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Boss Level (2021)
★ 6.9 · 1,900 ratings on TMDB
Running out of time. And lives.
A former special forces agent is trapped in a time loop and relives his death over and over again. To escape the terrible situation, he must track down those responsible and stop them.
DirectorJoe Carnahan
The emergence reading
Boss Level keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E14 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.
zero-distanceUS
⇄ Parameter shift — the dial this world turnsrigor: loose
E0timethe day resets at a fixed moment, creating an endless loop; only the protagonist retains memory (physics · universal)
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.
V for Vendetta (2006)E10/E12 · Action, Science Fiction
Serenity (2005)E10/E11 · Action, Science Fiction
Starship Troopers (1997)E12/E13 · Action, Science Fiction
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009)E11/E12 · Action, Science Fiction
Geostorm (2017)E11/E12 · Action, Science Fiction
RoboCop 3 (1993)E9/E11 · Action, Science FictionAlso 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.
Interstellar (2014)alters at E0 · same rung · rigorous
Avengers: Endgame (2019)alters at E0 · same rung · loose
Doctor Strange (2016)alters at E0 · same rung · rigorous
Back to the Future (1985)alters at E0 · same rung · loose
The Matrix (1999)alters at E0 · same rung · rigorous
Back to the Future Part III (1990)alters at E0 · same rung · loose
