Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans vs The Shawshank Redemption
The Shawshank Redemption has the higher audience score (8.7/10 against 6.2/10 for Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans). Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans is the shorter watch at 2h 2m compared with 2h 22m. The Shawshank Redemption is the older of the two (1994 against 2009). Both are crime, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans
The Shawshank Redemption| Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans | The Shawshank Redemption | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.2/10 | ★ 8.7/10 |
| Year | 2009 | 1994 |
| Length | 2h 2m | 2h 22m |
| Genres | Crime, Drama | Crime, Drama |
| Country | United States of America | – |
| Director | Werner Herzog | Frank Darabont |
| Main cast | Brad Dourif, Michael Shannon, Shea Whigham, Jennifer Coolidge, Shawn Hatosy | Clancy Brown, William Sadler, Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Joseph Ragno |
Synopsis
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans
Terrence McDonagh is a New Orleans Police sergeant, who receives a medal and a promotion to lieutenant for heroism during Hurricane Katrina. Due to his heroic act, McDonagh injures his back and becomes addicted to prescription pain medication. He then finds himself involved with a drug dealer who is suspected of murdering a family of African immigrants.
The Shawshank Redemption
Imprisoned in the 1940s for the double murder of his wife and her lover, upstanding banker Andy Dufresne begins a new life at the Shawshank prison, where he puts his accounting skills to work for an amoral warden. During his long stretch in prison, Dufresne comes to be admired by the other inmates -- including an older prisoner named Red -- for his integrity and unquenchable sense of hope.
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