Black Rain vs Joint Security Area
Joint Security Area has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 6.6/10 for Black Rain). Joint Security Area is the shorter watch at 1h 48m compared with 2h 5m. Black Rain is the older of the two (1989 against 2000). Both are action, drama, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Black Rain
Joint Security Area| Black Rain | Joint Security Area | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.6/10 | ★ 7.8/10 |
| Year | 1989 | 2000 |
| Length | 2h 5m | 1h 48m |
| Genres | Action, Drama, Thriller | Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, War |
| Country | – | South Korea |
| Director | Ridley Scott | Park Chan-wook |
| Main cast | Stephen Root, Michael Douglas, Andy García, Luis Guzmán, Richard Riehle | Lee Byung-hun, Shin Ha-kyun, Song Kang-ho, Ki Joo-bong, Lee Dae-yeon |
Synopsis
Black Rain
Two New York cops get involved in a gang war between members of the Yakuza, the Japanese Mafia. They arrest one of their killers and are ordered to escort him back to Japan. However, in Japan he manages to escape, and as they try to track him down, they get deeper and deeper into the Japanese Mafia scene and they have to learn that they can only win by playing the game—the Japanese way.
Joint Security Area
Two North Korean soldiers are killed in the border area between North and South Korea, prompting an investigation by a neutral body. The sergeant is the shooter, but the lead investigator, a Swiss-Korean woman, receives differing accounts from the two sides.
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