In “Cold Eyes”, there is no time for romance. Detective Ha Yoon Ju is the newest member of a Crime Surveillance Investigation Team in the Korean Police Forces Special Crime Department. She passed her OJT (On-the-job training) exercise. Her boss said during the interview he noticed she has a nervous tic. While she was thinking and responding to his questions, she made an involuntary, repetitive movement: she constantly tapped her finger. But other than the nervous tic she has a photographic memory and would be an asset to the team. Yoon Ju is eager to prove her worth but also knows that her first investigation could be her last. Her job is not without peril and she could die in the line of duty. All of the team members have code names. Her code name is Piglet. Although she asked to be named Reindeer. The top boss told her that if she proved her worth, she might be rewarded and her code name would be changed to Reindeer. How’s that for an incentive to do your best? The Team has been hot on the trail of a criminal mastermind known only as “James”. He is in charge of a group of criminals who each have a specific talent to get the job done. He organizes and plans out the details for “the perfect crime”. So far all of his crimes have been perfect, meaning he has never been caught. Mainly because nobody knows who he is, where he is, or what he looks like. The members in his group have also managed to escape the law. But Detective Ha Yoon Ju does know what he looks like. She saw him but it took her a while to connect the dots. When she was confident that she was able to identify him, she and he boss went after him. But … WARNING! WARNING!! DANGER!! DANGER!! James is ruthless! He has no mercy. His signature move is a knife to the jugular vein and a penetrating abdominal trauma. The person attacked can quickly bleed to death. Detective Ha Yoon Ju doesn’t have expert fighting skills and has never had to use a gun. But that doesn’t stop her from going after “James”. The takeaway from this film is cameras, CCTVs, and various electronic devices used for high-tech surveillance are great tools but nothing takes the place of human surveillance. It was Han Hyo Joo’s human eyes, her photographic memory, and her determination and bravery, that led to the capture of “James”.