Joint Security Area vs The Quake

Joint Security Area has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 6.7/10 for The Quake). The Quake is the shorter watch at 1h 46m compared with 1h 48m. Joint Security Area is the older of the two (2000 against 2018). Both are action, drama, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Joint Security Area posterJoint Security Area2000 VS The Quake posterThe Quake2018
Joint Security AreaThe Quake
Audience score★ 7.8/10★ 6.7/10
Year20002018
Length1h 48m1h 46m
GenresAction, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, WarAction, Drama, Thriller
Country––
DirectorPark Chan-wookJohn Andreas Andersen
Main castLee Byung-hun, Shin Ha-kyun, Song Kang-ho, Ki Joo-bong, Lee Dae-yeonKristoffer Joner, Ane Dahl Torp, Jonas Hoff Oftebro, Edith Haagenrud-Sande, Stig R. Amdam

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 Quake

A geologist races against time to save his estranged wife and two children when a devastating earthquake strikes Oslo, Norway.

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