Sudden Death vs The Dark Knight

The Dark Knight has the higher audience score (8.5/10 against 6/10 for Sudden Death). Sudden Death is the shorter watch at 1h 50m compared with 2h 32m. Sudden Death is the older of the two (1995 against 2008). Both are action, crime, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Sudden Death posterSudden Death1995 VS The Dark Knight posterThe Dark Knight2008
Sudden DeathThe Dark Knight
Audience score★ 6.0/10★ 8.5/10
Year19952008
Length1h 50m2h 32m
GenresAction, Crime, Drama, ThrillerAction, Crime, Drama, Thriller
CountryUnited States of AmericaUnited Kingdom
DirectorPeter HyamsChristopher Nolan
Main castPowers Boothe, Ross Malinger, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Michael Gaston, Brian DelateNestor Carbonell, Aaron Eckhart, Monique Gabriela Curnen, Cillian Murphy, Anthony Michael Hall

Synopsis

Sudden Death

When a man's daughter is suddenly taken during a championship hockey game – with the captors demanding a billion dollars by game's end – he frantically sets a plan in motion to rescue her and abort an impending explosion before the final buzzer.

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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