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Iron Man 3 (2013)
★ 6.9 · 23,356 ratings on TMDB
Unleash the power behind the armor.
When Tony Stark's world is torn apart by a formidable terrorist called the Mandarin, he starts an odyssey of rebuilding and retribution.
DirectorShane Black
The emergence reading
Iron Man 3 keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E11 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.
zero-distanceUS
⇄ Parameter shift — the dial this world turnsrigor: loose
E5regenerationExtremis grants rapid tissue regeneration and superhuman abilities, but can cause uncontrolled explosive failures in subjects (technology · local)
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.
Avatar (2009)E9/E10/E13 · Action, Adventure
X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)E9/E10 · Action, Adventure
2012 (2009)E12/E14 · Action, Adventure
Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)E9/E13 · Action, Adventure
Independence Day (1996)E12/E13 · Action, Adventure
The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)E4/E10 · Action, AdventureAlso 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.
Zombieland (2009)alters at E5 · same rung · loose
The Incredible Hulk (2008)alters at E5 · same rung · loose
28 Days Later (2002)alters at E5 · same rung · rigorous
World War Z (2013)alters at E5 · same rung · loose
Resident Evil: Afterlife (2010)alters at E5 · same rung · loose
Dawn of the Dead (2004)alters at E5 · same rung · loose
