The Scam (2009)
The Scam is streaming in South Korea on Netflix, wavve, Watcha.
The verdict
Ratings on The Scam stayed too thin to say where this Korean film lands. It clocks in at a standard 119 minutes. In South Korea you can stream it on Netflix, wavve, Watcha.
Should you spend 1h 59m on it?
1h 59m of Korean crime with adventure threaded through, not one for younger kids. Standard length — a normal evening's watch, nothing to plan around.
- Skip if
- you dislike slow-burn procedural pacing
- Best for
- An ordinary evening in
Story
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.
Good to know
| Runtime | 1h 59m |
| Watch with family? | 15 · Older kids & up |
| Genre | Crime / Adventure |
| Language | Korean |
| Best screen | Stream at home |
Director
Lee Ho-jae
Cast
Where to watch in South Korea
Included with a subscription — no extra charge on these platforms.
Availability as of 27 Sept 2026 — platforms may change over time.
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