Captain Phillips vs Joint Security Area
Joint Security Area has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 7.5/10 for Captain Phillips). Joint Security Area is the shorter watch at 1h 48m compared with 2h 14m. Joint Security Area is the older of the two (2000 against 2013). Both are action, drama, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Captain Phillips
Joint Security Area| Captain Phillips | Joint Security Area | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.5/10 | ★ 7.8/10 |
| Year | 2013 | 2000 |
| Length | 2h 14m | 1h 48m |
| Genres | Action, Drama, Thriller | Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, War |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Paul Greengrass | Park Chan-wook |
| Main cast | Tom Hanks, Max Martini, Chris Mulkey, Catherine Keener, Michael Chernus | Lee Byung-hun, Shin Ha-kyun, Song Kang-ho, Ki Joo-bong, Lee Dae-yeon |
Synopsis
Captain Phillips
The true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the US-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years.
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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