Joint Security Area vs The Marksman
Joint Security Area has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 6.8/10 for The Marksman). Joint Security Area is the older of the two (2000 against 2021). Both are action, drama, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Joint Security Area
The Marksman| Joint Security Area | The Marksman | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.8/10 | ★ 6.8/10 |
| Year | 2000 | 2021 |
| Length | 1h 48m | 1h 48m |
| Genres | Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, War | Action, Drama, Thriller |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Park Chan-wook | Robert Lorenz |
| Main cast | Lee Byung-hun, Shin Ha-kyun, Song Kang-ho, Ki Joo-bong, Lee Dae-yeon | Katheryn Winnick, Liam Neeson, David DeLao, Luce Rains, Teresa Ruiz |
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 Marksman
Jim Hanson’s quiet life is suddenly disturbed by two people crossing the US/Mexico border – a woman and her young son – desperate to flee a Mexican cartel. After a shootout leaves the mother dead, Jim becomes the boy’s reluctant defender. He embraces his role as Miguel’s protector and will stop at nothing to get him to safety, as they go on the run from the relentless assassins.
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