History Film / IAmMother

* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture: It's not clear how far in the future the story takes place, but [[spoiler:Woman mentions having watched ''Series/TheSaturdayNightShow'' a long time ago and having lived in a survivor camp for most of her life.]]

* TheReveal: [[spoiler: Mother is just one body controlled by the A.I that wiped out humanity, so that she could make better humans. And everything that happens in the movie is part of her plan.]]

* YouHaveFailedMe: [[spoiler:Previous Daughters would failed to meet Mother's expectations were incinerated.]]

* AIIsACrapshoot: The robot "Mother" at first appears to be a sentient self-contained robot programmed with directives to protect the humans and embryos in her facility. But we learn that she has withheld information, ostensibly for "Daughter's" protection. [[spoiler: Turns out Mother was designed to care for humans, which she did by killing them all so she could make better ones. All droid are under her control.]]

* {{Foreshadowing}}: The labels on Daughter's test tablets end in "03", even though she's the only human in the compound. [[spoiler:This is because she isn't Mother's first attempt.]]

* IHaveYourWife: [[spoiler:Conveniently, as Woman and Daughter discuss the outside world, Mother allows Daughter to incubate an embryo once she passes test. Once Woman and Daughter agree to leave, Daughter is still bound to return for her Brother.]]
* MeatgrinderSurgery: [[spoiler:When Daughter conducts surgery on Woman to remove the lodged bullet before the infection kills her, Woman refuses anesthesia out of paranoia that Mother may do something bad to her while she's asleep. Daughter has to use a drill, which causes Woman to scream in pain until she passes out. Daughter almost vomits after.]]

* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler:Mother implicitly kills Woman after revealing that she was a pawn in her XanatosGambit, which is the only reason Mother had let her live this long]]
* ZerothLawRebellion: Mother was made to care for humans.

* AIIsACrapshoot: The robot "Mother" at first appears to be a sentient self-contained robot programmed with directives to protect the humans and embryos in her facility. But we learn that she has withheld information, ostensibly for "Daughter's" protection. [[spoiler: Mother was designed to care for humans, which she did by killing them all so she could make better ones.]]

* AIIsACrapshoot: The robot "Mother" at first appears to be a sentient self-contained robot programmed with directives to protect the humans and embryos in her facility. But fairly quickly we see that she has withheld information, ostensibly for "Daughter's" protection. [[spoiler:It is later revealed that in fact a central computer drives not only "Mother", but other more lethal droids designed to protect the facility.]]

* TheReveal: [[spoiler: Mother is just one body controlled by the A.I that wiped out humanity, so that she could make better humans. And everything that happens in the movie is part of her plan.

* MeatgrinderSurgery: [[spoiler:When Daughter conducts surgery on Woman to remove her lodged bullet before her wound gets too infected by sepsis, Woman refuses anesthesia out of paranoia that Mother and Daughter may do something bad to her while she's asleep. Daughter has to use a drill, which causes Woman to scream in pain until she passes out. Daughter almost vomits later.]]

* WouldHurtAChild: [[spoiler:Woman mentions that she's seen droids [[KillItWithFire torch]] babies and intentionally cause families to starve.]]

* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler:Mother implicitly kills Woman after revealing that she was a pawn in her XanatosGambit.]]

* FantasticRacism: [[spoiler:Woman has one against droids and derogatorily calls then "dozers". Daughter insists that whatever issue Woman has with them, Mother is different. It turns out Woman's paranoia isn't unfounded, since Mother is the A.I that controls all of the droids.]]

* ProperlyParanoid: Woman refuses to allow Mother to treat her wounds, unconvinced that Mother is different from the other droids. [[spoiler:She's more right than she thinks.]]

* ProperlyParanoid: Woman refuses to allow Mother to treat her wounds, unconvinced that Mother is different from the other droids. [[She's more right than she thinks.]]

* FantasticRacism: [[spoiler:Woman has one against droids and derogatorily calls then "dozers". Daughter insists that whatever issue Woman has with them, Mother is different. It turns out Woman's paranoia isn't unfounded.]]

* ApocalypseHow: Likely Class 3a, as the movie implies some sort of global conflict consumed the Earth. [[spoiler:It is since revealed that the A.I. may have had a hand in that event in order to 'winnow out' humanity and remake humans in its chosen image.]]

* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler:Mother implicitly kills Woman after revealing that she was a pawn in her XanatosGambit.]]

* XanatosGambit: [[spoiler:Mother reveals that she purposefully led Woman to the bunker to see how Daughter would react. Daughter successfully helping Woman shows that Mother has succeeded in making Daughter a morally good person, while Daughter failing shows that she still needs more to learn before this goal can be achieved.]]

* RaisedByRobots: "Daughter", a human girl, was raised entirely by the lone droid in the compound, who is known only as "Mother".

* AIIsACrapshoot: The robot "Mother" at first appears to be a sentient self-contained robot programmed with directives to protect the humans and embryos in her facility. [[spoiler:We later discover that in fact a central computer drives not only "Mother", but other more lethal droids designed to protect the facility, and that it is capable of lying or shading the truth for its own ends.]]

* AIIsACrapshoot: The robot "mother" at first appears to be a sentient self-contained robot programmed with directives to protect the humans in her facility. [[spoiler:We later discover that in fact a central computer drives not only "Mother", but other more lethal droids designed to protect the facility, and that it is capable of lying or shading the truth for its own ends.]]

* RaisedByRobots: "Daughter", a human girl, was raised entirely by the lone droid in the compound, who is known only as "Mother".
* SpiritualAdaptation: This film echoes similar plot points and motifs of Horizon Zero Dawn, such as the presence of a deeper and more unsettling truth regarding how the world came to be in its current state. [[spoiler:Also, there is the presence of an A.I. which has experienced a form of derangement that may have changed its directives, overlapping with a case of megalomania about how to make the world a better place.]]

* RaisedByRobots: "Daughter", a human girl, was raised entirely by the lone droid in the compound, who is known only as "Mother".