I do appreciate a good opening and Lee Soo-youn's Bluebeard starts off strong. Its protagonist is a doctor (Cho Jin-woong) who's quickly established as uncoordinated (head-bumps and pratfalls), unattached (a box of forwarded mail) and unapologetically into mysteries (stacks of books abound). So when his butcher-landlord's dad babbles some creepy comments about body disposal while under anesthesia, this guy is all ears! ("The head is still in the fridge..." Oh really?)
In short, his new job as a temporary colonoscopist has put him in an ideal place to help solve an ongoing serial killer case. Maybe he too wants to write a bestseller. That would explain why, when the cops show up at the clinic, he doesn't share any insights or suspicions about that recently discoverd torso. He's caught between wanting to play Sam Spade and being too afraid to get involved.
Did I mention he's been having vividly bloody nightmares? Or that his primary nurse (Lee Chung-ah) may have a crush on him? Or that his son encourages him to play the lottery? Or that a strange man (Song Young-chang) is stalking him? How about a plot that is all but thrown out the window with a half hour left? My, my, my. Welcome to Gangnam!
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