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ARQ (2016)

★ 6.1 · 1,289 ratings on TMDB
ARQ poster★ 6.1

Two old friends living in a dystopic future become trapped in a mysterious time loop — one that may have something to do with an ongoing battle between an omnipotent corporation and a ragtag band of rebels.

DirectorTony Elliott
CastAdam Butcher, Gray Powell, Jacob Neayem, Jamie Spilchuk, Nicolas Van Burek, Rachael Taylor
GenresScience Fiction, Thriller
The emergence reading

ARQ 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.

Batman Begins (2005)E8/E11Pulp Fiction (1994)E8/E11Star Wars (1977)E8/E11Iron Man 2 (2010)E8/E11Fight Club (1999)E8/E11The Godfather (1972)E8/E11

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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