Akira vs Atlas
Akira has the higher audience score (7.9/10 against 6.7/10 for Atlas). Atlas is the shorter watch at 2h compared with 2h 4m. Akira is the older of the two (1988 against 2024). Both are action, science fiction movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Akira
Atlas| Akira | Atlas | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.9/10 | ★ 6.7/10 |
| Year | 1988 | 2024 |
| Length | 2h 4m | 2h |
| Genres | Action, Animation, Science Fiction | Action, Science Fiction |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Katsuhiro Otomo | Brad Peyton |
| Main cast | Takeshi Kusao, Nozomu Sasaki, Yuriko Fuchizaki, Tessyo Genda, Mitsuo Iwata | Mark Strong, Lana Parrilla, Sterling K. Brown, Jennifer Lopez, Simu Liu |
Synopsis
Akira
A secret military project endangers Neo-Tokyo when it turns a biker gang member into a rampaging psychic psychopath that only two teenagers and a group of psychics can stop.
Atlas
A brilliant counterterrorism analyst with a deep distrust of AI discovers it might be her only hope when a mission to capture a renegade robot goes awry.