Alexander vs Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins

Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins has the higher audience score (7.5/10 against 6/10 for Alexander). Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins is the shorter watch at 2h 14m compared with 2h 56m. Alexander is the older of the two (2004 against 2012). Both are action, adventure, history movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Alexander posterAlexander2004 VS Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins posterRurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins2012
AlexanderRurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins
Audience score★ 6.0/10★ 7.5/10
Year20042012
Length2h 56m2h 14m
GenresAction, Adventure, Drama, History, Romance, WarAction, Adventure, Fantasy, History, War
Country–Japan
DirectorOliver StoneKeishi Otomo
Main castJonathan Rhys Meyers, Anthony Hopkins, Colin Farrell, Jared Leto, Angelina JolieTakeru Satoh, Yosuke Eguchi, Koji Kikkawa, Eiji Okuda, Go Ayano

Synopsis

Alexander

Alexander, the King of Macedonia, leads his legions against the giant Persian Empire. After defeating the Persians, he leads his army across the then known world, venturing farther than any westerner had ever gone, all the way to India.

Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins

In 1868, after the Bakumatsu war ends, the ex-assassin Kenshin Himura traverses Japan with an inverted sword, to defend the needy without killing.

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