Akira vs The Matrix
The Matrix has the higher audience score (8.2/10 against 7.9/10 for Akira). Akira is the shorter watch at 2h 4m compared with 2h 16m. Akira is the older of the two (1988 against 1999). Both are action, science fiction movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Akira
The Matrix| Akira | The Matrix | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.9/10 | ★ 8.2/10 |
| Year | 1988 | 1999 |
| Length | 2h 4m | 2h 16m |
| Genres | Action, Animation, Science Fiction | Action, Science Fiction |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Katsuhiro Otomo | Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski |
| Main cast | Takeshi Kusao, Nozomu Sasaki, Yuriko Fuchizaki, Tessyo Genda, Mitsuo Iwata | Robert Taylor, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Joe Pantoliano, Keanu Reeves |
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.
The Matrix
Set in the 22nd century, The Matrix tells the story of a computer hacker who joins a group of underground insurgents fighting the vast and powerful computers who now rule the earth.
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