National Theatre Live: Antigone vs Redbelt
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.5/10 for Redbelt). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 39m. Redbelt is the older of the two (2008 against 2012). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
National Theatre Live: Antigone
Redbelt| National Theatre Live: Antigone | Redbelt | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 6.5/10 |
| Year | 2012 | 2008 |
| Length | 1h 32m | 1h 39m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Polly Findlay | David Mamet |
| Main cast | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker | Alice Braga, Tim Allen, Joe Mantegna, Emily Mortimer, David Paymer |
Synopsis
National Theatre Live: Antigone
In the unstable aftermath of a civil war, Creon, the new King of Thebes, asserts his authority by forbidding anyone from honouring the death of the traitor Polyneices. But Antigone, Polyneices' sister, will not obey. When Creon's authority is challenged, a gripping conflict emerges between the power of an individual and the state. Polly Findlay's electric 2012 production brings Sophocles' tragedy into the modern world as a gripping political…
Redbelt
Is there room for principle in Los Angeles? Mike Terry teaches jujitsu and barely makes ends meet. His Brazilian wife, whose family promotes fights, wants to see Mike in the ring making money, but to him competition is degrading. A woman sideswipes Mike's car and then, after an odd sequence of events, shoots out the studio's window. Later that evening, Mike rescues an action movie star in a fistfight at a bar. In return, the actor befriends…
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