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Films like Batman Forever.

Batman Forever (1995) reads as Heavy, breathless, extreme action / crime, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, epic, cold. 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.

Escape from L.A. (1996) poster
1. Escape from L.A.1996

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the white-knuckle intensity — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

End of Days (1999) poster
2. End of Days1999

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the white-knuckle intensity — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Mad Max 2 (1981) poster
3. Mad Max 21981

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the white-knuckle intensity — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Hollow Man (2000) poster
4. Hollow Man2000

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the white-knuckle intensity — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Equilibrium (2002) poster
5. Equilibrium2002

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the white-knuckle intensity — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Death Race 2 (2010) poster
6. Death Race 22010

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the white-knuckle intensity — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Universal Soldier: The Return (1999) poster
7. Universal Soldier: The Return1999

Keeps the white-knuckle intensity and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Catwoman (2004) poster
8. Catwoman2004

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the white-knuckle intensity — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Deep Blue Sea (1999) poster
9. Deep Blue Sea1999

Keeps the white-knuckle intensity and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Judge Dredd (1995) poster
10. Judge Dredd1995

Keeps the white-knuckle intensity and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

The 6th Day (2000) poster
11. The 6th Day2000

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the white-knuckle intensity; trades toward a chilly detachment.

Doomsday (2008) poster
12. Doomsday2008

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the white-knuckle intensity — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

These are Batman Forever’s neighbours — where are yours?

Rate five posters and the same twelve axes read you — then tonight’s pick comes from your own centre of taste.

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