Basic vs Desert Dawn
Basic and Desert Dawn are tied on audience score (6.5/10). Desert Dawn is the shorter watch at 1h 29m compared with 1h 38m. Basic is the older of the two (2003 against 2025). Both are action, crime, mystery movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Basic
Desert Dawn| Basic | Desert Dawn | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.5/10 | ★ 6.6/10 |
| Year | 2003 | 2025 |
| Length | 1h 38m | 1h 29m |
| Genres | Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller |
| Country | United Kingdom | – |
| Director | John McTiernan | Marty Murray |
| Main cast | Samuel L. Jackson, Tim Daly, Dash Mihok, Giovanni Ribisi, Connie Nielsen | Kellan Lutz, Cam Gigandet, Mike Ferguson, Niko Foster, Chad Michael Collins |
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…
Desert Dawn
A newly appointed small-town sheriff and his begrudging deputy get tangled up in a web of lies and corruption involving shady businessmen and the cartel while investigating the murder of a mysterious woman.
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