Seoul Raiders
2005 1h 35m movie Film Hong Kong

Seoul Raiders

韓城攻略

Seoul Raiders is a Hong Kong–South Korea co-production — one of only a handful of such cross-border film titles indexed here.

Synopsis

韓城攻略

Agent Lam (Tony Leung) sets out to track a pair of plates used to make fake American dollars. When he discovers the plates, they are conned out of him by enigmatic US Embassy workers Owen (Richie Ren) and JJ (Shu Qi). With the trail now leading to Korea, Lam sets off in hot pursuit. There, amidst the dangerous and glamorous urban landscape of Seoul, Lam finds himself confronting an underworld crime boss known as the Polar Bear, head of the biggest counterfeiting organisation in Asia.

Hong Kong × South Korea Co-Production

Hong Kong (lead)South Korea

Other Hong Kong×South Korea titles

Titles With Overlapping Themes

Films and series that share thematic tags with Seoul Raiders. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.

Other Titles From Media Asia Films

Drama + Action in Hong Kong

136 Hong Kong titles in our catalog blend the Drama and Action genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Seoul Raiders itself).

The 2004–2006 Hong Kong Window

Seoul Raiders holds position #26 of 46 Hong Kong films in the 2004–2006 window, below highlighted by audience rating.

  1. War and Beauty
    #1

    War and Beauty

    ★ 9.3 · 2004
  2. The Departed
    #2

    The Departed

    ★ 8.2 · 2006
  3. Election 2
    #3

    Election 2

    ★ 7.3 · 2006
  4. The Hand
    #4

    The Hand

    ★ 7.3 · 2004
  5. The Protector
    #5

    The Protector

    ★ 7.1 · 2005
  6. Election
    #6

    Election

    ★ 7.1 · 2005
  7. Daisy
    #7

    Daisy

    ★ 7.1 · 2006
  8. Robin-B-Hood
    #8

    Robin-B-Hood

    ★ 7.0 · 2006

The 2000s Hong Kong Landscape

Catalog density by release year across the 2000s in Hong Kong, 146 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Seoul Raiders premiered alongside 12 others.

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Position in Catalog

Released alongside 12 other Hong Kong films in 2005.

The 578th Hong Kong title from Hong Kong we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1955).

Our Hong Kong catalog contains 836 titles in total (828 films).

Audience Engagement

40
Reviews
64th
Review-volume percentile
69th
Popularity percentile

40 audience reviews — more than 64% of Hong Kong films in our index.

Popularity sits at the 69th percentile among Hong Kong films.

Thematic Fingerprint

Tags on Seoul Raiders, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.

Distinctive themes · rare across catalog
  • intelligence · 4
  • counterfeit · 3
Recurring themes · common across catalog
  • robbery · 20
  • secret agent · 16
Mainstream tags · widely used across catalog
  • south korea · 97
  • seoul · 38

Reception Benchmarks

6.2
TMDB Rating
40
Audience Reviews
Well Received
Critical Tier

Ranked #467 of 836 Hong Kong films indexed here (44th percentile by TMDB audience score).

Among Hong Kong Drama productions specifically: #184 of 311 (top 59%).

Production Details

Primary CountryHong Kong
All Production CountriesHong Kong, South Korea
Original LanguageCantonese
Spoken LanguagesCantonese, English, Korean, Japanese
Production CompaniesMedia Asia Films, Sil-Metropole Organisation, iFilm
Runtime1h 35m
Release DateFebruary 5, 2005
IMDbtt0455116