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Films like Rollerball.

Rollerball (1975) reads as Sombre, kinetic, extreme dystopia / corporate, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, epic, 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.

Beach of the War Gods (1973) poster
1. Beach of the War Gods1973

Keeps the bone-dry seriousness and the chilly detachment — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The One-Armed Swordsmen (1976) poster
2. The One-Armed Swordsmen1976

Keeps the bone-dry seriousness and the chilly detachment — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The 14 Amazons (1972) poster
3. The 14 Amazons1972

Keeps the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

The Flying Guillotine (1975) poster
4. The Flying Guillotine1975

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Yagyu Conspiracy (1978) poster
5. The Yagyu Conspiracy1978

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance (1974) poster
6. Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance1974

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

All Men Are Brothers (1975) poster
7. All Men Are Brothers1975

Keeps the bone-dry seriousness and the chilly detachment; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

The Flying Guillotine 2 (1978) poster
8. The Flying Guillotine 21978

Keeps the bone-dry seriousness and the chilly detachment — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Crimson Charm (1971) poster
9. The Crimson Charm1971

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a intimate, personal stakes.

The Naval Commandos (1977) poster
10. The Naval Commandos1977

Keeps the bone-dry seriousness and the chilly detachment — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Condemned (1976) poster
11. The Condemned1976

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Heroic Ones (1970) poster
12. The Heroic Ones1970

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

These are Rollerball’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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