Hacksaw Ridge vs Lover of the Last Empress
Hacksaw Ridge has the higher audience score (8.2/10 against 5.9/10 for Lover of the Last Empress). Lover of the Last Empress is the shorter watch at 1h 40m compared with 2h 19m. Lover of the Last Empress is the older of the two (1995 against 2016). Both are drama, history movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Hacksaw Ridge
Lover of the Last Empress| Hacksaw Ridge | Lover of the Last Empress | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.2/10 | ★ 5.9/10 |
| Year | 2016 | 1995 |
| Length | 2h 19m | 1h 40m |
| Genres | Drama, History, War | Drama, History |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Mel Gibson | Andrew Lau Wai-Keung |
| Main cast | Teresa Palmer, Vince Vaughn, Richard Roxburgh, Firass Dirani, Hugo Weaving | Tony Leung Ka-fai, Yu Rongguang, Lau Shun, Chingmy Yau, Yvonne Yung Hung |
Synopsis
Hacksaw Ridge
WWII American Army Medic Desmond T. Doss, who served during the Battle of Okinawa, refuses to kill people and becomes the first Conscientious Objector in American history to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor.
Lover of the Last Empress
The story of an innocent girl who is destined to become one of the emperor´s concubines. Initially she suffers from a loss of innocence and the intrigues of the other concubines but over the course of time she becomes less and less scrupulous and finally is impregnated by the emperor and thus becomes his wife - the empress of China. However, her "career" has corrupted her once innocent soul and so, after the emperor dies she rules the land with…
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