Primer vs The Repairman
Primer has the higher audience score (6.8/10 against 4/10 for The Repairman). Primer is the shorter watch at 1h 17m compared with 1h 30m. Primer is the older of the two (2004 against 2025). Both are drama, science fiction, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Primer
The Repairman| Primer | The Repairman | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.8/10 | ★ 4.0/10 |
| Year | 2004 | 2025 |
| Length | 1h 17m | 1h 30m |
| Genres | Drama, Science Fiction, Thriller | Drama, Science Fiction, Thriller |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Shane Carruth | Devin Hylton |
| Main cast | Shane Carruth, David Sullivan, Casey Gooden, Anand Upadhyaya, Carrie Crawford | Silvio Wolf Busch, Erin Spencer, Chris Baker |
Synopsis
Primer
A group of fledgling inventors discover a complex method to manipulate reality. At first, they successfully game the stock market with it, but the consequences of the invention start to catch up with them.
The Repairman
Attempting to save his sick child, a memory repairman and former hitman, Jack Whitlock, is drawn back to a life he thought he had left behind. When he is blindsided, unintended consequences arise and cause everyone from law enforcement, his former boss and current job to begin to question his motives and close in on him for the truth.
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