The Dark Alfred Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 (edited) Planeswalkers: A New World Genre: Fantasy/Adventure Studio: Guernica Films Based on a story from SenZ Music By: Howard Shore Original Song By: Evanescence Directed By: Joss Whedon Release Date: 11/27 Theater Count: 4383 Budget: $215 million Running Time: 148 Minutes MPAA Rating: PG-13 Cast: Theo – Sam Worthington Aeron – Gary Oldman Serena – Anne Hathaway Raznul – John Cusack Balion – Andy Serkis Vangel – Dakota Fanning Master – Ralph Fiennes Urza Planeswalker – Viggo Mortensen Narrator - Morgan Freeman Prologue The MTG logo fades in and card desk covers appear in quick sequence, just like comics in the beginning of a Marvel film. We start with a narration that introduces us to plane of Dominaria and explaining the world of Magic and enlighten the audience who Planeswalkers are. “Planeswalker is a powerful mage, able to travel across the planes of existence. A planeswalker has complete control over his or her physical appearance, and does not physically need to eat, drink, sleep, or even breathe. Planeswalkers are very difficult to kill and can't die of natural causes, (such as being stabbed, or even dismembered). This is due to that fact that the Planeswalker's spark that is present within his or her brain is the source of the Planeswalker power. While the brain still exists, a Planeswalker still has the ability to traverse the many planes, can regenerate and shapeshift at will, and can stay alive for millennia upon millennia—and, of course, perform magical activity.” We can experience a visually beautiful intro with uplifting opening theme while we’re strafing through the land showing off the incredible design of the plane and introducing amazing creatures. Then the picture gets darker and we’re in the middle of a battlefield. We see flashbacks of the Brother’s War that includes a spectacular battle. We’re not focusing a lot with this storyline however, this is just a prologue to put our main plot into a context. “War between Urza and Mishra, two brothers who were trained by the archaeologist and artificer Tocasia in creating magical devices based on ancient Thran technology. As their power as artificers grew, so did their enmity, eventually erupting in an all-out war utilizing powerful constructs. Marshalling vast armies aided by their impressive machines the brothers staged a series of battles. The war devastated the land of Terisiare on the plane of Dominaria and culminated in a world-devastating climax on the island of Argoth.” The last images show a mass exodus and harsh post-apocalyptic landscape. Title fades in. Planeswalkers: A New World Five figures stand silently on a ground of hardened silver, tired expressions on their faces as they look at the bleak landscape. Winds howl and roar. Storms of pure mana rage across a sky of murky black. The environment is harsh, even for Planeswalkers. "Please remind me," one of the figures growls, "why I'm here." "Shut up Raznul," another figure, a woman (Anne Hathaway) hisses. "You talk too much." "There should be a Count in there somewhere," the figure known as Raznul (John Cusack) chuckles. "Raznul is right Serena," the third figure says. "Why are we here? We've been traveling in the Blind Eternities for ages. Face it, we're lost. Isn't that right, Aeron?" Aeron (Gary Oldman) smiles, but says nothing. A blue scholar and alchemist, he is by far the most intelligent of the entire group. Unlike the others, he knows exactly where they are going. He spent a better part of a millennium documenting the Blind Eternities and had acquired considerable knowledge regarding the nature of the aether. Such storms does not bother him. "Quiet, all of you," the last figure says. His name is Theo (Sam Worthington) and he is the leader of the group. "I think I found something." "Yep, that's what you said yesterday. And the day before that and the day before that," Raznul says lazily, inspecting his claws. Theo sighs and asks himself why he ever asked Raznul to come along. "Vampires are slimy," Serena had warned him before they set out but Theo did not listen. Raznul was an excellent tracker and they needed him on their side. "Only a black mana user can track a black mana user. Especially our target," his response. And so Count Raznul of Kolbar joins in. The fiery Serena of Otaria doesn’t not look too kindly on the vampire. In fact they are the complete opposites. As someone intoned with teachings of red magic, she prefers direct confrontation and duels whereas Raznul likes to scheme and manipulate. There are other differences as well; Serena is carefree and adventurous but Raznul sees her as chaotic and overly emotional. Serena in turn thinks the vampire is cruel and overly critical of everything. But this clash of personalities is only the least of Theo's worries. Flashbacks of Theo. Theo himself is an angel, one of the warriors of Serra's Realm before the demons of Phyrexia tainted it. He chose to settle on Dominaria after Urza Planeswalker (Viggo Mortensen) convinced the survivors to relocate, but during that move Theo's spark had ignited and the angel then travelled to lands unknown, seeking a great evil and hoping to contain it before it spread. After centuries of searching, he finally cornered the evil on a remote plane, only to have it slip his grasp again. Then all was quiet and for three hundred years Theo heard nothing of this evil. It has not resurfaced, until now. Knowing he could not contain it by himself, Theo decided to find other planeswalkers to join his cause. He first sought out Serena and Raznul, fellow Planeswalkers he had met on his journeys. With those two in tow Theo then approached Aeron the Sage, the legendary scholar and alchemist who charted unknown worlds. Aeron was the oldest and wisest Planeswalker Theo knew, having lived for two thousand years and acquired countless knowledge. His appearance of an old man with grey hair and a flowing grey beard only added to his senility. Finally Theo came to Balion of Ravnica (Andy Serkis), a former Seleysna guildmage gone rogue. The elf was renowned for his protective magic and his power to break enchantments and having finally realized the power this evil holds, Theo knew they needed the elf's skills. With his team of Planeswalkers following him, Theo stepped into the Blind Eternities. And then they travelled, venturing father than they ever had before. What seemed like centuries were only mere hours to them. But the Blind Eternities was constantly changing. They sought a way out to their destination, but to no avail. "Except this time I think he might have actually found our way out," Aeron says, smiling as he walks up to the angel. He waves a hand and a blue light appears. It continues to grow brighter and brighter until it suddenly flashes and disappears. A hole appears in the air and through the hole the others can see a lone plane surrounded by darkness. It is blue, with huge patches of white clouds. Continents of green and yellow can be seen rising out of the ocean. It is orbited by a single, lifeless moon of grey. "Is that a plane?" Balion asks in disbelief, edging closer to get a better look. "How is that possible? No plane can sustain itself this far out in the Multiverse," Serena adds, her eyes wide in shock. She is intrigued by this world, too. "Of course not," Aeron chuckles. "But keep in mind we're not in the Multiverse anymore." "What?" the two of them ask in unison. Even Theo cannot believe what he’s hearing. "This is called a 'universe', you can say it's a Multiverse within the Multiverse," Aeron explains, his blue eyes twinkling with excitement. "I've read about it but until now I've never seen it with my own eyes. When the Multiverse was created, a portion of it must have been sealed off from the aether by a very powerful energy source, thus preventing Planeswalkers from accessing it. The Blind Eternities doesn't exist here, so if we were to travel this far, we would be ripped apart by vacuum and consumed by raw energy." "So then how come we're here?" Serena asks. "The Blind Eternities is constantly changing my lady," Aeron replies. "If you want my opinion I'd say we got lucky and found a passage that led us here. Of course this passage is only temporal and could disappear at any moment thus killing us all." "Great," Balion growls. "We're standing on a time bomb." Aeron laughs. "Relax my friend the aether retreats at a very slow pace. Even if this passage disappears, we would have more than enough time to get out. Don't worry, as long as these aether storms continue to blow, we'll be fine." Everyone is glued to Aeron's tale, everyone except Raznul. "Makes sense," he simply says. "I too have heard tales of the great unknown. Planeswalkers gone for centuries but reappearing suddenly with stories of metal horses that spit fire and bombs capable of leveling entire cities. I'm surprised you three never heard of such rumours." "Has anyone ever told you Raznul," Serena says coldly, "you talk too much?" Raznul pretends to be in deep thought. "Perhaps," he finally says with a sly smile "I think I recall you saying that only a couple minutes ago." Serena growls and moves closer to the vampire, hands curl up into fists. A stern gaze from Theo forces her to back off. "At any rate," she says, trying to project calm over herself, "we should get going." "Are you sure this is the right place?" Aeron asks Theo. "If we enter it may be awhile before we can leave." "I'm positive he is here," Theo nods. "I can sense his presence among the population of this world." "If he is here we will find him," Serena says fiercely. "And we will kill him." "Right. Let's not waste any more time then. Gentlemen, and ladies," Aeron adds with a nod to Serena, "a brand new world of adventure awaits us! Anymore questions before we get going?" "I have one," Balion says. "What is this place called?" "I believe from my readings that that the locals call this place 'Earth'", Aeron replies simply as he joins his companions on their descent. The five planeswalkers descend onto Earth like stars falling from the sky. They are, of course, completely invisible to all those below during their descent. As they fall from the sky, Theo can't help but notice how similar this plane – or rather planet, as Aeron pointed out - is to Dominaria. Only when he reaches down to the surface did Theo realize how wrong he was. They are greeted by trash and rats as they land in between two towering buildings. The five of them look around in awe, at the monstrous towers that jet out from the ground and the metal wagons that seems to be moving itself. "It's like Ravnica," Balion says as he looks around. It is indeed like Ravnica, except with less diversity and more artifice. Theo notices that everyone here is human. "How come nobody is freaking out?" he asks. "Surely elves and angels and vampires don't exist here." Aeron laughs. "Of course not. But before we descended I summoned an illusion enchantment that gave us the appearance of these humans. So we look completely normal to them." "Ingenious," Balion mutters. "Now if you would excuse me," the old scholar says with a mischievous grin. He walks out of the alley and into the throng of people out on the streets. His eyes suddenly flash blue and a young woman walking in front of him pauses for a moment. When he returns Aeron has a wide grin on his old face. "I've just read that woman's mind. I know everything there is to know about this planet." "You can begin by telling us where we are," Raznul says. "This is a place the Earthlings call New York City," Aeron replies. "Apparently it is one of the largest cities on the planet, and one of the most populous." "What a bland name for a city," Serena remarks. "Are all humans here this boring?" Aeron smiles. "That's a complicated issue my lady. It will only bore you even more." "I think we wasted enough time doodling here," Theo says. "We should get moving." The more they walk on, the stranger Earth becomes. There are giant screens that contain coloured, moving pictures. Aeron explains it is something called "television" that the Earthlings like to watch. The metal wagons are called "cars" and the towers are called "skyscrapers". All this is strange vocabulary to them. Theo sees a metal flying machine and inquires about its details and learns that it is called a plane and it is far more advanced than the ornithopters and metal birds of Mirrodin. "It seems the humans here have reached the highest level of technological advancement," Aeron muses. "I wonder what Urza would give to see this world." "What good is artifice without an artificer?" Balion asks. "From what I'm seeing magic does not exist here. Mana does not flow. This planet is as good as dead." "You have to keep in mind this planet is isolated, completely cut off from the rest of the Multiverse," Aeron protests. "The mana of the Multiverse cannot flow through the vacuum of space and therefore is unable to-" "Less talking, more walking," Theo grunts. "There is so much to explain!" Aeron exclaims as they continued to walk. "I don't even know where to begin!" By then they have wandered around for several hours, taking in all the sights and listening to Aeron's endless droning about life on Earth. When she learns about the people's daily routine here, Serena is horrified. "They should call this place Prison instead," she says crossly. "Where I come from you can do whatever you want!" "Where you come from people die after age thirty," Balion jokes. Serena looks as if she is about to punch him and the elf quickly apologized. "You'd think with all this technology the humans can think of a better name for their planet," Raznul muses. "Earth. Planet Dirt. Now that is a good joke." "We really do need to figure out where we should be going," Balion says, suddenly getting back on topic. "From the looks of it we're at some sort of waterfront area." "The humans here seem oddly obsessed with monuments," Serena remarks, pointing to a greenish statue of a woman holding a book and a torch situated on an island in the middle of the water. "This is like the one hundredth one I saw since we got here." "Even their ships are strange," Raznul says. "It seems to be constructed out of metal instead of wood. How can it stay afloat?" "Enough," Theo says. "We're not tourists here. We came on a mission and every minute we waste our enemy grows stronger. Balion is right; we need to figure out where we need to go." "Let's go to that bar," Aeron suggests. "I have a good feeling about that place." They follow the old Planeswalker to the storefront nearby and Aeron beckons them to enter. The interior reminds Theo of the taverns he had seen on other planes and he guessed a bar would probably be the equivalent of a tavern. They sit down at a table and a young human girl comes over asking them what they want. All eyes are fixed on Aeron. "Just a round of beer for everyone," he says to the girl. "So uhh why are we here?" Raznul asks as he looks around. "Are we supposed to get some information here?" "Excuse me!" Aeron calls out to the bartender. "Can you turn that up?" He points at a television set. The bartender picks up a long, rectangular box and presses some buttons on it. The volume on the strange picture machine increases. "Authorities are asking residents not to panic, and that experts are on scene trying to determine the cause of the swamp here in Albany. So far there has been no information…" "Do swamps normally appear out of nowhere here?" Serena asks after they finished watching. "Funny, I thought you said mana doesn't flow here," Balion says to Aeron. "It shouldn't," Aeron replies. "The only other explanation is that the mana was emitted by a source here on Earth. I think that's where your evil is Theo. To have enough mana to create a swamp in a land with no mana is no mere feat. Whoever did this must be really powerful and in tune with the aether." Theo nods. "Then I think we should go to this place called Albany." ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Darkness greets her as she enters the warehouse, abandoned long ago and falling into despair. The only sound comes from the noises of rats and the dripping of water from the rusting pipes. There are spiders and centipedes crawling around but she does not fear them. As she approaches they scurry away in fear back to the darkness. She stops in front of a blue crystal throne and kneels to the figure who sits on it. "Vangel," the figure croaks (voice of Ralph Fiennes). He is covered from head to toe in a large black cloak with a hood to hide his face. "You have returned. What news do you bring?" "Master, they are here," Vangel (Dakota Fanning) says. With a grin she stands up, tossing her long black hair behind her. "Five of them." "So he brought reinforcements this time," the figure remarks. "For centuries I waited and waited and now he finally comes to me. I was careless to face him in a land unknown to me last time but this time he will be playing by my rules." "Should we attack, master? They are unsuspecting and will make easy prey for me," Vangel asks, barely able to contain her excitement at the prospects of a Planeswalker duel. "Patience my dear," the figure on the throne says hoarsely. "The Power Rig is not yet fully operational. We cannot reveal ourselves fully until we have enough power to make the Planeswalk." "I understand master," Vangel replies bitterly. She tries to hide her disappointment. "Where are they now?" "On their way to Albany to inspect the swamp we created." The figure laughs. "I see our little side effect has attracted their attention. Perhaps we should toy with them no? Go to Albany my child and test their strength. Defeat them but do not kill them. Report to me immediately when you are finished." "Just play with them?" "For now. Worry not my young disciple; soon we shall reveal ourselves to the wretched beings of this planet. And soon we shall have our revenge on those who made us suffer. I have trained you well; they will be no match for your powers. Now go…" "I will not fail you master," Vangel says. She bows to the figure and retreats. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ By the time they reach Albany, the sun is already setting. Serena wants them to use their powers to get there sooner but Aeron insists that they use a car, citing the unknown nature of the aether on Earth and the dangerous results should they mess around. Theo finds the car to be a crude form of transportation; he was too used to flying or planeswalking. But compared to the wagons of other worlds, he has to admit the car is a comfortable ride. New York City quickly disappears, replaced by large farmlands and forests. The familiar city scenes do not reappear until they reach Albany. They find a local outside a store who tells them that the swamp is actually several more leagues northwest of the city. As they drive on the dense houses the cityscape begins to thin out and farmlands begin appearing once more. Soon the farms are replaced by woods. They see many other cars parked along the road, as well as giant metal behemoths that they've never seen before. Aeron explains that those vehicles are assault machines called tanks and they belong to the army. When they reach the location of the swamp, it is already dark. The road ends with a giant sign that warns against trespassing. Aeron ignores it and simply drives around the sign. Yet there is no one to stop them. Even the vehicles parked nearby are abandoned. The whole place feels eerily calm and as darkness fall, Theo begins to grow uneasy. "Is anyone else bothered by the calm?" he asks. "Where is everyone?" Serena asks as she looks out the window. Aeron stops the car and they begin to disembark. "There!" Aeron exclaims, pointing to a figure in a black uniform standing next to his car. Aeron honks the horn but the man does not respond. "He's dead," Raznul sniffs as he gets out. "This while place reeks of death." "Raznul is right. Everyone here is dead," Balion growls. The elf waves a hand and suddenly hundreds bodies appear on the ground. It seems someone put some sort of enchantment on them to make them invisible. "Who did this?" Theo asks. Anger is washing away his shock. "Who killed all these innocent people?" "I'm glad you made it," a feminine voice says from behind. "I was beginning to think you'd never show up." Theo spins around and finds a young girl - no more than twenty years old - standing in front of the swamp with a grin. Her shirt bare her midriff, shoulders, and arms, and her shorts reveal much of her legs. She sports long black hair, which is tied back in a ponytail. She looks more like a schoolgirl than someone who could've killed so many people. "Who are you?" Theo asks. "Did you do this?" "The name's Vangel," the girl says carelessly. "And yes I did. I warned them but hey they didn't listen." "You're a monster!" Serena growls, her hands forming into flaming fists. "This is how you folks greet strangers?" Vangel asks, her large brown eyes looking at them playfully. "Are all of you this rude?" "Steady Serena," Theo warns. "We'll take her together." "Forget about that, I'm taking her NOW!" she snarls and with that, the red Planeswalker leaps into action. She pulls her right arm back as she charges towards Vangel and once within striking distance, brings her fist forward with full force. Vangel smiles and simply backsteps, causing Serena's empty punch to miss and hit the ground. Before the red Planeswalker can recover, Vangel grabs her head with both hands and knees Serena in the face with so much force that her skull would've cracked if she wasn't a Planeswalker. Giggling to herself, Vangel tosses Serena aside like an infant tossing away a doll. "Who's next?" she asks, her smile growing larger as she eyes her opponents. Balion steps up and begins chanting in a strange language as he raises his arms, pointing all ten fingers at Vangel. Suddenly green tendrils erupt from his hands, one from each finger, and they fly straight towards her. The girl simply smiles as she draws a line in the air with her index finger. The line expands up and down until it forms a clear, protective screen that absorbs all ten incoming tendrils. Now it is Vangel's turn to attack. She digs her heels into the dirt and with a flash, runs straight up to the elf. "You're slow!" she says happily as she roundhouse kicks Balion in the face with her boot-clad feet. Before he can recover, Vangel already steps behind him and with a push, sends the elf tumbling head first into the swamp. She looks up at the remaining three Planeswalkers, her smile daring them to come forward. "Damn she's fast," Theo mutters. His hands flashes and a long, golden spear appear. He points the spear at her and moves into a combat position, but Raznul has already taken up her challenge. "My turn," the vampire growls. He crosses both arms over his chest and mutters a word in his native Kolbarian. Then he flings his arms wide open and hundreds of bats fly from his chest. "Woooo, pretty!" Vangel exclaims as she sees the blood-sucking creatures flying towards her. She takes a deep breath and exhales, but instead of air, streams of black fire come out of her mouth, burning all the bats in midair. "What sorcery is this?" Raznul exclaims in surprise after all his bats disappear in the dark flames. He takes a step back, unwilling to do anymore. Serena grunts as she gets up. "You're useless Raznul," she says as she hurls fireball after fireball at Vangel. But the girl just dances around, showing off her incredible feats of acrobatics and avoiding all of them. She purposely places herself between Serena and the rest of the Planeswalkers so that all the fireballs she dodged would fly straight towards the others. "Damn it Serena, stop shooting at us!" Theo exclaims as a fireball flies inches away from his face. At that point Aeron steps up and calls on the power of the air, sending a huge gust of wind that blows out all the fireballs and sends Vangel to the ground. "Wow you're powerful old man," Vangel says as she gets up. Out of the corner of her eyes, she sees Balion climbing out of the muddy water. "Uh, uh, uh, you stay there like a good boy!" She waves a hand and tendrils of mud latch themselves onto the elf, pulling him back into the murky water and disabling him. Theo decides he had stood by long enough and charges, pointing his spear at the girl. Vangel countercharges, but at the last minute she twirls and stops behind Theo. She grasps the end of his spear and heaves, pulling the weapon out of his hands. Theo spins around and is greeted by his spear shaft slapping his face. Vangel tosses his spear aside and kicks him in the stomach. Aeron tries to intervene but Vangel sends out another stream of black fire from her mouth, forcing him to back down. I'm getting beat up by a girl, Theo thinks to himself as he tries to break free from Vangel's constant attacks. He intercepts one of her punches and tightens his grip on her fist. His other hand comes up and grabs hold of her arm. Then, with a heave, he tosses her over him and throws her to the ground. "How's that for a change?" he smiles. "Don't get cocky boy," Vangel replies, eyeing his leg. Theo looks down and sees what she meant. She had crossed her legs, her boots trapping his own leg between her's. Before he can react, she pulls, sending him to the ground as well. When Theo gets up, he finds Vangel surrounded by the others. Balion had finally broken the enchantment of the swamp and blocks her retreat by standing behind her. Serena had summoned her giant, flaming sword and stands on Vangel's right while Raznul stands on her left. Theo and Aeron closes the circle. The main music theme fades in. "Surrender now girl," the angel says. "Tell us who you're working for and we might let you go." "I think I went too far," she giggles. "Playtime's over!" She raises her fists and punches the ground, the impact sends a shockwave that knocks them all down. "Don't let her get away!" Theo yells. Aeron, who is the first to recover, forms several "air daggers" and hurls them at Vangel. She weaves around the air daggers and manages to dodge most of them but a lucky one strikes her shoulder. With a yelp, she loses her balance and falls down. "Damn it," she says as she inspects her bleeding shoulder. With her uninjured arm, she points to several bodies on the ground and with a dark flash, those bodies come to life. "What the hell" Theo says as he eyes the zombies walking towards them. "She's a necromancer too?" "Have fun!" Vangel calls out as she gets up, clutching her injured shoulder. In a flash of yellow light, she transforms into a white fox and flees into the nearby woods. "Did she just turn herself into a fox?" Balion asks in disbelief as he hurls several bolts of green mana at her. "Forget about her, take care of the undead!" Theo replies, pulling his spear back to him with magic. However Raznul walks up and uttered a phrase in his native language, causing all the zombies collapse to the ground. Theo looks at him. "All necromancy draws on the same power source," the vampire shrugs. "She got away," Balion says bitterly, looking off into woods where Vangel disappeared into. "I'll go after her," Theo volunteers. "She can run but I can fly. We'll see who is faster." "No!" Aeron says harshly. "You can't use your wings here. You'll give yourself away." "So tell me," Serena says as she rounded on the others, "what the hell was that?" "That? That was us getting our butts handed to us by a girl," Balion replies. "Don't mind her Balion," Raznul says. "She's just mad because she can't even beat a little girl." "What did you just say? You didn't even do anything!" "Like you did! Theo told us to take her together but who was it that charged first?" "At least I attacked!" "If it weren't for me, you'll all be still fighting zombies. If you want to blame someone for not doing anything, blame Balion." "What? Do you think I want to get stuck in that swamp?" "ENOUGH!" Theo thunders. "The defeat was no one's fault. We underestimated her and she caught us off guard. But now that we know what we're dealing with, we can beat her next time." Serena growls and walks off, still fuming. Aeron goes after her but Theo stops him. "Let her be, give her some time to cool off." "I've seen nothing like her," Balion says. "And I've seen a lot of people do a lot of things." "Raznul, what kind of mana was she using?" Theo asks. "Black, definitely black," the vampire replies. "But it's nothing like the black mana we normal mages use. Her version is more twisted, more powerful. But it also tires her out faster. If I'm not mistaken, she's probably trying to regain her strength right now." "So then how did we lose to her so badly?" Balion asks. "People like her excel at one on one combat, but that's all they're good at," Raznul explains. "She attacks us one at a time to conserve her energy. She tries to break us apart so we won't all team up on her. If we had attacked her together, she would've collapsed." "So now that we know how to beat her, we just have to find her," Balion says. "And find out the person she is working for." "That won't be so hard," Aeron says. "I wounded her so we can just follow the blood trail to wherever she fled to." "And tracking blood is my field of expertise," Raznul adds with a grin. Theo nods. "Alright. Everyone take a moment to recover and we'll follow the blood. She will lead us to the evil we've been seeking." "Wait, where's Serena?" Balion asks, looking around for the Otarian Planeswalker. "Uh guys?" Serena calls out from a distance. She sounds like she is in danger, but the mist that begins to settle in makes it hard to see. Theo and the others run to her and realize why she carried a distressing tone. At least a hundred men in green uniforms are pointing what looks like guns at them. Theo hears a rumbling noise from behind and sees a tank coming towards them, along with more soldiers. Several machines fly overhead, pointing bright searchlights at them. They are completely surrounded. "Uh oh," Aeron says. "It's the Army." Original song by Evanescence fades in, Enchanted Journey. The End. Edited June 21, 2012 by The Dark Alfred Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4815162342 Posted May 24, 2012 Author Share Posted May 24, 2012 (edited) A an old CAYOM 1.0 film that has only been minorly edited from its original form. But, it's a short plot (for me)!!!!! El Libertador Genre: Foreign/Biopic/War/Drama Stars: Gael Garcia Bernal (Simón Bolívar), Sergi Lopez (Joaquín de la Pezuela), Rodrigo Santoro (Antonio José de Sucre), Joaquim de Almeida (Francisco de Miranda), Jim Broadbent (Lord Robert), Rodrigo de la Serna (José de la Serna), and Demián Bichir (José de San Martín) Directed By: Fernando Meirelles Written By: Braulio Mantovani Release Date: 8/23 Theater Count: 8, 65 on 8/30, 206 on 9/6, 409 on 9/13, 1,144 on 9/20 Budget: $35 million Running Time: 146 minutes MPAA Rating: R for war violence and some scenes of torture Plot Summary: All dialogue is in Spanish. The film opens in July, 1822 in Peru, with a tense confrontation unfolding when the rival revolutionary armies of Simón Bolívar (Garcia Bernal) and José de San Martín (Bichir) finally converge on the same area of Peru. Simón diplomatically welcomes San Martín to the town and arranges for the two to have a private conference to sort out the future plans for liberating South America. San Martín is cautious and untrusting at first, but after some persuasion agrees to the meeting. The two men sit down to discuss all that has happened leading up to this point, so they know how to build the future: In 1808, Napoleon Bonaparte had invaded Spain and deposed the king of his throne. This created a power vacuum in the Spanish colonies in Central and South America, as they refused to accept orders from the new regime. Shortly before this, a young man, Simón Bolívar (Garcia Bernal) had returned to his home of Caracas in Venezuela after spending a few years in Europe. He reunited with old friends and allies, including the older and wise Francisco de Miranda (de Almeida). When word trickles in to Caracas of the invasion of Spain, the wealthy and intellectual population of the city forms a junta to control the colony instead of the French conquerors of Spain. After months of political and ideological bickering, the Caracas junta, led by Francisco, declared independence from Spain. As a strategy to gain support and recognition for their government, Francisco sends Simón on a diplomatic mission to Great Britain in 1810 because of his experience in living in European intellectual society. Simón is unsure of the mission’s chances for success but understands he has to try to give his homeland any chance of staying free. During his diplomatic tour, Simón regularly meets with an English official of Parliament, Lord Robert (Broadbent). The two have an amicable relationship and are both educated, refined people, but after months of staying and having meetings with few tangible results, Simón realizes that Britain or any other European country won’t give them aid during the Napoleonic Wars or even after, and that Venezuela will have to help itself. He returned to Venezuela in 1811, but shortly after his return things began to go downhill. The Spanish Viceroy in Peru had been indignant over the secession of Venezuela and after months of failed attempts to get them to return to the fold, organized an invasion. Under the command of Joaquín de la Pezuela (Lopez), a sizeable Spanish force crossed into Venezuela to subdue the revolutionaries. By July 1812, resistance was doomed to failure, so Francisco ordered Simón to flee the country and then surrendered to the Spanish under Joaquín. Francisco was not treated kindly, tortured for his refusal to submit to the monarchy, and was soon shipped off to a dungeon in Spain where he would die a lonely death four years later. Simón retreats into Colombia where he reorganizes and reforms what men he has and starts building up support for independence. In May of the following year he leads a force of freedom fighters and makes good progress in trying to regain Venezuela’s freedom. It is at this point that Simón is acclaimed as El Libertador (meaning The Liberator) and he continues to free large swathes of Venezuela and Colombia. Unfortunately, this second attempt at independence fails again, partly due to the harsh tactics of Joaquín, and Simón is again forced to flee, this time to Jamaica where he spends several months re-planning his ideas for independence, writing down his philosophical ideas, and also meets again with Robert, who is now the senior British diplomat to the area. However he becomes disenchanted with his friendship with Robert when it becomes clear from their talks that Robert is only offering British aid in money and guns if there are economic concessions to British interests following the revolution. Simón turns down the offer and says he will free his people alone. In 1816, with the promised aid of some Caribbean islands, he lands once again in Venezuela and forms a guerilla force to combat the Spanish forces. One of his new subordinates is a young, idealistic officer Antonio José de Sucre (Santoro). By this time, his nemesis Joaquín has been promoted to Viceroy of Peru, and now manages the Spanish efforts to control South America from behind the scenes. He orders harsh tactics and cruel treatment of independence supporters in order to reduce the pool of men to help the rebels, but this doesn’t work. After gaining more and more strength and popular support, Simón believes that it is finally time to make his move. After a series of battles against the Spanish, more and more territory and people were freed from European control until most of Colombia and Venezuela had been liberated. Faced with not only Simón’s success but also other insurgent efforts elsewhere, Joaquín was deposed in a coup led by his second-in-command, José de la Serna (de la Serna). This was too little too late, as a few months later Simón declares the existence of Gran Colombia, a state that encompassed much of Colombia, Venezuela, and Ecuador. A year later in July of 1822, Simón’s forces meet with the advancing rebel forces of José de San Martín, an Argentine general who had freed Argentina from Spanish rule and had then proceeded to liberate Chile and some of Peru. It is at this point that we return to the scenes from the beginning of the film and we get a long and intense scene of dialogue between the two men as they discuss their hopes for South America’s future, their criticisms of the other man’s methods and plans, and how each of them argues for being the better choice as the overall leader of the revolution. In the end, Simón makes the more forceful and persuasive arguments and San Martín reluctantly agrees to step aside for the younger general. A banquet is held in San Martín honor and then San Martín departs, leaving his military life behind. With almost all of South America unified behind him, Simón decides to finish the job and liberate all of Peru, which is still under the tight grip of la Serna. He and Antonio push forward into the mountains of the region and finally confront la Serna and his colonial army at the battle of Ayacucho in December of 1824. The decisive victory here cripples the Spanish and assures the freedom of the former colonies of South America. With South America liberated, Simón returns to Gran Colombia where he is proclaimed President. His plan for South American unity has high hopes at first, but one by one the individual nations of the continent broke off and followed their own affairs, with even Gran Colombia eventually splitting into the modern states of Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela. Physically and mentally exhausted from years of struggle liberating the continent and then trying to hold it together, and disheartened after his dream was not fully achieved, he resigned from the presidency in April of 1830. He was soon afflicted with tuberculosis, and died on December 17th, 1830. Though his dream ultimately failed, Simón Bolívar is still celebrated as one of the great heroes of South America, and is still known by his title: El Libertador. 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Electric Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 (edited) Legend of the Red Dragon Genre: Fantasy Cast: Josh Hutcherson (Oscar), Ellen Page (Alyssa), Jason Segel (Seth Able), Liv Tyler (Violet), Bruce Willis (Turgon), Steve Carrell (Barak), Paul Rudd (Halder), Danielle Panabaker (Armor Shop Merchant at Abdul's Armor), Jeff Bridges (Weapon Shop Merchant at King Arthur's) Directed By: Andrew Adamson Release Date: 6/21 Theater Count: 3572 Budget: $85 mil Running Time: 127 Minutes MPAA Rating: PG-13 for moderate violence, mild language, some sexual elements, and drinking. Plot Summary (working on this): A great Red Dragon plagues the land. Many braves warriors have tried to stop this dragon, only to end up burnt to a crisp from a single fire breath or taken down with a few swipes of its claws. Plot: We see a beautiful green land, lush forests, from a birds-eye view. Then we see the red dragon, menacing to say the least, fly very close to the camera. We cut to an old-timey looking poster, reporting that more children are missing... presumed dead. Oscar and Alyssa are, at this point, oblivious to the situation, as they play games in a field. But when Alyssa's mother comes running up to them with news of another attacked child... they are both saddened, yet un-surprised. But when Oscar and Alyssa realize that this child that died was someone they both knew very closely, they vow to slay the dragon, best they can. The story shows both of their adventures as they both compete and work together to become strong enough to stand a chance against the dragon. The forest is ominous at first, but Oscar realizes that most of the creatures they fight are much weaker than he is. But when he meets "Bran The Warrior", a muscular man with a sword, and nearly loses the fight, he realizes he should go back to town to purchase better armor. We also see Alyssa find a similar conclusion when a wild boar strikes her... if she could get a better weapon to slay the boar, it never would have hurt her in the first place Both Oscar and Alyssa are refused access to more dangerous parts of the forest without training from their master, Halder. Halder is rather modest... and when he looks at Oscar, he says "Gee your muscles are getting bigger than mine..." Oscar's new armor helps him defeat Halder, and he has finally gotten past the first part of his training. He must then see "Barak" at the training center, an awkward man. It is rumored that Barak still lives with his mother, but in his shame hides her in his basement so no one knows that he still lives with her. Oscar and Alyssa both find Barak no challenge... Halder was more difficult to defeat, despite being so modest about his abilities. The film progresses, with the forest becoming deeper and darker, and both Oscar and Alyssa growing stronger as they meet with various trainers in town. With unnecessary swagger, Oscar tries to grab the behind of Violet the Barmaid. She is shocked and appaled at this unkempt man and his behavior, and instinctively knees him in groin. Howling in pain and upset by the derisive laughter from the patrons in the Inn, Oscar runs away, vowing to learn how to conduct himself better so he can win Violet's heart. Seth Able sings songs to both Oscar and Alyssa. His voice and his passion for music help the two of them in their battles. But as Oscar looks at Alyssa as they are both at King Arthur's Weapons one day, he realizes that she is much more his type than Violet. He stumbles in his wording ,but manages to ask her to dinner, and she accepts his invitation. Finally, Oscar and Alyssa are both at "Level 11" of their training, the second highest level before they are considering worthy of challenging the Red Dragon. As Oscar faces Turgon, with fresh armor purchased from the lovely clerk at Abdul's Armor, he discovers that Turgon is much more difficult than any of the prior Masters in the training hall. Embarrassed at his defeat, as Turgon pins him to the ground, he fears that he may be killed. Instead, Turgon releases him and heals his wounds, telling him that he may test himself again tomorrow. Oscar sighs and wanders away, fearing that others will speak of his shame. Instead, he finds solace in the company of Alyssa, who shares her struggles in the Forest and with Turgon. She calms his nerve as she tells him the story of fairies that protect those good of heart... if you can catch one, it can save your life when you need help the most. Oscar feels encouraged by this... his eyes light up; perhaps he will a find a fairy, or it will find him? The next day, he manages to best Turgon with a powerful blow and sets off to face the dragon. He finds a strange tavern in a clearing, where Chance the Bartender offers him the ability to change the focus of his training. He has already discovered the ability to shield himself and opts to learn thieving skills as well. The creatures this deep in the forest are frightening, Oscar ends up fleeing from some. With luck and fate on his side, he finds a fairy and opts to capture it. It nearly escapes his grasp, making him grab a bunch of thorns, but he manages to take it with him. He hears Alyssa's story about the fairy in his head as he continues his adventure. Finally, he sets off to find the dragon. He shields himself as he sneaks behind the dragon with a devastating strike. The dragon swipes at him with a claw. Oscar looks hurt, but still determined. A swipe of the dragon's tail nearly takes him down, but Oscar looks even more determined... enough to ignore his pain. The dragon, a bit frightened itself, lets out a huge blast of flame. Oscar is burnt to a crisp... but we hear a buzzing, and he is brought back to life, as strong as ever, by the blessing of the fairy. With new vigor, he strikes the dragon once more. It manages to stomp the ground around itself defensively as Oscar strikes yet again. The dragon looks more hurt than Oscar at this point. With another fire-breath, Oscar is brought down to his last ounce of strength. With it, he strikes the dragon powerfully, as it falls to the grown. He takes its head on a pike to prove a kill. The townsfolk cheer, as the dragon has finally been bested. The film ends with Alyssa and Oscar walking into the now safe forest, the sun setting over the town and the fields surrounding it. Edited July 2, 2012 by Electric Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunch Posted May 27, 2012 Share Posted May 27, 2012 The Ice Bridge Director: Ridley Scott Cast: Unknowns Genre: Period Adventure Budget: 75 million Rating: R for intense violence and graphic images Date: September 13 Theatres: 3564 Note: The film is entirely spoken in the ancient, primitive language people spoke in the time period, with subtitles in English. Plot: In 13,000BC, a tribe of hunters moves across the frozen Bering region that connects Asia and North America. The tribe is made up of around 50 people, and the tribe leader is Aleh, whose wife is named Isa. The first part of the film explores their day-to-day life. They scavenge whatever plants they can to eat, and hunt mammoths that live in the area. Their clothes are made out of skin and they are always on the move, so there are no permanent homes. The tribe has been following a group of mammoths they believe are headed for an area with better climate. The temperature is so cold people in the tribe are dying, and Aleh is very concerned. Isa meanwhile is pregnant and she will give birth very soon. She has found a close friend in an old woman, Dohla, who promises to help her with the child. During one intense mammoth hunt scene, Aleh’s brother is killed by the beast, and the issuing commotion enables the mammoths to escape. With no food and a dead relative, Aleh is heartbroken. As they cross an icy plain, the ice starts to crack below them and Dohla, Isa and her baby are on one side, while the rest of the tribe are on the other side. A strong wind starts blowing and the whole place becomes covered in snow. Aleh commands the men to take shelter in a nearby cave, and he is unable to sleep that night, too worried about his loved ones. Isa and Dohla are able to find some refuge, but they are very scared. Isa starts going into labor and with Dohla’s help she is able to give birth to a young boy. What follows is Aleh’s attempt to find his wife and child. He crosses several miles of ice and several men die in the odyssey. Dohla gets very sick from the cold and dies, and Isa is forced to do what a man would normally do and kill small animals, with tremendous effort, as she must also take care of her newborn baby. After many days of travel Aleh recognizes Isa’s necklace (she left it there as a sign) and hope fills his heart. The men in the tribe though think it’s a waste of time and some desert him. As Isa is taking care of her son, a saber-tooth tiger approaches them. She starts running desperately but it is no use. The feline corners her and is about to kill her when Aleh jumps on it and engages in a ferocious duel, powered by the love for his wife and son. The tiger bites off his shoulder and blood pours out, but Aleh is able to stick a spear in his throat, and Isa finishes him off by impaling him in the eye with a sharp stick. They both hug passionately and Aleh at his newborn for the first time. His wounds are treated, and the tribe is able to reach America. The last shot is of them walking towards a great forest in the distance, which is the beginning of Canada. Wall of Water Director: Peter Berg Cast: Jacinda Barett, Rupert Grint, Maggie Q, Jason Satham, Harrison Ford. Genre: Action Drama Theatres: 3267 Release Date: April 5th Budget: 140 million Running Time: 1hrs 24min Rating: PG-13 for intense sequences of action violence, some language and scenes of peril. Plot: Scientist Amanda Gretchen (Barrett) can’t believe her discovery of a huge oceanic fault that is about to rise up. Millions of tons of water would be displaced upwards, creating a huge tsunami that would wipe out the entire east coast. However, other rival scientists dismiss her theory and don’t pay attention to her. Meanwhile Frank Everett (Grint) proposes to his girlfriend Cheng Hui (Maggie Q) at the top of the Empire State, while his father (Ford) is working on an oil platform in the Atlantic. Robbie (Stratham) who is a professional bank robber steals 1 million dollars from a bank and is persecuted by police officer Neil (Mac). All of these characters face the test of their lives when the fault moves upwards violently and a massive tidal wave 150 meters high comes towards New York. The oil platform falls down into the ocean and Frank’s dad is killed, and the wave is now heading towards the East Coast. Amazing effects are the highlight of this film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Community Manager Water Bottle Posted May 27, 2012 Community Manager Share Posted May 27, 2012 Name: The Bride, The Groom, and the Priest Director: Peter Segal (Get Smart, The Longest Yard, 50 First Dates, Anger Management) Writer: Tim Herlihy (Emmy Nominee, Saturday Night Live, Mr. Deeds, Bedtime Stories) Genre: Comedy Cast: Will Ferrell…George Adam Sandler…Mark Tina Fey…Sarah Melissa McCarthy…Susan Yvonne Strahosvki…Lucy Tim DeKay…Arnold Plot: The movie begins on an 11-year-old named George. George is in his underwear, dancing to music, being filmed by his parents. They think that's it's hilarious and in general they are having a good time. Suddenly they hear a knock. They open the door and they see the parents of a little girl name Sarah. Sarah sees George in his underwear and starts to laugh. George runs away in embarrassment. Suddenly cut to adult George (Will Ferrell) telling a priest named Mark (Adam Sandler) “And that's the day that I met my future fiancee, Sarah.” Mark then makes fun of him for being a kid who danced in his underwear and George starts to comically ignore him. Mark asks for forgiveness, stating that as a priest he shouldn't make fun of people. George then asks Mark if they will let him marry her in his church. Mark agrees but only if George and Sarah are able to prove they don't want to be with anyone else. The only way to do that is to agree to be tempted. George asks if he can ask his fiance for permission. Mark agrees. Cut to Sarah (Tina Fey) and George. Sarah is clearly not happy with this situation since she's afraid that she might be tempted with someone better. George merely replies that it makes sense. She really wants to get married in that church so she decides she's in. George isn't worried about him cheating, but he doesn't want to lose Sarah. She tries convince him that won't happen, telling him that he could be in the movies. George eventually agrees and then they decide to have sex. We cut to both of them talking to Mark. They tell him that he agrees. He gets very comically excited, and tells them that they hopefully won't regret this. He does state that if they do regret this, it's better to find out they're not committed to each other before the wedding rather than after it-largely because a wedding is so expensive nowadays. George and Sarah both agree this is for the best. George and Sarah both go home and the next few scenes we see their life together, comically and sweet at the same time. He'll do all the chores before she asks him to, but he does them terribly. For instance, when he's cleaning the car he'll accidentally break a window or two. The whole purpose of these scenes (other than to make the audience laugh) is to show that the two love each other. These scenes finally end with George and Sarah on the bed. George states that he loves Sarah and she tells him back. She then states “I shouldn't be worried you'll cheat on me, right?” He then replies that of course she shouldn't be worried. “I'm too lucky to be with you. Why would I mess that up? I mean, not for a hundred million dollars would I cheat.” “That's a lot of money. You better cheat on me for that kind of money.” “Okay.” They kiss. George is next seen with Mark outside an aparment. Mark has decided to provide George with his first temptation. He opens the door and a girl that Mark believes is right in George's league is seen: Susan (Melissa McCarthy). Susan tries to seduce George the best that she can, by trying to be all naughty and raunchy. When this doesn't work, because George is more disgusted, this gets Susan to cry. She reveals how she tries her best to get a man to like her but can't because she's so fat. She then states “You'd think in a nation with weight problems, fat people would have it easy but we don't.” George comforts her and decides to take her to a bar to try and make her feel better. He takes her to the closest bar. What he doesn't know is that this is a lesbian bar. The girls are all over each other and this makes George feel more uncomfortable than turned on. “I know I'm supposed to find this attractive, but I don't! I just don't!” complains George. Susan is at first offended that George “thought” she was a lesbian until girls start hitting on her. She isn't a lesbian, but she decides to try it and see if she'll like it. George then leaves the bar and Mark is there. Mark states “Great, I tried hooking you up with someone and you turned her gay.” George replies “I take it you don't approve of lesbians?” Mark then states “My penis does.” Cut to- Mark with Sarah outside another apartment. He opens the door, and there is Arnold (Tim DeKay). Mark then leaves her. Arnold isn't sure how to hit on Sarah, and he does some moves he considers to be good but they're really cheesy. This surprisingly almost works on Sarah, with her stating that “The cheesy just works on me.” She's about to kiss him when she realizes that even though she might be turned on, she doesn't want to be with Arnold. This relieves Arnold because he reveals that he himself is in love with another woman-one that he loves from afar. Sarah walks out with Arnold and she goes to Mark, who is spying on them from across the street. “It looks like you're little temptation failed.” states Sarah. Arnold is offended at her word choice, but she doesn't let him voice his complaints (she keeps shushing him). Cut to George, Sarah, and Mark at the church. Mark is glad to announce that they have all passed the test and that he will marry them in his church. The three are happy about this decision and George decides to invite Mark to his bachelor party. Mark asks if there will be strippers. Sarah replies that of course there will be. She isn't worried because George passed Mark's test. Mark agrees to go to the party because it won't be lame. George states “Aren't you supposed to be celibate?” Mark replies “Doesn't mean I can't enjoy the view.” Cut to the bachelor party. George and his friends are trying to have fun, but it's clear that Mark is comically having a blast. There is a stripper there named Lucy (Yvonne Strahovski). Lucy does her stripper duties on George, but he isn't an enthusiastic participant. She decides to move on to Mark, who definably is. Lucy and Mark seem to actually (and comically) hit it off and it leads to Mark leading her away to the bathroom for some “divine sex”. George and his friends merely continue to drink. Cut to the wedding. Susan is in attendance with another female, clearly both are happy. Arnold is seated across, looking at Susan with green envy. Lucy is also at the wedding, at the back and looking uncomfortable. The wedding seems to go on as planned. Mark goes through the wedding and eventually he comes across to the point where he states that if anyone has objections, let them speak. At this time Sarah speaks out. She states that she can't marry George because she loves another man. Everyone is shocked. Sarah reveals that she loves their priest, Mark! Mark is surprised, saying this came from the left field. Sarah states “I didn't realize it till now, but my love with George is the love you share with a friend with benefits. But what I feel for Mark, it has sparks!” She proceeds to kiss Mark. The film then flashbacks to a lot of encounters between Sarah and Mark, adding music that changes the context entirely. After the flashback, Lucy interrupts and states that she's in love with Mark and that's why she came to the wedding. Mark and George are confused. Arnold takes this time to stand up and proclaim his love for Susan. Susan is flustered, especially when her girlfriend stands up and does the same. George then states “Does anyone love me at my own wedding?” No response. Susan realizes that as much as she likes her girlfriend, she has to be with a boy. Susan and Arnold get together in an embrace. Lucy marches up to the altar, starting a comical fight with Sarah. George then starts a comical fight with Mark. Cut to all of four of them, after the wedding. Mark states that while he's willing to break his vows evert now and then, he has to remain with God forever. Lucy accepts this, and leaves. Sarah tries to get back together with George but he rejects her. He leaves her and Mark. Sarah is left all alone. All of a sudden the lesbian who came with Susan appears. The lesbian kisses Sarah and the two decide to see if it will work between them. The film then ends. Theaters: 3,200 MPAA Rating: PG-13 Budget: $90 million Release Date: November 27th Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frankenberry Posted May 28, 2012 Share Posted May 28, 2012 an ALFONSO CUARON film Starring… Christoph Waltz…………Anton Klein Clive Owen………………Rudy Bishop August Diehl……………..Hans Reinhardt Heike Makatsch………….Victoria Klein Daniel Bruhl……………..Claude Sydow Max Minghella…………..Toby Coleman Natalia Avelon…………..Kate Schmidt and Til Schweiger as Drescher Original Score: Nathan Johnson Release Date: Theater Count: 4,230 (in 3D) Previous Film’s Gross: 96/617 (on the corresponing weekend from Year 1)(Also a BP nominee) Budget: 175 mil. Runtime: 134 min. Rating: PG-13 for intense action violence including blood, and language **Filmed in signature Alfonso Cuaron stlye. We will see long, shaky cam shots without any cuts, blood occasionally splattering on screen, and even a haunting dark tint to the film** PREVIOUSLY ON THE MORROW… Germany discovered a new planet, and on it a new insanely valuable resource known as lyrium. They realize lyrium’s power is unbeatable. Power thirsty, they devise a plan to take over Earth and be a universal leader. Russia, knowing they can’t compete, join Germany. No one else knows of this plan. In fact, many Americans are living on Germany’s found planet and working for the big bads. These people were all promised land and freedom on this new planet. Unfortunately for them, once Germany has finished their lyirum mining and research and polished their plans, they slaughter the American work camp and start the war. A small team of American soldiers led by Dalton Connors (James McAvoy) and Hopper Gordon (Karl Urban) manage to save a small group of survivors from the camp (known as Camp Morgen) and call in a nuclear strike to wipe out the Germans. The nukes drop and Morgen is destroyed, along with a large portion of Germany’s lyrium supply. It was a great win for the Americans, and a giant set back for Germany, but the German forces still had some lyrium and the upper hand in this war of two worlds. Time to silence your cell phones. The show starts now. Anton Klein dons a white coat as he struts through a lab. Guards with guns fill every corner, but it seems all the scientists were used to this nuisance by now. Anton enters his office where a woman was waiting for him. Young and stunningly gorgeous, this was Katherine Schmidt. “Kate, what’re you doing in here?” Anton asks, shutting his office door. “Just came to talk,” she says with a smile, kissing him on the lips. Anton looks uneasy, and pulls away slightly. “We can stop if you don’t want to keep doing this,” Kate says. Anton looks at her and sighs. “No. I like this. I like us. Things are just complicated right now. I’ll have this all sorted out soon,” Anton assures her. Kate gives a slight smile and nods. “Ok. So…dinner tonight?” she asks. “I wish I could, but Tori’s getting frustrated about me working late so often,” Anton replies. The name Tori brings some tension in the air. “Ok. Maybe some other time,” Kate says, visibly disappointed. Anton feels bad and is going to say something when he looks at the time. “Sh**. The meeting,” he says as they race out of his office. Anton, Kate, and three other scientists stand before a military looking man who is looking through some paperwork. He’s shaking his head in disappointed. “When you said you knew how to harness the lyrium, I thought you had something a bit…bigger in mind,” the heavy says. “Sir, we can harness the power of the lyrium. But I, nor anyone else in this lab, is willing to create the type of device you’re wanting. You think we don’t know what’s going on in Morgen? It’s wrong what you’re doing to those people,” Anton replies. The heavy lets out a small laugh then stands up and walks over to one of the other scientists. “You. Can you build me what I want?” the heavy asks. “Yes sir,” the scientist replies nervously. The heavy smiles and turns to Anton. “See. You hold your staff to too high a standard,” the heavy snickers. “But…” the scientist adds. The heavy sighs and turns back to the scientist. “But what?” he asks. “But I would need Dr. Klein’s help. He cracked the codes. He wrote the codes. So when you ask if I can build what you’re looking for, the answer is yes. But without Dr. Klein that’s like comparing an atom bomb to a hand grenade,” the scientist replies. This dampers the heavy’s cool slightly, but he maintains his composure and turns back to Anton. “Don’t forget who brought you here. We brought you here for a reason. To get the job done. We put a roof over your family’s head. Food on your table. Money in your pockets. And how do you repay us? By spitting in our faces? Well I must inform you that that’s not the way things work. We will get what we want. And if you’re the man who has to give it to us….well I’d give it to us willingly,” the heavy says. Anton nods his head, at a loss. “Ok great! So we’re at an understanding! You will give us our weapon. History books look back fondly on you as the man who helped bring our nation to not just world, but universal power,” the heavy says. “History books will look back on me as the man responsible for the death of billions,” Anton retorts. “It’s all in who’s doing the writing, Dr. Klein,” the heavy starts. “Now, I’ll have the lyrium from Morgen sent here so you can create this wonderful weapon.” And suddenly a thud fills the ears of everyone and it’s literally deafening. So loud that after the initial noise all audio ceases and everyone clutches their ears and look around in panic. And then a giant shockwave hits the lab, smashing out windows and destroying beakers, computers, and various other lab equipment. Everyone inside is knocked off their feet as paper and shards of glass fly across the room. After a few moments the chaos stops and there’s a loud ringing muffling all the sound. The camera focuses on Anton as he pulls himself onto all fours, the wind knocked out of him. We see the heavy out of focus behind him, standing up and stumbling, then pulling out his radio. Through the ringing we hear his very muffled voice. “What the hell happened!?! What happened to Morgen!?!” THE MORROW II Anton races into his house to find a complete mess. Windows shattered, furniture overturned, random items everywhere. He steps over the mess as he calls out to his family. “Victoria? Alice? John?” he calls out. He hears noises from down the hall and races toward them. He flings open a door to find his family crouched on the floor. John, Anton’s nine year old son, races over to his father. Anton embraces him tightly. “Are you ok?” he asks. “Yes sir,” John replies. Anton then hugs Alice, his eighteen year old daughter. “I’m so happy you’re all ok,” Anton says, then turns to Tori, his wife. No hug for her. We can sense some tension between them, but it’s not exactly the first thing on their minds after what just happened. Speaking of that… “What just happened?” Tori asks. “Camp Morgen. The Americans came and nuked it,” Anton replies. Tori mouths “oh my god” in shock. Suddenly, footsteps are heard running in the house towards them. Anton turns, nervous, but someone they recognize enters the room. Claude Sydow, Alice’s German soldier boyfriend. He and Alice embrace. “I came as soon as I knew it was safe,” Claude says. “You’re so brave for coming here,“ Alice says, kissing him. Anton and Tori watch their daughter, young, naïve, and in love. Claude’s radio then goes off. He backs away from Alice and steps into the hallway to listen. He comes back in after a few moments and tells them he has to go, but assures Alice he’d be back soon, then tugs his ear, a sign for “I love you.” As Alice watches John play in the backyard, Anton and Tori are inside cleaning up. As the danger seems to decrease, tension between them is filling the void. “How’s Kate?” Tori asks. This stings Anton a bit, but he sighs it off. “Please don’t. Not right now. We’ll deal with that later,” Anton replies. “You always say that. Always trying to prolong the inevitable. Anton, I can’t take this anymore,” Tori says. “Tori, I love you. You know I didn’t mean for things to get this way. I understand it if you hate me, and I’d love nothing more than for us to sit down and hash out our problems, but we just almost died. Now can we shut the f**k up and get back to cleaning?!” Anton exclaims. We can tell he has remorse for his relationship with Kate, but he was so stressed right now he couldn’t help but explode. Alice and John heard him shout and we see them staring at their parents from outside, through the windows. Anton takes a deep breath and looks outside at his kids, instantly regretting his rage. And then the doorbell rings. “I’ll get it,” he says quietly to Tori, then walks off to answer the door. Anton opens the front door to reveal a German soldier named Hans Reinhardt standing on his front porch, Claude looking nervous behind him. “Are you Doctor Anton Klein?” Hans asks. “Yes. What’s going on?” Anton asks. “Sir, I’m going to need you and your family to come with me,” Hans states, a bit forceful. Anton looks at Claude, who wipes sweat from his brow. “Doctor Klein?” Hans continues. Anton sighs and slams the door in Hans’ face. Hans walks away, trying to play off his embarrassment. Claude following close behind him. Hans reaches his van and pulls out a radio. “This is Captain Reinhardt, requesting the fuehrer,” Hans says, then waits a few moments. “What,” comes the simple reply of an older sounding, distinguished man. “Dr. Klein refused to go with us. Do I have permission to use force?” Hans asks. Behind him, Claude is starting to pace, obviously fearing for his girlfriend. “Captain, do not forget your place and the task at hand. That family for yours. That was the deal. Use force if you have to. Just get Klein to me. Don’t forget I know how to use force as well,” the fuehrer replies. Hans gulps. We finally see this hard ass German breaking a sweat. “Klein will be yours, mein fuehrer Drescher,” Hans says. “Good. Now if you’ll excuse me, I have a funeral to attend,” the fuehrer states. Hans looks to Claude, then switches frequencies on the radio. “This is Captain Reinhardt. I’m going to need all units in Brentwood.” Ding Dong. Anton is frustrated as he opens his front door again. Hans and Claude stand there again, Hans looking more determined this time. “Doctor Klein, this area isn’t safe,” Hans says. “Curious. You didn’t mention that before,” Anton replies. “Dr. Klein, you and your family must come with us,” Hans firmly states. “Make us,” Anton retorts. “With pleasure,” Hans says with a smile. Suddenly six German soldiers step out from both sides and enter the house. “No! What do you think you’re doing!?” Anton exclaims as the soldiers grab his family. “Let them go!” Anton screams, swinging at them. Alice screams as a soldier lifts her up. Claude pushes the soldier away and grabs her hand. “It’ll be ok,” he assures her. Meanwhile, Tori is clutching John tightly in her arms as two soldiers try to pry him from her arms. John is screaming at the top of his lungs, crying. Tori is crying to as she holds on for dear life. Anton charges at the soldier trying to take John, punching the soldier repeatedly in the face. Other soldiers throw Anton to the ground. John is eventually pried free from his mother and hauled off. His screams still echoing throughout the house. Anton reaches out to Tori, but he can’t get to her in time as the soldiers drag her across the floor and out of the house. Hans stands over Anton and sucker punches him right in the jaw. Anton collapses to the floor, spitting up blood. Two soldiers come in and grab him, one at his torso, the other grabbing his legs. Hans follows them out of the house. Outside, Anton’s head bobs around. He’s barely conscious, but he can see that every house in the neighborhood had soldiers dragging families into vans. And then the soldiers throw him into his family’s van, slamming the door shut. A soldier goes to take the driver’s seat, but Claude yells for him to wait, then turns to Hans. “Let me drive this one. I want the responsibility,” Claude says. Hans looks to him, then nods. Claude hides his happiness, then gets in the driver’s seat. Hans gets into one of the German soldiers’ armored jeeps, and with that the entire unit takes off. (NOTE: This paragraph depicts a scene with no edits or cutaways. The camera is bolted down and focused on Anton, never once moving in this entire long shot.) Anton has fully regained consciousness now as he sits quietly in his seat in the van. His hands and feet are chained to the floor, removing his ability to go and comfort his family. He’s barely listening as Claude tries to comfort them from the driver’s seat. “I’m so sorry about all of this. You really should have come cordially, Dr. Klein. But I promise they won’t hurt any of you. You’re too important. Dr. Klein, you’re the most important man in the universe,” Claude says. Anton is just staring at his feet. We can see outside the window that a group of vehicles are speeding toward them across the desert landscape. One speeds forward in front of the others, a giant truck, and we watch as it gets closer and closer. Anton finally looks up and notices it right as it slams into their van. The van goes flying through the air, flipping multiple times before finally coming to a stop on it’s side. (The camera still bolted down facing Anton and out the window. It’s now technically on the ground facing up toward the sky. Anton is hanging over it by his seatbelt.) Anton groans in pain, the left side of his face cut up and bleeding. He can move his hands and feet, realizing the chain had broken. “Is everyone ok?” he asks, trying to turn around and look behind him. He can hear John crying, but no other reply. Anton curses and unbuckles his seatbelt, causing him to fall onto the camera. He then pulls himself painfully up and out of the broken window and disappears from view. (Long shot ends) Anton is out of the destroyed van, looking around. The totaled truck sits firmly up ahead. The doors open and two soldiers (definitely not German) step out. These were British soldiers. Their names were Rudy Bishop and Toby Coleman. The other carrier vans had stopped at the wreckage. The German drivers were pulled from their seats at gunpoint by the two dozen British soldiers who had arrived. The German armored jeeps were making their way toward the wreckage, opening fire. Bishop and Toby race over to Anton. “You’re safe with us,” Bishop says, going to the totaled van and pulling out the Klein family. Tori was unconscious, but alive. John was a little cut up, but overall ok. Alice comes out of the van screaming, but we quickly realize it wasn’t from pain. She races up to the driver’s seat, where a bloodied Claude was strapped in, not moving. Anton was sitting on the ground holding his unconscious wife as he looks up to his daughter. “What’s going on here?” Bishop asks. “Her boyfriend,” Anton replies. Bishop curses and moves Alice out of the way, checking Claude’s pulse. “It’s faint, but he’s still with us,” he says. And then gunfire erupts behind them. The German jeeps had arrived and began to open fire. “Ok, time to go. Toby, get our van!” Bishop says. Toby races off and hops into a van, then backs up to Bishop and the Kleins. Bishop throws open the backdoors. “Alright, everybody in,” Bishop says. “Where are you taking us?” Anton asks. “Away from here. Just trust me. I’ll explain everything later,” Bishop says. Anton nods, having no other choice, and lifts Tori up and gets in the van. Bishop picks up John and hands him to Anton. Bishop then turns to Alice. “I’m not leaving him,” Alice says. “There’s nothing we can do for him. If he stays here his people can get him help. Now get in the van,” Bishop says. “If he stays, I stay,” Alice says. “Alice, get in the van,” Anton calls to his daughter. And then the van is riddled with bullets. Anton, John, and Tori hug the floor to escape their path. Bishop has to tackle Alice to get her out of the way. “Alice! Get in the god damn van!” Anton exclaims. Bishop picks up Alice and throws her inside the van. “Alright, Toby! Move out!” Bishop yells, slamming the doors shut. Toby takes off as Bishop pulls out his rifle and goes to find cover with the rest of his team. Hans works a turret on top of his jeep, mowing down anyone not fortunate enough to have solid cover. He then turns to see a van driving off, knowing it must be the Kleins. “Everyone! Follow that van!” Hans exclaims. “Sir, we’ve got wounded!” someone calls to him. “Well put a bullet in them or leave them behind,” Hans replies. And with that the entire German force takes off. Bishop gets out from behind cover and calls to his men. “Alright let’s move!” he yells. Half his team get into their armored trucks and take off in pursuit, opening fire with their own turrets. The other half stay behind and help the rest of the German civilians into vans. We watch as Bishop helps three people, including Kate, into a van and then gets into the driver’s seat. But then he stops and curses. He gets out and opens up the back doors again, then hurries back to the Klein’s van and pulls Claude out, taking the injured German soldier with him. And with that, Bishop closes up the back doors, reenters the driver’s seat, and takes off. Toby drives the Klein’s van as fast as it will go. Behind them, the German troops were quickly gaining on them. “Where are we going?” Anton asks. “Off this planet. We’ve got a ship ready to send carriers to pick us up at the old Camp Morgen. We own the sky there now,” Toby replies. “You think we can make it that far?” Anton asks. “Do you have any better ideas?” Toby asks. “As a matter of fact,” Anton begins. From Bishop’s van we see Toby veering left. The German vehicles follow suit, with the British fleet close behind. “Where is he going?” Bishop asks himself as Toby steers off course. The Germans had now gotten close enough to Toby to open fire. The British trucks move forward, also opening fire on the enemy. A British truck slams into the back of a German jeep, causing it to spin out. At this speed, the jeep loses traction, flipping over and barrel rolling into all the British vehicles behind it. The cars swerve out the way. The jeep keeps flipping and Bishop tugs on the wheel hard, narrowly missing the hunk of metal. In Toby’s van, all the windows had been shot out. The entire Klein family were as low as they could get to avoid getting struck by the never ending rain of bullets. “There’s a tunnel up ahead. It leads to a mine, but you can ride it out to the other side. It’ll slow them down,” Anton calls to Toby. Toby nods his head and continues forward, seeing the tunnel. “Hang on! This is going to be a tight fit!” he calls to the Kleins. The van squeezes into the tunnel, speeding down the tight fit. The German jeeps have to slow down and form a line to enter the tunnel. Bishop watches from the rear of the pack as Hans’ jeep breaks off from the others and speeds alongside the tunnel. As the German jeeps all fit into the tunnel, the British trucks storm in behind them. Bishop doesn’t follow suit, instead deciding to pursue Hans. Hans sits up in the turret and pulls out a rocket launcher, taking aim at the tunnel. Bishop speeds forward and slams into the German jeep just as Hans fires, causing him to jerk and fire the rocket behind his target. Where the rocket hits, the tunnel begins to collapse. Inside the tunnel we see the British trucks and jeeps in the back of the pack panicking as the tunnel is collapsing behind them. It eventually overtakes them, drowning them in rubble. In the front, Toby can hear the commotion. Eventually he can see the tunnel coming down behind him. He’s desperately looking for the exit now as the rubble gets closer and closer, taking out more and more vehicles. And then exit comes into sight, sunlight pouring in. Toby’s getting so close now as the rubble quickly begins catching up. It crashes down on the German jeep behind them then crashes down on the back of Toby’s van just as it soars out of the tunnel and into safety. Toby continues driving, breathing heavily. He had done it. Bishop drives his van alongside Toby’s. They were all that was left. The two vans pull to a stop beside a small fenced off area which looks to be surrounding nothing. Toby and the Klein family exit their van. Bishop hops out of his van and goes around the back to open the doors. When he opens the doors he’s facing the end of a pistol, pointing directly between his eyes. Claude’s shaky hands holding it. Bishop smiles. “Good, you’re awake. And you can still hold a gun,” he says. Alice sees Claude and races over to him, embracing him and putting him at ease. Bishop heaves Claude from the van and rests him against the fence. Meanwhile, the two newbies randomly saved by Bishop, scientists Benji and Tom, exit the van. Anton recognizes them and greets them with a smile. Then Kate exit’s the van and his smile fades away. Victoria eyes Kate, then Anton, the situation instantly growing unpleasant. “So where are we?” Bishop asks, snapping Anton back into reality. “It seemed to me that your plan was to drive all the way to Camp Morgen. Out in the open like this? Too risky,” Anton starts. “So how do you get out of out in the open?” Bishop asks. “You go under it,” Anton replies, turning to the fence and typing in a code to open the lock. Inside the small enclosed area he wipes some dirt from the ground to reveal a metal panel. On that panel he types in another code which causes the ground to part and reveal a ladder leading down into the darkness. “This used to be a lyrium research lab. It has a track that leads almost all the way to Morgen,” Anton explains. Bishop looks down into the darkness, then back up at Anton pondering this plan. Hans and his men are tearing up the dirt as their armored jeeps chase after the two British vans. The soldier working the turret in Hans’ jeep opens fire, blowing out a tire on one of the vans and causing it to flip. It crashes into the other van, taking it out. The German convoy stops. Hans hurries over to the wreckage, gun in hand. He flings open the driver’s door to find the van empty. He curses as his men check the other van. Also empty. Hans looks down at the gas pedal tied to the floor, causing the van to drive itself. He turns and gets back in his jeep and takes out a picture of his family. He’s about to get emotional when he catches himself and puts the picture away. He takes a deep breath, trying to calm himself, but then loses it, punching the dashboard repeatedly in a fit of rage. The driver takes his seat and looks at Hans awkwardly. Hans stops his punching and smoothes down his messed up hair. “Drive,” he says quietly. The driver didn’t know where exactly to drive to, but he knew better than question Hans in this moment so he just drives straight. Bishop leads his group down into the underground lab. Anton points the way to what’s basically a subway station. Four carts sit on the track, each one is self propelled. Bishop turns to Toby. “Hook up the first two carts and make sure they’re both charged up,” Bishop tells him. Toby goes off to do his job. “This leads straight to Morgen?” Bishop asks, making sure. “It stops just two miles short. It’s a quicker ride and we’re not out in the open,” Anton replies. Bishop nods. So far not regretting his decision to go along with Anton’s plan. Toby comes back over to them and says they’re all set. Time to load up. Everyone piles into the carts. Bishop, Kate, and the scientists Benji and Tom sit in the front cart which is speeding down the track. In the second cart, Anton and Victoria sat across from each other. Their body language speaks wonders of what their relationship had become. Instead of sitting next to his wife and comforting her he was sitting across from her, looking at her with eyes filled with regret. Victoria wouldn’t even look at Anton, instead she was focused on comforting John. Anton’s eyes switch over to a sleeping Alice. Claude was laying across the seats with his head in her lap, unconscious. Toby is wrapping Claude’s wounds and trying to stop the bleeding. After a while he gets up. Anton looks at him and Toby just gives a solemn shake of the head, then heads back to the front cart. Anton’s gaze returns to Victoria. He just watches her, waiting, hoping she’d look back up at him. But she keeps her head down. And then Anton breaks the silence. “I love you,” he says. She keeps looking down, not saying a word. Anton sighs and lowers his head in defeat. He doesn’t notice, but Victoria looks up at him for a small moment. Tears in her eyes. But then she lowers her head again. In the front cart, Kate is sitting all the way in the back, by herself. Through the window she can see the rift in between Anton and Victoria. Now even she is starting to cry, knowing she caused this. With the Klein family in chaos, the two carts keep chugging along. The carts pull to a stop. They had reached the end of the track. Anton goes to the front cart. “So this is it?” Bishop asks. Anton nods. Bishop pulls out his radio and says, “UM this is Captain Rudy Bishop of the British Allegiance. We have the package and are ready for pickup two miles east of Camp Morgen.” He waits for a reply that doesn’t come. “UM?” he asks again, then checks the radio. “No signal. Must be because we’re underground,” he says. “Then let’s get to the surface. I’m due for some sunlight,” Benji says, sliding open the cart’s doors. Right when he opens the door a bullet whizzes through the air and slices right through his forehead. Benji’s body topples to the ground, as does everyone else, form fear of getting hit. Bishop curses and crawls across the floor, sliding the door shut again. “I think they found us,” he says. Above the surface we see a convoy of six German armored jeeps. The doors to the lab slide open and the snipers crawl out. “They’re here,” one of the snipers says. Hans hops out of his jeep and turns to his men. “There’s no more ‘bringing Anton Klein in alive.’ That mother f***er dies right now,” he exclaims. German troops begin making their way down into the tunnels, armed with an array of explosives. Down below, Bishop sees the deadly weaponry and curses. “Everybody back!” he shouts. He, Toby, Anton, Kate, and Tom race into the second cart. Bishop stops to unlatch the carts, then slides the door shut. Behind the controls he tries to start the cart up and take it in reverse. No power. He curses. The Germans fire their bazookas, connecting with the first cart and causing it to explode, jolting the second cart backwards. Everyone hits the ground from the jolt. Bishop pulls himself up and turns to Toby. “Why isn’t this cart moving?” Bishop exclaims. Toby looks terrified as he realizes he forgot to check the power of the second cart. Bishop charges past Toby and slides open the back door of the cart. “We have to move. Now!” he exclaims. He helps the Klein family out and then helps lower a now awake, but in a lot of pain Claude, onto the tracks. Kate jumps out next. Bishop turns to Toby with a look of anger, then turns and hops off the cart. Tom hops off and howls in pain. Toby is quick behind him, checking what happened. He looks down to see Tom’s foot lodged between two bars in the track. “It’s stuck,” Tom cries. “Hang on. I’ll get you out,” Toby says, pulling on Tom’s leg with all his might. Toby and Tom continue to struggle, but the foot just wasn’t coming loose. “It’s not coming out,” Tom says. “It will,” Toby says, trying with all his might to pry the man’s foot from the track. Bishop finally turns around to see Toby and Tom still at the cart. He then looks to see the German troops readying to fire another round. “Toby! Move!” he exclaims. Toby continues to pull on Tom’s leg, giving it everything he has and more. The Germans finally fire their weapons, the explosions connecting with the wreckage of the first cart. The force causes the second cart to launch backward down the track. Toby leaps out of the way at the last second, forced to leave Tom behind. Toby lays on the ground in shock, eyes locked on the place where Tom has been mere seconds earlier. All that remained was blood spots. Bishop races around the bend, rifle in hand. He fires quickly at the reloading Germans, taking two of the explosives goons out. The surviving four drop their bazookas and raise their pistols. Bishop quickly takes out two, but it’s obvious he’s not quick enough to get the others before they get him. And that’s when Victoria rounds the bend, rifle in hand, disposing of the remaining two enemies with ease. Bishop turns to her, impressed. The others join them. Anton turns to his wife. “When did you learn to shoot like that?” he asks. “Nights you didn’t come home,” she replies. This stings Anton a bit, but he deserved it and he was glad she was at least talking to him again. Bishop turns away from Toby, not even helping him up. Toby pulls himself up and pushes past the others, obviously upset with himself. “There’s small exit points throughout the tunnel. We’re close enough to Morgen now. Someone can go to the surface and call in a ship,” Anton says. “One problem. The radio’s in there,” Bishop says, pointing at the wreckage that remained of the first cart. While the “adults” talked, Claude is shakily pulling himself off the ground, clutching his side in pain. “You need to sit down and rest,” Alice tells him. “It’s ok. I’m feeling better,” Claude says, leaning against the wall for support. We can tell he is most definitely not ok, but he doesn’t want Alice to worry. He’s listening in on Anton and Bishop’s conversation on the predicament they were all in. Then he turns to see Toby crouching on the ground about a yard away from him, back turned to everyone. “I’ll be right back,” Claude tells Alice, and he pulls himself over to Toby. Meanwhile, Bishop and Anton can’t seem to come up with a plan. Then Bishop notices Toby loading up on weapons. “What are you doing?” Bishop asks him. Toby doesn’t answer, instead turning and heading down the tunnel, searching the walls for something. Claude puts on a backpack filled with something. “What’s he doing?” Bishop asks Claude. Claude doesn’t say anything, just turns to Alice and says, “I love you,” then pulls her in for a tight embrace. Toby finds what he’s looking for, a ladder. He begins climbing up when Bishop realizes what’s going on. “Toby! You can’t go out there!” he exclaims. Toby continues climbing. “Toby! God dammit stop!” Bishop cries out. While embracing, Claude turns around toward Anton and lets go of Alice. Anton grabs onto her tightly, realizing what Claude was doing. “No!” Alice cries out as Claude painfully walks to the exit of the tunnel, where six armored jeeps full of German troops awaited. Anton holds his daughter tight as she tries to break free, crying out for Claude to come back. Toby had reached the top of the ladder and grabs the latch to open the door. He can hear Bishop calling for him to come back. Claude stumbles past the cart wreckage and finally reaches a stairwell to the outside world. He turns back to see Toby reaching the top of the ladder, then he turns to Alice and tugs his ear, their sign for “I love you,” and then he begins climbing the stairs. The hatch door swings open a couple dozen yards away from where the German troops stood by the lab exit. Toby pulls himself out of the tunnel and takes aim on the German convoy. He takes aim on the German convoy and opens fire, gunning down a few of their men before they notice he’s there. They all turn their attention to him, firing everything they’ve got. We don’t see the results as the German’s fire their excessive amounts of lead into Toby, but we know it’s a bloody demise. As the Germans focus their attention on the lone shooter, Claude has crawled from the lab exit to under one of the German jeeps. He empties his bag onto the ground, revealing a ton of C4. His hands shake as he grabs the detonator. He takes a deep breath and closes his eyes, then squeezes down hard. The C4 explodes and the jeep goes up in flames. The explosion knocks all the German troops off their feet at best. At worst the unlucky soldiers are blown to smithereens. Three of the other jeeps are wrecked beyond repair. It was complete carnage. (NOTE: Another long, no cuts or edits shot. One long continuous shot until said otherwise.) Down below, everyone is in shock. The audio cuts out and everything is muted. We can see Alice screaming and crying ballisticly as her father tries to hold her tight. Bishop is the first to snap back into action and the camera follows him as he proves he knows how to act fast. He breaks into a sprint toward the exit, the camera shakily chasing after him. He flies up the staircase like a maniac and readies his gun as he pops up above the surface. He fires at any German who raises their head off the ground as he makes his way to the closest drivable jeep. The camera moves in through the trunk and is placed in the back seat, focused on Bishop. In the drivers seat he makes his first hesitation, looking back to where Toby’s body lay on the desert floor. He fights back any emotion then throws the jeep into reverse. The back falls into the exit hole. We can tell the surviving Germans have gotten up and shaken off the explosion because they’ve begun to open fire. Bullets ricochet off the sides and the bulletproof windows. Bishop slides to the back of the jeep and throws the back doors open. He turns to everyone in the tunnel. “Get in!” (Long shot stops) Victoria was holding on to the crying Alice now, trying to comfort her daughter. They start to move toward the jeep when Anton turns to see Kate was still standing in the tunnel, not moving. “Kate, we have to go,” he says. Kate just shakes her head, crying. She turns her head to Victoria. “I’m so sorry,” she tells her. Anton is at a loss for words. Victoria feels sorry for her and tries to give her a smile for reassurance. “I don’t blame you,” Victoria says. Anton tries to convince Kate to come with them to stay safe, but Kate knew she would just cause problems the longer she was with them. “They’re not after me. I’ll be ok,” Kate says. Anton sighs, at a loss. “Stay safe,” Anton tells her, then turns and picks up John. He and his family hurry to get on the jeep. Once the Klein clan has piled into the jeep, Bishop puts it in drive and floors it. The front wheels spin, trying hard to pull the weight of it’s back out of the hole. “Come on!” Bishop says as the jeep continues to be riddled by bullets. In front of them, Hans stood with his pistol raised. He looked like hell. He’d BEEN through hell. But he couldn’t let Anton get away. Not with his family on the line. He fires his pistol directly at Anton’s head. From his point of you the ding it makes on the windshield is directly between Anton’s eyes. He fires again. And again. And again. Each time, hitting the windshield in the same spot. All his hopes and prayers are that the next shot would break through and his family would be safe. He continues firing, the breakthrough shot never coming. And then the jeep finally pulls itself from the hole, speeding toward him. He jumps out the way at the last second, narrowly missing being run over. He almost wish he had been run over. He hops into one of the working jeeps. “Let’s go! We can catch them!” he exclaims. None of his troops enter their jeeps. “We’re going to lose them! Let’s go!” he cries out. One of his soldiers walks over to him. “Sir, pursuing them is suicide. The Universal Militia owns the skies above Morgen.” Hans turns to the soldier and snarls, “Then let’s take the skies back.” Bishop drives with Anton riding shotgun, his family in the back. Bishop’s stare in intense, obviously mourning Toby. “I’m sorry about Toby,” Anton says. Bishop doesn’t respond, just continues to stare forward. After a few long moments he turns to Anton and says, “Sorry about Claude.” Bishop pulls the jeep to a stop and gets out, as does the Klein clan. Overhead is a marvelous array of ships, completely blocking out their view of the sky. Bishop waves his arms around, hoping someone would spot them. He then grabs Anton and jokingly presents his face to any observers on the ship. After a few long moments, a small carrier vessel descends toward them. They all race over to it and climb aboard. Once they’re all snug inside, the pilot takes off back toward the main ship in the sky. “Precious cargo on board,” he says over the radio. Bishop looks back at Anton, the most valuable, important man in the world. Mission accomplished. Hans is in a mad dash across the German ship yard. Around him, ships were being for take off. A large, hulking German strides over to him. “Drescher. I heard about your brother. My condolences,” Hans murmurs out of breath. The German nods to him. “We need to get in the skies. Dr. Klein is escaping,” Hans continues. “I know,” Drescher replies, motioning to the lively ship yard. “Great. Just get me to a ship and let’s go. No time to waste,” Hans says. “You’re off the case, Hans. Apparently my father didn’t give you enough incentive to get the job done so the responsibility falls on me,” Drescher replies. “Drescher, please. My family,” Hans begins, quickly losing his cool. “Just be thankful you won’t share their same fate,” Drescher replies, then calmly turning and boarding a ship. “No!” Hans howls, furious. He goes to leap onto the ship, but two soldiers grab him. He struggles to break free, but they just tighten their grip and drag him away. “Isn’t it beautiful?” Anton asks John as he holds him up to a large window overlooking space. They were off their carrier now and on the giant ship that would be taking them all to Earth. Anton leaves an awestruck John staring out the window and then goes to sit by Victoria, who had Alice asleep in her lap. “She finally calmed down,” Victoria whispers. Anton just stares at his sleeping daughter, then back to John. “I’m just happy we all made it here alive,” Anton says. Victoria looks at him and for a split second we think it might be a tender moment, but then she turns away. “It’s not right what you did to her,” Victoria says. “Who, Kate?” Anton asks. Victoria nods. “I never meant for things to get as far as they did. I was the man she looked up to and admired. In her eyes I was perfect. I could tell she liked me, but never acted on it. But then we started growing apart, and I took advantage of her feelings. You’re right. I shouldn’t have done it. Not to her. Not to you,” Anton says, looking at his wife, once again praying she would turn her head. And just as we think she’s about to, the ship lurches, causing John to fall from his spot overlooking space. Anton races over and picks him up and sees if he’s ok. Once he knows everything’s ok with John he turns to Victoria. “What the hell was that?” Bishop is in another part of the ship. A part that’s now a bit more…airy. A large chunk of the ship has been blown off. Crew men and unfastened objects get sucked out into space. Bishop has his back against a wall, almost pinned there by the force. With no air, he’s struggling to stay conscious, but we can see he’s quickly losing it. A rope is thrown to him, but it is pulled out into space. Bishop turns and see it taught. Held in safety by a group of crew men. The other end trying to be ripped out into space. He tries to reach for it but it’s just out of reach. His face is starting to turn blue as he struggles to reach the rope. When he realizes he can’t reach it, there’s only one other option. He pulls himself from the wall and does the best push off he can manage. He getting pulled into space when at the last second he grabs the rope and twists it around his arm. He’s pulled in to safety where he collapses to the ground. Someone brings him oxygen to help refill his lungs. He wants to sit there and breathe in the much needed air longer, but when the ship lurches again he’s reminded that they’re under attack and he had to protect Anton. Bishop gets up and races down the hallway. Anton carries John and leads Victoria and Alice as they make they’re way down the shaking hallways of the ship. A soldier named Bryce stops them and tells them to follow him to safety. They follow Bryce to the center of the ship, a large dome with passages leading to all parts of the ship. Bryce tells them to wait just a second while he goes to see about an escape pod for them. They watch as Bryce heads over to a large group of soldiers to talk. Anton and his family look around the dome. There had to be almost a hundred soldiers in this section alone, all scrambling in a panic. Anton turns to Bryce to see how things were going. Bryce turns to him and gives him a thumbs up. And just in that moment, an explode erupts in the dome, instantly killing Bryce and all the soldiers he was talking to, and seriously injuring anyone around them. “The Germans have breached the ship!” some yells as gunfire erupts in the dome. Anton curses and turns to his family. “Let’s go!” he cries, leading the way away from the gunfire. Bishop is running through the commotion, everyone in disarray. He turns down a long empty hallway, searching for the Kleins or anyone who knew of their whereabouts when he hears footsteps behind him. He turns to see Drescher strutting toward him. “Captain Bishop. Pleasure to see you,” Drescher says. Bishop doesn’t respond, instead he reaches for his gun which wasn’t there. Must have got sucked out of the ship. “Looking for one of these?” Drescher asks, pulling out a pistol, studying it in his hands. “Actually, Emile, I think I’ll leave the toys to you,” Bishop finally speaks. Being called Emile stings Drescher a bit. “Let’s be cordial here, Rudy. I called you Captain, you call me Drescher,” Drescher states. “Drescher is your father. Try using his moniker all you want, it doesn’t change the man you are. Look how well it turned out for your brother,” Bishop snides. That was it. Dreshcer was done playing games. He raises his pistol to make one deadly shot when the ship lurches again and he misses. From outside we can see a gigantic chunk has been blown off the ship by the attacking Germans. With one side of the ship nearly blown off, the whole thing begins to tilt. Back inside we see Bishop and Drescher fall as the ship turns. The ship was nearly on it’s side. Bishop and Drescher had the glass doorway as their floor now. The two men pull themselves up to fight when they notice the pistol laying in between them. Both men dive for it, punching, clawing, and kicking each other on the ground. The roll around, each trying to get the upper hand over the other. Drescher rolls on top of Bishop and lays a series of good punches into his face, then starts strangling him. Bishop struggles for air as Drescher presses down against his neck. Bishop’s arms flail, and then his hand comes around the pistol. Drescher slams Bishop’s arm down before it can take aim. Out of option, Bishop just fires at the glass doorway acting as their floor. The glass shatters and the two men go falling down the hallway, hitting another glass doorway with a thud and causing it to crack. Down below we see only one more of these glass doorways stood between the men and infinite space. The men pull themselves up and look around for the gun. As Drescher goes to grab for it, Bishop charges, tackling Drescher to the ground and causing more cracks to form. The two men struggle, but Drescher eventually throws Bishop off. Bishop falls backwards and hit’s the glass with enough force that if breaks and they go falling down the hallway again, hitting the last glass doorway. Bishop hits it face first and can see space stretch out forever underneath him. He was losing steam, not able to take much more of this beating. Drescher turns him over, pointing at gun at his head. “Stand up so when I shoot you I don’t kill us both,” Drescher says. And then THUD, Drecher falls to the ground, Anton standing behind him holding a metal pipe. Anton throws the pipe to the ground and goes to help Bishop up and then out through a sideways door in the wall. Bishop turns back and sees Drescher laying on the ground, slowly pulling himself up. Beside Bishop was a switch to activate the glass doorway under Drescher’s feet. Drescher groggily stands up and sees Bishop standing by the switch. “Don’t,” Drescher simply pleads. “Say hello to Michael for me,” Bishop says before flipping the switch, sending Drescher flying off into space. Things had gone to complete hell now. The Universal Militia was holding off the German fleet the best they could, but the Germans had only one target, Anton. So their concentrated fire on his ship was quickly diminishing the ship’s integrity. Inside the ship, an alarm was blaring. This ship was going down soon and everyone who was in it better be praying to God they could find a way out. Bishop was leading the Klein family down a series of hallways. He had arranged to be picked up and taken off this dying vessel. He leads them into a room with many sets of giant windows looking out into space. They head over to one and watch as a small assault ship pulls up along side the window. Bishop types in a code on the wall and a bridge extends from one ship to the other. “You ready to go?” Bishop asks the Kleins. But then a German ship fires upon the bridge, destroying it. The surviving chunks floating off into space. Bishop curses and watches as it looks like the assault ship is flying away. He could hear more and more explosions and gunfire erupting in the hallways. It was only a matter of time before they’d all be killed. But the assault ship was only repositioning itself. “What are they doing?” Bishop whispers to himself, then realizes. “Everyone get back!” Bishop yells to the Kleins. The Kleins move away from the window and Bishop presses himself up against the wall, typing in another code. The window opens out into space. The Kleins watch as two men in spacesuits leap from the assault ship and land inside the other ship. Bishop closes the window behind them. The two men slide back their visors to reveal they were Dalton (James McAvoy) and Hopper (Karl Urban). Viewers of the first film of course know who these men are. But our characters and new viewers will just see them as soldiers coming to save the day. “Alright, let’s get the hell out of here,” Dalton says to them. Bishop hurries over to a glass box on the wall and busts it open, taking out emergency space suits. He and the Kleins put the suits on. Victoria holds John in her arms and Hopper grabs hold of her hand. Bishop opens the window again and Hopper jumps out with Victoria and John. They land safely in the assault ship. Dalton grabs on to Alice and turns back to Bishop, who would be jumping with Anton. “Don’t drop him,” Dalton jokes, then he and Alice leap outside, float through space, and land safely in the assault ship. Bishop and Anton ready themselves to jump. Jumping from one ship to another where one slip up led to death was a bit daunting for Anton as he stepped up to jump. Bishop turns to him to see if he’s ready. Anton nods and with that the two men jump. Just as they jump, a German ship attacks the assault ship, causing it to move. In mid air, Bishop thrusts Anton forward, causing him to land in the outstretched arms of Dalton and Hopper. Bishop doesn’t make it inside the assault ship, instead he comes up short and has to grab onto a bottom portion of it. He’s holding on for dear life as the ship is rocked by enemy fire. “Hang on!” Dalton calls to him as he readies a harness. Hopper hurries up to the cockpit, where Wallace (Anthony Mackie) is piloting. “Keep the right side out of fire,” Hopper tells him. Meanwhile, Dalton is leaning out of the ship, arm outstretched to Bishop as the ship is continuously rocked with enemy blasts. Bishop struggles to grab Dalton’s hand as his own grip on the ship was beginning to slip. (unintentional rhyme) Finally, the two men lock hands. Dalton yanks Bishop into the ship and the door slides shut behind them. From the cockpit, Wallace yells, “Finally! Now let’s fly.” Wallace demonstrates his amazing piloting skills as he bobs and weaves through enemy fire. All German eyes were on them as they speed through space. Tracking missiles are launched at them, but are quickly lost. Either exploding into debris, each other, or other enemy ships, all due to Wallace’s expert flying. Outside was hell, but Wallace piloted through them like they were calm waters. And soon, their ship was blasting off into clear space, leaving behind all the carnage behind them. The ship soars through space, now clear from any danger. Inside, Anton sits with his family. Bishop walks over to them. “Come look at this,” he tells them. The Klein family make their way to a window overlooking space. Wallace, Dalton, and Hopper were already there, staring out the window. Bishop points off into the distance. “We made it,” he begins. “Welcome back home.” Before the camera turns to what he’s pointing at, it stays on Anton. He isn’t looking outside, but instead at Victoria. After a few long moments she turns her head to him and can’t help but smile. They had made it. Anton grabs Victoria’s hand and they all stood there as a family. And as the camera turns to look out the window, we see the ship edging toward Earth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Electric Posted May 29, 2012 Share Posted May 29, 2012 (edited) Interconnected: Culmination Genre: Sci-Fi/Fantasy Cast: Ryan Gosling (Wes) , Mark Ruffalo (Serge), Emma Stone (Danielle) , Chris Pratt (Ed), Michael Angarano (James), Jennie (Chloe Moretz), Zach Galafinkas (George), Jake Gyllenhaal (Mick), James Franco (Patrick), Zooey Dechanel (Amy), Jesse Eisenberg (Charles) Don Rodriguez (Pedro) Unknowns (Pedro's Family) Mark Wahlberg (Edric) Directed By: J.J. Abrams Release Date: 5/24 Theater Count: 3701 Budget: $100 mil Running Time: 153 Minutes MPAA Rating: PG-13 for: Some violence, some language, mild sexuality, "thematic elements." Plot Summary (working on this): A great battle will take place as many forces work to stop George's schemes. Plot: George looks menacing, as the film starts, with the camera focus on his crazy eyes. Then it zooms out to show the destruction around him... the world that Wes, Serge and Ed once knew and loved is crumbling... just as George had planned. James is standing around, looking like the world depends on him, and not sure what to do next. Their ship plunging in, Wes, Ed, and Patrick look frightened and excited all at once. Especially Patrick... this technology is all new to him, as he tries to understand his surroundings. A turret almost immediately detects their ship and fires. Wes is frustrated... why hadn't James informed him of these new defenses! The turret skims the ship... minor damage. Wes asks Ed to take over while he tries to repair things. Suddenly, Jessica appears in his mind... her information is more current. You have to be careful, Wes. James is working on disabling the turrets.Ed turns on cloaking, hoping he can stop the attacks. The cloaking is not strong, but the turrets are firing less frequently and less accurately. Why has he not told me this? He has... but our connection is more recent, faster than the technology you rely on so much. Okay... I guess I have to accept that. Crackled communications come through. Ed mumbles... "Repeat?" More crackling. Patrick realizes one thing.... the communications of the ship are down. Wes is already on it, but while he has a good theoretical understanding of the ship, his mechanical skills leave something to be desired. Patrick sees it just as a giant puzzle, and can easily repair the minor tear. James's voice is clear now. "I told you to wait! Now you can go in... the turrets should be down." The turrets, they realize, stopped firing a minute ago, and they were just waiting on the word. They descend, but with cloaking on, the ship is much slower. They decide to take a risk... turn off the cloaking of their ship to go down much faster. This foolhardy decision is a lucky one. While ships can see them, they can dodge most of the attacks. But a missile shop by an elite security force nearly disables the ship just as it lands. Luckily, Ed, Patrick, and Wes all got out safely. Against Amy's wishes, Serge continues to work on building a new ship and training people. "Stop this! You must rest." "But I have to help Wes and Ed... they need me. They need my wisdom. Without me, they'll be two blind mice running into every trap." "And you'll make three?" Serge sighs... perhaps Amy is right, and he needs to rest. An ache in his back forces him to rest anyway, whether or not he wanted to. Wes's ship has landed in a slum. It wasn't always a slum. It used to be a powerful entertainment district with excellent movies, virtual reality rooms, and great food. But now it had resorted to more illegal forms of entertainment under George's talc fist. The film switches to Charles, panicking. He seems to be unsure of what to do... he doesn't want to help Wes, they don't get along. But then when he senses Mick nearby, he cowers in a corner. Mick laughs as he sees Charles. "Back to work, maggot!" "What work? They fired me! Because of you!" That just causes Mick to laugh even more. Charles lunges at Mick. "You are wrong. You are not just! You have no power!" Mick strikes Charles down with a swift blow, but this riles up random passerby and other victims of the regime. "Hey, that weird guy is right... this is not a legit regime." "Shut up... don't talk like that!" But the rebels overpower the sympathizers and cowards, and Mick is taken down by Charles (or with Charles helping a little bit as others take down Mick!) Mick contacts George for help, but George is busy with his own problems... he's running all sorts of things with various computers and tools, making sure that everything remains balanced and that he is still in charge. We get a sense that he is not enjoying complete control as much as he did at first. Wes's ship is quickly surrounded by random people. Wes fears that they are enemies, but Patrick senses that they are neutral in the conflict. They search them... looking for food. "We have food... in the ship" mutters Ed, hoping they can become allies. "Food!" The random people find food... eating it. It's amazing, especially the food from Patrick's planet, Abba Da-Ja, the food there is much purer and more wholesome. The people seem to accept the three crew members as friends. They do not speak of a rebellion, but all three sense that is the situation. Mick escapes from his little disaster after getting more security members to restrain the small rebellion. He is back at George's tower, trying to explain his failure. "Why did you attack someone so weak and harmless?!" "I observed him as a threat, Sir George." "Fool! You cannot randomly attack everyone... that is the quickest way to defeat? Do you understand me?!" "...Yes....." "I said DO YOU UNDERSTAND ME?!" "Yes. Sir George!" Mick gives an awkward salute, and George dismisses him, muttering to himself. One of the monitors George is observing flashes red. "Targeted Individual" flashes on the screen. It shows every detail about Wes and Ed. This causes George to furiously pound his futuristic keyboard. Random drones pop up around Ed and Wes. Patrick is not noticed yet, but after he strikes down a drone, he is "on the list" and gets attack as well.I can be your eyes, Wes. Just let your senses guide you. Wes's eyes closed ,but he looks more focused as he strikes down several droids. A random person tosses him a spear, which he manages to safely catch, and he is able to strike down even more droids. But one of the bigger droids enables a "self-destruct" upon seeing the spear, and an explosion disorients everyone. Wes can no longer hear anything for now... not even Jessica's guidance. He falls to the ground. Serge jolts up at this point from a restless sleep.... it is night in Abba Da-Ja. His ship is almost ready now... he works with fervor, knowing he needs to help. As the sun rises, the ship is ready. It is not quite as aesthetically pleasing as Serge would have liked, but it works... and looks aerodynamic, even. Jennie insists on going, but Amy refuses to let her go... they have to protect the land with Serge and his new crew. Serge's new ship takes off, a true miracle to see. It blasts off across the galaxy, faster than any ship prior... something about the materials from the planet seem to work well for the ship, as if it is more in balance with nature than prior technology. But as we see Serge's ship, the scene changes to a darker tone... Wes, Ed, and Patrick have all been caught and are kept separate from one another. Mick is glaring at Wes through a prison cell. "Ah, classic prison cell bars... they may not be the strongest, but nothing beats the look!" Mick gloats as he walks around. I must save him from George... No, Wes! He is too far gone. Save your breath. Okay, Danielle. I suppose you are right. Wes sighs... Mick walks off, pacing around. There are very few prisoners, but we hear screams. It seems that the executions are swift and unjust here... thus the lack of prisoners. Wes wants to shout and yell, but he knows that will only lead to his demise. We see Patrick now, crouched in a corner, meditating. Perhaps he can truly escape the confines with his mind? Ed looks a bit confused and delirious... not quite aware of what is going on. All three jail cells are nearly identical, except they are not close to one another. Sensing Serge's urgency, the ship picks up speed. "How does it sense my thoughts...?" Serge asks his crew. The second in command pipes up. "It's sentient... somewhat. We chose special trees and ore to make this ship... these materials are all fully aware of how they will be used, and they will do everything they can to help you." "Interesting... perhaps we have relied too much on technology, in our past." "Of course you have! Technology is just a tool... it is not an end in and of itself." Serge barely remembers this guy's name, but he speaks the truth. Then he remembers. It's Edric. Edric tells him more about life on Abba Da-Ja, and says he does not want to rely on technology like the Guorreians do. Serge wants to give Edric more control over the ship, but Edric refuses... the ship responds to Serge more than anyone else, as it knows Serge's mission. Another loud scream comes from a distant person. All three of our prisoners hear it and it makes them shiver in fear. Serge's new ship seems to cloak without slowing down... before the turrets even detect it. it's as though the ship can see the past from what happened to the prior ship. Wes! Wake up... Serge is coming! He is! He is! But... what if I die first? You will not die. I will not let you die. We finally see Danielle in full focus, in her home, at her planet. The threat is imminent there now. She had thought George would attack her planet, but it seems instead he infected the minds of her citizens to cause a rebellion. She could not stop them from where she was... she had to get to George. She gets her escape pod and decides to risk the teleportation device she had found one day. It seemed to react to her thoughts, but she had never used it. She thinks about the location she wishes to find... from visions of speaking with Wes for all those years in the past. She visualizes the room that he shared with Serge, and she finds herself going there, but what actually happens is not what she expects. She ends up standing outside a building... it is locked from the inside. As she finds a gate, she finds the gate is also locked. She had always expected her powers would never err, that she could perfectly do anything she wanted, that this frightens her. She kicks the gate and it does not move. It is ten feet tall, too much so for her to climb. She walks around looking for some way out. She sees a hole... perhaps a dog or another animal in this planet had dug at it. She crawls into it, hoping she can get under the fence, but as she feels she's gotten close, pain in her back suggests otherwise. "I must do this! For Wes!" She shouts. She pulls herself and finds that she barely could squeeze through that hole. Her back aches as she takes off her cloak. We see a scratch on her back. Instinct takes over here... she is now in some sparsely populated area, near a creek. She gets water from the creek, sensing it is pure, and washes her cloak with it, and tries her best to treat her wounds. She sits down for a little while, as a little girl approaches her. "I sense that you need this more than I do," the girl says. She gives Danielle a flower. "Rub it on your back. It will help your owies go away." She does so, and we watch as the pain subsides and the deep scratches beginning to go away... not completely, but more than any other method of healing could have done in the same amount of time. She crawls a bit, unsure if she can walk, but then realizes she still can. Wes... I'm here. I can save you. How do I get to you? Wes's emotions are all over the place... I don't know... where I am. Back to Danielle. She is frustrated. She realizes that where she was is not exactly where she intended to be. The room she saw was a similar university to the one Wes and Serge lived in, but it was hundreds of miles away. Determined, she begins to walk... looking for a sign, any sign. Suddenly, Serge appears in his new ship... next to Danielle. "Serge?! What are you doing here?!" "I could ask you the same thing, Danielle." "I'm here to save Wes!" "Me too... let's work together then?" Serge is a bit skeptical... he's not entirely sure if this is really the same Danielle Wes used to talk to. "Okay... but... he's far away from us, isn't he?" "Not so much... the prison is on this side of the planet. Hop in my landcar!" They get in this car. Edric is there as well, amazed at all the technology around him, hoping that some of it could be useful for his planet as well. Serge, Edric, and Danielle arrive at the prison. It is smaller than they imagined. They see Wes, Ed, and Patrick all near one another, but with all the machines around, none of the three can see the others. There are many other prisoners too. Sometimes one gets taken away to be executed, but often the scream is fake... just a sound to convince people they are going to die. Wes, Ed, and Patrick are unaware... they only see their cells. But some weird energy seems to dance around... something has changed. Wes lets out a loud yell. But no one seems to hear it... to those seeing him, it's silent. Serge and Danielle find the machine causing this... and Mick is behind it. Serge begins to battle Mick. Danielle is ready to kill him, but Serge shakes his head, just knocking him out. Serge powers down this machine as best he can, but the security does not let him .Danielle closes her eyes and sees a vision of George... she quickly stops but has learned the codes she needs. The machine is shut off and everyone sees everything. The prisoners are now aware they are not in isolation, demands for food, water, love, company, overpower everyone's ears. Suddenly, a flash bomb goes off, and some prisoners are gone with the jail cells broken into. But Wes, Patrick , and Ed seem unaware. But then Serge shows up, and they get their cue to leave. However, George is not going down without a fight. He himself appears, surrounded by powerful guards. They spray some potent gas that stops some prisoners, but Wes manages to strike down one of the guards. A huge battle ensues... and it seems to be a stalemate. But then we see a tree burst up from the ground, Jennie standing on it. The trees continue to come and take down George and his guards. They are marched out and sent into exile, to roam space for all eternity. "Jennie!" scolds Patrick. "I thought I told you not to come... Amy should be watching you." "I sneaked out. I had to! I knew you needed my help." Serge nodded... she was right, and he knew about it the whole time. Wes and Danielle share an awkward yet passionate kiss, as the film fades. We see the cities being rebuilt, people enjoying their lives again... this war is over, but evil still lurks somewhere. The film's final scene shows an evil person in yet another planet far away, just a lackey in a large company, but still there. But for now, there is peace... this war is over, and good prevailed. Last Interconnected Cross: 71,684,036/200,754,328 Edited July 5, 2012 by Electric Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Electric Posted May 29, 2012 Share Posted May 29, 2012 (edited) The Summer Story Genre: Drama/Thriller/Psychological Cast: Ben Foster (Dave/David), Tom Hanks (Dave's Dad), Mila Kunis (Jessica), Patton Oswalt (Charlie), Topher Grace (Louis), Aziz Ansari (Pete), Blake Lively (Andrea) Directed By: Christopher Nolan Release Date: 9/27 Theater Count: 2978 Budget: $50 mil Running Time: 132 minutes MPAA Rating R: Extreme language, some sexuality, mild violence Plot Summary (working on this): Dave's adventures inside his own head take him to places he never knew existed. Plot: The film starts with Dave lying down in a restless sleep in a small grass field near office buildings. He jolts up as a stream of water hits him directly. "This isn't what was suppposed to happen." Dave's voiceover is somber. We see a flashback to a year prior, June 2009. Dave and Louis are sitting in Dave's apartment in Irvine, CA. "I think I might stay in Irvine this summer." Louis looks a little upset "You don't want to come up and play D&D?" "Oh, y-y-y-eah. I do." We see some flashes of the summer of 2009. Instead of relaxing and playing D&D, Dave and Louis barely get to hang out like they did after high school. These images of the past fade. We see the night in Orange County again, though now the sky has gone from black to a dark blue... it's "civil twilight" at this point. Another strike from the sprinkler wakes Dave up... he seems a bit more rested than before, but mostly, he looks sunburned. The shirt he wears is ill-fitting. Far too large, it does not match him very well at all. Dave groans as he gets up, and begins to trudge forth in search of food. He spots a Del Taco and a Carl's Jr at a generic suburban shopping center. Dave observes that lights are on in the Del Taco; it's not open yet, but it will be soon. He begins to walk up to the Del Taco. The lone employee notices him. "We're closed... we open at six." "What time is it?" "It's 5:41." The employee notices Dave's damp clothes and lack of shoes and points to some outdoor seating. "You can sit over there, if you'd like." "Thank you." Dave sits down at the outside tables, looking a bit more relaxed than he did earlier. As the front door of the Del Taco unlocks, Dave walks in. He orders his food; two big fat chicken tacos, and a cup of water. As we sit down to eat the food, Dave fades out of the shot... it becomes night, two years prior. We see Dave, looking slightly younger and no longer sunburned, walking in once again. "Bwoop! Bwoop!" Dave looks alert, suspecting the creator of those sounds is up to no good. He orders his food and sits down, hoping nothing will come of the two other college-age guys inside. But they approach him, and begin to talk. Eventually, the guy "Chuck" tells Dave to say "Hi, Officer Doofy!" Dave reluctantly does so after some prodding by Chuck. His friend "Officer Doofy" approaches Dave, and informs him that he needs to be searched. As "Doofy" tries to search Dave, Dave instinctively pushes him away. Doofy tells Dave "You're under citizens arrest." Dave sits back Down. Doofy tells Chuck "He's resisting arrest... let's bring in reinforcements. Dave looks relieved, hoping they'll stay away. But just as Dave walks outside, Doofy and Chuck approach him. Doofy leaps toward Dave, in an attempt to "search" Dave. Dave jumps back, avoiding Doofy's attack. The cashier from Del Taco goes outside, to observe the situation. A white van pulls up... their "reinforcements." Dave's face turns red and words come out without his mind's consent. “F*ck you! F*cking frat boys! Why don’t you rape some drunk freshmen and get away with it? Go get in a drunk driving accident and kill yourselves!” But by the time Dave has finished yelling, the van is nearly out of sight, and likely out of hearing distance as well. The shot fades back in to the current time, as Dave sits alone in a Del Taco at 6 AM, biting into a taco with the manners of someone raised by wild animals. Holy sh*t! A voice jumps into Dave's head... we hear it as a voice-over... a woman's voice, though it's sort of muted and not quite as "full" as an actual voice would be. Heather. Dave knows who communicates with him... just by the words they say in their thoughts to him. I see the visions, David... but they're changed. I'm in ALL of them! That voice stands out... it's clearly a woman, and not as "muted" as the prior voice. I don't see the visions anymore. I don't know if I want to. I think you see them, but you choose not to focus on them, because they distract you. Yes, she was right about that. Dave stops himself from thinking out loud, because other people can hear his thoughts. After eating, Dave looks more and more determined, a man on a mission. He has to get a taxi to the airport, to go to Houston. Why Houston? He doesn't know. He gets a taxi and manages to get to an airport, but without his ID or any shoes on, the police quickly stop him. However, they are friendly and agree to help him find his ID where he left it at the hotel. We see a couple of flashbacks here, to just yesterday. Here, Dave is shirtless... wandering around in a Fry's Electronics hoping to buy a water. The cashier won't accept his credit card without ID. An older hispanic man gives him $5, telling him to "get a Coke or something." Dave takes this advice literally, we see him later drinking a bottle of Coca-Cola. But now he is driving to the hotel with his cops. He looks nervous, but calmer as the cops find all of his stuff that he left in the hotel room and give it back to him. He begins to talk with a counselor at the airport, who clears him to fly without asking too many rude questions, mostly about drinking habits, and why he wants to go to Houston. Without his shoes, Dave is given boots from the police department instead. They are uncomfortable, but they are pretty cool all the same. As Dave is rushed through security (seemingly quicker than others) we hear Jessica arguing with another woman, inside Dave's head. Sometimes we can actually SEE Jessica, though it's sort of a hazy-vision thing... not like she's actually there with Dave, though she is, in a way. Oh, he’s your destiny, huh?! This voice is nearly as strong as Jessica's, and Jessica insists that Dave is her destiny. Well, bitch. I’m standing in the way of your destiny! The two argue inside Dave's mind for a while... Dave decides to call this second woman Mary, though he is not sure of her name, just that he knows her, somehow. When Mary is about to give in to Jessica, Dave finds himself speaking to Mary in his mind, telling her that Jessica is just trying to mess with her, and to do the same back to her as well. Dave is on the plane now, and we hear a strange sort of chanting. "We must save him! We must save him!" Even though the sound is very clear and strong, more so than any of the other voices coming from Dave's mind... it is still obviously not part of the scene, at least not on the airplane itself. Emily, who Dave hopes to meet in Houston, is amused by the strange chanting. Dave has a smile on his face as well. The chant becomes more and more agitated... and we hear Pete now discussing the situation with Dave, just inside their minds, of course. The chanting becomes so agitated, that Dave can't handle hearing the actual content... we begin to hear random sounds, coming out of old video games he used to play... the sounds are still there, but Dave has replaced them with something harmless. "F*CK YOU! GET OUT OF MY HEAD!" Mary's voice stands out so much that Dave begins to look around... but the business man sitting next to him is napping. Would you like a drink, sir? Yes, I'll have some water. "Sir?" Dave looks up, realizing that was the waitress actually talking to him. He requests some water. As more voices invade Dave's mind, he realizes he has to train the people he wants to talk to how to shut them out. He tells Mary how he does it... visualizing a chat room or conference call where he can mute or kick people out if he wants to. A shiver spreads around Dave's body as he hears Mary in his head, and a smile is on his face. Suddenly Dave's Ipod comes into plain view, in sort of a dream-sequence, but Dave is not asleep. The scene shifts to Pete, jamming on his guitar with Jason Wade... as though Lifehouse's sixth album will be full of songs that are influenced by the struggles that Dave went through in the summer of 2010. Suddenly, Dave finds himself communicating with Jason himself... Jason advises him to keep his cool, and not let all the women get to him. As Dave gets to the Houston Airport, he feels lost... like this wasn't what he was expecting or hoping for. He wanders into a Border's Books, hoping to find something to read, but realizing he's not in the mood to read anything, he ends up calling Kyle. Kyle's phone goes to straight to voicemail, and Dave leaves a message, not expecting a response, but still hoping. He ends up getting a hotel room at the airport hotel, knowing it won't be worth the price, but not seeing any other options. He orders room service that first night. It's much better (and much more expensive) than any of the food he purchased as a shoeless customer in the last few nights. He begins to text with Emily that night.. He thinks he hears Jessica's name on a CNN report, but he dismisses it as his imagination. However, he sees flashes of Jessica waving her arms around in some attempt at casting magic, to make everyone forget their troubles and be happy instead. As he looks at the two pairs of ratty clothes in his suitcase, we flash back to a few days prior, as Dave is freaking out in a hotel room and his dad knocks on the door. "D-d-d-david?" "GO AWAY!" His dad nervously opens the door and tosses in a couple pairs of clothes. Dave knows that it had been his fault for not having many clothes; He could have accepted his dad's generosity. A shower helps relax him, though he still is not quite himself. That night, sleep comes much more easily than it had for a while. He wakes up at 10 AM the next morning and orders some breakfast from the room service again, The room is already looking messy even though he's not been there a full day. After eating, Dave begins to pace around. Even without anything to do or any goals in mind, he can't stop himself from moving around constantly. As he paces, we see a vision... Barack Obama is talking to a large group of reporters. It is him, with his real voice, even though it is emanating from Dave's mind. "And... I think this young man should consider running from president someday." "What do you think about...?" President Obama cuts off this reporter gently but firmly. "That's all... no more questions." The vision fades, as does the hotel room... now Dave is a couple weeks prior in his life, stuck in a mental hospital. "I want to go home!" he shouts. "You're on a 5250. We can't send you a home." The nurse gestures to a board showing everyone's full names and their hospital codes (5150, 5250.) Dave looks angered by that... wasn't that a violation of his privacy? Dave seems to be frustrated by voices he is hearing in his mind as well... he shouts "Niggers suck my cock!" several times... not to anyone in particular, but more to anger the racist people that won't get out of his mind. The nurse threatens to put Dave in the "private room" if he doesn't calm down... this does not stop him. He's given a shot and put in a room with way too much security and not even a bathroom. Jessica seems to feel this as well... the stuff they give him seems to affect her even more. He begs a male orderly for food, and this one, nicer than most, asks if he is "release-oriented" and when Dave says "Yes" he is given a peanut butter sandwich. Dave is forced to poop on the floor... there's no bathroom in sight, and he's not going to wait for some hospital person to let him use the bathroom, as he cannot really trust them. This dark vision fades back to present day, as we see Dave on the toilet right now, looking much happier... he couldn't imagine living without modern plumbing. Later, his phone buzzes. We see a text from his dad. "Kyle said he doesn’t want to talk to you, and he’s in Dallas anyway, not Houston." it reads. "Fuck off" is Dave's reply, though he knows his anger is misplaced... he should feel that anger toward Kyle, not his dad. He looks into his pocket, expecting a phone call, as he felt a vibration. But instead, Jessica's voice becomes very dominant and won't go away. Jessica insists that she "found him" and that his mom was looking for him. Dave shouts at the top of his virtual lungs, shooting rage into the telepathic universe... explaining that he was in Texas, not California, and that she did not find him. This voice becomes so prevalent, that in desperation, Dave orders a "hit" on Jessica Larson... not literally, but figuratively, to stop her from falling for all these lies. This leads to her ex, Steve, communicating with Dave. Suddenly Dave and Mary are flying around, chasing down Jessica in something that's a cross between real life and a video game. Mary captures Jessica to discover two distinct personae... the "princess" and the "whore." The princess is easily captured and defeated, but the whore is combative and will fight to her last breath. Every time David and Mary capture Jessica, she reappears... like she's hacked this mind game to have "infinite lives" for herself. Things get really intense here... Mary stabs Jessica in the heart with the US flag (as Mary is an Iraq war veteran and Jessica seems to show no respect to anyone except herself.) "Go ahead! Kill me! I would die for David..." Jessica's speech sets Mary back a bit, allowing her to strike... "Ow! She's biting me!" Dave informs Mary that Jessica is just f*cking with his mind... to do the same to her. Suddenly Dave snaps out of this stupor.What time is it? It's 7:48. Here, too! Of course, David realizes that doesn't make full sense. Salt Lake City is an hour behind Houston. Dave promise Mary he won't tell anyone about what they have been "doing." But they then pretend they are hooking up in the hotel room. We see some flashes of people having sex... vague, not particularly revealing or shown blatantly on the shot, but we also hear voices as people comment on Mary and David having sex, even though they are not doing so. Mary again makes Dave promise not to tell anyone anything about what has happened. Dave is now lying in bed, but he's obviously awake. However, the scene shifts into another morph of a video game and now there are three "characters" on jetpacks ,flying around a barren landscape. One of them is Dave, the other is Steve, and the third is a guy, Doug, that has had a crush on Jessica for quite some time. "I'm spinning... losing altitude! I'm out of control!" "Remember. This is just a like video game... you are always in complete control." Steve and Dave have had some conflict in the past, over Jessica... but now they realize they must work together, as she is up to no good. "There she is! In her mansion!" That was Doug. "We have to poison her mind!" And Steve. Our three jet packs emitted an unnaturally green gas into her mansion as she fell to the floor. Suddenly, we see a world map, with tons of "S" marks... like Save Points in Final Fantasy IV, with Tents all over them... Jessica had "saved" her game so many times that she could not be defeated. Suddenly, Dave sees himself in Jessica's childhood, with her friend, Andrea, providing a voiceover, talking about how Jessica always loved to count as a child. Dave feels an immense guilt for a mindf*ck that he and Jessica had done to Andrea about a month prior. He takes Andrea to that place... we see her as she looks at herself, fearing she'll never be pretty enough, breaking her mirror... "No! Andrea! Don't do it!" Andrea is about to stab herself with a shard from her mirror. We see a split screen here... one, the bloody mess that would have ensued (in her mind) had Dave not intervened... the other is her realizing Dave is here... the one without the bloody mess pushes the blood off screen... Andrea has been saved. Andrea tells Dave about how Jessica has kept casting spells, so her town will never grow and will stay the same way forever. Andrea explains to Dave about how Jessica always had this imaginary friend "David" and about how she would name her characters David or Dave in every video game. She had calculated these events, charted the movements of the stars, and felt she could predict her own future. Mary joins the conversation as well. Oh, so you prayed and the answer came back from the stars! Lucky Bucky, born 6/12/88! Mary's sarcastic comment triggers more of Andrea's narration. Andrea shows Dave how once Jessica knew she shared his younger brother's birthday, she was able to watch them growing up, and wanted to be like me. Dave realizes here, he is staring at the ceiling, still awake. The visions grow more potent, as we watch Andrea chasing down Jessica, chopping her head off with a chainsaw. But it's not realistic or incredibly violent... it's almost cartoonish, at least there. Andrea begins to question Dave... wondering if they have a "thing." At this point, Jessica tells Dave that they're both in hell, that they should enjoy themselves. Another time warp hits... Andrea's narration helps Dave make sense of the situation. Jessica comes through, saying she no longer exists, and apologizes for putting Dave through all of this. Dave feels a strange sexual urge come over him, and he masturbates. This is not obvious on the screen, but we see him fall into a state of true relaxation and finally falls asleep. When he sees that it's now 12 PM, he knows he slept. The next day, Dave keeps hearing a "maid knock" on his hotel door... a maid knock being a quiet persistent knock that maids do to be "polite" but is really more annoying than someone knocking loudly. He barely sleeps that night, and the next day decides he has to get out of that hotel. We see him texting his friend Cliff, and ends up calling him. Cliff seems calm about the whole situation, saying that he could pick Dave up from the airport. But when he gets back to the airport, he sees the only flight for Orange County has already left. He calls his dad after seeing a flight back to San Francisco... but his loud arguing with his dad attracts the attention of the police in the airport, and he knows what that means... Predictably, he gets lectured by some cops and ends up getting more "help" at some hospital place. At this new hospital they seem to expect him to get out his wallet with one hand chained to a chair. The receptionist/nurse lectures him about taking his medications and he looks frustrated at the whole situation. They give him his pills with a glass of water, and we watch as he sleeps for 15 hours... he's taken then to another place, more of a hospital. He observes that most of the patients are black, and suspects some injustice in Houston's criminal "justice" system is the cause of that. He is given a Styrofoam cup with breakfast... all greasy and bad-for-him foods. He devours it anyway. The doctor however, is much nicer than most he's interacted with. Instead of adding more pills to his regimen, he gives Dave an ointment for his sunburn. The next couple of days pass more quickly (in film time) than the prior few have... he sleeps early, gets up early, and seems to be getting better. He notices he's only being given one of his pils. When he asks about this, the doctor explains how Tegretol can hurt liver function. Dave is happy to have his medication cut back. We see the various interactions between people in the hospital... the "meetings" they have violate the first amendment... with AA meetings where they chide someone for drinking just twice a month, and of course, unnecessary mentions of God. We also see a map unfold in Dave's mind... he would see all this activity in Orange County... he and Charlie would get an apartment in Costa Mesa and he'd finally meet Jessica. But then he'd shift up north, seeing his dad, smiling and waving in Palo Alto, thinking "awaiting orders." Awaiting orders, meaning he would not do anything until told to do so... and if any one order (or request) conflicted with another, he would be paralyzed and afraid of offending people, thus nothing got done. We see Dave meeting with a therapist... she almost immediately asks him his religion, and when his answer suggests he is agnostic, she looks disappointed, as though him saying "Christian" (but not Mormon, of course) would have made her more likely to recommend his release. A couple days later, he sees a nurse reading a book. He asks if he could read it, wondering if it's somehow about him and Jessica. The nurse is snobby and rude in her response, and he backs off. On Friday, he talks with the therapist, who says she spoke with his dad, and that he could leave Monday and his dad would take him to an Astros game. He sighs... realizing his dad wasn't going to get it... that he just thought of this as some "bonding" bullsh*t, and did not (and would never realize) how large a role he played in the various hospitalizations. We flash back now to May, where Dave and his dad are talking to Dr. Crum, Dave's therapist. When his dad suggests hospitalization, Dave snaps and yells "You talk to him!" to Dr. Crum, hoping Dr. Crum will realize after his experiences in 2004 and 2008, that hospitalization was not an option. Dave storms out of the office, taking a lengthy walk back to his dad's house. When his dad seems Dave coming back to the house, he goes to his favorite trick... using Louis against Dave. Louis and Dave begin to talk, but when Dave suspects that his opinions will always be ignored in favor of his dad's, he tells them he is going to the park, and they can talk. Dave believes that if he can stay calm, maybe this won't end up like the last time in 2008. Dave lies down in the grass in the local park. But instead of his Dad or Louis or both coming up... it's five police officers. Dave immediately tosses his wallet to the side... if he doesn't resist them, maybe they won't put him away, this time. A blonde cop not much older than David laughs. “I thought they said he was violent?” Dave begins to talk with the cop, as we observe the various chatter over their walkie talkies. We see him at Stanford hospital... the first of four hospitals he would end up at in 2010. A friendly-looking nurse, Chad, tells him that he has visitors. But when Chad says one of them was his "homosexual lover" Dave becomes paranoid, refusing to let them "visit." The shot returns to early August 2010, in Texas. The therapist insists he can only get out "early next week." Dave storms out of the room. The next scene shows Dave watching a TV from his room, but the TV is not actually there... it's just in a vision. Keith Olbermann is "reporting" (quotes due to his bias) about "two bloggers" and we see pictures of Dave and Pete taken from their Facebook profiles, and then a long letter form a viewer who thought they were doing the right thing because we were upset with conditions in the country. Then the channel changes to the O'reilly factor... where Bill O'reilly is at a level of anger that makes "We'll do it live" look boring... flipping out at people who are regarding Dave and Pete as "pinheads" and then referring to those calling them pinheads as the REAL pinheads. Then he gets fired. Dave's roommates keep shifting as well, different random guys, all older than he. During that weekend, the current one is diabetic and they keep coming in to check his blood pressure and blood sugar. Any time Dave would almost fall asleep in the early morning, another nurse would come in to check on his roommate. On Monday, Dave asks the doctor if he is going home, but the doctor says no. Instead of a bullsh*t excuse however, the reason makes sense... they're cutting back his Geodon further. Dave longs for his phone... for concrete communication, instead of telepathy, which he realizes is his own hopes and dreams being given different names and identities. That Wednesday morning, his dad finally comes. They enjoy some BBQ in Houston... before his dad has a chance to pay, Dave does so instead, feeling guilty about how he has treated his dad in recent times. When they get back to the Bay Area, his dad informs him that he's booked him for a hotel room for the next few days, and then they can start looking for apartments. Dave sighs... this is exactly what he was trying to avoid, by moving to Orange County, but that never worked out. Dave's frustration grows when his dad tells him his computer is no longer working. We go back to a month ago, when Louis was driving Dave's 1993 Toyota Corolla poorly. Dave looks uncomfortable with the situation. Then we go back a bit further, to late June 2010, Dave, his dad, and Louis discussing what he'd need to live in an apartment. When Dave thinks he'll need about $1000 for rent, $400 for food, and a bit more for entertainment, about $1,600 to $1,7000 a month, Louis interrupts with condescending laughter. Dave is enraged. He wants to call Louis out on leeching off his dad for advice and not actually knowing things but just acting like he does to get jobs... but instead he takes a walk, knowing Louis is his only transportation to Orange County. When Dave returns, they are no longer discussing his finances, but have moved on to other mundane topics. We return to present times, when Dave's dad suggests they can get him a new computer. Agreeing that his dad owes him some money, for selling his prior car, and Charlie's concert ticket. They go in a Best Buy and get a decent mid-range computer. But Dave does not have access to a computer this first night at the hotel. He shouts off into the universe... why didn't people text him? The responses are jarring, and too much to handle. People say he never gave them his number, he was going to text them first... it goes on and on. After listening to a few songs on his Ipod, Dave goes to sleep around 8:15, hoping he'll sleep a long time and get over this insomnia quickly. He is not surprised when he wakes up at 3:30 AM. At least he is still on Central time, so waking up at 5:30 was not unreasonable. He looks hungry, but without much to do, Dave just paces around listening to the Ipod. We can hear the music that he is listening to... as he listening to Shinedown's The Sound of Madness, this agitates various voices, causing him to turn up the music. After some time, he switches to Daughtry, and feels these immense chills covering his whole body... it is an emotional high at a higher and deeper level than he's ever felt before. He goes up, gets McDonald's, and comes back. Hopefully normalcy can find him. He gets lunch at a Wendy's after more time pacing around his hotel, but then ends up on a long trek across Sunnyvale and Los Altos to get to his dad's house. He seems lost at first ,but as the places get more recognizable he ends up at his dad's house. His dad acts happy to see him, shouting out "Daverond!" in the same tone of voice he would have used if Dave had called his dad... and his stepmom, Paula, is surprisingly happy to see him as well. As Dave walks through his dad's house... we see flashes back to what it was like 15 long years ago, with boys and girls filling it with noise and laughter, rather than just two aging hippies inhabiting it. Dave is a bit distraught to see his new computer lying on its side, but his dad insists it's almost ready. They talk about dinner plans... Dave's dad says they can go to the Elephant Bar where they have "b-burgers." Dave cringes at that word; it's as if his dad thinks hamburgers are the only food he's capable of eating! At the Elephant Bar, Dave really enjoys his shrimp, but having his Grandpa (or Grumpa) lecture him about how he's not doing as well as he was before really frustrates him, especially when he suggests that Dave can't get a job because of his "disorder." Dave wishes his dad would stand up for him, but he knows that will never happen. That night, he asks his dad if he's retarded and if he'll ever get a job. His dad stammers as he says he's sure Dave will get a job again. They finally set up Dave's new computer in the hotel, and it looks much nicer than it did lying on its side earlier. Dave develops a kinship with the hotel... get up early, eat McDonald's pace around, and then wander around aimlessly. But one time, his aimless wandering in Sunnyvale leads him to a golf course where he looks for a water fountain. He finds one, as well as the police. As the police approach him, we flash back to mid-July in Newport Beach. Dave and Louis have arrived in Dave's car, in two hotel rooms next to one another. A few minutes after they both get settled in, Louis is knocking on Dave's door, informing him that his dad set up an appointment to look at an apartment. When they get there, Dave has a bad feeling about it. Louis talks to the receptionist who is very frustrated when she finds out that Dave's dad only called, and did not apply for an appointment online. It takes her a few minutes to find the notes. Dave tells Louis that he'll wait outside, and Louis is understand... he can tell that Dave does not want to be there. Louis comes back quite quickly, saying it wasn't that great and was too expensive. That night, Dave seems unusually anxious, even for him. He takes a Lunesta but is unable to sleep, as this voice that he knows as "Pete" keeps getting inside his head... he can hear Pete's entire thought process, not just a few random words, and it's very disorienting. Sometimes we even see Pete's side of the shot as he is living his life. We see the clock shift forward a few hours as Dave sits around restlessly. Finally, around 1:15 he bolts up and begins to walk. As he hears what he suspects are cops talking about him, Dave picks up his pace. He begins to notice people are following him. "You drunk, man?" "A little." "We're following the alleged perp, he is on foot." Dave had a sense that these guys knew this was a huge joke, and that he wasn't a threat. But he still makes an effort to go hike up random paths to lose them. Seeing cops nearby, Dave "misplaces" his phone and his wallet in a park, knowing they'd find their way back to him someday. He didn't want ID on him though... he wanted privacy, somehow. Night turns to day as Dave is still wandering, drinking from water fountains and hoping he'll figure out what he's supposed to do next. Suddenly a flash comes... a vision. Jessica is on TV, talking about Dave! “Hey, Dave's on TV. And there's a girl named Jessica!” Dave could hear his step-mom's voice nasally narrate the situation. I saw Jessica, surrounded by reporters, as they prodded her with questions. “Dave's all right... he's fine... he's OK. He is all right.” But on the news, she did not look that certain herself. Neither was he. Day shifts back into night as David has barely ever stopped wandering. As he sits around on an intersection, Jamboree avenue, Dave hopes someone will pick him up. The only people that come... cops. They stop across the street and walk up to him. He lets out a loud yell. Weird code words come out of these cops mouths... "We have the bad one... this is the good one." They also refer to "rabbit" and "snake." Dave asks to have his handcuffs removed, but they ignore him. They seem to be talking about their "friend" "Kyle" as if to taunt him, but perhaps Dave is just adding meaning to their conversation. An ambulance comes, and when Dave asks for water they say they do not have any. Pete seems almost excited by Dave in the hospital. Dude, we're going to be ROOMMATES! Pete seems to lack understanding of how hospitals actually work. And Dave also suspects Pete is not actually there, just part of his mind, bored and trying to reach out. That night, Dave's bloodshot eyes make the nurses "checking" on him think he's crazy, and that his look is why he's here, not an effect of him being here. Eric pops in as well... Eric being an "online enemy" of Dave with drama from eight years ago. At first the conversation is harmless, but Dave hears Pete cussing Eric out, after Pete learns Eric wants to watch as Dave is admitted to a mental hospital. After Pete pushes Eric out, Pete begins to receive a bunch of phone calls with people upset with him, to put it mildly. These images of Pete are "more real" than most of the fantasy images, but it's still obvious it's not happening, at least not in the here and now. After Eric leaves, a voice forces itself into Dave's psyche... "Relax man, count to ten..." over and over. Dave is freaked out. This is not his voice. Morning comes, and a nurse approches Dave. "Dave, do you know why you're here?" Before Dave can respond, she talks more. "You're here because you tried to hurt yourself." Dave looks angrier... angrier than we've ever seen him in this film, at least. "I did not try to hurt myself!" The nurse seems confused, as she was likely dumb enough to believe whatever bullsh*t the cops tried to tell the hospital. But the breakfast is still enjoyable for Dave. Washing himself with a damp rag and a bar of soap; not so much. Die! Die! I want to die! Dave looks paralyzed with fear. He knows that is not his voice, not his thoughts, but they are infecting him anyway. Pete is there as well, identifying the voices as "Debbie" and "Sandra." Dave lets out another sharp yell, like the one he put out when the cops found him the night before. He is threatened to be restrained, and the "nice" nurse from earlier asks if he can be nice to her still. Reluctantly, he says yes. No one seems to notice that Dave's been sitting on that cot for more than 12 hours. They seem to go about their business as if he's not there at all. Visions creep in as Dave waits. Debbie and Sandra are each clutching a shotgun as they drove in Florida marshlands. "Someone's here!" Debbie looked paranoid, like her life was over. Sandra looked more optimistic. "Maybe it's David... and he's here to help us!!" Sandra knows it's Dave, now and she really believes that he's here to help them,. But Dave doesn't follow her command... he comes with Amanda... Amanda being his biggest online crush, not his first, but his biggest... bigger than Jessica, even. Sandra and Debbie begin to panic... Dave HATES them! Others seem to be tailing the car as well. Pete is there,, along with a few other people that Dave does not recognize. Debbie and Sandra are panicking... leaping out of their car, the camera focuses on them... they agree to shoot each other. We hear two gunshots, but the sound fades out quickly, and we see no blood. Back at the hospital, looking at Dave's eyes, more bloodshot than before. Suddenly, they tell Dave that his "ride" is here. Dave is excited at first... perhaps they will bring him to an apartment where he can live with Jessica? But instead, it's another hospital. He quickly takes a shower, and thanks the guy that is helping him. The guy says "you're welcome" in a frustrated tone... like politeness is a waste of time. This hospital is familiar to the viewer, it's the same one where Dave was forced to poop on the floor. His roommates are strange, as well. One just sleeps all day and the other constantly speaks to Jesus. An unfriendly nurse comes up to Dave and says, "You are responsible for the deaths of seven people." Then came the laundry list of questions. Suicidal? Hearing voices? Seeing things? Dave makes the mistakes of saying "yes" to seeing things. The smoke breaks were the worst for Dave. He never smoked, but they'd offer him cigarettes anyway, and he'd always say no. Dave's behavior keeps getting him put in isolation. Dave can hear voices, he thinks he recognizes them. Some friend of his brother's from high school, and then a roommate of his from Irvine just a year ago. They did some freestyle raps... in the spirit of what Dave (and perhaps others) were feeling. A doctor finally comes in to "check" on Dave. He is Asian and does not appear to speak much English, and seems to believe Dave is a paranoid schizophrenic. Dave lies in the "isolation room" bed, and hears muffled voices talking, he thinks they are about him, but he knows not everything involves him. The hospital fades out, like a mist blowing into the blue skies of Sunnyvale. The cop at the golf course is much friendlier than those from Newport Beach a month ago. This cop, a woman, has a German Shepherd with her. Dave asks to pet it, and after he pets the dog, it licks his hand. We see a few still images of Smokey, Paula's German shepherd, then we see a visual from 5 years ago, of Smokey licking Attila, an orange long-haired tabby that is gingerly sniffing Smokey, and Attila looking confused. Dave gives the officer his dad's number, and his dad is there not much later, not mad at all... he never seems to be. Dave seems to settle down more over the next few days, though when he leaves his keycard in his hotel room one day, he decides to again walk to his dad's house, this time taking a quicker route than last week. But by the time he gets there, it's nearly midnight. He goes to the park instead. As soon as he gets to the park, it flashes back. He vanishes from his current spot, to a couple months earlier, looking much more manic...as he is on the swings. He begins to shout. “I am the next Kurt Cobain! Go f*ck yourselves!” Not much later, the cops arrive. They are much more pleasant than most of the cops. The cop, Jerry, questions him about being suicidal once he says he gets manic sometimes. Dave says he only gets manic, never depressed... Jerry informs him that he needs to leave the park, and if he sees him there, he will give him a citation. Dave asks if he can walk to Stanford , and Jerry says that would be fine. As this past-Dave walks off, as do the cops, we go back into the present. Dave is now on the swings. But without loud angry shouting, no one is citing him or arresting him... he continues to swing, sometime getting water. Dave hears his step mom saying she left the back door unlocked... but as we see Dave at the back door, it is locked. So that voice clearly did not match reality, perhaps it was just his own hope. He goes back to the park, and night turns to early morning. Dave is just idling on the swing. As he sees the sky brighten, he gets up, fearful that some early-morning jogger would spot him and call the police. After getting breakfast at McDonald's, he's back at his dad's house. Paula is a bit surprised to see him, asking when he got here. He said he was in the park that night. She doesn't seemed too worried , just asking if he had breakfast. He said he got McDonald's, which caused her nose to crinkle. She always felt that he and his dad ate out too much. "Daverond!" His dad's voice is just the same, as if he had called him or shown up at a more reasonable hour. Dave explains the situation, that he lost his keycard. His dad talks about moving into an apartment near his hotel... Dave would rather live in Orange County, but he reluctantly agrees. We then shift to a later scene... Dave and his dad in a new apartment. Dave is not very impressed with this meager studio apartment... he senses it is just a stopping point on his life's journey rather than a hub of exciting activity. We see Charlie here, finally. Charlie is quiet, when he talks, it is mostly in response to Dave... never initiating a new conversation on his own. We see some flashes to the past... Dave thinking he's convinced Charlie to come to a Lifehouse concert in Clemson after not being able to make it to the one in San Jose due to his May hospitalization. Charlie seems to agree, over the phone, but then his dad would say that he spoke with Charlie's dad. We then see Dave in a hospital room, talking to Charlie about moving in together. Charlie is there now, in his apartment, as they watch some South Park. They share laughs. Charlie fades away in the shot... he is real, there, of course, but we are just moving to the next scene. Dave is sitting on a chair, listening to Amanda guide him through some spiritual journey. She seems to believe he is unearthing some amazing truth, but mostly it makes him agitated. He senses evil spirits. "Get away from me!" he shouts... hoping they'll go away. He continues to shout more, and Amanda insists he scared them away. Dave only feels soul-searing pain, and a knock on his door shows that just one thing happened... the cops came. Predictable, given his shouting. "Don't follow me!" Dave shouts, hoping they'll listen. The backdrop of his Sunnyvale apartment fades into his dad's neighborhood. He is standing next to Jerry. "You have an arrest on your record," Jerry states. The whiteness in Dave's face shows just how afraid he is. He insists that can't be true... that his 5150s and 5250s should be private. Then Jerry says he misread it... no arrests. They talk about when the park closes (at 10:30, Jerry says.) Then the scene melts away, back to the present time. Dave drops his wallet, hoping the cops will take it and know he has no criminal record and leave him be. We see the image change once again... back to Palo Alto, in his dad's house, in his room/glorified storage closet. He is spamming incoherently onto Facebook. Officers knock on his door. “Are you David Jefferies?” asked one of the officers. “Yes! What do you want?” Dave had dealt with enough cops in the last few days, that he didn't want to deal with any more. “We just have a couple of questions...” “Ok...” “Are you feeling suicidal... do you want to hurt yourself or others?” The cop asked these quickly, like he knew the answers already. “No! No! NOW GO AWAY!” The cop smirked... he had been in on the "joke." An email pops up from Dave's dad... titled “I didn't call police - neighbor did.” The entire content of the email was: “neighbor heard a scream and thought it was you so they called cops.” Dave's fingers work without his brain's consent: “ok well can you at least acknowledge my existence? You are socially retarded, and i hate you” The scene moves forward, about an hour... Dave is going back to Stanford hospital that late June. But as we see him in the police car, it shifts yet again, to the present (September 2010) time. “He dropped his wallet and told me not to follow him. What do I do?” Dave heard the cop talk into his radio. Dave, realizing the cops would not stop pursuing him, goes back to his apartment. The same friendly police-woman from the golf course is there, who says she received some calls about him screaming. Dave apologizes, stating he was upset, but not getting into details. “Okay, well... don't get into any more trouble tonight.” “Could I go for a walk, if I wanted?” “Yes, but please don't go into the parks, we'll have to cite you for that.” “Okay...” As Dave lounges in his chair, we see another strange, almost comical vision. "We have his mom on line one!" A switchboard is visible. “He killed my BABY!” screamed a woman with a thick Texan accent. Dave begins to laugh... this has become such a joke to him, the person on "line one" has never been his mom. Stop this, we have work to do. No, he loves it. He's cracking up, see? That voice was Jerry, the one nice cop from Palo Alto The apartment shifts away once again, in favor of his dad's house... it's now June 24, 2010. Dave is IMing with Heather rapid-fire... both quickly and also sped up by the shot sequence. Heather tells Dave to "use his psychic abilities" and we watch a change in Dave on the camera... he looks wiser, yet also less in control of his actions and emotions. Visions fly by in Dave's head as we see him walking in a small section of the shot... the music he listens to empowers the visions more. He sees himself with Kyle once again, then seeing Pete and his girlfriend Amy. The next day, he begins to see Jessica as well. At first it's just a few short "videos" of her looking bored, watching TV, but then he is seeing her dancing at some night club with a bunch of other people. The mania appears blatantly in David... it is clear he did not sleep that Thursday night. On Friday night, he seems to get a little sleep. He goes to the park the next morning, Saturday. Dave, armed with his Ipod, lies under a tree and lets the visions come to him once again. The vision takes up the whole "screen" at this point... we can see Jessica picking up items in a grocery store. Dave tries to zoom in closer, seeing him looking at a pair of eyes. But not Jessica's, just a random middle aged woman. It was as though he were a roaming camera, observing things. He sees Jessica again in an aisle, but only the back of her head. As he tries to turn around to see her face... she doesn't move. Then she looks at him sideways, skeptically. Suddenly she is faced toward him, yelling, but with no sound, Dave cannot read her lips. She’s mad at me… she’s yelling at me… does she want me to… what does she want me to do? Why is she mad at me? Dave's thoughts seem to cause Jessica's anger to soften. Is this David? Dave pauses for a moment before responding. Yes, Jessica, this is David. I love you, and someday I am going to marry you. That really IS David! Dave now visualizes Jessica's emotional state... her hopping on a grocery cart and flying away, happy as she ever was. His last vision of her is a quick shot of her asking someone where some item is, not a clerk at the store, but another customer. Excited and curious, Dave tries out his new powers on Diego, someone from college who was not a good person, at least not in Dave's mind. Your mom is a neo-Nazi bitch! Diego turns around as shouts "I know!" Dave tries to go further, saying. This is David. The next two sentences come out like an IM. Weird kid? Let's hang out. Then blackness, as though Diego pulled the plug on Dave's vision of him. The scene shifts to later that night, with Dave on the phone with Heather. Her voice is stern and very concerned, making sure he does not do anything irrational due to his thoughts. The next day, Sunday, he goes to park again, not the best idea. After a few hours, people are wary of the badly sunburned man. The park ends up getting cleared out... it's just Dave , his dad, and the cops. His dad is using the cops against him, of course. Then Dave's Dad brings out the big gun... Dave's mom. At first, it was not bad. Dave's mom and his stepdad, Roger, got sandwiches at Togo's. Dave sits on the swings, flipping his mom off so she'll stop watching him. She just laughs... she doesn't realize the message, thinking it's all a joke. With his dad, verbal cues never worked. We flash back to April 2010... Dave and his dad are in a Subway shop. Dave is about to order his sandwich, but his dad stands about two inches away from him, pouting. This makes the cashier ask his dad for the order, rather than Dave. Dave has to flip his dad off to make him go away... yelling never did the trick. His mom finally got the message, even if she didn't like it. “You hate me, Dave? Don’t you?!” “Yes! Leave me alone!” “You’re breakin’ my heart!” Dave goes quickly back to his dad's house. The next scene is there. “We have water water and strawberries,” offered Paula, aware of Dave's manic state. But when Dave begins to scarf down strawberries and drink a lot of water, she glares at him as if he did something unforgivable. Paula is horrible! Those were Jessica's words. One of the reasons Dave liked to think about Jessica was that Paula's daughter was also Jessica... and no longer did he have to think of his stepsister and the weird memories of her. But even so, we flash back to a younger Dave, just 12 or 13. We hear a bloodcurdling scream. Paula, looking not much younger than she does currently is there as well. "What's wrong... with her?" Dave looks panicked. "Oh, she's just doing it for attention." Paula's dismissive attitude about her daughter disturbs Dave. We flash forward here, to the hospital, with some quick shots of the anger of that night that had been shown in previous scenes.... and then we see Dave at Stanford hospital, for the second time. Some guy salutes him as he walks in. Dave returns the favor. At first, the hospital seems pleasant. Good food, and Dave can use his computer there. His roommate, Ralph, is nice, but keeps asking to use his phone to call people. But of course, when the nurse says Dave can't go home the next day, he shouts a lot and gets sent to another "observation room." The observation room flies away... to 2008 in Irvine, now. A similar situation, where Dave is offered a "private" room. He is enraged, locked in this "private" room where a team of 6 nurses arrive to give him a shot around midnight. The shot does little, as he continues to feel the rage burning. This leads to "locked restraints." Shana, the nurse watching Dave in Irvine, says "I don't speak English!" after he asks her what time it is. She finally tells him... 2:32 in the morning. Later, he shouts "Bathroom!" but Shana ignores him. We see the combination of disgust and relief on his face as he's forced to urinate without a bathroom. But this fades... he's in Stanford again, in an actual bed, not a tiny cot, and no one has locked him down. The next day, the nurse, Liz, won't let him use his computer anymore, claiming it agitated him. He also has to prepare for a 5250 hearing. The lawyer in his case knows he won't win, but he still seems to do his best. When Dave talks about side effects, the lawyer is not interested... only in that Dave has had jobs without any of these medications and is of "sound mind." The hearing does not go well... We later see Dave texting Don, telling him to kill himself. Not much later the doctors ask him about that. "That bitch gaslighted me!" Dave yells. The doctor seems confused. Time speeds up in the next few shots... we see July 4, both from Jessica's view and Dave's. Then we see Dave's release from the hospital. His dad nervously showing him a hotel room, him bitterly accepting his fate. The hotel seems to frustrate Dave, like he's being stored away for later use. He relies on Lunesta to sleep here, but it only keeps him down for a few hours. We see more of Dave and Louis's journey south, prior to the times we had seen it before... as they rush down in a hurry, though there's really not any rush. They want to listen to the Giants, but it's the all star break. Jessica is a constant presence in these scenes... her influence has faded since. Then we return to the present time at the apartment . Things are settling down, and we see Dave and Charlie watching South Park again, though this time it is clearly the present day, not a vision to be replaced quickly. They trot down to a grocery store, getting mostly junk food, with Dave picking out a bit of fruit for balance. Things are really calming down now... the pace of the movie is no longer as random, not as many fades and jumps to different times... it's more focused. We see as Dave logs on to his favorite website, and finally begins to talk to Mary on there. He realized he knew Mary from this website, but even as he messages with her, he wonders if she felt any of the same things he did. But Dave still realizes now... he needs a job. Even though is dad is paying his rent for this studio, he can't sit around doing nothing all day. We see some flashes from prior jobs at AMC Theaters and Great America, him helping guests, dealing with incompetent managers. But then it changes to the summer of 2007. We see some mania in this slightly younger Dave... not as pronounced as it was in the summer of 2010, but very obvious all the same. We see Dave drinking more soda than he should, working a projection booth, crashing into his bed and failing to find sleep. One day, he just had to admit it, he'd crashed. “Dave! No! Don’t take the zyprexa now.” As usual, his mom was overreacting and flipping out over nothing. “I’m not taking zyprexa! I’m just getting some Tylenol!” We see Dave's mom chewing him out a couple days later, but we can't hear her words... his heartbeat overpowers them. The next scenes come very quickly... Dave back at work a few days later, not looking comfortable or confident as he usually does. We see his sleep struggles fade and come back in stronger... he goes up to college for just a couple weeks but the sleep fails him soon there, as well. Dave and his mom are sitting around doing "biofeedback" in a woman's office, aka her house. It doesn't seem to work very well, but Dave's mom has convinced herself that it's helping him to be watching his "thoughts" on some screen. That night, Dave collapses in his mom's bed. 11 hours later, he comes out... his mom thinks he slept, but upon realizing he was just lying in bed, freaks out. “You’d best call your father and stay there for a couple days,” said his stepdad, Ronald, surprisingly calm given the situation. We can hear her shrieking, out of eyesight. “Can I shoot him? I want to shoot my own son, Ronald!” Dave nervously calls his dad... luckily he was still awake. “He’s getting Ed here! I hate Ed!” His dad (Ed) and his Prius provide an escape from the situation. Things get better for Dave that fall (2007.) After seeing his improvement through December 2007, we return to late October 2010, where he is having an interview with Border's Books. He feels it is going well, though the viewer gets the sense it may not be. He has another interview with Target. Neither seems to go as well as he had hoped. As Dave sits around in that apartment, we watch time pass quickly... the interviews lead nowhere, but we watch as he continues to apply for jobs, and see him emailing with his mom once again, after cutting her out back in June. The film ends as we see an email from a Marketing Research company inviting Dave for an interview. The final scene is an aerial shot of the bay area... Dave's voice narrates this time. "The visions had been so intense, so powerful , that it was hard to believe none of it would ever come to pass. Over the years, the telepathy would come and go. I now believe that it is caused by pent up creative energy. When I have nothing to do with my passion, it floats to random topics and sometimes connects with other minds that are bored like my own. That summer will live with me forever. Even if none of the exact visions I saw then come true, I know that there was an element of truth to it, and no one can take that away from me." 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4815162342 Posted June 2, 2012 Author Share Posted June 2, 2012 The Poet Genre: Thriller Cast: Edward Norton (Jack McEvoy), Yvonne Strahovski (Rachel Walling), Giovanni Ribisi (Robert Backus) Directed By: Baltasar Kormákur Release Date: 9/20 Theater Count: 2766 Theaters Budget: $28 million Running Time: 112 minutes MPAA Rating: R for scenes of violence, strong language, and some sexuality Plot Summary: Jack McEvoy (Norton) is a crime reporter for the Rocky Mountain News, and after a couple early scenes that show his skill as a journalist he learns of the death of his brother Sean. Sean was a homicide detective with the Denver Police, who was found dead in his car in a remote parking lot. A one-sentence suicide note was found in the car with him, and it seemed impossible that someone else could have killed him. McEvoy, though, is reluctant to accept that his brother had succumbed to depression resulting from his investigations, even though the last one was particularly brutal: Theresa Lofton, a young college student, who was found in a park in two pieces. After much investigation on his own, including retracing his brother's investigation into the Lofton case, Jack concludes that his brother's death was simply made to look like a suicide by a serial killer. By focusing on homicide detectives who committed suicide in a similar fashion and left a one-sentence note quoting the works of Edgar Allan Poe (as Sean's did), Jack finds three clear matches to his brother's death. When the FBI finally realizes that he is on to something and attempts to block him from further access, he is able to trade his knowledge of the other deaths (one of which the FBI had not uncovered) for a role with the FBI investigative team headed by Robert Backus (Ribisi), the son of a famous agent within the bureau who has been overshadowed by his father's legend. Assigned the duty of handling him is agent Rachel Walling (Strahovski), one of Backus' main proteges, and the two of them become personally involved. The FBI nicknames the serial killer "The Poet" due to his use of Poe's lines with the victims. As the case focuses on an Internet network of pedophiles and one in particular (William Gladden), McEvoy is taken along on the operation to arrest Gladden, who is suspicious of the set-up and kills the FBI agent trying to arrest him, Gordon Thorson (Walling's ex-husband). McEvoy ends up killing Gladden himself while being held hostage. However, Gladden's comments about his brother's death lead McEvoy to believe that Gladden was not the killer, even though the case has been officially closed. He then finds evidence that the killings had a connection to the FBI and identifies a phone call to the FBI from Thorson's room that he links to a "boasting" fax sent to the bureau by The Poet. Since McEvoy knew that Walling had sent Thorson on a fake errand during the time the fax was sent, he suspects Walling of being The Poet and of posting to the pedophile network under the name "Eidolon", another Poe reference. He then learns that Walling's father, a cop, had committed suicide when she was a teenager ... and had been suspected by the investigating officers of molesting Rachel over a period of time. Since pedophiles tend to have been abused as children, McEvoy becomes worried enough to tell Backus of his suspicions. Backus tells McEvoy that they'll set a trap for Walling and then takes him to a remote location -- where Backus drugs McEvoy into nonresistance. He admits that he himself is both Eidolon and The Poet, because the room mistakenly billed to Thorson was actually the one in which he stayed. He admits to all of the deaths and to his setup of Gladden as the "fall guy" for the murders. As Backus prepares to sodomize and then kill McEvoy, Walling (who was suspicious because of messages that she had received from both men) shows up and eventually saves McEvoy's life by knocking Backus out the window and down a long hill. Later the police find a body, however it is left open if this is Backus. Meanwhile, as the facts of the case become known, Walling's judgment is called into question due to her personal relationship with McEvoy and her professional relationship with Backus. A tabloid publishes a photo of McEvoy and Walling together. However, because McEvoy suspected her, Walling ends their relationship and takes a leave to Italy. McEvoy then takes a leave from his paper to write a book about the events, although Walling explains to him that the book will forever taint the FBI because of Backus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dark Alfred Posted June 2, 2012 Share Posted June 2, 2012 (edited) The Last Projectionist Genre: Horror/Thriller Cast: Harold - Michael Madsen Kate - Mary Elizabeth Winstead Pete - Jay Baruchel Produced By: Quentin Tarantino Release Date: 3/18 Theater Count: 3183 Budget: $35 million Running Time: 113 Minutes MPAA Rating: 18 Plot: We start off with showing the daily routine of Harold (Michael Madsen). He works as projectionist for 25 years in a small cinema in Seattle. That place is his life. Nothing else exist for him, but movies. Doesn't have kids, a partner. He's truly fanatical about films. He's a very friendly character, everyone loves him. We introduce Kate (Mary Elizabeth Winstead), a pretty student, a part-time team member, She's very enthusiastic and impresses Harold when she says that she's interested in old films and keen to learn some projectionist skills. She's not popular among the other workers. Harold starts training her. We go through the initial process, making up a film and breaking down. The two are having a good time, working late most of the times. The cinema is scary at night time, some staff are joking around seeing ghosts and hearing strange noises in the corridors. One Saturday night evening, one staff member, Pete (Jay Baruchel) is going down to the basement to bring some retail stuff up. He hears weird noises and an odd whistle. He's scared to death, but nothing happens. The same night, Pete is finishing late, he's closing the fire exits. When he goes through the main screen the lights are turned off all of a sudden and someone grabs his leg. He screams loudly. Lights are on and his collegues are laughing at him. It was just a joke. The next day, Pete finishes late again. He does the same routine and the same thing happens. Lights off and this time an odd whistle can be heard as well. He doesn't react this time, he thinks that his friends are trying to fool him again. He's wrong. A hook slices his throat from behind. Blood spills everywhere. Police investigation, the cinema shuts down for a week, the management and the staff are shocked. The police can't find any trace, the cinema re-opens. One month later: Harold is being asked to the office. The manager tells him that the cinema is going all digital and they'll get rid of the 35mm projectors. Harold is not willing to carry on his job, he has one month left as a projetionist and gets a redundancy package. He's going crazy. From the nice guy he turns into a moany, rude bastard. One Friday night, two cocky teenager complain about the quality of the horror film, saying that the copy had too many scratches and was not enjoyable. They want refund. They get it from the manager, but Harold is upset about it. The two teens are laughing at him. On the way out as they pass the back of the cinema, where the bin yard is, they hear a whistle. They turn into the little back alley, following the whistle. They are stupid teens after all, looking for trouble. A hatchet lands on their face. Bloods spills everywhere as they land on the floor, several more strikes are making sure that they'll never stand up. Their face is smashed. Police investigation follows the event, Harold is being investigated, but there are no evidence. No CCTV in this section of the bulding. Harold is miserable, he complains to Kate every day, sharing old tales and anecdotes of the golden period of cinema. He's training her regardless. The staff starts to complain about him as he keeps on being horrible and rude. The manager tells him off. Needless to say, the manager gets brutally killed the next day. Slashed into pieces in his car. The police wants to shut the cinema permanently, but a big film is coming up in 10 days, the decision is to remain open. The staff is terrified. Every day they are frightened by strange noises, cracks on the wall and the infamous whistle appears again. The digital installation is nearly done, Harold is having a really hard time, he becomes sad and emptiness replaces his anger. The big opening day ends up with a tragedy. During a sold out screen a masked lunatic massacres the half of the audience. First the killer uses gas to narcotise the whole audience, then stabs as many people as possible. When the FBI appears on the scene, they find Harold hanged in the old projection box. One year later: Cinema re-opens, completely new staff and management. When Lucy is asked to bring something up from the basement, she begins to hear strange noises and the odd whistle. The tense horror music gets extremely loud. She gets stabbed from behind with a hook. Now we reveal the killer's face. It's Kate. Flashbacks show that she was behind all the killings, Harold was an innocent man. Film end up Kate sitting in the projection booth, listening to an old classic while we can hear the police sirens in the background. Edited June 30, 2012 by The Dark Alfred 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dark Alfred Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 (edited) This project replaces Timeless. 8AM Genre: Fantasy/Sc-Fi/Action Format: 3D Studio: Guernica Films Based on the film They Live Original Song By: Tom Cruise and Will Smith Directed By: Joe Carnahan Release Date: 19/07 Theater Count: 3827 Budget: $140 million (mainly due to the A-list cast) Running Time: 120 Minutes MPAA Rating: PG-13 Cast: Jack – Tom Cruise Frank – Will Smith Holly – Charlize Theron Gilbert – Tim Robbins Homeless drifter – Christian Bale Fascinator – Kiefer Sutherland Plot: Jack (Cruise) is having one helluva bad day. He’s hangover, late from work, gets fired, goes home and the landlord shouts at him that he owes him 2 months of rent and have to leave the flat immediately. He goes to his ex, who kicks him out as well. Jack is wandering around Seattle hopelessly. At an alleyway, he finds a full box of black sunglasses and takes a pair. Looking through them, Jack discovers the reality of the bleak world. The media and advertising actually contain totalitarian commands of obedience and conformity in consumerism, to control an unwitting human population. Many with authority and wealth are actually humanoid aliens with skull-like faces. He takes the glass off and keeps on walking. He notices a sign for a magician performance in the suburb area and sneaks into the show. We’re in a theatre watching a magician performing. At the end of the show the hypnotist tells his subjects, "Awake." Something unusual happens. One of the subjects awoke all the way. This had never happened before. This is Jack of course and he blinks out at the sea of faces in the theatre, at first unaware of anything out of the ordinary. He puts on the glasses and then spots here and there in the crowd, the non-human faces, the faces of the Fascinators. Jack recognizes them for what they were. He understands everything in a flash, including the fact that if he gives any outward sign, the Fascinators would instantly command him to return to his former state, and he would obey. He leaves the theatre, pushing out into the neon night, carefully avoiding any indication that he sees the green, reptilian flesh or the multiple yellow eyes of the rulers of the earth. One of them asks him, "Got a light buddy?" Jack gives him a light, then moves on. At intervals along the street Jack sees the posters hanging with photographs of the Fascinators' multiple eyes and various commands printed under them, such as, "Work eight hours, play eight hours, sleep eight hours," and "Marry and Reproduce." A TV set in the window of a store catches Jack's eye, but he looks away in the nick of time. When he doesn't look at the Fascinator in the screen, he can resist the command, "Stay tuned to this station." Jack rushes back home, where the landlord urges him to pack immediately. But Jack doesn’t seem to care about him, once he enters to his room the first thing he does is to disconnect the TV set. In other rooms he can hear the TV sets of his neighbours, though. Most of the time the voices are human, but now Jack hears the arrogant, strangely bird-like croaks of the aliens. "Obey the government," says one croak. "We are the government” says another. "We are your friends, you'd do anything for a friend, wouldn't you?" "Obey!" "Work!" Suddenly the phone rings. Jack picks it up. It is one of the Fascinators (Kiefer Sutherland). "Hello," it squawks. "This is your control, Chief of Police Robinson. You are an old man, Jack. Saturday morning at eight o'clock, your heart will stop. Please repeat." "I am an old man," says Jack. "Saturday morning at eight o'clock, my heart will stop." The control hangs up. "No, it won’t," whispers Jack. “What day is it?” asks the landlord, who informs him that it’s Thursday. Friday morning Jack drifting through the city and finds construction work in downtown Seattle. Fellow worker Frank (Smith) takes him to a local shantytown for food and rest, where Jack notices odd behaviour; a blind preacher urges people to take action outside a local church with shantytown member Gilbert (Robbins), a police helicopter scouts overhead and a homeless drifter (Bale) complains as a bearded man interrupts the TV signal, urging action against those in power. Jack investigates and finds the church is a front; the choir is actually an audio recording and scientific apparatus and cardboard boxes fill the room. Jack sees a wall compartment hiding another box but escapes when the preacher catches him. At night, police bulldoze the shantytown and attack its fleeing inhabitants. In the morning, Jack finds the church empty. He puts his sunglasses on and sees the aliens around him again. Every time he puts the glasses on, we see 3D effects in the film, so ironically it’s good audience interaction as they know when they’re watching 3D and when they have to put on the glasses, just like the main character. Jack buddies up with Frank, but when he explains these strange events to Frank, he just ignores him. Later on Jack confronts an alien woman at a store, who then speaks into a wristwatch notifying the others about him. Two alien police officers apprehend Jack, but he kills them, taking their guns and going on a shooting spree against aliens in a bank, while one vanishes using his wristwatch. Jack escapes, destroying an alien flying camera and taking Cable 54 assistant director Holly Thompson (Theron) hostage. At her hill-top home, Jack tries to convince her of the truth while suffering a headache from the glasses. Instead, Holly knocks him through her window and calls the police. Jack tumbles down and escapes, leaving his belongings behind. He returns to the alleyway, where he found the sunglasses, saving the box from a garbage truck. He tries convincing Frank to put on another pair, but Frank wishes no involvement as Jack is now a wanted man. The two engage in a fistfight as Jack forces the glasses onto Frank, who then sees the truth as well. We see an epic 10 minutes fistfight between Jack (Cruise) and Frank (Smith). After the fight, they joke around and rent a hotel to discuss their predicament before Gilbert contacts them, notifying of a secret meeting with others against the aliens. There, Jack and Frank are given updated contact lenses to replace their glasses and learn more from the bearded man's transmission. The aliens control Earth as their third world, causing global warming as they deplete its resources before moving onto other planets. Frank is given an alien wristwatch, a complex radio and teleportation device. The aliens primarily use a signal to disguise themselves and destroying its source will make everyone on Earth see them. Holly appears, apparently joining the cause and apologises to Jack. However the police attack the meeting, killing anyone in sight, while Jack and Frank are cornered fighting their way out. Frank accidently opens a temporary portal by throwing the watch, through which the two jump into a network of underground passages. The two find the aliens in a grand hall celebrating with their elite human collaborators. The homeless drifter from earlier, now a well-dressed collaborator, believes the two to be collaborators as well. He takes them on a tour of the passages, revealed to link the alien society, including a space travel port. A further passage leads to the basement of Cable 54 station and the source of the signal. The collaborator escapes by teleporting as the two attack their way through the building to find the broadcaster on the roof, finding Holly and taking her along. As Jack climbs to the signal broadcaster, disguised as a satellite dish, Holly kills Frank. Revealed to be a collaborator, she takes aim at Jack along with an alien police helicopter, persuading him to stop. Jack drops his gun, but then retrieves a hidden pistol from his sleeve and kills Holly. He then shoots and destroys the broadcaster and with the signal destroyed, humans discover the aliens in their midst. The End. A song fades in called They Live, Tom Cruise sings Bon Jovi style, Will Smith raps. After the end credits there’s an important scene. Saturday morning. The clock ticks at 8AM. Jack sleeps in his bed and all of a sudden opens his eyes and sighs heavily. His heart stops. Edited June 8, 2012 by The Dark Alfred Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverShark Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 (edited) Voyage to Atlantis Director: Breck Eisner Studio: Silver Shark Entertainment Genre: Adventure/Sci-Fi Cast: Will Smith (Chris Moore), James McAvoy (Dr. Mike Corben), Kevin Bacon (Edward Miller), Freida Pinto (Dr. Lee) Budget: $ 130 million Theater Count: 3,869 Rating: PG-13 Release Date: June 14th Running Time: 1 hr 55 mins Plot: The sea churns against the hard outer walls of the antique metropolis of Atlantis. But her builders see no reason to worry in that stormy night. Their buildings have withstood far worse storms. Yet suddenly, the very ground of the city starts to shake and cracks start to form in its buildings. Still the haughty people of Atlantis do not worry. Their arrogance proves to be their doom as the city´s buildings start to collapse slowly but surely and burry the people beneath them. The metropolis sinks to the thunder of storm and vanishes in the depths of the ocean. Chris Moore awakens in his bunk drenched in sweat. The journey on the sea worries him more than the expedition to follow. He, the commander of a group of mercenaries, is to ensure the safety of some scientist during a great expedition. He does not care for ancient ruins and myths and legends, but he enjoys the diversion this mission offers. Normally he and his team protect billionaires in areas of conflict. He is pulled out of his thoughts by Dr. Mike Corben, who informs him that they have arrived at their destination. The entire crew, over a hundred scientists and about fifty mercenaries, changes the ship for a submarine. They are accompanied by the billionaire Edward Miller, who finances and leads the expedition. He wants to solve one of the remaining big mysteries of the ancient world: he wants to find the legendary metropolis Atlantis. Chris Moore changes the ship for the submarine as last, as he looks around he sees stormy clouds gathering and high waves rolling towards the submarine. He asks Dr. Corben where they are and Corben tells him that they are in the very middle of the Bermuda triangle. The submarine starts on its journey and descends into the depths of the ocean. Rapidly it approaches a gigantic gap in the sea ground, which was likely formed by a recent marine quake. The team spreads out in several dozen small submarines and searches for a good entrance point. After they have found an entrance, they dive into the gap. Beyond it lays an awe-inspiring cave. A huge portal stand before the team and behind it the team finds what they have searched. They set gaze upon a large antique city, which must have sunken beneath the waves thousands of years ago. Inside the cave and therefore protected from the ocean, it has been perfectly preserved. Dr. Mike Corben and Lia Glee explore the first buildings the team happens upon. In the meantime, Chris Moore takes a few of his men to secure the underwater bay. Their scanners show some cracks inside the walls of the cave and Moore gives orders to monitor them very closely. Finally, Edward Miller joins the team. He is overwhelmed by the findings and wants to set out into the city at once. Moore cautions him not to do so, since they yet not know whether it is safe or if parts of the city are close to collapse. But Miller insists on starting the exploration and so Miller gathers his mercenaries. He orders them to be ready for all eventualities. Then the team, about thirty scientists with Dr. Corben and Lee and twenty mercenaries with Chris Moore and Edward Miller, sets out to explore. They find a huge room with antique mural paintings. Dr. Corben notices right from the start that these paintings cannot originate from just one culture. The collection of cultural assets the team finds originates from over thirty cultures from all over the world and from very different times. Miller is sure that this is the sunken city of Atlantis. The team positions floodlights and in the light one can see the former beauty of the metropolis. Some hours pass, during which the scientists explore parts of the city. But then, Chris Moore suddenly hears strange noises from the innermost part of the metropolis. Moore requests more men from the portal and then he and five of his mercenaries follow the noises. They soon get to another gigantic room, in which some figures made of stone are situated. When Chris Moore enters the room, he activates some sort of lighting. Several stones start to glow and the glow spreads over to the figures. The stone starts to fall of these figures and living beings appear underneath them. Glowing blue eyes open and gaze at the mercenaries. When the beings kill one mercenary, the rest of them open fire and one of the creatures falls into dust. The other creatures fade into the darkness. Chris Moore returns to the rest of the team immediately and asks Miller to abort the expedition. But Miller does not want his investments to be for nothing and orders the exploration to continue. Even Dr. Corben agrees with Moore that the expedition should be aborted, especially because nothing of worth, save some cultural assets, is to be found in the city. Still Miller insists they continue and demands that all available scientists and mercenaries follow him deeper into the city. Otherwise he will not allow the submarine to return to their ship. Reluctantly, the team sets out again. Several members of the team are more and more frightened, even Chris Moore has a bad feeling. Again and again, members of the team believe to see the creatures that Moore described to them. The farther they advance into the city, the more frequently the team hears noises. Suddenly Edward Miller stops the team and walks towards a pillar in the middle of yet another huge room. Moore warns Miller not to touch anything before his team has checked it, but Miller continues towards that one pillar single-mindedly. He touches the pillar and suddenly the entire city is illuminated by a blindingly bright light. After a few seconds, the team can see clearly once more. The metropolis remains well lightened. All scientists including Dr. Corben and Lee are astounded, because such a lighting technology was not believed to exist in the ancient times of Atlantis. Moore takes Miller to task, he wants to be informed how Miller knew how to activate the light. But Miller remains silent in a mysterious way. After some hours of exploration and study, the expedition team sets out once more. Miller advances faster than the team and suddenly disappears in a room. Chris Moore and Dr. Corben follow him, but they do not find the billionaire. Moore finds the entire situation to become more and more suspicious. When the two want to return to the rest of their team, they find them missing as well. Moore tries to contact his mercenaries, who inform him that the city seems to be able to move. The rest of the team finds themselves a level below Moore. The scientists tell Corben that they find relicts of more and more different cultures – going back nearly to the ice age in time. Dr. Corben tells Moore that the people of Atlantis have been called collectors in ancient texts, but until now nobody has been able to explain or prove such allegations. And they still not know the extent of knowledge the ancient people of Atlantis had. Dr. Corben and Moore start to search for a way below. Soon the find stairs, but there they also happen upon the creatures, which attacked the mercenaries before. Moore shots the creatures, but this time the bullets cannot harm them. Suddenly, they hear Miller´s voice, who speaks in some kind of ancient tongue. As Miller speaks, the creatures cease their attack at once. Miller appears out of the darkness before the two confounded men and tells them to leave the city immediately. But Moore attacks Miller, who surprisingly shows extraordinary battle techniques and is able to fend off Moore. Moore shouts at Dr. Corben to return to the rest of the expedition and to call the submarine. Hundreds of the creatures appear and surround Moore. Miller explains to him that his people have discovered the earth a long time ago and that they wanted to explore it. Over several thousands of years, they have observed the history of the world, until one day their metropolis Atlantis sunk in during the biggest storm of all times. Miller admits that his people have been arrogant and that they underestimated the forces of nature. Most of his people died in the catastrophe, only the creatures remained to watch over the sunken city. Miller is one of the last survivors, who since then have endeavored to find the city once again. Especially the cultural wealth of the metropolis is very dear to him and so he has spent thousands of years to find Atlantis. But now, Miller tells Moore, he has to return to his home to make reports. Moore demands that he and the expedition be allowed to leave Atlantis. But Miller has changed his mind, he wants to take the humans with him – as test and study subjects. Moore cannot accept that and attacks Miller once again. The guarding creatures cannot force him down and finally, Moore can escape them. Soon Moore finds the other members of the expedition and orders them to return to the bay as fast as possible. Suddenly, the city starts to quake and the creatures start to hunt the humans. Several are killed, until the team reaches the bay. Only Moore, Dr. Corben and Lee stay to destroy the city, the creature and Edward Miller once and for all – and the threat they pose to mankind. Miller appears and tries to stop them. The metropolis starts to rise from the sea ground, apparently Miller wants to lift up the sunken city to the surface. Moore places several boxes of C4 beside the pillars of the city, and Dr. Corben and Lee protect the small submarines. Suddenly, Dr. Lee turns around and knocks down Dr. Corben. Lee is one of Miller´s people as well. Moore returns to the submarines and subdues Lee. Miller too arrives at the bay and fights against Moore again. This time the battle is more balanced. When Dr. Corben comes out of stupor, Moore shouts at him to clear out with the one remaining small submarine. Corben can jump into the submarine just in time, before the creature can get him. But Moore stays behind helpless. He fights for his live, but finally Miller and his guarding creatures strike him down. The metropolis, surrounded by a sort of shield protecting it from the water, has nearly reached the surface. The expedition team can only look on. Inside the city, Miller stands in front of the fallen Moore and thanks him for his help in finding the city. Finally he is home again. But Moore only laughs at him and presses a button inside his vest. In the submarine, Dr. Carbon looks upon the rising city – he cannot do anything to stop the city from surfacing. And he knows that Moore has no chance of surviving this. Suddenly, several explosions rock the metropolis. The C4 detonates and the pillars and more and more buildings collapse. The city crumbles unto itself and sinks to the ground of the ocean once more, but this time never to be found again. Atlantis has been destroyed forever. The knowledge kept there, as well as the threats that came with it. Neither of these things will ever see the light of the world again. 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SilverShark Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 (edited) Red Skin Director: Clint Eastwood Studio: Silver Shark Entertainment Genre: Western/Drama Cast: Clint Eastwood (Michael Hammer), Emma Stone (Lilly Hammer), Alex Meraz (Black Feather) , Wes Studi (Little Crow), Liam Cunningham (General Rodes), David Thewlis (Niklas Riemer) Budget: $ 35 million Theater Count: 3,074 Rating: R Release Date: October 18th Running Time: 2 hrs 24 mins Plot: At night four warriors of the Dakota enter the area of the settlers in New Ulm. They are looking for food. Five settlers see the “redskins” and open fire. But the warrior can hide and kill the settlers. Michael Hammer is a farmer in this region and hates all the “redskins”. He never understood how the government can allow them to stay in the country. His daughter Lilly is in conflict with the view of her father because she understands the Indian. One day she walks in the near forest and meets the Indian Black Feather. Lilly and Black Feather become friends and soon they fall in love. Its a new experience for both of them because they only knew people from their own. Michael comes to know about the relationship of his daughter and the “redskin” and goes enrage. Due to his rage Lilly flees from New Ulm and hides in the forest to meet Black Feather of the Dakota. Soon he comes and takes her with him to his tribe. Meanwhile Michael stirs the settler into action to search for his daughter. The next day over thirty men start the search. Soon they find a camp of the Dakota and burn it down to the ground. Near the camp the settlers rest for the night. But they chose the wrong place to rest. The vengeance of the Dakota comes at night when they murder almost everybody. Only Michael and four other settler get spared and can return to New Ulm to tell everybody what awaits any settler who tries to kill any Indian. Desperately Michael returns to New Ulm with their message. Before he leaves he spots Black Feather on a hill near to Little Crow, the chieftain of the Dakota. Black Feather nods to Michael. At least he knows now that Lilly is alive. Back at New Ulm some dozen of soldiers of a near fort have come. Niklas Riemer is the sheriff in the city and welcomes the soldier. He tells General Rodes about the attacks of the Dakota. Rodes also takes Michael to task about the happenings. Then he sends a messenger to call for more troops. At night somebody knocks on Michael Hammers door. Its Lilly and Black Feather. Michael hugs Lilly and also welcomes the “redskin”. He thanks him for protecting his daughter which makes Lilly very happy. To see her father accepting and respecting an Indian and showing a new less racist face is all Lilly ever wanted. Suddenly some soldiers rush to the house of Michael and arrest Black Feather. The next day Black Feather get tortured in the public by the soldiers because they want to know where the main camp of the Dakota is. At the square the people watch it and laughs about the “redskin”. Michael and Lilly are imprisoned due to their contact to the “redskin”. Also some scouts of the Dakota watch the torture of Black Feather and report to Little Crow. The chieftain tries to calm down his tribe but they want vengeance for the atrocities of the settler. So all the warriors of the Dakota start a march. At the evening they reach New Ulm and start the attack. The soldiers of Rodes shoot many Indian but then the Dakota breach the wall and storm inside. The soldiers and settlers fall to the swinging axes but some still fight and defend the square where the remaining troops wait for the called troops. At the dead of night Michael and Lilly get freed by Rodes himself and are taken to the square too. They want everybody to stop but nobody listen. Rodes threatens to kill Black Feather but the Dakota don´t stop. So Rodes aims at Black Feather and shoots. But he doesn´t hit the “redskin” but Michael Hammer who protects the Indian. Lilly screams when the lifeless body of her father hits the ground. Everybody stops fighting after this heroic act. Even Rodes can´t do anything but stare at Michael Hammer who always was a racist. But now he saved the life of a “redskin”. The Dakota leaves New Ulm with Black Feather but they swear revenge for every single atrocity of the settler. The settler and soldiers bury Michael Hammer and will honor him. All of them experienced how a man can change his view but in the end there will be only ashes from the past day and heroic acts like Hammers will be forgotten. Edited June 12, 2012 by SilverShark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthdevidem01 Posted June 14, 2012 Share Posted June 14, 2012 (edited) -- KARATE KONG -- Director: Chris Buck, Kevin Lima Studio: Perseus Animation Studio Genre: Action/Adventure/Animation Cast: Jay Baruchel (Kong), Mandy Moore (Clover), Ron Perlman (Karate Kun), Robin Williams (Sir Houndly), Peter Dinklage (Hooters) Budget: $ 150 Million Theater Count: 4,000 ... 3D & Imax 3D Rating: Universal Release Date: May 10-12 Running Time: 1hr 50min Plot: Kong (a gorilla) was found in the forest, abandoned, and then went on to grew up in a family of monkeys. His adopted father (Karate Kun -- Ron Perlman) ) was one of the most famous Karate Monkeys in the world. The children apart from Kong all learnt Karate really well. Kong was too massive and different from them to be able to perform the moves well. Whenever he tried something went wrong. Other children and their mothers all laughed at Kong, never respected him, nor did the village. He was seen a “failure” as a son. Karate Kun however never ever made Kong feel bad, he would always tell him...if you wish for it and if you truly want it, it will be yours. Kong knew wishing wasn’t hard enough, or maybe he didn’t really want to be a Karate master. Time passed slowly and Kong was in his teen years...his other brothers were getting close to getting the title of “Karate” before their name One day the monkeys tree is ambushed by a tribe, they are all rounded up and taken to the main camp for reasons they don’t know. The soldiers show a lot of banter while doing this, they look at Kong and think he’s too fat, no point in taking him and they kick him away as they take rest of the apes. Kong tried to run after them but Karate Kun tells him to stop and save himself. Elsewhere in a camp deep in the forest a hairy chest is seen coming out of a bath tub. A man (Sir Gregorious Houndly -- Robin Williams) with a distinct australian accent and a higher than normal pitched voice tells his comical group of workers surrounding him that they must prepare for the arrival of the monkeys. His workers reply by saying, Yes Sir Houndly. For the first time Kong has to venture into the jungle, he is completely clueless as to what to do and we see him stumbling round the jungle that looks more and more deadly. That’s when he meets and Owl named Hooters (Peter Dinklage). Hooters laughs at Kong and tells him he is too clumsy for his own good. Karate Kong tells Hooters how he is upset that he couldn’t save his family, he was too fat and big boned to learn Karate! He is sick of being a burden on people, and to think the men who caught his family were afraid of him. Hooters tells Kong that there’s a reason the men were afraid of him; he tells Kong that he is a type of monkey that rules over all other monkeys. He tells Kong that he must use his brute strength to save his family. Sir Houndly is shown talking about the great circus, how it must be the best. His group of scared servants are told that they need squirrels, he asks if the catchers are on their way back. Meanwhile Kong continues his journey through the forest, this tim in order to try to get stronger. He gets trapped by a group of red squirrels. The tribe learns that he is harmless; they tell him about the people that are kidnapping animals and what they are made to do in the cruel prison (the circus). Here Kong befriends a squirrel named Clover (Mandy Moore). The Leader of tribe says a plan has been hatched to free the squirrels that were kidnapped a few hours back, they are on their way to the main circus camp. The plan utilizes the speed and small size of the squirrels...kong takes part in plan in a minor way. The mission succeeds, it shows Kong how size doesn’t matter; it’s how you use it that counts. Clover thanks Kong for his help and Kong decides to leave as he feels he’s learnt an important lesson here. A few weeks pass and a montage is shown of Kong getting stronger in the forest. The Grand Northern Circus is finally open for people to come and enjoy it. The hoardings say it is the maiden show tonight. Sir Houndly is speaking to the trainer who’s telling him that the monkeys aren’t ready to be used in the ring of fire event, they need more training. Sir Houndly says that the star of their show is going to be monkeys doing stunts as they jump accross a ring of fire and that it will be done no matter what. Back in the forest Kong knows he has to go the circus and stop it from moving after todays show, he has Hooters and Clover to help him. Clovers squirrels once again came under attack and her brother was kidnapped too. Hooters says that he’ll fly around the circus to get a feel of where everything is. Hooters can then tell Clover information who can get to Kong and tell him about it. The three friends say good luck to each other and Hooters flies off heading for the circus. Kong take clover into his hands and asks her if she’s ready to go, clover jumps onto his shoulder and says yes. Kong travels through the forest, not clumsily anymore but with great finesse, moving from branch to branch as organically as the wind sways through the forest.(This scene takes a first person view from time to time). Kong sees Hooters coming back and he tells him that the circus is about to start, he must hurry! Kong reaches circus and sneaks into the massive circus tent, he has to get back stage! But its too late, the act thats about to start is the one with his old family of monkeys trying to cross fire hoops. Sir Houndly introduces the act with great vigor, he says its the first ever fire jumping act done by monkeys in the world, its dangerous but will be legendary!! The act will begin NOW! Kong sees his poor father going first to perform the act, it looks like they haven’t even fed him well. Clover tells Kong that she’ll create a distraction. Clover goes up on to the stage and climbs up sir houndly and bites him in the ear. Sir Houndly drops the mike and falls off the stage, just then Kong jumps on to the stage and frees his family. Sir Houndly screeches to the circus staff and tells them to stop everyone from escaping. The family of monkeys use karate to defend themselves and to stop the guards from attacking them while Kong uses his skills in fighting. Sir Houndly is shown getting up and looking furious at the turn of events. He says that this will be a circus to remember and tells Barty to initiate Act FIRA! The entire stage of the circus becomes surrounded by fire rings. The audience loves the act and begins applauding, still unaware that anything has gone wrong. Kong and his family don’t know what to do, the animals on the stage stat screeching and start panicking. Hooters swoops down to tell Kong that he needs to make the water tank outside the circus fall so the water will drain into the tent. All the monkeys are too afraid of the fire. The elephant is really panicked and knocks over a ring with its trunk, the ring falls and sets the backstage alight Sir Houndly is heard cackling and cries for MORE DRAMA! We hear Barty calling Sir Houndly’s Walkie Talkie and tells him that there’s still staff backstage and that none of this was in the plan for the night. Sir Houndly replies saying the only plan for today was to make a circus worth remembering...FOREVER! Clover is worried about her brother and the other animals backstage. Karate Kun says that he’ll help lift Kong up so that he can jump through the ring of fire, but only if he thinks he is up for it. Kong agrees to it, theres no other way to save the animals. The audience loves the stunt Kong pulls, they still think this is all a part of the show! Meanwhile Clover rushes back stage to find her brother and other squirrels, the fire had started to spread, she screams her Brothers name! Kong rushes outside and finds the water tank, as he climbs it the tank begins to sway. Clover finds her brother & the other squirrels, they escape but their exit route is covered with fire. A pot of oil falls and the fire starts spreading towards them. Kong uses his hands to move the water tank and almost tips it over, but the tank gets caught on the rim, his final try gets him to jump on the tank and push it over, he falls to the ground with the tank. Clover and the other squirrels run back as the fire starts catching up to them. Kong runs into the circus as the water comes in behind him, he uses the light in the 10th row to jump on to the stage once again. The water extinguishes the flames just as they almost reach Clover. The entire circus gets filled with water! ALL PART OF THE PLANNN -- Howls Sir Houndly. He commands Barty to drop the cosmetic rocks on to the stage! Barty doesn’t reply, he gives the command again and midway through we see his head being hit by a walkie talkie. Barty says, fool! He takes hold of SIr Houndy’s walkie talkie and commands the audience to leave the tent for their own safety, the show is over! The animals all hit the fire rings at their base so that they fall into the water and the fire gets extinguished. Flashforward to a feast in celebration of the homecoming. Kong is given the name Karate before his name as his family accepts him! Edited June 26, 2012 by darthdevidem01 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Impact Posted June 16, 2012 Share Posted June 16, 2012 Okay here it is. A sci fi comedy that would get loads of laughs...Not sure how it would do though. ;)Invasion of the Plant MenSci-Fi ComedyCast: Jason Segal,Plot: On one night in 1963 a couple are at the drive through making out (isn't that what they are always doing?). Right then a giant space ship flies into the screen. Out comes a creature that looks like a giant plant. The couple runs and then gets killed. *Title screen appears*. We then see a couple of scientists checking out stuff and see the odd ship. They then realize that it is a intergalatic battle about to happen. Phone calls are happening everywhere. Enter in Lt. John Steel (Segal). A Navy Seal who is ready to fight against the plant men.Steel is joined by a scientists beautiful young daughter, Daisy Mills who tells him she is ready to kick some butt! The 2 of them go around destroying the plant men. Or so they think as they continue to grow and grow until havoc is raised around there peaceful town! Things get worse until, they manage to find a way to destroy them. By fire of course! So they evacuate the town and kill the evil space plants. The movie then ends with:"The End....?"Rated PG-13 for sci fi violence, some disturbing images and thematic elements and language.Budget: 50MRuntime: 86 minutes.September 13th3,046 theaters.I know its a really short plot-but use your imagination to how funny this could be Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riczhang Posted June 17, 2012 Share Posted June 17, 2012 (edited) Thane of the Flies Director: Kenneth Baranagh Studio: Arcturus Films Genre: Historical Drama/Sci-fi Cast: Gary Oldman as Macbeth TIlda Swinton as Lady Macbeth Viggo Mortensen as Banquo Guy Pearce as King Duncan Colin Firth as Macduff Meryl Streep as Lady Macduff Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Malcolm Daniel Day-Lewis as The Porter Helena Bonham Carter as Hecate Alexander Ludwig as Ralph Eddie Alderson as Jack Merridew Ethan Jamieson as Piggy Jack Quaid as Simon Cayden Boyd as Roger Christain Bale as Lord of the Flies Maggie Smith, Winona Ryder, and Saoirse Ronan as The Three Witches Score:Alexander Desplat Budget: $55 million Theater Count: 57 [27 November] 294 [6 December] 3014 [13 December] Rating: PG-13 Release Date: 27 November [Limited] 13 December [Wide] Running Time: 2 hrs 11 mins Plot: We start off with the meeting of The Lord of the Flies, and the Three witches as they discuss their plans: Excerpt from the Opening Scene First Witch: So we meet again. Second Witch: You are looking well, my friend. Third Witch: We’ve brought our four, have you yours? Lord of the Flies: Only just. Second Witch: Lost in a world only too close to one they know, / Each will choose their side, in hopes of a way to home they’ll go Third Witch: Blood civil or savage, hands empty or unclean, / Plans are forged behind a wicked eye’s gleam. Lord of the Flies: A toast to the curious mind’s desires! First Witch: Cheers to the one who cowers Second Witch: Cheers to the one who conspires Third Witch: Cheers to the one who is pure. Lord of the Flies: And cheers to the one who devours All: And cheers, to all of us, the liars! Macbeth awakes from stasis in a windowless room aboard a futuristic starship, followed in suit by the rest of the Macbeth characters. The Macbeth characters explore the room, as if looking for the enemy, ready to engage. In a separate room on the same starship, Ralph awakes from stasis, followed by the rest of the Lord of the Flies characters as well, but they explore the room with a kind of childish delight. Macbeth attempts to take charge, but King Duncan steps in, and seizes control, much to Macbeth's displeasure. King Duncan makes Macbeth his advisor, and further spites Macbeth by making his son, Malcolm, his second in Command. Duncan then sends the group off exploring in twos, Duncan and Malcolm, Lord and Lady Macduff, and Lord and Lady Macbeth. Banquo gives them candles and tells them to meet back when the candle is half burnt. Ralph takes control with the Lord of the flies (LotF) group, but his authority is challenged by Jack, and Piggy protests this dictatorship, until Ralph explodes at them, temporarily keeping the peace, but Jack is still furious. They go off exploring in groups of two, Piggy and Simon, Ralph and Roger, and Jack and his crew of choristers. Both sides search high and low for food, and resources, and they discover a window, the Macbeth crowd thinks that they're looking at a black veil dotted with many candles, and Macbeth has a paranoia moment as he is driven insane with the prospect of having an unknown, and there fore unpredictable enemy. The LotF crowd identifies it as space, and throughout the course of the day, they mood of both camps grows gradually lower and lower, as an eerie atmosphere descends upon the ship, and both camps do not meet, though they have had a few close calls, as the LotF team catches glimpses of fluttering robes around corners, and vice versa. Later that night, Lady Macbeth pushes Macbeth into killing the King, with no success. Lord of the Flies and the Three Witches and Hekate visit Macbeth in his dreams, and prophecises Macbeth's destiny as king and that he will only be defeated by that who is not born of woman, and finally convinces Macbeth to kill the King. When the morning arises, chaos breaks out, and Malcolm runs for it fearing his life, as the King's son, and his second in command. Macbeth is now promoted to leader, and immediately begins setting out his agenda, making the entire camp more militaristic. MacDuff stands quietly on the sidelines, but he is visibly disturbed by Macbeth's actions. As Roger and Ralph look for food, Roger suggests that they should leave the others behind, as "They don't have the will to survive", Ralph is disgusted at this, but Roger vows to turn him around. In the meantime, Malcolm runs into Jack and his choristers who have just found water, and after a moment of surprise, and some fist fighting, Malcolm explains his story, and Jack takes pity of him, and takes him in. Macbeth is haunted by his murder of Duncan, and begins to see enemies everywhere, prompting him to resolve to kill Banquo, his best friend. Lady Macduff has gotten tired, and goes for a nap, and Banquo promises to keep watch over her, as her Husband has left earlier this morning to go out in search of Malcolm. LotF, and The three witches visit her in her sleep and shows her a vision of Macbeth killing Banquo, Then they warn her of her impending death, and tells her to "Enjoy your stay, Milady." Macbeth wakes up Lady Macduff, and when Banquo is found missing, he acts very cold, and unfeeling to her, prompting her to question his authority, which leads to a prompt killing of Lady Macduff by Macbeth. Macduff stumbles upon Banquo's body, and draws lines from that to Macbeth, which causes him to become uncontrollably angry, and he redoubles his efforts to find Malcolm, before it is too late, and he too stumbles upon Jack, and the group. Macduff tries to convince Malcolm to come back, and fight, but Malcolm is too scared to, and refuses. Then they meet up with the rest of the LotF group, which under Roger and Ralph have found some food, however it is only enough to feed 2 people. When Simon reaches for the food Ralph says "No" to him, because "There's only enough food to feed two people, and it only makes sense that it goes to me and Roger." which leads to a row, and Simon is killed by Ralph as he struggles, while Roger feeds words of evil into Ralph's ear. Ralph looks at the body, and tells piggy that he now has something to eat, prompting Piggy to back off traumatised. Roger asks for permission to go and kill Piggy as "He'll feed us for another few days, and if he isn't going to be helpful otherwise....." which Ralph gives. Ralph picks up the dropped apple from Simon's dead hands, and takes a bite out of it, and suddenly comes to his senses. He breaks down over Simon's body, and when Roger comes back dragging Piggy's body in, Ralph accuses Roger of corrupting him, and sending him to hell. Roger denies it and claims that he didn't make Ralph do anything, and that Ralph enjoyed all this. Ralph inflamed by this, kills Roger. At this time, Ralph notices Malcolm and Macduff standing with Jack's choristers, and hears out their story. He believes that he can redeem himself by the toppling Macbeth out of his place of power, and manages to convince Malcolm to join him. They arrive to see Macbeth in the same room as Lady Macduff's dead body, which spurs Macduff into pious rage, and he charges to Macbeth. Those two fight, while the choristers and the rest of the people take on Macbeth's lackeys. Lady Macbeth on the other hand, has been visited by the Lord of the flies, and the witches as they slowly drive her insane, and she kills herself strangling herself. Macbeth is slowly being pushed back by Macduff, and finally after Macduff reveals how he was ripped from his mother's womb, that Macbeth exposes his torso, and a well timed kick by Macduff floors Macbeth, and his neck is promptly snapped by Macduff, as he gets his revenge for his wife's death. The lackeys all surrender, and run away after Macbeth is dead, and the main cast members all sit on the floor, bloodied, and battered as they contemplate the events that have just happened. LotF, and the witches return one last time as they say: Excerpt Last Scene: First Witch: The night is quiet. Second Witch: too quiet for my taste. Third Witch: Shall we cause another stir? First Witch: Savage blood and unclean hands, LotF: Lives severed from foolish plans First: Of innocence that isn’t lost Second: Savagery that has a cost. Third: This game has reached its final end. LotF: It’s time to start another, my dear wise friends. Then the screen fades to black, as the witches and LotF vanishes in puffs of white smoke. Edited June 19, 2012 by riczhang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4815162342 Posted June 17, 2012 Author Share Posted June 17, 2012 I need a theater count for December 13th Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riczhang Posted June 17, 2012 Share Posted June 17, 2012 I need a theater count for December 13thSorry about that, it's fixed now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Impact Posted June 17, 2012 Share Posted June 17, 2012 Do I smell a gimic release date film here? Nah And any comparisons to Black Sunday are well, okay yeah ;)Yes this plot is short for me even :lol:Horror at the SuperbowlThrillerCast: Dennis Quaid, Samuel L. JacksonPlot: The Superbowl has been set in motion with the 2 biggest teams of the year ready to play. But the night before, CIA director Tom Mitchell Quaid) gets intel that a bomb has been placed in the stadium. He contacts the head of the NFL, George Hutson (Jackson) who tells him to calm down, but they will look into it. The morning before people are getting in they both look around but don't find any bomb. But soon as people are getting in a giant explosion happens at the bleachers. Soon people are trapped under them and the 2 men must save them. They also have to track down the terrorists responsable for this act. With them kicking butt and tons of action along the way. The 2 men finally find the men responsable and arrest them and save the people under the bleachers.Rated R for strong violence, thematic elements, scenes of terror, strong language and blood.February 1st3,329 theaters.34M budget.Runtime: 110 minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riczhang Posted June 17, 2012 Share Posted June 17, 2012 (edited) The Coming Storm “Enmity the strongest of them all” Director: Stephen Daldry Producers: Scott Rudin, Steven Spielberg, Graham King [Executive], and David Heyman [Executive] Studio: Arcturus Films and Elliptical Entertainment Genre: Action/Thriller/Historical Format: 3D Cast: Paul Bettany as Crown Prince Albert [The King's Brother] Hugh Grant as King Henry V Skandar Keynes as Prince David [The Crown Prince's son] Sergio Castellitto as General Winchowski Ben Barnes as Aiden Damien Bichir as The Aruedian Ambassador Demi Moore as Elizabeth Score: Alberto Iglesias Original Song: "The Coming Storm" - Regina Spektor Cinematograher: Roger Deacon Budget: $155 million Theater Count: 3921 Rating: PG-13 Release Date: 31 May Running Time: 2 hrs 15 mins Plot: The movie opens with a dramatic shot as the camera flys down a cliff, and along a creek, where it meets up with and follows an arrow. The arrow flys through some foliage, and the scene fades to black, and the title sequence begins, as the sound of dozens of arrows being shot back towards the attacker is heard. The King is rushed off his horse as he, and his companions rides into the royal mews, and his arm is bleeding fairly quickly, and doctors bandage off his arm. One companion, Lord North the King's Personal Secretary, steps off to the side, and is heard saying to the King's head of security, Aiden, "That's the third time this month, and the first time his majesty's been maimed, we must redouble our efforts to dissuade him from going out, and make sure you increase majesty's security." The Crown Prince is delivered a sealed note, he breaks open the wax seal, glances at it and looks frustrated, and angrily dismisses the courier. He sets it down on his desk, and angrily writes what could be a reply on it. At that time, the King flanked by advisers walk into the chamber, and The Crown Prince hurriedly hides the note in his robes. The note drops from his robes, and lands in a dark corner underneath his desk. The King's arm is injured, and tied up in clothe, with traces of red seeping through the clothe. He unfurls a map of the Kingdom; the map is marked with black x's, as well as red and blue symbols. The King points at the blue symbols, and says "Our troops are here, and here, and Winchowski's Aruedian Troops are approaching from the north here, and here. Our lookouts also report of an Armada of about 200 strong coming in. We are outgunned, and out manned. I need you, to lead the Navy at the Tynesdale, and engage them before they have a chance to overrun our land. Kill Linchowski if you can, the armada will be nothing without their leader. The great weakness of the Aruedians, their armies are so machine like the soldiers can't think for themselves anymore, they need a general. And if we can get rid of the general..."The King clenches his fist tightly, "then we can get rid of them." The Crown Prince tries to protest against the logic of such an engagement, but the King shuts him down, and the Crown Prince chokes out a "Yes, Majesty." before the King and his Advisers storm out of the room. The Prince's son, David, comes into the room, and to see his father angrily slashing at a Parchment, writing a note. He approaches his father, and his father looks up. They engage in a conversation that establishes the Prince’s displeasure with the King, and reveals him to be the mastermind behind the assassinations. He also tells his son to wait for his instructions while he sets of for Tynesdale, and that he already has plans. The next scene shows the expanse of Linchowski's navy, and at the centre of the armada is the biggest, tallest, and longest ship of them all. The camera zooms onto the ship, and pans along the deck, and follows a well clothed, and dressed man into the the captain's chamber to the stern of the ship. The man is General Linchowski, and he steps into his lavishly decorated chamber, and steps around the table with maps spread out all over it, to kneel in front of a shrine. He bows and prays to the shrine to his God, praying for a Aruedian victory, and to rid Carpatha of “The Bastions of Evil” The scene cuts to Aruedian army that's approaching on land, approaching the still mildly snow covered mountain ranges that them from Carpatha. Clouds gather in the distance, and the faint sound of thunder can be heard. The Prince is seen back facing the camera, giving unintelligible instructions to a pair of hooded figures, and the pair nod, and reply "Yes, highness." and the Prince nods satisfied, and dismisses them with a jerk of his head. But suddenly he remembers something, and calls them back, the figures turn around, and look back to the Prince. The Prince says grimly, "Remember, out in the open, and don't hurt anyone you don't have to. No need to create more panic than there already will be. And remember, if you say anything to anyone..." The prince makes a drawing motion against his neck, and jerks his head towards the door. The hooded figures bow again, and leave. The Prince is in the royal mews, armoured up, and mounting his horse. His aids saddle up beside, and behind him, each horse laden with some supplies. The Prince begins to motion to leave, but the King comes in at that moment, also armoured up. The Prince looks at the King in surprise, and asks him where he is going with his armour. The King replies, "Just seeing you off, my brother. Then, I'm leaving for the garrison up north, near Stratford where the path through the mountains lead. We'll defend them from there, it's a small and narrow path, we'll engage them there." The king lets out a chuckle, "If we're lucky, the weather will take care of them, not too late in spring for a snowstorm yet." The prince wishes him well as well and tells him to be careful with his hurt arm, and the King returns back into the castle. The Prince calls for his son, and David comes soon after from the back of the mews. The Prince whispers into David's ear, "The King's going up to the garrison near Stratford, arrange for our friends to give him a surprise will you?" The Prince without waiting for a reply, motions for his group to depart, and they gallop out of the mews, and into the city. The Prince rides off in the country-side flanked by his crew, and the scene cuts to the port of Tynedale where all the citizens are rushing around frantically stocking up on supplies and preparing for war, as alarm bells ring. Messengers shout "Aruedian Fleet 7 days away, prepare for war, prepare the ships, all capable men are needed, by order of the King!" The Aruedian fleet battle the waters, and the rough waves slam at the sides of the boat. Some water is sloshed over the side and into the deck, but their progress is relentless. Chanting is heard from the decks, as all the soldiers are kneeling, praying, their voices overlap, and form an almost lyrical melody. Back in the capital, the ambassador from Aruedia is engaged in unintelligible confrontation with the King as the King still dressed in his armour sweeps down the hallway, with the ambassador in tow. “Majesty, there is a storm coming, and it will assault you from all sides, until all of Carpatha is stripped bare of its wealth, and returned to the rightful god!” the ambassador shouts at the King. The Ambassador then turns around, and prepares to leave as the King shouts, “I too have a storm, sir, and it will rip, Aruedia to shreds, one ship at a time! Out, Out, Out!” “As you wish, majesty,” the ambassador replies before he turns around and sweeps out of the room. The King noticeably enraged, storms down to the mews, and mounts his horse, all the while muttering about “Bloody Aruedians, God’s Will, and setting them straight, and etc.” He and his Calvary of at least a thousand strong gallop in unison out of the city gates, and into the country side, before the camera pans to the mountains of the north with the dark grey clouds forming behind them. The Prince approaches and the city of Tynsdale is spread out in front of him from his vantage point on the top of a hill. The village is now alive with smoke billowing out of chimneys, and the sound of forges, and metal clanking as the blacksmiths churn out more and more armour, weapons, and supplies. The masts of the war ships in the port can be seen rising above roofs of the houses. The Prince pushes his horse on, and gallops straight down the hill, and into the town. Inside the command building, the Prince takes off some of his riding gear, and changes into robes, as advisers, and naval commanders flock around him with maps, and intelligence. The Aruedian armada is still about 3 days away by estimate, but the good news is that the sea’s volatility is inhibiting their movement, and that might buy them a half day to a day at most. The Prince orders the preparation of rammers, and half of their ships to go out to sea, to meet them off the coast, and engage when in range. The other half of the fleet were to be readied as a last defense, positioned close to the port. The advisers bombard him with more advice, requests, and information, as the Prince gets increasingly more frustrated before he angrily orders them to all shut up, or get out. The Prince then seemingly remembers where he is, and recovers, excuses himself, and blames it on the stress. He clasps his hands together, and gives a quick prayer as the Camera revolves around him, the scene cuts to an aerial shot of the Port, as people are seen readying the ships, and naval officers are boarding, and loading supplies onboard, as some of the ships docked closer to the sea are already preparing to depart pulling their sails up. Back in the capital, the ambassador from Aruedia is seen sneaking around the Prince’s chamber looking for something, but he accidently knocks over a paperweight, and he jumps before hurriedly replacing it. Footsteps are heard approaching and he is forced to hide underneath the desk when the chamberlain comes in to check up on the noise. The Chamberlain sees nothing, and contentedly leaves, but as the ambassador gets out of his hiding space, he spots a piece of parchment fallen in a remote corner of the desk, and he picks it up, and reads it. It is the note that the Prince accidently dropped earlier in the film when the King dropped by unannounced, and it is a note from the assassins informing the Prince of their failure. The Prince had a half written response on it, and the ambassador smiles connivingly when he finishes reading the note, and says “Oh, how strong is the enmity even between the binds of blood. As I said, Majesty, there’s a storm coming, and it’s going to blow you off your feet. I’ll be off now, and let your own differences to rip yourselves apart.” The ambassador drops the note on the desk, for someone else to find, and sweeps from the room. The King approaches the garrison; it is a fairly large garrison, built into the mountain itself, and countless soldiers are already seen milling about in the garrison, getting ready, preparing. The King leads a Calvary of 1000 strong riding behind him, and from the mountain’s vantage point, a thousands of troops are marching across the plains towards the garrison. As the King rides into the garrison, all the soldiers bow at the neck, and clear out of his path. The King rides until he reaches the front door of the Keep, and dismounts with ease, before walking into the keep. The doors are about to close behind him but before they fully close, a rapid galloping is heard behind them as a scout is returning, with his horse out of breathe. The King recognises the scout uniform, and turns around, and rushes towards the scout. The scout shouts out that the enemy is 3 days away, then realises that he spoke without being addressed, and quickly averts his eyes, but the King waves him off, to symbolise his forgiveness. The king then gestures to the scout, and both of them make their way into the keep. The scene cuts to an aerial shot of the path through the mountains where a blockade is erected, and soldiers are guarding it, and forming a human blockade both at the barrier, and on the mountains surround it. The newly arriving soldiers are being shown to the barracks, now overflowing, and then promptly assigned to the blockade. On the other side of the mountain, the soldiers are approaching the foot of the mountain, and the clouds are very dark, and the sound of thunder is prominent, and then a deafening clash of thunder momentarily puts a stop to the army’s rhythm. The commanders at the front of the army look back to the huge, black cloud fast approaching. A storm is brewing, and the commanders are anxious, but they decide to push on citing “God’s will” will help them, and the entire army prays before setting off. Mostly not on the path. The next scene cuts to the army progressing through mountains, most of them are climbing through the mountains, just a few maybe 10% are progressing through the path. As they go, the clouds arrive above them, and the first flakes of snow, very small flakes, begin to fall. The maid comes into the Prince’s chamber, and begins to clean, and as she gets to the desk, she doesn’t see anything out of the ordinary, and continues cleaning until she reaches the desk, and as she’s tidying up the desk, and making sure everything is in order, she notices the paper, and instantly grabs it up, and begins to panic. She reads the paper, and immediately rushes out of the room. The camera follows her as she quickly runs down the hallway, coming close to falling more than once as she rushes past the grand hallways and the spiralling staircases until she stumbles into the Aiden, the King’s head of security’s chambers. Aiden looks up in surprise, and inquires to her business, but she is still too shocked to properly form words, and after a few attempts at trying, she just shoves the paper into Aiden’s hand. Aiden reads it, and recoils. He seizes her by the arms, and shakes her a few times, asking if she’s sure that its real, and the maid just nods, saying that she found it on his desk, just lying there. Aiden looks satisfied, before dismissing the maid. The maid runs out of the door, and the camera pans to reveal the King’s son, David, holding a stack of books, intending to go in to see Aiden, before he heard the exchange, now standing in the shadows visibly shocked. He hurriedly sets the stack of books by the door, and writes a note saying that he just left, saying that he was too busy to stop by and deliver them personally. The next scene shows David, a bag slung over his back holding supplies, approaching, mounting, and setting off on a horse in one swift, and fluid motion, and he guns the horse at full speed out of the mews, and out of the city, to warn his father of the imminent danger. Aiden and his second-in-charge, Peter, a young man with a bubbly attitude, meet in a secluded room in the castle; the floors and the furniture are covered with light dust, and look unused. Peter arrives, and looks at David, who’s looking very grim, and looks confused. Aiden tells Peter of the situation, tells him to keep quiet, and sends him to go get an arrest warrant from the King, and Aiden sets off to go arrest the Prince, without a warrant. Peter just nods at this, and turns away with a quick salute, and sets off for the garrison. The next scene shows cuts between, David, and Aiden both riding like the wind towards Tynesdale, David is about an hour to two hours ahead of Aiden, however, Aiden is catching up as David’s horse is tiring. They ride through the night, both stopping for minimal breaks. Dramatic music is building up between them, showing the tension between David, who’s music is in the minor key, and Aiden, who’s music is in the major key. The tension between the keys builds up, as each key progressively fights for dominance, especially as the scene goes on and both of them are nearing Tynesdale, and the gap between them diminishing. The Aruedian Armada is spotted in the distance from Tynesdale, and the alarm bells begin to toll again, as the Prince emerges at the top of the watch tower, and observes the scene below. Ships already in the distance, begin to move towards the Armada to engage them, and the ships close to shore begin to move into formation. Cannons and catapults are being dragged to battlements and along the shoreline cliff as a last defense to the incoming invasion. In the distance the first explosion is heard as cannons are fired. The sound of weak clashes is heard, as the camera reveals a snowy atmosphere. The snow is blowing so thick that it is difficult to see anything. The Aruedian army is being massacred as the Camera flies over the mountain ranges revealing the weak, or perished Aruedian troops that are still trying to cross the mountain. Even on the path, some corpses are lying there, as the few who make it are cold, tried, hungry, dehydrated, and barely put up a fight, they’re like pigs lining up to get slaughtered as the Carpathan army picks the few that make it through the mountain, and through the pass with relative ease. The seas are churning as the Carpathan, and Aruedian navy battle it out on the water, with the Carpathan navy being outgunned, but still hanging in there strong, as shots are exchanged. Many boats on both sides are already showing signs of wear and tear from the battle with holes in the hull, sails, and etc. from the cannon balls. Cutting to the command tower, the Prince cringes every-time a Carpathan boat is hit, and nervously watches the battle being fought. He quickly re-evaluates the situation, and sends ten more ships out to the battle, but still leaving around100 ships scattered closer to shore. He then sends about 30 ships or so to circle around the battle, and attempt a pincer movement on the Armada. At the hill David looks down at the village, as the minor motif returns again, and builds up to a climax behind him, as he rushes down the hill and into the city, and rides continuously through the now fairly empty winding roads all the way to the command house. The scene cuts to the Prince once again standing at the top of the Watch Tower, pacing, and watching with continued nervousness as more Carpathan ships perish, and the progress of the Aruedian’s is still steady, slowed down, but steady. Then, the minor motif starts again in the background very faintly, before a breathless David, bursts onto the roof, and shouts, “Father there you are!” The Prince snaps around, and looks very surprised, and confused, before asking “Why are you here? I told you to stay put!” David quickly rushes into a breathless explanation of the events, and the Prince’s expression quickly changes to one of fear. David picks up on this, and reassures his father that they still needed to get the warrant from the king before coming to arrest him, and that he still has a few days time, while they make their journey from Stratford all the way down to Tynesdale. The Prince makes a comment about having to pack immediately, and go into hiding, prompting David to ask about what he should do. The Prince replies that David will be safe, as the King will not kill David, as he doesn’t have a heir, and would rather the throne pass to family than a stranger. David makes an objection of wanting to stay with father, but the Prince cuts him off telling him to do it for his dead mother, and that he promised her that he’d keep David safe. The Prince chokes up for a moment but presses on telling David again about how great she was, how she helped the Prince see the light about the King’s incompetency. David looks up at his father, eyes slightly watery, and nods, “Can I stay the night, Father, and I’ve travelled a long ways.” The Prince nods at David, and sweeps away from roof, but not before stopping, turning back, and giving his son a hug. David looks surprised, but accepts it anyways. “NO!” The king shouts, as he is shown the note by Peter, they are standing alone in the King’s office, and the King looks stunned, and shock, as he repeatedly tries to refute it, but Peter just tells the King to refer back to the note. The King comes close to an emotional breakdown, whispering, “I trusted him, he was my BROTHER!” Peter averts his eyes from this private moment, before tentatively moving close to the King, and presenting him with an arrest warrant to sign. The King glances at it, and hesitantly signs it off, before waving Peter away. Peter reaches the door, and the King suddenly gets up and follows. Outside on the slopes of the mountain, two hooded figures, the hooded assassins that the Prince gave instructions to, are laying out the final parts of their attack on the King again. They boulder is held in place, and below the King, and Peter exit the command building, and one hooded figure nods at the other, and there is the sound of rope being cut before the scene suddenly cuts to a brief shot of the boulder careening through the air and then the scene suddenly cuts again to Peter diving, and pushing the King off his feet, and sending him flying a few meters back. The King looks shocked, and guards come rushing by, only to see that Peter has been crushed by a boulder. The King rushes over, and the guards too, trying to push the boulder off, but Peter is already dead. The King looks furious at this, and looks above to where the boulder fell from, but the hooded assassins are already gone. The King then asks for his horse, and is asked where to he is going, and he replies, “The threat is gone here, I’m off to Tynesdale, to deal with the enemy.” Inside the Prince’s private chambers, the Prince is quickly packing up his stuff, and is currently busy rolling up maps, and pulling them in leather skins to keep them dry. David is helping his father with the packing, and is currently packing up personal belongings, and putting them in bags. A major motif begins to seep into the music at this point, and at that moment, Aiden bursts into the room, and demands the Prince put both arms above his head, and prepare to be arrested. On the side of the screen we see David hiding himself underneath the desk, and observing the events. The Prince does just that, and backs up against a wall. Prince: You can’t arrest me, you can’t touch me. Touch me or you’ll die. Aiden: Oh, and why is that? Prince: You don’t have a warrant, and that meanings you’re arresting a Prince without permission. The consequence of that is severe. Aiden: And you why is it that you are so sure I don’t have a warrant? Prince: The King went up to Stratford, you wouldn’t have had the time to go up there, get a warrant, and rid here. You can’t touch me, Director. What a useless director of security you are, I’ve been going under your nose for years. And, when you finally realise, you can’t do anything about it. Aiden: I can arrest you, consequences be damned. Prince: You are a reckless man, Director. Aiden: If I follow the law, don’t arrest you, and let you get away then when I get back, my head is on the chopping block. If I arrest you, without a warrant, I think Majesty will go along with it. And if he doesn’t, then he’ll have my head, and I won’t be worse off. I think I’ll take my chances. The Prince makes a sudden motion, and draws the sword that’s handing on the wall as a display, and slashes at Aiden. The two men battle in the room for a while, before the Prince makes a sudden slash at Aiden, which leaves him on the defense, giving the Prince time to escape from the room, with Aiden in hot pursuit. The next scene shows David, walking out of the building looking slightly pale, and he looks to both directions of the street, trying to find his father, and sees the trail of havoc they left, and he follows. The Prince is frantically running down the dock, with Aiden not far behind him, and the Prince quickly hops aboard a small war barge, the only one left, and quickly sails off before Aiden who had to deal with David slowing him down could catch up. The scene ends with a final shot of Aiden looking very, very frustrated at this, and rushing away from the docks. The Prince arrives at the scene of the battle, and attempts to locate one of his ships, however at that moment, a large war galleon-style ship smashes into the barge, and the Prince is left unconscious floating in the water. Divers spot him, and shouts are heard in the distance, before splashes are heard, and the scene fades to black. Sounds are heard, talking, before the scene in the Prince’s POV begins, as the Prince’s eyelids flutter open. Before him stands General Linchowski, “Oh, look, sleeping beauty’s awaken at last. Three nights you’ve slept, I was beginning to worry I’d lost you there. Shame, loosing such a valuable bargaining chip.” “I won’t be of any use to you as a bargaining chip, General, I’m a traitor in their eyes now, they won’t take me back now, not even if you pay them to.” The Prince counters. Linchowski just chuckles, and presses the Prince for intelligence, which the Prince refuses, instead preaching about the greatness of his country, and how they will never fall, and how they will defeat them.” Linchowski appears to get more and more irritated as the exchange goes on, and so he eventually calls, “Charlie, bring out Madame will you? Let’s see if we can’t get him to talk now.” A quick “Yes, Sir!” is heard, and shortly afterwards a lady walks into the room as Linchowski leaves, and the Prince gasps. The Prince tries to lurch forward, but he is tied to a post, and instead resorts to whispering, “Elizabeth, is that you?” “Yes, it is, my dear,” the woman, replies. The Prince then suddenly breaks out into an outburst, screaming at his supposedly dead wife, about everything, about how she left him, and how she’s working for the enemy all along, and how she betrayed him. Elizabeth just coolly replies, and tells him how pathetic his nation really is, and told him how the plan all along was to spread the seed of enmity between him, and his brother, so that the nation would tear itself apart in the end. “How very well it worked, beyond our wildest reckoning,” she adds. The Prince at this point is close to tears, and is slumped against the post, whispering comments of hurt, and of etc., and when she finally says, “and how pathetic you were, all in love with me, you never saw through anything, I had you all tied around my finger, and you were nothing, you were mine, an object, a tool, and guess what? I never loved you.” The Prince breaks down into tears, and Elizabeth leans-in close and adds, “Enjoy your stay, Albert, it won’t be long, until our hurricane strips Carpatha bare of everything it has.” Then the Prince with the knife concealed in his robes, and stabs Elizabeth straight in the chest, Elizabeth gasps, and falls to the ground. “I can’t believe you Elizabeth, I trusted you, and you betrayed me,” whispers Prince before Elizabeth falls to the ground dead. The Prince steps outside of the room, and onto the deck, to find it mostly deserted as the crew are all abandoning ship as Carpatha’s pincer movement is working, and as the waves are overcoming the ship, and steering it straight to the shore. The Prince spots Linchowski still manning the steering wheel, determined to get the ship back on course, and shouting at all the abandoning naval officers, calling them gutless, wimps, and etc. and commanding them to come back, but none of them do. The Prince grabs one of the many swords and prepares to attack Linchowski, however, Linchowski senses him at the last moment, and turns around, and engages the Prince. The Prince and Linchowski fight for about 5 minutes [screen time], and also exchange heated words before the ship crashes into the rock face, and for a moment Linchowski is disorientated, so the Prince takes advantage of that, and stabs Linchowski in the chest. The Prince has a look of victory on his face, but Linchowski stabs him in the stomach, and the Prince gasps, and hunches over. Linchowski is stabbed twice more by the Prince before Linchowski dies, and the Prince seeing that he can reach land from the ship deck, attempts to walk to the land, but ends up crawling most of the way. The Prince reaches the land, and lies there, content for a long period of time, but then the sound of hooves arise, and the King is seen to appear in front of the Prince. The King looks confused, looking at the Prince bleeding on the floor, and surveying the sight. Prince: I’m sorry. King: I don’t get it, why save us then? If you wanted to kill me so badly. Why APOLOGIZE? Prince: I’m so really sorry, brother, I didn’t mean for this to happen, my wife, manipulated me. King[shouting]: Stop with the lame excuses, she died years ago, in an accident, don’t blame it on her, do you take me to be a fool? Prince: Brother, trust me on this one, go on the ship, and in the Captain’s quarters you’ll find her body. Just dead. By the end of the exchange, the Prince is labouring to breathe, and the King quickly turns away, and after assigning some people to keep guard over the Prince, goes with the rest of his people to check out the captain’s quarters. Soon after, the King comes back, with a sad expression on his face “Brother, I understand now, I for-“ the King starts, extending a hand to the Prince, but the Prince just closes his brother’s fingers upon themselves, and replies, “It’s okay, I get it, I’m so-“ and with that the Prince takes a shaky breath, and falls limp. The King slumps over his body, and cries. The camera flies up, just as the King slowly stands up, and shouts something, proclaiming his brother to be a savior, and not a traitor. The Camera shows the damage, the destroyed Aruedian navy, and the victorious, but severely damaged Carpathan ships, and the screen fades to black. The credits begin, and the first cue is the song “The Coming Storm” by Regina Spektor Edited July 7, 2012 by riczhang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
