Elite Squad vs Mean Johnny Barrows
Elite Squad has the higher audience score (8.1/10 against 5.6/10 for Mean Johnny Barrows). Mean Johnny Barrows is the shorter watch at 1h 30m compared with 1h 55m. Mean Johnny Barrows is the older of the two (1975 against 2007). Both are action, crime, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Elite Squad
Mean Johnny Barrows| Elite Squad | Mean Johnny Barrows | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.1/10 | ★ 5.6/10 |
| Year | 2007 | 1975 |
| Length | 1h 55m | 1h 30m |
| Genres | Action, Crime, Drama | Action, Crime, Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | José Padilha | Fred Williamson |
| Main cast | Wagner Moura, Milhem Cortaz, Caio Junqueira, André Ramiro, Maria Ribeiro | Elliott Gould, Stuart Whitman, Fred Williamson, Roddy McDowall, Robert Phillips |
Synopsis
Elite Squad
In 1997, before the visit of the pope to Rio de Janeiro, Captain Nascimento from BOPE (Special Police Operations Battalion) is assigned to eliminate the risks of the drug dealers in a dangerous slum nearby where the pope intends to be lodged.
Mean Johnny Barrows
A Vietnam veteran gets caught in a mob war with a couple of double-crossers.
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