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Films like Pistol Whipped.

Pistol Whipped (2008) reads as Sombre, breathless, measured action / thriller, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, cold. 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.

Scorpion (2007) poster
1. Scorpion2007

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

The Shepherd: Border Patrol (2008) poster
2. The Shepherd: Border Patrol2008

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

Icarus (2010) poster
3. Icarus2010

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

Sniper: Legacy (2014) poster
4. Sniper: Legacy2014

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

Fire with Fire (2012) poster
5. Fire with Fire2012

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

Swelter (2014) poster
6. Swelter2014

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

Dead Man Running (2009) poster
7. Dead Man Running2009

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

House of the Rising Sun (2011) poster
8. House of the Rising Sun2011

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

The Russian Specialist (2005) poster
9. The Russian Specialist2005

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

The Cold Light of Day (2012) poster
10. The Cold Light of Day2012

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

Heatstroke (2013) poster
11. Heatstroke2013

Keeps the grounded, familiar shape and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

12 Rounds 2: Reloaded (2013) poster
12. 12 Rounds 2: Reloaded2013

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

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