Lake Placid vs Southland Tales
Lake Placid has the higher audience score (5.9/10 against 5.2/10 for Southland Tales). Lake Placid is the shorter watch at 1h 22m compared with 2h 25m. Lake Placid is the older of the two (1999 against 2007). Both are comedy, science fiction, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
| Lake Placid | Southland Tales | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 5.9/10 | ★ 5.2/10 |
| Year | 1999 | 2007 |
| Length | 1h 22m | 2h 25m |
| Genres | Action, Comedy, Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller | Comedy, Science Fiction, Thriller |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Steve Miner | Richard Kelly |
| Main cast | Bill Pullman, Mariska Hargitay, Oliver Platt, Brendan Gleeson, David James Lewis | Dwayne Johnson, Miranda Richardson, John Larroquette, Seann William Scott, Wood Harris |
Synopsis
Lake Placid
When a man is eaten alive by an unknown creature, the local Game Warden teams up with a paleontologist from New York to find the beast. Add to the mix an eccentric philanthropist with a penchant for "Crocs", and here we go! This quiet, remote lake is suddenly the focus of an intense search for a crocodile with a taste for live animals...and people!
Southland Tales
Set in the futuristic landscape of Los Angeles on July 4, 2008, as it stands on the brink of social, economic and environmental disaster. Boxer Santaros is an action star who's stricken with amnesia. His life intertwines with Krysta Now, an adult film star developing her own reality television project, and Ronald Taverner, a Hermosa Beach police officer who holds the key to a vast conspiracy.
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