Elite Squad vs The Sweeney
Elite Squad has the higher audience score (8.1/10 against 5.7/10 for The Sweeney). The Sweeney is the shorter watch at 1h 52m compared with 1h 55m. Elite Squad is the older of the two (2007 against 2012). Both are action, crime movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Elite Squad
The Sweeney| Elite Squad | The Sweeney | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.1/10 | ★ 5.7/10 |
| Year | 2007 | 2012 |
| Length | 1h 55m | 1h 52m |
| Genres | Action, Crime, Drama | Action, Crime |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | José Padilha | Nick Love |
| Main cast | Wagner Moura, Milhem Cortaz, Caio Junqueira, André Ramiro, Maria Ribeiro | Steven Mackintosh, Paul Anderson, Hayley Atwell, Caroline Chikezie, Alan Ford |
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 Sweeney
Jack Regan, a hardened cop who doesn’t play by the rules, is confronted with a criminal from his past. With sidekick George Carter they are put on the case of a jewellery store heist that ends in a killing. But is that killing really an execution in disguise? With pressure from his boss and the fact that Regan is having an affair with that boss’s wife, it’s not going to be easy for him to stay out of trouble.
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