Primal Fear vs The Salton Sea

Primal Fear has the higher audience score (7.7/10 against 6.6/10 for The Salton Sea). The Salton Sea is the shorter watch at 1h 43m compared with 2h 9m. 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 posterPrimal Fear1996 VS The Salton Sea posterThe Salton Sea2002
Primal FearThe Salton Sea
Audience score★ 7.7/10★ 6.6/10
Year19962002
Length2h 9m1h 43m
GenresCrime, Drama, Mystery, ThrillerCrime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
CountryUnited States of AmericaUnited States of America
DirectorGregory HoblitD.J. Caruso
Main castJon Seda, Maura Tierney, Richard Gere, Alfre Woodard, Laura LinneyPeter Sarsgaard, Adam Goldberg, Val Kilmer, Doug Hutchison, Anthony LaPaglia

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 Salton Sea

After the murder of his beloved wife, a man in search of redemption is set adrift in a world where nothing is as it seems. On his journey, he befriends slacker Jimmy "The Finn", becomes involved in rescuing his neighbor Colette from her own demons, and gets entangled in a web of deceit full of unexpected twists and turns.

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