Island City story

movie: Island City (1994) · 1994-03-02

In the future, humanity develops a "fountain of youth" drug, but as many people around the world begin to take it, most begin to mutate into a barbaric proto-humanoid state. The few people immune to this side-effect of the drug band together and live in a futuristic city while the mutants live in the vast wasteland outside its gates. In an effort to save the human race and understand what went wrong, the city sends out research missions in fortified vehicles to bring back mutated humans for research, and to rescue healthy humans. The film focuses on one such squad of soldiers and scientists.

19 total · 6 major · 13 minor

ThemeLevelMotivation
anti-aging technology major The story is set in a near-future where a genetically engineered "fountain of youth" injectable drug is a reality. There is only one problem: most people who take the drug transform into brutish, caveman-like creatures.
coping with a loved one being in peril major Connie and her son Ty were worried to death about the man of the house Andy having gone missing in the wastelands.
humanoid mutant major The story is set in a future where everyone is living hold up in a highly fortified city on account of brutish, caveman-like mutants being all over the place.
post-apocalyptic dystopia major The story is set in a future where everyone is living hold up in a highly fortified city on account that most people in the world had mutated into brutish, caveman-like creatures.
reunion with a loved one major Sammy was joyfully reunited with her sister lost in the wastelands for 32 years Helen. Connie was reunited with her lost in the wastelands husband at the conclusion of the film. Ty was reunited with his lost in the wastelands father at the conclusion of the film.
sister and sister major Dr. Sammy Helding was reunited with her lost in the wastelands for 32 years sister Helen. It was up to Sammy to familiarize Helen with the social norms of the city.
a person and their clone minor One of Greg 23's various clones was jealous of him because of how high he'd risen in society.
coping with unwelcome romantic attention minor Col. Tom Valdoon awkwardly declined Helen's request for a dinner date.
escape from reality minor Connie's teenage son Ty was spending all his time in a virtual reality world to escape from that reality that his father was missing in the wastelands.
father and son minor Ty went virtual reality fishing with a simulation of his father.