Omega (Franchise)

Slasher College Roadtrip is an American horror film franchise that consists of nine slasher-horror sci fi films, three novels, and a comic. The franchise focuses on Maria (that remain nameless until the second film, an genetic-alternated women and former secret agent who fights against an war between humanity and the omega virus, that transforms people in vampires,.

The STAR Corporation acts as the main antagonist in the series, a bio engineering pharmaceutical company responsible for the vampire apocalypse as a result of creating the Omega virus. The films follow franchise protagonist Alice, portrayed by Alice Braga, who was once a security operative working for STAR and is now the ultimate enemy of the corporation. Through her battle with STAR, she eventually meets with the main antagonist, Chairman Ronald Kincaid (Hugo Weaving). Several important characters are included through the franchise such as Sienna Barclay (Ellen Page), Tricia Dixon (Emma Watson), Michael Rogers (Idris Elba), Chester Briggs (Brad Dourif), Harold Barclay (Channing Tatum), Johnny K (Elijah Wood), Dr. Karen Jenson (Rihanna), Father Frank (Edward James Olmos) Bruce (Eddie Murphy), Kyle Baxter (Thomas-Brodie Sangster), Neo Wong (Ken Watanabe) among many others

The original film was released in 1996, followed by seven sequels (Omega II: Extinction in 1999, Omega III: Reborn in 2000, Omega IV: Genesis in 2005, Omega V in 2007, Omega VI in 2009, Omega VII in 2010 and the prequel Omega VIX: Homecoming in 2011. The first film was directed by Julio Campos, and he directed them up until the fifth film, whereupon he handed it to director Dane Brenson. Critics regarded Brenson for lambasting the series, and Campos returned to direct the prequel. The fifth, sixth and seventh films feature no subtitles, simply titled as "Omega V, VI, and VII".

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Overview Plot

Omega (Film)
The STAR Corporation operates a top-secret genetic research facility named The Orb. Located deep beneath New York City, The Orb has been sealed by Nimue (the AI that controls the Orb) due to the release of the Omega Virus into the facility. Nimue kills every living thing in the facility to ensure the Omega Virus doesn't reach the surface, but the Omega reanimates them, transforming the humans into ravenous vampires and the animals into highly aggressive mutants.

Maria (Alice Braga) was once a security operative working for the Corporation until her memory was wiped by Nimue's nerve gas. As the team attempts to escape The Orb, an STAR test subject called the Reaper escapes and pursues the team. When they reach the train that leads them to the exit, the Reaper attacks and scratches Seth before Maria can kill it. When they reach the surface, Seth is taken away by STAR workers and he eventually transforms into Cronos. Maria wakes from a coma to a ravaged New York City after a Omega Virus outbreak.

== Omega II: Extinction == The viral outbreak reaches the surface and in an effort to contain the infection, Mayor Adam Quimby seals all exits to and from New York City. Among the people trapped in the city are Sienna Barclay (Ellen Page) and her partner Scott Cox (Samuel L. Jackson). After Maria awakens from her coma, she rescues Sienna and Scott from a group of Reapers who escaped The Orb. They are then contacted by Dr. Lester Klebitz who claims to know of an evacuation point in the city in exchange for the rescue of his daughter Lisa Klebitz, who is trapped in New York City. The group also learns STAR plans to throw an nuclear bomb at New York to get rid of the Omega Virus.

On their way to rescue Lisa, Cronos attacks the team after it is commanded by Abel to kill all of the police members. After Lisa's rescue, they then make their way to the evacuation helicopter with Michael 'Mikey' Rogers, who has been dropped into New York and abandoned by STAR. After Lisa's confrontation with Abel and Cronos, which leaves the latter two dead, the team flies away from New York as it is being sanitized by a nuclear bomb. The helicopter crashes in the Arklay Mountains.

A wounded Maria is taken to the Detroit STAR research station where she gets cloned by Dr. William Fury. When she awakens, she escapes the facility and displays extraordinary powers, she is then driven away by Sienna and Mikey who are disguised as STAR employees. As they drive away, the STAR logo flashes in Maria's eyes and Fury's computer states "Project Maria Activated".

== Omega III: Reborn == The world has been consumed by the Omega Virus and STAR develops clones of Maria in hopes of finding one who displays Maria's powers. Elsewhere, Sienna Barclay leads a convoy of survivors across the Nevada desert, including New York City survivors Mike, Bruce and Briggs along with Johnny K, Dr. Karen Jenson and Kyle Baxter. A secluded Maria roams the country for survivors. After failing to find any living people, she comes into contact with Sienna's convoy after she rescues them from mutated crows using her super-human abilities.

The convoy, along with Maria, heads to Las Vegas to gather supplies so they can reach Alaska in an effort to get to a place called The Ark, thought to be a safe haven and free of the Omega Virus. While there, they are attacked by super vampires who kill most of the convoy. After Bruce is bitten and hides his infection from the rest of the group, he transforms and bites Mikey. Fury himself is bitten and in an effort to cure himself, injects himself with large doses of the Anti-Virus which causes him to transform into Leviathan.

Sienna and Johnny K leave for Alaska with what remains of the convoy in a helicopter, while Maria stays behind to confront Fury. While searching the Orb facility for Fury, she discovers that she was cloned. After Maria defeats Fury, she contacts STAR and warns them that she is coming for them and that she will be bringing the clones with her to fight them.

== Omega IV: Genesis == After the events of Reborn, Maria and the clones attack the Tokyo STAR station. Kincaid escapes and destroys the facility, killing the clones. Kincaid is confronted by the original Maria aboard his escaping helicopter. He injects Maria with a serum that removes her super-human abilities. The helicopter crashes, and only Maria is seen emerging from the rubble.

After months of a failed aerial search for other survivors, Maria heads toward the supposed location of Arcadia. She lands on an abandoned airfield in Alaska, where she finds Sienna in an animalistic state. Sienna has an STAR device attached to her chest and her memory has been wiped; she begins to recover after Maria removes the device. Sienna and Maria fly to Los Angeles where they stumble upon a prison surrounded by zombies. Among the survivors in the prison are Neo Wong and Harold Barclay, Sienna's brother. The survivors explain that "Ark" is a tanker off the coast which has been broadcasting a looped message and is picking up survivors. During an attempted escape, Maria, Sienna and Harold are the only ones to emerge and they reach the tanker only to find it abandoned. Sienna's memory begins to return when she remembers STAR workers attacking her group of survivors and removing them to the tanker. The ship is really an STAR research facility which is conducting experiments on the survivors. Among the prisoners is Johnny K. The three then meet Kincaid, who has been granted super-human abilities due to the Omega Virus in his system. After a victorious and epic battle, Maria transmits a message to survivors calling them to the tanker and hopes to create a new haven, a true safe haven

== Omega V == Maria awakens in an Umbrella base, having been captured at the Ark. Skye interrogates Maria, who unsuccessfully pleads with her to remember her true identity. During a power failure orchestrated by Shade (an associate of Kincaid), Maria escapes from her cell and encounters her. Shade explains that she and Kincaid no longer work for Umbrella. Kincaid plans to aid Maria's escape and battle the base's supercomputer Nimue, in order to save what's left of mankind. Shade also reveals that the base is underwater and serves as a testing ground for experiments. Additionally, Kincaid has organized the group of survivors to infiltrate the base and help Maria and Shade escape, including Neo Wong, Harold and Sienna Barclay and Johnny K.

Along the way, Maria finds a clone of a young girl named Jill, who believes Maria is her mother. They also face clone versions of the deceased Michael Rogers, Bruce, Kyle Baxter, Chester Briggs, Karen Jenson and Tricia Dixon and who are all under the direction of Skye. After Maria meets up with the rescue team, Skye's soldiers catch up to them, causing a shootout that kills Rogers, Bruce, Baxter and Briggs. Maria, Shade, Harold, Neo and Sienna reach the surface and are met by a submarine, from which Skye, the clone Dixon, and a captured Shade emerge. With new orders from Nimue to kill Maria, Skye battles Maria, while a now "enhanced" Dixon, fights Harold and Neo, with Neo being killed in the process. Maria manages to remove and destroy the scarab device from Skye, returning her back to normal. Maria joins Leon in killing Dixon's clone. Maria, Sienna, Shade, Harold and Skye (who is no longer being controlled by Nimue) travel to Kincaid's base: the heavily barricaded and guarded White House. Kincaid injects Maria with the Omega virus, returning her former superhuman powers in order to enact his plan, then tells her that she is responsible for saving the remaining humans from extinction once and for all.