Kill the Referee vs The Ax
The Ax has the higher audience score (6.9/10 against 5.5/10 for Kill the Referee). Kill the Referee is the shorter watch at 1h 22m compared with 2h 2m. Kill the Referee is the older of the two (1984 against 2005). Both are comedy, drama, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Kill the Referee
The Ax| Kill the Referee | The Ax | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 5.5/10 | ★ 6.9/10 |
| Year | 1984 | 2005 |
| Length | 1h 22m | 2h 2m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama, Thriller | Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Jean-Pierre Mocky | Costa-Gavras |
| Main cast | Michel Serrault, Jean-Paul Bonnaire, Claude Brosset, Eddy Mitchell, Jean-Pierre Mocky | Yvon Back, Olivier Gourmet, José Garcia, Ulrich Tukur, Yolande Moreau |
Synopsis
Kill the Referee
Michel, a referee has to suffer the consequences of having whistled a penalty against a team which is supported by football hooligans.
The Ax
A chemist loses his job to outsourcing. Two years later and still jobless, he hits on a solution: to genuinely eliminate his competition.
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