Deadfall vs The Shawshank Redemption
The Shawshank Redemption has the higher audience score (8.7/10 against 4.1/10 for Deadfall). Deadfall is the shorter watch at 1h 38m compared with 2h 22m. Deadfall is the older of the two (1993 against 1994). Both are crime movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Deadfall
The Shawshank Redemption| Deadfall | The Shawshank Redemption | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 4.1/10 | ★ 8.7/10 |
| Year | 1993 | 1994 |
| Length | 1h 38m | 2h 22m |
| Genres | Crime | Crime, Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Christopher Coppola | Frank Darabont |
| Main cast | Nicolas Cage, Michael Biehn, Peter Fonda, James Coburn, Talia Shire | Clancy Brown, William Sadler, Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Joseph Ragno |
Synopsis
Deadfall
After he accidentally kills his father, Mike, during a sting, Joe tries to carry out Mike's dying wish by recovering valuables that Mike's twin brother Lou stole from him years earlier. But Uncle Lou is also a confidence artist, and Joe is soon drawn into his increasingly dangerous schemes.
The Shawshank Redemption
Imprisoned in the 1940s for the double murder of his wife and her lover, upstanding banker Andy Dufresne begins a new life at the Shawshank prison, where he puts his accounting skills to work for an amoral warden. During his long stretch in prison, Dufresne comes to be admired by the other inmates -- including an older prisoner named Red -- for his integrity and unquenchable sense of hope.
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