Elite Squad vs Red Heat
Elite Squad has the higher audience score (8.1/10 against 6.2/10 for Red Heat). Red Heat is the shorter watch at 1h 44m compared with 1h 55m. Red Heat is the older of the two (1988 against 2007). Both are action, crime movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Elite Squad
Red Heat| Elite Squad | Red Heat | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.1/10 | ★ 6.2/10 |
| Year | 2007 | 1988 |
| Length | 1h 55m | 1h 44m |
| Genres | Action, Crime, Drama | Action, Crime |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | José Padilha | Walter Hill |
| Main cast | Wagner Moura, Milhem Cortaz, Caio Junqueira, André Ramiro, Maria Ribeiro | Laurence Fishburne, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jim Belushi, Gina Gershon |
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.
Red Heat
A tough Russian policeman is forced to partner up with a cocky Chicago police detective when he is sent to Chicago to apprehend a Georgian drug lord who killed his partner and fled the country.
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