Executions: The Rise and Fall of Capital Punishment vs Kestrel's Eye
Executions: The Rise and Fall of Capital Punishment has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.3/10 for Kestrel's Eye). Executions: The Rise and Fall of Capital Punishment is the shorter watch at 1h compared with 1h 29m. Kestrel's Eye is the older of the two (1998 against 2025). Both are documentary movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Executions: The Rise and Fall of Capital Punishment
Kestrel's Eye| Executions: The Rise and Fall of Capital Punishment | Kestrel's Eye | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 6.3/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 1998 |
| Length | 1h | 1h 29m |
| Genres | Documentary | Documentary |
| Country | United Kingdom | – |
| Director | Steve Lawson | Mikael Kristersson |
| Main cast | Richard Felix, Mark Topping | – |
Synopsis
Executions: The Rise and Fall of Capital Punishment
From ancient practices such as death by a thousand cuts and hanging, drawing and quartering to the modern scientific era of lethal injection, we ask the question: do the most horrific crimes deserve the most horrific of punishments?
Kestrel's Eye
Swedish filmmaker Mikael Kristersson directs this austere yet beautiful experimental documentary about two European falcons. Shot over the course of two years, Kristersson manages to fashion a narrative without the use of voice-overs or music, showing the falcons as they forage for food and tend to their eggs. Much of this film, though, is spent viewing the world from the falcons' vantage point -- high up on a 13th century church steeple…
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