Elite Squad vs Polar
Elite Squad has the higher audience score (8.1/10 against 6.3/10 for Polar). Elite Squad is the shorter watch at 1h 55m compared with 1h 58m. Elite Squad is the older of the two (2007 against 2019). Both are action, crime, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Elite Squad
Polar| Elite Squad | Polar | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.1/10 | ★ 6.3/10 |
| Year | 2007 | 2019 |
| Length | 1h 55m | 1h 58m |
| Genres | Action, Crime, Drama | Action, Crime, Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | José Padilha | Jonas Åkerlund |
| Main cast | Wagner Moura, Milhem Cortaz, Caio Junqueira, André Ramiro, Maria Ribeiro | Mads Mikkelsen, Ayisha Issa, Katheryn Winnick, Richard Dreyfuss, Anthony Grant |
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.
Polar
When a retiring assassin realizes that he is the target of a hit, he winds up back in the game going head to head with a gang of younger, ruthless killers.
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