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Films like Taxi.

Taxi (2004) reads as Sombre, breathless, extreme action / comedy, grounded 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.

Get Smart (2008) poster
1. Get Smart2008

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the dense, packed storytelling — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Beverly Hills Cop III (1994) poster
2. Beverly Hills Cop III1994

Keeps the dense, packed storytelling and the relentless forward drive — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Bad Boys II (2003) poster
3. Bad Boys II2003

Keeps the dense, packed storytelling and the relentless forward drive; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

RED (2010) poster
4. RED2010

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the dense, packed storytelling; trades toward a world-sized stakes.

Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son (2011) poster
5. Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son2011

Keeps the dense, packed storytelling and the relentless forward drive; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

The Roundup: No Way Out (2023) poster
6. The Roundup: No Way Out2023

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the dense, packed storytelling — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Miss Congeniality (2000) poster
7. Miss Congeniality2000

Keeps the dense, packed storytelling and the relentless forward drive; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Blue Streak (1999) poster
8. Blue Streak1999

Keeps the dense, packed storytelling and the relentless forward drive; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

The Hitman's Bodyguard (2017) poster
9. The Hitman's Bodyguard2017

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the dense, packed storytelling — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Rush Hour (1998) poster
10. Rush Hour1998

Keeps the dense, packed storytelling and the relentless forward drive; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Vanguard (2020) poster
11. Vanguard2020

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the dense, packed storytelling — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

2 Guns (2013) poster
12. 2 Guns2013

Keeps the dense, packed storytelling and the relentless forward drive; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

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