Transmorphers: Fall of Man

Transmorphers: Fall of Man

Year: 2009

Runtime: 90 mins

Language: English

Director: Scott Wheeler

AdventureActionScience FictionMonsters aliens sci-fi and the apocalypseAction-packed space and alien sagas

In this prequel to Transmorphers, Earth faces a looming threat from a rogue legion of alien robots. A small team—a sheriff named Hadley Ryan (Bruce Boxleitner), a doctor (Jennifer Rubin) and an ex‑Marine (Shane Van Dyke)—must discover the machines’ weakness and launch a decisive counterstrike before the invaders conquer the planet.

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1

Prologue: Humanity's Forewarning (300 years prior)

A narrator explains that governments have long suspected a hidden threat. The explanation frames the looming danger before the main events unfold. It sets the stage for why authorities are watching unusual signals.

300 years before the first film (then-present-day 2009)
2

Car Crash on a California Highway

A woman drives recklessly on a California highway and is pulled over by Officer Hadley. She argues on the phone and hurls it away, triggering a nightmarish sequence. The phone transmorphs into a robotic spider that attacks and kills her.

California highway
3

NSA Intercept and Alert

At Edwards Air Force Base, an NSA officer informs his superior that they have intercepted a signal related to the strange events. The revelation hints at a larger, unknown threat looming over humanity.

Edwards Air Force Base
4

News of the Driver's Death

In Los Angeles, Jo Summers reads in the newspaper about the driver's death. The report confirms the bizarre and deadly incident, drawing attention to the unsettling events unfolding nearby.

soon after Los Angeles
5

Morgue Mystery

In Kern County Morgue, police are baffled by the peculiar wound that killed the driver. There is no obvious external cause, leaving authorities perplexed.

Kern County Morgue
6

Madison's Home: Outage and Arrival of Jake

Madison returns to a home with a malfunctioning television. A repairman arrives—Jake, an old friend who has just returned from military deployment. He examines the satellite dish, which transmorphs into a robot.

Madison's home
7

Jake Warns Madison

Jake attempts to warn Madison about the strange discovery, but the robot glitches away when he steps outside. The danger remains imminent as the household begins to realize the true nature of the threat.

Madison's home
8

Summers and Hadley: Partnership and Recruitment

Summers meets Hadley to investigate the death, and NSA agents arrive to recruit her for the investigation. She advises Hadley to track down the missing driver’s phone to piece the clues together.

Los Angeles / NSA building
9

SUV Driver Targeted by GPS and Laser

A man driving an SUV receives a five-second GPS warning to exit, then is shot in the forehead with a laser. The incident heightens the sense of an ever-present, technologically driven threat.

Highway
10

Search Begins: The Phone and the Group

Ryan (Hadley) joins Madison and Jake as they recount their story and plan to locate the missing phone. He is redirected to the scene of the SUV driver’s body, complicating their search with danger.

Roadside / highway
11

Chase and Transforming Threat

Hadley regains the lead and seizes the chance to intercept the SUV, only to be assaulted by a satellite robot. The SUV also transmorphs into a robot, intensifying the chase and the peril they face.

Highway / road
12

Earth Falls Under the Machines

The machines rapidly seize control of the planet, and a brutal assault erupts as humanity struggles to mount a defense. The scale of the invasion becomes terrifyingly clear.

Earth / global
13

Underground Resistance and Russian Intel

A small group learns that aliens are terraforming water and the atmosphere to fit their physiology. A soldier claims this information comes from Russia, where a captured and tortured machine reportedly revealed it.

Underground shelter
14

Terraforming Device Destroyed; Atmospheric Fallout

The survivors salvage explosives and destroy one terraforming device, but the explosion triggers the release of toxic chemicals into the atmosphere that the invaders have adapted to. The world bears the cost of their attack.

Site of terraforming device
15

Call to Assemble: Jake's Signal

Jake sends a beacon to other surviving humans, directing them to join him underground. The message mobilizes scattered resistance groups as humanity braces for the long fight ahead.

Underground / shelters

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