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Films like Dus.

Dus (2005) reads as Neutral, breathless, measured action / crime, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, 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.

Dragon Squad (2005) poster
1. Dragon Squad2005

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

The Heir Apparent: Largo Winch (2008) poster
2. The Heir Apparent: Largo Winch2008

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

The Red Baron (2008) poster
3. The Red Baron2008

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Spooks: The Greater Good (2015) poster
4. Spooks: The Greater Good2015

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

Largo Winch II (2011) poster
5. Largo Winch II2011

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

An Insignificant Man (2016) poster
6. An Insignificant Man2016

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Billa (2007) poster
7. Billa2007

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

Another Public Enemy (2005) poster
8. Another Public Enemy2005

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

Don 2 (2011) poster
9. Don 22011

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

Battle in Seattle (2007) poster
10. Battle in Seattle2007

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

The Hunting Party (2007) poster
11. The Hunting Party2007

Keeps the grounded, familiar shape and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Sky Fighters (2005) poster
12. Sky Fighters2005

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a stubborn streak of hope.

These are Dus’s neighbours — where are yours?

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