Tabloid Truth

Tabloid Truth is a crime-thriller that was released in 2014 revolving around the tabloid culture of South Korea and how rumors and press are enough to cut down those within the entertainment industry. With Kim Kang-woo and Park Sungwoong showing their sides of truth and vengeance, this film is meant to be scandalous and action-packed.

Plot

Mi-jin and Lee Woo-gon are close friends with brewing chemistry. Struggling to become an actress Mi-jin begs this part-time manager to help her reach her goal and to promote her unique talents as well as that beautiful face. Won-gon knows that Mi-jin has the potential to become a star and deserts his company to devote his time and energy into watching her rise as an up-and-coming actress.

Mi-jin has starred in countless TV dramas and movies. There's no doubting how large her fanbase is. But one day, all that fame seems to turn on her when a malicious rumor regarding a sexual relationship between Mi-jin and a politician comes out into the open.

One night, Woo-gon goes to Mi-jin's house to make light of the situation. When he investigates further into the house after receiving no response, Woo-gon finds Mi-jin having hung herself in the shower. Unable to cope with his grief, Won-gon breaks down at her funeral service before putting the pieces together.

He knows very well she wouldn't kill herself, and only after opening up a personal investigation does Won-gon realize there's more to the story than just this false suicide.

Overall

I was originally mourning the fact that Netflix removed New World from their movie collection since it spotlighted my beautiful Park Sungwoong. And I was so tired of watching For the Emperor and Commitment time and time again that I decided to type in my husband's name in the panel just to see what would come up. I had no idea Tabloid Truth was up nor the fact that Sungwoong was in it, but I was so overjoyed, I didn't waste another minute!

Let me tell you. Kim Kang-woo is a handsome man and also a righteous actor. He makes way for a perfect talent manager and I love the on-screen chemistry he had with his supporting female lead. Though she wasn't in the movie for a long enough time for me to judge (as the plot itself is fast-paced and gritty), it was obvious Woo-gon was quite in love with Mi-jin and only kept a professional front.

Now when I say the story is far-fetched, I'm mostly talking about the fact that the scandalous rumor involving a high-ranking political member and a rising actress—in my defense—kind of made me laugh because I just couldn't see that type of execution happening. If you're a politician worrying about the upcoming polls and whatnot, I doubt you'd be that interested in messing around. For the public to explode with reactions much like this sort of made me consider them all fools, but at the same time, tabloids in itself are outrageous and fool a lot of people. For the majority, Tabloid Truth did a great job in taking a risky leap with the plot and not shying away from the gritty world of commercial marketing and corruption within a hierarchy.

Of course, we can't forget the man of the hour. Park Sungwoong was labeled a cold killer who kept a calm front when faced with tense situations. The man looks killer in black leather, let me tell you. Cha Sung-joo is a man of honor and loyalty. Whatever the hierarchy tells him to do, he'll abide by to that regardless. His history of being a high-ranked officer does just that. Now he's retired into the business of keeping truth-seekers silent.

And man did he love breaking fingers.

The usual exchange between Cha Sung-joo and Lee Woo-gon dealt with a lot of fighting. Well, it was usually Woo-gon that tried to fight and Sung-joo countering. And whatever punch Woo-gon could get in resulted in broken fingers. Like to the point where I was just gawking at the fact Won-gon didn't pass out from the pain.

I will say I did pick this just for Mr. Eye Candy, Park Sungwoong, but the movie itself was enjoyable. Since Sungwoong wasn't a main character and not always onscreen until the very end, I had to make due with the intricate plot that took almost forever to tie itself together.

On a more serious note, I wouldn't watch this unless I just wanted to pass the time. But thank the gods for Kim Kang-woo and Park Sungwoong because they are quite the lookers.