Soldier story
The film tells the story of a highly skilled soldier defying his commanders and facing a relentless and brutal genetically-enhanced rival soldier.
20 total · 6 major · 14 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| atrocities of war | major | Much emphasis is placed Colonel Mekum ordering the genetically-enhanced supersoldiers under his command to effectively use the peaceful colonists for target practice. Sergeant Todd had flashbacks of him and his squad shooting up civilians who were in their way. |
| coping with being washed up | major | The hero of the story Sergeant Todd was an obsolete supersoldier who made a new life for himself, after his near lifeless body was unceremoniously dumped on a garbage planet that was home to a colony of outcasts. |
| genetically engineered soldier | major | The story follows the battle-hardened Sergeant Todd as he defends a ragtag community of garbage planet colonists from a squad of brutal genetically-enhanced supersoldiers. |
| military related work | major | The viewer is shown a squad of genetically-enhanced soldiers wage war on a peaceful garbage-planet-dwelling community. The viewer is shown scenes of Sergeant Todd and his squad fighting in various combat settings. |
| reintegrating into society | major | The battle-hardened veteran of many wars Sergeant Todd struggled mightily to adapt to life in the peaceful Arcadia 234 garbage planet community that welcomed him as one of their own. |
| trust in a potential foe | major | Sergeant Todd was deed too dangerous to keep around, even though he was undeniably useful, and he was exiled after a dramatic deliberation. |
| childhood trauma | minor | Little Nathan, who was mute, had been traumatized by a snakebite he'd received as an infant. |
| Christmas traditions | minor | The Arcadia 234 garbage planet community celebrated Christmas in a scrapyard. |
| exile | minor | The colonists voted to banish Sergent Todd from the community after it became apparent that he posed a danger to them. |
| father and son | minor | Mace and his mute, young son Nathan. |