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The Flu (2013)

★ 7.5 · 1,270 ratings on TMDB

Death goes viral.

The Flu poster★ 7.5

A case of the flu quickly morphs into a pandemic. As the death toll mounts and the living panic, the government plans extreme measures to contain it.

DirectorKim Sung-soo
CastCha In-pyo, Don Lee, Jang Hyuk, Kim Ki-hyeon, Lee Hee-jun, Lee Sang-yeob
GenresAction, Science Fiction, Thriller
The emergence reading

The Flu keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E10 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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Same rung, same subject

Films fighting at the same level of reality, about the same things.

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Same subject, different rung

The same preoccupations examined at another scale — one mind versus a nation.

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Same people

Shared director or cast.

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