StoryPrior the events of the film, an unnamed man referred to as The Scientist created the B.R.A.I.N. (or the Fabrication Machine) for peaceful purposes and to help evolve mankind's technology. However, the "Leader of Mankind" took control of the machine and used it to wage war on other humans. Lacking a human soul, the machine was corrupted and turned on mankind, wiping them out using other machines and poisonous gases. The Scientist constructed nine doll-like homunculi, or "creations," in order to ensure some form of life would carry on, and created a Talisman which could be used to destroy the Fabrication Machine. The Scientist died shortly after animating his final creation, 9.
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9 awakens at the start of the film, taking the Talisman with him. Outside, in the lifeless and devastated world, 9 meets 2, who gives him a vocal processor to speak. However, they are attacked by a machine called the "Cat Beast" and 2 is captured. 9 is saved by one-eyed 5 who takes him to Sanctuary, an abandoned cathedral, where surviving creations of the Scientist are led by 1 and his bodyguard 8. 9 decides to rescue 2 from an old factory, aided by 5. The two locate 2 and the "Cat Beast" is destroyed by 7, the only female creation and a skilled warrior. 9 spots the dormant Fabrication Machine and connects the Talisman to its socket, awakening it. It attacks 2 and sucks out his lifeforce, using his soul for power. The survivors retreat to 3 and 4's hideout where they reveal the machine's origins: an artificial inteilligence called B.R.A.I.N. which creates other machines in its own image, but then turned on humanity and took over. 9 realizes they need to remove the Talisman from the machine, and returns to Sanctuary where 6, who seems to have knowledge of the Talisman, urges them to "return to the source." Sanctuary is attacked by a bird-like robot, which is destroyed, as is Sanctuary.
A snake-like robot, the "Seamstress", kidnaps 7 and 8, using 2's body as 'bait' and generating a series of flashes through 2's eyes to hypnotize them. 9 pursues to the abandoned factory and witnesses 8 being killed by the Fabrication Machine, but rescues 7 before the remaining creations destroy the factory and, seemingly, the machine. The survivors celebrate, but the machine rises and kills 5, then 6. Before he dies, 6 warns 9 that the souls of the murdered creations are within the machine and it shouldn't be destroyed. He hints that the "source" is in the Scientist's workshop where 9 awoke. 9 goes to the workshop and finds a hologram addressed to him, which explains that the B.R.A.I.N. was intended for good but was corrupted by government agents as a weapon of war. In retaliation, the scientist designed and animated the nine creations, putting part of his soul into each of them before his death. He explains how the Talisman can be used to destroy the B.R.A.I.N./Fabrication Machine and free the trapped souls. As they battle the machine, 9 prepares to sacrifice himself, but 1 sacrifices himself instead to allow 9 to remove the Talisman and destroy the machine.
The film ends with 9, 7, 3, and 4 releasing the souls of 1, 2, 5, 6, and 8, who, after briefly bidding them farewell, soar into the sky and cause it to rain. The raindrops contain a green liquid the same color as the departed souls, hinting that there is still hope for future life.
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