Films like TEKKEN: Blood Vengeance.

TEKKEN: Blood Vengeance (2011) reads as Neutral, breathless, measured action / animation, surreal in texture. Ambivalent, 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.

Planet Hulk (2010) poster
1. Planet Hulk2010

Keeps the documentary-plain realism and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Kamen Rider W Returns: Kamen Rider Eternal (2011) poster
2. Kamen Rider W Returns: Kamen Rider Eternal2011

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

Final Fantasy VII: Last Order (2005) poster
3. Final Fantasy VII: Last Order2005

Keeps the documentary-plain realism and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

League of Gods (2016) poster
4. League of Gods2016

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

The Four (2012) poster
5. The Four2012

Keeps the documentary-plain realism and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a unmistakable directorial hand.

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

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

L.O.R.D: Legend of Ravaging Dynasties (2016) poster
7. L.O.R.D: Legend of Ravaging Dynasties2016

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the documentary-plain realism; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

24 (2016) poster
8. 242016

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the documentary-plain realism; trades toward a unmistakable directorial hand.

Justice League Dark (2017) poster
9. Justice League Dark2017

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

Bleach the Movie: Hell Verse (2010) poster
10. Bleach the Movie: Hell Verse2010

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the documentary-plain realism; trades toward a deep human warmth.

A Rough Draft (2018) poster
11. A Rough Draft2018

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the documentary-plain realism; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

Coma (2020) poster
12. Coma2020

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the documentary-plain realism; trades toward a unmistakable directorial hand.

These are TEKKEN: Blood Vengeance’s neighbours — where are yours?

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