Space Sweepers story
Space Sweepers (Korean: 승리호; Hanja: 勝利號; RR: Seungriho; lit. Spaceship Victory) is a 2021 South Korean space Western film directed by Jo Sung-hee, starring Song Joong-ki, Kim Tae-ri, Jin Seon-kyu and Yoo Hae-jin.
35 total · 17 major · 18 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| android | major | The crew mistakenly thought that the child Kot-nim was an android through a significant part of the story, and interpreted all her otherwise normal child behaviors through that lens. |
| approaching astronomical object event | major | The evil CEO Sullivan plotted to crash his orbital factory into the Earth, killing an estimated three billion people in the process. He was foiled in his effort by Kot-nim and the "space sweepers". |
| colonization of Mars | major | The main antagonist Sullivan had a grand plan to move a remnant of humanity to Mars, which he'd recently terraformed for that purpose. |
| compromising one's ethical principles vs. great need | major | The story explores the crew's grappling with the decision of whether or not to hand over a child they'd grown fond of to terrorists in exchange for the money they needed to get themselves back on their feet, and in Tae-ho's case find his long lost daughter. |
| coping with a loved one being in peril | major | One story-line follows Tae-ho on his search for his adoptive daughter, Su-ni. |
| coping with being in debt | major | The crew was motivated by a desire to get enough money to pay off their debt. The bank tried to repossess the crew's ship because they fell behind on their $2000 per month payments. The crew originally fell into debt because of repair costs and fines, but then found that their debt only led to more debt. |
| dealing with children | major | The child Kot-nim grew on each of the crew members during her stay aboard the Victory "space sweeping" vessel. Each crew member dealt with her in their own unique way: Tae-ho was cold and kept her at arm's length, Park was nice and played with her, the humanoid robot Bubs treated her like a kid sister. |
| ecological destruction | major | The story is set in a near future in which Earth is nearly uninhabitable owing to environmental degradation. |
| humanoid robot | major | The humanoid robot Bubs was an integral member of the Victory crew. |
| multicultural community | major | The multicultural nature of the future society depicted in the film was emphasized by having characters from presumably dissolved nation states speak to each other in a mix of their native languages. |