Full Metal Jacket vs The Wind That Shakes the Barley
Full Metal Jacket has the higher audience score (8.1/10 against 7.4/10 for The Wind That Shakes the Barley). Full Metal Jacket is the shorter watch at 1h 57m compared with 2h 7m. Full Metal Jacket is the older of the two (1987 against 2006). Both are drama, war movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Full Metal Jacket
The Wind That Shakes the Barley| Full Metal Jacket | The Wind That Shakes the Barley | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.1/10 | ★ 7.4/10 |
| Year | 1987 | 2006 |
| Length | 1h 57m | 2h 7m |
| Genres | Drama, War | Drama, War |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Stanley Kubrick | Ken Loach |
| Main cast | Adam Baldwin, Matthew Modine, Vincent D'Onofrio, R. Lee Ermey, Ed O'Ross | Liam Cunningham, Cillian Murphy, Aidan O'Hare, Pádraic Delaney, Orla Fitzgerald |
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 Wind That Shakes the Barley
In 1920s Ireland young doctor Damien O'Donovan prepares to depart for a new job in a London hospital. As he says his goodbyes at a friend's farm, British Black and Tans arrive, and a young man is killed. Damien joins his brother Teddy in the Irish Republican Army, but political events are soon set in motion that tear the brothers apart.
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