Movie Substrate · Film
7 Guardians of the Tomb (2018)
★ 5.3 · 257 ratings on TMDB
Unearth the legend. Unleash the curse.
An innocent discovery of a well-preserved mummified Emperor from 200 BC China unearths a 2000 year old nightmare - a secret that should have remained buried.
DirectorKimble Rendall
The emergence reading
7 Guardians of the Tomb keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E11 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.
zero-distanceAU
⇄ Parameter shift — the dial this world turnsrigor: loose
E5diseasea necrotic zombie pathogen that turns infected hosts into aggressive, corpse‑like aggressors (biology · local)
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.
Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (2001)E9/E12 · Action, Adventure
Avatar (2009)E9/E10/E13 · Action, Adventure
The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)E4/E10 · Action, Adventure
Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)E9/E13 · Action, Adventure
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)E9/E10 · Action, Adventure
Independence Day (1996)E12/E13 · Action, AdventureAlso 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.
Iron Man 3 (2013)alters at E5 · same rung · loose
Zombieland (2009)alters at E5 · same rung · loose
World War Z (2013)alters at E5 · same rung · loose
28 Days Later (2002)alters at E5 · same rung · rigorous
The Incredible Hulk (2008)alters at E5 · same rung · loose
Blade II (2002)alters at E5 · same rung · loose
