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Films like Pawn.

Pawn (2013) reads as Sombre, breathless, measured crime / thriller, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, cold. 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.

Backtrace (2018) poster
1. Backtrace2018

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

The Double (2011) poster
2. The Double2011

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

Not Safe for Work (2014) poster
3. Not Safe for Work2014

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

Marauders (2016) poster
4. Marauders2016

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

Double Identity (2009) poster
5. Double Identity2009

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

Bad Country (2014) poster
6. Bad Country2014

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

Reasonable Doubt (2014) poster
7. Reasonable Doubt2014

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Officer Down (2013) poster
8. Officer Down2013

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Drone (2017) poster
9. Drone2017

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

Freelancers (2012) poster
10. Freelancers2012

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

Freezer (2014) poster
11. Freezer2014

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

Street Kings 2: Motor City (2011) poster
12. Street Kings 2: Motor City2011

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

These are Pawn’s neighbours — where are yours?

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