Lucky Jo vs Special Unit - The First Murder
Special Unit - The First Murder has the higher audience score (8.8/10 against 6.7/10 for Lucky Jo). Lucky Jo is the shorter watch at 1h 30m compared with 2h 5m. Lucky Jo is the older of the two (1964 against 2025). Both are crime movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Lucky Jo
Special Unit - The First Murder| Lucky Jo | Special Unit - The First Murder | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.7/10 | ★ 8.8/10 |
| Year | 1964 | 2025 |
| Length | 1h 30m | 2h 5m |
| Genres | Crime | Crime, Drama, History |
| Country | France | – |
| Director | Michel Deville | Christoffer Boe |
| Main cast | Eddie Constantine, Pierre Brasseur, Jean-Pierre Darras, Françoise Arnoul, Jean-Pierre Rambal | Nicolaj Kopernikus, Lars Ranthe, Clara Rugaard, Alex Høgh Andersen, Mille Lehfeldt |
Synopsis
Lucky Jo
Lucky Jo and his three friends are little criminals, who try to live from small burglaries. But they never have luck - ever so often something inpredictable happens to Jo and gets one of them arrested. While Jo is in prison once again, they decide they'd better do without him in future. He decides to help them secretly...and unfortunately.
Special Unit - The First Murder
Denmark in 1927. The ambitious police officer Otto Himmelstrup leads the newly formed Special Unit, which is tasked with assisting local police in solving particularly difficult crimes. When a body is found in a burnt-out summer house in Esbjerg, Otto and his team begin to unravel an unusual murder mystery, revealing power struggles and corruption among the city’s elite. The closer the unit gets to the truth, the more dangerous it becomes…
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