Oldboy vs The Numbers Station

Oldboy has the higher audience score (8.3/10 against 5.5/10 for The Numbers Station). The Numbers Station is the shorter watch at 1h 30m compared with 2h . Oldboy is the older of the two (2003 against 2013). Both are action, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Oldboy posterOldboy2003 VS The Numbers Station posterThe Numbers Station2013
OldboyThe Numbers Station
Audience score★ 8.3/10★ 5.5/10
Year20032013
Length2h 1h 30m
GenresAction, Drama, Mystery, ThrillerAction, Thriller
Country–United Kingdom
DirectorPark Chan-wookKasper Barfoed
Main castYoo Ji-tae, Kim Byeong-ok, Choi Min-sik, Ji Dae-han, Oh Dal-suLiam Cunningham, John Cusack, Joey Ansah, Richard Brake, Max Bennett

Synopsis

Oldboy

With no clue how he came to be imprisoned, drugged and tortured for 15 years, a desperate man seeks revenge on his captors.

The Numbers Station

When the moral values of a longtime wetwork black ops agent is tested during his last operation, he receives an unfavorable psych evaluation. Now he is given a break and a seemingly uncomplicated assignment of simply protecting the security of a young female code announcer, code resources and remote station they are assigned to. After an ambush and one phone call later, it becomes a complicated fight for their survival.

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