Midnight Runners review

Movie name: Midnight Runners
Country: South Korea
Year: Aug 2017

I seem to be on a Park Seo Joon shows review marathon! :D This movie was advertised on my local cable TV as a movie on demand, I wanted to watch it since he was starring in it... 

So, what's this movie about?

This movie is about two young guys, Park Ki Joon and Kang Hee Yeol who wants to join the police force. In order to do that, they must first be accepted into the police university. Park Ki Joon is from a single parent family with not much money, he has a big heart and is like a happy go lucky kind of guy. 

Kang Hee Yeol on the other hand, is from a top school in Seoul, his father runs a meat business and he is someone who is very rigid with many principles and rules for living. 

Their opposite personalities definitely made them enemies right from the start. It was not until after a training episode where Park helped Kang down the hill because Kang offered to buy him a steak if he did so. They escaped punishment and became best friends after that. Aww... 

Fast forward about two years, Park and Kang are now best friends and they have day offs... They can leave the university campus and enjoy a night out in town. This is where the story actually starts... The two went clubbing trying to pick up girls but failed hahah!! They met a girl walking on the street and wanted to get her number. But to their horror, they saw her being abducted into a van... 

Being police cadets in training, they went to make a police report immediately only to be told that their case is not important as the order from the top commissioner. The two decided to take matters into their own hands. 

The rest of the show goes on with the duo trying to find the kidnapped girl, tracking her down and stumbling into a bigger, more sinister plot behind it all. 

Overall thoughts

I wasn't expecting anything of the sort from the movie title. To be honest, I thought it was about runners who do work at midnight or something... Haha.... I know, I was kind of let down that the story line wasn't what I thought it would be. 

Best parts of the movie

The bromance between Park and Kang is fun to watch... 

I guess the only part which I liked and it is literally the movie title... Midnight Runners... there was a lot of running... Hahahh!! XD Park Seo Joon looked so good running with his long legs... 

Another best part would be his body.... XD Hahaha... Well, there were some shower and working out scenes that might be of interest for some fans... ;D 

I also liked the part in class where Park and Kang's answer to the same question really shows their different personalities. Both answers were correct in their own respective ways... and not to mention the middle finger scene! XD 

Conclusion

If you are guessing what I'm guessing about the kidnapped girl, you could be wrong... :O Yeah, the girl was kidnapped not for prostitution or such... but for her human eggs. *horror scream* In name they are young students who sell their eggs for money to couples who want to have children but in reality these girls are runaways from homes, they are captured and sold to be human hens... (somewhat)

You would have to leave your mind behind for the ending... Haha... Yeah, two young cadets tracking and bringing down a big syndicate all by themselves... There is a good ending don't worry, the girls were rescued and the bad guys busted. 

As they are still in the police university and a disciplinary institution, their actions deem as breaking the rules and must be punished. This part is nice as well, the play of words and the core value of being a policeman is reinforced... 

There is an epilogue at the end which shows the same girl from that night visiting them. It ends on that good note... Aww... 

This movie has some comedic moments but I somehow felt a bit disturbed overall after watching it... It is good for such topics to be featured, as we do not know of such things happening. I do hope and pray that all young girls out there to be safe and well... I'll leave you all with the two guys looking all dashing in their uniforms... See you around! Thanks for reading. <3