Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins vs Tropic Thunder

Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins has the higher audience score (7.5/10 against 6.7/10 for Tropic Thunder). Tropic Thunder is the shorter watch at 1h 47m compared with 2h 14m. Tropic Thunder is the older of the two (2008 against 2012). Both are action, adventure, war movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins posterRurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins2012 VS Tropic Thunder posterTropic Thunder2008
Rurouni Kenshin Part I: OriginsTropic Thunder
Audience score★ 7.5/10★ 6.7/10
Year20122008
Length2h 14m1h 47m
GenresAction, Adventure, Fantasy, History, WarAction, Adventure, Comedy, War
CountryJapan–
DirectorKeishi OtomoBen Stiller
Main castTakeru Satoh, Yosuke Eguchi, Koji Kikkawa, Eiji Okuda, Go AyanoJay Baruchel, Reggie Lee, Robert Downey Jr., Bill Hader, Danny McBride

Synopsis

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.

Tropic Thunder

A group of self-absorbed actors set out to make the most expensive war film ever. After ballooning costs force the studio to cancel the movie, the frustrated director refuses to stop shooting, leading his cast into the jungles of Southeast Asia, where they encounter real bad guys.

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