The Front Line vs The Last Samurai
The Last Samurai has the higher audience score (7.6/10 against 7.2/10 for The Front Line). The Front Line is the shorter watch at 2h 13m 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.
The Front Line
The Last Samurai| The Front Line | The Last Samurai | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.2/10 | ★ 7.6/10 |
| Year | 2011 | 2003 |
| Length | 2h 13m | 2h 34m |
| Genres | Action, Drama, War | Action, Drama, War |
| Country | – | United States of America |
| Director | Jang Hoon | Edward Zwick |
| Main cast | Kim Ok-vin, David Lee, Ryu Seung-ryong, Cho Jin-woong, Shin Ha-kyun | Tony Goldwyn, Hiroyuki Sanada, Timothy Spall, Tom Cruise, William Atherton |
Synopsis
The Front Line
In 1951 ceasefire is declared, but two remaining armies fought their final battle on the front line Towards the end of the Korean War, a South Korean battalion is fiercely battling over a hill on the front line border against the North in order to capture a strategic point that would determine the new border between two nations. The ownership of this small patch of land would swap multiple times each day. Kang is dispatched to the front line in…
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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