Cartel Land vs Touching the Void
Touching the Void has the higher audience score (7.6/10 against 7.2/10 for Cartel Land). Cartel Land is the shorter watch at 1h 40m compared with 1h 46m. Touching the Void is the older of the two (2003 against 2015). Both are documentary, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Cartel Land
Touching the Void| Cartel Land | Touching the Void | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.2/10 | ★ 7.6/10 |
| Year | 2015 | 2003 |
| Length | 1h 40m | 1h 46m |
| Genres | Documentary, Drama | Action, Adventure, Documentary, Drama |
| Country | – | United Kingdom |
| Director | Matthew Heineman | Kevin Macdonald |
| Main cast | Robert Hetrick, José Manuel Mireles Valverde, Tim Nailer Foley, Paco Valenciano, Chaneque | Nicholas Aaron, Brendan Mackey, Ollie Ryall, Joe Simpson, Richard Hawking |
Synopsis
Cartel Land
In the Mexican state of Michoacán, Dr. Jose Mireles, a small-town physician known as "El Doctor," shepherds a citizen uprising against the Knights Templar, the violent drug cartel that has wreaked havoc on the region for years. Meanwhile, in Arizona's Altar Valley—a narrow, 52-mile-long desert corridor known as Cocaine Alley—Tim "Nailer" Foley, an American veteran, heads a small paramilitary group called Arizona Border Recon, whose goal is to…
Touching the Void
The true story of Joe Simpson and Simon Yates' disastrous and nearly-fatal mountain climb of 6,344m Siula Grande in the Cordillera Huayhuash in the Peruvian Andes in 1985.
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