Fireworks vs Prisoners

Prisoners has the higher audience score (8.1/10 against 7.7/10 for Fireworks). Fireworks is the shorter watch at 1h 43m compared with 2h 33m. Fireworks is the older of the two (1997 against 2013). Both are crime, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Fireworks posterFireworks1997 VS Prisoners posterPrisoners2013
FireworksPrisoners
Audience score★ 7.7/10★ 8.1/10
Year19972013
Length1h 43m2h 33m
GenresCrime, DramaCrime, Drama, Thriller
Country–United States of America
DirectorTakeshi KitanoDenis Villeneuve
Main castRen Osugi, Takeshi Kitano, Susumu Terajima, Yuko Daike, Makoto AshikawaDylan Minnette, Len Cariou, Paul Dano, Jake Gyllenhaal, Terrence Howard

Synopsis

Fireworks

Beleaguered police detective Nishi takes desperate measures to try and set things right in a world gone wrong. With his wife suffering from leukemia and his business partner paralyzed from a brutal gangster attack, Nishi borrows from a yakuza loan shark and then robs a bank to clear his debt.

Prisoners

Keller Dover is facing every parent’s worst nightmare. His six-year-old daughter, Anna, is missing, together with her young friend, Joy, and as minutes turn to hours, panic sets in. The only lead is a dilapidated RV that had earlier been parked on their street.

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