The Eight Hundred vs Troy
Troy has the higher audience score (7.2/10 against 7/10 for The Eight Hundred). The Eight Hundred is the shorter watch at 2h 27m compared with 2h 43m. Troy is the older of the two (2004 against 2020). Both are action, history, war movies, so they suit a similar mood.
The Eight Hundred
Troy| The Eight Hundred | Troy | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.0/10 | ★ 7.2/10 |
| Year | 2020 | 2004 |
| Length | 2h 27m | 2h 43m |
| Genres | Action, Drama, History, War | Action, History, War |
| Country | China | – |
| Director | Guan Hu | Wolfgang Petersen |
| Main cast | Xin Baiqing, Jerry Lee, Ou Hao, Huang Zhizhong, Liu Xiaoqing | Brian Cox, Garrett Hedlund, Orlando Bloom, Brad Pitt, Brendan Gleeson |
Synopsis
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.
Troy
In year 1250 B.C. during the late Bronze age, two emerging nations begin to clash. Paris, the Trojan prince, convinces Helen, Queen of Sparta, to leave her husband Menelaus, and sail with him back to Troy. After Menelaus finds out that his wife was taken by the Trojans, he asks his brother Agamemnon to help him get her back. Agamemnon sees this as an opportunity for power. They set off with 1,000 ships holding 50,000 Greeks to Troy.
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