Films like The Untouchables.

The Untouchables (1987) reads as Neutral, breathless, measured crime / drama, grounded 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.

Shiva (1989) poster
1. Shiva1989

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Shaolin Temple (1982) (1982) poster
2. Shaolin Temple1982

Keeps the grounded, familiar shape and the heightened unreality; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Wild Search (1989) poster
3. Wild Search1989

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Legend of a Fighter (1982) poster
4. Legend of a Fighter1982

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Nikita (1990) poster
5. Nikita1990

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Point Break (1991) (1991) poster
6. Point Break1991

Keeps the grounded, familiar shape and the heightened unreality; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

In the Line of Duty 4 (1989) poster
7. In the Line of Duty 41989

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

The Big Red One (1980) poster
8. The Big Red One1980

Keeps the grounded, familiar shape and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Fist of Legend (1994) poster
9. Fist of Legend1994

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Royal Warriors (1986) poster
10. Royal Warriors1986

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Silverado (1985) (1985) poster
11. Silverado1985

Keeps the heightened unreality and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Tiger on the Beat (1988) poster
12. Tiger on the Beat1988

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

These are The Untouchables’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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