The sci-fi genre is a huge treasure trove of unusual plots. The 90’s of the 20th century must be the peak of the variety of sci-fi movies, there were no different stories: films about robots and time travel, anti-utopias, films about toy soldiers rebelling, about body snatchers and alien invasion, and so on and so forth.
Screamers, 1995
Colonel Joseph Hendrickson, an officer in the Commonwealth Rebel Army, is assigned to lead the defense of an outpost on the planet Sirius-6B, which has become a foothold in the confrontation with the NEB, the New Economic Block. The Commonwealth’s main trump card against the NEB is the Screamers, a super-new weapon programmed to destroy all life forms. Screamers move underground, reacting to the sounds or vibrations of the ground. They strike their targets with incredible accuracy. Screamers are an effective and deadly means of destroying humans, and most importantly, they can self-train. But the main problems began when the robots improved, they can now take on human form, endangering all the inhabitants of Sirius-6B.
The Faculty,1998.
The plot centers on strange events taking place at Harrington High School in Ohio. A small group of students led by the most unpopular teen named Casey suspect that the teachers and the majority of the students are infected with an alien parasite and start looking for ways to destroy the unfriendly aliens.
Soldier, 1998
The plot unfolds in the near future. Sergeant Todd was drafted as a soldier when he was a baby. From an early age he was raised to be a ruthless soldier, and that’s where he becomes the best. The only feelings he had experienced in his 40 years of life were fear and discipline. But the day came when a new generation of soldiers came – the result of genetic engineering. In a sparring match between Todd and two fighters from his squad against Kane-607, one of the new replicant soldiers, the latter won. The bodies of the losing soldiers were simply dumped on an industrial waste dump planet called Arcadia. Hardened by long battles, however, Todd does not die.
Darkman, 1990
Dr. Payton Westlake is on the verge of a grand discovery: he is finishing his experiments in creating artificial human skin. But a gang of criminals led by perverted sadist Robert Duran invades Payton’s lab and blows it up along with the hapless doctor.
Miraculously left alive and disfigured beyond recognition, Payton decides to take revenge on the scum. But now he will face them not as Dr. Westlake, but as the menacing and terrifying Man of Darkness.
