Carriers vs Lake Placid
Carriers has the higher audience score (6.1/10 against 5.9/10 for Lake Placid). Lake Placid is the shorter watch at 1h 22m compared with 1h 24m. Lake Placid is the older of the two (1999 against 2009). Both are action, horror, science fiction movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Carriers
Lake Placid| Carriers | Lake Placid | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.1/10 | ★ 5.9/10 |
| Year | 2009 | 1999 |
| Length | 1h 24m | 1h 22m |
| Genres | Action, Drama, Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller | Action, Comedy, Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Àlex Pastor, David Pastor | Steve Miner |
| Main cast | Kiernan Shipka, Emily VanCamp, Christopher Meloni, Piper Perabo, Chris Pine | Bill Pullman, Mariska Hargitay, Oliver Platt, Brendan Gleeson, David James Lewis |
Synopsis
Carriers
A deadly virus has spread across the globe. Contagion is everywhere, no one is safe, and no one can be trusted. Four friends race through the back roads of the American West on their way to a secluded utopian beach in the Gulf of Mexico where they could peacefully wait out the pandemic. Their plans take a grim turn when their car breaks down on an isolated road starting a chain of events that will seal their fates.
Lake Placid
When a man is eaten alive by an unknown creature, the local Game Warden teams up with a paleontologist from New York to find the beast. Add to the mix an eccentric philanthropist with a penchant for "Crocs", and here we go! This quiet, remote lake is suddenly the focus of an intense search for a crocodile with a taste for live animals...and people!
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