Fires on the Plain vs Full Metal Jacket
Full Metal Jacket has the higher audience score (8.1/10 against 6.3/10 for Fires on the Plain). Fires on the Plain is the shorter watch at 1h 27m compared with 1h 57m. Full Metal Jacket is the older of the two (1987 against 2015). Both are drama, war movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Fires on the Plain
Full Metal Jacket| Fires on the Plain | Full Metal Jacket | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.3/10 | ★ 8.1/10 |
| Year | 2015 | 1987 |
| Length | 1h 27m | 1h 57m |
| Genres | Drama, War | Drama, War |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Shinya Tsukamoto | Stanley Kubrick |
| Main cast | Shinya Tsukamoto, Tatsuya Nakamura, Masato Tsujioka, Lily Franky, Yuko Nakamura | Adam Baldwin, Matthew Modine, Vincent D'Onofrio, R. Lee Ermey, Ed O'Ross |
Synopsis
Fires on the Plain
In the final days of World War II, occupying Japanese forces in the Philippines face resistance from the local population and the American offensive. The dwindling Japanese soldiers attempt to survive through the horrors of war.
Full Metal Jacket
A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the U.S.-Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits from their brutal boot camp training to the bloody street fighting in Hue.
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