Full Metal Jacket vs Jarhead: Law of Return
Full Metal Jacket has the higher audience score (8.1/10 against 6.5/10 for Jarhead: Law of Return). Jarhead: Law of Return is the shorter watch at 1h 43m compared with 1h 57m. Full Metal Jacket is the older of the two (1987 against 2019). Both are war movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Full Metal Jacket
Jarhead: Law of Return| Full Metal Jacket | Jarhead: Law of Return | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.1/10 | ★ 6.5/10 |
| Year | 1987 | 2019 |
| Length | 1h 57m | 1h 43m |
| Genres | Drama, War | War |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Stanley Kubrick | Don Michael Paul |
| Main cast | Adam Baldwin, Matthew Modine, Vincent D'Onofrio, R. Lee Ermey, Ed O'Ross | Amaury Nolasco, Devon Sawa, Jeff Pierre, Robert Patrick, Ben Cross |
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: Law of Return
Major Ronan Jackson, an accomplished fighter pilot for the Israel Defense Forces and son of a U.S. Senator, is shot down while flying through Syrian airspace. After miraculously surviving the crash, Jackson is taken captive by a group of Hezbollah militiamen. A squad of elite soldiers, led by Gunnery Sergeant Dave Torres, risk their own lives in the hopes of saving an ally they've never met.
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