# \#crime-drama **URL:** https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/tag/crime-drama/5206.md [Latest](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/latest.md) · [Categories](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/categories.md) · [Tags](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/tags.md) --- ## [Infernal Affairs](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/infernal-affairs/6393)
**Author:** [@Gavin](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/Gavin)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [7 July 2026 00:12 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/infernal-affairs/6393 "2026-07-07T00:12:29Z")
No, it’s not about relations with in-laws. Rather, this is a 2002 Hong Kong movie that I became aware of only recently. Following the pattern of “John Walker’s Reading List”, what matters is when we see it, not when it… --- ## [What's in a title?](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/whats-in-a-title/6337)
**Author:** [@Gavin](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/Gavin)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [1 May 2026 22:19 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/whats-in-a-title/6337 "2026-05-01T22:19:41Z")
I know you guys are tired of me recommending Asian movies & TV serials – but the next time you find yourself flicking through the dismal woke offerings on the BBC or Netflix, consider the possibility that perhaps there a… --- ## [Almost a Greek Tragedy?](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/almost-a-greek-tragedy/6333)
**Author:** [@Gavin](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/Gavin)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [23 April 2026 22:23 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/almost-a-greek-tragedy/6333 "2026-04-23T22:23:58Z")
My hypothesis is that better movies and TV shows are generally based on books. The discipline of originally telling the story in words often forces depth and coherence onto the subsequent visual story-telling. Since th… --- ## [A Japanese Take on the Sherlock Holmes Story](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/a-japanese-take-on-the-sherlock-holmes-story/5991)
**Author:** [@Gavin](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/Gavin)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [29 June 2025 17:18 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/a-japanese-take-on-the-sherlock-holmes-story/5991 "2025-06-29T17:18:37Z")
I am fascinated by the best of Japanese anime. “Moriarty the Patriot” is a good example (24 episodes of about 25 minutes each), available through the usual streaming channels. This story would never have been brought t… --- ## [Justice versus the Law, Gangnam Style](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/justice-versus-the-law-gangnam-style/5863)
**Author:** [@Gavin](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/Gavin)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [27 March 2025 22:20 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/justice-versus-the-law-gangnam-style/5863 "2025-03-27T22:20:58Z")
We live in a world in which the Biden Administration used the Law to abuse Jan 6 protestors; in which English judges are using the Law to crush an inconvenient individual like Tommy Robinson; in which mere judges in Rom… --- ## [A Compelling South Korean Revenge Drama](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/a-compelling-south-korean-revenge-drama/5844)
**Author:** [@Gavin](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/Gavin)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [16 March 2025 14:18 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/a-compelling-south-korean-revenge-drama/5844 "2025-03-16T14:18:08Z")
There is the law. And then there is justice. A common theme in many Korean dramas is that the upper layers of their democratic society are sordidly rotten – tainted by corrupt politicians, corrupt prosecutors, corrupt … --- ## [An Interesting Japanese TV Series](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/an-interesting-japanese-tv-series/5822)
**Author:** [@Gavin](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/Gavin)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [26 February 2025 02:20 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/an-interesting-japanese-tv-series/5822 "2025-02-26T02:20:50Z")
A quite intriguing Japanese police drama is in progress on the usual channels – “Tokyo Salad Bowl”. The premise is that Tokyo is not a melting pot where different peoples combine but a salad bowl where variety adds to t… --- ## [The Pig, the Snake, and the Pigeon](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-pig-the-snake-and-the-pigeon/5644)
**Author:** [@Gavin](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/Gavin)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [24 October 2024 23:55 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-pig-the-snake-and-the-pigeon/5644 "2024-10-24T23:55:15Z")
Anyone whose travel plans include a long flight on United Airlines might want to consider watching this rather unusual Taiwanese movie on the plane’s entertainment system. It starts out as an over-the-top crime drama, s… --- ## [A Japanese Surprise](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/a-japanese-surprise/4907)
**Author:** [@Gavin](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/Gavin)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [24 September 2024 20:12 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/a-japanese-surprise/4907 "2024-09-24T20:12:54Z")
In a world in which so much media industry output is politically correct, predictable, and dull, it is fun to come across a well-made production which really is out of the ordinary. Such is the 2020 Japanese TV serial “G… --- ## [Spiraling Down to Disaster](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/spiraling-down-to-disaster/4734)
**Author:** [@Gavin](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/Gavin)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [2 July 2024 22:53 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/spiraling-down-to-disaster/4734 "2024-07-02T22:53:49Z")
Maybe it is a personal genetic disorder, or maybe it is a reflection of the times in which we live, but I find tales where situations descend through bad to much worse to be quite compelling – if they are well made. And… --- ## [A Lawyer Has a Very Bad Day](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/a-lawyer-has-a-very-bad-day/4691)
**Author:** [@Gavin](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/Gavin)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [9 June 2024 20:48 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/a-lawyer-has-a-very-bad-day/4691 "2024-06-09T20:48:36Z")
A top criminal defense lawyer went to a former prosecutor’s apartment, got into a drunken fight, and killed him. Panicking, the lawyer stuffed the body into a large suitcase, intending to drive to a remote location and … --- ## [If you have nothing else to do this summer …](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/if-you-have-nothing-else-to-do-this-summer/4643)
**Author:** [@Gavin](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/Gavin)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [21 May 2024 17:08 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/if-you-have-nothing-else-to-do-this-summer/4643 "2024-05-21T17:08:10Z")
… you might want to consider watching a very long 2019 TV series, “The Longest Day in Chang’An”. Intrigued that this series received very strong recommendations despite its 48 (!) episode length, I watched the first epi… --- ## [Speculations on Original Sin](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/speculations-on-original-sin/4449)
**Author:** [@Gavin](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/Gavin)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [8 March 2024 17:29 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/speculations-on-original-sin/4449 "2024-03-08T17:29:08Z")
This world giveth, and it taketh away. The spreading stain of Wokeness has taken away the US’s formerly world-leading position in the production of interesting movies and TV shows. At the same time, the development of st…