Film Analysis - Appleseed Alpha

Appleseed Alpha

Theme – Based around two mercenaries in a post war destroyed New York that are trying to survive.

Characters and motivations

Duenan – The human female of the two of the mercenaries trying to survive, she’s more affectionate and forgiving than her other half.

Briareos – A cyborg mercenary trying to survive post war, more hard done by and non-trusting to people he doesn’t know.

Two Horns – A greedy kingpin type character that controls New York, seems to be extremely selfish.

Matthews – Is a skittish mechanic that works for Two Horns, he seems to obey whatever Two Horns says.

Olson – A cyborg although more man than machine, he is focused on his mission but is willing to help one another.

Iris - A young girl that's quiet at first and very wary around strangers, focused on the mission and willing to do what it takes to complete it.

Talos – An evil commando type character that seeks to recreate the world to 

his own image, greedy and driven.

Nyx – Talos’ right hand, she obeys whatever he says and is extremely professional.

Story 

Beginning - 

At the start of the film the two main characters Duenan and Briareos are on a mission to retrieve a vaccine for Two Horns to repay a debt, the mission ends up going wrong and the vaccine is destroyed but the pair think Two Horns ambushed them. 

The two spoke about what they wanted to do next and Briareos wanted to do what he could to survive and would work with whatever happened next but Duenan wanted to find a place called Olympus, a safe haven for survivors that was believed to be a myth.

Later on they return to Two Horns and tell him they were not going to work for him anymore and were going to find work elsewhere, but Briareos was injured during the previous mission and was in need of vital repairs so Two horns offered them another mission in return of the repairs Briareos needed. The mission was to destroy nearby drones on a crossroads that no longer recognized friendlies and attacked anyone that came near.

They were sent to Matthew who was in the war. Matthew did not repair Briareos properly but they didn't know at the time and set out on the mission. 

Middle -

The two were on a hill near the crossroads where the drones hid, when they noticed a truck that had Olson and Iris held captive and they knew that they would be instantly killed by the drones. Duenan and Briareos helped the two survive the drone attack, Olson being grateful to the two for saving them, helped Briareos troubleshoot the problems he was having with his malfunctions, while doing this Olson told Duenan and Briarios that his and Iris' mission was to clear up post war hostiles.

When leaving the scene the four had to hide from a ship that landed, the shipped contained Talos and Nyx who were looking for Olson and Iris. After the ship left Olson revealed that Talos was after him and Iris and had to avoid him at all costs. 

Before Talos left Nyx investigated the area and saw that Olso and Iris were with two others, they left for Two Horns' base and interrogated him about the where abouts of the girl, Two Horns denied all accusations and Nyx attempted to kill Two Horns by blowing up his base. Two Horns survived the attempt on his life and changed his mind and said his real target is Talos. 

Briareos flipped the car and the group were on their way. A bit later on the truck ran out of gas so Briareos and Olson got out to refuel and talk. After being question by Briareos, Olson revealed their real mission is classified and he wanted to tell Briareos but couldn't, he also told him that himself and Iris were from the notorious Olympus. Meanwhile Duenan spoke to Iris and confirmed that Briareos and herself were friendly.

After the truck was refueled the group were on their way. Later on they stopped to rest in a nearby ruined town where they set up a fire and Briareos told Duenan that the other two were from Olympus which gave her hope.

Briareos and Olson took first watch and Duenan question Iris about Olympus. Iris told her that Olson shouldn't of said anything and went to sleep.

Briareos saw a tank heading towards the town and told Duenan, he and Olson ran to the girls and he told Olson to hide with Iris, they battled the tank and out of nowhere Iris jumped on top of the tank dropping a grenade in the hatch and running away. After the group destroyed the tank they split off to look for ammo and suddenly Talos and Nyx show up and kidnap Iris and Olson. 

In the ship Talos is interrogating Iris and Olson and because they refuse to talk Talos retrieves the information directly from Olsons head, electrocuting him in the process, he then opens the back of the ship and shoots Olsen several times and watches him drop to ground.

End - 

Duenan and Briareos are tracking the chip in Olsons brain and they find his lifeless body in the middle of nowhere, and Olsen is holding a data chip in his hand that contains the mission objective. From this Briareos tracks where Talos 
has taken Iris, to a weapon of mass destruction that was made to destroy the enemies of the war and then to self destruct if the land was taken. 

Two Horns is still not dead and he gathers his henchman and they pursue Talos, eventually Duenan and Briareos track Talos to a warehouse with a secret base beneath it and head underground to fight Talos' men. They release drones to kill Briareos and Duenan when Two Horns drives underground with an RPG and takes out the drones. From here on out Braireos and Duenan team up with Two Horns to take down Talos.

Two Horns brought a mec-suit for Duenan that she uses to chase Talos. Talos gets in the weapon with Iris and they get away but Nyx stays to fight Briareos resulting in her death. 

Duenan gets in a truck with Two Horns to chase Talos while Briareos steals Talos' ship, Two Horns hits a ramp and Duenan lands on the weapon to take down it's defenses. 

After she gains access to the control room she shoots Talos several times. While Briareos is heading toward the weapon ready to shoot it's core , Talos crawls and grabs Duenan, quickly Iris close a door onto Talos and crushes him but locking herself in to keep the defenses down. 

Briareos has to take the shot and the weapon is finally destroyed killing Iris along with it.