Films like Resident Evil: Afterlife.

Resident Evil: Afterlife (2010) reads as Sombre, breathless, extreme action / adventure, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, epic, 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.

Resident Evil: Retribution (2012) poster
1. Resident Evil: Retribution2012

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Resident Evil: Extinction (2007) poster
2. Resident Evil: Extinction2007

Keeps the bone-dry seriousness and the relentless forward drive — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Furious (2017) poster
3. Furious2017

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Azumi 2: Death or Love (2005) poster
4. Azumi 2: Death or Love2005

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Devil's Playground (2010) poster
5. Devil's Playground2010

Keeps the bone-dry seriousness and the relentless forward drive — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Resident Evil: The Final Chapter (2016) poster
6. Resident Evil: The Final Chapter2016

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a world-sized stakes.

Daylight's End (2016) poster
7. Daylight's End2016

Keeps the bone-dry seriousness and the relentless forward drive — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Ice Soldiers (2013) poster
8. Ice Soldiers2013

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Baaghi 3 (2020) poster
9. Baaghi 32020

Keeps the bone-dry seriousness and the relentless forward drive; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Tekken (2010) poster
10. Tekken2010

Keeps the bone-dry seriousness and the relentless forward drive; trades toward a clean studio craft.

The Blackout (2019) poster
11. The Blackout2019

Keeps the bone-dry seriousness and the relentless forward drive; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Occupation: Rainfall (2020) poster
12. Occupation: Rainfall2020

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

These are Resident Evil: Afterlife’s neighbours — where are yours?

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