Return of the Kickfighter vs Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins
Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins has the higher audience score (7.5/10 against 7.2/10 for Return of the Kickfighter). Return of the Kickfighter is the shorter watch at 1h 33m compared with 2h 14m. Return of the Kickfighter is the older of the two (1987 against 2012). Both are action, war movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Return of the Kickfighter
Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins| Return of the Kickfighter | Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.2/10 | ★ 7.5/10 |
| Year | 1987 | 2012 |
| Length | 1h 33m | 2h 14m |
| Genres | Action, War | Action, Adventure, Fantasy, History, War |
| Country | – | Japan |
| Director | Anthony Maharaj | Keishi Otomo |
| Main cast | Richard Norton, Dick Wei, Huang Kin-Lung, George E. Mahlberg, Rex Cutter | Takeru Satoh, Yosuke Eguchi, Koji Kikkawa, Eiji Okuda, Go Ayano |
Synopsis
Return of the Kickfighter
The plot concerns a unit of US marines operating in the Vietnam war during 1970, with the movie opening on a raid in a village. After massacring the villagers, the marines steal the villages gold, much to the objection of their Vietnamese translator and guide. Skip forward past the credits sequence; it's now 15 years later, and members of the unit are getting murdered one by one. This leads to the former head of the group, now a high ranking…
Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins
In 1868, after the Bakumatsu war ends, the ex-assassin Kenshin Himura traverses Japan with an inverted sword, to defend the needy without killing.
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