The Scam
2009 1h 59m movie Film South Korea

The Scam

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Synopsis

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Hyun-soo is a skillful individual stock investor, so-called ‘ant’. One day, he cashes in up seventy thousand dollars through stock trading and this jackpot gets him implicated in a $60 million stock manipulation by scam artists from various fields. With a huge pot of money before their eyes, the scam seems to be perfectly unfolding. But another scam is emerging underneath team as the scammers chase each other and are being chased at the end.

The 2008–2010 South Korea Window

128 South Korea films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. The Scam sits at position #110.

  1. The Slave Hunters
    #1

    The Slave Hunters

    ★ 8.8 · 2010

  2. Iljimae
    #2

    Iljimae

    ★ 8.5 · 2008

  3. Dong Yi
    #3

    Dong Yi

    ★ 8.4 · 2010

  4. Running Man
    #4

    Running Man

    ★ 8.3 · 2010

  5. Castaway on the Moon
    #5

    Castaway on the Moon

    ★ 8.0 · 2009

  6. Personal Taste
    #6

    Personal Taste

    ★ 8.0 · 2010

  7. King of Baking, Kim Tak Goo
    #7

    King of Baking, Kim Tak Goo

    ★ 7.9 · 2010

  8. I Saw the Devil
    #8

    I Saw the Devil

    ★ 7.8 · 2010

Titles With Overlapping Themes

Films and series that share thematic tags with The Scam. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.

Other Titles From Bidangil Pictures

The 2000s South Korea Landscape

Catalog density by release year in the 2000s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when The Scam premiered. 321 total titles in this decade from South Korea.

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Reception Benchmarks

5.6
TMDB Rating
11
Audience Reviews
Mixed
Critical Tier

Ranked #1,287 of 1,397 South Korea films indexed here (8th percentile by TMDB audience score).

Rating is -1.3 points below the South Korea average of 6.9/10.

Among South Korea Crime productions specifically: #192 of 202 (top 95%).

Production Details

Primary Country South Korea
Original Language Korean
Production Companies Bidangil Pictures, Sponge, Showbox
Runtime 1h 59m
Release Date February 12, 2009
IMDb tt1535490

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