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Films like Yes, Madam.

Yes, Madam (1985) reads as Neutral, breathless, measured action / girls-with-guns, 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.

The Protector (1985) (1985) poster
1. The Protector1985

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

Royal Warriors (1986) poster
2. Royal Warriors1986

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

Warriors Two (1978) poster
3. Warriors Two1978

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

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

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

Police Story 2 (1988) poster
5. Police Story 21988

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

Wing Chun (1994) (1994) poster
6. Wing Chun1994

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

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

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

The Prodigal Son (1981) poster
8. The Prodigal Son1981

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

Lethal Weapon 2 (1989) poster
9. Lethal Weapon 21989

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

Don (1978) poster
10. Don1978

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

Eastern Condors (1987) poster
11. Eastern Condors1987

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

The Victim (1980) poster
12. The Victim1980

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

These are Yes, Madam’s neighbours — where are yours?

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