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The Tyrant
Drama

Genre

SF, Action, Thriller, Spy, Fantasy

Media

Disney+, hulu

Starring

Cha Seung-won, Kim Seon-ho, Kim Kang-woo, Jo Yoon-su

Basic Info.

​The Tyrant is a high-stakes action thriller that delves into the chaos that ensues when a covert South Korean project is exposed by U.S. intelligence. As the South Korean government attempts to shut down the project and transfer its samples to the U.S., a critical delivery mishap heightens the tension. The narrative centers on Director Choi, determined to conceal the samples, and Paul, an American agent on a mission to recover them, drawing together a web of characters with conflicting agendas.​



Additional Info.

​"""Tyrant"" is a Korean original drama released on Disney+ and is a spin-off that shares the same universe as director Park Hoon-jung's Witch series. The Witch series revolves around a plot to create human weapons with superpowers through cruel experiments, and it explores the complex fates of the main characters who are born as a result. In The Witch, the first film in the Witch series, the protagonist gains superpowers through a secret experiment and demonstrates her formidable strength in a confrontation with the organization searching for her. Witch 2 focuses on a new test subject, 'Girl,' and further expands the world of superpowered individuals."​