Carter
2022 2h 12m movie Film South Korea

Carter

카터

“No memory. One mission.”

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.

The 2021–2023 South Korea Window

211 South Korea films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. Carter sits at position #195.

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    #6

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    ★ 8.9 · 2023

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Titles With Overlapping Themes

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

The 2020s South Korea Landscape

Catalog density by release year in the 2020s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Carter premiered. 301 total titles in this decade from South Korea.

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Reception Benchmarks

6.1
TMDB Rating
311
Audience Reviews
Well Received
Critical Tier

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

Themes & Motifs

  • cia
  • amnesia
  • double cross
  • agent
  • gun violence
  • virus
  • south korea
  • inter-korean relations
  • graphic violence
  • dark fiction
  • psychological manipulation

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