The first two episodes of this action-thriller series, A Shop For Killers, showcase Ji-an’s tumultuous and heartbreaking past, her relationship with her uncle Jin-man, her upbringing after losing her parents and the emotional turmoil she went through. Plus, we take a look at her present, where she is being hunted by assassins, as she uncovers right after her uncle’s mysterious death that he might have been into some really shady stuff.
Lee Dong-wook and Kim Hye-jun are the leads in this drama (킬러들의 쇼핑몰), which is based on The Killer’s Shopping Mall by Kim Ji-young. The screenplay is written by Ji Ho-jin & Lee Kwon and directed by Lee Kwon and Noh Gyu-yeob. The Disney+ series also stars Seo Hyun-woo, Jo Han-sun, Park Ji-bin, Geum Hae-na, Lee Tae-young and others and is expected to have 8 episodes. Two episodes will be released every week, and the series will stream from January 17 to February 07, 2024.
Well-known Korean actor Lee Dong-wook was last seen in the 2023 sequel series Tale of the Nine-Tailed 1938, while Kim Hye-jun was last seen in 2022’s Connect and 2021’s Inspector Koo.
The series follows college student Jung Ji-an, who, after becoming an orphan, is taken in by her uncle as a child. However, after her uncle’s sudden and mysterious death, she suddenly becomes a target of assassins all hell-bent on killing her. Now, vising the childhood home that she shared with her uncle, she must make use of the survival training that her uncle made her go through in order to stay alive long enough to find out the truth behind the mysterious shopping mall that her uncle ran and whether that has anything to do with the misfortune that she and her family have gone through.
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In the next episode, Ji-an will learn more about her uncle’s rather dangerous profession and, hopefully, about why everyone wants to kill them. In spite of promising to save Jin-man and Ji-an in the case of an emergency, why are the skilled killers out for their heads? Plus, how does Ji-an get out of this dangerous situation and stay safe? Does she lean into the skills that her uncle taught her when she was young? Is there a bigger conspiracy at play?
A Shop For Killers Episodes 1 and 2 Recap
In episode 1, we are introduced to Ji-an as she is being hunted in her childhood home by unknown assassins who are hell-bent on murdering her. Confused about what is happening, she remembers her uncle’s instructions and faces her fears, eventually finding her uncle’s hidden rifle under the couch and shooting a sniper far away on an overlooking bridge. We eventually also learn of her uncle’s tragic passing and how she is now an orphan with no one in her family to lean on. However, she does have a friend to support her. But before she can process this sudden grief, she comes face to face with danger that she must now save herself and her friend from.
In episode 2, we see Ji-an’s childhood after Jin-man suddenly comes back into her family’s life. His arrival ends in her grandmother’s death and then her parents’ murders at the hands of her uncle’s enemies. Although she, too, could’ve ended up dead, she was able to get away thanks to her innate skills. Unfortunately, it had a profound impact on her later on that rendered her unable to speak. Eventually, she gets over this predicament on her own, which helps her create a bond with her uncle, who cares for her deeply in his own way. In the present, however, as she faces a life-or-death crisis, she taps into her training and decides to defend herself and her friend from a hoard of killer drones!
A Shop For Killers is streaming on Disney+ Hotstar.
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