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Films like Gun Shy.

Gun Shy (2017) reads as Neutral, breathless, measured action / adventure, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, 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.

Bulletproof 2 (2020) poster
1. Bulletproof 22020

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

High Heat (2022) poster
2. High Heat2022

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

Boss (2013) poster
3. Boss2013

Keeps the heightened unreality and the clean studio craft; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

The Takedown (2022) poster
4. The Takedown2022

Keeps the heightened unreality and the clean studio craft; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

The Retirement Plan (2023) poster
5. The Retirement Plan2023

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

Double Threat (2023) poster
6. Double Threat2023

Keeps the heightened unreality and the clean studio craft — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Money Plane (2020) poster
7. Money Plane2020

Keeps the heightened unreality and the clean studio craft — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Bad Asses on the Bayou (2015) poster
8. Bad Asses on the Bayou2015

Keeps the heightened unreality and the clean studio craft — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Sheroes (2023) poster
9. Sheroes2023

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

The Baytown Outlaws (2012) poster
10. The Baytown Outlaws2012

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

Medellin (2023) poster
11. Medellin2023

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

Compadres (2016) poster
12. Compadres2016

Keeps the heightened unreality and the clean studio craft; trades toward a grounded, familiar shape.

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