Cruel Train vs Special Unit - The First Murder
Special Unit - The First Murder has the higher audience score (8.8/10 against 3.3/10 for Cruel Train). Cruel Train is the shorter watch at 1h 40m compared with 2h 5m. Cruel Train is the older of the two (1995 against 2025). Both are crime, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Cruel Train
Special Unit - The First Murder| Cruel Train | Special Unit - The First Murder | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 3.3/10 | ★ 8.8/10 |
| Year | 1995 | 2025 |
| Length | 1h 40m | 2h 5m |
| Genres | Crime, Drama | Crime, Drama, History |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Malcolm McKay | Christoffer Boe |
| Main cast | Minnie Driver, Richard Ridings, David Suchet, Gerard Horan, Alec McCowen | Nicolaj Kopernikus, Lars Ranthe, Clara Rugaard, Alex Høgh Andersen, Mille Lehfeldt |
Synopsis
Cruel Train
In wartime England, railway official Ruben Roberts discovers that his wife was sexually abused as a child by the Chairman of the Line, also her godfather. With her assistance, Ruben plots murder on the Brighton Express.
Special Unit - The First Murder
Denmark in 1927. The ambitious police officer Otto Himmelstrup leads the newly formed Special Unit, which is tasked with assisting local police in solving particularly difficult crimes. When a body is found in a burnt-out summer house in Esbjerg, Otto and his team begin to unravel an unusual murder mystery, revealing power struggles and corruption among the city’s elite. The closer the unit gets to the truth, the more dangerous it becomes…
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