Merantau vs The Dark Knight Rises

The Dark Knight Rises has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 6.5/10 for Merantau). Merantau is the shorter watch at 2h 14m compared with 2h 45m. Merantau is the older of the two (2009 against 2012). Both are action, drama, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Merantau posterMerantau2009 VS The Dark Knight Rises posterThe Dark Knight Rises2012
MerantauThe Dark Knight Rises
Audience score★ 6.5/10★ 7.8/10
Year20092012
Length2h 14m2h 45m
GenresAction, Drama, ThrillerAction, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country–United Kingdom
DirectorGareth EvansChristopher Nolan
Main castIko Uwais, Alex Abbad, Yayan Ruhian, Donny Alamsyah, Chika JessicaTom Hardy, Ben Mendelsohn, Aidan Gillen, Matthew Modine, Michael Caine

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 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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