V for Vendetta (2006)
People should not be afraid of their governments. Governments should be afraid of their people.
In a world in which Great Britain has become a fascist state, a masked vigilante known only as “V” conducts guerrilla warfare against the oppressive British government. When V rescues a young woman from the secret police, he finds in her an ally with whom he can continue his fight to free the people of Britain.
V for Vendetta keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E10/E12 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.
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.
Tenet (2020)E0/E14 · Action, Science Fiction
Armageddon (1998)E8/E14 · Action, Science Fiction
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014)E8/E9/E11 · Action, Science Fiction
Looper (2012)E8/E11 · Action, Science Fiction
World War Z (2013)E4/E14 · Action, Science Fiction
The Terminator (1984)E8 · 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.
Civil War (2024)alters at E12 · same rung · rigorous
Iron Sky (2012)alters at E12 · same rung · loose
Justice League Dark: Apokolips War (2020)alters at E12 · same rung · loose
1941 (1979)alters at E12 · same rung · loose
Barb Wire (1996)alters at E12 · same rung · loose
Dragon Blade (2015)alters at E12 · same rung · loose
