Balloon vs Wasp Network
Balloon has the higher audience score (7.5/10 against 6/10 for Wasp Network). Balloon is the shorter watch at 2h 5m compared with 2h 8m. Balloon is the older of the two (2018 against 2020). Both are drama, history, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Balloon
Wasp Network| Balloon | Wasp Network | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.5/10 | ★ 6.0/10 |
| Year | 2018 | 2020 |
| Length | 2h 5m | 2h 8m |
| Genres | Drama, History, Thriller | Drama, History, Thriller |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Michael Herbig | Olivier Assayas |
| Main cast | Emily Kusche, Thomas Kretschmann, David Kross, Sebastian Hülk, Alicia von Rittberg | Wagner Moura, Gael García Bernal, Penélope Cruz, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Edgar Ramírez |
Synopsis
Balloon
Two families attempt a daredevil plan to escape the GDR with a homemade hot air balloon, but it crashes just before the border. The Stasi finds traces of this attempt to escape and immediately starts investigations, while the two families are forced to build a new escape balloon. With each passing day the Stasi is closer on their heels – a nerve-wracking race against time begins.
Wasp Network
Havana, Cuba, 1990. René González, an airplane pilot, unexpectedly flees the country, leaving behind his wife Olga and his daughter Irma, and begins a new life in Miami, where he becomes a member of an anti-Castro organization.
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