Golden Boy vs The Hijacking of the Achille Lauro
The Hijacking of the Achille Lauro has the higher audience score (9/10 against 5.5/10 for Golden Boy). The Hijacking of the Achille Lauro is the older of the two (1989 against 2025). Both are action, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Golden Boy
The Hijacking of the Achille Lauro| Golden Boy | The Hijacking of the Achille Lauro | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 5.5/10 | ★ 9.0/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 1989 |
| Length | 1h 32m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Action, Drama | Action, Drama |
| Country | – | Australia |
| Director | Joe Chan | Robert L. Collins |
| Main cast | Mars, Eric Tsang, Lawrence Cheng Tan-Shui, Louis Cheung, Lam Suet | Lee Grant, Robert Mammone, Christina Pickles, E.G. Marshall, Barry Otto |
Synopsis
Golden Boy
A decade ago, Cheung Lek was the brightest rising boxing star—known as “Golden Boy”—until a tragic incident stripped him of his freedom. Ten years later, released from prison, he comes face to face with Fong Yuen, the son he has never met. To claim the inheritance left by Fong Yuen’s mother, Cheung must learn to live with and take care of the boy. Thrust into fatherhood and confronted by past regrets, Cheung’s life is turned upside down once…
The Hijacking of the Achille Lauro
The story of the hijacking of the Itallian liner Achille Lauro by four militants of the Palestine Liberation Front, in 1985, who demanded the release of several Palestinians incarcerated in Israeli prisoners. On their hands, lies the fate of several passengers, many Americans included and among them, Jewish American businessman Leon Klinghoffer.
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