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They Call Me Jeeg (2016)

★ 7.4 · 2,584 ratings on TMDB

A superhero like no other

They Call Me Jeeg poster★ 7.4

Exposed to radioactive waste, small-time crook Enzo gains super-strength. A misanthropic, introverted brute, he uses his powers for personal gain until he meets Alessia, a mentally ill girl who believes Enzo is the hero from her favorite anime, Steel Jeeg.

DirectorGabriele Mainetti
CastClaudio Santamaria, Daniele Trombetti, Francesco Formichetti, Gianluca Di Gennaro, Ilenia Pastorelli, Joel Sy
GenresAction, Drama, Science Fiction
The emergence reading

They Call Me Jeeg keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E9/E10 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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Same rung, same subject

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Same subject, different rung

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Same people

Shared director or cast.

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