Trancers: City of Lost Angels story
Jack Deth's new life as a private investigator in 1988 Los Angeles is rudely interrupted when an escaped convict from the future travels back in time to kill him. Also known as Trancers 1.5, it is the second film in the Trancers series.
8 total · 4 major · 4 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| boyfriend and girlfriend | major | Jack and Lena had a rocky relationship. |
| facing a mortal enemy | major | The deranged criminal Edlin Shock was out to kill Jack. |
| the desire for vengeance | major | The "ultraviolent assassin" Edlin Shock was out to kill Jack because Jack was responsible for her imprisonment in a maximum security holding cell. |
| time travel | major | Edlin Shock followed Jack back in time to from the 23rd century to 1988 Los Angeles to kill him. The mode of time travel is noteworthy: It is Edlin's consciousness which goes back in time to inhabit the body of one of her ancestors. |
| private investigator occupation | minor | We saw Jack trying to make a life for himself as a private investigator in 1988 Los Angeles. |
| speculative device | minor | Jack was in possession of a time slowing down wristwatch. |
| time slow down | minor | Jack used his special wristwatch to slow his angry girlfriend down to a crawl for the space of ten seconds. |
| what if I found myself in a body of the opposite sex | minor | The 23rd century police chief McNaulty experienced what it was like to inhabit the body a teenage girl ancestor of his. |