Outside the Wire story
Outside the Wire is a 2021 American science fiction action film directed by Mikael Håfström. Synopsis: An android military officer works with a drone pilot to stop a global catastrophe.
12 total · 6 major · 6 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| android | major | The main character Captain Leo was a highly advanced and experimental android supersoldier who was masquerading as a human military officer. |
| commander and subordinate | major | The story explores the dynamics between the android military officer Captain Leo and the drone pilot under his charge, Lieutenant Harp. |
| supersoldier | major | The experimental android Captain Leo was physically constructed and programmed to be an ideal soldier: he had heightened physical abilities and was seemingly incapable of disobeying orders. |
| terrorism | major | Leo and Harp were on a mission to prevent the known terrorist Victor Koval from gaining control of a network of Soviet–era nuclear missile silos. |
| the horrors of war | major | The story is set in a war-torn Ukraine, and depicts the suffering the people are going through there. Moreover, in a pointed scene the drone pilot Harp was confronted with the civilian deaths that resulted from the use of drones in warfare. |
| weapons of mass destruction | major | A revelation of the film is that Captain Leo was all along planning to launch a nuclear strike on the United States mainland. It was revealed that the terrorist Victor Koval had detonated a dirty bomb in Kiev. |
| arms trade | minor | Leo and Harp paid the arms dealer Varyk Oshlak a visit. |
| civil war | minor | The story is set in the Ukraine during an ongoing civil war. Note, however, the civil nature of the war was never really explored. |
| facing a hostage situation | minor | Harp tried to deescalate a hostage situation, but it ended badly. |
| having a preconception challenged | minor | The military drone pilot Harp was despondent upon seeing a civilian killing drone strike first-hand. |