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Films like Skiptrace.

Skiptrace (2016) reads as Warm, breathless, measured action / adventure, 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.

Mafia Mamma (2023) poster
1. Mafia Mamma2023

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

I Can Quit Whenever I Want 2: Masterclass (2017) poster
2. I Can Quit Whenever I Want 2: Masterclass2017

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

The Man from Toronto (2022) poster
3. The Man from Toronto2022

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

The Takedown (2022) poster
4. The Takedown2022

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

Compadres (2016) poster
5. Compadres2016

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

Barely Lethal (2015) poster
6. Barely Lethal2015

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

Burning (2014) poster
7. Burning2014

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

Boss (2013) poster
8. Boss2013

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

Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe (2011) poster
9. Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe2011

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

Taxi 4 (2007) poster
10. Taxi 42007

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

Mission: Possible (2021) poster
11. Mission: Possible2021

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

On the Other Side of the Tracks (2012) poster
12. On the Other Side of the Tracks2012

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

These are Skiptrace’s neighbours — where are yours?

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