The Bogus Policeman vs The Sweeney
The Bogus Policeman has the higher audience score (8/10 against 5.7/10 for The Sweeney). The Bogus Policeman is the shorter watch at 1h 31m compared with 1h 52m. The Bogus Policeman is the older of the two (1967 against 2012). Both are action, crime movies, so they suit a similar mood.
The Bogus Policeman
The Sweeney| The Bogus Policeman | The Sweeney | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.0/10 | ★ 5.7/10 |
| Year | 1967 | 2012 |
| Length | 1h 31m | 1h 52m |
| Genres | Action, Crime, Drama | Action, Crime |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Satsuo Yamamoto | Nick Love |
| Main cast | Shintarō Katsu, Shirō Ōsaka, Yūnosuke Itō, Michiko Sugata, Daisuke Katō | Steven Mackintosh, Paul Anderson, Hayley Atwell, Caroline Chikezie, Alan Ford |
Synopsis
The Bogus Policeman
Toramatsu is a very enthusiastic policeman. Believing that the police should help others he is dismissed the force when his pistol is stolen while doing one of his good deeds. He saves a child from drowning, restores it to his mother, then finds that someone has run off with his gun and later uses it to kill. Then he breaks up a group of hoodlums attacking a young girl named Mieko, and the police, his former friends, deciding he has gone too…
The Sweeney
Jack Regan, a hardened cop who doesn’t play by the rules, is confronted with a criminal from his past. With sidekick George Carter they are put on the case of a jewellery store heist that ends in a killing. But is that killing really an execution in disguise? With pressure from his boss and the fact that Regan is having an affair with that boss’s wife, it’s not going to be easy for him to stay out of trouble.
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