Red Heat vs The Dark Knight

The Dark Knight has the higher audience score (8.5/10 against 6.2/10 for Red Heat). Red Heat is the shorter watch at 1h 44m compared with 2h 32m. Red Heat is the older of the two (1988 against 2008). Both are action, crime movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Red Heat posterRed Heat1988 VS The Dark Knight posterThe Dark Knight2008
Red HeatThe Dark Knight
Audience score★ 6.2/10★ 8.5/10
Year19882008
Length1h 44m2h 32m
GenresAction, CrimeAction, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country–United Kingdom
DirectorWalter HillChristopher Nolan
Main castLaurence Fishburne, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jim Belushi, Gina GershonNestor Carbonell, Aaron Eckhart, Monique Gabriela Curnen, Cillian Murphy, Anthony Michael Hall

Synopsis

Red Heat

A tough Russian policeman is forced to partner up with a cocky Chicago police detective when he is sent to Chicago to apprehend a Georgian drug lord who killed his partner and fled the country.

The Dark Knight

Batman raises the stakes in his war on crime. With the help of Lt. Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman sets out to dismantle the remaining criminal organizations that plague the streets. The partnership proves to be effective, but they soon find themselves prey to a reign of chaos unleashed by a rising criminal mastermind known to the terrified citizens of Gotham as the Joker.

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