Genre: Action/Sci-Fi/Epic/Animation
Director: Andy Serkis
Writer: Wesley Campbell
Based on the comic series
Cast: Natalie Morales, Steven Yeun, Sadie Sink, Tristan Risk, Luke Evans, Michelle Yeoh, Donnie Yen, Keegan-Michael Key, Ben Hardy, Rosario Dawson
Plot: Hazel (Rosario Dawson) recalls the story of her parent's beginning.
Alana (Natalie Morales) screams in pain as she gives the final push to have her baby. Her husband, Marko (Steven Yeun) lovingly tells her she's never looked so beautiful. The baby girl is born and her color floats between her parents' eye colors. Marko chews her umbilical chord and tells Alana he refuses to bring his sword out of his sheath again as he's moved past the soldier portion of his life.
A sudden boom at the door interrupts their moment. Baron Robot XXIII and a group of Landfall Coalition members call for their surrender for being traitors. When Marko responds in the local landfall language, they're disgusted and recommend gutting out his tongue. One coalition member informs the Baron that magic users are inbound. A sudden group Wreath Narrative appear and enter the fight against the landfall coalition and they kill each other in the crossfire. Marko and Alana can hardly believe they are alive. The local who sold them out, hands them a map as he dies as reparations as they take off.
Hazel thinks about how no one knows how the war between Wreath and Landfall started, they just know it's engulfed the entire galaxy in picking sides.
Elsewhere, Prince Robot IV (Keegan-Michael Key) has a blip on his TV screen while engaging in intercourse with another robot. He goes limp and stops the session. A servant informs the prince that Special Agent Gale (Ben Hardy) has stopped by with an urgent request. As the Prince steps out, Gale informs him that Alana has defected and had an offspring with the prisoner Marko. He shows them surveillance footage of them with wedding rings and Alana pregnant. He informs them that most of the cross-species babies will die within a few weeks. Gale informs him that the King has requested he head out and dispatch of her. The Prince protests that he just returned from a two year sneak attack. Gale reminds him that he shouldn't disappoint the King and takes off.
Marko and Alana forge through the sewers in their escape. Alana reveals she brought a Heartbreaker for protection and Marko is furious that she has a weapon around their child. They both agree that it would be best to get along and follow the map. Marko is dubious about its reliability but agrees to head to Rocketship Forrest in the off-chance that it would provide a way off Cleave.
Elsewhere, Vez hires The Will (Luke Evans) and Lying Cat to kill Marko. She tells them he will be the death of millions and Lying Cat calls her out as a liar. She gives him an open credit card and told he can charge whatever expenses he wants to it. However, she has also hired another freelancer to go after Marko so as to give him incentive to move faster. She also gives him implicit instructions to not harm the child, and return the offspring home to her.
On Cleave, Marko warns Alana that they need to move as the Horrors will come out. They arrive to a bridge where a war rages. Alana is frustrated that they'll never escape the war and Marko kisses her to calm her down. The Horrors watch them from a distance as the night falls.
The Will patches himself through to his agent. His agent tells him he'll be going against The Stalk. The Will begins thinking about how this is pointless as the Stalk will get to them first. He decides to head to Sextillion first to waste some money and at least enjoy the unlimited credit card while he can.
Meanwhile on Cleave, Alana and Markos struggle with local plant-life attacking them. Markos asks Alana for a secret to power his spell. She tells him that she secretly enjoys the taste of her own breastmilk and Markos uses it to disintegrate the plants. After many hours of being up straight, they talk about how they need to get to safety and slowly they fall asleep on each other's shoulders as the Horrors watch them from a distance.
Elsewhere, Prince Robot IV is welcomed to Cleave. He's told by the person welcoming him that he knew Alana and that she typically kept to herself and read books. Prince Robot becomes suddenly alarmed and asks him what type of books?
Alana and Markos wake up and sense a presence. Markos lays down his weapon as a sign of good faith. A woman reveals herself from the shadows and introduces herself as The Stalk (Tristan Risk). She stabs Markos through his shoulder with a barbed tongue incapacitating him. Alana pulls out her Heartbreaker and the Stalk laughs that a stungun won't hurt her. She then holds the gun to Hazel's head and tells her she'd rather kill her family than let it fall into her hands. The Stalk appears concerned and they hear movement in the woods. The Stalk backs down and tells her if she knows what's best for her, she'll kill the child as the Horrors are coming.
A group of Horrors, that appear to be adolescent in age, appear before Alana and offer her their help.
Izabel (Sadie Sink) tells the other Horrors they should help them. Even though Marko is dressed like a Wreath warrior, he clearly loves his family and wants nothing to do with the way. The Horrors turn their backs and walk away. Marko coughs up blood from his wounds from the Stalk. He tells Alana the only way to heal from wounds this deep is the ingredient snow. Izabel tells them she'll help them get snow so that Marko doesn't die, but at the cost of being linked with Hazel. She's only allowed to leave Cleave if she's bonded with someone alive that was born there.
Prince Robot IV is ushered to a room where he interrogates a prisoner about Alana's escape. He doesn't understand how he escaped or why he wouldn't have brought other Wreath members with him. He shows the prisoner a book by D. Oswald Heist, prompting the prisoner to spit in his face. Prince Robot IV pummels the prisoner in return.
Alana trudges up the mountain lugging the weakened and dying Marko upon her back. Izabel tells her she knows a shortcut to the top to get snow, but wants to be allowed to bond with Hazel first. Hazel begins crying and Izabel helps Alana by giving her advice how to burp the child properly. She tells her that she was the oldest of seven and could be a good babysitter. She informs Alana that her parents were resistance members also fleeing from war but she died by stepping on a landmine during the war. Once you die on Cleave, you become a ghost and are stuck there unless they bond with someone else born on the planet. Reaching a point in the road where she can't move forward, Alana finally acquiesces to Izabel's request and lets her bond with Hazel. As they jump on a boat to get to snow to save Marko, Marko tells them to tell his Bride, Gwendolyn that he's sorry. They are all shocked and ask who is Gwendolyn.
As The Will approaches Sextillion, he receives a call from The Stalk. She asks him if he wants to team up and The Will tells her to buzz off. He never wants to work with her again. The Stalk continues fleeing from large beasts and she realizes this planet is more difficult than she imagined.
The Will arrives on Sextillion. He's greeted by two lewdly dressed faces with long legs. They inform him all weapons and pets will need to stay in the vehicle. Lying Cat sulks as he's forced to carry The Will's items back.
On a mountain top in Cleave, Marko is covered in snow and finally awakens from his injuries. Alana hugs him in happiness. However, she quickly turns into interrogation as she asks who "Gwendolyn" is and why he screamed out her name when he was dying. He tells her Gwendolyn was someone he was engaged to back home on Wreath. When he left for war, she kept sending him letters to, "fight the good fight" even though he had grown distant from that desire. He realized it would never work between the two of them but was caught and placed in jail where he met Alana. Alana asks why she never heard of her before and Marko protests that he tried, but that she insisted the past stay in the past. He slowly begins to admit that her wedding ring also belongs to Gwendolyn, further infuriating Alana. He tells her that the ring was encoded with a 'translator spell' that would better help them
The Will walks around Sexitllion but is bored. A man spots his long face and asks what he's looking for. The Will replies he needs something less safe. He's brought to a room where he's introduced to Slave Girl, a six-year old who will do anything for you. The Will is disgusted and pop's the man's head between his hands. He grabs Slave Girl as they start to run away.
Later, Marko changes Hazel's diaper and is suddenly rushed by Alana. A Royal Vondertank suddenly arrives. Alana worries and says she can try and lie that he's a prisoner. Marko pulls his sword out and says it's time they fight.
Prince Robot IV sits on the crapper when he gets an incoming call from the Princess. She informs him that she's now pregnant. The Prince is shocked. She then tells him that the King has commanded that he not return until he's handled the defector, Alana. A soldier suddenly bursts into the room and tells them a scouting troop has spotted something.
Elsewhere, Marko reminds Alana that there should be no killing. One of the solders takes a shot and Marko deflects it with his blade. However, the deflected shot hits Alana. Marko enters a berserker mode and kills all the men. Alana shoots Marko with the Heartbreaker to snap him back to his normal self.
On Sextillion, The Will runs into Mama Sun as he attempts to free Slave Girl. She informs him that her contract has not ended and will cost six hundred and fifty credits to release her. The Will tells her he doesn't have the money and will steal her. Mama Sun informs him she was injected with a Security Elixir that will harden her arteries if she is taken from the planet prematurely. Mama Sun walks away with his unlimited credit card and tells him she'll call it even for damages when she takes the card.
Alana and Marko board the Royal Vondertank. Alana promises she can fly it and that she's ripped out the blue box that would track the ship's movements. Marko is frustrated that he used violence. He protests that violence only begets more violence and that he should always resort to other means. Alana assures him that it was the only option to save their family. Hazel suddenly lets out a laugh and Marko is shocked. He remarks that he didn't even know newborns could do that.
The Stalk finds the Landfall Coalition members tied together from Marko's binding spell. She receives a call from The Will who has changed his tune and now wants to partner with her. Prince Robot IV suddenly arrives and demands to know what happened. When The Stalk reaches for her phone, the Prince believes she's reaching for a weapon and shoots a hole through her chest, killing her instantly.
Marko and Alana arrive at Rocketship Forest. As the night falls, Izabel returns and is able to dispel an illusion that is hiding a gigantic wooden rocketship. Marko is excited as the wood should keep them hidden from modern detection techniques.
Elsewhere on Cleave, Prince Robot IV looks at the dead body of The Stalk. He sees she suddenly is receiving a call from The Will. He answers and informs The Will that he has just murdered The Stalk for violating code. In anger, The Will yells at the Prince and threatens that he'll kill everyone he holds dear.
Izabel informs them they must sacrifice something of value before getting on. Marko decides to break his sword, which was a family heirloom for generations. After snapping it, the doors open and allow them to enter. Inside the ship has a fancy foyer and Alana is elated to see all the amenities. The ship suddenly begins taking off. Izabel informs them that they just have to think about where they want to go and the ship will guide them there. Alana tells Marko she always wanted to head to Quietus.
Prince Robot IV boards a local ship. He receives a call from Special Agent Gale and informs him that he's killed The Stalk. Gale is shocked that Wreath High Command know about the couple and baby as well. Gale orders him to find out where they are headed if they've escaped. Prince Robot opens the book that Alana had been reading by D. Oswald Heist. He mentions he lives on Quietus and he begins to think he needs to head there to find them next.
On the ship, everything suddenly turns blue and Izabel tells them the ship is trying to communicate with them. She tells them they are being tracked and magic is inbound. Two soldiers appear. They use magic to banish Izabel. Marko yells in Blue Language for them to stop. The duo remove their helmets to reveal that they are Barr (Donnie Yen) and Klara (Michelle Yeoh), Marko's parents.
When Marko was a boy, he played on Wreath with his dog, Rumfer. His father took him to the place where the last battle on Wreath took place. The soil was still stained from the massacre and Marko was told to never forget their sacrifice. He began to hate Landfall from that moment.
In the present, Marko introduces his parents to Alana. He asks what they did with Izabel and they tell her she's been banished to a local planet. Marko grabs her Crash Helm in order to teleport and save her. Klara heads through the portal with him. Barr follows Alana through the ship asking if the child is normal. Alana has the ship use its vines to bind Barr in place.
On the nearby planet, Marko pleads he only broke the sword to save his family. Klara tells him that she knew he was in trouble when a Freelancer stopped by their house earlier. They are suddenly attacked by a large creature.
On the ship, Barr warns Alana that he can break free any moment. Alana says she knows that spell and won't tell him any secrets. Barr informs her it doesn't have to be hers and tells her he only has one month left to live and the vines disintegrate. He casts a sleep spell on Alana and takes the baby from her as she says out loud, "Hazel."
To Be Continued...
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