Joint Security Area vs Shanghai
Joint Security Area has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 6.1/10 for Shanghai). Shanghai is the shorter watch at 1h 45m compared with 1h 48m. Joint Security Area is the older of the two (2000 against 2010). Both are drama, mystery, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Joint Security Area
Shanghai| Joint Security Area | Shanghai | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.8/10 | ★ 6.1/10 |
| Year | 2000 | 2010 |
| Length | 1h 48m | 1h 45m |
| Genres | Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, War | Drama, Mystery, Thriller |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Park Chan-wook | Mikael Håfström |
| Main cast | Lee Byung-hun, Shin Ha-kyun, Song Kang-ho, Ki Joo-bong, Lee Dae-yeon | Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Hugh Bonneville, Benedict Wong, Franka Potente, David Morse |
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.
Shanghai
An American man returns to a corrupt, Japanese-occupied Shanghai four months before Pearl Harbor and discovers his friend has been killed. While he unravels the mysteries of the death, he falls in love and discovers a much larger secret that his own government is hiding.
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