Beasts of No Nation vs Full Metal Jacket
Full Metal Jacket has the higher audience score (8.1/10 against 7.6/10 for Beasts of No Nation). Full Metal Jacket is the shorter watch at 1h 57m compared with 2h 17m. Full Metal Jacket is the older of the two (1987 against 2015). Both are drama, war movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Beasts of No Nation
Full Metal Jacket| Beasts of No Nation | Full Metal Jacket | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.6/10 | ★ 8.1/10 |
| Year | 2015 | 1987 |
| Length | 2h 17m | 1h 57m |
| Genres | Drama, War | Drama, War |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Cary Joji Fukunaga | Stanley Kubrick |
| Main cast | Nana Mensah, Idris Elba, Jude Akuwudike, Abraham Attah, Emmanuel Nii Adom Quaye | Adam Baldwin, Matthew Modine, Vincent D'Onofrio, R. Lee Ermey, Ed O'Ross |
Synopsis
Beasts of No Nation
Based on the experiences of Agu, a child fighting in the civil war of an unnamed, fictional West African country. Follows Agu's journey as he's forced to join a group of soldiers. While he fears his commander and many of the men around him, his fledgling childhood has been brutally shattered by the war raging through his country, and he is at first torn between conflicting revulsion and fascination.
Full Metal Jacket
A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the U.S.-Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits from their brutal boot camp training to the bloody street fighting in Hue.
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