Black Death vs Special Unit - The First Murder
Special Unit - The First Murder has the higher audience score (8.8/10 against 6/10 for Black Death). Black Death is the shorter watch at 1h 42m compared with 2h 5m. Black Death is the older of the two (2010 against 2025). Both are drama, history movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Black Death
Special Unit - The First Murder| Black Death | Special Unit - The First Murder | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.0/10 | ★ 8.8/10 |
| Year | 2010 | 2025 |
| Length | 1h 42m | 2h 5m |
| Genres | Drama, History, Horror | Crime, Drama, History |
| Country | United Kingdom | – |
| Director | Christopher Smith | Christoffer Boe |
| Main cast | Eddie Redmayne, Andy Nyman, Tim McInnerny, David Warner, Sean Bean | Nicolaj Kopernikus, Lars Ranthe, Clara Rugaard, Alex Høgh Andersen, Mille Lehfeldt |
Synopsis
Black Death
As the plague decimates medieval Europe, rumours circulate of a village immune from the plague. There is talk of a necromancer who leads the village and is able to raise the dead. A fearsome knight joined by a cohort of soldiers and a young monk are charged by the church to investigate. Their journey is filled with danger, but it's upon entering the village that their true horror begins.
Special Unit - The First Murder
Denmark in 1927. The ambitious police officer Otto Himmelstrup leads the newly formed Special Unit, which is tasked with assisting local police in solving particularly difficult crimes. When a body is found in a burnt-out summer house in Esbjerg, Otto and his team begin to unravel an unusual murder mystery, revealing power struggles and corruption among the city’s elite. The closer the unit gets to the truth, the more dangerous it becomes…
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