Primal Fear vs The Adversary
Primal Fear has the higher audience score (7.7/10 against 6.6/10 for The Adversary). Primal Fear is the older of the two (1996 against 2002). Both are crime, drama, mystery movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Primal Fear
The Adversary| Primal Fear | The Adversary | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.7/10 | ★ 6.6/10 |
| Year | 1996 | 2002 |
| Length | 2h 9m | 2h 9m |
| Genres | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | Crime, Drama, Mystery |
| Country | United States of America | – |
| Director | Gregory Hoblit | Nicole Garcia |
| Main cast | Jon Seda, Maura Tierney, Richard Gere, Alfre Woodard, Laura Linney | Daniel Auteuil, François Berléand, François Cluzet, Anne Loiret, Géraldine Pailhas |
Synopsis
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.
The Adversary
Based on the 2000 book of the same name by Emmanuel Carrère, it is inspired by the real-life story of Jean-Claude Romand. L'Adversaire's protagonist Jean-Marc Faure (Auteuil) pursues an imaginary career as a doctor of medicine in a plot more closely based on Romand's life and Carrère's book than was Laurent Cantet's 2001 film L'Emploi du Temps. The film was nominated for a Palme d'Or at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival.
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