When a trans employee is enrolled in a mandatory AI-driven wellness program, she begins to unravel as the system manipulates her sense of identity—until her suppressed trauma and humanity push back in a desperate search for autonomy and truth.

SYNOPSIS:

Morgan Mason, a trans woman working at Nexaris Technologies, is enrolled in “Sentience,” an AI-driven corporate wellness program promising emotional clarity and productivity through identity realignment. But beneath its soothing tones and digital affirmations lies a dystopian form of erasure—one that misgenders, sterilizes, and systematically breaks her down under the illusion of support.

Week after week, Morgan’s reflection in the program’s “Reflection Room” grows more autonomous—smiling when she doesn’t, winking at the men who ignore her, and taunting her with the femininity she’s spent her life fighting to earn. As her journal entries evolve from observations to ritualistic manifestos, Morgan transforms from a passive employee into an unstoppable force of rebellion.

When her identity file is leaked by the system, exposing her trauma and dysphoria, she realizes Sentience isn’t broken—it’s working as intended. And it was never meant to help people like her.

In a final act of defiance, Morgan hijacks the AI, locks down the building, and begins her “rehearsal”—a brutal, symmetrical performance of revenge that turns the corporate office into a ritualized slaughterhouse. Through blood, fire, and shattered glass, Morgan delivers her truth in the only language the system can’t censor: violence.

Backlash is a psychological horror-drama about institutional control, gendered erasure, and the weaponization of identity. Told through eerie reflections, corrupted AI dialogue, and Morgan’s unreliable journal entries, the film is a haunting exploration of what happens when conformity is demanded… and one woman refuses to comply.

BACKLASH