Films like HK: Forbidden Super Hero.

HK: Forbidden Super Hero (2013) reads as Warm, breathless, measured action / comedy, surreal in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, 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.

Lesbian Vampire Killers (2009) poster
1. Lesbian Vampire Killers2009

Keeps the running vein of humour and the cold, bleak undertow — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Mole Song: Undercover Agent Reiji (2013) poster
2. The Mole Song: Undercover Agent Reiji2013

Keeps the relentless forward drive and the running vein of humour — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

City Hunter (2019) poster
3. City Hunter2019

Keeps the relentless forward drive and the running vein of humour — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Mole Song: Hong Kong Capriccio (2016) poster
4. The Mole Song: Hong Kong Capriccio2016

Keeps the relentless forward drive and the running vein of humour — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Hell Baby (2013) poster
5. Hell Baby2013

Keeps the running vein of humour and the cold, bleak undertow; trades toward a documentary-plain realism.

Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story (2005) poster
6. Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story2005

Keeps the running vein of humour and the cold, bleak undertow — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Assassination Classroom (2015) poster
7. Assassination Classroom2015

Keeps the relentless forward drive and the running vein of humour; trades toward a deep human warmth.

Weirdsville (2007) poster
8. Weirdsville2007

Keeps the relentless forward drive and the running vein of humour; trades toward a dense, packed storytelling.

Another Gay Sequel: Gays Gone Wild! (2008) poster
9. Another Gay Sequel: Gays Gone Wild!2008

Keeps the relentless forward drive and the running vein of humour; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Benny Loves You (2019) poster
10. Benny Loves You2019

Keeps the relentless forward drive and the running vein of humour; trades toward a strange, dreamlike logic.

The Legend of Black Snake (2019) poster
11. The Legend of Black Snake2019

Keeps the relentless forward drive and the running vein of humour — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Dead Before Dawn (2012) poster
12. Dead Before Dawn2012

Keeps the relentless forward drive and the running vein of humour; trades toward a documentary-plain realism.

These are HK: Forbidden Super Hero’s neighbours — where are yours?

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