Greyhound vs The Last Samurai

The Last Samurai has the higher audience score (7.6/10 against 7.4/10 for Greyhound). Greyhound is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 2h 34m. The Last Samurai is the older of the two (2003 against 2020). Both are action, drama, war movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Greyhound posterGreyhound2020 VS The Last Samurai posterThe Last Samurai2003
GreyhoundThe Last Samurai
Audience score★ 7.4/10★ 7.6/10
Year20202003
Length1h 32m2h 34m
GenresAction, Drama, WarAction, Drama, War
Country–United States of America
DirectorAaron SchneiderEdward Zwick
Main castElisabeth Shue, Stephen Graham, Devin Druid, Jimi Stanton, Tom HanksTony Goldwyn, Hiroyuki Sanada, Timothy Spall, Tom Cruise, William Atherton

Synopsis

Greyhound

A first-time captain leads a convoy of allied ships carrying thousands of soldiers across the treacherous waters of the "Black Pit" to the front lines of WWII. With no air cover protection for 5 days, the captain and his convoy must battle the surrounding enemy Nazi U-boats in order to give the allies a chance to win the war.

The Last Samurai

Nathan Algren is an American hired to instruct the Japanese army in the ways of modern warfare, which finds him learning to respect the samurai and the honorable principles that rule them. Pressed to destroy the samurai's way of life in the name of modernization and open trade, Algren decides to become an ultimate warrior himself and to fight for their right to exist.

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