"9"

Shane Acker

  The movie 9, written and directed by Shane Acker, is an action packed thriller filled with suspense and drama where, "9 explores the will to live, the power of community, and how one soul can change the world."

  The world is in total destruction after a scientist (Alan Oppenheimer, "The Never-ending Story") who was asked to make a machine, later called the B.R.A.I.N. The machine was originally built to create a artifically intelligent machine but a dictator abuses the creation and uses the machine as a weapon in war. The machines turn against man kind and destroy any living organisms on earth. As a final attempt to save man kind, the scientist creates 9 burlap rag dolls, each containing a characteristic of his personality, to save the world from becoming permanently destroyed.

Elijah Wood

  The film opens with 9 (Elijah Wood, "The Lord of the Rings"), a scared little doll who doesn't know what to do. Eventually, he comes upon another who insists he is there to help him. 2 (Martin Landau,"Mission Impossible"), then gets kidnapped by a machine and 9 tries to save him, but ends up awakening the machine B.R.A.I.N., the scientist's original design. 9 puts all his new found friends in danger, and they embark on a crazy journey and its a race against time to save the world.

 Trying to find a way to shut down the machine, 9 must go back to the room where it all began. He finds a 3D hologram from the scientist that was left just for him. He explains how he must defeat the machine to save his lost friends. Once he finds and defeats the machine his friends souls are returned and put to rest.

  In my opinion this was a good action packed movie exploring how one's brave actions can change the world. Also, showing that one should speak their mind and give their opinions to work through a problem.