Joint Security Area vs Oldboy
Oldboy has the higher audience score (8.3/10 against 7.8/10 for Joint Security Area). Joint Security Area is the shorter watch at 1h 48m compared with 2h . Joint Security Area is the older of the two (2000 against 2003). Both are action, drama, mystery movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Joint Security Area
Oldboy| Joint Security Area | Oldboy | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.8/10 | ★ 8.3/10 |
| Year | 2000 | 2003 |
| Length | 1h 48m | 2h |
| Genres | Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, War | Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Park Chan-wook | Park Chan-wook |
| Main cast | Lee Byung-hun, Shin Ha-kyun, Song Kang-ho, Ki Joo-bong, Lee Dae-yeon | Yoo Ji-tae, Kim Byeong-ok, Choi Min-sik, Ji Dae-han, Oh Dal-su |
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.
Oldboy
With no clue how he came to be imprisoned, drugged and tortured for 15 years, a desperate man seeks revenge on his captors.
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