Assassins vs Backtrace

Assassins has the higher audience score (6.5/10 against 5/10 for Backtrace). Backtrace is the shorter watch at 1h 27m compared with 2h 12m. Assassins is the older of the two (1995 against 2018). Both are action, adventure, crime movies, so they suit a similar mood. Both feature Sylvester Stallone.

Assassins posterAssassins1995 VS Backtrace posterBacktrace2018
AssassinsBacktrace
Audience score★ 6.5/10★ 5.0/10
Year19952018
Length2h 12m1h 27m
GenresAction, Adventure, Crime, ThrillerAction, Adventure, Crime, Thriller
Country––
DirectorRichard DonnerBrian A. Miller
Main castSylvester Stallone, Julianne Moore, Antonio Banderas, Steve Kahan, Stephen LiskaSylvester Stallone, Ryan Guzman, Matthew Modine, Christopher McDonald, Swen Temmel

Synopsis

Assassins

Assassin Robert Rath arrives at a funeral to kill a prominent mobster, only to witness a rival hired gun complete the job for him -- with grisly results. Horrified by the murder of innocent bystanders, Rath decides to take one last job and then return to civilian life. But finding his way out of the world of contract killing grows ever more dangerous as Rath falls for his female target and becomes a marked man himself.

Backtrace

The lone surviving thief of a violent armored car robbery is sprung from a high security facility and administered an experimental drug.

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