Battle Royale vs The Dark Knight
The Dark Knight has the higher audience score (8.5/10 against 7.3/10 for Battle Royale). Battle Royale is the shorter watch at 1h 53m compared with 2h 32m. Battle Royale is the older of the two (2000 against 2008). Both are action, drama, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Battle Royale
The Dark Knight| Battle Royale | The Dark Knight | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.3/10 | ★ 8.5/10 |
| Year | 2000 | 2008 |
| Length | 1h 53m | 2h 32m |
| Genres | Action, Drama, Thriller | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller |
| Country | Japan | United Kingdom |
| Director | Kinji Fukasaku | Christopher Nolan |
| Main cast | Tatsuya Fujiwara, Aki Maeda, Takeshi Kitano, Taro Yamamoto, Masanobu Ando | Nestor Carbonell, Aaron Eckhart, Monique Gabriela Curnen, Cillian Murphy, Anthony Michael Hall |
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 Dark Knight
Batman raises the stakes in his war on crime. With the help of Lt. Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman sets out to dismantle the remaining criminal organizations that plague the streets. The partnership proves to be effective, but they soon find themselves prey to a reign of chaos unleashed by a rising criminal mastermind known to the terrified citizens of Gotham as the Joker.
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