lawless anarchy dystopia theme
There is a dysfunctional society without laws or order. Typically the strong and powerful do as they wish, and violence abounds.
14 total · 3 choice · 10 major · 1 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| movie: Class of 1999 (1990) | choice | The film is set in a near future where violence in American high schools had spiraled out of control, with areas in most major cities being taken over by youth gangs, resulting in some schools shutting down. |
| novel: The Futurological Congress (1971) | choice | The present time that Tichy inhabits is so accustomed to violence that people barely shrug. |
| voy3x03 | choice | Tom and Harry were trapped in a doggy dog world dungeon. |
| blackmirror2x02 | major | The woman was made to feel she lived in a post apocalyptic world where everyone was a camera zombie. |
| movie: 1990: The Bronx Warriors (1982) | major | The film is set in the Bronx in a near future where the authorities gave up all efforts to install law and order, and the area is run by rival gangs. |
| movie: 2020 Texas Gladiators (1984) | major | By the year 2020 Texas has become a lawless land filled with marauding gangs. |
| movie: 28 Days Later (2002) | major | The three survivors became trapped in a fortified compound run by former soldiers that served as a microcosm of the social breakdown of a society. Overwhelmed by the pandemic and resulting hoards of roving zombies, the soldiers let their respect of the rule of law fall to the wayside and behaved in a most barbarous fashion. For example, they went about luring female survivors of the pandemic into sexual slavery. |
| movie: Battletruck (1982) | major | There were no governments and people were living in small communities, trying to survive as best they could. |
| movie: Burst City (1982) | major | The film is set in the near future in an expansive Tokyo slum that was virtually lawless and in utter shambles. |
| movie: Children of Men (2006) | major | The film is set in a near future where Britain is in the midst of descending into lawless anarchy. |