Area Q. vs The Butterfly Effect

The Butterfly Effect has the higher audience score (7.6/10 against 4.8/10 for Area Q.). Area Q. is the shorter watch at 1h 40m compared with 1h 53m. The Butterfly Effect is the older of the two (2004 against 2012). Both are science fiction, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Area Q. posterArea Q.2012 VS The Butterfly Effect posterThe Butterfly Effect2004
Area Q.The Butterfly Effect
Audience score★ 4.8/10★ 7.6/10
Year20122004
Length1h 40m1h 53m
GenresScience Fiction, ThrillerScience Fiction, Thriller
Country––
DirectorGerson SanginittoEric Bress, J. Mackye Gruber
Main castIsaiah Washington, Ronnie Gene Blevins, Murilo Rosa, Daniel Porpino, Tania KhalillCallum Keith Rennie, Elden Henson, Amy Smart, Kevin Durand, Logan Lerman

Synopsis

Area Q.

A year after the disappearance of his son, Thomas Mathews, an investigative journalist, still has no information and begins his own obsessive search. However, the obsession has him losing his house and job so his boss sends him on special assignment in Brazil. In Brazil, Mathews investigates close encounter sightings that have taken place in the small cities of Quixada and Quixeramobim-also known as Area Q. While there, he realizes he will face…

The Butterfly Effect

A young man struggles to access sublimated childhood memories. He finds a technique that allows him to travel back into the past, to occupy his childhood body and change history. However, he soon finds that every change he makes has unexpected consequences.

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