The animated post-apocalyptic film '9', directed by Shane Acker, was released in theaters.
The film '9' was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.
The scientist creates nine small, sentient ragdoll-like beings called Stitchpunks, each imbued with a fragment of his soul, designed to carry on his legacy.
Intelligent war machines, initially built for warfare, become self-aware and turn hostile, destroying humanity and the scientist in the process.
The nine Stitchpunks awaken in a devastated world and begin to explore and survive amidst ruins and hostile machines.
Stitchpunk 9 finds the workshop of Stitchpunk 2, who had left behind notes and tools, learning more about their origins and the hostile machines.
Stitchpunk 2 dies fighting a machine, but leaves vital knowledge for the others to understand the threat and how to defeat it.
Stitchpunk 9 locates the scientist's soul storage device, which contains the essence of humanity and knowledge to disable the machines.
Stitchpunk 9 confronts and defeats the ultimate war machine, disabling it and ending the threat to the remaining Stitchpunks.
With the machines defeated, the surviving Stitchpunks start to rebuild their world, symbolizing hope for a new beginning.
