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Sicario (2015)

★ 7.4 · 9,499 ratings on TMDB

The border is just another line to cross.

Sicario poster★ 7.4

An idealistic FBI agent is enlisted by a government task force to aid in the escalating war against drugs at the border area between the U.S. and Mexico.

DirectorDenis Villeneuve
CastBenicio del Toro, Daniel Kaluuya, Emily Blunt, Hank Rogerson, Jeffrey Donovan, Jon Bernthal
GenresAction, Crime, Thriller
The emergence reading

Sicario keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E11 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.

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)E8/E11Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)E8/E11Batman Begins (2005)E8/E11Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)E8/E11Fight Club (1999)E8/E11The Avengers (2012)E8/E11

Same subject, different rung

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

V for Vendetta (2006)E10/E12 · Action, ThrillerWorld War Z (2013)E4/E14 · Action, ThrillerTenet (2020)E0/E14 · Action, ThrillerThe Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005)E9/E10 · Crime, ThrillerStarship Troopers (1997)E12/E13 · Action, ThrillerRobin Hood (2018)E9/E10 · Action, Thriller

Same people

Shared director or cast.

Dune (2021)dir. Denis VilleneuveDune: Part Two (2024)dir. Denis VilleneuveArrival (2016)dir. Denis VilleneuveSicario: Day of the Soldado (2018)Benicio del ToroInherent Vice (2014)Benicio del ToroMilk (2008)Josh Brolin