Joint Security Area vs The Realm
Joint Security Area has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 7.1/10 for The Realm). Joint Security Area is the shorter watch at 1h 48m compared with 2h 12m. Joint Security Area is the older of the two (2000 against 2018). Both are drama, mystery, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Joint Security Area
The Realm| Joint Security Area | The Realm | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.8/10 | ★ 7.1/10 |
| Year | 2000 | 2018 |
| Length | 1h 48m | 2h 12m |
| Genres | Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, War | Drama, Mystery, Thriller |
| Country | South Korea | – |
| Director | Park Chan-wook | Rodrigo Sorogoyen |
| Main cast | Lee Byung-hun, Shin Ha-kyun, Song Kang-ho, Ki Joo-bong, Lee Dae-yeon | Nacho Fresneda, Ana Wagener, Bárbara Lennie, Antonio de la Torre, Josep Maria Pou |
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 Realm
Manuel, a Spanish politician whose high-class lifestyle is based on nefarious and illegal business threatens to break his entire party after a newspaper exposes him to the public eye. Rather than admit to any wrongdoing, he decides to sell out his whole party in an effort to avoid jail time. It's a decision that will put many lives at risk.
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