Films like Escape from L.A..

Escape from L.A. (1996) reads as Heavy, breathless, extreme action / thriller, inventive 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.

Batman Forever (1995) poster
1. Batman Forever1995

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

Chain Reaction (1996) poster
2. Chain Reaction1996

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

Hollow Man (2000) poster
3. Hollow Man2000

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

Equilibrium (2002) poster
4. Equilibrium2002

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

Death Race 2 (2010) poster
5. Death Race 22010

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

The 6th Day (2000) poster
6. The 6th Day2000

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

Mad Max 2 (1981) poster
7. Mad Max 21981

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

Demolition Man (1993) poster
8. Demolition Man1993

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

Catwoman (2004) poster
9. Catwoman2004

Keeps the white-knuckle intensity and the world-sized stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Death Race (2008) poster
10. Death Race2008

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

Doomsday (2008) poster
11. Doomsday2008

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

Die Another Day (2002) poster
12. Die Another Day2002

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

These are Escape from L.A.’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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