A Bittersweet Life vs The Dark Knight

The Dark Knight has the higher audience score (8.5/10 against 7.4/10 for A Bittersweet Life). A Bittersweet Life is the shorter watch at 1h 59m compared with 2h 32m. A Bittersweet Life is the older of the two (2005 against 2008). Both are action, crime, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

A Bittersweet Life posterA Bittersweet Life2005 VS The Dark Knight posterThe Dark Knight2008
A Bittersweet LifeThe Dark Knight
Audience score★ 7.4/10★ 8.5/10
Year20052008
Length1h 59m2h 32m
GenresAction, Crime, DramaAction, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country–United Kingdom
DirectorKim Jee-woonChristopher Nolan
Main castKim Yeong-cheol, Lee Ki-young, Lee Byung-hun, Kim Roi-ha, Hwang Jung-minNestor Carbonell, Aaron Eckhart, Monique Gabriela Curnen, Cillian Murphy, Anthony Michael Hall

Synopsis

A Bittersweet Life

Kim Sun-woo is an enforcer and manager for a hotel owned by a cold, calculative crime boss, Kang who assigns Sun-woo to a simple errand while he is away on a business trip; to shadow his young mistress, Hee-soo, for fear that she may be cheating on him with a younger man with the mandate that he must kill them both if he discovers their affair.

The Dark Knight

Batman raises the stakes in his war on crime. With the help of Lt. Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman sets out to dismantle the remaining criminal organizations that plague the streets. The partnership proves to be effective, but they soon find themselves prey to a reign of chaos unleashed by a rising criminal mastermind known to the terrified citizens of Gotham as the Joker.

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