Full Metal Jacket vs Hacksaw Ridge
Full Metal Jacket and Hacksaw Ridge are tied on audience score (8.1/10). Full Metal Jacket is the shorter watch at 1h 57m compared with 2h 19m. Full Metal Jacket is the older of the two (1987 against 2016). Both are drama, war movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Full Metal Jacket
Hacksaw Ridge| Full Metal Jacket | Hacksaw Ridge | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.1/10 | ★ 8.2/10 |
| Year | 1987 | 2016 |
| Length | 1h 57m | 2h 19m |
| Genres | Drama, War | Drama, History, War |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Stanley Kubrick | Mel Gibson |
| Main cast | Adam Baldwin, Matthew Modine, Vincent D'Onofrio, R. Lee Ermey, Ed O'Ross | Teresa Palmer, Vince Vaughn, Richard Roxburgh, Firass Dirani, Hugo Weaving |
Synopsis
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.
Hacksaw Ridge
WWII American Army Medic Desmond T. Doss, who served during the Battle of Okinawa, refuses to kill people and becomes the first Conscientious Objector in American history to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor.
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