Focus vs Mack the Knife
Focus has the higher audience score (6.9/10 against 6.6/10 for Mack the Knife). Focus is the shorter watch at 1h 45m compared with 2h 2m. Mack the Knife is the older of the two (1989 against 2015). Both are comedy, crime, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Focus
Mack the Knife| Focus | Mack the Knife | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.9/10 | ★ 6.6/10 |
| Year | 2015 | 1989 |
| Length | 1h 45m | 2h 2m |
| Genres | Comedy, Crime, Romance | Comedy, Crime, Music, Romance |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Glenn Ficarra, John Requa | Menahem Golan |
| Main cast | Gerald McRaney, Robert Taylor, Will Smith, Griff Furst, BD Wong | Bill Nighy, Richard Harris, Julie Walters, Roger Daltrey, Raúl Juliá |
Synopsis
Focus
Nicky, an accomplished con artist, gets romantically involved with his disciple Jess but later ends their relationship. Years later, she returns as a femme fatale to spoil his plans.
Mack the Knife
In 19th century London, a young girl falls for a womanizing criminal and they decide to wed. Her family strongly disapproves so her father, 'the king of thieves', gets the gangster arrested.
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