No Escape (1994)
No guards. No walls.
In the year 2022, a ruthless prison warden has created the ultimate solution for his most troublesome and violent inmates: Absolom, a secret jungle island where prisoners are abandoned and left to die. But Marine Captain John Robbins, convicted of murdering a commanding officer, is determined to escape the island in order to reveal the truth behind his murderous actions and clear his name.
No Escape keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E11 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.
Same rung, same subject
Films fighting at the same level of reality, about the same things.
Same subject, different rung
The same preoccupations examined at another scale — one mind versus a nation.
V for Vendetta (2006)E10/E12 · Action, Science Fiction
Tenet (2020)E0/E14 · Action, Science Fiction
World War Z (2013)E4/E14 · Action, Science Fiction
Snowpiercer (2013)E9/E10 · Action, Drama
The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008)E9/E14 · Drama, Science Fiction
Contagion (2011)E4/E14 · Drama, Science FictionAlso bends a rule of reality
Other films that change a standing rule of their world — ranked first by those bending it at the same rung.
The Hunger Games (2012)alters at E10 · same rung · rigorous
The Truman Show (1998)alters at E10 · same rung · rigorous
WALL·E (2008)alters at E10 · same rung · rigorous
The Incredibles (2004)alters at E10 · same rung · rigorous
Incredibles 2 (2018)alters at E10 · same rung · loose
In Time (2011)alters at E10 · same rung · loose
