Enemy of the State vs Joint Security Area

Joint Security Area has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 7.1/10 for Enemy of the State). Joint Security Area is the shorter watch at 1h 48m compared with 2h 12m. Enemy of the State is the older of the two (1998 against 2000). Both are action, drama, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Enemy of the State posterEnemy of the State1998 VS Joint Security Area posterJoint Security Area2000
Enemy of the StateJoint Security Area
Audience score★ 7.1/10★ 7.8/10
Year19982000
Length2h 12m1h 48m
GenresAction, Drama, ThrillerAction, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, War
Country–South Korea
DirectorTony ScottPark Chan-wook
Main castScott Caan, Jon Voight, Ian Hart, Jason Lee, Lisa BonetLee Byung-hun, Shin Ha-kyun, Song Kang-ho, Ki Joo-bong, Lee Dae-yeon

Synopsis

Enemy of the State

The life of labor lawyer and dedicated family man Robert 'Bobby' Dean is turned upside down after a chance meeting with a college buddy while holiday shopping. Unbeknownst to Dean, he's just been burdened with a videotape of a congressman's assassination. Hot on the trail of this tape is a ruthless group of National Security Agents commanded by a belligerently ambitious NSA official named Reynolds. Using satellite surveillance, bugs, and other…

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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