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Films like Getaway.

Getaway (2013) reads as Sombre, breathless, measured action / crime, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, 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.

The Marine 4: Moving Target (2015) poster
1. The Marine 4: Moving Target2015

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

The Marine 5: Battleground (2017) poster
2. The Marine 5: Battleground2017

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

Exit Speed (2008) poster
3. Exit Speed2008

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

Green Street 3: Never Back Down (2013) poster
4. Green Street 3: Never Back Down2013

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

The Package (2013) poster
5. The Package2013

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

Eliminators (2016) poster
6. Eliminators2016

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

Wrong Side of Town (2010) poster
7. Wrong Side of Town2010

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

12 Rounds 3: Lockdown (2015) poster
8. 12 Rounds 3: Lockdown2015

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

Carjacked (2011) poster
9. Carjacked2011

Keeps the grounded, familiar shape and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Game of Death (2011) poster
10. Game of Death2011

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

The Hit List (2011) poster
11. The Hit List2011

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

Riot (2015) poster
12. Riot2015

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

These are Getaway’s neighbours — where are yours?

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