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Films like Doomsday.

Doomsday (2008) reads as Sombre, breathless, extreme action / thriller, inventive 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.

Gamer (2009) poster
1. Gamer2009

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

Equilibrium (2002) poster
2. Equilibrium2002

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

Hollow Man (2000) poster
3. Hollow Man2000

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

Spectral (2016) poster
4. Spectral2016

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

Catwoman (2004) poster
5. Catwoman2004

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

Death Race (2008) poster
6. Death Race2008

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

Left Behind (2014) poster
7. Left Behind2014

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

District B13 (2004) poster
8. District B132004

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

The 6th Day (2000) poster
9. The 6th Day2000

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

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

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

Self/less (2015) poster
11. Self/less2015

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

The Colony (2013) poster
12. The Colony2013

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

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