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Films like Street Kings.

Street Kings (2008) reads as Heavy, breathless, extreme action / crime, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, 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.

Machete Kills (2013) poster
1. Machete Kills2013

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the white-knuckle intensity — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Takers (2010) poster
2. Takers2010

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the white-knuckle intensity — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Crazies (2010) poster
3. The Crazies2010

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the white-knuckle intensity — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Along Came a Spider (2001) poster
4. Along Came a Spider2001

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the white-knuckle intensity — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Survivor (2015) poster
5. Survivor2015

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the white-knuckle intensity — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Blitz (2011) poster
6. Blitz2011

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the white-knuckle intensity — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Basic (2003) poster
7. Basic2003

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the white-knuckle intensity — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (2014) poster
8. Sin City: A Dame to Kill For2014

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the white-knuckle intensity — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

War (2007) poster
9. War2007

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the white-knuckle intensity — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Mechanic (2011) poster
10. The Mechanic2011

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the white-knuckle intensity — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Boondock Saints (1999) poster
11. The Boondock Saints1999

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the white-knuckle intensity — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

S.W.A.T. (2003) poster
12. S.W.A.T.2003

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the white-knuckle intensity — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

These are Street Kings’s neighbours — where are yours?

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