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Films like Four Riders.

Four Riders (1972) reads as Sombre, breathless, extreme kung-fu / shaw-brothers, 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.

The Angry Guest (1972) poster
1. The Angry Guest1972

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

The Anonymous Heroes (1971) poster
2. The Anonymous Heroes1971

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

Police Force (1973) poster
3. Police Force1973

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

Street Law (1974) poster
4. Street Law1974

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

The Bastard (1973) poster
5. The Bastard1973

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

Broken Oath (1977) poster
6. Broken Oath1977

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

High Crime (1973) poster
7. High Crime1973

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

The Big Racket (1976) poster
8. The Big Racket1976

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

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

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

The Young Avenger (1972) poster
10. The Young Avenger1972

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

The Boxer from Shantung (1972) poster
11. The Boxer from Shantung1972

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

Duel of the Iron Fist (1971) poster
12. Duel of the Iron Fist1971

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

These are Four Riders’s neighbours — where are yours?

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