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Films like The Four.

The Four (2012) reads as Neutral, breathless, measured action / crime, surreal in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, 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.

Kamen Rider W Returns: Kamen Rider Eternal (2011) poster
1. 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.

24 (2016) poster
2. 242016

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

Mojin: The Lost Legend (2015) poster
3. Mojin: The Lost Legend2015

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

Immortal Demon Slayer (2017) poster
4. Immortal Demon Slayer2017

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

Super Me (2021) poster
5. Super Me2021

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

The Restless (2006) poster
6. The Restless2006

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

New Gods: Yang Jian (2022) poster
7. New Gods: Yang Jian2022

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

TEKKEN: Blood Vengeance (2011) poster
8. TEKKEN: Blood Vengeance2011

Keeps the documentary-plain realism and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a clean studio craft.

Ghost in the Shell: The New Movie (2015) poster
9. Ghost in the Shell: The New Movie2015

Keeps the documentary-plain realism and the dense, packed storytelling; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

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

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

Bleach (2018) poster
11. Bleach2018

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

Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Dark Side of Dimensions (2016) poster
12. Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Dark Side of Dimensions2016

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

These are The Four’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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