The Missing vs Train to Busan

Train to Busan has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 6.3/10 for The Missing). Train to Busan is the shorter watch at 1h 58m compared with 2h 15m. The Missing is the older of the two (2003 against 2016). Both are adventure, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

The Missing posterThe Missing2003 VS Train to Busan posterTrain to Busan2016
The MissingTrain to Busan
Audience score★ 6.3/10★ 7.8/10
Year20032016
Length2h 15m1h 58m
GenresAdventure, Thriller, WesternAction, Adventure, Horror, Thriller
Country–South Korea
DirectorRon HowardYeon Sang-ho
Main castElisabeth Moss, Aaron Eckhart, Evan Rachel Wood, Cate Blanchett, Simon BakerKim Eui-sung, Don Lee, Choi Gwi-hwa, Ye Su-jeong, Gong Yoo

Synopsis

The Missing

When rancher and single mother of two Maggie Gilkeson sees her teenage daughter, Lily, kidnapped by Apache rebels, she reluctantly accepts the help of her estranged father, Samuel, in tracking down the kidnappers. Along the way, the two must learn to reconcile the past and work together if they are going to have any hope of getting Lily back before she is taken over the border and forced to become a prostitute.

Train to Busan

When a zombie virus pushes Korea into a state of emergency, those trapped on an express train to Busan must fight for their own survival.

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