Full Metal Jacket vs Man in the Middle
Full Metal Jacket has the higher audience score (8.1/10 against 6.5/10 for Man in the Middle). Man in the Middle is the shorter watch at 1h 33m compared with 1h 57m. Man in the Middle is the older of the two (1964 against 1987). Both are drama, war movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Full Metal Jacket
Man in the Middle| Full Metal Jacket | Man in the Middle | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.1/10 | ★ 6.5/10 |
| Year | 1987 | 1964 |
| Length | 1h 57m | 1h 33m |
| Genres | Drama, War | Drama, War |
| Country | – | United Kingdom |
| Director | Stanley Kubrick | Guy Hamilton |
| Main cast | Adam Baldwin, Matthew Modine, Vincent D'Onofrio, R. Lee Ermey, Ed O'Ross | Sam Wanamaker, Paul Maxwell, Robert Mitchum, Keenan Wynn, France Nuyen |
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.
Man in the Middle
In a remote jungle outpost in the Far Eastern theater of World War II, a hotheaded American soldier murders an allied British sergeant in cold blood. Stalwart American Lt. Colonel Barney Adams (Mitchum) is dispatched to defend him in the ensuing court martial. But when Lt. Adams starts encountering roadblocks in his search for evidence, and his key witnesses start disappearing one after another, he soon realizes he's merely a pawn in a…
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