Debonair. Defiant. Defrosted.

As a swinging fashion photographer by day and a groovy British superagent by night, Austin Powers is the '60s' most shagadelic spy. But can he stop megalomaniac Dr. Evil after the bald villain freezes himself and unthaws in the '90s? With the help of sexy sidekick Vanessa Kensington, he just might.
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E11 of the E0–E14 reality ladder, compressing freedom, culture, gender, technology, power.
Films fighting at the same level of reality, about the same things.
The same preoccupations examined at another scale — one mind versus a nation.
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)E7/E12 · rare rung · culture, power
Dr. Dolittle 2 (2001)E7/E9 · rare rung · culture, power
Godzilla vs. Hedorah (1971)E7/E10 · rare rung · power, technology
The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008)E9/E14 · rare rung · culture, technology
King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962)E6/E12 · rare rung · power, technology
Warcraft (2016)E12/E13 · rare rung · culture, power