Hard Boiled vs The Dark Knight Rises

The Dark Knight Rises has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 7.5/10 for Hard Boiled). Hard Boiled is the shorter watch at 2h 6m compared with 2h 45m. Hard Boiled is the older of the two (1992 against 2012). Both are action, crime, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Hard Boiled posterHard Boiled1992 VS The Dark Knight Rises posterThe Dark Knight Rises2012
Hard BoiledThe Dark Knight Rises
Audience score★ 7.5/10★ 7.8/10
Year19922012
Length2h 6m2h 45m
GenresAction, Crime, ThrillerAction, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country–United Kingdom
DirectorJohn WooChristopher Nolan
Main castChow Yun-Fat, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Anthony Wong Chau-Sang, Kenny Wong Tak-Ban, Philip ChanTom Hardy, Ben Mendelsohn, Aidan Gillen, Matthew Modine, Michael Caine

Synopsis

Hard Boiled

A cop who loses his partner in a shoot-out with gun smugglers goes on a mission to catch them. In order to get closer to the leaders of the ring he joins forces with an undercover cop who's working as a gangster hitman. They use all means of excessive force to find them.

The Dark Knight Rises

Following the death of District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman assumes responsibility for Dent's crimes to protect the late attorney's reputation and is subsequently hunted by the Gotham City Police Department. Eight years later, Batman encounters the mysterious Selina Kyle and the villainous Bane, a new terrorist leader who overwhelms Gotham's finest. The Dark Knight resurfaces to protect a city that has branded him an enemy.

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