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Films like Lionheart.

Lionheart (1990) reads as Neutral, breathless, extreme action / revenge, 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.

Once Upon a Time in China (1991) poster
1. Once Upon a Time in China1991

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the white-knuckle intensity — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The 13th Warrior (1999) (1999) poster
2. The 13th Warrior1999

Keeps the white-knuckle intensity and the heightened unreality; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Outbreak (1995) (1995) poster
3. Outbreak1995

Keeps the white-knuckle intensity and the heightened unreality; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Backdraft (1991) poster
4. Backdraft1991

Keeps the white-knuckle intensity and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

GoldenEye (1995) (1995) poster
5. GoldenEye1995

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the white-knuckle intensity — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Royal Warriors (1986) poster
6. Royal Warriors1986

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the white-knuckle intensity — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Just Heroes (1989) poster
7. Just Heroes1989

Keeps the white-knuckle intensity and the heightened unreality; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Young Guns (1988) poster
8. Young Guns1988

Keeps the white-knuckle intensity and the heightened unreality; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

Road House (1989) poster
9. Road House1989

Keeps the white-knuckle intensity and the heightened unreality; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Under Siege 2: Dark Territory (1995) poster
10. Under Siege 2: Dark Territory1995

Keeps the white-knuckle intensity and the heightened unreality; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Nikita (1990) poster
11. Nikita1990

Keeps the white-knuckle intensity and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Proof of Life (2000) poster
12. Proof of Life2000

Keeps the white-knuckle intensity and the heightened unreality; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

These are Lionheart’s neighbours — where are yours?

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