Full Metal Jacket vs Long Live the Republic
Full Metal Jacket has the higher audience score (8.1/10 against 7.5/10 for Long Live the Republic). Full Metal Jacket is the shorter watch at 1h 57m compared with 2h 14m. Long Live the Republic is the older of the two (1965 against 1987). Both are drama, war movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Full Metal Jacket
Long Live the Republic| Full Metal Jacket | Long Live the Republic | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.1/10 | ★ 7.5/10 |
| Year | 1987 | 1965 |
| Length | 1h 57m | 2h 14m |
| Genres | Drama, War | Drama, War |
| Country | – | Czechoslovakia |
| Director | Stanley Kubrick | Karel Kachyňa |
| Main cast | Adam Baldwin, Matthew Modine, Vincent D'Onofrio, R. Lee Ermey, Ed O'Ross | Zdeněk Lstibůrek, Naděžda Gajerová, Vlado Müller, Gustáv Valach, Yuriy Nazarov |
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.
Long Live the Republic
Oldrich is the runt of his village, beaten by his father, bullied by the other boys. But he has imagination on his side, and a wiry toughness they can’t defeat. The village is in turmoil, because the Nazi occupiers have just retreated and the Red Army is advancing. Oldrich dodges amid the mayhem and panic, taking his share of blows but always managing to stay one step ahead.
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