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The Infiltrator (2016)

★ 6.7 · 1,799 ratings on TMDB

The true story of one man against the biggest drug cartel in history.

The Infiltrator poster★ 6.7

A U.S Customs official uncovers a massive money laundering scheme involving Pablo Escobar.

DirectorBrad Furman
CastAmy Ryan, Art Malik, Benjamin Bratt, Bryan Cranston, Daniel Mays, Diane Kruger
GenresCrime, Drama, Thriller
The emergence reading

The Infiltrator 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.

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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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