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Reptile (2023)

★ 6.7 · 1,207 ratings on TMDB

Shed the lies.

Reptile poster★ 6.7

Following the brutal murder of a young real estate agent, a hardened detective attempts to uncover the truth in a case where nothing is as it seems, and by doing so dismantles the illusions in his own life.

DirectorGrant Singer
CastAlicia Silverstone, Ato Essandoh, Benicio del Toro, Domenick Lombardozzi, Eric Bogosian, Frances Fisher
GenresCrime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
The emergence reading

Reptile keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E10 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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Same subject, different rung

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Same people

Shared director or cast.

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