Azumi vs Pompeii
Azumi has the higher audience score (6.9/10 against 5.5/10 for Pompeii). Pompeii is the shorter watch at 1h 45m compared with 2h 8m. Azumi is the older of the two (2003 against 2014). Both are action, adventure, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Azumi
Pompeii| Azumi | Pompeii | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.9/10 | ★ 5.5/10 |
| Year | 2003 | 2014 |
| Length | 2h 8m | 1h 45m |
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, Thriller | Action, Adventure, Drama, History, Romance |
| Country | Japan | – |
| Director | Ryuhei Kitamura | Paul W. S. Anderson |
| Main cast | Kenichi Endo, Hideo Sakaki, Minoru Matsumoto, Shun Oguri, Aya Okamoto | Kit Harington, Kiefer Sutherland, Sasha Roiz, Jessica Lucas, Jared Harris |
Synopsis
Azumi
In war-torn Japan, the Tokugawa Shogun, desperate to restore peace to his people, orders the assassination of the hostile warlords. A beautiful young woman is raised from birth with nine other orphans, to become an assassin. Her name is Azumi, the ultimate assassin.
Pompeii
In 79 A.D., Milo, a slave turned gladiator, finds himself in a race against time to save his true love Cassia, the beautiful daughter of a wealthy merchant who has been unwillingly betrothed to a corrupt Roman Senator. As Mount Vesuvius erupts in a torrent of blazing lava, Milo must fight his way out of the arena in order to save his beloved as the once magnificent Pompeii crumbles around him.