Films like X-Men: Days of Future Past.

X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014) reads as Sombre, breathless, extreme action / adventure, 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.

Transformers: The Last Knight (2017) poster
1. Transformers: The Last Knight2017

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the world-sized stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009) poster
2. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen2009

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the world-sized stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

John Carter (2012) poster
3. John Carter2012

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the world-sized stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Hardcore Henry (2015) poster
4. Hardcore Henry2015

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the world-sized stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019) poster
5. Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker2019

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the world-sized stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Terminator: Dark Fate (2019) poster
6. Terminator: Dark Fate2019

Keeps the world-sized stakes and the relentless forward drive — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021) poster
7. Venom: Let There Be Carnage2021

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the world-sized stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Host (2013) poster
8. The Host2013

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the world-sized stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Lockout (2012) poster
9. Lockout2012

Keeps the world-sized stakes and the relentless forward drive — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Code 8 (2019) poster
10. Code 82019

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the world-sized stakes; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

Assassin's Creed (2016) poster
11. Assassin's Creed2016

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the world-sized stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Battle: Los Angeles (2011) poster
12. Battle: Los Angeles2011

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the world-sized stakes; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

These are X-Men: Days of Future Past’s neighbours — where are yours?

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