He walks with no tiny trepidation through the desolate, deserted city. He comes ahead a car on the road. He looks inside and sees a mother and her kid inside, deceased. Recoiling from the sight, he hears a sound and sees a slowly-approaching light.

Hiding behind various ruins, he picks up a metal rod and waits. While the light comes closer, he swings the rod towards it and connects. Once he looks on what he whacked, he sees a individual very comparable to himself, just somewhat aged and differently crafted. He in addition has a miniature candle fitted to his headgear and wears a magnifying glass taking part in front of his eye.

The other individual (”2″) (Martin Landau) sees him and gasps. 9 starts to run, but 2 calls out, “Wait! I’m a buddy.” 9 stops and goes to help 2 up. 2 gives 9 an appraising look and approves of 9’s element and design. As soon as he sees so as to 9 can’t speak, he (2) tells him to pursue him. They move on to a discarded doll on the road, where 2 proceeds to look inside it. 9, during the meantime, picks up a bullet and plays around with it, oblivious of what it is. 2 finds the doll’s “voice box” and stops 9 from causing some harm with the bullet. He tells him that certain things are better left unaccompanied. At that moment he inserts the voice box into 9’s chest cavity (through the zipper). With a little adjustment, 9 speaks (as Elijah Wood) and says, “Friend.”

2 notices something inside 9 and pulls it out. It’s a miniature hemispherical device (”The Talisman”), which has three shapes on it. He says that “he’s” continually drawing this (we discover out later). 9 asks if they’re deserted. However, a loud sound answers that question. 2, frightened, instructs 9 to hide from view inside a busted can nearby. Fixed outside, armed with a spear, 2 waits tensely in place of the “beast” to attack. He’s attacked by a Cat Beast. The Cat sees the Talisman and takes it. He notices 9 inside the can and tries to attack him. With its claws inches from 9’s face, 2 distracts it. The Cat swallows 2. As soon as it looks inside the can, he sees it’s evacuate. It leaves. 9 emerges from a discrete hiding place. His left arm is ripped a smidgen. He faints. His unconscious form is noticed by a one-eyed ragdoll (”5″).

After he awakens, he sees 5 tending to him. His arm has been fixed. They’re indoors at this point. 5 (John C. Reilly) tells him with the purpose of 2 is better on fixing them, uninformed of 2’s outcome. By that instant, an elderly, domineering ragdoll (”1″) (Christopher Plummer) enters, furiously. He looks in excess of 9 and yells at 5 meant for almost leading the beast to them. An additional ragdoll, a gigantic individual named “8″ (Jphn Tatasciore) comes inside. He’s like 1’s right-hand man/bodyguard.

1 commands all to move to the higher level. They move up inside a pail. On the top level, 9 sees they’re inside a half-destroyed cathedral of various sort. A fighter aircraft has gone down into a part of the cathedral. 1 narrates the story such as he knows it. After he awoke, present was a war involving man and robot. Participating in a main battle, such as the ragdolls ran in support of their lives, 5 lost his left eye and was saved by 2. The machines deployed poison gas bombs, so as to pretty much killed all life on Earth. Single things left were the ragdolls and the beasts.

1 tells 9 of all the ragdolls that enclose been lost – 3, 4, 7 and, currently, 2. He commands 5 and 9 to move to watchtower. Inside a different area, we set eyes on “6″ (Crispin Glover) drawing the same shapes the same as on the Talisman (he’s the individual 2 was referring to). On the watchtower, they look through a telescope. 9 sees a huge factory within the distance, with 3 towers. He says with the purpose of that’s somewhere the Cat beast took 2. 9 wants to take off there to rescue 2, but 5 is reluctant. Once 9 says so as to 2 would have tried to save him, 5 relents. 5 has a diagram which they can exercise to walk there.

When they move towards the place, they discover 2’s headlamp. 5 wonders why he was out there all unaided. They look on behalf of a tunnel. Suddenly, there’s a enormous sandstorm, which blows the diagram away. They can’t turn back. As the sandstorm recedes, they notice a gigantic footprint on the ground – the Cat Beast’s. Needing light, they take a miniature light bulb from inside a wrecked jeep’s headlight. 9 fashions a miniature staff-torch with it. 5 says sadly that 2 was precisely like him.

Within the distance, the shadow of a beast (with a bill?) finds 5’s diagram.

5 and 9 get to the factory. It’s a dark, daunting manufacturing place. They turn off the light and move inside. They set eyes on a cage and notice 2 inside it. At first, 2 doesn’t respond, but gradually awakens, cheerful that they came in support of him. They hear sounds approaching from nearby. 9 takes a look and sees the Cat Beast near, trying to put in the Talisman into a socket. Suddenly, it hears a sound and sees 9. It attacks them. Precisely at that time, a beaked beast attacks the beast. It “kills” it, by beheading it. The beast removes its beaked crown, to uncover that it is a female ragdoll – “7″ (Jennifer Connelly). 2 and 5 are ecstatic to set eyes on her, since they thought she was deceased. They introduce her to 9. Within the center of the cheerful gathering, 9 picks up the Talisman and unwittingly inserts it into the socket. 2 sees it and runs to interrupt him, but is too late. He pushes 9 out of the way, seeing that the place comes alive. Suddenly, a dazzling emerald light shoots out from the contraption and strikes 2 inside the eyes and jaws. It drains all his life force and the poor ragdoll hits the ground, lifeless.

Immediately after that, the place comes live. 5, 7 and 9 don’t maintain time to express grief 2. The Machine (a huge sphere, with a dazzling red light inside the center, electrodes on its body and lengthy limbs) comes to life. The surviving ragdolls run, but notice themselves trapped by a chasm. 7 sees a lever switch overhead and uses 5’s grappling gun to fire a hook around the switch. 7 and 9 grab 5 and swing towards a conveyor belt on the other section. However, their collective load causes the switch to transpire thrown and the resultant jerk causes 7 to lose her grip and fall, while 5 and 9 fall on top of the belt. 7 manages to grab a ridge and hangs one-handed off it. The conveyor belt starts to move (due to the thrown switch) and 5 and 9 encompass to avoid many huge harsh objects. They fall to the floor underneath. The Machine moves menacingly towards 7, sparking its electrodes. It gets distracted by 5 and 9’s staff-light and chases them. 5 and 9 take cover in place of a small number of tense moments while the Machine looks on behalf of them. 7 arrives and they run into a tunnel. The Machine is too big to pursue them inside the tunnel, so they survive to getaway.

Outside, 5 is devastated on the subject of 2’s death, while 7 is angry at 9. She knows someplace to uncover answers and tells them to stick to her.

Meanwhile, the Machine uses the material around it to create a additional monster.

5, 7 and 9 move out to a destroyed library, which has a huge courtyard with statues on it. They look on old paintings and notice books scattered all above the place. 7 calls out and two twin ragdolls illustrate up (”3″ & “4″). They’re mute, but their eyes can project memories. They look in excess of 9, analyzing him. 7 asks them in support of help saying with the aim of the awakened something terrible. 9 guiltily corrects her to facilitate HE was the individual who awakened it. Using their eyes, the twins project a video on a paperback, which tells in relation to the Machine. The Machine was made by the Scientist, under instructions from the dictatorial Chancellor. It was called the Brain. It has the capability to create its own machines. They used it taking part in a war, but soon it curved hostile to Man and, pretty soon, the planet was destroyed.

Eager to know extra on the order of the Talisman, 9 draws the three shapes. 5 says 6 draws those very shapes. 9 says he wants to pay a visit to 6, however 7 doesn’t plan to return (she doesn’t like 1 very much) and runs off.

5 and 9 return to the cathedral to pay a visit to 6. However, 8 grabs them. 1 enters, furious like hell. He accuses them of dooming them all. 9 asks who sent 2 to scout outside, and 1 answers it was him. 6 comes inside and sees the shapes drawn by 9. He says so as to the shapes are the “Source”. 9 wants to investigate more, but 1 commands them locked up. 9 calls 1 a coward. 1 furiously says he’ll perform what it takes to keep them safe.

Immediately at that moment, the cathedral is attacked by the newly-created Bat Beast (bat wings, extended beak). They flee in support of their lives, seeing that the place starts to catch fire from the beast’s attack. They wind up on the wing of the gone down aircraft. Right as they’re cornered, 7 enters and tries to attack the beast from behind, but the beast turns and swats her away. She tries again, but it shoots a cabled harpoon into her leg. It starts to reel her inwards, but 9 grabs her and stabs her spear into the wing, arresting their movement. 8 cuts the strung out cable, which causes it to swing away and wrap around a blade of the wing’s propeller. Due to the tussle on the wing, it starts to gradually slide downwards. 8 grabs a groove inside the wing. 7 holds on to the embedded spear, while 9 holds on to the harpoon inside her leg. 1 loses his balance and his cane. 9 grabs the cane and holds it out in place of 1 to grip on to. 5 and 6 settle inside the propeller device. They rotate on the propeller. The rotating propeller starts to drag the Bat towards it, but, with a burst of strength and quickness, it jumps and, landing inches away from 1, grabs his cape with its bill. 9 yells out intended for 1 to let go of his cape. Reluctantly, 1 releases the cape, causing the beast to snap back into the rotating propeller. It gets torn apart.

However, the ragdolls are immediately without a roof over your head, recognition to the fire. 1 watches sadly while their sanctuary burns down. They move out to the library (where 3 and 4 live).

A drone takes the destroyed Bat Beast back to the Machine. The Machine is angry. It looks on 2’s body and seems to develop an vision.

By the side of the library, 8 is appointed in the role of the guard. It’s all calm outside. He uses magnet on his skull to develop some sort of a high.

While 3, 4, 6 and 9 progress in excess of the shapes, 1 is upset with reference to what he conditions “dark science”. After 9 accuses him of letting 2 pass away, 1 says angrily so as to 2 was sacrificed since he was old and weak. Enraged, 7 jumps on him, knife on his throat. But 9 talks her down. Furiously, she walks off.1 leaves at the same time as well, angry. 9 wants to take off to scientist’s place (the First Room).

Outside, 8 hears a number of sounds and looks around. He walks tensely through the courtyard. Suddenly, he sees 2. 2 rises up and his eyes start flashing hypnotically. 8 gets mesmerized.

Inside a another area, 1 walks appearing in a bad mood. He hears a sound and gets scared. His terror increases tenfold, while he sees 2 hovering towards him. Precisely like 8, he too gets hypnotized by 2’s flashing eyes. Attached to 2 is the tail of a Snake Beast (with a one-eyed skull, fabric-covered body and jointed legs, with jagged objects on them). It picks up 1 and starts to strap him up. 8 has already been stuffed inside the Snake. When the snake starts to reel inwards the unconscious 1, 5 and 9 run up. The Snake sees them and holds up 2 (with flashing eyes) featuring in front of them. While 9 averts his eyes, 5 gets hypnotized, fixed rooted to the dot. Right after that, 7’s spear hits 2 and embeds him inside a wall nearby, stopping the hypnotic flashing. 7 runs towards 2’s body, dodging the Snake’s attacks. Retrieving her spear, she cuts the Snake’s tail off, thus freeing 2’s body. The Snake grabs her and is approaching to murder her, as 5 snaps out of his trance and shoots the Snake inside its useful eye. The Snake starts to slither away with 7 and 8. 7 screams off to 9, who runs behind it. But the Snake gets away with the two ragdolls.

1, however, has been rescued. 9 tells 1 with the purpose of the Snake has 7 and 8. He stresses that they try save them, but 1 refuses. 9 persuades him. They present 2 a appropriate funeral, putting him on a raft, with a coin on his eyes, and allow him float generously into the sewer.

They deposit off to the factory. Taking the staff-light, 9 goes inside without help. He tells 5 with the intention of if he doesn’t return, he (5) has to demolish the factory. 5 tells the others to look on behalf of a drum of fuel.

Inside the factory, 9 sees the Snake hand 8 on top of the Machine. 8’s life force is drained by the Machine, which gets extra powerful. The Snake at that moment starts to offer over 7. 9 ties a cable around a bolt and throws the bolt on top of a ridge, behind a couple of emotive cogs. He after that distracts the Snake. Putting 7 back inside itself, it chases behind 9. Through its single destroyed eye, it sees what it takes to survive a ragdoll. It grabs it and starts tying it up. In fact, it’s a part of ragdoll fabric wrapped around the staff-light, which 9 holds while taking part in hiding. The Snake suddenly turns on the light bulb and recoils. 9 burst out of hiding and starts to run, knife inside jaws. The Snake sees 9 and gives pursuit. The dummy ragdoll is connected to the cabled bolt. While the Snake slithers behind 9, it pulls the cable, which gets trapped in among the cogs. The cogs start pulling the cable, which yanks the Snake backwards towards the cogs. Rotating, 9 races behind the Snake. While the Snake gets pulled upwards, he runs up its fabric body and plunges his knife into its body and slides down, ripping ajar its body. 7 falls unbound into 9’s arms underneath. The Snake’s skull gets crushed in amid the cogs.

Outside, the ragdolls get ready to shove a barrel inside the tunnel. 1 is all in support of getting it completed right away, but 5 wants to delay on behalf of 7 and 9. They are noticed by a recon drone. Using 5’s grappling gun, they rope it and start to yank it towards them.

Inside 7 and 9 are seen by the Machine, which sends mechanical spiders following them. 7 and 9 dash into the tunnel and scream for the ragdolls outside to hurl inwards the barrel. 1 and 5 shove the barrel (which has a lit fuse) into the tunnel. They’ve furthermore connected the cable (which they’ve attached around the drone) to the barrel. While the barrel (and drone) rolls down the tunnel, 7 and 9 run around it. The barrel knocks back all the spiders and falls inside the factory, where the Machine can just watch helplessly while it explodes. The factory erupts into flames, when the ragdolls get away.

The ecstatic ragdolls start to celebrate. 3 and 4 position on a record player. 1 feels a tad downcast. While 5 chases a runaway album record, he notices, to his horror, that the Machine is still alive. It chases him. 9 tries to run to his rescue, but 1 restrains him. The Machine grabs 5 and drains his life force, recapturing its strength.

The ragdolls run towards a rickety suspension bridge, with the Machine behind them. 6 notices so as to the deceased ragdolls’ souls are trapped inside the Machine. While they run without problems across the suspension bridge, the Machine is too profound and the suspension bridge gives way under it. It tries to yank itself up. 6 tells them not to demolish it, moreover their fallen comrades will remain trapped forever. The Machine falls, but grabs 6 on the way down. 6 yells for them to move to First Room on behalf of the source. The others watch helplessly while the Machine drains him.

9 wants to take off to the First Room to find out further on how to save the trapped souls. But the others intend to demolish the Machine.

9 runs off to the First Room (where he was made). Nearby, he sees schematics designed for the Machine and the ragdolls. He notices a holographic projector marked “9″. He turns it on and a hologram of the Scientist comes on. The Scientist tells 9 on the subject of the Machine. While the Machine is made up of the Scientist’s life force, the ragdolls are all pieces of his soul. He shows 9 the Talisman and a sequence in the field of which to turn off the Machine. 9 was his final ragdoll before he died, drained of his own life force.

9 runs over to others, who are occupied hurling bombs on the quickly advancing Machine. 9 tells them with the purpose of the Scientist is the Source. However, 1 continues attacking the Machine. While the Machine approaches, they run. The Machine gets caught inside various barbed wire, allowing the ragdolls to take cover. 9 tells the others that they have to obtain the Talisman from the Machine. The Machine fires on them, causing a gigantic explosion. The ragdolls fall scattered around, bruised but alive. 1 however has lost a small number of fingers.

9 heroically goes to confront the Machine. Right as the Machine is just about to drain 9, 1 pushes him out of the way, sacrificing himself, trailing his life force. 9 grabs the Talisman off the Machine. He hits the sequence and aims the Talisman on the Machine. The Machine screams at the souls are transferred to the Talisman. Immediately soulless, it explodes.

3, 4 and 7 discover 9, drooping on the ground. He’s alive. 7 tells him he did it, but he responds “not yet”.

They light a fire and prearranged 5 positions around it in support of their 5 fallen comrades, with the respective numbers on them. 9 hits the sequence on the Talisman. One by one, the souls are released. 8 is the earliest individual out. He smiles on them. 6 comes out after that. Taking 8 by the hand, he leads him to his place. 2 and 5 arrive out at the same time. 1 is the final individual out. He gives 9 a gratifying sign and they all move to their respective positions. 5 lingers a tad and looks by 9. After that, they all float up to the heavens, ultimately free. It starts to shower. 3, 4, 7 and 9 are left under. 7 asks 9 what will come to pass at this time. 9 answers he’s not certain what happens next, but this planet is theirs. It’s what they become of it.

The shower drops collide with the “camera” and followed by the viewer sees a close-up of the water showing microorganisms thriving inside the wet droplets. This indicates with the aim of life will formerly again thrive inside the planet, though considerably gradually and over time.