Battle Royale vs The Bourne Identity
The Bourne Identity 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 1h 59m. Battle Royale is the older of the two (2000 against 2002). Both are action, drama, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Battle Royale
The Bourne Identity| Battle Royale | The Bourne Identity | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.3/10 | ★ 7.5/10 |
| Year | 2000 | 2002 |
| Length | 1h 53m | 1h 59m |
| Genres | Action, Drama, Thriller | Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller |
| Country | Japan | – |
| Director | Kinji Fukasaku | Doug Liman |
| Main cast | Tatsuya Fujiwara, Aki Maeda, Takeshi Kitano, Taro Yamamoto, Masanobu Ando | Walton Goggins, Brian Cox, Franka Potente, Clive Owen, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje |
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.
The Bourne Identity
Wounded to the brink of death and suffering from amnesia, Jason Bourne is rescued at sea by a fisherman. With nothing to go on but a Swiss bank account number, he starts to reconstruct his life, but finds that many people he encounters want him dead. However, Bourne realizes that he has the combat and mental skills of a world-class spy—but who does he work for?
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