Letters from Iwo Jima vs Return of the Kickfighter
Letters from Iwo Jima has the higher audience score (7.5/10 against 7.2/10 for Return of the Kickfighter). Return of the Kickfighter is the shorter watch at 1h 33m compared with 2h 21m. Return of the Kickfighter is the older of the two (1987 against 2006). Both are action, war movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Letters from Iwo Jima
Return of the Kickfighter| Letters from Iwo Jima | Return of the Kickfighter | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.5/10 | ★ 7.2/10 |
| Year | 2006 | 1987 |
| Length | 2h 21m | 1h 33m |
| Genres | Action, Drama, War | Action, War |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Clint Eastwood | Anthony Maharaj |
| Main cast | Ken Watanabe, Tsuyoshi Ihara, Shido Nakamura, Luke Eberl, Ryo Kase | Richard Norton, Dick Wei, Huang Kin-Lung, George E. Mahlberg, Rex Cutter |
Synopsis
Letters from Iwo Jima
The story of the battle of Iwo Jima between the United States and Imperial Japan during World War II, as told from the perspective of the Japanese who fought it.
Return of the Kickfighter
The plot concerns a unit of US marines operating in the Vietnam war during 1970, with the movie opening on a raid in a village. After massacring the villagers, the marines steal the villages gold, much to the objection of their Vietnamese translator and guide. Skip forward past the credits sequence; it's now 15 years later, and members of the unit are getting murdered one by one. This leads to the former head of the group, now a high ranking…
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