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Films like The Sweeney.

The Sweeney (2012) reads as Sombre, breathless, measured action / crime, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, 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.

Fast Convoy (2016) poster
1. Fast Convoy2016

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Assassination Games (2011) poster
2. Assassination Games2011

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Go Fast (2008) poster
3. Go Fast2008

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Freelancers (2012) poster
4. Freelancers2012

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Absolute Deception (2013) poster
5. Absolute Deception2013

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

4Got10 (2015) poster
6. 4Got102015

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Collision (2013) poster
7. Collision2013

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Good People (2014) poster
8. Good People2014

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Absolution (2015) poster
9. Absolution2015

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Sniper (2009) poster
10. The Sniper2009

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Waist Deep (2006) poster
11. Waist Deep2006

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Transit (2012) poster
12. Transit2012

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

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