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Films like The Core.

The Core (2003) reads as Sombre, breathless, extreme sci-fi / adventure, inventive 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.

Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004) poster
1. Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow2004

Keeps the world-sized stakes and the documentary-plain realism — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Chronicles of Riddick (2004) poster
2. The Chronicles of Riddick2004

Keeps the world-sized stakes and the documentary-plain realism — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

I, Robot (2004) poster
3. I, Robot2004

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the world-sized stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Battle: Los Angeles (2011) poster
4. Battle: Los Angeles2011

Keeps the world-sized stakes and the documentary-plain realism — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009) poster
5. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen2009

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the world-sized stakes; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

The One (2001) poster
6. The One2001

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the world-sized stakes; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011) poster
7. Transformers: Dark of the Moon2011

Keeps the world-sized stakes and the documentary-plain realism; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

Déjà Vu (2006) poster
8. Déjà Vu2006

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the world-sized stakes; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

Pitch Black (2000) poster
9. Pitch Black2000

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the world-sized stakes; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

Ghost in the Shell (2017) poster
10. Ghost in the Shell2017

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the world-sized stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Matrix (1999) poster
11. The Matrix1999

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the world-sized stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Soldier (1998) poster
12. Soldier1998

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the world-sized stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

These are The Core’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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