Harsh Times vs The Dark Knight

The Dark Knight has the higher audience score (8.5/10 against 6.4/10 for Harsh Times). Harsh Times is the shorter watch at 1h 56m compared with 2h 32m. Harsh Times is the older of the two (2005 against 2008). Both are action, crime, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Harsh Times posterHarsh Times2005 VS The Dark Knight posterThe Dark Knight2008
Harsh TimesThe Dark Knight
Audience score★ 6.4/10★ 8.5/10
Year20052008
Length1h 56m2h 32m
GenresAction, Crime, Drama, ThrillerAction, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country–United Kingdom
DirectorDavid AyerChristopher Nolan
Main castTerry Crews, Emilio Rivera, Eva Longoria, Christian Bale, J.K. SimmonsNestor Carbonell, Aaron Eckhart, Monique Gabriela Curnen, Cillian Murphy, Anthony Michael Hall

Synopsis

Harsh Times

Jim Davis is an ex-Army Ranger who finds himself slipping back into his old life of petty crime after a job offer from the LAPD evaporates. His best friend is pressured by his girlfriend Sylvia to find a job, but Jim is more interested in hanging out and making cash from small heists, while trying to get a law enforcement job so he can marry his Mexican girlfriend.

The Dark Knight

Batman raises the stakes in his war on crime. With the help of Lt. Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman sets out to dismantle the remaining criminal organizations that plague the streets. The partnership proves to be effective, but they soon find themselves prey to a reign of chaos unleashed by a rising criminal mastermind known to the terrified citizens of Gotham as the Joker.

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