Escape from Pretoria vs Patriots Day
Escape from Pretoria has the higher audience score (7.2/10 against 7.1/10 for Patriots Day). Escape from Pretoria is the shorter watch at 1h 42m compared with 2h 13m. Patriots Day is the older of the two (2016 against 2020). Both are drama, history, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Escape from Pretoria
Patriots Day| Escape from Pretoria | Patriots Day | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.2/10 | ★ 7.1/10 |
| Year | 2020 | 2016 |
| Length | 1h 42m | 2h 13m |
| Genres | Drama, History, Thriller | Action, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Francis Annan | Peter Berg |
| Main cast | Ian Hart, Daniel Radcliffe, Grant Piro, Daniel Webber, Mark Leonard Winter | Rachel Brosnahan, Kevin Bacon, Melissa Benoist, Michelle Monaghan, Jimmy O. Yang |
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.
Patriots Day
In the aftermath of an unspeakable act of terror, Police Sergeant Tommy Saunders joins courageous survivors, first responders and investigators in a race against the clock to hunt down the Boston Marathon bombers before they strike again.
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