The Battleship Island vs The Eight Hundred

The Battleship Island has the higher audience score (7.2/10 against 7/10 for The Eight Hundred). The Battleship Island is the shorter watch at 2h 12m compared with 2h 27m. The Battleship Island is the older of the two (2017 against 2020). Both are action, drama, history movies, so they suit a similar mood.

The Battleship Island posterThe Battleship Island2017 VS The Eight Hundred posterThe Eight Hundred2020
The Battleship IslandThe Eight Hundred
Audience score★ 7.2/10★ 7.0/10
Year20172020
Length2h 12m2h 27m
GenresAction, Drama, History, WarAction, Drama, History, War
Country–China
DirectorRyoo Seung-wanGuan Hu
Main castSong Joong-ki, Lee Jung-hyun, Lee Kyung-young, So Ji-sub, Hwang Jung-minXin Baiqing, Jerry Lee, Ou Hao, Huang Zhizhong, Liu Xiaoqing

Synopsis

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.

The Eight Hundred

In 1937, eight hundred Chinese soldiers fight under siege from a warehouse in the middle of the Shanghai battlefield, completely surrounded by the Japanese army.

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