City of Life and Death vs Hacksaw Ridge
Hacksaw Ridge has the higher audience score (8.2/10 against 7.4/10 for City of Life and Death). City of Life and Death is the shorter watch at 2h 12m compared with 2h 19m. City of Life and Death is the older of the two (2009 against 2016). Both are drama, history, war movies, so they suit a similar mood.
City of Life and Death
Hacksaw Ridge| City of Life and Death | Hacksaw Ridge | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.4/10 | ★ 8.2/10 |
| Year | 2009 | 2016 |
| Length | 2h 12m | 2h 19m |
| Genres | Drama, History, War | Drama, History, War |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Lu Chuan | Mel Gibson |
| Main cast | Qin Lan, Liu Ye, Gao Yuanyuan, Ryu Kohata, Jiang Yiyan | Teresa Palmer, Vince Vaughn, Richard Roxburgh, Firass Dirani, Hugo Weaving |
Synopsis
City of Life and Death
In 1937, during the height of the Second Sino-Japanese War, the Imperial Japanese Army has just captured Nanjing, then-capital of the Republic of China. What followed was known as the Nanking Massacre, or the Rape of Nanking, a six week period wherein tens of thousands of Chinese soldiers and civilians were killed.
Hacksaw Ridge
WWII American Army Medic Desmond T. Doss, who served during the Battle of Okinawa, refuses to kill people and becomes the first Conscientious Objector in American history to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor.
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