Son of Saul vs The Hurt Locker
The Hurt Locker has the higher audience score (7.3/10 against 7.1/10 for Son of Saul). Son of Saul is the shorter watch at 1h 47m compared with 2h 11m. The Hurt Locker is the older of the two (2008 against 2015). Both are drama, thriller, war movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Son of Saul
The Hurt Locker| Son of Saul | The Hurt Locker | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.1/10 | ★ 7.3/10 |
| Year | 2015 | 2008 |
| Length | 1h 47m | 2h 11m |
| Genres | Drama, Thriller, War | Drama, Thriller, War |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | László Nemes | Kathryn Bigelow |
| Main cast | Urs Rechn, Marcin Czarnik, Mihály Kormos, Jerzy Walczak, Sándor Zsótér | Evangeline Lilly, Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, Sam Spruell, Christian Camargo |
Synopsis
Son of Saul
In the horror of 1944 Auschwitz, a prisoner forced to burn the corpses of his own people finds moral survival trying to save from the flames the body of a boy he takes for his son, seeking to give him a proper jewish burial.
The Hurt Locker
During the Iraq War, a Sergeant recently assigned to an army bomb squad is put at odds with his squad mates due to his maverick way of handling his work.
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