Basic vs Just Cause
Basic has the higher audience score (6.5/10 against 6.2/10 for Just Cause). Basic is the shorter watch at 1h 38m compared with 1h 42m. Just Cause is the older of the two (1995 against 2003). Both are action, drama, mystery movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Basic
Just Cause| Basic | Just Cause | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.5/10 | ★ 6.2/10 |
| Year | 2003 | 1995 |
| Length | 1h 38m | 1h 42m |
| Genres | Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller |
| Country | United Kingdom | – |
| Director | John McTiernan | Arne Glimcher |
| Main cast | Samuel L. Jackson, Tim Daly, Dash Mihok, Giovanni Ribisi, Connie Nielsen | Laurence Fishburne, Ed Harris, Blair Underwood, Scarlett Johansson, Chris Sarandon |
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…
Just Cause
A Harvard professor is lured back into the courtroom after twenty-five years to take the case of a young black man condemned to death for the horrific murder of a child.
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