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In October 1986, two women are found murdered on the edge of a small town, and the poorly equipped local police are soon overwhelmed. Detectives Park Doo-man and Cho Yong-koo rely on violence and fake evidence, while Seo Tae-yoon, a better-trained detective from Seoul, joins the hunt as more killings follow.
In 2015, criminal profiler Park Hae-young finds an old walkie-talkie and hears Detective Jae-han, a man somehow speaking from the past who talks to him like an old friend. Working together across time, they crack a 15-year-old kidnapping and murder case, which leads to a cold case team led by Detective Cha Soo-hyun.
Jang Dong-soo, a feared crime boss, survives a brutal attack by a seemingly random serial killer. Detective Jung Tae-suk, whose superior dismisses his serial killer theory, wants Dong-soo's help, and the two very different men end up joining forces to hunt the killer, each for his own reasons.
After President Park Chung-hee is assassinated in October 1979, martial law is declared and Major General Chun Doo-gwang is put in charge of the investigation. As he quietly gathers power, the principled Major General Lee Tae-shin is reluctantly appointed to command the capital's defense, setting the two men on a collision course.
In 1990, detective Choi Hyeong-goo corners a serial killer who has murdered ten women, but the man gets away after a brutal fight that leaves Choi scarred. Fifteen years later, as the statute of limitations runs out, a man publishes a book titled I Am the Murderer, claiming the crimes as his own.
Newly promoted, Detective Ma Seok-do and his team move up to the Metropolitan Investigation Unit. Their first big case is the suspicious death of a woman, Go Sun-hee, whose autopsy shows a powerful new drug called Hiper in her body. The trail leads to a nightclub and a yakuza member bringing the drug in through Incheon.
In the Philippines, former special forces soldier Baek Chang-gi runs a brutal online gambling ring and kills a worker who tries to flee. Back in Korea, Detective Ma Seok-do is looking into that worker over suspected money laundering and starts to realize the case reaches much deeper than it first seemed.
Kang In-gu is an ordinary businessman who is left with no choice but to help a secret National Intelligence Service operation. The target is Jeon Yo-hwan, a South Korean drug lord who has seized control in Suriname, and helping to catch him puts In-gu's life in serious danger.
Kim Do-gi, a former special forces soldier, drives for Rainbow Taxi, a secret company that takes on revenge requests from victims whose abusers have escaped the law. Together with CEO Jang Sung-chul, hacker Ahn Go-eun and two mechanics, he bends the rules to make criminals pay, while a prosecutor grows suspicious of the company.
Sohee, a high school student on a vocational track, is sent for field training at a subcontracted call center. The pressure and harsh work culture there weigh heavily on her. The film also follows detective Oh Yoo-jin, who becomes caught up in what happens to Sohee.
Kim, a widowed narcotics detective, is meeting a would-be informant named Kang when Kang is arrested for killing his girlfriend. Months later, Kang calls Kim from prison claiming he has murdered six more people, and Kim sets out to find the truth, never sure whether he can trust a word the killer says.
In the early days of criminal profiling in South Korea, the country's very first profiler struggles to understand how serial killers think. At the same time, he fights to convince a doubtful society that studying criminal behavior is the future of solving crimes.
Kang Tae-joo, once a star detective, has been demoted and sent back home to Gangseong, but he still refuses to bend to injustice. He sees the town's serial murder case as a way to win back his reputation, yet he keeps clashing with prosecutor Cha Si-young, who bullied him back in school.
