Virus story
Based on the comic book of the same name by Chuck Pfarrer, it tells the story of a ship beset by a malevolent extraterrestrial entity that seeks to turn humanity into cyborg slaves.
9 total · 6 major · 3 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| commander and subordinate | major | Captain Everton's crew, or what was left of it, eventually mutinied against him because he'd lost all perspective and didn't see the dangers of staying on the cyborg infested Russian science vessel. |
| cyborg | major | The sentient electrical energy being had turned the Volkov's crew (except for Nadia Vinogradova) into demented cyborgs, and subsequently went about doing the same to the tugboat Sea Star's crew. |
| extraterrestrial being | major | A malevolent electrical energy being from outer space was inhabiting the machinery of the Russian science vessel Volkov. |
| incorporeal being | major | A malevolent electrical energy being from outer space was inhabiting the machinery of the Russian science vessel Volkov. |
| speculative robot | major | The malevolent electrical energy being was going around killing people in a giant robot body that it was controlling. |
| threat from extraterrestrial life | major | The film culminated with Foster and Nadia realizing that malevolent electrical entity sought to seize a British intelligence station from which it could seize control of the world's military forces and use them exterminate humanity. They sent the life form to the bottom of the sea rather than let it achieve its horrible end. |
| alcohol abuse | minor | The tugboat Sea Star was captained by the alcoholic old man Robert Everton. |
| human vs. environment | minor | The crew of the tugboat Sea Star nearly lost their lives while sailing through a typhoon. [open waters] |
| space station | minor | A malevolent electrical entity attacked the Russian space station Mir. |