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Films like Daybreakers.

Daybreakers (2010) reads as Neutral, breathless, extreme action / fantasy, surreal 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.

Outlander (2008) poster
1. Outlander2008

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the documentary-plain realism — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Fantastic Four (2005) poster
2. Fantastic Four2005

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the documentary-plain realism — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

GANTZ:O (2016) poster
3. GANTZ:O2016

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the documentary-plain realism — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Sucker Punch (2011) poster
4. Sucker Punch2011

Keeps the documentary-plain realism and the world-sized stakes; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection 'F' (2015) poster
5. Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection 'F'2015

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the documentary-plain realism — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Green Lantern (2011) poster
6. Green Lantern2011

Keeps the documentary-plain realism and the world-sized stakes; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods (2013) poster
7. Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods2013

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the documentary-plain realism; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

Jupiter Ascending (2015) poster
8. Jupiter Ascending2015

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the documentary-plain realism — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox (2013) poster
9. Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox2013

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the documentary-plain realism; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

The Dark Tower (2017) poster
10. The Dark Tower2017

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the documentary-plain realism — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

X-Men: Apocalypse (2016) poster
11. X-Men: Apocalypse2016

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the documentary-plain realism — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Incredible Hulk (2008) poster
12. The Incredible Hulk2008

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the documentary-plain realism; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

These are Daybreakers’s neighbours — where are yours?

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