Charm City Kings vs National Theatre Live: Antigone
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.8/10 for Charm City Kings). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 2h 5m. National Theatre Live: Antigone is the older of the two (2012 against 2020). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Charm City Kings
National Theatre Live: Antigone| Charm City Kings | National Theatre Live: Antigone | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.8/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2020 | 2012 |
| Length | 2h 5m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Ángel Manuel Soto | Polly Findlay |
| Main cast | Teyonah Parris, William Catlett, Jahi Di'Allo Winston, Cecelia Ann Birt, Jeanette Maus | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker |
Synopsis
Charm City Kings
Mouse desperately wants to join The Midnight Clique, the infamous Baltimore dirt bike riders who rule the summertime streets. When Midnight’s leader, Blax, takes 14-year-old Mouse under his wing, Mouse soon finds himself torn between the straight-and-narrow and a road filled with fast money and violence.
National Theatre Live: Antigone
In the unstable aftermath of a civil war, Creon, the new King of Thebes, asserts his authority by forbidding anyone from honouring the death of the traitor Polyneices. But Antigone, Polyneices' sister, will not obey. When Creon's authority is challenged, a gripping conflict emerges between the power of an individual and the state. Polly Findlay's electric 2012 production brings Sophocles' tragedy into the modern world as a gripping political…
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