Joint Security Area vs The Assault
Joint Security Area has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 6/10 for The Assault). The Assault is the shorter watch at 1h 28m compared with 1h 48m. Joint Security Area is the older of the two (2000 against 2011). Both are action, drama, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Joint Security Area
The Assault| Joint Security Area | The Assault | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.8/10 | ★ 6.0/10 |
| Year | 2000 | 2011 |
| Length | 1h 48m | 1h 28m |
| Genres | Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, War | Action, Drama, Thriller |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Park Chan-wook | Julien Leclercq |
| Main cast | Lee Byung-hun, Shin Ha-kyun, Song Kang-ho, Ki Joo-bong, Lee Dae-yeon | Philippe Bas, Vincent Elbaz, Marie Guillard, Chems Dahmani, Mélanie Bernier |
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.
The Assault
December 1994. On Saturday 24th, four GIA terrorists hijack an Air France A300 Airbus, bound for Paris, with 227 passengers on board, at the Algiers airport.
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