Highly recommending "The Kidnapping Day," starring Yoon Kye-sang (Chocolate, Kiss Sixth Sense), and an amazing young actress Seon Yu-ni (also in Pachinko.) Yu-ni's acting would surely win her a Best Actress Oscar, despite her age, if this was a US production.
Desperate to fund his daughter's life-saving transplant, debt-ridden Kim Myeong-joon-following orders from his estranged wife-plans to kidnap an 11-yr-old-girl genius, Choi Ro-hee (Yu-ni) for ransom. On his way, he finds her unconscious on the street after her parents are brutally murdered. His quickly finds himself caring for Ro-hee as he would his own daughter, especially when he discovers the reason why both the bad and good guys are desperate to find her. Being the genius she is, Ro-hee soon recruits her "kidnapper" and later the lead detective (Park Sung-hoon "Into the Ring") to help her solve the crimes against both her and her parents while craftily eluding the police. The scenes later in the drama with the three of them together are pure comedy gold. Some of the ML's acting can be a bit too silly, but the drama as a whole is interesting, suspenseful, and at times very heartwarming. But, WARNING: In a few scenes, there is what I call America-style gun violence that took me by surprise. So, brace for that, but I wouldn't let it stop me from enjoying the rest of this very entertaining drama. 8/10 on IMDB from me. 10/10 for Yu-ni's acting.
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