21 Grams vs The Dark Knight Rises

The Dark Knight Rises has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 7.3/10 for 21 Grams). 21 Grams is the shorter watch at 2h 4m compared with 2h 45m. 21 Grams is the older of the two (2003 against 2012). Both are crime, drama, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

21 Grams poster21 Grams2003 VS The Dark Knight Rises posterThe Dark Knight Rises2012
21 GramsThe Dark Knight Rises
Audience score★ 7.3/10★ 7.8/10
Year20032012
Length2h 4m2h 45m
GenresCrime, Drama, ThrillerAction, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country–United Kingdom
DirectorAlejandro González IñárrituChristopher Nolan
Main castEddie Marsan, Benicio del Toro, Clea DuVall, Danny Huston, Sean PennTom Hardy, Ben Mendelsohn, Aidan Gillen, Matthew Modine, Michael Caine

Synopsis

21 Grams

Paul Rivers, an ailing mathematician lovelessly married to an English émigré; Christina Peck, an upper-middle-class suburban housewife and mother of two girls; and Jack Jordan, a born-again ex-con, are brought together by a terrible accident that changes their lives.

The Dark Knight Rises

Following the death of District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman assumes responsibility for Dent's crimes to protect the late attorney's reputation and is subsequently hunted by the Gotham City Police Department. Eight years later, Batman encounters the mysterious Selina Kyle and the villainous Bane, a new terrorist leader who overwhelms Gotham's finest. The Dark Knight resurfaces to protect a city that has branded him an enemy.

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