Legionnaire vs Red Tails
Red Tails has the higher audience score (6.6/10 against 5.8/10 for Legionnaire). Legionnaire is the shorter watch at 1h 38m compared with 2h 5m. Legionnaire is the older of the two (1998 against 2012). Both are action, adventure, history movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Legionnaire
Red Tails| Legionnaire | Red Tails | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 5.8/10 | ★ 6.6/10 |
| Year | 1998 | 2012 |
| Length | 1h 38m | 2h 5m |
| Genres | Action, Adventure, History, War | Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Peter MacDonald | Anthony Hemingway |
| Main cast | David Hayman, Jim Carter, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Daniel Caltagirone, Jean-Claude Van Damme | Bryan Cranston, Daniela Ruah, Gerald McRaney, Method Man, Terrence Howard |
Synopsis
Legionnaire
Alain Lefevre is a boxer paid by a Marseille mobster to take a dive. When he wins the fight he attempts to flee to America with the mobster's girlfriend Katrina. This plan fails and he seeks escape by joining the foreign legion. As part of the legion he tangles with abusive lieutenant Steinkampf and bonds with legionnaires Luther, Mackintosh and Rosetti.
Red Tails
The story of the Tuskegee Airmen, the first African-American pilots to fly in a combat squadron during World War II.
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