South Korea Synopsis
브이아이피
“The most dangerous, the most vicious and the most wanted.”
A son to a high-ranked official in North Korea commits a series of murders going across the countries around the world. The movie depicts the following events as South Korea, North Korea and Interpol start chasing down after him.
Audience Engagement
190 audience reviews — more than 91% of South Korea films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 81th percentile among South Korea films.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with V.I.P.. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Peppermint&company
Crime + Thriller in South Korea
63 South Korea titles in our catalog blend the Crime and Thriller genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding V.I.P. itself).
The 2016–2018 South Korea Window
V.I.P. holds position #55 of 268 South Korea films in the 2016–2018 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
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 V.I.P. premiered alongside 88 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 88 other South Korea films in 2017.
The 886th 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 V.I.P., grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- busan · 25
- neo-noir · 17
- cia · 12
- national intelligence service (nis) · 12
- fugitive · 8
- south korea · 97
- spy · 46
- inter-korean relations · 32
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #233 of 1,397 South Korea films indexed here (83rd 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: #26 of 202 (top 13%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | South Korea |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Korean |
| Production Companies | Peppermint&company, Warner Bros. Pictures, Warner Bros. Korea, Goldmoon Film, Finecut |
| Runtime | 2h 8m |
| Release Date | August 23, 2017 |
| IMDb | tt6413410 |