Plot

With a privatized police force, the future world poses some tough questions for detectives Michael Kelly and Jane Sikorski. The two law enforcers form a brittle partnership, with Michael becoming deeply suspicious of Jane and her actions.

In a dystopian future society, policing has been privatized by the government, and victims of crime and/or their families must pay the cost of investigating and punishing criminals. This measure has been adopted to facilitate the neutralization of dissidents by the government. A combined police and security corporation employs the latest hardware in order to closely monitor the population and eliminate any threats. Veteran detective Michael Kelly tries to accustom himself to this new, profit-oriented police organization and also to his new partner Jane Sikorski. These two officers have been assigned a "top priority" murder case, but everything about it is not as it seems. The killer manages to slip past all the high-tech security measures and does not even register on the all-seeing surveillance cameras, which indicates that he or she is not human! A beautiful and mysterious figure called Athena introduces Kelly to the world of "killer androids". These bio-mechanical devices are being manufactured by the government but are now beginning to develop self-awareness, and thus are turning on the system that created them. Kelly now learns that there is a conspiracy afoot that aims to destroy them, while at the same time harboring suspicions about Jane.—ikiru

In a dystopian future USA, the police have been privatized and merged with the security services that were used to help fight insurgents some years before. A system of very advanced cameras monitor the citizens around the clock and privacy is a thing of the past. A widowed cop who cannot get over his wife's death and his ice-cold female partner are assigned to the murder of the city's deputy major, which has top priority but their efforts to do their job bring them into contact with androids and other strange creatures. An intriguing and very bleak low-budget movie that is shot in a very economical style that gives it the feel of an animated comic book, where the viewer is often presented with footage as seen by the ubiquitous surveillance cameras. The bleakness of this society is reflected in the fact that the corporation that operates the police and security services cares only about maximizing its profits and its operatives are expected to ignore all other considerations. Any notion of justice or equal rights have long been abandoned. Since not everything is clearly explained, this is a movie that requires the viewer to pay close attention but is undoubtedly one of the better and more enjoyable productions by Andrew Bellware and his team.