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Films like Direct Contact.

Direct Contact (2009) reads as Neutral, breathless, measured action / adventure, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, 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.

Maximum Conviction (2012) poster
1. Maximum Conviction2012

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Today You Die (2005) poster
2. Today You Die2005

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Cutter (2005) poster
3. The Cutter2005

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

A Dangerous Man (2009) poster
4. A Dangerous Man2009

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Driven to Kill (2009) poster
5. Driven to Kill2009

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Keeper (2009) poster
6. The Keeper2009

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Into the Sun (2005) poster
7. Into the Sun2005

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

7 Seconds (2005) poster
8. 7 Seconds2005

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Kill Switch (2008) poster
9. Kill Switch2008

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Walking Tall: Lone Justice (2007) poster
10. Walking Tall: Lone Justice2007

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Transit (2012) poster
11. Transit2012

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Detonator (2006) poster
12. The Detonator2006

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

These are Direct Contact’s neighbours — where are yours?

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