The Shawshank Redemption vs. Escape From Alcatraz

The Shawshank Redemption – Having been wrongly convicted of murdering both his wife and her lover, Andy Dufresne is sentenced to two life sentences, and is sent to the notoriously harsh Shawshank Prison. During his first night, the barbaric treatment by prison guards, most notably the chief guard Byron Hadley, leads to the death of a fellow new inmate. About a month later, Dufresne becomes acquainted with Ellis Redding, also known as Red, and his friends. A friendship begins after Red, “the man who knows how to get things”, procures a rock hammer for Dufresne, an object he wishes to own in order to pursue a hobby in rock collecting. Buy The Shawshank Redemption.

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Escape from Alcatraz – A group of inmates attempt a daring escape from the notorious Alcatraz prison island, from which no-one had managed to escape before.  The true story of Frank Morris, a convict who was sent to Alcatraz, the most feared prison in the world. Although nobody had ever escaped from Alcatraz,  Frank would try. Buy Escape from Alcatraz.

Braveheart vs. Gladiator

Braveheart – William Wallace is a Scottish rebel who leads an uprising against the cruel English ruler Edward the Longshanks, who wishes to inherit the crown of Scotland for himself. When he was a young boy, William Wallace’s father and brother, along with many others, lost their lives trying to free Scotland. Once he loses another of his loved ones, William Wallace begins his long quest to make Scotland free once and for all, along with the assistance of Robert the Bruce. Buy the Movie Braveheart

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Gladiator – Maximus is a powerful Roman general, loved by the people and the aging Emperor, Marcus Aurelius. Before his death, the Emperor chooses Maximus to be his heir over his own son, Commodus, and a power struggle leaves Maximus and his family condemned to death. The powerful general is unable to save his family, and his loss of will allows him to get captured and put into the Gladiator games until he dies. The only desire that fuels him now is the chance to rise to the top so that he will be able to look into the eyes of the man who will feel his revenge. Buy the Movie Gladiator

Lethal Weapon vs. Cobra

Lethal Weapon – A veteran cop, Murtough, is partnered with a young homicidal cop, Riggs. Both having one thing in common, hating working in pairs. Now they must learn to work with one and other to stop a gang of drug smugglers.  Buy the Movie Lethal Weapon

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Cobra - City cop is on the trail of a serial killer. Loaded with action and violence.  In the mid-1980s Marion Cobretti, nicknamed Cobra, is a ruthless LAPD lieutenant whose leather-jacketed garb and souped-up early-50s car make him “a reject from the 1950s,” as his partner Sergeant Reni Gonzalez puts it. Cobretti and Gonzalez are part of the LAPD’s Zombie Squad, officers tasked with criminals considered too violent or unpredictable for regular police.  Buy the Movie Cobra

North Shore vs. Point Break

Ok this might be the absolute best film fight of all time, and we’re not afraid to admit that North Shore IS THE BEST SURF FLICK EVER MADE…there, it’s been said.  Is there a better, cheesier character ever created than Turtle?  But then again Johnny Utah and Garey “Crazy Eye” Busey have something to prove…and they just might have to kick Harp’s ass all over L.A. to get to solve the case of the Ex-Presidents.  So what do you think??

North Shore -On a small stretch of coastline as powerful as a man’s will, Rick Kane came to surf the big waves. He found a woman who would show him how to survive, and a challenge unlike any other.  Buy North Shore.

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Point Break – In the coastal town of  Los Angles, a gang of bank robbers call themselves the ex-presidents. commit their crimes while wearing masks of ex-presidents Reagan, Carter, Nixon and Johnson. The F.B.I. believes that the members of the gang could be surfers and send young agent Johnny Utah undercover at the beach to mix with the surfers and gather information. Utah meets surfer Bodhi and gets drawn into the lifestyle of his new friend.   Buy Point Break.

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