Return of the Kickfighter vs The Last Samurai
The Last Samurai has the higher audience score (7.6/10 against 7.2/10 for Return of the Kickfighter). Return of the Kickfighter is the shorter watch at 1h 33m compared with 2h 34m. Return of the Kickfighter is the older of the two (1987 against 2003). Both are action, war movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Return of the Kickfighter
The Last Samurai| Return of the Kickfighter | The Last Samurai | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.2/10 | ★ 7.6/10 |
| Year | 1987 | 2003 |
| Length | 1h 33m | 2h 34m |
| Genres | Action, War | Action, Drama, War |
| Country | – | United States of America |
| Director | Anthony Maharaj | Edward Zwick |
| Main cast | Richard Norton, Dick Wei, Huang Kin-Lung, George E. Mahlberg, Rex Cutter | Tony Goldwyn, Hiroyuki Sanada, Timothy Spall, Tom Cruise, William Atherton |
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…
The Last Samurai
Nathan Algren is an American hired to instruct the Japanese army in the ways of modern warfare, which finds him learning to respect the samurai and the honorable principles that rule them. Pressed to destroy the samurai's way of life in the name of modernization and open trade, Algren decides to become an ultimate warrior himself and to fight for their right to exist.
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