Black Rain vs Oldboy
Oldboy has the higher audience score (8.3/10 against 6.6/10 for Black Rain). Oldboy is the shorter watch at 2h compared with 2h 5m. Black Rain is the older of the two (1989 against 2003). Both are action, drama, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Black Rain
Oldboy| Black Rain | Oldboy | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.6/10 | ★ 8.3/10 |
| Year | 1989 | 2003 |
| Length | 2h 5m | 2h |
| Genres | Action, Drama, Thriller | Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Ridley Scott | Park Chan-wook |
| Main cast | Stephen Root, Michael Douglas, Andy García, Luis Guzmán, Richard Riehle | Yoo Ji-tae, Kim Byeong-ok, Choi Min-sik, Ji Dae-han, Oh Dal-su |
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.
Oldboy
With no clue how he came to be imprisoned, drugged and tortured for 15 years, a desperate man seeks revenge on his captors.
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