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Code 8
Action, Crime, Science Fiction
In Lincoln City, some inhabitants have extraordinary abilities. Most live below the poverty line, under the close surveillance of a heavily militarized police force. Connor, a construction worker with powers, involves with a criminal gang to help his ailing mother. (Based on the short film “Code 8,” 2016.)
View on IMDbAppeals to viewers who enjoy grounded superpowered action framed by economic injustice, police militarization, and emotionally driven crime drama.
- Tone
- tense, bleak, adventurous
- Payoff
- adrenaline, catharsis
- Pacing
- brisk
- Intensity
- intense
- Structure
- linear
- Themes
- class inequality, surveillance, family sacrifice, criminal exploitation, state power
- Setting
- near future, militarized dystopian city
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