Jo Jin-woong faces a public bounty with No Way Out

11 July 13, 2024July 13, 2024

Jo Jin-woong faces a public bounty with No Way Out

by Jenzy

The criminal spectacle of Money Heist meets the competitive blood sport of Squid Game in the upcoming Disney+/LG U+ Mobile TV drama No Way Out: The Roulette starring Jo Jin-woong (The Good Bad Mother) and a star-studded ensemble cast.

As the teaser wastes no time explaining, Baek Joong-shik (Jo Jin-woong) was a regular detective until the day one of his perps was set to be released from prison: the violent serial killer Kim Kook-ho, played by Yoo Jae-myung (Uncle Samsik). After serving a meager 13 years, Kook-ho reached the end of his sentence only for the both of them to discover a masked vigilante has announced (via flashy money-rain display) a 200-million won bounty for anyone who kills Kook-ho.

With all eyes and weapons pointed towards Kook-ho, Joong-shik’s new job is to keep him alive. And despite Kook-ho’s relatively blasé attitude toward the whole situation, he’s turned into a nationwide spectacle, with everyone from the down-on-their-luck butcher Lee Kwang-soo (The Killer’s Shopping List) to the city mayor Yeom Jung-ah (Cleaning Up), scheming to see how they can use this situation to their advantage.

But not everyone is out to get Kook-ho — he has others in his corner like his lawyer, the handsome and charismatic Kim Mu-yeol (Sweet Home 2), campaigning for his human rights in the streets. And not to mention Kook-ho’s teen son, who had to struggle living under the shadow of a criminal dad for all these years.

It’s a messy situation all around for Joong-shik because while it’s pretty obvious that Kook-ho is unrepentant for his crimes, Joong-shik’s sense of justice won’t allow him to sit by and let people “act like animals just to catch an animal.” So in an ironic twist, Joong-shik now has to protect the worst of criminals from the public instead of the other way around. As for how well he does… we’ll have to see.

Written by Lee Su-jin (The Devil’s Deal) and directed by Choi Kook-hee (Life Is Beautiful), No Way Out: The Roulette will premiere on July 31 on U+ Mobile TV and Disney+.

Via iMBC

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1 Diana Hansen

July 13, 2024 at 1:22 PM

Intense! Interested. Waiting for further news.

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2 kiara

July 13, 2024 at 4:35 PM

Star-studded cast! 😍 So happy to see Greg Hsu in a K-drama.

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The Kdrama Enthusiast

July 14, 2024 at 6:45 AM

Same but I wonder who he plays

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kiara

July 14, 2024 at 8:45 AM

Mr Smile, the baddie? 🤷

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3 🌸 Seeker 🌸

July 13, 2024 at 7:38 PM

I like this twist in the tale kind of drama although I have a sneaking suspicion that there are more twists up their sleeves. 😂

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jillian

July 14, 2024 at 12:32 PM

There must be to make this exciting. 😁

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4 peiyeelai

July 14, 2024 at 5:29 AM

Yeahhhh to more serious and heavy twisty dramas on Disney+

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5 solstices

July 14, 2024 at 7:51 AM

"the handsome and charismatic Kim Mu-yeol" 💯💯💯

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kiara

July 14, 2024 at 8:28 AM

I still refer to him as my Beautiful Banker since "My Beautiful Bride" in 2015. He was fantastic from beginning to end. He was the heart of the show. It's good to see his career thriving in Chungmuro and Dramaland.