In the Line of Fire vs Mississippi Burning
Mississippi Burning has the higher audience score (7.7/10 against 7/10 for In the Line of Fire). Mississippi Burning is the older of the two (1988 against 1993). Both are crime, drama, mystery movies, so they suit a similar mood.
In the Line of Fire
Mississippi Burning| In the Line of Fire | Mississippi Burning | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.0/10 | ★ 7.7/10 |
| Year | 1993 | 1988 |
| Length | 2h 8m | 2h 8m |
| Genres | Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller |
| Country | United States of America | United States of America |
| Director | Wolfgang Petersen | Alan Parker |
| Main cast | Gary Cole, Dylan McDermott, Gregory Alan Williams, Tobin Bell, Clint Eastwood | Brad Dourif, Kevin Dunn, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Willem Dafoe, Stephen Tobolowsky |
Synopsis
In the Line of Fire
Veteran Secret Service agent Frank Horrigan is a man haunted by his failure to save President Kennedy while serving protection detail in Dallas. Thirty years later, a man calling himself "Booth" threatens the life of the current President, forcing Horrigan to come back to protection detail to confront the ghosts from his past.
Mississippi Burning
Two FBI agents investigating the murder of civil rights workers during the 60s seek to breach the conspiracy of silence in a small Southern town where segregation divides black and white. The younger agent trained in FBI school runs up against the small town ways of his partner, a former sheriff.
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