Films like Cleopatra Jones.

Cleopatra Jones (1973) reads as Neutral, breathless, measured blaxploitation / action, 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.

Iron Monkey (1977) poster
1. Iron Monkey1977

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

Boot Hill (1969) poster
2. Boot Hill1969

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

Dynamite Joe (1967) poster
3. Dynamite Joe1967

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

The Six Directions of Boxing (1979) poster
4. The Six Directions of Boxing1979

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

The 7 Grandmasters (1978) poster
5. The 7 Grandmasters1978

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

The Magnificent Kick (1980) poster
6. The Magnificent Kick1980

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

A Train for Durango (1968) poster
7. A Train for Durango1968

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

Ace High (1968) poster
8. Ace High1968

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

The 36 Deadly Styles (1979) poster
9. The 36 Deadly Styles1979

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

Shaolin Wooden Men (1976) poster
10. Shaolin Wooden Men1976

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

The Mystery of Chess Boxing (1979) poster
11. The Mystery of Chess Boxing1979

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

The Leg Fighters (1980) poster
12. The Leg Fighters1980

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

These are Cleopatra Jones’s neighbours — where are yours?

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