The films dominant genre is action however it has elements of sci-fi. With technology constantly advancing in the 21st century the film explores the lengths that technology is used to keep a superpower on top.
The film follows one man attempting to get back to his family, control his new abilities and find out what happened, however the mafia and the military have different ideas for him.
The film begins with A, our main character, waking up in hospital to find his arm replaced and remembering nothing. He shortly finds out that the arm is new nanotechnology, as he looks at it he has a flashback of his first day as a cop revealing his home town on his badge. When he snaps out of his trance he finds himself surrounded by the military who are trying to get him to train to become the ultimate solider. Being a fairly gentle soul he dislikes this and just wants to have a normal life with his family. The military refuse to let him go and a fight kicks out. He successfully escapes and resorts to hiding around town whilst trying to piece together his past and where the airport is. Expecting him to leave town the military place men inside the airport, who spot A on his arrival. A tries to run but the military corner him, as rage takes over his fist turns into a giant hammer like appendage, which he slams into the ground sending the military flying. Confused and distressed A heads for a bar; here he hears an announcement about the military shutting the airport.
In the bar he meets a man named Hector who consoles him and offers to help. Hector apologizes that he must leave and A shortly follows. An intense pain fills A’s body causing him to pass out in a nearby alley. He then has a flashback showing us his family, thus making him more determined to get home. When he comes too he finds himself in the office of mafia boss Don DeVici. Seeing a private plane A asks if DeVici can help him get home, DeVici says he can, if he can take A’s arm. Desperate to see his family and still struggling to come to terms with the strange abilities of his arm, A agrees. He leaves the mafia building only to be surrounded by Devici’s men. They open fire on him as his arm turns into giant shield. Using his skills learnt as a cop he takes them out.
He runs to Hectors home, where they quickly discuss leaving before Hector sends him off saying it’s not safe here. With the skies opening A takes shelter under a bridge, another flashback occurs, this time of the accident where he lost his arm.
Waking up and remembering about meeting Hector he heads to the meeting point, forgetting that the military are everywhere. He gets spotted and is forced into fighting them, leading away from the meeting point with Hector. The mafia see the news reports and want in on the action.
Cornered by Don Devici and Lt. Kenneth ( who felt his men were failing and so took up the job of destroying A himself) A finds himself in a two on one battle to the death. During the fight Lt. Kenneth reveals why they chose A, who they knew had not only potential but tolerance for the nanotech. Feeling that Don Devici is getting in the way Lt. Kenneth pushes his sword through DeVici’s back before pulling it out and cutting his head off. A turns his arm into a giant blade like weapon and the two fight it out for a while before Lt. Kenneth cuts a deep gash in A’s leg. A falls to the ground in agony, Lt. Kenneth pushes his blade into A’s nanotech shoulder, rendering his arm useless.
Lt. Kenneth tells A he could have been the ultimate solider and would have kept America as the leading super power, currently under pressure from a rapidly advancing China. About to deliver the final blow to A using his gun, Lt. Kenneth has his arm knocked back by Hector, the resulting muzzle flash blinding Lt. Kenneth. Hector then tells A that he has been trying to protect him since the military picked up on A’s unique tolerance to nanotech. The film ends with A returning to home, his arm patched working again and thanks to Hector having a better understanding of how to control it.
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