Films like Bulletproof Monk.

Bulletproof Monk (2003) reads as Warm, breathless, measured action / comedy, inventive in texture. Redemptive, epic, 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.

Street Fighter (1994) poster
1. Street Fighter1994

Keeps the relentless forward drive and the world-sized stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Lupin the Third: Angel Tactics (2005) poster
2. Lupin the Third: Angel Tactics2005

Keeps the relentless forward drive and the world-sized stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Khaleja (2010) poster
3. Khaleja2010

Keeps the world-sized stakes and the cold, bleak undertow — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

R.I.P.D. 2: Rise of the Damned (2022) poster
4. R.I.P.D. 2: Rise of the Damned2022

Keeps the relentless forward drive and the world-sized stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Shazam! Fury of the Gods (2023) poster
5. Shazam! Fury of the Gods2023

Keeps the relentless forward drive and the world-sized stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017) poster
6. Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle2017

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

Land of the Lost (2009) poster
7. Land of the Lost2009

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

Men in Black (1997) poster
8. Men in Black1997

Keeps the relentless forward drive and the world-sized stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Fifth Element (1997) poster
9. The Fifth Element1997

Keeps the relentless forward drive and the world-sized stakes; trades toward a warm emotional register.

Star Trek (2009) poster
10. Star Trek2009

Keeps the relentless forward drive and the world-sized stakes; trades toward a bone-dry seriousness.

Dogma (1999) poster
11. Dogma1999

Keeps the world-sized stakes and the cold, bleak undertow; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

Men in Black 3 (2012) poster
12. Men in Black 32012

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

These are Bulletproof Monk’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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