The Blue Road

Straight talk on whether this one’s worth watching, and for who.

Most serial-killer stories start with a body. This one starts with two, in two cities, each with a message in the other country’s language. That is a good hook because it forces a Korean detective and a Japanese detective to work out together what the killer wants, and neither can solve it alone. Han Jun-hee made D.P. one of the tightest Netflix series to come out of Korea, and a script like this suits his way of keeping a thriller moving.

Son Suk-ku and Eita Nagayama each come from a different film industry, so the pairing carries the cross-border premise on its own. If you want Han Jun-hee’s earlier work with young characters in a different mood, Weak Hero Class 1 is already on the site.

Nothing is out yet, so this is anticipation, not a verdict. The release-date trailer is in Korean, and an English-language one may follow closer to launch; we will swap it in and add recaps once the episodes land.