Layer Cake vs The Dark Knight Rises

The Dark Knight Rises has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 6.9/10 for Layer Cake). Layer Cake is the shorter watch at 1h 45m compared with 2h 45m. Layer Cake is the older of the two (2004 against 2012). Both are crime, drama, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood. Both feature Tom Hardy.

Layer Cake posterLayer Cake2004 VS The Dark Knight Rises posterThe Dark Knight Rises2012
Layer CakeThe Dark Knight Rises
Audience score★ 6.9/10★ 7.8/10
Year20042012
Length1h 45m2h 45m
GenresCrime, Drama, ThrillerAction, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country–United Kingdom
DirectorMatthew VaughnChristopher Nolan
Main castTom Hardy, Ben Whishaw, Colm Meaney, Michael Gambon, Kenneth CranhamTom Hardy, Ben Mendelsohn, Aidan Gillen, Matthew Modine, Michael Caine

Synopsis

Layer Cake

When a seemingly straight-forward drug deal goes awry, XXXX has to break his die-hard rules and turn up the heat, not only to outwit the old regime and come out on top, but to save his own skin...

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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