Lionheart vs The Hijacking of the Achille Lauro
The Hijacking of the Achille Lauro has the higher audience score (9/10 against 6.6/10 for Lionheart). The Hijacking of the Achille Lauro is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 45m. The Hijacking of the Achille Lauro is the older of the two (1989 against 1990). Both are action movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Lionheart
The Hijacking of the Achille Lauro| Lionheart | The Hijacking of the Achille Lauro | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.6/10 | ★ 9.0/10 |
| Year | 1990 | 1989 |
| Length | 1h 45m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Action | Action, Drama |
| Country | – | Australia |
| Director | Sheldon Lettich | Robert L. Collins |
| Main cast | Ashley Johnson, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Harrison Page, Lisa Pelikan, Deborah Rennard | Lee Grant, Robert Mammone, Christina Pickles, E.G. Marshall, Barry Otto |
Synopsis
Lionheart
Lyon Gaultier is a deserter in the Foreign Legion arriving in the USA entirely hard up. He finds his brother between life and death and his sister-in-law without the money needed to heal her husband and to maintain her child. To earn the money needed, Gaultier decides to take part in some very dangerous clandestine fights.
The Hijacking of the Achille Lauro
The story of the hijacking of the Itallian liner Achille Lauro by four militants of the Palestine Liberation Front, in 1985, who demanded the release of several Palestinians incarcerated in Israeli prisoners. On their hands, lies the fate of several passengers, many Americans included and among them, Jewish American businessman Leon Klinghoffer.
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