| Director | David Hewlett |
|---|---|
| Genre | horror film, science fiction film |
| Runtime | 86 min |
| Country | Canada |
Six programmers incarcerated for hacking are out on work release, led by the corrections officer Capra. Their mission is to reboot and restore an abandoned spacecraft found floating aimlessly through space.
Once aboard the spacecraft, each hacker is assigned a task to reboot the system. Before the assignments begin, Mel argues that he should be placed in charge because Kaida had a fellow prisoner killed during the last work release, although it remains unclear whether it was intentional or accidental. Capra, the corrections officer, puts Mel in charge, and the mission begins. Capra restores power to the spacecraft so the hackers can get to work, each operating different computer terminals on separate levels of the ship and communicating through virtual headsets.
The system enters lockdown, trapping the entire crew aboard the vessel. With Capra trapped alongside the hackers and nowhere to go, he decides to explore the ship. Upon finding a medical bay, Capra straps himself into an arm receptacle to test his blood pressure. His arm becomes trapped and a needle appears, while the AI system materialises in front of him. Capra is then injected with Nanotech material that transforms him into a killing machine acting on behalf of the AI.
Kaida and James begin to experience the AI system's illusions. Meanwhile, Mel and Lara, who are secret lovers, are tricked by the AI system and lured into danger. Samson, who is afraid of rats, sets a trap for one, which leads to the AI system trapping him, when Capra suddenly appears. Diondra links into the AI system to reboot it, but the AI program tempts her with a data storage cube containing bank account information from the spacecraft's former crew, all of whom mysteriously disappeared. Diondra is led into a sewage pipe, where a decayed corpse appears. She kicks it down the pipe and discovers that the cube is on the body. As Diondra follows the corpse to retrieve the cube, the AI system locks the door behind her and floods the pipe with sewage.
Mel, James, and Kaida reunite after experiencing the strange events caused by the AI system. Mel argues with Kaida, while James defends her, before Capra appears and attacks the hackers. Kaida manages to kill Capra by closing the airlock on him.
James is wounded and left unconscious, while Kaida is drawn into the AI system simulation. There, she confronts the AI's central system and fights it. Eventually, Kaida destroys the AI but finds herself unable to escape. James is later shown awakening, with he and Kaida revealed to be the only survivors.
In the final scene, James is no longer a prisoner but an admiral aboard the same spacecraft, while Kaida now exists within the virtual world as the AI operating system. Together, they oversee a new flight with a new crew.