, 2019 at 3:12 PM
Thanks!
bong-soo
February 17, 2019 at 8:52 PM
I am a big fan of OCN dramas but availability subbed is always a concern. I am pleasantly surprised that TRAP is available subbed as was my 2018 favorite drama LIFE ON MARS.
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nightmoon
February 17, 2019 at 8:56 PM
But no legal source. :(
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9 Lucy🦋 | Hyun Bins First Love
February 17, 2019 at 12:31 AM
Contract Killer or Serial Killer?
Looks like this drama would totally make me question my morality. I am not looking forward to that.
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bong-soo
February 17, 2019 at 8:55 PM
No serial killer. Not after COME AND HUG ME.
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PakalanaPikake
February 17, 2019 at 9:51 PM
@marcusnyc20 bong-soo,
It looks like he's following in Dad's footsteps after all, dang it. But he's ditching the hammer for something with a scope.
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10 spazmo
February 17, 2019 at 2:46 AM
awww, as the Mama fanclub member that i was i still just want to give that young man a HUG...
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11 BC
February 17, 2019 at 3:11 AM
The plot reminds me of a book "Die Lebenden und die Toten" by Nele Neuhause and little bit of k-drama Remember You. We'll see if the writer is fond of german thrillers.
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12 Jana
February 17, 2019 at 4:48 AM
But "Trap", that shares the same time slot, already ends on March 2nd. What will air between on March 3rd, 9th and 10th at 22:20 KST?
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13 PakalanaPikake
February 17, 2019 at 10:09 PM
Thanks for the update on KILL IT, @tipsymocha. I'd missed the earlier article on BLUE EYES, which now has The Who running around my brain.
I've been wondering what Jang Ki-yong was up to, and now I have this to look forward to. He caught my eye in GO BACK SPOUSES. I tuned in for all of COME HERE AND HUG ME. It was so heavy that I've been hoping he'll act in a lighter vehicle. I might have to rewatch episodes of THE BOY NEXT DOOR. ;-)
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14 oosiee
February 18, 2019 at 12:05 AM
Yoo Doo-jun? Is that you? 😂
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15 canxi
February 18, 2019 at 5:15 AM
Lol, I don't think Jan Ki Yong will be the serial killer Nana is chasing... but maybe she thinks he is. Feel like Jan Ki Yong is a killer for hire, rather, since he's seen sniping in these teasers. Either way, I'm watching tho!
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16 tesshan
February 25, 2019 at 12:50 AM
I saw the latest posters...he was abandoned as a kid, lost his memory and was raised by a killer and became one himself. Until something happened and he changed and became a vet.
She was adopted by a rich family but then decides to become a detective.
I just hope they are not brother and sister...
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