Morgan (2016)
Don't let it out
A corporate risk-management consultant must determine whether or not to terminate an artificial being's life that was made in a laboratory environment.
In Morgan, consciousness is carried by machines — a plane of “synthetic bio‑lab”. The story fights on E8/E10 of the E0–E14 reality ladder, compressing technology, consciousness, ethics, power, control.
Same rung, same subject
Films fighting at the same level of reality, about the same things.
Same subject, different rung
The same preoccupations examined at another scale — one mind versus a nation.
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)E7/E12 · rare rung · power, technology
Kingsman: The Secret Service (2015)E11/E14 · rare rung · power, technology
WarGames (1983)E12/E14 · rare rung · control, technology
Godzilla vs. Kong (2021)E6/E11 · rare rung · power, technology
King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962)E6/E12 · rare rung · power, technology
Space Pirate Captain Harlock (2013)E11/E12/E13 · rare rung · power, technologyAlso 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.
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018)alters at E4 · same rung · loose
The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996)alters at E4 · same rung · loose
Rampage (2018)alters at E4 · same rung · loose
BLAME! (2017)alters at E4 · same rung · rigorous
Iron Sky: The Coming Race (2019)alters at E4 · same rung · loose
Guardians (2017)alters at E4 · same rung · looseAlso hides consciousness here
Other films that move a human interior onto the same kind of thing.
Ex Machina (2015)consciousness in machines · AI confinement test
Transcendence (2014)consciousness in machines · singularitarian digital realm
Terminator Genisys (2015)consciousness in machines · AI apocalypse
Atlas (2024)consciousness in machines · machine uprising
The Lawnmower Man (1992)consciousness in machines · digital ascension
Blade Runner (1982)consciousness in machines · future corporate dystopiaSame subject, different mask
The same preoccupations carried by a different kind of thing — grief told through the dead, an animal, a machine.
Victor Frankenstein (2015)consciousness in monsters · ethics, power
Space Jam: A New Legacy (2021)consciousness in animals · control, technology
The Golden Compass (2007)consciousness in animals · consciousness, power
Morbius (2022)consciousness in monsters · control, technology
The Signal (2014)consciousness in aliens · control, technology
The Man with Two Brains (1983)consciousness carried elsewhere · consciousness, technology
