South Korea Synopsis
다만 악에서 구하소서
“Beginning of a dead end chase”
A retired contract killer goes on a bloody rampage when a young girl finds herself at the mercy of gangland human traffickers and only one man can come to her rescue, with an arsenal of weapons and years of experience in the art of killing.
Audience Engagement
163 audience reviews — more than 90% of South Korea films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 83th percentile among South Korea films.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Deliver Us from Evil. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Hive Media Corp
Crime + Action in South Korea
77 South Korea titles in our catalog blend the Crime and Action genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Deliver Us from Evil itself).
The 2019–2021 South Korea Window
In the crowded 2019-2021 South Korea release window, Deliver Us from Evil sits at #193 of 261. The leaderboard below contextualises its neighbours.
#1Break the Silence: The Movie
★ 9.2 · 2020
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★ 9.2 · 2020
#3Undercover
★ 9.0 · 2021
#4BLACKPINK: Arena Tour 2018 'Special Final in Kyocera Dome Osaka'
★ 8.7 · 2019
#5It's Okay to Not Be Okay
★ 8.6 · 2020
#6Mr. Queen
★ 8.6 · 2020
#7Parasite
★ 8.5 · 2019
#8True Beauty
★ 8.5 · 2020
The 2020s South Korea Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2020s in South Korea, 301 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Deliver Us from Evil premiered alongside 89 others.
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 1h 48m runtime, production spent $111K per minute on screen and earned $321K per minute back.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 89 other South Korea films in 2020.
The 1145th 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 Deliver Us from Evil, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- zainichi · 4
- transgender · 4
- hard boiled · 1
- bangkok · 20
- incheon · 7
- japan · 454
- revenge · 210
- yakuza · 93
- tokyo · 78
- thailand · 56
- thailand · 56
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #772 of 1,397 South Korea films indexed here (45th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Among South Korea Crime productions specifically: #114 of 202 (top 56%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | South Korea |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Korean |
| Spoken Languages | English, Spanish, Korean, Thai |
| Production Companies | Hive Media Corp, CJ Entertainment |
| Runtime | 1h 48m |
| Release Date | August 5, 2020 |
| IMDb | tt12763920 |