Return to Paradise vs The Handmaiden
The Handmaiden has the higher audience score (8.2/10 against 6.5/10 for Return to Paradise). Return to Paradise is the shorter watch at 1h 49m compared with 2h 25m. Return to Paradise is the older of the two (1998 against 2016). Both are drama, romance, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Return to Paradise
The Handmaiden| Return to Paradise | The Handmaiden | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.5/10 | ★ 8.2/10 |
| Year | 1998 | 2016 |
| Length | 1h 49m | 2h 25m |
| Genres | Drama, Romance, Thriller | Drama, Romance, Thriller |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Joseph Ruben | Park Chan-wook |
| Main cast | David Zayas, Nick Sandow, Vince Vaughn, Vera Farmiga, David Conrad | Kim Tae-ri, Lee Dong-hwi, Cho Jin-woong, Lee Yong-nyeo, Ha Jung-woo |
Synopsis
Return to Paradise
Lewis, Sheriff and Tony are three friends vacationing in Malaysia. Sheriff and Tony eventually leave to pursue careers in New York, but Lewis stays behind to work with orangutans. Two years later, Sheriff and Tony learn that, because of their past actions, Lewis has been arrested for drug possession. With Lewis facing a death sentence, the friends are left with a difficult decision: return to Malaysia and split Lewis' sentence, or let him die.
The Handmaiden
1930s Korea, in the period of Japanese occupation, a new girl, Sookee, is hired as a handmaiden to a Japanese heiress, Hideko, who lives a secluded life on a large countryside estate with her domineering Uncle Kouzuki. But the maid has a secret. She is a pickpocket recruited by a swindler posing as a Japanese Count to help him seduce the Lady to elope with him, rob her of her fortune, and lock her up in a madhouse. The plan seems to proceed…
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