Runaway story
A police officer is assigned to track down dangerous robots, while a scientist hopes to profit from his malevolent manipulation of robots.
14 total · 5 major · 9 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| father and son | major | Jack was raising his young son Bobby as a single father. His wife died a few years prior in a car crash after which time he got a helper robot, named Lois, that was helping him to raise the boy. |
| greed for riches | major | Dr. Charles Luther killed his fellow researchers and tried to sell their technology that allows robots to thermographically identify humans to the highest bidder on the black market. |
| law enforcement | major | The story followed Sargeant Jack R. Ramsay and his new partner Karen Thompson as they worked together to uncover why helper robots were mysteriously turning on their owners. |
| mentor and protégé | major | Jack and his new junior partner Karen. |
| robot helper | major | The film is set in a near future where it is normal for people to have appliance-on-wheels type robot helpers in their homes. In particular, Jack help a robot helped named Lois that helped him care for his young son Bobby. |
| beating one's self up | minor | Jack blamed himself for the deaths of six people who were murdered by a suspect who had escaped from Jack during a police pursuit. |
| facing one's darkest fear | minor | Jack had to overcome his life-long fear of heights when Dr. Charles Luther's forced him to come to the site of an unfinished skyscraper to rescue Bobby. |
| fear of heights | minor | Jack confessed to Karen that he'd been afraid of heights his entire life. |
| psychic detective | minor | The police chief twisted Jack's arm into consulting a psychic in an effort to get a lead on the whereabout of Dr. Charles Luther. |
| romantic love | minor | The film concluded with Jack and Karen sharing a passionate kiss and agreeing to have dinner. |