Films like They Called Him Bulldozer.

They Called Him Bulldozer (1978) reads as Warm, breathless, measured action / comedy, inventive 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.

Crime Busters (1977) poster
1. Crime Busters1977

Keeps the relentless forward drive and the heightened unreality; trades toward a running vein of humour.

Watch Out, We're Mad (1974) poster
2. Watch Out, We're Mad1974

Keeps the relentless forward drive and the heightened unreality; trades toward a running vein of humour.

Showtime (2002) poster
3. Showtime2002

Keeps the running vein of humour and the relentless forward drive — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

All the Way Boys (1972) poster
4. All the Way Boys1972

Keeps the relentless forward drive and the heightened unreality; trades toward a running vein of humour.

The Wing or the Thigh? (1976) poster
5. The Wing or the Thigh?1976

Keeps the heightened unreality and the cold, bleak undertow; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

What Am I Doing in the Middle of the Revolution? (1972) poster
6. What Am I Doing in the Middle of the Revolution?1972

Keeps the heightened unreality; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot (1992) poster
7. Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot1992

Keeps the relentless forward drive and the heightened unreality; trades toward a running vein of humour.

Batman (1966) poster
8. Batman1966

Keeps the running vein of humour and the relentless forward drive; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

I'm for the Hippopotamus (1979) poster
9. I'm for the Hippopotamus1979

Keeps the relentless forward drive and the heightened unreality; trades toward a running vein of humour.

The Heifer (1985) poster
10. The Heifer1985

Keeps the heightened unreality; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Fantomas (1964) poster
11. Fantomas1964

Keeps the heightened unreality; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

My Lucky Stars (1985) poster
12. My Lucky Stars1985

Keeps the running vein of humour and the heightened unreality; trades toward a warm emotional register.

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