Impulse vs Joint Security Area
Joint Security Area has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 4.9/10 for Impulse). Impulse is the shorter watch at 1h 41m compared with 1h 48m. Joint Security Area is the older of the two (2000 against 2008). Both are drama, mystery, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
| Impulse | Joint Security Area | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 4.9/10 | ★ 7.8/10 |
| Year | 2008 | 2000 |
| Length | 1h 41m | 1h 48m |
| Genres | Drama, Mystery, Thriller | Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, War |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Charles T. Kanganis | Park Chan-wook |
| Main cast | Robert Moloney, Nancy Sivak, Angus Macfadyen, Kathleen Duborg, C. Ernst Harth | Lee Byung-hun, Shin Ha-kyun, Song Kang-ho, Ki Joo-bong, Lee Dae-yeon |
Synopsis
Impulse
Acting on impulse, Claire Dennison, enjoys a brief fling with a sexy stranger (a dead ringer for her husband), only to realize that the object of her desire is a crazed, manipulative, and tenacious psychopath.
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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