Escobar: Paradise Lost vs The Handmaiden
The Handmaiden has the higher audience score (8.2/10 against 6.3/10 for Escobar: Paradise Lost). Escobar: Paradise Lost is the shorter watch at 2h compared with 2h 25m. Escobar: Paradise Lost is the older of the two (2014 against 2016). Both are romance, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Escobar: Paradise Lost
The Handmaiden| Escobar: Paradise Lost | The Handmaiden | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.3/10 | ★ 8.2/10 |
| Year | 2014 | 2016 |
| Length | 2h | 2h 25m |
| Genres | Romance, Thriller | Drama, Romance, Thriller |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Andrea Di Stefano | Park Chan-wook |
| Main cast | Benicio del Toro, Josh Hutcherson, Tenoch Huerta Mejía, Ana Girardot, Brady Corbet | Kim Tae-ri, Lee Dong-hwi, Cho Jin-woong, Lee Yong-nyeo, Ha Jung-woo |
Synopsis
Escobar: Paradise Lost
For Pablo Escobar family is everything. When young surfer Nick falls for Escobar's niece, Maria, he finds his life on the line when he's pulled into the dangerous world of the family business.
The Handmaiden
1930s Korea, in the period of Japanese occupation, a new girl, Sookee, is hired as a handmaiden to a Japanese heiress, Hideko, who lives a secluded life on a large countryside estate with her domineering Uncle Kouzuki. But the maid has a secret. She is a pickpocket recruited by a swindler posing as a Japanese Count to help him seduce the Lady to elope with him, rob her of her fortune, and lock her up in a madhouse. The plan seems to proceed…
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