Special Forces vs The Last Samurai
The Last Samurai has the higher audience score (7.6/10 against 6.7/10 for Special Forces). Special Forces is the shorter watch at 1h 49m compared with 2h 34m. The Last Samurai is the older of the two (2003 against 2011). Both are action, drama, war movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Special Forces
The Last Samurai| Special Forces | The Last Samurai | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.7/10 | ★ 7.6/10 |
| Year | 2011 | 2003 |
| Length | 1h 49m | 2h 34m |
| Genres | Action, Drama, War | Action, Drama, War |
| Country | – | United States of America |
| Director | Stéphane Rybojad | Edward Zwick |
| Main cast | Djimon Hounsou, Tchéky Karyo, Didier Flamand, Diane Kruger, Benoît Magimel | Tony Goldwyn, Hiroyuki Sanada, Timothy Spall, Tom Cruise, William Atherton |
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 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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