Excessive Force vs The Hijacking of the Achille Lauro
The Hijacking of the Achille Lauro has the higher audience score (9/10 against 4.9/10 for Excessive Force). Excessive Force is the shorter watch at 1h 27m compared with 1h 32m. The Hijacking of the Achille Lauro is the older of the two (1989 against 1993). Both are action movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Excessive Force
The Hijacking of the Achille Lauro| Excessive Force | The Hijacking of the Achille Lauro | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 4.9/10 | ★ 9.0/10 |
| Year | 1993 | 1989 |
| Length | 1h 27m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Action | Action, Drama |
| Country | – | Australia |
| Director | Jon Hess | Robert L. Collins |
| Main cast | W. Earl Brown, Lance Henriksen, Tony Todd, James Earl Jones, Danny Epper | Lee Grant, Robert Mammone, Christina Pickles, E.G. Marshall, Barry Otto |
Synopsis
Excessive Force
Chicago policeman Terry McCain is determined to put away mobster Sal DiMarco, who always gets acquitted on technicalities. While monitoring a drug sale, a shootout ensues, and one of Terry's fellow officers gets away with $3 million of Sal's money. Suspecting Terry took the cash, the mobster sends his men to kill Terry's brother, Dylan, and partner, Frankie Hawkins. Furious, Terry sets out to take his revenge by any means necessary.
The Hijacking of the Achille Lauro
The story of the hijacking of the Itallian liner Achille Lauro by four militants of the Palestine Liberation Front, in 1985, who demanded the release of several Palestinians incarcerated in Israeli prisoners. On their hands, lies the fate of several passengers, many Americans included and among them, Jewish American businessman Leon Klinghoffer.
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