Fireworks vs Special Unit - The First Murder
Special Unit - The First Murder has the higher audience score (8.8/10 against 7.7/10 for Fireworks). Fireworks is the shorter watch at 1h 43m compared with 2h 5m. Fireworks is the older of the two (1997 against 2025). Both are crime, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Fireworks
Special Unit - The First Murder| Fireworks | Special Unit - The First Murder | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.7/10 | ★ 8.8/10 |
| Year | 1997 | 2025 |
| Length | 1h 43m | 2h 5m |
| Genres | Crime, Drama | Crime, Drama, History |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Takeshi Kitano | Christoffer Boe |
| Main cast | Ren Osugi, Takeshi Kitano, Susumu Terajima, Yuko Daike, Makoto Ashikawa | Nicolaj Kopernikus, Lars Ranthe, Clara Rugaard, Alex Høgh Andersen, Mille Lehfeldt |
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.
Special Unit - The First Murder
Denmark in 1927. The ambitious police officer Otto Himmelstrup leads the newly formed Special Unit, which is tasked with assisting local police in solving particularly difficult crimes. When a body is found in a burnt-out summer house in Esbjerg, Otto and his team begin to unravel an unusual murder mystery, revealing power struggles and corruption among the city’s elite. The closer the unit gets to the truth, the more dangerous it becomes…
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