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The Trust (2016)

★ 5.2 · 537 ratings on TMDB

Bad cops make the best criminals

The Trust poster★ 5.2

A pair of cops investigating a drug invasion stumble upon a mysterious bank vault.

DirectorAlex Brewer, Benjamin Brewer
CastAlexandria Lee, Elijah Wood, Eric Heister, Ethan Suplee, Jerry Lewis, Kenna James
GenresAction, Comedy, Crime, Drama
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The Trust 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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