Films like Dragon Ball: Episode of Bardock.

Dragon Ball: Episode of Bardock (2011) reads as Neutral, breathless, measured action / animation, inventive in texture. Redemptive, 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.

Dragon Ball Z: Plan to Eradicate the Super Saiyans (2010) poster
1. Dragon Ball Z: Plan to Eradicate the Super Saiyans2010

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

Saint Seiya: Legend of Sanctuary (2014) poster
2. Saint Seiya: Legend of Sanctuary2014

Keeps the documentary-plain realism and the relentless forward drive — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Cosmoball (2020) poster
3. Cosmoball2020

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

The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption (2012) poster
4. The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption2012

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

Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead (2009) poster
5. Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead2009

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

Hulk vs. Thor (2009) poster
6. Hulk vs. Thor2009

Keeps the documentary-plain realism and the relentless forward drive — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Monkey King: Reborn (2021) poster
7. The Monkey King: Reborn2021

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

The Scorpion King 2: Rise of a Warrior (2008) poster
8. The Scorpion King 2: Rise of a Warrior2008

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

Doctor Strange (2007) poster
9. Doctor Strange2007

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

Hot Wheels AcceleRacers: Ignition (2005) poster
10. Hot Wheels AcceleRacers: Ignition2005

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

The Seven Deadly Sins: Prisoners of the Sky (2018) poster
11. The Seven Deadly Sins: Prisoners of the Sky2018

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

Throne of Elves (2016) poster
12. Throne of Elves2016

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

These are Dragon Ball: Episode of Bardock’s neighbours — where are yours?

Rate five posters and the same twelve axes read you — then tonight’s pick comes from your own centre of taste.

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