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The Uprising (2026)

★ 8.0 · 201 ratings on TMDB

Rise or die.

The Uprising poster★ 8.0

As war and plague devastate 14th-century England, a humble peasant ignites a rebellion, uniting an army of commoners to defy the King’s might in a desperate fight for justice and survival.

DirectorPaul Greengrass
CastAndrew Garfield, Jamie Bell, Stephen Dillane, Woody Norman, Tom Hollander, Cosmo Jarvis
GenresHistory, Drama, Action
The emergence reading

The Uprising keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E10/E12 of the E0–E14 reality ladder, compressing inequality, rebellion, power, justice, authority.

zero-distanceDEinequalityrebellionpowerjusticeauthority
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Same people

Shared director or cast.

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