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Films like Criminal.

Criminal (2016) reads as Heavy, breathless, extreme action / crime, surreal in texture. Nihilistic, 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.

Predators (2010) poster
1. Predators2010

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

Repo Men (2010) poster
2. Repo Men2010

Keeps the white-knuckle intensity and the dense, packed storytelling; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Dog 51 (2025) poster
3. Dog 512025

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

Terminator Genisys (2015) poster
4. Terminator Genisys2015

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

Geostorm (2017) poster
5. Geostorm2017

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

Escape Plan 2: Hades (2018) poster
6. Escape Plan 2: Hades2018

Keeps the white-knuckle intensity and the dense, packed storytelling; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Drive Angry (2011) poster
7. Drive Angry2011

Keeps the white-knuckle intensity and the dense, packed storytelling; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Chappie (2015) poster
8. Chappie2015

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

Affinity (2025) poster
9. Affinity2025

Keeps the white-knuckle intensity and the dense, packed storytelling; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

What Happened to Monday (2017) poster
10. What Happened to Monday2017

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

Elysium (2013) poster
11. Elysium2013

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

Carriers (2009) poster
12. Carriers2009

Keeps the white-knuckle intensity and the dense, packed storytelling; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

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