Cleaner vs Primal Fear
Primal Fear has the higher audience score (7.7/10 against 6.1/10 for Cleaner). Cleaner is the shorter watch at 1h 28m compared with 2h 9m. Primal Fear is the older of the two (1996 against 2007). Both are crime, mystery, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
| Cleaner | Primal Fear | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.1/10 | ★ 7.7/10 |
| Year | 2007 | 1996 |
| Length | 1h 28m | 2h 9m |
| Genres | Crime, Mystery, Thriller | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller |
| Country | – | United States of America |
| Director | Renny Harlin | Gregory Hoblit |
| Main cast | Maggie Lawson, Samuel L. Jackson, Ed Harris, Robert Forster, Eva Mendes | Jon Seda, Maura Tierney, Richard Gere, Alfre Woodard, Laura Linney |
Synopsis
Cleaner
Single father and former cop Tom Cutler has an unusual occupation: he cleans up death scenes. But when he's called in to sterilize a wealthy suburban residence after a brutal shooting, Cutler is shocked to learn he may have unknowingly erased crucial evidence, entangling himself in a dirty criminal cover-up.
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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