Impulse vs Mystic River

Mystic River has the higher audience score (7.7/10 against 4.9/10 for Impulse). Impulse is the shorter watch at 1h 41m compared with 2h 18m. Mystic River is the older of the two (2003 against 2008). Both are drama, mystery, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Impulse posterImpulse2008 VS Mystic River posterMystic River2003
ImpulseMystic River
Audience score★ 4.9/10★ 7.7/10
Year20082003
Length1h 41m2h 18m
GenresDrama, Mystery, ThrillerCrime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country–United States of America
DirectorCharles T. KanganisClint Eastwood
Main castRobert Moloney, Nancy Sivak, Angus Macfadyen, Kathleen Duborg, C. Ernst HarthKevin Bacon, Laurence Fishburne, Kevin Chapman, Tim Robbins, Laura Linney

Synopsis

Impulse

Acting on impulse, Claire Dennison, enjoys a brief fling with a sexy stranger (a dead ringer for her husband), only to realize that the object of her desire is a crazed, manipulative, and tenacious psychopath.

Mystic River

The lives of three men who were childhood friends are shattered when one of them suffers a family tragedy.

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