Escape from Pretoria vs I Am the Law
Escape from Pretoria has the higher audience score (7.2/10 against 6.8/10 for I Am the Law). Escape from Pretoria is the shorter watch at 1h 42m compared with 1h 53m. I Am the Law is the older of the two (1977 against 2020). Both are drama, history, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Escape from Pretoria
I Am the Law| Escape from Pretoria | I Am the Law | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.2/10 | ★ 6.8/10 |
| Year | 2020 | 1977 |
| Length | 1h 42m | 1h 53m |
| Genres | Drama, History, Thriller | Drama, History, Thriller |
| Country | – | Italy |
| Director | Francis Annan | Pasquale Squitieri |
| Main cast | Ian Hart, Daniel Radcliffe, Grant Piro, Daniel Webber, Mark Leonard Winter | Claudia Cardinale, Lina Sastri, Salvatore Billa, Giuliano Gemma, Stefano Satta Flores |
Synopsis
Escape from Pretoria
South Africa, 1978. Tim Jenkin and Stephen Lee, two white political activists from the African National Congress imprisoned by the apartheid regime, put a plan in motion to escape from the infamous Pretoria Prison.
I Am the Law
Sicily, Fascist Italy, 1925. Dictator Benito Mussolini appoints Cesare Mori, a man as tough as he is honest, as the new police prefect of Palermo and entrusts him with the arduous task of putting an end to the Mafia, a sinister criminal organization that has sown terror on the island for centuries.
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