Zone 414 story
Zone 414 is a 2021 American science fiction thriller film directed by Andrew Baird in his debut feature film, and written by Bryan Edward Hill. The film stars Guy Pearce, Matilda Lutz, Jonathan Aris, and Travis Fimmel. Synopsis: A private investigator is hired to local a woman who has disappeared inside a city of androids.
13 total · 6 major · 7 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| android | major | The titular Zone 414 is the city of androids in which a significant portion of the film is set. One storyline follows the android Jane as she goes beyond her programming to experience various deep emotions. |
| coping with a loved one being missing | major | The deranged inventor Marlon hired the private investigator David to bring home his daughter, who'd gone missing in a city of only androids. |
| father and daughter | major | Key to the plot was Marlon hiring the private investigator David to find and bring home his missing daughter, Melissa. David technically satisfied Marlon's request by returning to him her dead, apparently suicided body, but this was not Marlon's ideal outcome. |
| murder | major | In the latter half of the story, the private investigator David worked to uncover that Marlon's daughter, Melissa, was murdered by Marlon's own brother, Joseph. |
| private investigator occupation | major | The story follows the private investigator David Carmichael as he searches for a famous inventor's daughter, who went missing inside a city of only androids. |
| the desire to be human | major | The android Jane became fascinated with the experience of various human emotions, and even referred to herself at one point as "the metal girl who wants to be real". |
| beating one's self up | minor | David blamed himself for his schitzophrenic wife's suicide. |
| coping with the death of a child | minor | Marlon was perturbed upon seeing the dead body of his apparently suicided daughter. |
| coping with the death of a spouse | minor | Jane confronted David with the unpleasant circumstances surrounding the death of his wife. |
| delusion of grandeur | minor | Marlon revealed that he viewed himself as the god of the androids he'd created. |