Special Forces vs The Battleship Island
The Battleship Island has the higher audience score (7.2/10 against 6.7/10 for Special Forces). Special Forces is the shorter watch at 1h 49m compared with 2h 12m. Special Forces is the older of the two (2011 against 2017). Both are action, drama, war movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Special Forces
The Battleship Island| Special Forces | The Battleship Island | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.7/10 | ★ 7.2/10 |
| Year | 2011 | 2017 |
| Length | 1h 49m | 2h 12m |
| Genres | Action, Drama, War | Action, Drama, History, War |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Stéphane Rybojad | Ryoo Seung-wan |
| Main cast | Djimon Hounsou, Tchéky Karyo, Didier Flamand, Diane Kruger, Benoît Magimel | Song Joong-ki, Lee Jung-hyun, Lee Kyung-young, So Ji-sub, Hwang Jung-min |
Synopsis
Special Forces
Afghanistan. War correspondent Elsa Casanova is taken hostage by the Taliban. Faced with her imminent execution, a Special Forces unit is dispatched to free her. In some of the world’s most breathtaking yet hostile landscapes, a relentless pursuit begins between her kidnappers who have no intention of letting their prey escape them and a group of soldiers who risk their lives in pursuit of their single aim – to bring her home alive. This…
The Battleship Island
During the Japanese colonial era, roughly 400 Korean people, who were forced onto Battleship Island 'Hashima Island' to mine for coal, attempt to escape.
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