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Films like The Host.

The Host (2013) reads as Sombre, breathless, extreme action / 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.

John Carter (2012) poster
1. John Carter2012

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

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019) poster
2. Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker2019

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

Transformers: The Last Knight (2017) poster
3. Transformers: The Last Knight2017

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

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

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

Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021) poster
5. Venom: Let There Be Carnage2021

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

Timeline (2003) poster
6. Timeline2003

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

X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014) poster
7. X-Men: Days of Future Past2014

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

The Time Machine (2002) poster
8. The Time Machine2002

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

Ender's Game (2013) poster
9. Ender's Game2013

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

Conan the Barbarian (2011) poster
10. Conan the Barbarian2011

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

The Great Wall (2016) poster
11. The Great Wall2016

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

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

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

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