Joker vs PTU
Joker has the higher audience score (8.1/10 against 6.9/10 for PTU). PTU is the shorter watch at 1h 28m compared with 2h 2m. PTU is the older of the two (2003 against 2019). Both are crime, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Joker
PTU| Joker | PTU | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.1/10 | ★ 6.9/10 |
| Year | 2019 | 2003 |
| Length | 2h 2m | 1h 28m |
| Genres | Crime, Drama, Thriller | Crime, Thriller |
| Country | Canada | – |
| Director | Todd Phillips | Johnnie To |
| Main cast | Shea Whigham, Bill Camp, Zazie Beetz, Frances Conroy, Robert De Niro | Lo Hoi-Pang, Simon Yam, Roderick Lam Chung-Kei, Jimmy Wong, Lam Suet |
Synopsis
Joker
During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure.
PTU
Follows a police tactical unit during one dangerous night on the streets of Hong Kong as they try to recover a cop's stolen gun. Things turn deadly when they run into a web of gangland crimes.