Movie Substrate · Film
Double Dragon (1994)
★ 4.6 · 382 ratings on TMDB
Power. Justice. Darkness. Light.
Two brothers have half of a powerful ancient Chinese talisman. An evil gang leader has the other half, and determines to get the brothers' half and have a complete medallion so he can gain absolute power.
DirectorJames Yukich
The emergence reading
Double Dragon keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E10 of the E0–E14 reality ladder, compressing power, justice, corruption, authority, rebellion.
zero-distanceDKpowerjusticecorruptionauthorityrebellion
⇄ Parameter shift — the dial this world turnsrigor: loose
E8possessionmedallion grants its bearer the ability to possess other people and become invulnerable (technology · personal)
Same rung, same subject
Films fighting at the same level of reality, about the same things.
Bananas (1971)E8/E10 · corruption, justice
Superman/Batman: Public Enemies (2009)E8/E10 · authority, corruption
Let the Bullets Fly (2010)E10 · authority, corruption
Murder, My Sweet (1944)E8 · authority, corruption
The Batman (2022)E8/E10 · corruption, justice
The Suicide Squad (2021)E8/E10 · authority, corruptionSame subject, different rung
The same preoccupations examined at another scale — one mind versus a nation.
Ultraviolet (2006)E4/E11 · rare rung · authority, power
Space Pirate Captain Harlock (2013)E11/E12/E13 · rare rung · authority, power
Warcraft (2016)E12/E13 · rare rung · authority, power
Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths (2010)E11/E13 · rare rung · authority, power
Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017)E11/E12 · rare rung · corruption, power
Justice Society: World War II (2021)E11/E12 · rare rung · justice, powerAlso 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.
Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)alters at E8 · same rung · loose
Equilibrium (2002)alters at E8 · same rung · rigorous
Isle of Dogs (2018)alters at E8 · same rung · loose
The Golden Compass (2007)alters at E8 · same rung · rigorous
Wish (2023)alters at E8 · same rung · loose
DragonHeart (1996)alters at E6 · looseSame people
Shared director or cast.
