South Korea Synopsis
작전
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.
Other Titles From Bidangil Pictures
Crime + Adventure in South Korea
27 South Korea titles in our catalog blend the Crime and Adventure genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding The Scam itself).
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with The Scam. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
The 2008–2010 South Korea Window
In the crowded 2008-2010 South Korea release window, The Scam sits at #110 of 128. The leaderboard below contextualises its neighbours.
The 2000s South Korea Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2000s in South Korea, 321 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when The Scam premiered alongside 36 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 36 other South Korea films in 2009.
The 345th 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
11 audience reviews — more than 12% of South Korea films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 25th percentile among South Korea films.
Reception Benchmarks
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 |