South Korea Synopsis
악인전
“Don't let the devil win.”
After barely surviving a violent attack by an elusive serial killer, crime boss Jang Dong-su finds himself forming an unlikely partnership with local detective Jung Tae-seok to catch the sadistic killer simply known as K.
Audience Engagement
815 audience reviews — more than 98% of South Korea films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 97th percentile among South Korea films.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with The Gangster, the Cop, the Devil. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Acemaker Movieworks
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 The Gangster, the Cop, the Devil itself).
The 2018–2020 South Korea Window
The Gangster, the Cop, the Devil holds position #72 of 272 South Korea films in the 2018–2020 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
#3Intention
★ 9.1 · 2018
#42018 GFRIEND FIRST CONCERT Season of GFRIEND
★ 8.9 · 2018
#5BLACKPINK: Arena Tour 2018 'Special Final in Kyocera Dome Osaka'
★ 8.7 · 2019
#6It's Okay to Not Be Okay
★ 8.6 · 2020
#7Mr. Queen
★ 8.6 · 2020
#8Parasite
★ 8.5 · 2019
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 Gangster, the Cop, the Devil premiered alongside 88 others.
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 1h 50m runtime, production spent $59K per minute on screen and earned $234K per minute back.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 88 other South Korea films in 2019.
The 1036th 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 The Gangster, the Cop, the Devil, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- gang · 26
- police · 105
- based on true story · 98
- gangster · 85
- serial killer · 42
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #226 of 1,397 South Korea films indexed here (84th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.9 points above the South Korea average of 6.9/10.
Among South Korea Crime productions specifically: #24 of 202 (top 12%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | South Korea |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Korean |
| Production Companies | Acemaker Movieworks, BA Entertainment, Kiwi Media Group, B&C CONTENT |
| Runtime | 1h 50m |
| Release Date | May 15, 2019 |
| IMDb | tt10208198 |