Full Metal Jacket vs The Children of Huang Shi
Full Metal Jacket has the higher audience score (8.1/10 against 6.7/10 for The Children of Huang Shi). Full Metal Jacket is the shorter watch at 1h 57m compared with 2h 5m. Full Metal Jacket is the older of the two (1987 against 2008). Both are drama, war movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Full Metal Jacket
The Children of Huang Shi| Full Metal Jacket | The Children of Huang Shi | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.1/10 | ★ 6.7/10 |
| Year | 1987 | 2008 |
| Length | 1h 57m | 2h 5m |
| Genres | Drama, War | Drama, War |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Stanley Kubrick | Roger Spottiswoode |
| Main cast | Adam Baldwin, Matthew Modine, Vincent D'Onofrio, R. Lee Ermey, Ed O'Ross | Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Chow Yun-Fat, Michelle Yeoh, Radha Mitchell, David Wenham |
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.
The Children of Huang Shi
About young British journalist, George Hogg, who with the assistance of a courageous Australian nurse, saves a group of orphaned children during the Japanese occupation of China in 1937.
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