Defiance vs The Battleship Island
The Battleship Island has the higher audience score (7.2/10 against 6.8/10 for Defiance). The Battleship Island is the shorter watch at 2h 12m compared with 2h 17m. Defiance is the older of the two (2008 against 2017). Both are action, drama, history movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Defiance
The Battleship Island| Defiance | The Battleship Island | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.8/10 | ★ 7.2/10 |
| Year | 2008 | 2017 |
| Length | 2h 17m | 2h 12m |
| Genres | Action, Drama, History, War | Action, Drama, History, War |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Edward Zwick | Ryoo Seung-wan |
| Main cast | Mark Feuerstein, Iddo Goldberg, Liev Schreiber, Jodhi May, Tomas Arana | Song Joong-ki, Lee Jung-hyun, Lee Kyung-young, So Ji-sub, Hwang Jung-min |
Synopsis
Defiance
Based on a true story, during World War II, four Jewish brothers escape their Nazi-occupied homeland of West Belarus in Poland and join the Soviet partisans to combat the Nazis. The brothers begin the rescue of roughly 1,200 Jews still trapped in the ghettos of Poland.
The Battleship Island
During the Japanese colonial era, roughly 400 Korean people, who were forced onto Battleship Island 'Hashima Island' to mine for coal, attempt to escape.
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