Films like Superman: Doomsday.

Superman: Doomsday (2007) reads as Sombre, breathless, measured action / animation, inventive in texture. Redemptive, 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.

Superman/Batman: Apocalypse (2010) poster
1. Superman/Batman: Apocalypse2010

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the documentary-plain realism — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Ultimate Avengers 2 (2006) poster
2. Ultimate Avengers 22006

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the documentary-plain realism — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Dragon Age: Dawn of the Seeker (2012) poster
3. Dragon Age: Dawn of the Seeker2012

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the documentary-plain realism — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Justice League vs. the Fatal Five (2019) poster
4. Justice League vs. the Fatal Five2019

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the documentary-plain realism — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Wolfhound of the Grey Dog Clan (2006) poster
5. Wolfhound of the Grey Dog Clan2006

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the documentary-plain realism; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Superman: Unbound (2013) poster
6. Superman: Unbound2013

Keeps the documentary-plain realism and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

The Death of Superman (2019) poster
7. The Death of Superman2019

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the documentary-plain realism — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Ultimate Avengers: The Movie (2006) poster
8. Ultimate Avengers: The Movie2006

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the documentary-plain realism — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths (2010) poster
9. Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths2010

Keeps the documentary-plain realism and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001) poster
10. Lara Croft: Tomb Raider2001

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the documentary-plain realism — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome (2012) poster
11. Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome2012

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the documentary-plain realism — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Seventh Son (2014) poster
12. Seventh Son2014

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the documentary-plain realism; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

These are Superman: Doomsday’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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