tunnel

after watching stranger and signal, somehow i saw tunnel and since i didn't have anything to watch at that time, i automatically saw it. it has similar vibe to signal as both were police detective story and had time travelling part as well. let's see which one is better.

title: tunnel

cast: choi jin hyuk, yoon hyun min, lee yoo young

genre: police crime story with a bit of fantasy, murder mystery

park gwang ho (choi jin jyuk) was a hardworking detective. but he got a serial murder case that he couldn't solve. he was determined to catch the culprit so when he was on patrol, he discovered someone suspicious and immediately chased him even to a tunnel in the middle of midnight with no back up. however, the culprit managed to smash the back of his head, leaving him unconscious. after waking up, he passed through the tunnel as well as travelled 30 years in the future. 

in the future, he automatically walked into the precinct where he used to work only to find that everything else was different. luckily, there was another park gwang ho that's supposed to transfer to the police precinct. he then met his new partner, kim seon jae (yoon hyun min). together they got involved in another serial murder case. however, now there were two suspects, so both of them were working together to catch the culprit. gwang ho thought that when he managed to catch the culprit, he would be able to go back to the past. at first, gwang ho was so old fashioned that everyone was suspicious of him, but luckily, the team leader in 2016 was his former junior 30 years ago, jeon sung sik (jo hee bong). 

to understand more about criminals, seon jae tried to get insight from a professor in criminal psychology, shin jae yi (lee yoo young). apparently, jae yi was the only daughter of park gwang ho, but both didn't know about it until almost at the end of the story. at first they thought the serial murder case that they were working on was done by the same culprit from 30 years ago. but jae yi found something wrong about both case. they managed to catch the new culprit, but jae yi still had feeling that the real culprit from 30 years ago hasn't been caught yet. that almost put her in danger as she began to suspect the real murderer from 30 years ago. 

around that time, gwang ho found out that the gwang ho in the future world was kidnapped and murdered by the murderer that he was chasing for 30 years, and that his partner was the son of the victim from the serial murder case from 30 years ago. and that jae yi was his daughter. then they found out that jae yi was kidnapped by the murderer. however, there was a time where gwang ho managed to go back to the past for awhile. he brought back the proof in the case to the past and he didn't bring it back to the future. but luckily jae yi remembered where it was because her memory was changed as the past was also changed. that's what gotten her kidnapped. anyway, they managed to catch the real culprit and it was surprising to seon jae as he was quite close to the murderer. and gwang ho was able to go back to the past to his lovely wife and unborn daughter.

what i like:

- solid story, however, there are some unexplained story about how the time travelling stuff. gwang ho was going back and forth because he was chasing the culprit, but at the end, the culprit is apprehended in the future. so how could he go back to the past? and in the past, he was missing and he wasn't able to go back to the police squad since his former team was disbanded, so how could he go back to the police department at last? he was pictured chasing a cow thief at the end and in the beginning of the drama, so how could he get his job back? however, the time travelling time story is pretty solid. they remember to change the memory of the past if the past is changed.

- all things in the past are from the past. like how they used land line in the past, and flashlight. they used bikes instead of cars as it was pretty expensive back then. the clothing was different as well.

- solid acting but i still think that jae yi's weird. however, the series is saved by choi min hyuk. 

what i don't like:

- i think i've said it about the plot hole. 

- tthe serial murder was the same as the one in the signal one, the one that's quite famous in korea. but i think the one in signal is closer in reality than the one in tunnel.

rating: 8/10

binge worthy: yes

recommended for: people who like murder mystery story and police story and don't mind it being mixed with time travelling story as well.