South Korea Synopsis
카터
“No memory. One mission.”
Carter, who awakens two months into a deadly pandemic originating from the DMZ that has already devastated US and North Korea. He who has no recollections of his past finds a mysterious device in his head, and a lethal bomb in his mouth. A voice in his ears gives him orders to avoid getting killed and he's thrown into a mysterious operation while the CIA and North Korean coup chase him close.
Audience Engagement
311 audience reviews — more than 95% of South Korea films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 97th percentile among South Korea films.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Carter. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Action + Thriller in South Korea
82 South Korea titles in our catalog blend the Action and Thriller genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Carter itself).
The 2021–2023 South Korea Window
In the crowded 2021-2023 South Korea release window, Carter sits at #195 of 211. The leaderboard below contextualises its neighbours.
#1TOMORROW X TOGETHER: OUR LOST SUMMER
★ 9.4 · 2023
#2Under the Queen's Umbrella
★ 9.1 · 2022
#3BTS: Permission to Dance on Stage – LA
★ 9.0 · 2022
#4BTS Permission to Dance On Stage – Seoul: Live Viewing
★ 9.0 · 2022
#5Undercover
★ 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 Carter. Bars below show how the 2020s stacked up year by year (301 total).
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 96 other South Korea films in 2022.
The 1326th 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 Carter, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- graphic violence · 5
- gun violence · 4
- double cross · 3
- dark fiction · 2
- psychological manipulation · 1
- amnesia · 17
- cia · 12
- agent · 11
- virus · 11
- south korea · 97
- inter-korean relations · 32
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #1,121 of 1,397 South Korea films indexed here (20th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -0.8 points below the South Korea average of 6.9/10.
Among South Korea Action productions specifically: #214 of 266 (top 80%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | South Korea |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Korean |
| Spoken Languages | English, Korean |
| Production Companies | Apeitda |
| Runtime | 2h 12m |
| Release Date | August 5, 2022 |
| IMDb | tt21237030 |
| Official Site | www.netflix.com |