DNA (1997) character relationship network mapped with AI analysis. Explore the connections, alliances, and conflicts between characters.
Characters
Claire Sommers
(played by Robin McKee) — supporting
A CIA agent sent to locate the missing scientist Wessinger. She partners with Mattley to investigate gruesome murders and discover the truth about the creature. After escaping imprisonment by mercenar...
Matzu
(played by Thomas Taus, Jr.) — supporting
Sergeant Reinhardt / Balacau
(played by Mark McCracken) — supporting
A mercenary leader hired by Wessinger who double-crosses the protagonists and imprisons them. The character portrays the primary antagonist, a reanimated alien fossil that hunts the group using invisi...
Story Dynamics
Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.
Matzu → Sergeant Reinhardt / Balacau
(Conflict Predator And Victim) — The creature becomes directly responsible for Matzu's death.
The creature pursues Matzu, and Matzu is killed after warning the others of its presence.
Claire Sommers → Sergeant Reinhardt / Balacau
(Conflict Dual Antagonistic Threat) — Claire faces both the mercenary force and the reanimated creature.
The mercenary leader helps imprison Claire, while the creature repeatedly attacks and pursues her.
Claire Sommers → Matzu
(Alliance Expedition Partner) — They cooperate during the investigation and the escape through the jungle.
Matzu joins Claire Sommers and the doctor on their journey into the jungle to find the missing scientist.
Story Analysis
A jungle investigation reveals that an ancient alien creature has been reanimated, forcing survivors to confront science, betrayal, and local legend.
Plot Progression
The Fossil Awakens
— A scientist collects rare beetles and discovers an ancient fossil in the Borneo jungle. His betrayal leaves the expedition behind and begins the creature's history.
Murders In The Jungle
— Two years later, gruesome murders revive local fear of Balacau. A CIA agent recruits the village doctor, while Matzu joins to seek answers about his sister's death.
Secrets Of The Compound
— The search party reaches an abandoned research compound and uncovers records about fossil reanimation and alien cloning. The evidence transforms a local myth into a scientific threat.
Mercenary Betrayal
— The creature attacks the compound, but camera flashes and helicopter lights temporarily repel it. Mercenaries then betray the protagonists, imprison them, and use a captive as bait.
The Last Hunt
— An explosion destroys the compound, but the creature and surviving mercenaries pursue the escapees. After Matzu's death, the tribe prepares the final hunt, ending with the creature's destruction.
Directed by William Mesa
DNA (1997) · 4.1/10 · action, horror, science-fiction, thriller