* SugarWiki/AwesomeArt: The visual style from the movie tends to be the most praised aspect from it in reviews.
* CompleteMonster: [[FantasticRacism Commander Locke]] is the ruthless head of security of Ecoban, [[EstablishingCharacterMoment introduced]] working the Marrians to death in terrible conditions. When a disaster occurs, Locke disengages a part of the rig, killing a large amount of innocent workers. When a foreman tries to stop Locke, Locke executes him on the spot and tells his subordinates that it's fine because the man drew a knife on him first. Locke begins [[KickTheDog ramping up the oppression]], taking his men to kill protesting Marrians and finally initiates Operation Marr to exterminate most of them except those he'll spare to be enslaved to work for Ecoban. When he returns to find the heroine Jay trying to sabotage the city's unfair system, Locke gleefully attempts to [[BadBoss shoot through his own second-in-command]] Cade to kill her, grinning all the while.
* FauxSymbolism: There is a scene where Shua has a nightmare featuring some imagery straight out from The Book Of Revelation, featuring a six-eyed lamb, Cade dressed as a priest, and a kid version of Jay doing a CrucifiedHeroShot. It has very little to do with the overall plot of the movie and seems to be added mostly for RuleOfCool than anything.