In the Line of Fire vs The Cold Light of Day

In the Line of Fire has the higher audience score (7/10 against 5.4/10 for The Cold Light of Day). The Cold Light of Day is the shorter watch at 1h 33m compared with 2h 8m. In the Line of Fire is the older of the two (1993 against 2012). Both are action, mystery, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

In the Line of Fire posterIn the Line of Fire1993 VS The Cold Light of Day posterThe Cold Light of Day2012
In the Line of FireThe Cold Light of Day
Audience score★ 7.0/10★ 5.4/10
Year19932012
Length2h 8m1h 33m
GenresAction, Crime, Drama, Mystery, ThrillerAction, Mystery, Thriller
CountryUnited States of AmericaSpain
DirectorWolfgang PetersenMabrouk El Mechri
Main castGary Cole, Dylan McDermott, Gregory Alan Williams, Tobin Bell, Clint EastwoodÓscar Jaenada, Henry Cavill, Caroline Goodall, Joseph Mawle, Bruce Willis

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.

The Cold Light of Day

After his family is kidnapped during their sailing trip in Spain, a young Wall Street trader is confronted by the people responsible: intelligence agents looking to recover a mysterious briefcase.

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