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Bari Kang

Bari Kang

Actor, director, writer and producer

Movie Insider highlighted Bari as a multi-hyphenate creator: "Kang shows prowess in all departments from writing/directing to acting." Kang's The Scrapper was acquired by 1091 Pictures and continues to be distributed around the world. Tim Brennan of About Boulder wrote: "The Scrapper is a smart, solid, crime film that promises more good work from Bari Kang...he's made a film with a point of view and something to say. Kang is a smart screenwriter." Movie blogger Federico Furzan said, "The Scrapper is a pearl of its own world of small budget films. . . an action thriller that doesn't let you rest. . . Bari Kang shines in the film." Testifying on the compelling, gritty story, Battle Royale With Cheese's Joel Fisher wrote "Kang creates a gritty world filled with gangsters, tense action and a heart at the centre."

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Biography from IMDb.

Works as
Actor, director, writer and producer
Titles
4 on MovieCove · 5 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 39 days to Oct 28Down 26% in 30 days

What are Bari Kang's films like?

Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Morality.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
30%
Morality
25%
Survival
24%
Society
9%
Power
8%
Self
5%
Family bonds2 titles, browse their movies with this themeViolence2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 4 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Dark: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their dark movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 0 · Serious 0 · Dark 4

Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 3 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 0

Intense: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their intense movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 0 · Charged 0 · Intense 4

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 1 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 1

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 4 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 0 · Even-paced 4 · Relentless 0

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 0 · Engaged 4 · Full focus 0

Heavy: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their heavy movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

Easy watch 0 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 3

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 1 · Open-ended 3 · Ambiguous 0

Roles they play

1 analyzed role

Moods and endings

endings shown from 5 titles

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
4
Dread
4
Melancholic
1

How their films linger

Unsettling3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Bari Kang's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 2 of their 4 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Prime Video (2).

Subscription and free streaming for Bari Kang's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

5 credits, 4 with a MovieCove page.

  • Welcome to Punjab (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Actor

  • Itch!(2024)

    Director · Producer · Screenplay · as Jay

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films

  • Scrapper(2021)

    Director · Producer · Writer · as Jake

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • Respite(2020)

    as Gelasio

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films

  • Lucky(2016)

    Director · Producer · Writer · as Lucky

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

Career shape

A full career of 4 titles from 2017 to 2025.

Highest rated

Scrapper (2021)

Midcredits 50th

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting4 of 4: 1 only acting, 3 with another roleDirecting3 of 4: 0 only directing, 3 with another roleWriting3 of 4: 0 only writing, 3 with another roleProducing1 of 4: 0 only producing, 1 with another role

4 titles, 3 with more than one role — acting and directing overlap on 3 of them.

By decade

2010s1 · 1 acting · 1 crew2020s3 · 3 acting · 2 crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it.

How do Bari Kang's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 32nd percentile, the median of all 4; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 17th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

17thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Approval · how many liked their films

53rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Reach · how many have seen their films

48thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Midcredits score across 4 titles, by percentile

  • 50th to 74th2
  • Below 25th2

Shape of the crowd

2 of their 4 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Loved1
  • Crowd Pleaser1
  • Mixed2

Most divisive · actor

Respite (2020)

82nd percentile spread · 47% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor, director, writer, producer

Lucky (2016)

Midcredits 56th · 82% liked

Reviewers score the acting 55/100 in their films, across 4 reviewed titles; fans 69, detractors 23. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Bari Kang work with?

People who share at least 2 of Bari Kang's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Saro Varjabedian shares the most, 3.

Composers and cinematographers

Producers