Basic vs Whiteout
Basic has the higher audience score (6.5/10 against 5.6/10 for Whiteout). Basic is the shorter watch at 1h 38m compared with 1h 41m. Basic is the older of the two (2003 against 2009). Both are action, crime, mystery movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Basic
Whiteout| Basic | Whiteout | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.5/10 | ★ 5.6/10 |
| Year | 2003 | 2009 |
| Length | 1h 38m | 1h 41m |
| Genres | Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | John McTiernan | Dominic Sena |
| Main cast | Samuel L. Jackson, Tim Daly, Dash Mihok, Giovanni Ribisi, Connie Nielsen | Gabriel Macht, Kate Beckinsale, Shawn Doyle, Bashar Rahal, Tom Skerritt |
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…
Whiteout
The only U.S. Marshal assigned to Antarctica, Carrie Stetko will soon leave the harsh environment behind for good – in three days, the sun will set and the Amundsen-Scott Research Station will shut down for the long winter. When a body is discovered out on the open ice, Carrie's investigation into the continent's first homicide plunges her deep into a mystery that may cost her her own life.