Films like I Am Number Four.

I Am Number Four (2011) reads as Heavy, 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.

Greenland (2020) poster
1. Greenland2020

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

Cowboys & Aliens (2011) poster
2. Cowboys & Aliens2011

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

Riddick (2013) poster
3. Riddick2013

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

Terminator Salvation (2009) poster
4. Terminator Salvation2009

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

Surrogates (2009) poster
5. Surrogates2009

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

Lockout (2012) poster
6. Lockout2012

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

The Predator (2018) poster
7. The Predator2018

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

Déjà Vu (2006) poster
8. Déjà Vu2006

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

Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003) poster
9. Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines2003

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

Upgrade (2018) poster
10. Upgrade2018

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

Red Planet (2000) poster
11. Red Planet2000

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

Star Trek: Nemesis (2002) poster
12. Star Trek: Nemesis2002

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

These are I Am Number Four’s neighbours — where are yours?

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