The Connection vs The Dark Knight Rises

The Dark Knight Rises has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 7.1/10 for The Connection). The Connection is the shorter watch at 2h 15m compared with 2h 45m. The Dark Knight Rises is the older of the two (2012 against 2014). Both are action, crime, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

The Connection posterThe Connection2014 VS The Dark Knight Rises posterThe Dark Knight Rises2012
The ConnectionThe Dark Knight Rises
Audience score★ 7.1/10★ 7.8/10
Year20142012
Length2h 15m2h 45m
GenresAction, Crime, ThrillerAction, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country–United Kingdom
DirectorCédric JimenezChristopher Nolan
Main castBruno Todeschini, Benoît Magimel, Jean Dujardin, Féodor Atkine, Moussa MaaskriTom Hardy, Ben Mendelsohn, Aidan Gillen, Matthew Modine, Michael Caine

Synopsis

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…

The Dark Knight Rises

Following the death of District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman assumes responsibility for Dent's crimes to protect the late attorney's reputation and is subsequently hunted by the Gotham City Police Department. Eight years later, Batman encounters the mysterious Selina Kyle and the villainous Bane, a new terrorist leader who overwhelms Gotham's finest. The Dark Knight resurfaces to protect a city that has branded him an enemy.

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