Detainment vs Special Unit - The First Murder
Special Unit - The First Murder has the higher audience score (8.8/10 against 6.7/10 for Detainment). Detainment is the shorter watch at 30m compared with 2h 5m. Detainment is the older of the two (2018 against 2025). Both are crime, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Detainment
Special Unit - The First Murder| Detainment | Special Unit - The First Murder | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.7/10 | ★ 8.8/10 |
| Year | 2018 | 2025 |
| Length | 30m | 2h 5m |
| Genres | Crime, Documentary, Drama | Crime, Drama, History |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Vincent Lambe | Christoffer Boe |
| Main cast | Brian Fortune, Barbara Adair, Morgan C. Jones, Will O'Connell, Ely Solan | Nicolaj Kopernikus, Lars Ranthe, Clara Rugaard, Alex Høgh Andersen, Mille Lehfeldt |
Synopsis
Detainment
Two ten year-old boys are detained by police under suspicion of abducting and murdering a toddler.
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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