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Films like Afterburn.

Afterburn (2025) reads as Warm, breathless, measured action / sci-fi, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, epic, 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.

Shazam! Fury of the Gods (2023) poster
1. Shazam! Fury of the Gods2023

Keeps the world-sized stakes and the relentless forward drive — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

R.I.P.D. 2: Rise of the Damned (2022) poster
2. R.I.P.D. 2: Rise of the Damned2022

Keeps the world-sized stakes and the relentless forward drive — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014) poster
3. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles2014

Keeps the world-sized stakes and the relentless forward drive — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Long Distance (2024) poster
4. Long Distance2024

Keeps the world-sized stakes and the relentless forward drive — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Thunder Force (2021) poster
5. Thunder Force2021

Keeps the world-sized stakes and the relentless forward drive; trades toward a running vein of humour.

Hi-Five (2025) poster
6. Hi-Five2025

Keeps the world-sized stakes and the relentless forward drive — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Cells at Work! (2024) poster
7. Cells at Work!2024

Keeps the world-sized stakes and the relentless forward drive — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017) poster
8. Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle2017

Keeps the world-sized stakes and the relentless forward drive — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Visitor from the Future (2022) poster
9. The Visitor from the Future2022

Keeps the world-sized stakes; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Fatman (2020) poster
10. Fatman2020

Keeps the world-sized stakes and the relentless forward drive — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Once Upon a Deadpool (2018) poster
11. Once Upon a Deadpool2018

Keeps the world-sized stakes and the relentless forward drive — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Back to the Past (2025) poster
12. Back to the Past2025

Keeps the world-sized stakes and the relentless forward drive — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

These are Afterburn’s neighbours — where are yours?

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