South Korea Veteran returned 11.7× its production cost, earning $88.0M against a $7.5M budget — one of the highest-return South Korea films in our catalog.
Synopsis
베테랑
“The unstoppable. The untouchable.”
When an old collaborator gets severely injured, a veteran policeman tries to figure out the way to bring to justice the ultimately suspected aggressor, a spoiled young executive, heir to a mega corporation, who believes he is above the law.
Audience Engagement
170 audience reviews — more than 90% of South Korea films in our index.
Review volume (90th percentile) outruns trending popularity (74th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 1h 59m runtime, production spent $63K per minute on screen and earned $739K per minute back.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Veteran. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Filmmaker R&K
Action + Comedy in South Korea
69 South Korea titles in our catalog blend the Action and Comedy genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Veteran itself).
The 2014–2016 South Korea Window
Veteran holds position #142 of 237 South Korea films in the 2014–2016 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 Veteran premiered alongside 78 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 78 other South Korea films in 2015.
The 706th 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 Veteran, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- police chase · 5
- chaebol · 5
- truck driver · 4
- buddy comedy · 4
- spoiled rich kid · 1
- police corruption · 19
- buddy cop · 8
- street fight · 6
- south korea · 97
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #714 of 1,397 South Korea films indexed here (49th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Among South Korea Action productions specifically: #129 of 266 (top 48%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | South Korea |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Korean |
| Spoken Languages | Russian, English, Korean |
| Production Companies | Filmmaker R&K, Froniter Works Comic, Stone Comics Entertainment, CJ Entertainment, filmK |
| Runtime | 1h 59m |
| Release Date | August 5, 2015 |
| IMDb | tt4768764 |
| Official Site | www.cj-entertainment.com |