The Bogus Policeman vs What Doesn't Kill You
The Bogus Policeman has the higher audience score (8/10 against 6/10 for What Doesn't Kill You). The Bogus Policeman is the shorter watch at 1h 31m compared with 1h 40m. The Bogus Policeman is the older of the two (1967 against 2008). Both are action, crime, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
The Bogus Policeman
What Doesn't Kill You| The Bogus Policeman | What Doesn't Kill You | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.0/10 | ★ 6.0/10 |
| Year | 1967 | 2008 |
| Length | 1h 31m | 1h 40m |
| Genres | Action, Crime, Drama | Action, Crime, Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Satsuo Yamamoto | Brian Goodman |
| Main cast | Shintarō Katsu, Shirō Ōsaka, Yūnosuke Itō, Michiko Sugata, Daisuke Katō | Donnie Wahlberg, Ethan Hawke, Amanda Peet, Mark Ruffalo, Angela Featherstone |
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…
What Doesn't Kill You
Two childhood friends from South Boston turn to crime as a way to get by, ultimately causing a strain in their personal lives and their friendship.
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