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Films like Full Contact.

Full Contact (1992) reads as Sombre, breathless, extreme action / crime, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, 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.

Bangkok Dangerous (2000) poster
1. Bangkok Dangerous2000

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Masked Avengers (1981) poster
2. Masked Avengers1981

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Nikita (1990) poster
3. Nikita1990

Keeps the bone-dry seriousness and the white-knuckle intensity; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

A Better Tomorrow III: Love and Death in Saigon (1989) poster
4. A Better Tomorrow III: Love and Death in Saigon1989

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Fulltime Killer (2001) poster
5. Fulltime Killer2001

Keeps the bone-dry seriousness and the white-knuckle intensity — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Naked Killer (1992) poster
6. Naked Killer1992

Keeps the bone-dry seriousness and the white-knuckle intensity — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Thesis (1996) poster
7. Thesis1996

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Killer Constable (1980) poster
8. Killer Constable1980

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

The Hitcher (1986) poster
9. The Hitcher1986

Keeps the bone-dry seriousness and the white-knuckle intensity; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

StageFright (1987) poster
10. StageFright1987

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

La Femme Nikita (1990) (1990) poster
11. La Femme Nikita1990

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Kiss of the Dragon (2001) (2001) poster
12. Kiss of the Dragon2001

Keeps the bone-dry seriousness and the white-knuckle intensity — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

These are Full Contact’s neighbours — where are yours?

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