South Korea Synopsis
범죄도시 2
“The Beast Cop Is Back!”
The 'Beast Cop' Ma Seok-do heads to a foreign country to extradite a suspect, but soon after his arrival, he discovers additional murder cases and hears about a vicious killer who has been committing crimes against tourists for several years.
Audience Engagement
185 audience reviews — more than 91% 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 Roundup. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From BA Entertainment
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 Roundup itself).
The 2021–2023 South Korea Window
The Roundup holds position #124 of 211 South Korea films in the 2021–2023 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
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★ 9.4 · 2023
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★ 9.1 · 2022
#3BTS: Permission to Dance on Stage – LA
★ 9.0 · 2022
#4BTS Permission to Dance On Stage – Seoul: Live Viewing
★ 9.0 · 2022
#5Undercover
★ 9.0 · 2021
#6The Good Bad Mother
★ 8.9 · 2023
#7The Fabulous
★ 8.8 · 2022
#8My Lovely Liar
★ 8.7 · 2023
The 2020s South Korea Landscape
2022 was the decade’s peak output year for South Korea — 97 titles released, including The Roundup. 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 1304th 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 Roundup, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- ho chi minh · 4
- international crime · 2
- vietnam · 11
- murder investigation · 9
- 2000s · 7
- sequel · 143
- police · 105
- south korea · 97
- gangster · 85
- detective · 44
- seoul · 38
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #509 of 1,397 South Korea films indexed here (64th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.3 points above the South Korea average of 6.9/10.
Among South Korea Action productions specifically: #83 of 266 (top 31%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | South Korea |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Korean |
| Spoken Languages | English, Korean |
| Production Companies | BA Entertainment, ABO Entertainment, Hong Film, Plus M Entertainment, Big Punch Pictures |
| Runtime | 1h 46m |
| Release Date | May 18, 2022 |
| IMDb | tt15838850 |
| Official Site | theroundup.capelight.de |