The final showdown.

When the irritable monkey king visits a temple together with his master Tang Monk, he feels offended because of a trifle and thereupon accidentally destroys a magic tree growing on the sacred ground. This brings an ancient demon king back to life, who promptly kidnaps Tang Monk to take revenge for his long imprisonment. The monkey king and his followers have only three days to not only save their master but also to prevent the demon king from regaining his full powers and destroying the world…
In The Monkey King: Reborn, consciousness is carried by monsters and creatures — a plane of “mythic urban dystopia”. The story fights on E8/E9/E10 of the E0–E14 reality ladder, compressing power, mythology, water, oppression.
Films fighting at the same level of reality, about the same things.
Other films that move a human interior onto the same kind of thing.
Shazam! Fury of the Gods (2023)consciousness in monsters · mythic superhero realm
Mortal Kombat Legends: Cage Match (2023)consciousness in monsters · hollywood demon-fantasy
Wonder Woman (2017)consciousness in monsters · mythic-war
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans (2009)consciousness in monsters · mythic monster war
How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014)consciousness in monsters · dragon‑kin world
Aladdin (2019)consciousness in monsters · magical desert kingdomThe same preoccupations carried by a different kind of thing — grief told through the dead, an animal, a machine.
Dragon Ball Super: Broly (2018)consciousness in aliens · oppression, power
Hercules in New York (1970)consciousness carried elsewhere · mythology, power
Planet of the Apes (2001)consciousness in animals · oppression, power
Dragon Ball: Episode of Bardock (2011)consciousness in aliens · oppression, power
Transformers: The Last Knight (2017)consciousness in machines · mythology, power
Alita: Battle Angel (2019)consciousness in machines · powerShared director or cast.