Tinker Ticker

Tinker Ticker

Bombsmith meet detonator.

Directed by Kim Jung-hoon

Produced by Korean Academy of Film Arts, CGV Arthouse

2014102 min6.3 / 10

A dark psychological thriller about two morally compromised men drawn into a dangerous symbiosis through homemade explosives and mutual discovery.

Park Jung-gu sends out homemade bombs to people he finds online who are likely to use them, yet these devices are unused. One day, Jung-gu meets Lee Hyo-min, a delinquent student at his university and sends him a package. Soon an explosion in a delivery truck hits the news. Before long, Hyo-min discovers who is sending him the packages and the two form a tenuous relationship. However, Hyo-min's unpredictable behavior becomes dangerous and Jung-gu finds himself caught in a situation that he can no longer handle.

Questions people ask

  • Is Tinker Ticker scary? Yes, very. More frightening than 94% of films.

  • Is Tinker Ticker easy watching? Barely. Less comforting than 86% of films.

  • Is Tinker Ticker violent? Yes. More violent than 80% of films.

  • Does Tinker Ticker end with hope? Barely. Less hopeful than 80% of films.

  • Is Tinker Ticker sad? Somewhat. More sad than 70% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

34/ 100

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Rarity21

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Surprise50

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Love35

How much audiences actually like it

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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