Merantau vs The Bourne Identity

The Bourne Identity has the higher audience score (7.5/10 against 6.5/10 for Merantau). The Bourne Identity is the shorter watch at 1h 59m compared with 2h 14m. The Bourne Identity is the older of the two (2002 against 2009). Both are action, drama, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Merantau posterMerantau2009 VS The Bourne Identity posterThe Bourne Identity2002
MerantauThe Bourne Identity
Audience score★ 6.5/10★ 7.5/10
Year20092002
Length2h 14m1h 59m
GenresAction, Drama, ThrillerAction, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country––
DirectorGareth EvansDoug Liman
Main castIko Uwais, Alex Abbad, Yayan Ruhian, Donny Alamsyah, Chika JessicaWalton Goggins, Brian Cox, Franka Potente, Clive Owen, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

Synopsis

Merantau

In Minangkabau, West Sumatera, Yuda a skilled practitioner of Silat Harimau is in the final preparations to begin his "Merantau" a century's old rites-of-passage to be carried out by the community's young men that will see him leave the comforts of his idyllic farming village and make a name for himself in the bustling city of Jakarta.

The Bourne Identity

Wounded to the brink of death and suffering from amnesia, Jason Bourne is rescued at sea by a fisherman. With nothing to go on but a Swiss bank account number, he starts to reconstruct his life, but finds that many people he encounters want him dead. However, Bourne realizes that he has the combat and mental skills of a world-class spy—but who does he work for?

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