Kill the Messenger vs Lucky Number Slevin
Lucky Number Slevin has the higher audience score (7.5/10 against 6.6/10 for Kill the Messenger). Lucky Number Slevin is the shorter watch at 1h 50m compared with 1h 52m. Lucky Number Slevin is the older of the two (2006 against 2014). Both are crime, drama, mystery movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Kill the Messenger
Lucky Number Slevin| Kill the Messenger | Lucky Number Slevin | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.6/10 | ★ 7.5/10 |
| Year | 2014 | 2006 |
| Length | 1h 52m | 1h 50m |
| Genres | Crime, Drama, History, Mystery, Thriller | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Michael Cuesta | Paul McGuigan |
| Main cast | Richard Schiff, Michael Kenneth Williams, Jeremy Renner, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Rosemarie DeWitt | Josh Hartnett, Corey Stoll, Dorian Missick, Lucy Liu, Robert Forster |
Synopsis
Kill the Messenger
A reporter becomes the target of a vicious smear campaign that drives him to the point of suicide after he exposes the CIA's role in arming Contra rebels in Nicaragua and importing cocaine into California. Based on the true story of journalist Gary Webb.
Lucky Number Slevin
Slevin is mistakenly put in the middle of a personal war between the city’s biggest criminal bosses. Under constant watch, Slevin must try not to get killed by an infamous assassin and come up with an idea of how to get out of his current dilemma.
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