TRIGGER is a new Netflix series from South Korea. This is a limited series with ten hour-long episodes and a plot that should resonate with audiences worldwide. In short, it’s about the escalation of murder in a country that isn’t used to gun violence.

It focuses on both the perceived need and the obvious danger of having guns in a democratic society, where this shouldn’t be necessary. While this is listed as an action-thriller, it often feels more like a psychological crime thriller. Which is a good thing.

With Trigger, we’re getting a story set in gun-free South Korea. It turns out the country is far from as gun-free as people have believed. In fact, quite a lot of people have gotten their hands on illegal firearms.

And we’re talking all kinds of people who have been feeling increasingly angry. People who want to fight back against injustice. But also just anyone who wishes to deal with annoying people. In other words, guns are suddenly in the hands of everyone. From little ol’ grandmas to known criminals.

Illegal firearms are all over the place, and this does (unsurprisingly) result in levels of unprecedented violence. How do you deal with this from a legal and preventive standpoint? Especially when you haven’t been accustomed to gun violence?

And how are these people getting guns?!

That’s what you’ll see in the Netflix series Trigger as the story evolves. People are divided into pro-gun and anti-violence groups, who act out of fear and a longing for justice, respectively.

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