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Films like Hancock.

Hancock (2008) reads as Neutral, breathless, extreme fantasy / action, 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.

Daredevil (2003) poster
1. Daredevil2003

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

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007) poster
2. Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End2007

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

The Last: Naruto the Movie (2014) poster
3. The Last: Naruto the Movie2014

Keeps the bone-dry seriousness and the world-sized stakes; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011) poster
4. Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides2011

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

The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008) poster
5. The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor2008

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

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010) poster
6. Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time2010

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

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life (2003) poster
7. Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life2003

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

Season of the Witch (2011) poster
8. Season of the Witch2011

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

Wrath of the Titans (2012) poster
9. Wrath of the Titans2012

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

Thor: The Dark World (2013) poster
10. Thor: The Dark World2013

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

10,000 BC (2008) poster
11. 10,000 BC2008

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

Suicide Squad (2016) poster
12. Suicide Squad2016

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

These are Hancock’s neighbours — where are yours?

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