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The Scam

2009 · 119 min

A slick, fast-moving crime thriller that keeps you guessing with its layered deceptions and sharp tension.

Overview
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.
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How it feels

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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • greed
  • betrayal
  • crime
  • power
  • deception
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action5
Horror0
Humour3
Realism7
Romance2
Tension7
Darkness6
Complexity7
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
crime, adventure, thriller, action
Directed by
Lee Ho-jae
Written by
Lee Jae-hon
Starring
Park Yong-ha, Kim Min-joung, Park Hee-soon, Kim Moo-yul, Brian Kim, Lee Dong-yong, Jo Jae-yun, Park Jae-woong
Music
Mok Yeong-jin
Cinematography
Ki Se-hun
Runtime
119 min
Country
South Korea
Languages
Korean

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