Basic vs Brake
Basic has the higher audience score (6.5/10 against 5.8/10 for Brake). Brake is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 38m. Basic is the older of the two (2003 against 2012). Both are action, crime, mystery movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Basic
Brake| Basic | Brake | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.5/10 | ★ 5.8/10 |
| Year | 2003 | 2012 |
| Length | 1h 38m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | John McTiernan | Gabe Torres |
| Main cast | Samuel L. Jackson, Tim Daly, Dash Mihok, Giovanni Ribisi, Connie Nielsen | JR Bourne, Chyler Leigh, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Kali Rocha, Stephen Dorff |
Synopsis
Basic
When a hurricane hits a US Army base on the edge of the Panama Canal, an elite covert operations team of US Army Rangers recruits are on a routine jungle training exercise that goes horribly awry. Only two recruits are rescued, one of which is badly injured, but both have different accounts regarding the fate of their leader, legendary and ruthless Army Ranger Drill Sergeant Nathan West, and the rest of their platoon. Tom Hardy, an ex-army…
Brake
A Secret Service Agent is held captive in the trunk of a car and endures high-speed mental and physical torture as terrorists attempt to extract needed information for their sinister plot.