Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (2024)
No one can stop the reign.
Several generations following Caesar's reign, apes – now the dominant species – live harmoniously while humans have been reduced to living in the shadows. As a new tyrannical ape leader builds his empire, one young ape undertakes a harrowing journey that will cause him to question all he's known about the past and to make choices that will define a future for apes and humans alike.
In Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, consciousness is carried by animals — a plane of “ape‑dominated Earth”. The story fights on E9/E10/E13 of the E0–E14 reality ladder, compressing prejudice, power, inequality, civilization, conflict.
Same rung, same subject
Films fighting at the same level of reality, about the same things.
The Dark Crystal (1982)E9/E10/E13 · rare rung · power, prejudice
The Big Short (2015)E10/E13 · rare rung · inequality, power
The Seven Deadly Sins: Cursed by Light (2021)E9/E13 · rare rung · conflict, power
Wizards (1977)E9/E13 · rare rung · power, prejudice
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)E13 · rare rung · power, prejudice
Mortal Engines (2018)E13 · rare rung · power, prejudiceSame subject, different rung
The same preoccupations examined at another scale — one mind versus a nation.
Ultraviolet (2006)E4/E11 · rare rung · power, prejudice
Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)E8/E14 · rare rung · power, prejudice
Dragon Ball Z: Plan to Eradicate the Super Saiyans (2010)E8/E14 · rare rung · power, prejudice
Godzilla vs. Kong (2021)E6/E11 · rare rung · conflict, power
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (1974)E6/E8 · rare rung · conflict, power
X-Men: The Mutant Watch (2000)E11/E12 · rare rung · conflict, powerAlso hides consciousness here
Other films that move a human interior onto the same kind of thing.
Planet of the Apes (1968)consciousness in animals · ape-ruled Earth
200% Wolf (2024)consciousness in animals · werewolf‑spirit fantasy
Planet of the Apes (2001)consciousness in animals · ape‑ruled planet
Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970)consciousness in animals · post‑apocalyptic ape empire
Scooby-Doo (2002)consciousness in animals · haunted resort
The Lord of the Rings (1978)consciousness in animals · mythic fantasy realmSame subject, different mask
The same preoccupations carried by a different kind of thing — grief told through the dead, an animal, a machine.
Monster Hunt (2015)consciousness in monsters · conflict, power
Barbie: Spy Squad (2016)consciousness in objects · inequality, power
Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008)consciousness in monsters · conflict, power
No Game No Life: Zero (2017)consciousness in machines · power, prejudice
Justice League: Throne of Atlantis (2015)consciousness carried elsewhere · power, prejudice
Transformers: Beginnings (2007)consciousness in machines · civilization, power
