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Films like Swordfish.

Swordfish (2001) reads as Heavy, breathless, extreme action / crime, grounded 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.

Transporter 2 (2005) poster
1. Transporter 22005

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

The Sentinel (2006) poster
2. The Sentinel2006

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

The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 (2009) poster
3. The Taking of Pelham 1 2 32009

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

Crank: High Voltage (2009) poster
4. Crank: High Voltage2009

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

District 13: Ultimatum (2009) poster
5. District 13: Ultimatum2009

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

Gone in Sixty Seconds (2000) poster
6. Gone in Sixty Seconds2000

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

2 Fast 2 Furious (2003) poster
7. 2 Fast 2 Furious2003

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

Lethal Weapon 3 (1992) poster
8. Lethal Weapon 31992

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

Wanted (2008) poster
9. Wanted2008

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

S.W.A.T. (2003) poster
10. S.W.A.T.2003

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

El Mariachi (1993) poster
11. El Mariachi1993

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

Safe (2012) poster
12. Safe2012

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

These are Swordfish’s neighbours — where are yours?

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