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Films like Æon Flux.

Æon Flux (2005) reads as Sombre, breathless, extreme sci-fi / action, surreal 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.

Godzilla (1998) poster
1. Godzilla1998

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

Déjà Vu (2006) poster
2. Déjà Vu2006

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

The Matrix Revolutions (2003) poster
3. The Matrix Revolutions2003

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

The One (2001) poster
4. The One2001

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

The Postman (1997) poster
5. The Postman1997

Keeps the white-knuckle intensity and the world-sized stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Pitch Black (2000) poster
6. Pitch Black2000

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

Elysium (2013) poster
7. Elysium2013

Keeps the white-knuckle intensity and the world-sized stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Star Trek: Nemesis (2002) poster
8. Star Trek: Nemesis2002

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

Planet of the Apes (2001) poster
9. Planet of the Apes2001

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

Lockout (2012) poster
10. Lockout2012

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

I, Robot (2004) poster
11. I, Robot2004

Keeps the white-knuckle intensity and the world-sized stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Red Planet (2000) poster
12. Red Planet2000

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

These are Æon Flux’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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