9 is a 2009 American computer-animated science fantasy film directed by Shane Acker and produced by Tim Burton and Timur Bekmambetov. The film stars the voices of Elijah Wood, John C. Reilly, Jennifer Connelly, Crispin Glover, Martin Landau and Christopher Plummer. It is based on Acker's Academy Award-nominated 2005 short film of the same name.
An unnamed Scientist was ordered by his nation's dictator to create an artificially intelligent machine called the Fabrication Machine, which was used to build other machines to wage war. However, the Fabrication Machine turned on mankind and wiped out all life. To atone for his part in mankind's destruction and restore life on Earth, the Scientist created nine homunculus-like rag dolls referred to as Stitchpunks, using an alchemic talisman to do so. He dies upon creating the last doll 9.
Some time later, the mute 9 awakens to find the world outside barren and lifeless. Taking the talisman with him, 9 wanders outside and finds the frail 2 who gives him a voicebox, allowing him to speak. The two are attacked by the last active machine the Cat Beast who kidnaps 2 and takes the talisman. 9 tries to follow but collapses. He awakens in Sanctuary, a cathedral housing several of the other Stitchpunks: One-eyed healer 5, dogmatic leader 1, his large bodyguard 8, and oddball oracle 6 who paints drawings of the talisman's symbols... |