The Rizen (2017) — AI Story Visualization

Plot Analysis Summary

Amnesiac survivors uncover a scientific experiment involving occult instructions, an impossible opening, and a force that manipulates memory.

Story Structure — 4 Plot Phases

The Cost Of Readiness

A secret operation changes its timetable while staff intensify a treatment that may kill the woman undergoing it. They insist that her readiness could determine the fate of many others.

Key Events

• Changed Operation Timetable — A secret operation changes schedule as staff prepare for an approaching threat. Characters: Blast Door Scientist Location: Secret operation facility
• The Woman Is Not A Machine — Staff argue that the woman cannot simply be switched off. Characters: Blast Door Scientist Location: Secret operation facility
• Dangerous Treatment Intensifies — Sessions and dosages increase despite the treatment's potential to kill her. Characters: Blast Door Scientist Location: Treatment area
• Scientist Loses His Memory — A mysterious presence confronts the scientist and leaves him without his memory. Characters: Blast Door Scientist Location: Underground tunnel
• Frances Found In Tunnel — The scientist awakens beside Frances, who also cannot explain her arrival. Characters: Blast Door Scientist, Frances Location: Underground tunnel

Lost In The Tunnels

The scientist awakens without his memory beside Frances in an underground tunnel. Their fragmented recollections and reconstructed equations suggest an abduction and a precisely targeted subterranean project.

Key Events

• Fragments Of Abduction — They recall corridors, flashing lights, blood, a steel door, and a strange song. Characters: Blast Door Scientist, Frances Location: Underground tunnel
• Search For An Exit — They search the tunnels and suspect that men are moving people through them. Characters: Blast Door Scientist, Frances Location: Tunnel corridors
• Equations Return — The scientist begins reconstructing mathematical equations from memory. Characters: Blast Door Scientist Location: Tunnel corridors
• The Tunnel Has A Target — The equations suggest a precise underground point and a precisely timed excavation. Characters: Blast Door Scientist, Frances Location: Underground tunnel
• Frances Hears Hidden Noises — Frances hears noises that the scientist cannot detect. Characters: Frances, Blast Door Scientist Location: Tunnel corridors

The Survivors And The Marked

Frances experiences disturbing warnings and admits that the procedure changed her. The survivors find evidence of brutal killings and witness a lieutenant being marked for transformation.

Key Events

• The One Chance Warning — Frances experiences a memory warning that she must fall and has only one chance. Characters: Frances Location: Tunnel corridors
• Another Survivor Appears — The pair encounter another survivor while continuing through the tunnels. Characters: Blast Door Scientist, Frances, Scientist Location: Underground tunnel
• Evidence Of Dismemberment — They find bodies, handcuffs, a knife, and signs that people were dismembered. Characters: Blast Door Scientist, Frances, Scientist Location: Tunnel chamber
• Frances Has Changed — Frances admits that the procedure changed her and left a constant internal ticking. Characters: Frances, Blast Door Scientist Location: Tunnel chamber
• The Forgotten Task — Frances believes she has forgotten an important task connected to the experiment. Characters: Frances, Blast Door Scientist Location: Tunnel corridors

The Force Beyond Memory

Pursuers overtake the tunnels and the survivors escape with improvised weapons as their chances collapse. The scientist finally recalls the occult research, the infinite power source, and the force that erased the researchers' memories.

Key Events

• Pursuers Enter The Tunnels — Many pursuers approach through the tunnels, forcing the survivors to prepare for attack. Characters: Blast Door Scientist, Frances Location: Tunnel corridors
• Lieutenant Restrained — The survivors watch a lieutenant being restrained while men mark him with strange symbols. Characters: Blast Door Scientist, Frances Location: Tunnel chamber
• Transformation Process Revealed — The markings suggest that the restrained lieutenant is being transformed into a pursuing creature. Characters: Blast Door Scientist, Frances Location: Tunnel chamber
• Improvised Escape — The survivors flee with improvised weapons as others are killed and the tunnels become more dangerous. Characters: Blast Door Scientist, Frances, Scientist Location: Tunnel corridors
• Classified Occult Instructions — The scientist recalls that researchers received ancient classified material containing occult instructions. Characters: Blast Door Scientist Location: Underground tunnel
• The Hole In The Air — Following the instructions, researchers tore open a hole in the air and found an apparently infinite power source. Characters: Blast Door Scientist Location: Research site
• Memories Were Erased — The force behind the experiment manipulated the researchers and compelled them to erase their own memories. Characters: Blast Door Scientist, Frances Location: Underground tunnel
• Unanswered Opening — The revelation ends before the scientist explains what lies beyond the opening or whether Frances completes her task. Characters: Blast Door Scientist, Frances Location: Underground tunnel

Story Breakdown

• Secret Operation — A dangerous procedure is accelerated because staff expect an approaching threat.
  • Changed Timetable — The operation schedule suddenly changes as preparation becomes urgent.
  • Fatal Treatment — Sessions and dosages increase even though the treatment could kill the woman.
• Memoryless Awakening — The scientist and Frances awaken underground without knowing how they arrived.
  • Mysterious Presence — A mysterious presence confronts the scientist before he loses his memory.
  • Fragmented Abduction — They recall corridors, blood, lights, a steel door, and a strange song.
• Tunnel Investigation — The survivors search for an exit while reconstructing the purpose of the tunnels.
  • Recovered Equations — The scientist reconstructs mathematical equations from memory.
  • Buried Target — The equations indicate a precise point beneath the earth at a precise time.
• Frances Transformed — Frances discovers that the experiment altered her body, perception, and purpose.
  • Hidden Noises — Frances hears noises that the scientist cannot detect.
  • One Chance — A disturbing memory warns Frances that she must fall and has one chance.
• Creatures In Pursuit — The tunnels reveal systematic violence and the creation of pursuing creatures.
  • Dismembered Victims — The survivors find bodies, handcuffs, a knife, and signs of dismemberment.
  • Marked Lieutenant — Men restrain a lieutenant and draw rune-like markings on him.
• Occult Experiment — The scientist recovers the history of a project that opened a passage to immense power.
  • Classified Instructions — Researchers receive ancient classified material containing occult instructions and impossible equations.
  • Infinite Power — The instructions enable researchers to tear open a hole in the air.
• Erased Memories — The experiment's hidden force manipulates its researchers and leaves the final purpose unresolved.
  • Compelled Researchers — The force behind the experiment compels the researchers to act.
  • Unfinished Revelation — The story ends before the scientist explains what lies beyond the opening or whether Frances completes her task.

Directed by

Matt Mitchell

Key Cast

• Sally Phillips — The Suited Woman
• Julian Rhind-Tutt — Blast Door Scientist
• Tom Goodman-Hill — Number 37
• Adrian Edmondson — Interviewer
• Bruce Payne — Admin