Stowaway story
Stowaway is a 2021 science-fiction thriller film, written by Joe Penna and Ryan Morrison, directed by Penna, and starring Anna Kendrick, Daniel Dae Kim, Shamier Anderson and Toni Collette. Synopsis: Shortly after takeoff, the crew of a ship en route to Mars discover an accidental stowaway aboard the vessel.
12 total · 5 major · 7 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| facing death | major | The stowaway Michael had to come to grips with that he was likely either going to have to commit suicide or else be euthanized because his continued presence on the ship meant everyone would die from oxygen deprivation before reaching Mars. |
| interplanetary space travel | major | The story follows the crew of the MTS-42 on its voyage from Earth en route to Mars. |
| keeping secrets | major | Zoe and David had misgivings about their orders to keep secret from Michael that he would likely have to be euthanized. Both Zoe and David were featured interacting awkwardly around Michael because of this and each ultimately spoke to Michael about his fate. |
| speculative spaceship | major | The story is set aboard a spaceship consisting of a crew module connected to a burned out rocket by two 450 meter long tethers. Inertia-based artificial was produced in the crew module by rotating it about the rocket. |
| what if I were in a tight spot | major | The story follows the events surrounding four people on a spaceship discovering that they had only enough oxygen for three among them. |
| beholding the Earth from space | minor | Zoe was amazed to behold the Earth from space. |
| colonization of Mars | minor | The crew left Earth to reach a colony on Mars. |
| coping with disagreeable orders | minor | David disobeyed the captain's order to not tell Michael about his fate. |
| delivering bad news | minor | David reluctantly broke the news to Michael that Michael would have to die, and considerately left behind a painless lethal injection device. |
| male bonding | minor | In one scene, Michael and David pointedly bonded while conversing about jazz music. |