YER
LAWLESS LAWYER
THE FIRST TEASER
The first teaser of Lawless
Lawyer is highly thrilling and engaging. It invites the audience to tell
their versions of the story. Lawless Lawyer is directed by Kim Jin Min and
written by Yoon Hyun Ho.
THE VOICE
The teaser opens with a short welcome
to Giseong City by Bong Sang Pil. It does not matter to the woefully ignorant
non-Koreans that they do not understand what he’s saying. What matters is
listening to the incredibly sexy, exciting and thrilling voice. No one can
mistake Lee Joon Gi’s distinctive deep and masculine voice for another
person’s.
But, it is very clear from the
onset that the audience’s strongest impression is not just Bong Sang Pil’s distinctive voice but also his frosty look.
The dark and dangerous look in Bong
Sang Pil’s eyes is enough to send shivers down one’s spine. Cold. Calm. Impersonal.
Dispassionate. All of these coupled with a hint of steeliness and ferocity
that cows and claws at the audience.
Bong Sang Pil is the audience’s
primary interest. His struggle against injustice and corruption as
symbolised by the female judge and the chairman of a business conglomerate,
would be clearly played out in the drama.
The fictional city, Giseong, is painted with a cloud of smog
hanging over it. It’s not fog. It’s smog – smoke and fog. Air pollutant. It
is symbolic of the heavy pall of crime and corruption that spreads its
tentacles across the city. Judicial corruption.
When the curtain of smog parts, a beautiful city is clearly seen.
THE TALE
UNFOLDS
Hae Jae Yi is in court; she is squabbling with a court judge
over judicial matters. Probably, the female lawyer does not like the insolent
words and the sneering tone of the arrogant judge, most likely, a corrupt
one.
Aggressive and assertive. Her temper is ungovernable. She is no
weakling; she violently clobbers him. Attagirl! If she could, she would have
beaten the daylights out of him.
Is the audience being invited to draw an opinion about female
power against the powerful and corrupt male judges who hold sway over the judicial
courts?
THE UNHOLY ALLIANCE
One has an idyllic picture that female judges are unlikely to
be corrupt. They are almost invisible in a world of corruption.
Interestingly, Cha Moon Sook, a lethal female judge (Lee Hye
Young), who hides behind a façade, features significantly in the story. Just
and fair. Her real character tells a different story.
The corrupt judge is the oppressor in the judicial world; she
is ‘Queen of all she surveys’. Power tends to corrupt. Absolute power
corrupts absolutely.
Justice is crippled by the interference of a gangster in her judicial
decisions. A judge and a gangster. An unholy alliance. Their wayward plans hit a
snag with the appearance of ‘The Lawless Lawyer’, Bong Sang Pil.
It would be unsurprising if Cha Moon Sook’s finances are shored
up by the generous contributions of Ahn Oh Joo (Choi Min Soo), the thuggish
chairman of a large chaebol or business
conglomerate, who hobnobs with her.
You might want to cluck that the female judge is literally ‘in bed with a gangster’.
You’re kidding if you think this tale is going to be salacious. In this
conspiracy, nobody is likely to be selling sexual favours.
The Scales of Justice. Would there be poetic justice for the
lawyers and the gangsters etc in Giseong?
THRILLING ACTION
A chase scene. Human versus machine. Ha Jae Yi, the driver of a
luxurious car, seems to be pursuing Bong Sang Pil. A real man. Masculine.
Strong. Athletic. Fit. Trim. Such men, who are in top physical form, are sexy. An aura of magical power and sexiness surrounds Bong
Sang Pil.
Turf wars. A fight among gangsters has erupted on what seems
like the rooftop of a high building.
Clothed in his lawyer’s suit, Bong Sang Pil seems to leap
gracefully like a ballerino across the bonnet of a white car. The leap
resembles the mid-air splits. Amazing. Bong Sang Pil’s sex appeal shoots
through the roof.
Lee Joon Gi is the master of the splits – the powerful and
electrifying leap through the air. Lee has trained to do the splits
since young. At his recent Joongi’s Day event, he showcased the splits on the
floor.
Bankrolls - paper money in the car. It is not clear whether
they are bribe money or stolen money.
THE GISEONG UNDERWORLD
Organised crime. The underworld in Giseong is filled with businessman
oops, gangsters in suits. The suits are supposed to give them a look of
legitimacy and respectability. Professionals.
A victim is tied up with ropes and hung from the roof like a
cow to be slaughtered, probably because he had failed to successfully perform the mission which he had been tasked with by the gangster head. The code of the gangsters deems it unpardonable.
No clemency is shown.
The gang is stunned by the noisy appearance of a car which
smashes right through the wooden barrier of the doorway. The car spins crazily
around.
A cavalcade of black cars races into the empty warehouse, the
watering hole of the underworld characters.
THE LAWYER-HERO
It is expected that Bong Sang Pil, the sexy and charismatic lawyer-hero
would try to restore justice by fair means or foul, in the judicial world. He has mobilised street
thugs to fight against injustice. With his thuggish minions right behind him,
Bong maintains a calm and casual but determined demeanour. One of his lackeys
is gripping a steel rod, an ugly weapon of gangster wars.
In the drama, Lawless Lawyer, Bong
Sang Pil would surely, in word and action, make no secret of his hatred for
criminals and those judicial authorities who shield them. It is a privileged
calling: he has taken up the challenge of cleaning up the judicial system.
LET THE DROOLING BEGIN
What is the prevailing opinion among the excited audience after
watching the first teaser?
The teaser has whipped up an uncontrollable fan and media
frenzy. Bong Sang Pil has an imposing and powerful on-screen presence.
Irresistible. He swaggers and struts with absolute confidence across the
screen. There is a natural air of command about him.
Lee Joon Gi, who plays Bong Sang Pil, the titular ‘Lawless Lawyer’,
is the most gorgeous and sexiest action and drama superstar - the most prized
superstar of Asia.
Let the Drooling begin.
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LAWLESS LAWYER
PERFECT PAIRING
Seo Ye Ji is beautiful and charming.
And, Lee Joon Gi is gorgeous, charismatic and dangerously sexy. Perfect pairing.
Fans expect a happy ending for Bong Sang Pil and Ha Jae Yi.
Now, something sinister and
petrifying is happening in the tale.
HA JAE YI, HAVE NO FEAR,
BONG SANG PIL IS NEAR,
ROMANCE IS BREWING AND LOVE
WOULD SOON BE CLEAR,
HAPPILY EVER AFTER BEGINS
HERE.
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LEE JOON GI AND SEO YE JI BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS
Joongi’s Day (07.04.18), and Seo Ye Ji’s birthday celebration (06.04.18)
(Lee Joon Gi’s actual birthdate:
17.04.1982)
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