Sand Castle vs The Last Samurai
The Last Samurai has the higher audience score (7.6/10 against 6.5/10 for Sand Castle). Sand Castle is the shorter watch at 1h 53m compared with 2h 34m. The Last Samurai is the older of the two (2003 against 2017). Both are action, drama, war movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Sand Castle
The Last Samurai| Sand Castle | The Last Samurai | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.5/10 | ★ 7.6/10 |
| Year | 2017 | 2003 |
| Length | 1h 53m | 2h 34m |
| Genres | Action, Drama, War | Action, Drama, War |
| Country | – | United States of America |
| Director | Fernando Coimbra | Edward Zwick |
| Main cast | Navid Negahban, Neil Brown Jr., Beau Knapp, Tommy Flanagan, Henry Cavill | Tony Goldwyn, Hiroyuki Sanada, Timothy Spall, Tom Cruise, William Atherton |
Synopsis
Sand Castle
Set during the occupation of Iraq, a squad of U.S. soldiers try to protect a small village.
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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