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Films like Alex Cross.

Alex Cross (2012) reads as Sombre, breathless, measured action / thriller, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold. 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.

Wrong Turn at Tahoe (2009) poster
1. Wrong Turn at Tahoe2009

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Marauders (2016) poster
2. Marauders2016

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Line (2009) poster
3. The Line2009

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Street Kings 2: Motor City (2011) poster
4. Street Kings 2: Motor City2011

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Road of No Return (2009) poster
5. Road of No Return2009

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Hangman (2017) poster
6. Hangman2017

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Border Run (2012) poster
7. Border Run2012

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Setup (2011) poster
8. Setup2011

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

And Soon the Darkness (2010) poster
9. And Soon the Darkness2010

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Double (2011) poster
10. The Double2011

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Gun (2010) poster
11. Gun2010

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Backtrace (2018) poster
12. Backtrace2018

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

These are Alex Cross’s neighbours — where are yours?

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