"Crash 2: Road of Rage": Lee Min-ki and Kwak Sun-young take their traffic-crime team nationwide

2026-11-13

Korea's car-chase drama is back on the road. Crash 2: Road of Rage (크래시2: 분노의 도로) premieres on Monday, November 16, 2026, at 10 p.m. KST on ENA and then airs every Monday and Tuesday. In Korea it also streams on KT Genie TV and Disney+. The new season has 12 episodes, and most of the first season's cast is back: Lee Min-ki, Kwak Sun-young, Heo Sung-tae, Lee Ho-cheol and Moon Hee.

From one police station to the whole country

The first Crash aired on ENA from May to June 2024 and followed the Traffic Crime Investigation team, or T.C.I., of the fictional Namgang Police Station. Soompi calls it the first Korean drama built around traffic crime investigations. It ended on 6.619% nationwide, according to Nielsen Korea figures listed on Wikipedia, and Wikitree reports that it was the second-highest-rated drama in ENA's history when it aired.

In season 2 the team has been promoted. T.C.I. is now a regional investigation unit under the National Office of Investigation, so its cases come from all over the country. Teasers show a bus rolling over and a large-scale car chase, and the cast promise smarter, more organised villains. Lee Min-ki returns as Cha Yeon-ho, the team's analytical brain, who has become a better driver and a warmer team player. Kwak Sun-young is Min So-hee, the action specialist with sharp instincts and excellent driving skills, and she told reporters she did her own car action again.

A rookie with a black belt

The new face is NCT's Jisung, credited by his full name, Park Ji-sung. He plays Ji Dae-se, a cheerful rookie officer who hides serious martial arts skills; it is his first acting role as an adult. In a preview released on November 13, the eager rookie cannot stop talking during a team meeting and recognises a case in which a judge's daughter blames a sudden acceleration of her car, while Lee Ho-cheol's senior analyst Woo Dong-gi asks who said he could speak.

At the press conference in Seoul on November 10, director Park Joon-woo said that season 1 showed what T.C.I. does, while season 2 shows how far the team can go. He also joked that if Crash 2 beats the ratings of his earlier ENA drama Scarecrow, the cast will hold a mini concert. The script is again by Oh Soo-jin.

Why it matters for learners

When Kwak Sun-young asked viewers to tune in, she used a favourite TV phrase: 본방 사수 (bonbang sasu). 본방 is short for 본방송 (bonbangsong), the original live broadcast, and 사수 means "defending to the end," so the phrase means "never missing a show when it first airs." It is a line Korean actors use all the time before a premiere.

The drama is also full of road and police vocabulary. A traffic crime is a 교통 범죄 (gyotong beomjoe), and the investigation itself is 수사 (susa). The team's new home is a 광역수사대 (gwangyeoksusadae [광역쑤사대]), a regional investigation unit. A car that suddenly speeds up on its own is a case of 급발진 (geupbaljin [급빨찐]), a word that often appears in Korean news, and the bad guys are simply 빌런 (billeon), from the English "villain." Jisung's character is the team's 막내 (mangnae [망내]), the youngest member.

Korean from this story

A pattern for polite requests at the end of a speech: ~ 부탁드립니다 – "I kindly ask for ~." For example, 본방 사수 부탁드립니다 (bonbang sasu butakdeurimnida [본방 사수 부탁뜨림니다]) – "Please watch it live when it airs."

Sources: Sports Kyunghyang – Crash 2 press conference, Nov. 10, Soompi – Crash 2 episode 1 preview, Nov. 13, Financial Today – Crash 2 cast on what to watch for, Nov. 13 (Korean), Topstar News – Crash 2 schedule and platforms (Korean), Wikitree – Crash 2 team stills and cast, Nov. 6 (Korean), Wikipedia – Crash (season 1 ratings)