Films like Enter the Dragon.

Enter the Dragon (1973) reads as Neutral, breathless, measured action / martial-arts, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, 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.

Hapkido (1972) poster
1. Hapkido1972

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

The Pirate (1973) poster
2. The Pirate1973

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

The Shaolin Plot (1977) poster
3. The Shaolin Plot1977

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

The Eiger Sanction (1975) poster
4. The Eiger Sanction1975

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

The Gauntlet (1977) poster
5. The Gauntlet1977

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

The Grand Duel (1972) poster
6. The Grand Duel1972

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

The Blazing Temple (1976) poster
7. The Blazing Temple1976

Keeps the grounded, familiar shape and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Fist of Fury (1972) poster
8. Fist of Fury1972

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

Bullitt (1968) poster
9. Bullitt1968

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

Zanjeer (1973) poster
10. Zanjeer1973

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

When Taekwondo Strikes (1973) poster
11. When Taekwondo Strikes1973

Keeps the grounded, familiar shape and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

The Iron-Fisted Monk (1977) poster
12. The Iron-Fisted Monk1977

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

These are Enter the Dragon’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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