Real Gangsters vs The Shawshank Redemption
The Shawshank Redemption has the higher audience score (8.7/10 against 2.8/10 for Real Gangsters). Real Gangsters is the shorter watch at 1h 28m compared with 2h 22m. The Shawshank Redemption is the older of the two (1994 against 2013). Both are crime, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Real Gangsters
The Shawshank Redemption| Real Gangsters | The Shawshank Redemption | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 2.8/10 | ★ 8.7/10 |
| Year | 2013 | 1994 |
| Length | 1h 28m | 2h 22m |
| Genres | Crime, Drama | Crime, Drama |
| Country | US | – |
| Director | Frank D'Angelo | Frank Darabont |
| Main cast | Michael Paré, Robert Loggia, Nick Mancuso, Margot Kidder, Sean McCann | Clancy Brown, William Sadler, Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Joseph Ragno |
Synopsis
Real Gangsters
Real Gangsters tells the story of the Lo Giacamo family, one of the most successful crime syndicates in New York City. Run by cousins Vincent Lo Giacamo and Jack Lo Giacamo, Real Gangsters shows how these two men maintain control of their dangerous extended family and volatile business ventures by very different means.
The Shawshank Redemption
Imprisoned in the 1940s for the double murder of his wife and her lover, upstanding banker Andy Dufresne begins a new life at the Shawshank prison, where he puts his accounting skills to work for an amoral warden. During his long stretch in prison, Dufresne comes to be admired by the other inmates -- including an older prisoner named Red -- for his integrity and unquenchable sense of hope.
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