House of Flying Daggers vs Touching the Void

Touching the Void has the higher audience score (7.6/10 against 7.3/10 for House of Flying Daggers). Touching the Void is the shorter watch at 1h 46m compared with 1h 59m. Touching the Void is the older of the two (2003 against 2004). Both are action, adventure, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

House of Flying Daggers posterHouse of Flying Daggers2004 VS Touching the Void posterTouching the Void2003
House of Flying DaggersTouching the Void
Audience score★ 7.3/10★ 7.6/10
Year20042003
Length1h 59m1h 46m
GenresAction, Adventure, DramaAction, Adventure, Documentary, Drama
Country–United Kingdom
DirectorZhang YimouKevin Macdonald
Main castZhang Ziyi, Andy Lau, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Song Dandan, Zhao HongfeiNicholas Aaron, Brendan Mackey, Ollie Ryall, Joe Simpson, Richard Hawking

Synopsis

House of Flying Daggers

In 9th century China, a corrupt government wages war against a rebel army called the Flying Daggers. A romantic warrior breaks a beautiful rebel out of prison to help her rejoin her fellows, but things are not what they seem.

Touching the Void

The true story of Joe Simpson and Simon Yates' disastrous and nearly-fatal mountain climb of 6,344m Siula Grande in the Cordillera Huayhuash in the Peruvian Andes in 1985.

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