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Stuber (2019)

★ 6.6 · 1,404 ratings on TMDB

Saving the day takes a pair.

Stuber poster★ 6.6

After crashing his car, a cop who's recovering from eye surgery recruits an Uber driver to help him catch a heroin dealer. The mismatched pair soon find themselves in for a wild day of stakeouts and shootouts as they encounter the city's seedy side.

DirectorMichael Dowse
CastBetty Gilpin, Dave Bautista, Iko Uwais, Jimmy Tatro, Karen Gillan, Kumail Nanjiani
GenresAction, Comedy
The emergence reading

Stuber keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8 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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