Go Back – Kidnap a child. Pay the Ransom to Welfare

AdminFebruary 28, 2025

“Go Back” is a 2021 Korean movie; categorized as Thriller, Suspense, Crime, and Mystery.

SUMMARY: This K-drama addresses a very sensitive topic: child abuse.

A Child Has Been Kidnapped. Donate Money to the Welfare Center.

In “Go Back”, a television news reporter makes an urgent announcement. A child has been kidnapped and the kidnapper is demanding a ransom. But not for himself or herself. The money is to be donated to a welfare center. The kidnapper says that if the money is not deposited to the bank account within a certain number of days, the child will die.

The welfare center says they have nothing to do with this. Even so, what should they do with the money that gets deposited? This is a mystery. Nobody has reported a child missing. The police don’t know if it’s a prank. Some people want to donate even if they are not sure it’s a real kidnapping. Others want proof that the threat is real. Will they have to find the body of a dead child for them to believe it?

Meanwhile, two women cross paths with each other: a newbie policewoman and an experienced social worker. The policewoman, Kim Ji-Won, goes jogging regularly and she meets a woman sitting on a bench. The woman, Oh-Soon, is a social worker and she seemed to recognize or know that Kim Ji-Won was a policewoman. Kim Ji-Won saw blood on Oh-Soon’s clothes and asked if she needed help. She politely declined her assistance, then got up and walked away with her bike. Kim Ji-Won noticed that there was a young girl who joined her. The young girl was Yoon Bo-Ra. The policewoman would later discover that the little girl was a victim of child abuse.

Could Yoon Bo-Ra be the child that was abducted?
Could Oh-Soon be the kidnapper?

Main Characters:

Kim Ji-Won (played by Ha Yoon-Kyung, “Gangnam B-Side”, “See You in My 19th Life”, “Extraordinary Attorney Woo”)
Oh-Soon (played by Park Ha-Sun, “The Veil”, “Dong Yi”)
Yoon Bo-Ra (played by Gam So-Hyun*)

*This child actress has had minor roles in “The King in Love” and “Mad Dog”.

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Viewership and Rating:

IMDb: 5.8 out of 10 stars
My Drama List: 7.3 out of 10 stars
Viki viewers rated this movie 8.4 out of 10 stars

My personal rating is the same as the Viki viewers.

As soon as I saw that the storyline was about a child, I had to watch it. Have you ever watched a movie and you were seething with anger from start to finish? That’s how I felt watching this movie. I was so angry! The pace of the film was very slow which gave my anger time to boil!! Why can’t adults protect innocent children? “Go Back” is similar to “Miss Baek”; however, it is not based on a true story.