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The Union (2024)

★ 6.1 · 1,150 ratings on TMDB

Old flame. New mission.

The Union poster★ 6.1

A New Jersey construction worker goes from regular guy to aspiring spy when his long-lost high school sweetheart recruits him for an espionage mission.

DirectorJulian Farino
CastAdewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Alice Lee, Halle Berry, J.K. Simmons, Jackie Earle Haley, Jessica De Gouw
GenresAction, Comedy
The emergence reading

The Union keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E11 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.

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)E8/E11Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)E8/E11The Truman Show (1998)E8/E11Iron Man 3 (2013)E8/E11Fight Club (1999)E8/E11Pulp Fiction (1994)E8/E11

Same subject, different rung

The same preoccupations examined at another scale — one mind versus a nation.

The Interview (2014)E9/E12 · Action, ComedyIron Sky (2012)E12/E14 · Action, ComedySahara (2005)E14 · Action, ComedyDragnet (1987)E9/E10 · Action, ComedyLet the Bullets Fly (2010)E9/E10 · Action, ComedyDeath Race 2000 (1975)E12 · Action, Comedy

Same people

Shared director or cast.

The Oranges (2011)dir. Julian FarinoPatriots Day (2016)J.K. SimmonsContraband (2012)J.K. SimmonsThe Basketball Diaries (1995)Lorraine BraccoShutter Island (2010)Jackie Earle HaleySuicide Squad (2016)Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje