Assassins vs Shaft
Assassins has the higher audience score (6.5/10 against 6/10 for Shaft). Shaft is the shorter watch at 1h 39m compared with 2h 12m. Assassins is the older of the two (1995 against 2000). Both are action, adventure, crime movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Assassins
Shaft| Assassins | Shaft | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.5/10 | ★ 6.0/10 |
| Year | 1995 | 2000 |
| Length | 2h 12m | 1h 39m |
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller | Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller |
| Country | United States of America | – |
| Director | Richard Donner | John Singleton |
| Main cast | Sylvester Stallone, Julianne Moore, Antonio Banderas, Steve Kahan, Stephen Liska | Jeffrey Wright, Samuel L. Jackson, Christian Bale, Daniel von Bargen, Josef Sommer |
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.
Shaft
New York police detective John Shaft arrests Walter Wade Jr. for a racially motivated slaying. But the only eyewitness disappears, and Wade jumps bail for Switzerland. Two years later Wade returns to face trial, confident his money and influence will get him acquitted -- especially since he's paid a drug kingpin to kill the witness.
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