Payback vs The Dark Knight
The Dark Knight has the higher audience score (8.5/10 against 6.8/10 for Payback). Payback is the shorter watch at 1h 40m compared with 2h 32m. Payback is the older of the two (1999 against 2008). Both are action, crime, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Payback
The Dark Knight| Payback | The Dark Knight | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.8/10 | ★ 8.5/10 |
| Year | 1999 | 2008 |
| Length | 1h 40m | 2h 32m |
| Genres | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller |
| Country | – | United Kingdom |
| Director | Brian Helgeland | Christopher Nolan |
| Main cast | William Devane, Mel Gibson, Gregg Henry, Lucy Liu, Maria Bello | Nestor Carbonell, Aaron Eckhart, Monique Gabriela Curnen, Cillian Murphy, Anthony Michael Hall |
Synopsis
Payback
With friends like these, who needs enemies? That's the question bad guy Porter is left asking after his wife and partner steal his heist money and leave him for dead -- or so they think. Five months and an endless reservoir of bitterness later, Porter's partners and the crooked cops on his tail learn how bad payback can be.
The Dark Knight
Batman raises the stakes in his war on crime. With the help of Lt. Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman sets out to dismantle the remaining criminal organizations that plague the streets. The partnership proves to be effective, but they soon find themselves prey to a reign of chaos unleashed by a rising criminal mastermind known to the terrified citizens of Gotham as the Joker.
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