Detective Knight: Independence vs The Siege at Thorn High
The Siege at Thorn High has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 5.4/10 for Detective Knight: Independence). Detective Knight: Independence is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 58m. Detective Knight: Independence is the older of the two (2023 against 2025). Both are action, crime, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Detective Knight: Independence
The Siege at Thorn High| Detective Knight: Independence | The Siege at Thorn High | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 5.4/10 | ★ 7.8/10 |
| Year | 2023 | 2025 |
| Length | 1h 32m | 1h 58m |
| Genres | Action, Crime, Thriller | Action, Crime, Thriller |
| Country | – | Indonesia |
| Director | Edward Drake | Joko Anwar |
| Main cast | Lochlyn Munro, Bruce Willis, Willow Shields, Robert Laenen, Joe Munroe | Kiki Narendra, Hana Pitrashata Malasan, Endy Arfian, Morgan Oey, Faris Fadjar Munggaran |
Synopsis
Detective Knight: Independence
Detective James Knight 's last-minute assignment to the Independence Day shift turns into a race to stop an unbalanced ambulance EMT from imperiling the city's festivities. The misguided vigilante, playing cop with a stolen gun and uniform, has a bank vault full of reasons to put on his own fireworks show... one that will strike dangerously close to Knight's home.
The Siege at Thorn High
Edwin promised to his sister on her death bed to find her son she gave up long time ago. Edwin's quest brought him to become a substitute teacher in Duri High School, Jakarta, a school for juvenile delinquents. There he must face the most violent students to find his nephew. When he eventually finds the boy, a city-wide riot erupts and Edwin is trapped im the school with the cruel kids out for his blood.
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