Counterattack vs The Missing

Counterattack has the higher audience score (8.3/10 against 6.3/10 for The Missing). Counterattack is the shorter watch at 1h 25m compared with 2h 15m. The Missing is the older of the two (2003 against 2025). Both are adventure, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

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CounterattackThe Missing
Audience score★ 8.3/10★ 6.3/10
Year20252003
Length1h 25m2h 15m
GenresAction, Adventure, ThrillerAdventure, Thriller, Western
Country––
DirectorChava CartasRon Howard
Main castGuillermo Quintanilla, Luis Alberti, Mayra Batalla, Noé Hernández, Israel IslasElisabeth Moss, Aaron Eckhart, Evan Rachel Wood, Cate Blanchett, Simon Baker

Synopsis

Counterattack

When a hostage rescue mission creates a new enemy, Capt. Guerrero and his elite soldiers must face an ambush by a criminal group.

The Missing

When rancher and single mother of two Maggie Gilkeson sees her teenage daughter, Lily, kidnapped by Apache rebels, she reluctantly accepts the help of her estranged father, Samuel, in tracking down the kidnappers. Along the way, the two must learn to reconcile the past and work together if they are going to have any hope of getting Lily back before she is taken over the border and forced to become a prostitute.

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