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Films like Equilibrium.

Equilibrium (2002) reads as Sombre, breathless, extreme action / sci-fi, 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.

Hollow Man (2000) poster
1. Hollow Man2000

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

Doomsday (2008) poster
2. Doomsday2008

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

Gamer (2009) poster
3. Gamer2009

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

Catwoman (2004) poster
4. Catwoman2004

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

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

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.

District B13 (2004) poster
7. District B132004

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

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

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

Judge Dredd (1995) poster
9. Judge Dredd1995

Keeps the white-knuckle intensity and the world-sized stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Spectral (2016) poster
10. Spectral2016

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

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

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

Left Behind (2014) poster
12. Left Behind2014

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

These are Equilibrium’s neighbours — where are yours?

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