The Assassin vs The Promised Land
The Promised Land has the higher audience score (7.7/10 against 6.4/10 for The Assassin). The Assassin is the shorter watch at 1h 45m compared with 2h 7m. The Assassin is the older of the two (2015 against 2023). Both are action, drama, history movies, so they suit a similar mood.
The Assassin
The Promised Land| The Assassin | The Promised Land | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.4/10 | ★ 7.7/10 |
| Year | 2015 | 2023 |
| Length | 1h 45m | 2h 7m |
| Genres | Action, Drama, History | Action, Drama, History |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Hou Hsiao-hsien | Nikolaj Arcel |
| Main cast | Chang Chen, Shu Qi, Ni Dahong, Zhou Yun, Yong Mei | Mads Mikkelsen, Thomas W. Gabrielsson, Amanda Collin, Gustav Lindh, Simon Bennebjerg |
Synopsis
The Assassin
9th century China. Ten year old general’s daughter Nie Yinniang is abducted by a nun who initiates her into the martial arts, transforming her into an exceptional assassin charged with eliminating cruel and corrupt local governors. One day, having failed in a task, she is sent back by her mistress to the land of her birth, with orders to kill the man to whom she was promised – a cousin who now leads the largest military region in North China…
The Promised Land
Denmark, 1755. Captain Ludvig Kahlen sets out to conquer a Danish heath reputed to be uncultivable, with an impossible goal: to establish a colony in the name of the king, in exchange for a royal title. A single-minded ambition that the ruthless lord of the region will relentlessly seek to put down. Kahlen's fate hangs in the balance: will his endevours bring him wealth and honour, or cost him his life...?
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