Elite Squad vs The City of Lost Souls
Elite Squad has the higher audience score (8.1/10 against 6.2/10 for The City of Lost Souls). The City of Lost Souls is the shorter watch at 1h 42m compared with 1h 55m. The City of Lost Souls is the older of the two (2000 against 2007). Both are action, crime, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Elite Squad
The City of Lost Souls| Elite Squad | The City of Lost Souls | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.1/10 | ★ 6.2/10 |
| Year | 2007 | 2000 |
| Length | 1h 55m | 1h 42m |
| Genres | Action, Crime, Drama | Action, Crime, Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | José Padilha | Takashi Miike |
| Main cast | Wagner Moura, Milhem Cortaz, Caio Junqueira, André Ramiro, Maria Ribeiro | Ren Osugi, Teah, Michele Reis, Patricia Manterola, Mitsuhiro Oikawa |
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.
The City of Lost Souls
Brazilian-Japanese gangster Mario rescues his Chinese girlfriend Kei as she's about to be deported from Japan. Desperate to escape, he hides in Tokyo's booming Japanese-Portuguese community and seeks passage from the country from a Russian mobster. To meet his price, they hold up a bigtime drug deal between the Chinese Mafia and the local Yakuza.
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