Meeting Evil vs Primal Fear

Primal Fear has the higher audience score (7.7/10 against 5.3/10 for Meeting Evil). Meeting Evil is the shorter watch at 1h 29m compared with 2h 9m. Primal Fear is the older of the two (1996 against 2012). Both are crime, drama, mystery movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Meeting Evil posterMeeting Evil2012 VS Primal Fear posterPrimal Fear1996
Meeting EvilPrimal Fear
Audience score★ 5.3/10★ 7.7/10
Year20121996
Length1h 29m2h 9m
GenresCrime, Drama, Mystery, ThrillerCrime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
CountryUnited States of AmericaUnited States of America
DirectorChris FisherGregory Hoblit
Main castSamuel L. Jackson, Peyton List, Leslie Bibb, Luke Wilson, Danny EpperJon Seda, Maura Tierney, Richard Gere, Alfre Woodard, Laura Linney

Synopsis

Meeting Evil

Follows disillusioned young family man John as a mysterious stranger, Richie takes him on a murder-fueled ride that transforms the weak-willed John into a desperate hero willing to go to any length to protect his family.

Primal Fear

An arrogant, high-powered attorney takes on the case of a poor altar boy found running away from the scene of the grisly murder of the bishop who has taken him in. The case gets a lot more complex when the accused reveals that there may or may not have been a third person in the room.

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