12 vs Beasts Clawing at Straws
Beasts Clawing at Straws has the higher audience score (7.1/10 against 6.6/10 for 12). Beasts Clawing at Straws is the shorter watch at 1h 48m compared with 2h 39m. 12 is the older of the two (2007 against 2020). Both are crime, drama, mystery movies, so they suit a similar mood.
12
Beasts Clawing at Straws| 12 | Beasts Clawing at Straws | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.6/10 | ★ 7.1/10 |
| Year | 2007 | 2020 |
| Length | 2h 39m | 1h 48m |
| Genres | Crime, Drama, Mystery | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller |
| Country | – | South Korea |
| Director | Nikita Mikhalkov | Kim Yong-hoon |
| Main cast | Sergey Makovetskiy, Sergey Garmash, Mikhail Efremov, Oleksiy Horbunov, Sergey Gazarov | Bae Sung-woo, Youn Yuh-jung, Jeong Man-sik, Kim Jun-han, Park Ji-hwan |
Synopsis
12
A loose remake of “12 Angry Men”, “12” is set in contemporary Moscow where 12 very different men must unanimously decide the fate of a young Chechen accused of murdering his step-father, a Russian army officer. Consigned to a makeshift jury room in a school gymnasium, one by one each man takes center stage to confront, connect, and confess while the accused awaits a verdict and revisits his heartbreaking journey through war in flashbacks.
Beasts Clawing at Straws
A struggling restaurant owner, caring for his sick mom, finds a bag of cash in a sauna locker, while a customs officer gets into trouble when his girlfriend runs off with money he borrowed from a loan shark.
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