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Films like Shank.

Shank (2010) reads as Heavy, breathless, extreme action / drama, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, 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.

[REC] 4: Apocalypse (2014) poster
1. [REC] 4: Apocalypse2014

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

Elephant White (2011) poster
2. Elephant White2011

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

Rammbock: Berlin Undead (2010) poster
3. Rammbock: Berlin Undead2010

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

The Furies (2019) poster
4. The Furies2019

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

Carnage Park (2016) poster
5. Carnage Park2016

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

Scar (2007) poster
6. Scar2007

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

The Horde (2009) poster
7. The Horde2009

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

Summer Camp (2016) poster
8. Summer Camp2016

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

Autopsy (2008) poster
9. Autopsy2008

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

Kristy (2014) poster
10. Kristy2014

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

The Killer (2017) poster
11. The Killer2017

Keeps the bone-dry seriousness and the chilly detachment; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Jackals (2017) poster
12. Jackals2017

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

These are Shank’s neighbours — where are yours?

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