Buried vs Joint Security Area
Joint Security Area has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 6.6/10 for Buried). Buried is the shorter watch at 1h 35m compared with 1h 48m. Joint Security Area is the older of the two (2000 against 2010). Both are drama, mystery, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Buried
Joint Security Area| Buried | Joint Security Area | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.6/10 | ★ 7.8/10 |
| Year | 2010 | 2000 |
| Length | 1h 35m | 1h 48m |
| Genres | Drama, Mystery, Thriller | Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, War |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Rodrigo Cortés | Park Chan-wook |
| Main cast | Robert Clotworthy, Ryan Reynolds, Kali Rocha, Samantha Mathis, Stephen Tobolowsky | Lee Byung-hun, Shin Ha-kyun, Song Kang-ho, Ki Joo-bong, Lee Dae-yeon |
Synopsis
Buried
Paul is a U.S. truck driver working in Iraq. After an attack by a group of Iraqis he wakes to find he is buried alive inside a coffin. With only a lighter and a cell phone it's a race against time to escape this claustrophobic death trap.
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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