Films like Riddick: Blindsided.

Riddick: Blindsided (2013) reads as Sombre, breathless, measured action / animation, inventive 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.

The Dinosaur Project (2012) poster
1. The Dinosaur Project2012

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

Wolves (2014) poster
2. Wolves2014

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

Street Fighter Alpha: Generations (2005) poster
3. Street Fighter Alpha: Generations2005

Keeps the bone-dry seriousness and the documentary-plain realism; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Sector 7 (2011) poster
4. Sector 72011

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

Alone in the Dark 2 (2008) poster
5. Alone in the Dark 22008

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

Werewolf: The Beast Among Us (2012) poster
6. Werewolf: The Beast Among Us2012

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

Age of the Dragons (2011) poster
7. Age of the Dragons2011

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

A.I. Assault (2006) poster
8. A.I. Assault2006

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

V for Vengeance (2022) poster
9. V for Vengeance2022

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

Vampires: The Turning (2005) poster
10. Vampires: The Turning2005

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

The Call Up (2016) poster
11. The Call Up2016

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

Minotaur (2006) poster
12. Minotaur2006

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

These are Riddick: Blindsided’s neighbours — where are yours?

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