Battle Royale vs Man on Fire
Man on Fire has the higher audience score (7.5/10 against 7.3/10 for Battle Royale). Battle Royale is the shorter watch at 1h 53m compared with 2h 26m. Battle Royale is the older of the two (2000 against 2004). Both are action, drama, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Battle Royale
Man on Fire| Battle Royale | Man on Fire | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.3/10 | ★ 7.5/10 |
| Year | 2000 | 2004 |
| Length | 1h 53m | 2h 26m |
| Genres | Action, Drama, Thriller | Action, Drama, Thriller |
| Country | Japan | – |
| Director | Kinji Fukasaku | Tony Scott |
| Main cast | Tatsuya Fujiwara, Aki Maeda, Takeshi Kitano, Taro Yamamoto, Masanobu Ando | Dakota Fanning, Christopher Walken, Denzel Washington, Radha Mitchell, Mickey Rourke |
Synopsis
Battle Royale
In the future, the Japanese government captures a class of ninth-grade students and forces them to kill each other under the revolutionary "Battle Royale" act.
Man on Fire
Jaded ex-CIA operative John Creasy reluctantly accepts a job as the bodyguard for a 10-year-old girl in Mexico City. They clash at first, but eventually bond, and when she's kidnapped he's consumed by fury and will stop at nothing to save her life.
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