What is Extracurricular about?
Determined to escape a dead-end life, a gifted high school student turns to a world of serious crime to ensure he can pay for college.
Does it have a happy ending? (spoiler-safe)
No. Brace yourself.
Extracurricular (2020)
A gifted student's desperate choices in a gritty criminal underworld lead to bleak, intimate suspense.
Suspenseful. A full-attention watch at a measured pace. Emotionally it is devastating.
Streaming on Netflix.
Extracurricular parents guide
Nothing past what a TV-MA promises: some innuendo or implied sex and strong violence.
- Scare
- Not scary
- Jump scares
- None noted
- Gore
- Light gore
- Some blood or injury, briefly.
- Violence
- Strong violence
- Violence is frequent or intense.
- Sex and nudity
- Mild
- Mild means innuendo, or sex implied off screen, with no nudity.
- Language
- Moderate
- Some strong profanity, a few f-words.
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Three questions
- How gory is Extracurricular?
- Light gore and strong violence.
- What is Extracurricular rated, and is it OK for kids?
- No. It is rated TV-MA, with strong violence and some strong language.
Cast and crew
Created byGin Han-sai, Kim Jin-min
StarringKim Dong-hee, Park Ju-hyun, Jung Da-bin, Nam Yoon-su, Kim Yeo-jin, Choi Min-soo
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Extracurricular is on our High school, Korean, K-dramas and Crime on Netflix lists.
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