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Films like Constantine.

Constantine (2005) reads as Heavy, breathless, extreme fantasy / action, surreal 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.

Blade: Trinity (2004) poster
1. Blade: Trinity2004

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

Underworld: Awakening (2012) poster
2. Underworld: Awakening2012

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

AVP: Alien vs. Predator (2004) poster
3. AVP: Alien vs. Predator2004

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the white-knuckle intensity; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

Legion (2010) poster
4. Legion2010

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

Blood-C: The Last Dark (2012) poster
5. Blood-C: The Last Dark2012

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

Resident Evil (2002) poster
6. Resident Evil2002

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

Ghosts of Mars (2001) poster
7. Ghosts of Mars2001

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

The Girl with All the Gifts (2016) poster
8. The Girl with All the Gifts2016

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

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (2012) poster
9. Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter2012

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

Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters (2013) poster
10. Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters2013

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

Next (2007) poster
11. Next2007

Keeps the white-knuckle intensity and the documentary-plain realism; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Priest (2011) poster
12. Priest2011

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

These are Constantine’s neighbours — where are yours?

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