Murder Paradox consists of 8 episodes revolving around the police chase of Lee Tangs (Choi Woo Sik) criminal journey. The film is currently receiving high ratings from audiences and critics.
After leaving the army, Lee Tang suddenly became an "unemployed and idle man" and completely disoriented. His parents advised him to return to university, but Lee Tang was always lost, feeling bored and tasteless in life.
Until one day, Lee Tang accidentally killed someone while trying to defend himself. Fearful and hiding, Lee Tang is haunted by the crimes he committed.
However, just a few days later, the police announced that the victim that Lee Tang accidentally killed was the culprit in a mass murder case many years ago.
During the escape, the criminal forged documents, lived under the guise of another person, until he assaulted Lee Tang and was killed.
The controversy and fighting broke out in the pouring rain, in an empty alley, accidentally erasing all traces of Lee Tang's crime. The case quickly closed.
Lee Tang continued to fall into another conflict and then killed him. But as fate would have it, the girl in the second case killed by Lee Tang continues to be the one who killed her parents to appropriate insurance money.
After two consecutive murders, with incredible miracles, Lee Tang has not been criminally prosecuted. At the same time, the murdered were all criminals on the run after committing the crime. At this time, Lee Tang considered himself a hero. He took action to kill those who deserved to die but the police could not punish them.
From here, Lee Tang entered a deeper path into crime, and established himself as a person of justice.
Murder Paradox pursues the message about the paradoxes between the police and the criminal world. There, the person suspected of being a criminal went to enforce justice, taking action to punish the murderers who were in the act but the police and the law were helpless, unable to investigate or arrest them.
The journey of chasing between the police and Lee Tang shows the slowness and loopholes in the criminal investigation industry, causing crimes to continue, a series of consecutive murders taking place right in front of the police.
Murder Paradox is a Korean drama with the first 7 episodes as a satire, attacking the police force. Through reflecting the past and present of the murderers, the film shows that the police and detectives not only leave criminals in a corner, but are also helpless in the face of a series of shocking cases in the past.
The film script also casts Lee Tang the ability to mysteriously discover and defeat those who are worth the death penalty who are leaving the law, not subject to punishment, and not being paid for their crimes.
Lee Tang, with such his acumen, was muddy in his enforcement of justice, caused mass murders and was chased by the police.
Murder Paradox also shows paradox, contrast, bright and dark corners in personality, conscience on both sides representing good and evil, police and criminals.
There, in the group representing good salaries, there is evil and lowliness, while on the other side - those representing evil exist a bright spot of humanity, the desire to live a good life, and receive justice.
