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Films like Assassins.

Assassins (1995) reads as Heavy, breathless, extreme action / adventure, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, epic, 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.

xXx (2002) poster
1. xXx2002

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the white-knuckle intensity — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Shaft (2000) poster
2. Shaft2000

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the white-knuckle intensity — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Into the Blue (2005) poster
3. Into the Blue2005

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the white-knuckle intensity — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Gone in Sixty Seconds (2000) poster
4. Gone in Sixty Seconds2000

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the white-knuckle intensity — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

U.S. Marshals (1998) poster
5. U.S. Marshals1998

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the white-knuckle intensity — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

16 Blocks (2006) poster
6. 16 Blocks2006

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the white-knuckle intensity — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Boondock Saints (1999) poster
7. The Boondock Saints1999

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the white-knuckle intensity — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

2 Fast 2 Furious (2003) poster
8. 2 Fast 2 Furious2003

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the white-knuckle intensity — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Along Came a Spider (2001) poster
9. Along Came a Spider2001

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the white-knuckle intensity — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996) poster
10. The Long Kiss Goodnight1996

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the white-knuckle intensity — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Lethal Weapon 3 (1992) poster
11. Lethal Weapon 31992

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the white-knuckle intensity — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

xXx: State of the Union (2005) poster
12. xXx: State of the Union2005

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the white-knuckle intensity — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

These are Assassins’s neighbours — where are yours?

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