Films like Kiss Kiss Bang Bang.

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005) reads as Neutral, kinetic, measured crime / comedy, grounded 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.

Two Hands (1999) poster
1. Two Hands1999

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

The Nice Guys — re-pass (2016) poster
2. The Nice Guys — re-pass2016

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

Little Man (2006) poster
3. Little Man2006

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

Intermission (2003) poster
4. Intermission2003

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

Reverse (2009) poster
5. Reverse2009

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

Go (1999) (1999) poster
6. Go1999

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

Perfect Strangers (2016) poster
7. Perfect Strangers2016

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

The Longest Yard (2005) poster
8. The Longest Yard2005

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

The Mafia Only Kills in Summer (2013) poster
9. The Mafia Only Kills in Summer2013

Keeps the grounded, familiar shape and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

A Cool Fish (2018) poster
10. A Cool Fish2018

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

The Girl of Your Dreams (1998) poster
11. The Girl of Your Dreams1998

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

The Legend of Al, John and Jack (2002) poster
12. The Legend of Al, John and Jack2002

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

These are Kiss Kiss Bang Bang’s neighbours — where are yours?

Rate five posters and the same twelve axes read you — then tonight’s pick comes from your own centre of taste.

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