With Kwak Do-won absent from the main trailer due to a DUI controversy, Tving original Villains' genius mastermind Yoo Ji-tae lays out a perfect scheme of desire.
Tving original Villains, directed by Jin Hyuk, written by Kim Hyung-joon, planned by CJ ENM, produced by Taewon Entertainment and presented by Tving, which will be released on Dec. 18 (Thu), on the 1st unveiled a main trailer that evokes extreme immersion, showing a war of bad guys — a game of deception played on a board where the real and the fake are mixed.
Villains, which will be released simultaneously through global streaming services in Korea as well as in the Asia-Pacific region and Japan, is a super crime action about the bloody clashes and confrontations of villains around the ultra-precise counterfeit bill, the supernote. Those who try to swap counterfeit bills for real ones and the unpredictable brain games of the "tough" guys who try to take back the money they swapped are played out with thrilling intensity.
Director Jin Hyuk, who has created hit after hit with works such as Sisyphus: The Myth, Master's Sun and The Legend of the Blue Sea, takes the helm, and Kim Hyung-joon, who directed the crime thriller film No Mercy, penned the script, promising the birth of a crime action on a different level. In particular, the meeting of reliable actors such as Yoo Ji-tae and Lee Min-jung further amplifies the genre's thrills.
Yoo Ji-tae transforms into "codename J," a crime architect with a genius mind and a 100% success rate, shrouded in mystery. He is the figure who designed the "casino dealer counterfeit bill incident" that turned the world upside down and laid out the board of desire. Lee Beom-soo appears as Cha Ki-tae, former National Intelligence Service (NIS) Head of Team for financial crimes, and plays an active role. Having lost everything after being embroiled in the past "casino counterfeit bill incident," he begins a relentless pursuit to catch the resurfaced counterfeit bills and the elusive architect J. The top banknote design artist Han Soo-hyun is played passionately by Lee Min-jung. After the life-changing incident, she waits only for the moment of retribution and plunges into the fierce whirlwind to turn the tables.
The released main trailer piques curiosity with J's (Yoo Ji-tae) extraordinary aura, introduced in a narration saying, "That guy has appeared again." His cold gaze, aiming a gun at someone in a darkened alley, delivers breath-taking tension. Then his proposal to banknote designer Han Soo-hyun (Lee Min-jung) to properly try making the dream counterfeit bill, the supernote, signals the start of an ominous game board. As they embark on creating a perfect counterfeit indistinguishable from genuine notes, and the two are shown holding five hundred billion won in fake money, the phrase "the 'super' crimes of the worst guys begin" teases an unimaginable board of desire and raises expectations.
But the clash of conflicting desires hints at changes in these relationships. At the scene of a mysterious fire, Han Soo-hyun appears and apprehends J. For some reason, J coldly pushes her away, a scene that is thrilling. In the dangerous war tangled with cooperation and betrayal are those who try to swap five hundred billion won in counterfeit bills for real ones, and Cha Ki-tae (Lee Beom-soo), who chases them. Attention is focused on how the villains' war will unfold as they fiercely clash on the game board where "the real becomes fake and the fake becomes real."
Tving original Villains will be released on Tving on Dec. 18 (Thu) and will be simultaneously released in 17 countries and territories in the Asia-Pacific region through HBO Max and in Japan through Disney+ Japan.
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