Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Amazon-owned Prime Video has launched “The Killing Vote,” a hardboiled crime drama series from Korea.
The 12-part show uses the premise that a text message is sent to ordinary citizens who get to vote for or against the application of the death penalty in individual criminal cases.
If more than 50% vote in favor, the criminal is killed by a mysterious character called Dog Mask. That in turn creates difficult choices for police officers.
They may have differing views on whether such rough justice is justified or not and are also tasked with tracking down Dog Mask.
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