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Films like A Ton of Luck.

A Ton of Luck (2006) reads as Neutral, kinetic, measured action / comedy, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured. Every film below is ranked by distance across the same twelve hand-scored axes — with what it keeps, and where it walks away. Not a genre dump.

Tusk (2014) poster
1. Tusk2014

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Walk All Over Me (2007) poster
2. Walk All Over Me2007

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Phase 7 (2010) poster
3. Phase 72010

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

No Mercy for the Rude (2006) poster
4. No Mercy for the Rude2006

Keeps the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Babysitter (2017) poster
5. The Babysitter2017

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Leaves of Grass (2009) poster
6. Leaves of Grass2009

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Reclaim Your Brain (2007) poster
7. Reclaim Your Brain2007

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Perrier's Bounty (2009) poster
8. Perrier's Bounty2009

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

Driven (2019) poster
9. Driven2019

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Legend of Al, John and Jack (2002) poster
10. The Legend of Al, John and Jack2002

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Guys from Paradise (2000) poster
11. The Guys from Paradise2000

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Identity Thief (2013) poster
12. Identity Thief2013

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

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