The Dark Knight Rises vs Traffic

The Dark Knight Rises has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 7.1/10 for Traffic). Traffic is the shorter watch at 2h 27m compared with 2h 45m. Traffic is the older of the two (2000 against 2012). Both are crime, drama, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

The Dark Knight Rises posterThe Dark Knight Rises2012 VS Traffic posterTraffic2000
The Dark Knight RisesTraffic
Audience score★ 7.8/10★ 7.1/10
Year20122000
Length2h 45m2h 27m
GenresAction, Crime, Drama, ThrillerCrime, Drama, Thriller
CountryUnited Kingdom–
DirectorChristopher NolanSteven Soderbergh
Main castTom Hardy, Ben Mendelsohn, Aidan Gillen, Matthew Modine, Michael CaineDon Cheadle, Dennis Quaid, Erika Christensen, Benicio del Toro, Catherine Zeta-Jones

Synopsis

The Dark Knight Rises

Following the death of District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman assumes responsibility for Dent's crimes to protect the late attorney's reputation and is subsequently hunted by the Gotham City Police Department. Eight years later, Batman encounters the mysterious Selina Kyle and the villainous Bane, a new terrorist leader who overwhelms Gotham's finest. The Dark Knight resurfaces to protect a city that has branded him an enemy.

Traffic

An exploration of the United States of America's war on drugs from multiple perspectives. For the new head of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, the war becomes personal when he discovers his well-educated daughter is abusing cocaine within their comfortable suburban home. In Mexico, a flawed, but noble policeman agrees to testify against a powerful general in league with a cartel, and in San Diego, a drug kingpin's sheltered trophy…

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