劇情縱覽
改編自Frank Shyong撰寫的《洛杉磯時(shí)報(bào)》報(bào)道《一個(gè)垂死母親的計(jì)劃》(A Dying Mother’s Plan)。來自真實(shí)事件,被形容為“讓人心碎的故事,聚焦理解心理疾病的多層面的重要性,尤其是亞裔社群中”,講述在圣蓋博谷,一個(gè)患上癌癥絕癥的母親奮力想要幫助自己情緒不穩(wěn)定的兒子——她發(fā)現(xiàn)兒子對(duì)大規(guī)模槍擊案越發(fā)沉迷。
In the year 2961, the time is after humanity and nature has recovered the land. A hunter named Cygnus is called to rise above his duty. He provides for Last Arc, a once nomadic band of survivors in need of food and water that is now growing scarce. The answer must be found before a group of outlandish Heretics descend upon them. Cygnus must voyage across the treacherous landscape to defend his people. Sent by Nova, the matriarch of the band, she acts based on her vision for Cygnus to find a seed of hope. The future of Last Arc is for him to discover, Cygnus ventures into a hostile landscape in search of an answer for his people. On this journey of encountering many traps and dangers, Cygnus discovers what has been hunting him is his identity.
1990年,一艘巨大的飛船出現(xiàn)在地球上空,人們惶恐不安,卻又分外好奇。經(jīng)過一段時(shí)間緊張的等待,外星飛船始終沒有動(dòng)靜。人類終于小心翼翼靠近它,強(qiáng)行走進(jìn)艙內(nèi),結(jié)果發(fā)現(xiàn)了不計(jì)其數(shù)的外星人。他們形容丑陋,宛如蝦子,而且健康狀況極差,虛弱無力。原來這是一群來自外星的難民,他們最終被地球人接納,并隔離在南非約翰內(nèi)斯堡的一片區(qū)域內(nèi)生活,此地名為“第九區(qū)”。經(jīng)過長(zhǎng)達(dá)20年的繁衍,外星難民的數(shù)量擴(kuò)張至180萬之多,且和周邊人類的矛盾沖突不斷,越來越多的人類呼吁將“大蝦”趕出地球。 MNU(列國(guó)同盟組織)經(jīng)過磋商,決定將外星難民遷移到更為偏遠(yuǎn)的區(qū)域。MNU外星事務(wù)部門的特工威庫斯(Sharlto Copley 飾)專門負(fù)責(zé)搬遷工作。威庫斯在動(dòng)員過程中傲慢隨意,與當(dāng)?shù)鼐用駴_突頻頻。最終,他為自己的行為付出代價(jià),外星人的神秘流體將其感染,威庫斯慢慢變成了外星人的模樣……
故事發(fā)生在美國(guó)西部大開發(fā)時(shí)期,燕西(理查德·迪克斯 Richard Dix 飾)帶著妻子莎布拉(艾琳·鄧恩 Irene Dunne 飾)千里昭昭來到了廣袤而又荒蕪的俄克納馬拉,心里懷揣著遠(yuǎn)大的理想,希望能夠在這里做出一番建樹。俄克納馬拉的生活環(huán)境十分艱苦和險(xiǎn)峻,然而,夫妻兩人同心協(xié)力,慢慢改善和建立著他們的家園。在日子漸漸穩(wěn)定的過程中,在當(dāng)?shù)厣畹哪翀?chǎng)主們感到他們的利益受到了侵犯,他們常常會(huì)找燕西的麻煩,卻又被燕西用智慧巧妙的化解。燕西十分同情在當(dāng)?shù)厣畹挠〉诎餐林?,與此同時(shí),嫉惡如仇的燕西亦對(duì)壓迫和剝削原住民的資本家們充滿了仇恨,隨著時(shí)間的推移,雙方的矛盾漸漸尖銳起來。