Hacksaw Ridge vs Timbuktu
Hacksaw Ridge has the higher audience score (8.2/10 against 7/10 for Timbuktu). Timbuktu is the shorter watch at 1h 36m compared with 2h 19m. Timbuktu is the older of the two (2014 against 2016). Both are drama, war movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Hacksaw Ridge
Timbuktu| Hacksaw Ridge | Timbuktu | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.2/10 | ★ 7.0/10 |
| Year | 2016 | 2014 |
| Length | 2h 19m | 1h 36m |
| Genres | Drama, History, War | Drama, War |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Mel Gibson | Abderrahmane Sissako |
| Main cast | Teresa Palmer, Vince Vaughn, Richard Roxburgh, Firass Dirani, Hugo Weaving | Ibrahim Ahmed, Toulou Kiki, Layla Walet Mohamed, Abel Jafri, Kettly Noël |
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.
Timbuktu
Just outside of the Malian city of Timbuktu, now occupied by militant Islamic rebels who impose the Sharia on civilians and inconvenience their daily life, a cattleman kills a fisherman.
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