Just Play Dead vs Tiger in the Smoke
Just Play Dead has the higher audience score (8.2/10 against 6.7/10 for Tiger in the Smoke). Tiger in the Smoke is the shorter watch at 1h 34m compared with 1h 37m. Tiger in the Smoke is the older of the two (1956 against 2026). Both are crime, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Just Play Dead
Tiger in the Smoke| Just Play Dead | Tiger in the Smoke | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.2/10 | ★ 6.7/10 |
| Year | 2026 | 1956 |
| Length | 1h 37m | 1h 34m |
| Genres | Crime, Thriller | Crime, Thriller |
| Country | United Kingdom | – |
| Director | Martin Campbell | Roy Ward Baker |
| Main cast | Eoin Macken, Samuel L. Jackson, Eva Green, María Pedraza, Jason Fernández | Donald Sinden, Brian Wilde, Thomas Heathcote, Muriel Pavlow, Violet Gould |
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.
Tiger in the Smoke
In wartime, a young officer is killed during a raid to kill a German general at the house that used to belong to his grandmother. Before he dies he talks about a treasure that was hidden there. Several years later, the members of that group are still together as a street band living in a cellar. The last of the gang, who was chosen for his skills as a ruthless killer, escapes from prison in a rampage of killing and, obsessed with the treasure…
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