Embrace of the Serpent vs Gladiator
Gladiator has the higher audience score (8.2/10 against 7.7/10 for Embrace of the Serpent). Embrace of the Serpent is the shorter watch at 2h 5m compared with 2h 35m. Gladiator is the older of the two (2000 against 2015). Both are adventure, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Embrace of the Serpent
Gladiator| Embrace of the Serpent | Gladiator | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.7/10 | ★ 8.2/10 |
| Year | 2015 | 2000 |
| Length | 2h 5m | 2h 35m |
| Genres | Adventure, Drama | Action, Adventure, Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Ciro Guerra | Ridley Scott |
| Main cast | Jan Bijvoet, Nilbio Torres, Antonio Bolívar, Brionne Davis, Yauenkü Miguee | Tommy Flanagan, Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Connie Nielsen, Oliver Reed |
Synopsis
Embrace of the Serpent
The epic story of the first contact, encounter, approach, betrayal and, eventually, life-transcending friendship, between Karamakate, an Amazonian shaman, last survivor of his people, and two scientists that, over the course of 40 years, travel through the Amazon in search of a sacred plant that can heal them. Inspired by the journals of the first explorers of the Colombian Amazon, Theodor Koch-Grunberg and Richard Evans Schultes.
Gladiator
After the death of Emperor Marcus Aurelius, his devious son takes power and demotes Maximus, one of Rome's most capable generals who Marcus preferred. Eventually, Maximus is forced to become a gladiator and battle to the death against other men for the amusement of paying audiences.
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