Mississippi Burning vs No Mercy

Mississippi Burning has the higher audience score (7.7/10 against 7.5/10 for No Mercy). No Mercy is the shorter watch at 2h 5m compared with 2h 8m. Mississippi Burning is the older of the two (1988 against 2010). Both are crime, mystery, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Mississippi Burning posterMississippi Burning1988 VS No Mercy posterNo Mercy2010
Mississippi BurningNo Mercy
Audience score★ 7.7/10★ 7.5/10
Year19882010
Length2h 8m2h 5m
GenresCrime, Drama, Mystery, ThrillerCrime, Mystery, Thriller
CountryUnited States of America–
DirectorAlan ParkerKim Hyoung-jun
Main castBrad Dourif, Kevin Dunn, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Willem Dafoe, Stephen TobolowskySul Kyung-gu, Ryoo Seung-bum, Park Sang-wook, Nam Kyung-eup, Han Hye-jin

Synopsis

Mississippi Burning

Two FBI agents investigating the murder of civil rights workers during the 60s seek to breach the conspiracy of silence in a small Southern town where segregation divides black and white. The younger agent trained in FBI school runs up against the small town ways of his partner, a former sheriff.

No Mercy

Forensic pathologist Kang is assigned to examine the dismembered corpse of a female murder victim. Detective Min points to a fanatic environmentalist, Lee Sung-ho, as the primary suspect. But when Kang’s daughter is kidnapped, a manipulative game begins between Kang and Lee, who holds secrets about the homicide case.

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