I generally prefer short adventure suggestions that can be easily customized and brought into a campaign. I also dislike artsy movies, but every so often I get dragged out to one that is really good. Shutdown is really good. And naturally those qualities are exactly what impressed me about Shutdown . Interestingly, it is also stuff that is fairly readily available to the players' characters, waiting to be doled out as the gamemaster sees fit.
Shutdown has a very interesting structure to it.
The arcology was then locked down. No one is getting in and no one is getting out. Locked inside are about 90,000 residents, plus another 10,000 or so Christmas shoppers. The current game date is February 10, 2060. The arcology has remained sealed for almost two months and the army of the United Canadian and American States has cordoned off the building from the rest of Seattle.