Joint Security Area vs Return of the Kickfighter
Joint Security Area has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 7.2/10 for Return of the Kickfighter). Return of the Kickfighter is the shorter watch at 1h 33m compared with 1h 48m. Return of the Kickfighter is the older of the two (1987 against 2000). Both are action, war movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Joint Security Area
Return of the Kickfighter| Joint Security Area | Return of the Kickfighter | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.8/10 | ★ 7.2/10 |
| Year | 2000 | 1987 |
| Length | 1h 48m | 1h 33m |
| Genres | Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, War | Action, War |
| Country | South Korea | – |
| Director | Park Chan-wook | Anthony Maharaj |
| Main cast | Lee Byung-hun, Shin Ha-kyun, Song Kang-ho, Ki Joo-bong, Lee Dae-yeon | Richard Norton, Dick Wei, Huang Kin-Lung, George E. Mahlberg, Rex Cutter |
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.
Return of the Kickfighter
The plot concerns a unit of US marines operating in the Vietnam war during 1970, with the movie opening on a raid in a village. After massacring the villagers, the marines steal the villages gold, much to the objection of their Vietnamese translator and guide. Skip forward past the credits sequence; it's now 15 years later, and members of the unit are getting murdered one by one. This leads to the former head of the group, now a high ranking…
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