The Scam
Seen it?2009 | 119 min | Crime, Adventure, Thriller, Action
Monday Morning Maybeearly ratingWhy it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With almost no lasting buzz and soft box office, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Best for fans of mob stories and people who like their stories with a little danger. A look inside a world of loyalty, money and betrayal. Fans of White Heat or Public Enemies should feel right at home.
- The mood
- Tense, gritty.
- The pace
- Fast-moving, at 1 hr 59 min.
- What might put you off
- It's in Korean, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
- Skip it if you like your heroes clean-cut.
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.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerBelow par
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 4K people sought it out in the past year
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Cast & crew
Directed by Lee Ho-jae
- Park Yong-haKang Hyun-soo
- Kim Min-joungYu Seo-yeon
- Park Hee-soonHwang Jong-ku
- Kim Moo-yulJo Min-hyung
- Brian KimBrian Choi
- Lee Dong-yongHwang's security #1
- Jo Jae-yunMr. Lee
- Park Jae-woongDuk Sang-Lee
- Jo Deok-hyeonPark Chang-joo
- Kim Yeong-hunSecretary Nam