Basic vs The Net
Basic has the higher audience score (6.5/10 against 6/10 for The Net). Basic is the shorter watch at 1h 38m compared with 1h 54m. The Net is the older of the two (1995 against 2003). Both are action, crime, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Basic
The Net| Basic | The Net | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.5/10 | ★ 6.0/10 |
| Year | 2003 | 1995 |
| Length | 1h 38m | 1h 54m |
| Genres | Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | John McTiernan | Irwin Winkler |
| Main cast | Samuel L. Jackson, Tim Daly, Dash Mihok, Giovanni Ribisi, Connie Nielsen | L. Scott Caldwell, Sandra Bullock, Ray McKinnon, Juan Garcia, Jeremy Northam |
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…
The Net
Angela Bennett is a freelance computer systems analyst who tracks down software viruses. At night she hooks up to the internet and chats to others 'surfing the net'. While de-bugging a new high-tech game for a cyber friend, she comes across a top secret program and becomes the target of a mysterious organization who will stop at nothing to erase her identity and her existence, in order to protect the project.