ALL CHARACTERS, EVENTS, LOCATIONS AND INCIDENTS ARE FICTITIOUS
(MAN GROANS)
God, my head.
(GRUNTS)
-Who the fuck drives like that? -MAN: Motherfucker!
If you killed a person while driving drunk, don't drive again!
How dare you drive drunk again?
(SCREAMING)
Come here, you motherfucker!
(GROANS)
Get up! Get up, you bastard!
(GROANS)
Why did you beat up your girlfriend, you piece of shit?
What did you say at the trial? You did it because you loved her?
I love you too, you son of a bitch.
(PANTING)
Don't blame us.
We're just doing
what the law failed to do.
(CAR ALARM RINGING)
(GROANING)
Consider it heavenly punishment.
How is this justice?
Why doesn't the law punish people properly?
Why does it neglect the victim and forgive the perpetrator?
That doesn't mean you can use violence. Keep quiet.
Why are you doing this to us?
There are tons of real bad guys out there!
Next is news of the vigilante copycat crimes happening across the country.
A total of 18 copycat crimes have been committed,
including five in Busan,
four in Gwangju, and two in Daejeon.
Vigilantism is a serious crime that shakes the rule of law.
The Korean judicial system has been turned into that of the Old West
because some of the media have depicted him as a hero.
Now, I take this opportunity to warn you.
Vigilante.
You are no Robin Hood. You're just a felon.
What will you say to the teenagers who have committed crimes influenced by you?
Stop shaking the judicial system of the Republic of Korea!
All right.
This is crazy. The whole country's going crazy because of the Vigilante.
Why is that because of the Vigilante?
The bastards using him as an excuse are the problem.
I told you not to study.
Can't you see?
I say the Vigilante knew it would end up like this.
Or he may have aimed for this all along.
-I doubt he wanted this. -SEONWOOK: I agree.
He wasn't the one who incited it. It was the media.
If only that passion to protect the judicial system
had been spent on victims, it wouldn't have come to this.
Kim Jiyong...
You're weird these days.
What do you mean?
You and I see eye to eye.
That's weird.
HEON: He beat a man to death in the apartment,
and there are no clues whatsoever? That's unbelievable.
Did you even investigate?
We even went through all the dashcams of parked cars nearby,
but there was no one to suspect as the Vigilante.
Any new leads
in the Seo Dooyeop case?
Nothing's changed,
but Seo Dooyeop's accomplices confessed to other unknown crimes.
But they have nothing to do with this case.
They're more afraid of the Vigilante than prison.
Is that it?
I don't know. I doubt they are just afraid of the Vigilante.
The whole world is watching now.
Right?
VIGILANTE
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE DELIVERY DRIVER CASE?
Mr. Han?
Yes?
Did you read the article on the delivery man on HIT Gallery?
The truck driver was released from prison. Get an interview.
Let's put it in the preview and see the reaction.
But I don't think he'll answer my calls.
I know.
Give him a call and get rejected.
Then start covering those around him.
Poke all the people that are involved in his circle. Okay?
But these days,
people are sensitive about human rights and even sue for...
violations, so...
Aren't you a reporter?
Is there anything you can do on your own?
I understand. I'm sorry, ma'am.
DELIVERYMAN DEATH CASE
The deliveryman death case.
(SIGHS)
CCTV DATA GOSEUNG-RO 2, FOOTAGE
(INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER)
(BUZZER SOUNDS)
(ENGINE ACCELERATING)
(TIRES SCREECH)
(EXCLAIMS) God damn it!
(SIGHS)
(MAN GROANING)
(WEAKLY) Help...
(BREATH TREMBLING)
Help...
(BREATH TREMBLING CONTINUES)
(ENGINE STARTS)
-(CAR DOOR CLOSES) -(REVERSING ALARM BEEPING)
(GASPING WEAKLY)
(ENGINE ACCELERATING)
(THUDDING)
(SIGHS)
-(EXHALES) -(KEYBOARD CLACKING)
DELIVERYMAN DEATH CASE
I SAY HE DELIBERATELY KILLED THE DELIVERYMAN
JUST A YEAR AND TWO MONTHS IN PRISON? IS THE DOJ CRAZY?
THERE'S A SAYING IN OUR INDUSTRY. "IT'S BETTER TO JUST KILL THE VICTIM."
What are you doing here?
I couldn't sleep, so I was organizing the professor's files.
What about you?
Me too. I can't sleep.
Why are the lights off? It's bad for your eyes.
Right.
(CHUCKLES)
(GUN FIRES)
(GUNS FIRING)
CHOI GYUHO
DELIVERYMAN CAR ACCIDENT CASE
PERSONAL INFORMATION CHOI GYUHO
Damn it. It's been parked for too long.
I really ought to sell this junk. God damn it.
(GRUNTS)
You...
You damned bastard. How could you be out?
You killed my son! How could you be out so soon?
God, this woman. Stop it already!
I didn't kill him! It was just an accident!
Then you should've called 911.
Why did you back your truck up?
For fuck's sake!
(SIGHS)
I finally managed to forget about it. Why bring it up again?
You're trying to get money out of me, aren't you?
Threats like this won't work on me.
-So get lost! God damn it! -(WOMAN GROANS)
Have you heard of the Double Jeopardy Clause?
It means I'm innocent now.
It's over because I received my punishment!
Don't you understand?
God, this is fucking annoying!
(MAN GROANS)
(WOMAN CRYING)
DOLPHIN SEAWATER BATHHOUSE
(MOANS)
(LAUGHS)
(MOANS)
(GRUNTS)
What... Who are you? What the fuck are you doing?
Stop, you bastard.
(LAUGHS)
What am I doing?
I'm punishing you, you piece of shit.
(MUFFLED SCREAMING)
Hello.
Gosh, you're amazing.
How are you here just in time?
(LAUGHS)
-Are you doing well in school? -Yes.
Jiyong, you're the pride of our neighborhood.
If my son ever does something bad,
just throw him in jail.
-(WOMAN LAUGHING) -Oh, my.
For the boxes.
Thank you.
REPORTER: Choi, who had been released
after serving 14 months for the manslaughter of a deliveryman,
was found dead in a bathhouse around 3:00 p.m. today.
The police believe that it was the real Vigilante, not a copycat,
and have launched an investigation.
We'll hear from Reporter Lee.
(CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING)
FORENSIC SCIENCE
Were the CCTV cameras turned off again this time?
They weren't, but it seems he used some kind of jamming device
that forced them to deactivate.
Everything around here is dead.
This bastard is evolving.
Choi Gyuho, who had just been released after serving a year and two months
for the manslaughter of a deliveryman, was found dead.
Unmasking The Case 24:00 reveals the truth for the first time.
We're fucked.
They beat us to it, didn't they?
Choi Gyuho, who was sentenced to just 14 months in prison,
-has been punished by the Vigilante. -(FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING)
He was suspected to have deliberately killed...
How did he kill him when my show didn't even air?
Maybe he saw it on the HIT Gallery site?
Did you get an interview?
He wouldn't pick up the phone, so...
Is this how you're going to work?
We have to make the Vigilante depend on me.
Don't you understand what I mean?
I'm sorry.
If you have time to apologize, go do your job.
There are three people who have been punished leniently
just like the perpetrator of the deliveryman manslaughter case.
Let's re-examine the cases.
First, Woo, a woman in her 40s who killed her husband
for insurance money.
(BREATH TREMBLING)
I'm sorry.
Please don't kill me.
I can't do that. I came to kill you.
Hold on. There was a cool line for this. What was it?
I swear, I didn't kill my husband for the insurance money.
Right.
Resent the law that freed you.
(COUGHING)
Second,
Choi, a minor who ruthlessly raped a woman.
You remember her, right?
(CRYING) No...
The other guys told me to follow them.
-I had no choice. (SOBS) -(SIGHS)
So you raped her?
(MAN CRYING)
(LAUGHS)
(MAN SCREAMING)
THE PSYCHOLOGY OF COPYCAT CRIMES
JIYONG: "...imitate the one they admire
and they are likely to be people around you."
Hey! You won't believe it!
The Vigilante sent a message to the broadcasting station!
Come on! Hurry up!
He's so frustrating!
REPORTER: After the last punishment,
Unmasking The Case 24:00 received a message.
"Even if I left a message at the scene, the police wouldn't show it."
"So I'm sending it to the media."
We will reveal the Vigilante's message right now.
Everyone.
Vigilantism is a crime.
It shakes the foundations of the rule of law,
and it is a terrible crime in itself.
However, this is a matter of empathy.
I declare publicly.
I will not stop my vigilante activities.
It's not that I'm unaware it's a crime.
Human beings have felt bad for others' misfortunes even before the law existed.
And I just follow the human instinct to hate sin.
No one will be able to catch us.
When laws that prioritize victims' rights over perpetrators' are made and enforced!
When the law wipes away the victims' tears!
Only then will the evil spirit called "Vigilante" lose its meaning
and disappear into the morning sun.
That was insane.
He's basically saying, "Catch me if you can."
Challenging the whole nation so boldly.
And all while killing criminals?
He's stark raving mad.
This wasn't the Vigilante.
-How do you know that? -What?
He said "us." "Us."
Does this mean it's organized crime?
Or he's pretending it is to cause confusion in our investigation.
No.
The guy who killed the three people this time is not the Vigilante.
What makes you think so?
Their M.O. is exactly the same.
I hope it's not some detective's hunch or intuition.
Just look. A minor and a woman.
The target pattern is completely different.
That's an interesting point of view,
but there is no clear basis.
Do you want to hear what I think?
Overpowering his opponent
brings him great pleasure.
If the police fail to catch him,
no matter how many times he does it,
he starts to feel invincible.
In addition,
if people applaud
his crimes,
he crosses the line even further.
As you can see,
a woman
and a minor.
He gets out of control.
You think so? I don't see it that way.
The message may sound like
he's emphasizing the justification of the Vigilante's activities,
but it's actually a message that is provoking someone.
There is only one person a copycat...
would provoke.
APPROVAL PLEASE
What now?
It's bad enough we lost to the copycat show,
but we even lost the message from the Vigilante?
MIRYEO: That wasn't the Vigilante.
Stop acting like you know everything!
What are we going to do? The director's furious!
He wants us to cancel the show!
-Mr. Kwak. -What?
This week's REPO25h. Let's have a special debate.
(SIGHS) What's the point of that?
We'll become the real messengers.
The only messenger that conveys the wishes of the Vigilante.
I'll do it myself.
Hey... You got something big, right?
(GRUNT, PANTING)
(GRUNTS)
(EXHALES, PANTING)
(BREATHING HEAVILY)
-Are you going somewhere? -Yes.
I left something in the professor's room.
I'll be right back.
(DOOR CLOSES)
REPORTER: Did you read the article yesterday?
A vice-chairman of a company announced that he would hire young men
who have been convicted of crimes for working as vigilantes.
We must stop this madness.
This all started when criminals' faces and identities were revealed.
REPO25H SPECIAL DEBATE
Of course, I deeply sympathize with the public's anger.
However, the families of the criminals are also suffering
from being judged as guilty by association.
We need to understand that we must protect their human rights without belittling them
in order to become a truly advanced country.
Now, what do you think, Reporter Choi Miryeo?
I'm sure you have a lot to say as the first person
to use the term, "vigilante."
I completely agree with what you said and support your view, Mr. Cho.
However, now that we have considered the human rights of criminals,
why don't we think about protecting those of victims and good people?
You mentioned guilt by association.
But does it only apply to criminals?
The crime does not simply end with the damage to the victim.
It also causes huge damage to the victim's family.
Especially for children who lose their guardians.
It completely changes
or ruins their lives.
That's what's truly unfair.
What's more, secondary damage awaits the victims and their families.
The court's soft punishment.
The Juvenile Act, temporary insanity, and accidental crimes.
I'm not saying we should trample on criminal's human rights.
The media or the Vigilante isn't the problem.
You just blame this
on people's lack of law-abiding spirit and civic consciousness.
Assemblymen's dereliction of duty!
Don't you think that's what's created the Vigilante?
Choi Miryeo...
MAN: You bastard! Stop.
(CLATTERING)
Get that bastard!
Hey!
All right. Let me see your face.
Captain, (SIGHS)
can you investigate that guy?
You won't do it yourself?
He isn't the vigilante I'm looking for.
What... How do you know?
He wouldn't be making that face when caught.
(GROANING)
Hey, take him.
-(CAR HONKS) -(ENGINE ACCELERATING)
-(CAR HONKING) -(TIRES SCREECH)
Get out of the way!
(ENGINE REVVING)
God damn it. Fucking move, you old hag!
(ENGINE REVVING)
Why the fuck do you keep blocking the way? Move!
-Oh, no. (BREATH TREMBLING) -For fuck's sake.
God damn it. Get the fuck out of the way!
Are you laughing?
Those boxes aren't important right now. Get out of my way!
Fuck!
(ENGINE ACCELERATING)
For fuck's sake!
(CAR DOOR CLOSES)
Aren't the boxes worth fucking chump change?
-(WOMAN GROANING) -Am I a joke to you?
You think I'm less than these boxes?
I ought to... You're fucking pissing me off.
Ma'am.
What have you done? What do you think you're doing?
Fuck off if you don't want to die.
You shit! You little...
(GASPING)
(GROANING)
(POLICE SIREN WAILING)
That bastard pushed me first.
Why are you only taking me? This is so unfair.
Damn it. Look at my face!
(POLIC SIREN CONTINUES WAILING)
The perpetrator's face is a mess.
Did you hit him?
Well, yes. He attacked me first, so I hit back.
Still, you shouldn't have beaten him like that.
Excuse me?
He says he's going to sue you.
You have to come with us to the police station.
That makes no sense.
-Sue me? -Let's talk at the station.
-But... -Let's go.
Why should I? Wait.
I feel for you, but that's just how the law is.
What...
-Darn it. -Get in.
What kind of law is this?
Sir, this is unfair.
REPORTER 1: It has happened again.
An old woman who lived hand to mouth while caring for her sick husband.
A man mercilessly hit and killed the old woman for no reason,
and after he was arrested, he claimed temporary insanity
and that it was an unintentional mistake.
REPORTER 2: The man, who ruthlessly killed an old woman collecting cardboard boxes
for getting in the way of his car,
sued the person who subdued him for assault. For the treatment...
The man who helped her is being held at the station,
and the asshole who killed her is getting treated at the hospital?
God damn it. What kind of country is this?
JUN: Tell me about it. This isn't right.
(SIGHS)
Come on.
It can be practice for the field.
To improve our hunch, sense, and insight. There's so much to learn.
You're really not going?
I can't today.
I wasn't going to say this, but...
It's one of Asia's biggest clubs.
Tonight's on me.
Let's go next time.
JUN: You said you'd go. How could you go back on your word?
Forget it. I'll go with Jiyong.
Jiyong, do you want...
No. Never mind.
I'll look ugly if I go with you.
You guys just go home.
I'm going to go by myself. Don't regret it later.
Come on, let's settle!
Do you really want to ruin my brother's life?
I'll give you 20 million won, so please come out.
Please!
I'm not asking you to settle for free.
I'll give you money!
Money!
(SIGHS)
Don't be so stubborn.
I'm leaving my business card, so please give me a call.
This is a lot of money for a grandma.
Okay?
Hey.
(SIGHS)
(GRUNTS)
Who are you?
(GASPING)
You bastard...
(GROANING)
Attention, everyone!
Jang Soondo, who assaulted and killed an elderly woman a few days ago.
You know he's being hospitalized today, right?
-Yes. -From now on,
we are monitoring the hospital closely.
The points marked here.
Reporter Han and Producer Kwon, team A.
Team B. Team C.
And team D.
Please film with the action cam, 24 hours.
-Okay? -Yes, ma'am.
Aren't we too focused on the hospital? What if the Vigilante doesn't go there?
We aren't just trying to film the Vigilante.
We're trying to film
the Vigilante moving after he watches our broadcast.
Do you get the difference?
I know. I'm just worried he might not come because of the police.
All right, let's go!
-Yes, ma'am. -Let's go. Let's go.
Let's go!
BOHYE MEDICAL CENTER
Turn off the lights. I want to sleep.
GUARD: Be quiet. Don't even think about running away.
What do you mean, run away? I just want to sleep.
-Yes. The hospital Jang Soondo's in. -Hey, call them.
There's no number here.
Since he's a good target.
Hey, then...
-Yes. Sure, I'll give you a call. -Check the number plate.
(STRAINING)
(EXHALES) Park the car and come up.
(BEEPS)
(SIGHS)
Hello?
Yes, that's right.
Yes.
How could you hit a parked car?
I'm coming down now.
God damn it.
(GASPING)
The one who breaks the law better than anyone else is being protected by it.
The one who obeyed the law better than anyone else
wasn't protected in any way.
So I thought about it.
I think some crimes can be punished by crimes.
(GASPING)
Are you looking for leniency?
Go tell the judge.
That you deeply regret it and want the maximum sentence.
If you don't and get released, you'll meet me again.
Then you'll suffer much more pain than the old lady.
I'll make sure of it.
So discuss it with your brother and figure out
what you should do.
(GASPING)
(ELEVATOR DINGS)
Where are you going?
Someone said they hit my car.
I guess not.
Let's go!
All of them are going up.
(ELEVATOR DINGS)
SOONDO: Help.
Hello? Anybody out there?
Please!
-Hurry up! -Help. Here!
SOONDO: It's here.
It's here.
GUARD: What is it? What happened?
I'm being threatened.
Did you see the face? Who was it?
I... So...
No. It was too dark to see his face.
Man...
I have to call my brother right now.
A man in a doctor's gown. Tall, in his mid-20s.
-Captain, you check the CCTVs. -Okay.
Detective Woo and Cho, search all the rooms and bathrooms.
Officer Kim, to the parking lot!
-Hurry up. -Let's move.
What the fuck!
(FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING)
Everyone, focus.
-Yes, ma'am. -(RADIO BEEPS)
-Found anything? -Nothing, sir.
(PANTING)
(CELL PHONE VIBRATING)
(CELL PHONE CONTINUES VIBRATING)
Soonil?
(GRUNTS)
(SIGHS)
He's like a quote generator.
How can I not fall for him?
He's right.
Crimes should be punished by crimes.
(LOUD CRASH)
(CAR ALARM BEEPING)
God damn it...
-I'll leave it to you. -INSPECTOR: Okay.
Let's secure the scene.
Hey, this is Inspector Park.
-Please, leave. -We need backup.
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
(PANTING)
(ENGINE STARTS)
(SIREN WAILING)
Shit! You scared me!
(BREATHING HEAVILY)
Who are you?
(PANTING)
What's the rush? Not even a "hello"?
Hold on. Let me catch my breath.
(BREATHING HEAVILY)
Nice to meet you, Jiyong.
(BOTH LAUGHING)