Mercury Rising vs The Dark Knight Rises

The Dark Knight Rises has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 6.3/10 for Mercury Rising). Mercury Rising is the shorter watch at 1h 51m compared with 2h 45m. Mercury Rising is the older of the two (1998 against 2012). Both are action, crime, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Mercury Rising posterMercury Rising1998 VS The Dark Knight Rises posterThe Dark Knight Rises2012
Mercury RisingThe Dark Knight Rises
Audience score★ 6.3/10★ 7.8/10
Year19982012
Length1h 51m2h 45m
GenresAction, Crime, Drama, ThrillerAction, Crime, Drama, Thriller
CountryUnited States of AmericaUnited Kingdom
DirectorHarold BeckerChristopher Nolan
Main castCarrie Preston, Chi McBride, Peter Stormare, Kim Dickens, Bruce WillisTom Hardy, Ben Mendelsohn, Aidan Gillen, Matthew Modine, Michael Caine

Synopsis

Mercury Rising

Renegade FBI agent Art Jeffries protects a nine-year-old autistic boy who has cracked the government's new "unbreakable" code.

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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