The Korean drama Queen Mantis starring Go Hyun Jung and Jang Dong Yoon became a hot topic as soon as the first episode aired on SBS.
According to Nielsen Korea, episode 1 of The horse led the broadcast time with an average nationwide rating of 7.1%, becoming the most watched short-running drama on any channel on September 5.
Horses surpassed the new romance between Song Joong Ki and Chun Woo Hee on JTBC called My Youth, which aired its first two consecutive episodes on the evening of August 5, but the ratings reached only 2.9% and 2.8%.
The crime thriller starring Go Hyun Jung and Jang Dong Yoon is a remake of a French TV series.
Go Hyun Jung, played Jung Yi Shin - a notorious mass murderer nicknamed "The Mantis", brutally killed five men 20 years ago and has been in prison ever since.
Now, when a new mass murderer appears and imitates The Mantis's signature style, the police have come to Jung Yi Shin to ask her to help solve the case.
Cha Soo Yeol (played by Jung Yi Shin's son), a police officer who always hates his mother, is suddenly forced to work with her to solve this mysterious murder case.
On the online community Theqoo, a post praising the acting of the cast of the movie Horses, especially Go Hyun Jung, attracted more than 110,000 views and was discussed enthusiastically.
In it, an audience commented on Go Hyun Jung's impressive acting scene as a assassin: "Go Hyun Jung acted so much. While recalling the memory of killing someone, she imagined herself killing, acting like a real mentally ill person and perfectly performing her cool performance.
Korean audiences also recognized Go Hyun Jung's acting as an important factor that helped the film "Horses" attract attention right from the first episode.
The film is really tense, I still think it has a 19+ label; Go Hyun Jung plays a crazy character; To be honest, apart from the word wow, I dont know what else to say, I definitely have to watch; Actor must be good at acting; Go Hyun Jung is truly of a completely different class. This is the film that I feel most interested in among recent films...
Some other opinions expressed surprise because Horses is a heavy work with many killing scenes but has been broadcast on television.
Some other audiences admitted that they felt shocked when watching Go Hyun Jung depict the murder scene.
The horse has had an impressive start and promises to be an explosive work in the near future.
