Absolution vs Basic
Basic has the higher audience score (6.5/10 against 5.9/10 for Absolution). Basic is the shorter watch at 1h 38m compared with 1h 52m. Basic is the older of the two (2003 against 2024). Both are action, crime, mystery movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Absolution
Basic| Absolution | Basic | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 5.9/10 | ★ 6.5/10 |
| Year | 2024 | 2003 |
| Length | 1h 52m | 1h 38m |
| Genres | Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller | Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Hans Petter Moland | John McTiernan |
| Main cast | Ron Perlman, Liam Neeson, Yolonda Ross, Frankie Shaw, Daniel Diemer | Samuel L. Jackson, Tim Daly, Dash Mihok, Giovanni Ribisi, Connie Nielsen |
Synopsis
Absolution
An aging ex-boxer gangster working as muscle for a Boston crime boss receives an upsetting diagnosis. Despite a faltering memory, he attempts to rectify the sins of his past and reconnect with his estranged children. He is determined to leave a positive legacy for his grandson, but the criminal underworld isn’t done with him and won’t loosen their grip willingly.
Basic
When a hurricane hits a US Army base on the edge of the Panama Canal, an elite covert operations team of US Army Rangers recruits are on a routine jungle training exercise that goes horribly awry. Only two recruits are rescued, one of which is badly injured, but both have different accounts regarding the fate of their leader, legendary and ruthless Army Ranger Drill Sergeant Nathan West, and the rest of their platoon. Tom Hardy, an ex-army…
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