# Trigger (2025)

> A resolute Korean cop and a mysterious partner race to contain a flood of illegal guns sweeping a gun-free South Korea.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/154935

## Facts

- Seasons: 1
- Episodes: 10
- Episode runtime: 47 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: action, crime, thriller
- Created by: Kwon Oh-seung
- Network: Netflix
- Cast: Park Yoon-ho, Kim Nam-gil, Kim Young-kwang, Moon Seong-hyun, Park Hoon, Kil Hae-yeon, Kim Won-hae, Woo Ji-hyun
- TMDB rating: 7.2/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27898511/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: brutal
- Tone: tense, gritty, propulsive, bleak, dread-filled

## What critics say

Audiences rate the miniseries positively for its high-stakes premise and action, though some viewers find its gun-control morality tales repetitive.

## Synopsis

Trigger (2025) is a South Korean crime thriller miniseries created by Kwon Oh-seung for Netflix. Resolute detective Park Gyu-jin (Park Yoon-ho) joins forces with a mysterious partner, Lee Do (Kim Nam-gil), as illegal firearms pour into a country where guns have never been common. Their investigations take them through the criminal underworld and across a rapidly fraying society, while veteran characters such as Moon Baek (Kim Young-kwang) and Captain Joo (Cho Han-chul) are drawn into the chaos. The engine of the story is a cat-and-mouse hunt, with each episode uncovering a new weapon, a new buyer, and a new body count that pushes the investigators closer to a conspiracy they barely understand. Told across a single season of ten roughly forty-seven-minute episodes, it plays as one continuous escalating narrative rather than a case-of-the-week format. The atmosphere is tense and propulsive, with grim urban settings, moral unease, and a sense that ordinary safety is slipping away. Fans of Kingdom and Signal will find resonance in its gritty Korean crime energy and its focus on police pushing against a rising tide of violence. The series is a TV-MA production aimed at adult viewers who enjoy high-stakes thrillers with a socially charged premise.

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