Black Rain vs Children of Men

Children of Men has the higher audience score (7.6/10 against 6.6/10 for Black Rain). Children of Men is the shorter watch at 1h 49m compared with 2h 5m. Black Rain is the older of the two (1989 against 2006). Both are action, drama, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Black Rain posterBlack Rain1989 VS Children of Men posterChildren of Men2006
Black RainChildren of Men
Audience score★ 6.6/10★ 7.6/10
Year19892006
Length2h 5m1h 49m
GenresAction, Drama, ThrillerAction, Drama, Science Fiction, Thriller
CountryUnited States of America–
DirectorRidley ScottAlfonso Cuarón
Main castStephen Root, Michael Douglas, Andy García, Luis Guzmán, Richard RiehlePeter Mullan, Charlie Hunnam, Clive Owen, Michael Caine, Danny Huston

Synopsis

Black Rain

Two New York cops get involved in a gang war between members of the Yakuza, the Japanese Mafia. They arrest one of their killers and are ordered to escort him back to Japan. However, in Japan he manages to escape, and as they try to track him down, they get deeper and deeper into the Japanese Mafia scene and they have to learn that they can only win by playing the game—the Japanese way.

Children of Men

In 2027, in a chaotic world in which humans can no longer procreate, a former activist agrees to help transport a miraculously pregnant woman to a sanctuary at sea, where her child's birth may help scientists save the future of humankind.

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