Absolute Power vs Elite Squad
Elite Squad has the higher audience score (8.1/10 against 6.6/10 for Absolute Power). Elite Squad is the shorter watch at 1h 55m compared with 2h 1m. Absolute Power is the older of the two (1997 against 2007). Both are action, crime, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Absolute Power
Elite Squad| Absolute Power | Elite Squad | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.6/10 | ★ 8.1/10 |
| Year | 1997 | 2007 |
| Length | 2h 1m | 1h 55m |
| Genres | Action, Crime, Drama | Action, Crime, Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Clint Eastwood | José Padilha |
| Main cast | Ed Harris, Richard Jenkins, Melora Hardin, Laura Linney, Penny Johnson Jerald | Wagner Moura, Milhem Cortaz, Caio Junqueira, André Ramiro, Maria Ribeiro |
Synopsis
Absolute Power
A master thief coincidentally is robbing a house where a murder—in which the President of the United States is involved—occurs in front of his eyes. He is forced to run, while holding evidence that could convict the President.
Elite Squad
In 1997, before the visit of the pope to Rio de Janeiro, Captain Nascimento from BOPE (Special Police Operations Battalion) is assigned to eliminate the risks of the drug dealers in a dangerous slum nearby where the pope intends to be lodged.
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