American Cyborg: Steel Warrior story
In a near-future where people are sterile, an android assassin tries to kill a woman who was able to give life to a fetus, but a mercenary cyborg vows to protect her.
14 total · 6 major · 8 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| AI risk to civilization | major | The story is set in a near-future where people are sterile and subjugated by artificial intelligences they'd created, and the said artificial intelligences were working to prevent the last known fertile woman on Earth from bringing her fetus to term. Despite being called “cyborgs”, some of the antagonists appeared to be entirely synthetic. |
| android | major | The story follow Mary and Austin as they are stalked by the Terminator-like android assassin Killer Cyborg Assassin. |
| cyborg | major | Austin Cyborg was true to his name. |
| human vs. sentient machine | major | Mary was being stalked by a remorseless android assassin. |
| mass infertility | major | Mary was the only woman who was able to conceive, and the story follows her efforts to get her fetus (the last hope for humanity) to the safety of the so-called "Europe artificial womb". |
| romantic love | major | Mary and Austin Cyborg fell passionately in love. |
| artificial womb | minor | Mary carrying her fetus in a transparent cannister of some sort, and the film end with the dramatic transfer of the fetus into the better "European artificial womb". |
| cannibalism | minor | Mary and Austin crossed paths with a band of radioactive cannibals. |
| food pill | minor | Mary was taking the RZB pill for sustenance. |
| gender bending | minor | Austin Cyborg assaulted a man in drag. |