Films like Final Fantasy VII: Last Order.

Final Fantasy VII: Last Order (2005) reads as Sombre, breathless, measured action / adventure, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, 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.

The Inhabited Island (2009) poster
1. The Inhabited Island2009

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the documentary-plain realism; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

The Restless (2006) poster
2. The Restless2006

Keeps the documentary-plain realism and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

TEKKEN: Blood Vengeance (2011) poster
3. TEKKEN: Blood Vengeance2011

Keeps the documentary-plain realism and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Code Geass: Akito the Exiled 1: The Wyvern Arrives (2012) poster
4. Code Geass: Akito the Exiled 1: The Wyvern Arrives2012

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the documentary-plain realism — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

L.O.R.D: Legend of Ravaging Dynasties (2016) poster
5. L.O.R.D: Legend of Ravaging Dynasties2016

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the documentary-plain realism; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

The White Haired Witch of Lunar Kingdom (2014) poster
6. The White Haired Witch of Lunar Kingdom2014

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the documentary-plain realism; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

Ghost in the Shell: The New Movie (2015) poster
7. Ghost in the Shell: The New Movie2015

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the documentary-plain realism — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Halo Legends (2010) poster
8. Halo Legends2010

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the documentary-plain realism — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Four (2012) poster
9. The Four2012

Keeps the documentary-plain realism and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

24 (2016) poster
10. 242016

Keeps the documentary-plain realism and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Space Pirate Captain Harlock (2013) poster
11. Space Pirate Captain Harlock2013

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the documentary-plain realism; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

Mardock Scramble: The Third Exhaust (2012) poster
12. Mardock Scramble: The Third Exhaust2012

Keeps the documentary-plain realism and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

These are Final Fantasy VII: Last Order’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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