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Blitz (2011)

★ 6.2 · 1,797 ratings on TMDB

It's cop-killer vs. killer-cop

Blitz poster★ 6.2

A tough cop is dispatched to take down a serial killer who has been targeting police officers.

DirectorElliott Lester
CastAidan Gillen, David Morrissey, Elly Fairman, Jason Statham, Joe Dempsie, Luke Evans
GenresAction, Crime, Thriller
The emergence reading

Blitz keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E10 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.

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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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