Full Metal Jacket vs Rules of Engagement
Full Metal Jacket has the higher audience score (8.1/10 against 6.3/10 for Rules of Engagement). Full Metal Jacket is the shorter watch at 1h 57m compared with 2h 8m. Full Metal Jacket is the older of the two (1987 against 2000). Both are drama, war movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Full Metal Jacket
Rules of Engagement| Full Metal Jacket | Rules of Engagement | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.1/10 | ★ 6.3/10 |
| Year | 1987 | 2000 |
| Length | 1h 57m | 2h 8m |
| Genres | Drama, War | Drama, War |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Stanley Kubrick | William Friedkin |
| Main cast | Adam Baldwin, Matthew Modine, Vincent D'Onofrio, R. Lee Ermey, Ed O'Ross | Mark Feuerstein, Samuel L. Jackson, Bruce Greenwood, Guy Pearce, Philip Baker Hall |
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.
Rules of Engagement
A Marine Colonel is brought to court-martial after ordering his men to fire on demonstrators surrounding the American embassy in Yemen.
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