The Last Samurai vs Windtalkers
The Last Samurai has the higher audience score (7.6/10 against 6.3/10 for Windtalkers). Windtalkers is the shorter watch at 2h 14m compared with 2h 34m. Windtalkers is the older of the two (2002 against 2003). Both are action, war movies, so they suit a similar mood.
The Last Samurai
Windtalkers| The Last Samurai | Windtalkers | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.6/10 | ★ 6.3/10 |
| Year | 2003 | 2002 |
| Length | 2h 34m | 2h 14m |
| Genres | Action, Drama, War | Action, War |
| Country | United States of America | – |
| Director | Edward Zwick | John Woo |
| Main cast | Tony Goldwyn, Hiroyuki Sanada, Timothy Spall, Tom Cruise, William Atherton | Peter Stormare, Noah Emmerich, Christian Slater, Martin Henderson, Jason Isaacs |
Synopsis
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.
Windtalkers
Joe Enders is a gung-ho Marine assigned to protect a "windtalker" - one of several Navajo Indians who were used to relay messages during World War II because their spoken language was indecipherable to Japanese code breakers.
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