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Films like Wanted.

Wanted (2009) reads as Neutral, breathless, measured action / comedy, 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.

Petta (2019) poster
1. Petta2019

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

Dabangg (2010) poster
2. Dabangg2010

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

Rurouni Kenshin (2012) poster
3. Rurouni Kenshin2012

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

The Adventures of Tintin (2011) poster
4. The Adventures of Tintin2011

Keeps the relentless forward drive; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Kick-Ass (2010) poster
5. Kick-Ass2010

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

Kundo: Age of the Rampant (2014) poster
6. Kundo: Age of the Rampant2014

Reads close across all twelve axes; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

R... Rajkumar (2013) poster
7. R... Rajkumar2013

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

Once Upon a Time in China and America (1997) poster
8. Once Upon a Time in China and America1997

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

Black Mask (1996) poster
9. Black Mask1996

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

Quick (2011) poster
10. Quick2011

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

Kick (2014) poster
11. Kick2014

Keeps the relentless forward drive — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Pokkiri (2007) poster
12. Pokkiri2007

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

These are Wanted’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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