South Korea Synopsis
모가디슈
“A city in revolt, we must escape.”
Diplomats from the North and South Korean embassies in Somalia attempt a daring joint escape from Mogadishu when the outbreak of civil war leaves them stranded.
Audience Engagement
124 audience reviews — more than 86% of South Korea films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 90th percentile among South Korea films.
Other Titles From Filmmaker R&K
War + Action in South Korea
16 South Korea titles in our catalog blend the War and Action genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Escape from Mogadishu itself).
The 2020–2022 South Korea Window
Escape from Mogadishu holds position #176 of 269 South Korea films in the 2020–2022 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
#1Break the Silence: The Movie
★ 9.2 · 2020
#22020 (G)I-DLE Online Concert 'I-Land : Who Am I'
★ 9.2 · 2020
#3Under the Queen's Umbrella
★ 9.1 · 2022
#4BTS: Permission to Dance on Stage – LA
★ 9.0 · 2022
#5BTS Permission to Dance On Stage – Seoul: Live Viewing
★ 9.0 · 2022
#6Undercover
★ 9.0 · 2021
#7The Fabulous
★ 8.8 · 2022
#8It's Okay to Not Be Okay
★ 8.6 · 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 Escape from Mogadishu premiered alongside 81 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 81 other South Korea films in 2021.
The 1228th 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 Escape from Mogadishu, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- diplomat · 4
- somalia · 1
- mogadishu · 1
- escape · 22
- 1990s · 14
- inter-korean relations · 32
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #581 of 1,397 South Korea films indexed here (58th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.2 points above the South Korea average of 6.9/10.
Among South Korea War productions specifically: #21 of 35 (top 60%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | South Korea |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Korean |
| Spoken Languages | English, Korean, Somali |
| Production Companies | Filmmaker R&K, Dexter Studios, filmK |
| Runtime | 2h 1m |
| Release Date | July 28, 2021 |
| IMDb | tt14810692 |