Joint Security Area vs The Bourne Ultimatum

Joint Security Area has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 7.4/10 for The Bourne Ultimatum). Joint Security Area is the shorter watch at 1h 48m compared with 1h 55m. Joint Security Area is the older of the two (2000 against 2007). Both are action, drama, mystery movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Joint Security Area posterJoint Security Area2000 VS The Bourne Ultimatum posterThe Bourne Ultimatum2007
Joint Security AreaThe Bourne Ultimatum
Audience score★ 7.8/10★ 7.4/10
Year20002007
Length1h 48m1h 55m
GenresAction, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, WarAction, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
CountrySouth KoreaUnited States of America
DirectorPark Chan-wookPaul Greengrass
Main castLee Byung-hun, Shin Ha-kyun, Song Kang-ho, Ki Joo-bong, Lee Dae-yeonJoan Allen, Paddy Considine, Albert Finney, Matt Damon, David Strathairn

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 Bourne Ultimatum

Bourne is brought out of hiding once again by reporter Simon Ross who is trying to unveil Operation Blackbriar, an upgrade to Project Treadstone, in a series of newspaper columns. Information from the reporter stirs a new set of memories, and Bourne must finally uncover his dark past while dodging The Company's best efforts to eradicate him.

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