Crossworlds story

movie: Crossworlds (1996) · 1996-02-14

A college student is drawn into a battle to save the world from a villainous warlord from another dimension who is extending his dominions into other dimensional realms.

17 total · 8 major · 9 minor

Theme	Level	Motivation
from zero to hero	major	Joe went from getting shut down by a woman at a college party to being the savior of the world.
good vs. evil	major	It is black and white in the story: Joe and the resistance army are the good guys, and the villainous warlord Ferris and his minions the bad guys.
parallel universe	major	Baked into the cake of the film is that Earth is located in one of many different worlds, or universes, that exist in different dimensions.
resistance movement	major	The college student Joe quickly found himself bound up with Laura, a representative from a resistance army that was battling the evil warlord Ferris on fronts in multiple different dimensions.
space portal	major	A main idea of the film is that a special scepter, when combined with Joe's heirloom crystal, is a tool that can be used to open doorways into other places, and even other dimensions. For example, A.T. used the scepter to open up a door that led from a museum display room to a seashore.
the lust for power	major	The villainous warlord Ferris was busy extending his dominions into other dimensional realms, in particular the dimension containing Earth.
what if I found myself in an alternate reality	major	On more than one occasion, Joe found himself in a strange, reddish valley that was understood to be in located in another dimension.
what if the fate of the world was in my hands	major	It fell squarely on the shoulders of the nondescript college student Joe to save the world from being overrun by the forces of the trans-dimensional warlord Ferris.
coping with the death of someone	minor	Laura shed a tear for her presumed dead comrade A.T.
dangerous driving	minor	Joe was arrested for being to perpetrator of a hit-and-run.