Lock Up vs The Dark Knight Rises

The Dark Knight Rises has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 6.8/10 for Lock Up). Lock Up is the shorter watch at 1h 55m compared with 2h 45m. Lock Up is the older of the two (1989 against 2012). Both are action, crime, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Lock Up posterLock Up1989 VS The Dark Knight Rises posterThe Dark Knight Rises2012
Lock UpThe Dark Knight Rises
Audience score★ 6.8/10★ 7.8/10
Year19892012
Length1h 55m2h 45m
GenresAction, Crime, Drama, ThrillerAction, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country–United Kingdom
DirectorJohn FlynnChristopher Nolan
Main castSylvester Stallone, Donald Sutherland, Tom Sizemore, John Amos, Frank McRaeTom Hardy, Ben Mendelsohn, Aidan Gillen, Matthew Modine, Michael Caine

Synopsis

Lock Up

Frank Leone is nearing the end of his prison term for a relatively minor crime. Just before he is paroled, however, Warden Drumgoole takes charge. Drumgoole was assigned to a hell-hole prison after his administration was publicly humiliated by Leone, and has now arrived on the scene to ensure that Leone never sees the light of day.

The Dark Knight Rises

Following the death of District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman assumes responsibility for Dent's crimes to protect the late attorney's reputation and is subsequently hunted by the Gotham City Police Department. Eight years later, Batman encounters the mysterious Selina Kyle and the villainous Bane, a new terrorist leader who overwhelms Gotham's finest. The Dark Knight resurfaces to protect a city that has branded him an enemy.

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