South Korea Synopsis
역린
“Who Dares Kill The King.”
Late 18th-century Joseon dynasty. The King is beleaguered and surrounded by traitors of the ruling elite. They plan to assassinate and replace him with a puppet. But the King has some aces up his sleeve that may help him defeat them all.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with The Fatal Encounter. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Lotte Entertainment
Action + History in South Korea
20 South Korea titles in our catalog blend the Action and History genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding The Fatal Encounter itself).
The 2013–2015 South Korea Window
The Fatal Encounter holds position #90 of 208 South Korea films in the 2013–2015 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 The Fatal Encounter premiered alongside 71 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 71 other South Korea films in 2014.
The 605th 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
48 audience reviews — more than 70% of South Korea films in our index.
Review volume (70th percentile) outruns trending popularity (44th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on The Fatal Encounter, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- archery · 4
- double cross · 3
- assassination plan · 3
- archer · 3
- torture · 26
- 18th century · 14
- king · 10
- coup d'etat · 6
- murder · 155
- sword fight · 56
- assassin · 47
- joseon dynasty · 42
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #597 of 1,397 South Korea films indexed here (57th 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: #108 of 266 (top 41%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | South Korea |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Korean |
| Production Companies | Lotte Entertainment, Good Choice Cut Pictures, 파파스필름 |
| Runtime | 2h 15m |
| Release Date | April 30, 2014 |
| IMDb | tt3479208 |