Movie

Untouchable Lawmen

Name: Untouchable Lawmen
Released: 2015

2015 • Unknown

Woke Score

out of 10

Plot

Jung-Jin is a criminal profiler and he came from the FBI in the United States. Yoo-Min is a detective and he graduated from the top police university, but he is more interested in women then arresting criminals. Jung-Jin and Yoo-Min are called to the special investigation headquarter for a secret meeting. There, Jung-Jin and Yoo-Min receive an order to take down the boss of a criminal organization. The crime boss, with the help of people in power, appears untouchable.

Overall Series Review

The film is a South Korean action-comedy about two highly unconventional, deeply flawed detectives tasked with bringing down a politically protected criminal who is also the leader of a powerful, corrupt religious sect. The narrative focuses on irreverent action and a critique of systemic corruption within the nation's legal and political institutions. The main characters are defined by their 'super-problems'—one a violence-addict, the other a sex-addict—who operate outside the bounds of law to achieve justice. The plot eschews identity politics for a focus on traditional themes of corruption, greed, and non-conformist heroism. The explicit portrayal of the detective as a 'sex-addict' and 'lady-killer' places the character far outside modern 'woke' sensibilities, centering a problematic but capable masculine anti-hero.

Categorical Breakdown

Identity Politics1/10

The film focuses on a conflict between two Korean anti-hero detectives and a Korean crime boss. The main characters are judged purely by their capability to get the job done, despite their personal flaws, which is a reflection of universal meritocracy. Race and immutable characteristics are not a factor in the central conflict.

Oikophobia3/10

The narrative's central premise involves a deep critique of the nation's current institutions, specifically the police, political figures, and the legal system, which is portrayed as being corrupt and ineffective at dealing with those 'legally untouchable.' This highlights a fundamental breakdown of justice within the home society. However, the goal is to *restore* justice, not fundamentally condemn the culture or ancestry as a whole.

Feminism1/10

The male protagonist Yoo-min is explicitly described as a 'sex-addict' and 'more interested in women than arresting criminals,' seducing women in the course of his duties. This characterization celebrates a type of problematic, dominant masculinity and directly counters the 'Girl Boss' and emasculation tropes. Female characters are not central leads or presented as 'Mary Sues.'

LGBTQ+1/10

No information suggests the presence of alternative sexualities, gender ideology, or a critique of the nuclear family. The male protagonist's primary sexual deviance is focused on promiscuous heterosexual encounters, keeping the content within a normative structure, even if a highly flawed one.

Anti-Theism4/10

The main villain is explicitly the maniacal leader of a powerful and corrupt 'religious sect,' which uses its status for crime and influence. This directly frames an institutionalized faith as the root of high-level evil and corruption, a common trope that vilifies organized religion. However, the critique is directed at a *specific, false sect* rather than traditional, orthodox Christianity.