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Films like Moonraker.

Moonraker (1979) reads as Heavy, breathless, extreme action / adventure, 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.

Universal Soldier (1992) poster
1. Universal Soldier1992

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

Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991) poster
2. Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country1991

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

Predator 2 (1990) poster
3. Predator 21990

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

Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987) poster
4. Superman IV: The Quest for Peace1987

Keeps the white-knuckle intensity and the world-sized stakes; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Star Trek: First Contact (1996) poster
5. Star Trek: First Contact1996

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

Mad Max 2 (1981) poster
6. Mad Max 21981

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

Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973) poster
7. Battle for the Planet of the Apes1973

Keeps the white-knuckle intensity and the world-sized stakes; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Star Trek: Insurrection (1998) poster
8. Star Trek: Insurrection1998

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

Red Planet (2000) poster
9. Red Planet2000

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

Godzilla (1998) poster
10. Godzilla1998

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

Pitch Black (2000) poster
11. Pitch Black2000

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

RoboCop 2 (1990) poster
12. RoboCop 21990

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the white-knuckle intensity; trades toward a bone-dry seriousness.

These are Moonraker’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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