Redbelt vs The French Italian
The French Italian has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.5/10 for Redbelt). The French Italian is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 39m. Redbelt is the older of the two (2008 against 2024). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Redbelt
The French Italian| Redbelt | The French Italian | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.5/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2008 | 2024 |
| Length | 1h 39m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | United States of America |
| Director | David Mamet | Rachel Wolther |
| Main cast | Alice Braga, Tim Allen, Joe Mantegna, Emily Mortimer, David Paymer | Jon Rudnitsky, Sunita Mani, Aristotle Athari, Catherine Cohen, Soojeong Son |
Synopsis
Redbelt
Is there room for principle in Los Angeles? Mike Terry teaches jujitsu and barely makes ends meet. His Brazilian wife, whose family promotes fights, wants to see Mike in the ring making money, but to him competition is degrading. A woman sideswipes Mike's car and then, after an odd sequence of events, shoots out the studio's window. Later that evening, Mike rescues an action movie star in a fistfight at a bar. In return, the actor befriends…
The French Italian
Doug and Valerie have made a mistake. Their hate-fueled obsession with the jerks downstairs — who always seem to be singing karaoke in a brownstone, who even does that? — recently led them to flee the city for Doug’s parents’ place upstate, giving up a great deal on a rent-stabilized apartment. Their friends are horrified, and regret is setting in. They start plotting their revenge— and before they know it, they’re staging an off-Broadway play…
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