Confusing Plot (SPOILERS)
Well, I sat through this. And I am so confused. I'm wondering if this plot was originally a video game idea, and they just decided to make a movie of it instead.
The movie starts out kind of interesting. The character wakes up in some strange, dark, cave-like level. He doesn't know who he is and neither do we. He comes across dead bodies and weird plant vines. And some strange holographic computer keeps talking about Eden Log and its society.
Everything about the story seems confusing. He comes across an architect whom I think built or designed the level he is on. The architect babbles about setting something loose, I think. I really didn't understand what he was talking about. But later, we find that there are guards from the surface that are looking for the architect.
Eventually, our guy comes across some kind of scientist/botanist. And she performs an experiment on him. He seems to be able to make the roots of the plant come alive. And we find out that the workers on these levels were contaminated by something and they've all turned into mutant monsters.
Our guy starts to travel with the botanist. And he ends up raping her, which was a really surprising plot twist, since all this time, I'm thinking he's some kind of hero. And of course, by raping her, he seems to have contaminated her with whatever is controlling him and the weird vines.
Well, all I really got out of the botanist was that the vines are draining the lifeforce of people. So then she parts ways with our "hero".
He eventually makes it to a security room, where apparently he starts to remember that he is a member of those guards that have been running around the levels beating up on the monsters. He's some kind of sargent or something with security clearance.
So some people commend this guy on whatever he was supposed to be doing down in the levels. And then he's supposed to be doing something with the plant roots.
So, he goes and apparently sacrifices himself to this plant. Only, he doesn't die. He regenerates the plant. But the plant seems to destroy the entire city. And I think we're supposed to believe that somehow the plant now has control over anyone who is left alive. And that's the end of the movie.
I found it really confusing. I loved the levels. I liked how they seemed to have taken all the set designs right out of a video game. I thought they had the atmosphere right. But I kept waiting to understand what was going on, and I never felt I did. I was just super confused throughout the film. I can't say I was bored, although, most of the time, not a whole lot seemed to be happening. I was just confused. If anyone can explain this plot better, please do so cause I feel like I somehow missed the entire point.