Films like Superman/Batman: Apocalypse.

Superman/Batman: Apocalypse (2010) reads as Sombre, breathless, extreme sci-fi / action, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, epic, 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.

The Forbidden Kingdom (2008) poster
1. The Forbidden Kingdom2008

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the documentary-plain realism — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Conan the Barbarian (2011) poster
2. Conan the Barbarian2011

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the documentary-plain realism — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Great Wall (2016) poster
3. The Great Wall2016

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the documentary-plain realism — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Superman: Doomsday (2007) poster
4. Superman: Doomsday2007

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the documentary-plain realism — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Scorpion King (2002) poster
5. The Scorpion King2002

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the documentary-plain realism — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children (2005) poster
6. Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children2005

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the documentary-plain realism — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017) poster
7. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales2017

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the documentary-plain realism — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001) poster
8. Lara Croft: Tomb Raider2001

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the documentary-plain realism — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) poster
9. Avengers: Age of Ultron2015

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the documentary-plain realism — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Star Trek Beyond (2016) poster
10. Star Trek Beyond2016

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the documentary-plain realism — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

X-Men: Apocalypse (2016) poster
11. X-Men: Apocalypse2016

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the documentary-plain realism — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Independence Day: Resurgence (2016) poster
12. Independence Day: Resurgence2016

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the documentary-plain realism — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

These are Superman/Batman: Apocalypse’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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