Joint Security Area vs The Girl Who Played with Fire
Joint Security Area has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 7/10 for The Girl Who Played with Fire). Joint Security Area is the shorter watch at 1h 48m compared with 2h 9m. Joint Security Area is the older of the two (2000 against 2009). Both are action, drama, mystery movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Joint Security Area
The Girl Who Played with Fire| Joint Security Area | The Girl Who Played with Fire | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.8/10 | ★ 7.0/10 |
| Year | 2000 | 2009 |
| Length | 1h 48m | 2h 9m |
| Genres | Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, War | Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller |
| Country | South Korea | Denmark |
| Director | Park Chan-wook | Daniel Alfredson |
| Main cast | Lee Byung-hun, Shin Ha-kyun, Song Kang-ho, Ki Joo-bong, Lee Dae-yeon | Annika Hallin, Reuben Sallmander, Michael Nyqvist, Lena Endre, Noomi Rapace |
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 Girl Who Played with Fire
Mikael Blomkvist, publisher of Millennium magazine, has made his living exposing the crooked and corrupt practices of establishment Swedish figures. So when a young journalist approaches him with a meticulously researched thesis about sex trafficking in Sweden and those in high office who abuse underage girls, Blomkvist immediately throws himself into the investigation.
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