The Exigency is a 2019 American independent animated science fiction-action film written, directed, produced, and edited by Cody Vibbart.

The film centers around Kyle, a working man who reveals to his family that he is a retired war hero from the planet Gallesha and that he has to save it from an alien tyrant named Diederick.

Without a finalized story, and a timeframe to finish the film in two-three years, he spent a lot of his time rewriting and reanimating several scenes.

It received generally positive reviews from critics, who while noting the flaws in its voice work and animation, praised its story, action sequences, and self-awareness alongside Vibbart's dedication to finish the film.

After gaining consciousness, Kyle is told by Nyklus, Assistant General in the Space Force Division, that the spaceship was sent by King Sargon, ruler of the planet Gallesha, to rescue and retrieve Kyle as a final attempt to help end a war with the neighboring planet of Anumbis, ruled by an alien tyrant named Diederick.

After talking with Diederick over a video call, Kyle agrees to visit a banquet hosted by Sargon to announce his decision to the public.

During a train ride, Kyle tells Melissa that when he was a child, his family was murdered during a surprise attack from a nearby planet, leaving him and his brother, Nell, as the only survivors.

After running away, a man named Mangular offered to give Kyle and Nell a place to hide until the battle was over and would later go on to raise them into disciplined, strong men.

As an adult, he works full-time as a supervising video editor for a social media platform and currently lives with his fiancé, Corina.

The idea for the film arrived in 2006, originally under the working title Sleeping Giant, and revolved around a person who woke up to the sight of two UFOs targeting them specifically.

Without a finalized story and a timeframe to finish the film in two-three years, The Exigency was delayed from an original 2009 due date to 2012, in which he spent a lot of his time rewriting and reanimating several scenes.

Finding it to feel "outdated," he upgraded his animating software after the first two years to use the tools available with Poser7, including new characters and the ability to render at a higher resolution, and got rid of all the footage from Sleeping Giant, using only a single shot from that version in the final film.

This marked the first project where Vibbart had a composer create an original score, as he did not want to spend his time searching for royalty-free music that failed to match the tone of the film.

"[8] At the end of his review, Rosa wrote: "Even with all its flaws, I'd recommend you watch The Exigency, not because it's a great movie, but because it is the product of around 13 years of dedication.

[6] After finding that most reviews on The Exigency criticized the visual effects and runtime, Vibbart responded in a blog by saying the story would force the film to be longer than two hours but that he would focus on improving the animation for the sequel.