South Korea Synopsis
야수
“Justice by any means necessary.”
A grissled cop with tendencies towards excessive force teams up with an ambitious and righteous prosecutor to track down a dangerous crime boss whom they both want desperately to catch. But their quarry resorts to devious methods to stall their investigation and eventually turn them against each other. Now the stage is set for a dangerous triangle.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Running Wild. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Popcorn Film
Action + Adventure in South Korea
96 South Korea titles in our catalog blend the Action and Adventure genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Running Wild itself).
The 2005–2007 South Korea Window
Running Wild holds position #76 of 122 South Korea films in the 2005–2007 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2000s South Korea Landscape
2006 was the decade’s peak output year for South Korea — 46 titles released, including Running Wild. Bars below show how the 2000s stacked up year by year (321 total).
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 45 other South Korea films in 2006.
The 229th 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
31 audience reviews — more than 59% of South Korea films in our index.
Review volume (59th percentile) outruns trending popularity (18th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Running Wild, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- police detective · 3
- cold case · 3
- criminal · 27
- hospital · 23
- organized crime · 20
- good versus evil · 9
- crime boss · 7
- revenge · 210
- police · 105
- gangster · 85
- investigation · 45
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #1,009 of 1,397 South Korea films indexed here (28th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -0.5 points below the South Korea average of 6.9/10.
Among South Korea Action productions specifically: #194 of 266 (top 73%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | South Korea |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Korean |
| Production Companies | Popcorn Film, Showbox |
| Runtime | 2h 4m |
| Release Date | January 13, 2006 |
| IMDb | tt0485552 |