Heatseeker story
A kickboxing champion is compelled to enter a mixed martial arts tournament in which all the other participants are cybernetically enhanced.
7 total · 5 major · 2 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| combat sports | major | The film is about a 100% human kickboxing champion who competes in a mixed brutal martial arts tournament in which the other competitors are all cybernetically enhanced. |
| cyborg | major | The world's cyber companies showcased their cyborg martial artists in a brutal one-on-one fighting tournament. |
| engaged couple | major | The 100% human kickboxer Chance fought in an otherwise all cyborg fighting tournament for the sake of his manager turned fiancée, Jo. |
| human vs. technology | major | The 100% human kickboxing champion Chance O'Brien proved himself superior to machines by winning an all-cyborg (except for him) mixed martial arts fighting tournament. |
| unethical business practices | major | The Sianon corporation kidnapped Chance O'Brien's fiancée, Jo, to compel him to fight in their cyborg mixed martial arts tournament. The idea here is that Chance was the world's greatest human kickboxer, and the corporation was counting on their cyborg defeating Chance in battle to raise their stock price. |
| betrayal | minor | To the kickboxer Chance it seemed that his manager fiancée, Jo, had betrayed him by leaving him to train his greatest rival, but, in fact, she was being compelled to do so by the Sianon corporation. |
| romantic love | minor | Newly engaged, Chance and Jo made proclamations of love to one another over a romantic dinner in Rome. |