Defiance vs The Patriot
The Patriot has the higher audience score (7.2/10 against 6.8/10 for Defiance). Defiance is the shorter watch at 2h 17m compared with 2h 45m. The Patriot is the older of the two (2000 against 2008). Both are action, drama, history movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Defiance
The Patriot| Defiance | The Patriot | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.8/10 | ★ 7.2/10 |
| Year | 2008 | 2000 |
| Length | 2h 17m | 2h 45m |
| Genres | Action, Drama, History, War | Action, Drama, History, War |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Edward Zwick | Roland Emmerich |
| Main cast | Mark Feuerstein, Iddo Goldberg, Liev Schreiber, Jodhi May, Tomas Arana | Mel Gibson, Joely Richardson, Adam Baldwin, Donal Logue, Gregory Smith |
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 Patriot
After proving himself on the field of battle in the French and Indian War, Benjamin Martin wants nothing more to do with such things, preferring the simple life of a farmer. But when his son Gabriel enlists in the army to defend their new nation, America, against the British, Benjamin reluctantly returns to his old life to protect his son.
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