Fullmetal Alchemist: The Revenge of Scar (2022)
The promised day is coming soon
The Elric brothers meet their toughest opponent yet — a lone serial killer with a large scar on his forehead.
In Fullmetal Alchemist: The Revenge of Scar, consciousness is carried by machines — a plane of “alchemy‑war state”. The story fights on E8/E10 of the E0–E14 reality ladder, compressing power, authority, mortality, exploitation, technology.
Same rung, same subject
Films fighting at the same level of reality, about the same things.
Repo! The Genetic Opera (2008)E8/E10 · exploitation, mortality
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (2004)E8/E10 · exploitation, mortality
Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014)E8 · exploitation, power
RoboCop 2 (1990)E10 · authority, power
Companion (2025)E8 · exploitation, mortality
The Black Hole (1979)E8 · authority, powerSame subject, different rung
The same preoccupations examined at another scale — one mind versus a nation.
Ultraviolet (2006)E4/E11 · rare rung · authority, exploitation
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)E7/E12 · rare rung · power, technology
Dr. Dolittle 2 (2001)E7/E9 · rare rung · exploitation, power
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)E12/E14 · rare rung · authority, mortality
Godzilla vs. Kong (2021)E6/E11 · rare rung · exploitation, power
King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962)E6/E12 · rare rung · exploitation, powerAlso 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.
*batteries not included (1987)alters at E3 · same rung · loose
Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa (2005)alters at E3 · same rung · loose
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009)alters at E3 · same rung · loose
Finch (2021)alters at E3 · same rung · loose
A Minecraft Movie (2025)alters at E3 · same rung · loose
The Three Musketeers (2011)alters at E3 · same rung · looseAlso hides consciousness here
Other films that move a human interior onto the same kind of thing.
Lucy (2014)consciousness in machines · brain machine singularity
Blade Runner (1982)consciousness in machines · future corporate dystopia
Transcendence (2014)consciousness in machines · singularitarian digital realm
RoboCop (2014)consciousness in machines · cybernetic policing
Space Sweepers (2021)consciousness in machines · space junk economy
Vesper (2022)consciousness in machines · seed‑controlled wastelandSame subject, different mask
The same preoccupations carried by a different kind of thing — grief told through the dead, an animal, a machine.
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018)consciousness in animals · exploitation, power
Meet the Feebles (1989)consciousness in animals · authority, exploitation
Dragon Ball Z: Fusion Reborn (1995)consciousness in monsters · authority, mortality
Constantine: City of Demons - The Movie (2018)consciousness in monsters · authority, mortality
Thor: Love and Thunder (2022)consciousness in aliens · authority, mortality
Jupiter Ascending (2015)consciousness in aliens · exploitation, power
