South Korea Synopsis
럭키
“A HIT MAN WAKES UP WITH AMNESIA TO A SWITCHED LIFE.”
A reverse comedy that tells the story of a perfectionist assassin who falls and hits his head in a sauna, giving him amnesia. When a down-and-out actor switches locker keys with him, they switch lives until the hit-man, who soon becomes an action hero on TV, starts to remember things.
Other Titles From Yong Film
Action + Comedy in South Korea
69 South Korea titles in our catalog blend the Action and Comedy genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Luck-Key itself).
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Luck-Key. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
The 2015–2017 South Korea Window
Luck-Key holds position #113 of 254 South Korea films in the 2015–2017 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2010s South Korea Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2010s in South Korea, 719 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Luck-Key premiered alongside 85 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 85 other South Korea films in 2016.
The 808th South Korea title from South Korea we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1955).
Our South Korea catalog contains 1,397 titles in total (931 films).
Audience Engagement
110 audience reviews — more than 84% of South Korea films in our index.
Review volume (84th percentile) outruns trending popularity (56th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Luck-Key, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- identity swap · 2
- stolen identity · 1
- skilled killer · 1
- hitman · 30
- amnesia · 17
- misunderstanding · 15
- remake · 101
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #582 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 Action productions specifically: #101 of 266 (top 38%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | South Korea |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Korean |
| Production Companies | Yong Film, Showbox |
| Runtime | 1h 52m |
| Release Date | October 13, 2016 |
| IMDb | tt6175078 |