Backdraft vs The Negotiator
The Negotiator has the higher audience score (7.1/10 against 6.7/10 for Backdraft). Backdraft is the shorter watch at 2h 17m compared with 2h 20m. Backdraft is the older of the two (1991 against 1998). Both are action, crime, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Backdraft
The Negotiator| Backdraft | The Negotiator | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.7/10 | ★ 7.1/10 |
| Year | 1991 | 1998 |
| Length | 2h 17m | 2h 20m |
| Genres | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Ron Howard | F. Gary Gray |
| Main cast | Kurt Russell, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Donald Sutherland, Robert De Niro, Jack McGee | Dean Norris, Ron Rifkin, Samuel L. Jackson, Paul Giamatti, Michael Cudlitz |
Synopsis
Backdraft
Firemen brothers Brian and Stephen McCaffrey battle each other over past slights while trying to stop an arsonist with a diabolical agenda from torching Chicago.
The Negotiator
The police try to arrest expert hostage negotiator Danny Roman, who insists he's being framed for his partner's murder in what he believes is an elaborate conspiracy. Thinking there's evidence in the Internal Affairs offices that might clear him, he takes everyone in the office hostage and demands that another well-known negotiator be brought in to handle the situation and secretly investigate the conspiracy.
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