Black Rain vs The Bourne Identity

The Bourne Identity has the higher audience score (7.5/10 against 6.6/10 for Black Rain). The Bourne Identity is the shorter watch at 1h 59m compared with 2h 5m. Black Rain is the older of the two (1989 against 2002). Both are action, drama, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Black Rain posterBlack Rain1989 VS The Bourne Identity posterThe Bourne Identity2002
Black RainThe Bourne Identity
Audience score★ 6.6/10★ 7.5/10
Year19892002
Length2h 5m1h 59m
GenresAction, Drama, ThrillerAction, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
CountryUnited States of America–
DirectorRidley ScottDoug Liman
Main castStephen Root, Michael Douglas, Andy García, Luis Guzmán, Richard RiehleWalton Goggins, Brian Cox, Franka Potente, Clive Owen, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

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.

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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