28 Days Later vs Firestarter

28 Days Later has the higher audience score (7.2/10 against 5.5/10 for Firestarter). Firestarter is the shorter watch at 1h 34m compared with 1h 53m. 28 Days Later is the older of the two (2002 against 2022). Both are horror, science fiction movies, so they suit a similar mood.

28 Days Later poster28 Days Later2002 VS Firestarter posterFirestarter2022
28 Days LaterFirestarter
Audience score★ 7.2/10★ 5.5/10
Year20022022
Length1h 53m1h 34m
GenresHorror, Science Fiction, ThrillerHorror, Science Fiction
Country––
DirectorDanny BoyleKeith Thomas
Main castLeo Bill, Cillian Murphy, Ray Panthaki, Brendan Gleeson, Christopher EcclestonRyan Kiera Armstrong, Sydney Lemmon, John Beasley, Zac Efron, Jeremy Ferdman

Synopsis

28 Days Later

Twenty-eight days after a killer virus was accidentally unleashed from a British research facility, a small group of London survivors are caught in a desperate struggle to protect themselves from the infected. Carried by animals and humans, the virus turns those it infects into homicidal maniacs -- and it's absolutely impossible to contain.

Firestarter

For more than a decade, parents Andy and Vicky have been on the run, desperate to hide their daughter Charlie from a shadowy federal agency that wants to harness her unprecedented gift for creating fire into a weapon of mass destruction. Andy has taught Charlie how to defuse her power, which is triggered by anger or pain. But as Charlie turns 11, the fire becomes harder and harder to control. After an incident reveals the family's location, a…

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