Films like The Matrix Reloaded.

The Matrix Reloaded (2003) reads as Sombre, breathless, extreme adventure / action, 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.

Next (2007) poster
1. Next2007

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

Sucker Punch (2011) poster
2. Sucker Punch2011

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

Resident Evil: Damnation (2012) poster
3. Resident Evil: Damnation2012

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

Resident Evil: Degeneration (2008) poster
4. Resident Evil: Degeneration2008

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

Green Lantern (2011) poster
5. Green Lantern2011

Keeps the world-sized stakes and the relentless forward drive — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Resident Evil: Vendetta (2017) poster
6. Resident Evil: Vendetta2017

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

Skyline (2010) poster
7. Skyline2010

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

Mortal Kombat: Annihilation (1997) poster
8. Mortal Kombat: Annihilation1997

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

Æon Flux (2005) poster
9. Æon Flux2005

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the world-sized stakes; trades toward a documentary-plain realism.

AVP: Alien vs. Predator (2004) poster
10. AVP: Alien vs. Predator2004

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

Star Trek: Insurrection (1998) poster
11. Star Trek: Insurrection1998

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the world-sized stakes; trades toward a strange, dreamlike logic.

The Postman (1997) poster
12. The Postman1997

Keeps the world-sized stakes and the white-knuckle intensity; trades toward a documentary-plain realism.

These are The Matrix Reloaded’s neighbours — where are yours?

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