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Films like Time and Tide.

Time and Tide (2000) reads as Sombre, breathless, extreme action / crime, inventive 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.

Fulltime Killer (2001) poster
1. Fulltime Killer2001

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the relentless forward drive — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Face/Off (1997) poster
2. Face/Off1997

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Bound (1996) poster
3. Bound1996

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

Snake Eyes (1998) poster
4. Snake Eyes1998

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Kaminey (2009) poster
5. Kaminey2009

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the relentless forward drive — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Unleashed (2005) (2005) poster
6. Unleashed2005

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Full Contact (1992) poster
7. Full Contact1992

Keeps the relentless forward drive and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Nikita (1990) poster
8. Nikita1990

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a grounded, familiar shape.

Romeo + Juliet (1996) poster
9. Romeo + Juliet1996

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Ghajini (2005) poster
10. Ghajini2005

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the relentless forward drive — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The 13th Warrior (1999) (1999) poster
11. The 13th Warrior1999

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

The Quick and the Dead (1995) (1995) poster
12. The Quick and the Dead1995

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

These are Time and Tide’s neighbours — where are yours?

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