South Korea Synopsis
더 킬러: 죽어도 되는 아이
“Mission: save the girl.”
When retired hitman’s wife goes on vacation with her friend, she asks him to look after the friend's teenage daughter. Things go awry when he is forced to use a little violence to protect the girl from juvenile delinquents, but then they are found dead and the girl is kidnapped.
Audience Engagement
291 audience reviews — more than 94% of South Korea films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 97th percentile among South Korea films.
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Action + Crime in South Korea
77 South Korea titles in our catalog blend the Action and Crime genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding The Killer itself).
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with The Killer. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
The 2021–2023 South Korea Window
The Killer holds position #50 of 211 South Korea films in the 2021–2023 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
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★ 9.1 · 2022
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★ 9.0 · 2022
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★ 9.0 · 2021
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★ 8.9 · 2023
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★ 8.8 · 2022
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★ 8.7 · 2023
The 2020s South Korea Landscape
2022 was the decade’s peak output year for South Korea — 97 titles released, including The Killer. Bars below show how the 2020s stacked up year by year (301 total).
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 96 other South Korea films in 2022.
The 1320th South Korea title from South Korea we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1955).
Our South Korea catalog contains 1,397 titles in total (931 films).
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #187 of 1,397 South Korea films indexed here (87th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +1.0 points above the South Korea average of 6.9/10.
Among South Korea Action productions specifically: #24 of 266 (top 9%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | South Korea |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Korean |
| Production Companies | M-Line Distribution, iHQ |
| Runtime | 1h 35m |
| Release Date | July 13, 2022 |
| IMDb | tt19713090 |
| Official Site | www.thekiller2022.com |