Black Rain vs The Dark Knight

The Dark Knight has the higher audience score (8.5/10 against 6.6/10 for Black Rain). Black Rain is the shorter watch at 2h 5m compared with 2h 32m. Black Rain is the older of the two (1989 against 2008). Both are action, drama, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Black Rain posterBlack Rain1989 VS The Dark Knight posterThe Dark Knight2008
Black RainThe Dark Knight
Audience score★ 6.6/10★ 8.5/10
Year19892008
Length2h 5m2h 32m
GenresAction, Drama, ThrillerAction, Crime, Drama, Thriller
CountryUnited States of AmericaUnited Kingdom
DirectorRidley ScottChristopher Nolan
Main castStephen Root, Michael Douglas, Andy García, Luis Guzmán, Richard RiehleNestor Carbonell, Aaron Eckhart, Monique Gabriela Curnen, Cillian Murphy, Anthony Michael Hall

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 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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