Scorcher story
Scorcher is a 2002 science-fiction disaster film directed by James Seale and starring Mark Dacascos, John Rhys-Davies, Jeffrey Johnson, Tamara Davies, Mark Rolston, G.W. Bailey, Thomas F. Duffy, and Rutger Hauer. Synopsis: A group of scientists discover, after a disastrous nuclear accident, that the Earth's tectonic plates are shifting and creating immense pressure that will destroy the Earth in a fiery global eruption, and a few top scientists must find a way to stop it.
16 total · 1 choice · 5 major · 10 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| volcanic cataclysm | choice | The story is all about preventing a looming volcanic cataclysm of, quite literally, Earth shattering proportions. |
| father and daughter | major | The troubled relationship between Julie her father Dr. Sallin was much featured, and was the similarly troubled relationship between Colonel Beckett and his teenage daughter Faith. |
| military related work | major | Colonel Beckett led a team of military men, along with two scientists, on a mission to detonate two nuclear bombs in an abandoned Los Angeles. |
| neglectful parent | major | Julia held a grudge against her illustrious scientist father Dr. Sallin because he hadn't been there for her in her childhood. Colonel Beckett had a troubled relationship with his teenage daughter on account that he was always away because of his work. |
| nuclear weapons | major | Nuclear weapons were both the cause of and solution to the Pacific plate moving out of place, leaving the Earth's core exposed. |
| rivalry | major | Julie scientist father Dr. Sallin were in a bitter feud. |
| Christianity | minor | Colonel Beckett recited a Christian prayer over dead body of a fellow soldier. |
| coping with being disfigured | minor | The psycho religious fanatic guy didn't like that he had a horribly burn scarred face. |
| coping with the death of someone | minor | Colonel Beckett grieved for a fellow soldier who'd died in the line of duty. |
| coping with unwelcome romantic attention | minor | Julie was annoyed when one of the soldiers on her team made a pass at her. |