Contraband vs The Dark Knight

The Dark Knight has the higher audience score (8.5/10 against 6.3/10 for Contraband). Contraband is the shorter watch at 1h 49m compared with 2h 32m. The Dark Knight is the older of the two (2008 against 2012). Both are action, crime, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Contraband posterContraband2012 VS The Dark Knight posterThe Dark Knight2008
ContrabandThe Dark Knight
Audience score★ 6.3/10★ 8.5/10
Year20122008
Length1h 49m2h 32m
GenresAction, Crime, Drama, ThrillerAction, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country–United Kingdom
DirectorBaltasar KormákurChristopher Nolan
Main castKate Beckinsale, Ólafur Darri Ólafsson, Diego Luna, Giovanni Ribisi, J.K. SimmonsNestor Carbonell, Aaron Eckhart, Monique Gabriela Curnen, Cillian Murphy, Anthony Michael Hall

Synopsis

Contraband

When his brother-in-law runs afoul of a drug lord, family man Chris Farraday turns to a skill he abandoned long ago—smuggling—to repay the debt. But the job goes wrong, and Farraday finds himself wanted by cops, crooks and killers alike.

The Dark Knight

Batman raises the stakes in his war on crime. With the help of Lt. Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman sets out to dismantle the remaining criminal organizations that plague the streets. The partnership proves to be effective, but they soon find themselves prey to a reign of chaos unleashed by a rising criminal mastermind known to the terrified citizens of Gotham as the Joker.

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