Joint Security Area vs Kidnapping Mr. Heineken

Joint Security Area has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 6/10 for Kidnapping Mr. Heineken). Kidnapping Mr. Heineken is the shorter watch at 1h 35m compared with 1h 48m. Joint Security Area is the older of the two (2000 against 2015). Both are action, drama, mystery movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Joint Security Area posterJoint Security Area2000 VS Kidnapping Mr. Heineken posterKidnapping Mr. Heineken2015
Joint Security AreaKidnapping Mr. Heineken
Audience score★ 7.8/10★ 6.0/10
Year20002015
Length1h 48m1h 35m
GenresAction, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, WarAction, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
CountrySouth KoreaBelgium
DirectorPark Chan-wookDaniel Alfredson
Main castLee Byung-hun, Shin Ha-kyun, Song Kang-ho, Ki Joo-bong, Lee Dae-yeonRyan Kwanten, Anthony Hopkins, David Dencik, Sam Worthington, Jemima West

Synopsis

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.

Kidnapping Mr. Heineken

The true story of the kidnapping of Freddy Heineken, the grandson of the founder of the Heineken brewery, and his driver. They were released after a ransom of 35 million Dutch guilders was paid.

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