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It's been like 12 hours since I finished the last episode of this series and I still can't get most of the scenes out of my head, I keep wanting to re-watch some scenes over and over. It's surprising and different for me because this one is a thriller, not my favourite genres *(romance and comedy)*. *How can a thriller be this thrilling?* My thoughts.

It was recommended to me by a friend who doesn't see much of kdrama, I thought it must have been very interesting for him to have seen it and want to recommend it to me. Even though I don't choose to see thriller drama on my own, I love to take good recommendations, it's how I got to see series like **"Red Swan"** and **"Trigger"**. 

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**"Trigger"** is a short thriller series of 10 episodes, released in 2025 starring **Kim Young-kwang** and **Kim Nam-gil** as main leads, one is a cop who was once in a military working as a sniper and the other is cunning gun dealer with a carefree cancer patient disguise. Both meets in a gun-free country that's slowly getting flooded with guns.

The thrilling story goes like... *A cop during a case regarding real guns and bullets, meets a carefree man who has a pathetic story of cancer and wanting to die by a gun. At first, both somehow became friends and work on more cases together but as a smart cop, he slowly learns that his new friend is actually the one giving out these free guns to mistreated and desperate civilians.*

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It's my first seeing **Kim Nam-gil** who starred as the cop, in a series. He may have worked as a military man in the past and killed so many but his keen interest in the people he has helped and how calculative he is, was quite addictive to see. 

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I've seen **Kim Young-kwang** in a few other series but I didn't think I needed one where he's a villain with an unnerving presence. I knew from beginning that he was the monster himself but I couldn't find any proof until he showed it.

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Somehow, I would have appreciated more of their duo before he revealed himself as the villain of the story but I also enjoyed how things turned out when they go head on, one to stop the guns from being circulated and another making sure every civilian gets a gun. I think they do have a perfect presence for the roles they played in the story.

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The side characters were quite surprising, especially the first civilian revealed to own a gun and fired at so many in the Gisowon he lives in. A psychologically ill student who feels he's always being ignored but got all the attention after his first trigger. His facial expressions and confidence with a gun in hand were quite a view.

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The series actually gave me a scare as I thought of how a society in the real world will become if guns were circulated so freely around, even college students got loaded guns, causing chaos in school premises. Every side character has a back story with each one having their own ending, it's rare to find this in short time series.

As much as I don't support the thought and reasons the villain gave to flood the country with guns, I must say he did a good job in showing that he's sick with a terminal illness *(cancer)* while he was actively working to make his dream come true. His end wasn't satisfying but it was indeed a good thriller series. I'll rate it **9.5/10**.

https://youtu.be/2JUx8MqpRuM?si=X4Y1Sd-eJa9_uPDN

So tell me, *will you see this thriller?* I recommend. 

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<sub>**Images are from Imdb.**</sub>

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