Lethal Weapon vs The Rock

Lethal Weapon has the higher audience score (7.3/10 against 7.1/10 for The Rock). Lethal Weapon is the shorter watch at 1h 50m compared with 2h 17m. Lethal Weapon is the older of the two (1987 against 1996). Both are action, adventure, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Lethal Weapon posterLethal Weapon1987 VS The Rock posterThe Rock1996
Lethal WeaponThe Rock
Audience score★ 7.3/10★ 7.1/10
Year19871996
Length1h 50m2h 17m
GenresAction, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, ThrillerAction, Adventure, Thriller
Country––
DirectorRichard DonnerMichael Bay
Main castMel Gibson, Jimmie F. Skaggs, Tom Atkins, Gary Busey, Danny GloverEd Harris, Vanessa Marcil, David Morse, Nicolas Cage, Michael Biehn

Synopsis

Lethal Weapon

A veteran cop and an unstable detective become partners who must put their differences aside in order to bring down a heroin-smuggling ring run by ex-Special Forces.

The Rock

When vengeful General Francis X. Hummel seizes control of Alcatraz Island and threatens to launch missiles loaded with deadly chemical weapons into San Francisco, only a young FBI chemical weapons expert and notorious Federal prisoner have the skills to penetrate the impregnable island fortress and take him down.

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