Primal Fear vs The Crimson Rivers
Primal Fear has the higher audience score (7.7/10 against 6.9/10 for The Crimson Rivers). The Crimson Rivers is the shorter watch at 1h 46m compared with 2h 9m. Primal Fear is the older of the two (1996 against 2000). Both are crime, mystery, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Primal Fear
The Crimson Rivers| Primal Fear | The Crimson Rivers | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.7/10 | ★ 6.9/10 |
| Year | 1996 | 2000 |
| Length | 2h 9m | 1h 46m |
| Genres | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | Crime, Mystery, Thriller |
| Country | United States of America | – |
| Director | Gregory Hoblit | Mathieu Kassovitz |
| Main cast | Jon Seda, Maura Tierney, Richard Gere, Alfre Woodard, Laura Linney | Vincent Cassel, Didier Flamand, Jean Reno, Nadia Farès, Dominique Sanda |
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 Crimson Rivers
Two French policemen, one investigating a grisly murder at a remote mountain college, the other working on the desecration of a young girl's grave by skinheads, are brought together by the clues from their respective cases. Soon after they start working together, more murders are committed, and the pair begin to discover just what dark secrets are behind the killings.
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