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Films like Plastic.

Plastic (2014) reads as Neutral, breathless, measured drama / action, 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.

Lies & Illusions (2009) poster
1. Lies & Illusions2009

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

To Steal from a Thief (2016) poster
2. To Steal from a Thief2016

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

Echo Boomers (2020) poster
3. Echo Boomers2020

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

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

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Thick as Thieves (2009) poster
5. Thick as Thieves2009

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Combustion (2013) poster
6. Combustion2013

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Sultans of the South (2007) poster
7. Sultans of the South2007

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Heir Apparent: Largo Winch (2008) poster
8. The Heir Apparent: Largo Winch2008

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Bent (2018) poster
9. Bent2018

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Milan – Palermo: The Return (2007) poster
10. Milan – Palermo: The Return2007

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

Speed Kills (2018) poster
11. Speed Kills2018

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Absolute Deception (2013) poster
12. Absolute Deception2013

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

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