Escape from Pretoria vs The Good Shepherd
Escape from Pretoria has the higher audience score (7.2/10 against 6.4/10 for The Good Shepherd). Escape from Pretoria is the shorter watch at 1h 42m compared with 2h 47m. The Good Shepherd is the older of the two (2006 against 2020). Both are drama, history, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Escape from Pretoria
The Good Shepherd| Escape from Pretoria | The Good Shepherd | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.2/10 | ★ 6.4/10 |
| Year | 2020 | 2006 |
| Length | 1h 42m | 2h 47m |
| Genres | Drama, History, Thriller | Drama, History, Thriller |
| Country | – | United States of America |
| Director | Francis Annan | Robert De Niro |
| Main cast | Ian Hart, Daniel Radcliffe, Grant Piro, Daniel Webber, Mark Leonard Winter | Gabriel Macht, Timothy Hutton, John Turturro, Robert De Niro, Billy Crudup |
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.
The Good Shepherd
Edward Wilson, the only witness to his father's suicide and member of the Skull and Bones Society while a student at Yale, is a morally upright young man who values honor and discretion, qualities that help him to be recruited for a career in the newly founded OSS. His dedication to his work does not come without a price though, leading him to sacrifice his ideals and eventually his family.
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