Air vs The Butterfly Effect

The Butterfly Effect has the higher audience score (7.6/10 against 4.9/10 for Air). Air is the shorter watch at 1h 34m compared with 1h 53m. The Butterfly Effect is the older of the two (2004 against 2015). Both are science fiction, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Air posterAir2015 VS The Butterfly Effect posterThe Butterfly Effect2004
AirThe Butterfly Effect
Audience score★ 4.9/10★ 7.6/10
Year20152004
Length1h 34m1h 53m
GenresScience Fiction, ThrillerScience Fiction, Thriller
Country––
DirectorChristian CantamessaEric Bress, J. Mackye Gruber
Main castNorman Reedus, Michael Hogan, Djimon Hounsou, Sandrine Holt, Peter BensonCallum Keith Rennie, Elden Henson, Amy Smart, Kevin Durand, Logan Lerman

Synopsis

Air

In the near future, breathable air is nonexistent. Virtually all of humanity has disappeared, and those chosen to reestablish society reside in a controlled state of suspended animation. Two engineers tasked with guarding the last hope for mankind struggle to preserve their own sanity and lives while administering to the vital task at hand.

The Butterfly Effect

A young man struggles to access sublimated childhood memories. He finds a technique that allows him to travel back into the past, to occupy his childhood body and change history. However, he soon finds that every change he makes has unexpected consequences.

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