High Crimes vs Primal Fear
Primal Fear has the higher audience score (7.7/10 against 6.4/10 for High Crimes). High Crimes is the shorter watch at 1h 55m compared with 2h 9m. Primal Fear is the older of the two (1996 against 2002). Both are crime, drama, mystery movies, so they suit a similar mood.
High Crimes
Primal Fear| High Crimes | Primal Fear | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.4/10 | ★ 7.7/10 |
| Year | 2002 | 1996 |
| Length | 1h 55m | 2h 9m |
| Genres | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller |
| Country | – | United States of America |
| Director | Carl Franklin | Gregory Hoblit |
| Main cast | Michael Shannon, Jim Caviezel, Amanda Peet, Emilio Rivera, Adam Scott | Jon Seda, Maura Tierney, Richard Gere, Alfre Woodard, Laura Linney |
Synopsis
High Crimes
A female attorney learns that her husband is really a marine officer awol for fifteen years and accused of murdering fifteen civilians in El Salvador. Believing her husband when he tells her that he's being framed as part of a U.S. Military cover-up, the attorney defends him in a military court.
Primal Fear
An arrogant, high-powered attorney takes on the case of a poor altar boy found running away from the scene of the grisly murder of the bishop who has taken him in. The case gets a lot more complex when the accused reveals that there may or may not have been a third person in the room.
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