Iron Angels vs The Proposition

The Proposition has the higher audience score (7/10 against 6.6/10 for Iron Angels). Iron Angels is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 44m. Iron Angels is the older of the two (1987 against 2005). Both are action, adventure, crime movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Iron Angels posterIron Angels1987 VS The Proposition posterThe Proposition2005
Iron AngelsThe Proposition
Audience score★ 6.6/10★ 7.0/10
Year19872005
Length1h 32m1h 44m
GenresAction, Adventure, Crime, ThrillerAction, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller, Western
CountryHong Kong–
DirectorTeresa Woo SanJohn Hillcoat
Main castAlex Fong Chung-Sun, David Chiang Da-Wei, Yukari Ôshima, Thomas Sin Ho-Ying, Lam ChungRichard Wilson, John Hurt, Noah Taylor, Emily Watson, Guy Pearce

Synopsis

Iron Angels

Yeung’s poppy fields are torched by a law enforcement task force, she retaliates by ordering police officials assassinated. The Angels break into Yeung’s corporate offices, eventually tracing her headquarters. After Alex Fong’s character is captured and held by Yeung, the Angels mount an assault to rescue him. A complex sub-plot involving an armored car bullion robbery eventually leads the Angels to a final showdown with Yeung and her men.

The Proposition

In 1880s Australia, a lawman offers renegade Charlie Burns a difficult choice. In order to save his younger brother from the gallows, Charlie must hunt down and kill his older brother, who is wanted for rape and murder. Venturing into one of the Outback's most inhospitable regions, Charlie faces a terrible moral dilemma that can end only in violence.

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