Full Metal Jacket vs Jarhead
Full Metal Jacket has the higher audience score (8.1/10 against 6.7/10 for Jarhead). Full Metal Jacket is the shorter watch at 1h 57m compared with 2h 3m. Full Metal Jacket is the older of the two (1987 against 2005). Both are drama, war movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Full Metal Jacket
Jarhead| Full Metal Jacket | Jarhead | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.1/10 | ★ 6.7/10 |
| Year | 1987 | 2005 |
| Length | 1h 57m | 2h 3m |
| Genres | Drama, War | Drama, War |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Stanley Kubrick | Sam Mendes |
| Main cast | Adam Baldwin, Matthew Modine, Vincent D'Onofrio, R. Lee Ermey, Ed O'Ross | Jake Gyllenhaal, Peter Sarsgaard, Jocko Sims, John Krasinski, Laz Alonso |
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.
Jarhead
Jarhead is a film about a US Marine Anthony Swofford’s experience in the Gulf War. After putting up with an arduous boot camp, Swofford and his unit are sent to the Persian Gulf where they are eager to fight, but are forced to stay back from the action. Swofford struggles with the possibility of his girlfriend cheating on him, and as his mental state deteriorates, his desire to kill increases.
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