Shadow in the Cloud vs The Last Samurai

The Last Samurai has the higher audience score (7.6/10 against 5.8/10 for Shadow in the Cloud). Shadow in the Cloud is the shorter watch at 1h 23m compared with 2h 34m. The Last Samurai is the older of the two (2003 against 2020). Both are action, war movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Shadow in the Cloud posterShadow in the Cloud2020 VS The Last Samurai posterThe Last Samurai2003
Shadow in the CloudThe Last Samurai
Audience score★ 5.8/10★ 7.6/10
Year20202003
Length1h 23m2h 34m
GenresAction, Horror, WarAction, Drama, War
Country–United States of America
DirectorRoseanne LiangEdward Zwick
Main castBeulah Koale, Taylor John Smith, Nick Robinson, Callan Mulvey, Chloë Grace MoretzTony Goldwyn, Hiroyuki Sanada, Timothy Spall, Tom Cruise, William Atherton

Synopsis

Shadow in the Cloud

A WWII pilot traveling with top secret documents on a B-17 Flying Fortress encounters an evil presence on board the flight.

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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