Kyeongchalsueob

Korean Drama " Police University " is a predictable, boring, drama.

The story has a nice start and some interesting characters, although the main one is so cookie cutter 'good guy struggling' that it gets the plot cheesy and full of cliches. The progress of the story has few surprises to offer as well and the action part, unfortunately, doesn't aid to the entertainment. The romance, in addition, is boring and tiring. Probably, the only enjoyable relationship is between the mentor and the young trainees.

On the other hand, the performances were decent and the actors and actresses did a good job presenting their characters.

So, overall, two out of ten.

The show started decently, promising a lighthearted mix of fun and thrill following the life and development of police rookies. It also raised interesting questions about justice and the use of means, like is it okay to break the rules to catch a criminal, i.e. A murderer escapes by stealing a boat, is it ok to also steal a boat to catch him - and other good questions. However, it became more and more boring, the dialogues flat and stereotypical and the characters unbelievable. A police officer with 20 years of experience answering questions by slapping or stating intelligent questions as irrelevant, acting impulsively as if he were an immature newbie... no wonder he failed to catch the culprits. The chance to cleverly cover the knowledge gap of experienced officers and fresh input of newbies was cheaply given away as were many other good points of the story. The same is true for the dialogues , the pacing, character development. It feels like the writers were in a hurry, briefly touching relevant points, but due to negligence or whatever limited the script to being overly simplistic and moralistic. I endured... and except for the promising start it's a disappointing view. There are far better shows out there.

It's just a meal ticket. Salary dump. The story is slow, long, not funny, in all kinds of genre. So mixed up, sprawling, dumbed down, it is like a teenager trying to find oneself.

Only the basic setup is clear. A veteran police office relegated to police university teacher. And a young computer whiz who has no direction in life.

They go through the training, have side kicks, friends, love interest, other teachers. In trying to catch a gambling ring. Just way too many characters that do nothing really. For one long plot that crawls along from one red herring to another.

There is no grit, no realistic investigation, but instead, guesses, having fun and slow motion walkabouts. That should tell you something.

By the 13th episode (almost the end), there are a lot of things that are slightly annoying, but overall a decent plotline.

However, the girl Kang-Hui - oh dear lord. So she breaks up with him when he refuses to give up. Just like that?! What the frick.... 🙄

Maybe it gets better towards the episode ... But you can imagine my frustration levels that mid episode I'm compelled to write a review. Sometimes, they do give us the most irritating heroines who just shouldn't be....

I hope the ending sort of leaves me with a sense of justifying the time spent on this. But if Kang Hui continues to be this daft and selfish and just plain irritating and if kang sun ho doesn't move out of the puppy face for her then I'm gonna really regret investing my time in this. She broke up. MOVE ON. And stop paying attention to what that silly irritating girl does.

I have to admit, i could only watched the first 2 episodes. I don't think I was the target audience I tried to watch this show after, "Partners for Justice", and this just doesn't compare. Other than Oh Man-seok, I don't think I was familiar with any of the other actors. But it was a little predictable, an orphaned character taken in by a family friend, who grows up and becomes adept on a computer and a try hard police officer, who tries to do things outside of the box which gets him into trouble with his superior, so gets demoted from active duty. But production wise, it was up there with any K-Drama, it was the script that let this show down.