The Ghost and the Darkness vs The Spacewalker
The Spacewalker has the higher audience score (7/10 against 6.8/10 for The Ghost and the Darkness). The Ghost and the Darkness is the shorter watch at 1h 49m compared with 2h 20m. The Ghost and the Darkness is the older of the two (1996 against 2017). Both are adventure, history, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
The Ghost and the Darkness
The Spacewalker| The Ghost and the Darkness | The Spacewalker | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.8/10 | ★ 7.0/10 |
| Year | 1996 | 2017 |
| Length | 1h 49m | 2h 20m |
| Genres | Adventure, History, Thriller | Adventure, Drama, History, Thriller |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Stephen Hopkins | Dmitry Kiselev |
| Main cast | Emily Mortimer, Tom Wilkinson, Val Kilmer, Michael Douglas, Om Puri | Evgeny Mironov, Vladimir Ilin, Konstantin Khabenskiy, Kirill Poluhin, Anatoliy Kotenyov |
Synopsis
The Ghost and the Darkness
Sir Robert Beaumont is behind schedule on a railroad in Africa. Enlisting noted engineer John Henry Patterson to right the ship, Beaumont expects results. Everything seems great until the crew discovers the mutilated corpse of the project's foreman, seemingly killed by a lion. After several more attacks, Patterson calls in famed hunter Charles Remington, who has finally met his match in the bloodthirsty lions.
The Spacewalker
March 1965. In the heat of the Cold War, the USA and the USSR are competing for supremacy in space. What both superpowers aim for in this race, is to be the first to have a man walk in outer space. To accomplish that, no price is too high and no risk is too great. Now it’s up to the unlikely duo of a seasoned war veteran and a hot-headed test-pilot to fulfill this mission. Two men in a tiny spaceship, without proper testing, facing the complete…
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