Blood Diamond vs Merantau
Blood Diamond has the higher audience score (7.6/10 against 6.5/10 for Merantau). Merantau is the shorter watch at 2h 14m compared with 2h 23m. Blood Diamond is the older of the two (2006 against 2009). Both are action, drama, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Blood Diamond
Merantau| Blood Diamond | Merantau | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.6/10 | ★ 6.5/10 |
| Year | 2006 | 2009 |
| Length | 2h 23m | 2h 14m |
| Genres | Action, Drama, Thriller | Action, Drama, Thriller |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Edward Zwick | Gareth Evans |
| Main cast | Jennifer Connelly, David Harewood, Michael Sheen, Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine, Djimon Hounsou | Iko Uwais, Alex Abbad, Yayan Ruhian, Donny Alamsyah, Chika Jessica |
Synopsis
Blood Diamond
An ex-mercenary turned smuggler. A Mende fisherman. Amid the explosive civil war overtaking 1999 Sierra Leone, these men join for two desperate missions: recovering a rare pink diamond of immense value and rescuing the fisherman's son, conscripted as a child soldier into the brutal rebel forces ripping a swath of torture and bloodshed countrywide.
Merantau
In Minangkabau, West Sumatera, Yuda a skilled practitioner of Silat Harimau is in the final preparations to begin his "Merantau" a century's old rites-of-passage to be carried out by the community's young men that will see him leave the comforts of his idyllic farming village and make a name for himself in the bustling city of Jakarta.
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