Genre:
Science-Fiction/Romance
Directed by:
Andrew Niccol
Starring:
Saoirse Ronan, Jake Abel
Max Irons, Chandler Canterbury
Frances Fisher, Diane Kruger
William Hurt
Release date:
Fri 29, Mar 2013
The Host is an American film adaptation of Stephenie Meyer's novel of the same name. Written and directed by Andrew Niccol, the film stars Saoirse Ronan, Max Irons, and Jake Abel. It is set to be released on March 29, 2013.
Plot
In the future, the human race has
been assimilated by benevolent extraterrestrial psychic parasites called
"Souls". Melanie Stryder (Saoirse Ronan), a human, is captured by the
Seeker (Diane Kruger) and infused with a soul called "Wanderer", in
order to discover the location of one of the last pockets of non-assimilated
humans. However, Melanie survives the procedure and begins to struggle for
control of her body.
Wanderer discovers that Melanie was
captured while scavenging for food with her brother Jamie Stryder (Chandler
Canterbury) and her boyfriend Jared Howe (Max Irons), and that they were
looking for Melanie's uncle Jeb Stryder (William Hurt), who lives in a cabin in
the desert. Wanderer loses control of Melanie and the Seeker decides to put
Wanderer in a different body and be insterted into Melanie to get the
information herself. With the help of Melanie, Wanderer escapes and makes her
way to the desert, eventually found by a group of humans, including Jeb. She is
taken to a series of underground caves, discovering that Jared and Jamie are
living there too.
Wanderer is kept isolated from the
others, eventually interacting with the humans, and develops feelings for one
of them, Ian O'Shea (Jake Abel), beginning to believe the Souls shouldn't steal
other people's free will. Eventually, Jeb, Jamie and Ian realize Melanie is
still alive, while The Seeker learns that the community is located somewhere in
the desert and follows Wanderer there, but fails to locate them. After nearly
being captured by the Seeker, Ian's brother Kyle O'Shea (Boyd Holbrook)
attempts to kill Wanderer, but is stopped by Ian and another human, Wes, after
which Jared also learns that Melanie is still alive.
Wanderer is horrified to learn that
Doc (Scott Lawrence), the community's medic, has been experimenting on people
infused with Souls, removing the Souls from their bodies and killing them, and
isolates herself from the group, but agrees to help Jared infiltrate a Soul
medical facility to steal technology to cure the ill Jamie. In the process,
they are attacked by the Seeker, who is then shot and captured by Jeb. The
Seeker is taken to the caves, where she is removed from her host and contained
in a pod stolen by Wanderer, who then sends the Seeker to a distant planet.
Wanderer teaches Doc how to remove
the Souls from people's bodies without harming them, and asks to be removed
from Melanie's so Melanie can have her life back. Melanie protests, having
bonded with Wanderer, but Doc goes through with the procedure. However, rather
than letting Wanderer die, Doc inserts her into Pet (Emily Browning), a human
who was left brain-dead after the Soul inside her was removed. Wanderer, now in
Pet's body, begins a relationship with Ian, while Melanie reunites with Jared.
A few months later, Wanderer and the others meet another group of humans who
have been joined by Souls who have decided to live peacefully among them.
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References.
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