Essex Boys Retribution vs The Shawshank Redemption
The Shawshank Redemption has the higher audience score (8.7/10 against 4/10 for Essex Boys Retribution). Essex Boys Retribution is the shorter watch at 1h 22m compared with 2h 22m. The Shawshank Redemption is the older of the two (1994 against 2013). Both are crime movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Essex Boys Retribution
The Shawshank Redemption| Essex Boys Retribution | The Shawshank Redemption | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 4.0/10 | ★ 8.7/10 |
| Year | 2013 | 1994 |
| Length | 1h 22m | 2h 22m |
| Genres | Crime | Crime, Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Paul Tanter | Frank Darabont |
| Main cast | Simon Phillips, Jay Brown, Jon-Paul Gates, Lorraine Stanley, Alex Esmail | Clancy Brown, William Sadler, Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Joseph Ragno |
Synopsis
Essex Boys Retribution
Twenty years after Britain's most notorious gangland murders, the next generation of Essex Boys vie for control as revenge is sought by all sides.
The Shawshank Redemption
Imprisoned in the 1940s for the double murder of his wife and her lover, upstanding banker Andy Dufresne begins a new life at the Shawshank prison, where he puts his accounting skills to work for an amoral warden. During his long stretch in prison, Dufresne comes to be admired by the other inmates -- including an older prisoner named Red -- for his integrity and unquenchable sense of hope.
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