Bad Guys | |
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Also known as | Bad Boys |
Genre | Police procedural Crime Thriller Action |
Created by |
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Written by | Han Jung-hoon |
Directed by | Kim Jung-min |
Starring | |
Composer | Kim Jang-woo |
Country of origin | South Korea |
Original language | Korean |
No. of episodes | 11 |
Production | |
Executive producer | Park Ho-shik |
Production location | Korea |
Camera setup | Single camera |
Running time | 60 |
Production company | Urban Works Media |
Original release | |
Network | OCN |
Release | October 4 December 13, 2014 | –
Related | |
Bad Guys 2 |
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.[1][2][3][4]
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. Gu-tak comes up with a plan to form a team of "bad guys" to work on cases and hunt down other criminals, and with the rising number of violent crimes in their district, 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 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 | |
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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% |
Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Result |
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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 |
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]