Basic vs In the Line of Fire
In the Line of Fire has the higher audience score (7/10 against 6.5/10 for Basic). Basic is the shorter watch at 1h 38m compared with 2h 8m. In the Line of Fire is the older of the two (1993 against 2003). Both are action, crime, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Basic
In the Line of Fire| Basic | In the Line of Fire | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.5/10 | ★ 7.0/10 |
| Year | 2003 | 1993 |
| Length | 1h 38m | 2h 8m |
| Genres | Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | John McTiernan | Wolfgang Petersen |
| Main cast | Samuel L. Jackson, Tim Daly, Dash Mihok, Giovanni Ribisi, Connie Nielsen | Gary Cole, Dylan McDermott, Gregory Alan Williams, Tobin Bell, Clint Eastwood |
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…
In the Line of Fire
Veteran Secret Service agent Frank Horrigan is a man haunted by his failure to save President Kennedy while serving protection detail in Dallas. Thirty years later, a man calling himself "Booth" threatens the life of the current President, forcing Horrigan to come back to protection detail to confront the ghosts from his past.
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