Films like The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption.

The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption (2012) reads as Neutral, breathless, measured action / adventure, surreal 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.

Dragon Ball: Episode of Bardock (2011) poster
1. Dragon Ball: Episode of Bardock2011

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

Yu-Gi-Oh! Bonds Beyond Time (2010) poster
2. Yu-Gi-Oh! Bonds Beyond Time2010

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

Hulk vs. Thor (2009) poster
3. Hulk vs. Thor2009

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

The Scorpion King 2: Rise of a Warrior (2008) poster
4. The Scorpion King 2: Rise of a Warrior2008

Keeps the documentary-plain realism and the relentless forward drive; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Guardians (2017) poster
5. Guardians2017

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

Dragon Ball Z: Plan to Eradicate the Super Saiyans (2010) poster
6. Dragon Ball Z: Plan to Eradicate the Super Saiyans2010

Keeps the documentary-plain realism and the relentless forward drive — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Cosmoball (2020) poster
7. Cosmoball2020

Keeps the documentary-plain realism and the relentless forward drive; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Crawlers (2020) poster
8. Crawlers2020

Keeps the documentary-plain realism and the relentless forward drive — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Age of Dinosaurs (2013) poster
9. Age of Dinosaurs2013

Keeps the documentary-plain realism and the relentless forward drive — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

League of Gods (2016) poster
10. League of Gods2016

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

Bleeding Steel (2017) poster
11. Bleeding Steel2017

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

Triassic Attack (2010) poster
12. Triassic Attack2010

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

These are The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption’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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