Prosecutor Min Tae Yeon (Yun Jung Hoon) is bitten by somebody and becomes a Vampire. Tae Yeon rejects the life of a vampire and he survives by drinking the blood of dead people and still lives as a righteous prosecutor .
Tae Yeon also uses his new founded abilities as a Vampire to prosecute powerful persons normally thought above the law. A mysterious case then occurs and the evidence points to a Vampire as the perpetrator. Tae Yeon now knows that he is not the only Vampire. He also ponders why he became a Vampire and what truths may lie behind their motives.
Cast:
Yun Jung Hoon as Min Tae Yeon
Lee Young Ah as Yoo Jung In
Lee Won Jong as Hwang Soon Bum
Jang Hyun Sung as Jang Chul Oh
My comments:
Vampire Prosecutor (OCN, 12 episodes) is a slick, cool and stylish procedural drama. The premise is fresh with a vampire prosecutor who is not afraid of the sun, who never feeds on living humans and who can use his abilty to solve cases. It took me a few episodes to warm up to the drama and characters. However, the cases are each very interesting with mostly unexpected twists. There are still a few unanswered questions that I would like to know. How come detective Hwang knows that Tae Yeon is a vampire? So, is it Tae Yeon who turned the bartender/doctor hyung into a vampire or bartender/doctor hyung was already a vampire in the first place?
While I predicted correctly the identity of the main bad guy fairly early, the whole story behind it is still a good surprise. The ending is very satisfactory, although not complete but it gives us hope for a second season. The team has great camaraderie with each character having some mysteries behind them and it was touching that they are there for each other and showing loyalty to Tae Yeon when he was on the run. Tae Yeon and Soon Bum ajusshi make a lovely duo in solving cases. I usually complain about lack of romance in crime dramas but I think that in Vampire Prosecutor, it is appropriate. A romance between a vampire and a human is done to death lately everywhere and just seeing Tae Yeon Jung In subtly caring about each other is enough.
Yeon Jung Hoon owned Min Tae Yeon as the badass, aloof and vulnerable loner vampire. Lee Young Ah is cute as the meddling and perky junior prosecutor who always felt left out. Hopefully, there is a season 2 for Vampire Prosecutor…
* Opening credit of the drama
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