Kill the Messenger vs The Purity of Vengeance
The Purity of Vengeance has the higher audience score (7.2/10 against 6.6/10 for Kill the Messenger). Kill the Messenger is the shorter watch at 1h 52m compared with 1h 58m. Kill the Messenger is the older of the two (2014 against 2018). Both are crime, drama, mystery movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Kill the Messenger
The Purity of Vengeance| Kill the Messenger | The Purity of Vengeance | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.6/10 | ★ 7.2/10 |
| Year | 2014 | 2018 |
| Length | 1h 52m | 1h 58m |
| Genres | Crime, Drama, History, Mystery, Thriller | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Michael Cuesta | Christoffer Boe |
| Main cast | Richard Schiff, Michael Kenneth Williams, Jeremy Renner, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Rosemarie DeWitt | Clara Rosager, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Søren Pilmark, Nicolas Bro, Birthe Neumann |
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.
The Purity of Vengeance
Copenhagen, 2018. A frightening discovery is made in an old apartment. The subsequent investigation of Department Q leads them to an infamous institution for girls that was suddenly closed in the early sixties.
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