Eastern Promises vs The Empty Beach

Eastern Promises has the higher audience score (7.4/10 against 4.9/10 for The Empty Beach). The Empty Beach is the shorter watch at 1h 25m compared with 1h 41m. The Empty Beach is the older of the two (1985 against 2007). Both are crime, mystery, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Eastern Promises posterEastern Promises2007 VS The Empty Beach posterThe Empty Beach1985
Eastern PromisesThe Empty Beach
Audience score★ 7.4/10★ 4.9/10
Year20071985
Length1h 41m1h 25m
GenresCrime, Mystery, ThrillerCrime, Mystery, Thriller
Country––
DirectorDavid CronenbergChris Thomson
Main castTatiana Maslany, Vincent Cassel, Viggo Mortensen, Jerzy Skolimowski, Donald SumpterJohn Wood, Bryan Brown, Nick Tate, Steve Rackman, Deborah Kennedy

Synopsis

Eastern Promises

A Russian teenager living in London dies during childbirth but leaves clues in her diary that could tie her child to a rape involving a violent Russian mob family.

The Empty Beach

Before shady businessman John Singer disappeared off Bondi Beach, his name meant money--big and small, clean and dirty--a man absorbed in a world of greed and dishonesty. Singer's widow, Marion, believes he's still alive and she employs the investigative skills of the tough, no-nonsense private eye, Cliff Hardy to find him. Battered and bruised, Hardy battles through the filth of corruption and the stench of political blackmail. He comes face…

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