Brokedown Palace vs Primal Fear
Primal Fear has the higher audience score (7.7/10 against 6.4/10 for Brokedown Palace). Brokedown Palace is the shorter watch at 1h 40m compared with 2h 9m. Primal Fear is the older of the two (1996 against 1999). Both are drama, mystery, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
| Brokedown Palace | Primal Fear | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.4/10 | ★ 7.7/10 |
| Year | 1999 | 1996 |
| Length | 1h 40m | 2h 9m |
| Genres | Drama, Mystery, Thriller | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller |
| Country | – | United States of America |
| Director | Jonathan Kaplan | Gregory Hoblit |
| Main cast | Bill Pullman, Lou Diamond Phillips, Claire Danes, Kate Beckinsale, Lim Kay Tong | Jon Seda, Maura Tierney, Richard Gere, Alfre Woodard, Laura Linney |
Synopsis
Brokedown Palace
Best friends Alice and Darlene take a trip to Thailand after graduating high school. In Thailand, they meet a captivating Australian man, who calls himself Nick Parks. Darlene is particularly smitten with Nick and convinces Alice to take Nick up on his offer to treat the two of them to what amounts to a day trip to Hong Kong. In the airport, the girls are seized by the police and shocked to discover that one of their bags contains heroin.
Primal Fear
An arrogant, high-powered attorney takes on the case of a poor altar boy found running away from the scene of the grisly murder of the bishop who has taken him in. The case gets a lot more complex when the accused reveals that there may or may not have been a third person in the room.
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