Hacksaw Ridge vs Pollock
Hacksaw Ridge has the higher audience score (8.2/10 against 6.7/10 for Pollock). Pollock is the shorter watch at 2h 12m compared with 2h 19m. Pollock is the older of the two (2000 against 2016). Both are drama, history movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Hacksaw Ridge
Pollock| Hacksaw Ridge | Pollock | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.2/10 | ★ 6.7/10 |
| Year | 2016 | 2000 |
| Length | 2h 19m | 2h 12m |
| Genres | Drama, History, War | Drama, History |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Mel Gibson | Ed Harris |
| Main cast | Teresa Palmer, Vince Vaughn, Richard Roxburgh, Firass Dirani, Hugo Weaving | Jennifer Connelly, Ed Harris, Marcia Gay Harden, Tom Bower, Bud Cort |
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.
Pollock
In August of 1949, Life Magazine ran a banner headline that begged the question: "Jackson Pollock: Is he the greatest living painter in the United States?" The film is a look back into the life of an extraordinary man, a man who has fittingly been called "an artist dedicated to concealment, a celebrity who nobody knew." As he struggled with self-doubt, engaging in a lonely tug-of-war between needing to express himself and wanting to shut the…
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