Braveheart vs The Last Samurai
Braveheart has the higher audience score (7.9/10 against 7.6/10 for The Last Samurai). The Last Samurai is the shorter watch at 2h 34m compared with 2h 57m. Braveheart is the older of the two (1995 against 2003). Both are action, drama, war movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Braveheart
The Last Samurai| Braveheart | The Last Samurai | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.9/10 | ★ 7.6/10 |
| Year | 1995 | 2003 |
| Length | 2h 57m | 2h 34m |
| Genres | Action, Drama, History, War | Action, Drama, War |
| Country | United States of America | United States of America |
| Director | Mel Gibson | Edward Zwick |
| Main cast | Mel Gibson, Brendan Gleeson, Catherine McCormack, Sean McGinley, Sophie Marceau | Tony Goldwyn, Hiroyuki Sanada, Timothy Spall, Tom Cruise, William Atherton |
Synopsis
Braveheart
Enraged at the slaughter of Murron, his new bride and childhood love, Scottish warrior William Wallace slays a platoon of the local English lord's soldiers. This leads the village to revolt and, eventually, the entire country to rise up against English rule.
The Last Samurai
Nathan Algren is an American hired to instruct the Japanese army in the ways of modern warfare, which finds him learning to respect the samurai and the honorable principles that rule them. Pressed to destroy the samurai's way of life in the name of modernization and open trade, Algren decides to become an ultimate warrior himself and to fight for their right to exist.
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