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Films like Demolition Man.

Demolition Man (1993) reads as Heavy, breathless, extreme crime / action, inventive 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.

Chain Reaction (1996) poster
1. Chain Reaction1996

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

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

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

Timecop (1994) poster
3. Timecop1994

Keeps the white-knuckle intensity and the dense, packed storytelling — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

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

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

Predator 2 (1990) poster
5. Predator 21990

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

District B13 (2004) poster
6. District B132004

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

Catwoman (2004) poster
7. Catwoman2004

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

Hollow Man (2000) poster
8. Hollow Man2000

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

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

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

Batman Forever (1995) poster
10. Batman Forever1995

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

Equilibrium (2002) poster
11. Equilibrium2002

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

G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009) poster
12. G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra2009

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

These are Demolition Man’s neighbours — where are yours?

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