Flight of the Intruder vs The Last Samurai
The Last Samurai has the higher audience score (7.6/10 against 5.7/10 for Flight of the Intruder). Flight of the Intruder is the shorter watch at 1h 55m compared with 2h 34m. Flight of the Intruder is the older of the two (1991 against 2003). Both are action, war movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Flight of the Intruder
The Last Samurai| Flight of the Intruder | The Last Samurai | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 5.7/10 | ★ 7.6/10 |
| Year | 1991 | 2003 |
| Length | 1h 55m | 2h 34m |
| Genres | Action, War | Action, Drama, War |
| Country | – | United States of America |
| Director | John Milius | Edward Zwick |
| Main cast | John Corbett, Ving Rhames, Willem Dafoe, Rosanna Arquette, Tom Sizemore | Tony Goldwyn, Hiroyuki Sanada, Timothy Spall, Tom Cruise, William Atherton |
Synopsis
Flight of the Intruder
U.S. Navy pilot Lt. Jake Grafton and his bombardier buddy, Lt. Cmdr. Virgil Cole, are two soldiers embedded in the Vietnam War growing frustrated by the military's constraints on their missions. Despite the best efforts of their commanding officer, Cmdr. Frank Camparelli, to re-engage them, this disillusioned pair decide to take the war effort into their own hands with an explosive battle plan that could well get them court-martialed.
The Last Samurai
Nathan Algren is an American hired to instruct the Japanese army in the ways of modern warfare, which finds him learning to respect the samurai and the honorable principles that rule them. Pressed to destroy the samurai's way of life in the name of modernization and open trade, Algren decides to become an ultimate warrior himself and to fight for their right to exist.
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