Joint Security Area vs The Big Bang
Joint Security Area has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 5.3/10 for The Big Bang). The Big Bang is the shorter watch at 1h 41m compared with 1h 48m. Joint Security Area is the older of the two (2000 against 2011). Both are action, mystery, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Joint Security Area
The Big Bang| Joint Security Area | The Big Bang | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.8/10 | ★ 5.3/10 |
| Year | 2000 | 2011 |
| Length | 1h 48m | 1h 41m |
| Genres | Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, War | Action, Mystery, Thriller |
| Country | South Korea | United States of America |
| Director | Park Chan-wook | Tony Krantz |
| Main cast | Lee Byung-hun, Shin Ha-kyun, Song Kang-ho, Ki Joo-bong, Lee Dae-yeon | Jimmi Simpson, Sienna Guillory, Sam Elliott, Delroy Lindo, Thomas Kretschmann |
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 Big Bang
A private detective is hired to find a missing stripper but the job turns complicated when everyone he questions ends up dead. From the mean streets of Los Angeles to the desolate desert of New Mexico, Cruz must contend with a brutal Russian Boxer, three brash LAPD detectives, an aged billionaire looking for the Big Bang, and the billionaire's stunningly gorgeous wife. The solution to the mystery will cost ten lives, net $30 million and just…
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