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JSA - Joint Security Area (2002)

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Reviews Counted:11

Fresh:8

Rotten:3

Average Rating:6.9/10

Runtime: 2 hrs

Genre: Foreign Films

Synopsis: This Korean thriller mines the historic tension between North and South Korea over activity in the JSA, the Joint Security Area, a region guarded by armies from both counties. When two North Korean... This Korean thriller mines the historic tension between North and South Korea over activity in the JSA, the Joint Security Area, a region guarded by armies from both counties. When two North Korean soldiers are found dead there, it sets off a political chain of events that threatens to plunge the countries into war. [More]

Starring: Kang-ho Song

Starring: Kang-ho Song

Director: Chan Wook Park

Director: Chan Wook Park

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Jul 30, 2002

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Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
10/18/08
Derek Elley
Derek Elley
Variety
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Park tries to make us believe that the men soldiers on both sides would have no trouble bonding if ideologies and uniforms didn't get in the way of things.

Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews | comment 1 Comment
09/25/07
Dennis Schwartz
Dennis Schwartz
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01/09/07
Michael Dequina
Michael Dequina
TheMovieReport.com

Além do impecável senso estético de Park e de seu imenso talento para a narrativa, o filme traz uma bela mensagem humanitária e anti-bélica.

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05/07/06
Pablo Villaca
Pablo Villaca
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10/10/05
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09/26/05
AV Club

It’s another triumph from one of the world’s best new filmmakers, and it is not to be missed.

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07/16/05
David Cornelius
David Cornelius
eFilmCritic.com

Suspenseful and psychologically rich.

Full Review Source: Christian Science Monitor | comment Comment
06/16/05
David Sterritt
David Sterritt
Christian Science Monitor

A beguiling mix of the generic and the unfamiliar, and it ends on a shot that's nothing short of heartbreaking.

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06/15/05
Maitland McDonagh
Maitland McDonagh
TV Guide's Movie Guide

I can't be as enthusiastic.

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06/15/05
V.A. Musetto
V.A. Musetto
New York Post
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Park Chan-Wook's Joint Security Area is a fairly straightforward whodunit with a pointedly political theme and an unapologetically humanist message.

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06/15/05
A.O. Scott
A.O. Scott
New York Times
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Park's film reveals its double agency by swinging between emotion-charged flashbacks of weepie male bonding and the investigative longueurs of the icy, half-Korean, half-Swedish female officer in charge of mopping up the brotherly bloodbath.

Full Review Source: Village Voice | comment 1 Comment
06/14/05
Chuck Stephens
Chuck Stephens
Village Voice
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An intelligent murder mystery set at the only meeting point between North and South Korea, whose tragic solution reveals the war zone's tension between hate and humanity.

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03/11/03
Joshua Tanzer
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