Films like Rumble in the Bronx.

Rumble in the Bronx (1995) reads as Warm, breathless, measured action / comedy, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, 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.

Mr. Nice Guy (1997) poster
1. Mr. Nice Guy1997

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

Police Story 4: First Strike (1996) poster
2. Police Story 4: First Strike1996

Keeps the relentless forward drive and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Project A Part II (1987) poster
3. Project A Part II1987

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

Dragons Forever (1988) poster
4. Dragons Forever1988

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

Armour of God II: Operation Condor (1991) poster
5. Armour of God II: Operation Condor1991

Keeps the relentless forward drive and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Police Story 2 (1988) poster
6. Police Story 21988

Keeps the relentless forward drive and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Wheels on Meals (1984) (1984) poster
7. Wheels on Meals1984

Keeps the relentless forward drive and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Who Am I? (1998) poster
8. Who Am I?1998

Keeps the relentless forward drive and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Police Story (1985) poster
9. Police Story1985

Keeps the relentless forward drive and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Twin Dragons (1992) poster
10. Twin Dragons1992

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

My Lucky Stars (1985) poster
11. My Lucky Stars1985

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

Dragon Lord (1982) poster
12. Dragon Lord1982

Keeps the grounded, familiar shape and the heightened unreality; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

These are Rumble in the Bronx’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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