Harsh Times vs The Dark Knight Rises

The Dark Knight Rises has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 6.4/10 for Harsh Times). Harsh Times is the shorter watch at 1h 56m compared with 2h 45m. Harsh Times is the older of the two (2005 against 2012). Both are action, crime, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood. Both feature Christian Bale.

Harsh Times posterHarsh Times2005 VS The Dark Knight Rises posterThe Dark Knight Rises2012
Harsh TimesThe Dark Knight Rises
Audience score★ 6.4/10★ 7.8/10
Year20052012
Length1h 56m2h 45m
GenresAction, Crime, Drama, ThrillerAction, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country–United Kingdom
DirectorDavid AyerChristopher Nolan
Main castTerry Crews, Emilio Rivera, Eva Longoria, Christian Bale, J.K. SimmonsTom Hardy, Ben Mendelsohn, Aidan Gillen, Matthew Modine, Michael Caine

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 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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