Fireflies at El Mozote vs The Poison at the East Palace
Fireflies at El Mozote has the higher audience score (10/10 against 2/10 for The Poison at the East Palace). The Poison at the East Palace is the older of the two (2018 against 2025). Both are action, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
| Fireflies at El Mozote | The Poison at the East Palace | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 2.0/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2018 |
| Length | 1h 30m | – |
| Genres | Action, Drama, History, War | Action, Drama |
| Country | United States of America | – |
| Director | Ernesto Melara | Chao Xu |
| Main cast | Jeff Fahey, Mena Suvari, Yancey Arias, Paz Vega, Juan Pablo Shuk | Li Yan, Liu Jing, Li Guangbin |
Synopsis
Fireflies at El Mozote
During the 1980s civil war in El Salvador, a rebel group of leftist guerrillas fight to expose its government's death squads via an underground radio network and hope to end their government's reign of terror with the help of an American journalist.
The Poison at the East Palace
The prince at the East Palace travels incognito and gets poisoned due to eating inappropriate food. Since the doctors in the royal hospital have no idea how to cure the poisoning, the top medical official, Doctor Long, asks Long Chongjiu to treat the prince. Liu Feichun, an imperial guard is assigned to investigate the case of assassination of the prince.
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