On Borrowed Time vs SPEC: Zero
SPEC: Zero has the higher audience score (7.9/10 against 7.5/10 for On Borrowed Time). On Borrowed Time is the shorter watch at 1h 39m compared with 2h 18m. On Borrowed Time is the older of the two (1939 against 2013). Both are comedy, drama, fantasy movies, so they suit a similar mood.
On Borrowed Time
SPEC: Zero| On Borrowed Time | SPEC: Zero | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.5/10 | ★ 7.9/10 |
| Year | 1939 | 2013 |
| Length | 1h 39m | 2h 18m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, TV Movie |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Harold S. Bucquet | Yukihiko Tsutsumi |
| Main cast | James Burke, Lionel Barrymore, Cedric Hardwicke, Beulah Bondi, Una Merkel | Ren Osugi, Ryunosuke Kamiki, Erika Toda, Tetsushi Tanaka, Ryo Kase |
Synopsis
On Borrowed Time
Young Pud is orphaned and left in the care of his aged grandparents. The boy and his grandfather are inseparable. Gramps is concerned for Pud's future and wary of a scheming relative who seeks custody of the child. One day Mr. Brink, an agent of Death, arrives to take Gramps "to the land where the woodbine twineth." Through a bit of trickery, Gramps confines Mr. Brink, and thus Death, to the branches of a large apple tree, giving Gramps extra…
SPEC: Zero
High school student Saya Toma lost her parents and younger brother in an airplane accident. Detective Akio Kondo came and told her "your family has a high possibility that they were killed by people who have spec." That was the first time she heard of "spec". 6 years later, Saya Toma, who has never forgotten what the Detective said, decides to become a detective. She returns to Japan after receiving training by the FBI in the United States…
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