Joint Security Area vs Merantau
Joint Security Area has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 6.5/10 for Merantau). Joint Security Area is the shorter watch at 1h 48m compared with 2h 14m. Joint Security Area is the older of the two (2000 against 2009). Both are action, drama, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Joint Security Area
Merantau| Joint Security Area | Merantau | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.8/10 | ★ 6.5/10 |
| Year | 2000 | 2009 |
| Length | 1h 48m | 2h 14m |
| Genres | Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, War | Action, Drama, Thriller |
| Country | South Korea | – |
| Director | Park Chan-wook | Gareth Evans |
| Main cast | Lee Byung-hun, Shin Ha-kyun, Song Kang-ho, Ki Joo-bong, Lee Dae-yeon | Iko Uwais, Alex Abbad, Yayan Ruhian, Donny Alamsyah, Chika Jessica |
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.
Merantau
In Minangkabau, West Sumatera, Yuda a skilled practitioner of Silat Harimau is in the final preparations to begin his "Merantau" a century's old rites-of-passage to be carried out by the community's young men that will see him leave the comforts of his idyllic farming village and make a name for himself in the bustling city of Jakarta.
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