Blackmail vs The Candidate
Blackmail has the higher audience score (10/10 against 5.5/10 for The Candidate). The Candidate is the shorter watch at 1h 30m compared with 2h 1m. The Candidate is the older of the two (2008 against 2025). Both are thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Blackmail
The Candidate| Blackmail | The Candidate | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 5.5/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2008 |
| Length | 2h 1m | 1h 30m |
| Genres | Drama, Romance, Thriller | Thriller |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Mu. Maran | Kasper Barfoed |
| Main cast | Redin Kingsley, Ramesh Thilak, Muthukumar, Srikanth, Teju Ashwini | Kim Bodnia, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, David Dencik, Ulf Pilgaard, Henrik Prip |
Synopsis
Blackmail
Trapped in escalating blackmail, Mani faces mounting danger as crime, passion, and greed intertwine, exposing hidden truths and changing allegiances throughout his ordeal.
The Candidate
Jonas Bechmann, a defense attorney, is a man of the system. Until the day he himself is accused of murder. Taking matters into his own hands, he throws himself into the hunt for a group of blackmailers who threaten to expose him as the killer. But nothing is what it appears to be, and the blackmail links back to his father's death under mysterious circumstances a year and a half earlier.
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