400 Boys story
In a postapocalyptic world, Slash hones the psychic ability he shares with the remaining members of his street gang, the 'Brothers', while in hiding. After an enemy attack, they traverse the ruined city and encounter Hilo of the rival gang 'Soooooots', who harbors resentment after the enemy, whom Croak dubs the 400 Boys, wiped out his crew. Slash proposes a parlay to unite the surviving gangs against the 400 Boys. Their path is interrupted by Bala of the 'Galrogs', who leads them to consult with the Old Mother. She reveals that a past war broke the world, allowing "outside beings" to "ooze through the cracks." The newly allied gangs gather more fighters and confront the 400 Boys, who manifest as violent, destructive gigantic babies. Despite suffering heavy losses, they manage to defeat the 400 Boys one by one, with Slash executing the last of them. Cast: John Boyega, Ed Skrein, Sienna King, Dwane Walcott, Rahul Kohli, Pamela Nomvete, Amar Chadha-Patel Directed by: Robert Valley. Story by: Marc Laidlaw.
11 total · 3 choice · 5 major · 3 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| a common enemy unites | choice | The rival gangs setting aside their feuds to unite against the baby-shaped gargantuans constitutes a central message of the story. |
| factions joining forces against a common enemy | choice | The rival gangs teamed up to battle the baby-shaped gargantuans that were ravaging the city. |
| post-apocalyptic dystopia | choice | The story is set in the ruins of a bombed out, gang ridden metropolis. It was made clear that this same fate had befallen most, if not all, of the world. |
| extra-dimensional being | major | Old Mother revealed that a past war had broken the world, allowing "outside beings" to "ooze through the cracks". Presumably this explains the vaguely baby-shaped giant creatures that had thrashed the neighborhood. |
| giant monster | major | Four-hundred naked, roaring, chain wielding baby-shaped gargantuans unleashed hell upon the city. |
| human vs. monster | major | The rival gangs united to take on the 400 baby-shaped gargantuans that were ravaging the city. |
| nuclear holocaust | major | Old Mother made clear that the world was reduced to rubble in a nuclear cataclysm. |
| telekinetic ability | major | In the opening scene, Slash and some fellow gang members combined their psychic powers to briefly levitate a handgun along with four bullets. Old Mother levitated shards of glass. All of the gangs united to use their psychic powers in ray form against the 400 baby-shaped gargantuans. |
| coping with the defeat of one's people | minor | Croak very nearly croaked as his gang, the Soooooots, had been wiped out by the 400 baby-shaped gargantuans. |
| cracking under pressure | minor | Crybaby lost his nerve during the battle against the baby-shaped gargantuans and cowered behind a wrecked car. |