Striking Rescue vs The Connection
Striking Rescue has the higher audience score (7.6/10 against 7.1/10 for The Connection). Striking Rescue is the shorter watch at 1h 46m compared with 2h 15m. The Connection is the older of the two (2014 against 2024). Both are action, crime, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Striking Rescue
The Connection| Striking Rescue | The Connection | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.6/10 | ★ 7.1/10 |
| Year | 2024 | 2014 |
| Length | 1h 46m | 2h 15m |
| Genres | Action, Crime, Thriller | Action, Crime, Thriller |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Cheng Siyi | Cédric Jimenez |
| Main cast | Tony Jaa, Eason Hung, Xing Yu, Philip Keung Ho-Man, Chen Duo-Yi | Bruno Todeschini, Benoît Magimel, Jean Dujardin, Féodor Atkine, Moussa Maaskri |
Synopsis
Striking Rescue
A veteran Muay Thai expert goes on a take-no-prisoners mission of revenge after his wife and daughter are brutally murdered by mysterious forces.
The Connection
Newly transferred to the bustling port city of Marseille to assist with a crackdown on organized crime, energetic young magistrate Pierre Michel is given a rapid-fire tutorial on the ins and outs of an out-of-control drug trade. Pierre's wildly ambitious mission is to take on the French Connection, a highly organized operation that controls the city's underground heroin economy and is overseen by the notorious —and reputedly untouchable— Gaetan…
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