South Korea Synopsis
외계+인 1부
“For Ages, Aliens have locked up their prisoners in humans bodies.”
Gurus in the late Goryeo dynasty try to obtain a fabled, holy sword, and humans in 2022 hunt down an alien prisoner that is locked in a human's body. The two parties cross paths when a time-traveling portal opens up.
Audience Engagement
163 audience reviews — more than 90% of South Korea films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 98th percentile among South Korea films.
Science Fiction + Action in South Korea
13 South Korea titles in our catalog blend the Science Fiction and Action genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Alienoid itself).
The 2021–2023 South Korea Window
Alienoid holds position #125 of 211 South Korea films in the 2021–2023 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
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★ 9.4 · 2023
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★ 9.1 · 2022
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★ 9.0 · 2022
#4BTS Permission to Dance On Stage – Seoul: Live Viewing
★ 9.0 · 2022
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★ 9.0 · 2021
#6The Good Bad Mother
★ 8.9 · 2023
#7The Fabulous
★ 8.8 · 2022
#8My Lovely Liar
★ 8.7 · 2023
The 2020s South Korea Landscape
2022 was the decade’s peak output year for South Korea — 97 titles released, including Alienoid. Bars below show how the 2020s stacked up year by year (301 total).
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 2h 23m runtime, production spent $171K per minute on screen and earned $84K per minute back.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 96 other South Korea films in 2022.
The 1321st South Korea title from South Korea we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1955).
Our South Korea catalog contains 1,397 titles in total (931 films).
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Alienoid, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- time warp · 4
- goryeo dynasty · 4
- past and present · 2
- time slip · 2
- taoist wizard · 2
- prisoner · 14
- historical fiction · 12
- alien · 51
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #511 of 1,397 South Korea films indexed here (63rd percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.3 points above the South Korea average of 6.9/10.
Among South Korea Science Fiction productions specifically: #5 of 31 (top 16%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | South Korea |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Korean |
| Production Companies | Caper Film, CJ ENM |
| Runtime | 2h 23m |
| Release Date | July 20, 2022 |
| IMDb | tt20168564 |