Just Play Dead vs PTU
Just Play Dead has the higher audience score (8.2/10 against 6.9/10 for PTU). PTU is the shorter watch at 1h 28m compared with 1h 37m. PTU is the older of the two (2003 against 2026). Both are crime, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Just Play Dead
PTU| Just Play Dead | PTU | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.2/10 | ★ 6.9/10 |
| Year | 2026 | 2003 |
| Length | 1h 37m | 1h 28m |
| Genres | Crime, Thriller | Crime, Thriller |
| Country | United Kingdom | – |
| Director | Martin Campbell | Johnnie To |
| Main cast | Eoin Macken, Samuel L. Jackson, Eva Green, María Pedraza, Jason Fernández | Lo Hoi-Pang, Simon Yam, Roderick Lam Chung-Kei, Jimmy Wong, Lam Suet |
Synopsis
Just Play Dead
A criminal mastermind plans to fake his death for insurance money while framing his wife's lover. His wife plots to kill him for real and take it all. Both race to outmanoeuvre each other in a deadly battle of wits.
PTU
Follows a police tactical unit during one dangerous night on the streets of Hong Kong as they try to recover a cop's stolen gun. Things turn deadly when they run into a web of gangland crimes.
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