{"id":22215,"date":"2025-12-22T20:28:38","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T12:28:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=22215"},"modified":"2025-12-22T20:28:38","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T12:28:38","slug":"hbo-max-k-drama-villains-yoo-ji-tae-leads-unconvincing-counterfeiting-crime-thriller","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=22215","title":{"rendered":"HBO Max K-drama Villains: Yoo Ji-tae leads unconvincing counterfeiting crime thriller"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Lead cast:<\/strong> Yoo Ji-tae, Lee Min-jung, Lee Beom-soo, Kwak Do-won<\/p>\n

Yoo Ji-tae (Vigilante<\/em><\/span>) stars as a criminal mastermind known only as \u201cJ\u201d in the generic eight-part counterfeiting crime thriller Villains<\/em>.<\/div>\n

Just like the fake \u201csupernotes\u201d crafted by its characters, the show bears most of the elements of the genre, while missing the crucial, hard-to-replicate pieces that define it.<\/p>\n

Amid his illicit schemes, J tangos with Jang Jung-hyuk (Kwak Do-won, The Wailing<\/em><\/span>), a corrupt detective, and Cha Gi-tae (Lee Beom-soo, Mercy for None<\/em><\/span>), an NIS agent who was demoted years earlier after his plan to arrest J went belly up.<\/div>\n

While mostly dominated by gruff, middle-aged men, the world of Villains<\/em> also finds space for Lee Min-jung \u2013 appearing in her first drama since 2020\u2019s Once Again<\/em> \u2013 as counterfeiter Han Su-hyun.<\/p>\n

Su-hyun is our entry point, quietly counterfeiting cash at the outset of the series to provide for an ad hoc family consisting of Yang Do-sa (Jung In-gi), the master counterfeiter who taught her everything she knows, and his daughter, who acts as Su-hyun\u2019s little sister.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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