Slipstream story

movie: Slipstream (1989) · 1989-02-10

A bounty hunter tries to turn in a strange man who has been accused of murder.

8 total · 5 major · 3 minor

ThemeLevelMotivation
android major The virtuous android Byron.
compassion major The android Byron was noticeably kind toward other people in a doggy dog post-apocalyptic world.
friendship major The bounty hunter Matt Owens ultimately befriended and freed his android captive Byron.
post-apocalyptic dystopia major The film is set not long after drastic climate change has swept away civilization as we know it, leaving few scattered settlements of survivors attempt to keep human life going.
the desire to be human major Sleeping with Ariel expanded the android Byron's range of emotional experiences, and made him curious to become more human-like, but in the end he decided that he was too dangerous to be among humankind.
anti-technology way of life minor Some cultists rejected technology and, moreover, attributed the recent apocalypse to out-of-control technological advancements.
force of nature existential risk to civilization minor The film is set sometime after drastic climate change has swept away civilization as we know it. A vast wind current, the Slipstream, encircles the globe, and a few scattered settlements of survivors attempt to keep human life going.
love vs. friendship minor Upon being granted his freedom, Byron briefly wavered over whether he'd go with his old friend Matt or his new love interest Ariel.