Executions: The Rise and Fall of Capital Punishment vs Remake
Executions: The Rise and Fall of Capital Punishment is the shorter watch at 1h compared with 1h 56m. Executions: The Rise and Fall of Capital Punishment is the older of the two (2025 against 2026). Both are documentary movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Executions: The Rise and Fall of Capital Punishment
Remake| Executions: The Rise and Fall of Capital Punishment | Remake | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 0.0/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2026 |
| Length | 1h | 1h 56m |
| Genres | Documentary | Documentary |
| Country | United Kingdom | – |
| Director | Steve Lawson | Ross McElwee |
| Main cast | Richard Felix, Mark Topping | Ross McElwee, Adrian McElwee, Charleen Swansea |
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?
Remake
The death of his son causes McElwee, an autobiographical filmmaker, to look back on his life’s work. He eventually turns to his archive of home movies. To what extent did his camera affect their relationship when Adrian was alive? To what extent does it define that relationship now that he is gone? Meanwhile, an effort to adapt McElwee’s first feature, Sherman’s March, into a work of fiction lurches along, giving the filmmaker another…
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