Impulse vs Oldboy
Oldboy has the higher audience score (8.3/10 against 4.9/10 for Impulse). Impulse is the shorter watch at 1h 41m compared with 2h . Oldboy is the older of the two (2003 against 2008). Both are drama, mystery, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Impulse
Oldboy| Impulse | Oldboy | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 4.9/10 | ★ 8.3/10 |
| Year | 2008 | 2003 |
| Length | 1h 41m | 2h |
| Genres | Drama, Mystery, Thriller | Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Charles T. Kanganis | Park Chan-wook |
| Main cast | Robert Moloney, Nancy Sivak, Angus Macfadyen, Kathleen Duborg, C. Ernst Harth | Yoo Ji-tae, Kim Byeong-ok, Choi Min-sik, Ji Dae-han, Oh Dal-su |
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.
Oldboy
With no clue how he came to be imprisoned, drugged and tortured for 15 years, a desperate man seeks revenge on his captors.