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Grey, The (2012)
A job at the end of the world.
A salaried killer for a big petroleum company. I don't know why I did half the things I've done, but I know this is where I belong, surrounded by my own. Ex-cons, fugitives, drifters, assholes. Men unfit for mankind. There's not a second that goes by when I'm not thinking of you in some way. I want to see your face, feel your hands in mine, feel you against me. But I know that will never be. You left me, and I can't get you back. I move like I imagine the damned do, cursed. And I feel like it's only a matter of time. I don't know why I'm writing this. I don't know what can come of it. I know I can't get you back. I don't know why this has happened to us. I feel like it's me. Bad luck. Poison. And I've stopped doing this world any real good. "Once more into the fray" "Into the last good fight I'll ever know" "Live and die on this day" "Live and die on this day" Let's go. I need your boarding passes, please. Please have them out. There's a storm coming in. We gotta get this plane off the tarmac. You guys are fucking this up. Let's go. Shit. Sorry, bro. Shit. Sorry, man. Sorry. It is as cold as this motherfucker's ever been, huh? I ain't shittin' either, man. I stripped down for the showers, and icicles are forming on my nuts. I didn't even think that shit was possible. You got a girl back in Anchorage? No. Oh. I got me a few. One had to get the scrape. At least that's what she told me. She's been hitting me up for the money ever since. I'm like, "Bitch, we both fucked." "I'll split it with you, whatever." I'm Flannery, by the way. Todd. You're Ottman, right? Ottway. Oops, sorry, bro. Ottway, yeah. So, you blast critters for a living, huh, and do some of that sniper shit? What's the biggest piece of game you've taken down? Like, a Kodiak, huh? You know, I saw that documentary that asshole did. You know, the fag who loves bears... Listen, listen, pal. I don't want to talk. I need some quiet. So, I'm just going to put my head back, okay? Yeah, it's cool. It's cool. Sir. Sir, I need you to sit down, please. Yeah, I'm sitting. You like that shit, don't you? No, I don't. I would never eat a sea urchin. They say if you eat it, not only does it make you impotent, but it poisons you, and it causes extreme skin reactions. No, it's the opposite. Plus it tastes like shit. You ever taste that? You ever seen one? It makes you through with this, seriously. What's the other thing? Spicy tuna roll. Not impotent. Oh, incontinent. That's why you were pissing on yourself like you did last Saturday night. That reminds me of my childhood. No, it's a true story. I'm a true story. I'm playing with you, man. Really. And then they wash the ammonia off the fish. A Swedish massage. I'm gonna be sick. - Fuck me. - Fuck. What was that? Shit. Hey, guys, do yourself a favor, don't do that head-between-your-knees crash position shit - if this fucker goes down. - Shut the fuck up. Why you saying that, man? Shut up! - Shut the fuck up. - Shut up. Suck my dick, Flannery. Why would you even say that? I'm just saying, I seen it on the Discovery Channel, this plane crashes, these people's spines went through the tops of their skulls 'cause they were all bent over like fucking retards. Flannery, I'm going to knock you the fuck out. Shut up! Who's friends with this guy? I'm just saying! Stop fucking saying. Whoever's closest, just fucking hit him. All right. Fucking guy, man. Is he planning on flying out of this shit at any time or what? Ooh, you boys are sensitive. Great, just... Everybody stop talking. Hey, there's ice on this side of the window. Please remain in your seats. - What's going on? - Hey, sweetheart? Why is it so fucking cold in here? Where you going? There's ice on my window. Miss, what's happening? Everyone, please remain calm. Make sure you have your seatbelts on. Jesus Christ! No, remain seated, sir. It's too fucking cold. Tell the pilot to get on and tell us what's going on here. I know that's not supposed to happen. Sir, you have to sit back down in your seat! Fucking crazy! I'm gonna die! I'm gonna die! Somebody help me! Help me! Help me, somebody! Help! Somebody help me! Fuck. I got you. I got you. I got you. I got you. We fucking went down! Oh, my God. Oh, my God. That guy's cut in half. What the fuck! Don't look! Don't look at it. Don't look! Look at me. Look at me! We went down. My hand's fucked, my leg's fucked. Ah! Fuck! It's good. It's good that it hurts. Is it good? It's good, yeah. Then I'm fucking fabulous. Yeah. Are you bleeding anywhere else? I don't know, man. I can't tell. Let me get you some cover. Don't go. Don't leave me. No, no! I'll be straight back. Where are you going? It's okay. I'll be straight back. Fuck. Shit. Ottway! I gotta get out of here. It's gonna be okay. There's some Vicodin in my bag. Hernandez. Hernandez, you okay? I just gotta make a call to Vanessa. I gotta make a quick call. Quick, to Vanessa. Just one call. You're in shock, Hernandez. But I need you to stand up and help me. What happened? The plane went down, man. What? We crashed. No, no, no way. That's bullshit. That's fucking bullshit. I'm just asleep. We crashed. I was just sleeping. Like, there's no way that could've happened. What about the pilots? The pilots? What are you talking about? The plane's gone, man. It's in pieces. Look. Fuck. Oh, my God. Oh, my God. This is so fucked up. I can't fucking believe it. Is there a bunch of people dead? Yes. Now I need you to help me find the ones that aren't. Come on. Can you walk? Yeah. Come on... Told me to come out... It's fucking freezing. You know what, homes? Fuck! I can't feel my fingers. Help me. I got you, Flannery. I got you. Diaz. Diaz. Diaz. Excuse me for a second? Watch your head. No. No. This is too much. - It's just too much coming out of it. - Come on, fuck! I wish one of these fucking phones would work! I got you some help. It's just... I'm losing too much blood. I can't lose all this blood. Help him. Ottway, help him. This can't be all coming outside. Too much blood. This is way too much blood. Fuck. Ottway, help me, okay? Something's wrong. Something's really, really wrong here. Okay? I don't feel right. I just don't... Ottway, okay, this doesn't... Look. I know. Okay. It don't feel right. Something feels really fucking wrong. Listen, listen. You're gonna die. That's what's happening. - It's okay. - No. No. No. No, no, no. Wait, wait, wait. Hold on. - Hold on! - It's okay. Hold on, hold on, hold on. It's okay. Hold on. It's okay. It's okay. Look at me. Keep looking at me. It's all right. It's all right. Look at me. Keep looking at me. It's all right. It'll slide over you. It'll start to feel warm. Nice and warm. Let it move over you. It's all right. What? Let your thoughts go. All the good things. All the good things. Yeah? Who do you love? Who do you love, Luke? My girl Rosie. Is she your daughter? She's six. Let her take you, then. Let her take you. It's okay. It's okay. Wait for me. Did he just fucking die? He just fucking died, didn't he? Come on. - Did you... - Yeah. - Did you feel him go? - Yeah. I felt him go. Is this everyone? Is this everyone who's still alive? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. One, two, three... Seven. Seven of us that we know of. Yeah? Okay. Okay. You happy, fuckhead? You had to open up your fat fucking mouth. You had to keep talking. You had to put the whammy on us. I didn't do shit. Did I fucking crash us? Huh? We need a fire. Did I... I didn't do shit. We should gather up anything that'll burn, seats, luggage, any wood we can find. What are you doing? I said we need a fire. It's about 10 below and dropping. So we don't die. We build up a fire, then we find food. And at daybreak, we figure out what way is south, and we start walking. Nobody's gonna find us. Not here. Somebody will find us. I mean, somebody'll be fucking searching. They gotta know that plane went off the radar. Right. If they send 50 planes, maybe they'll find us. But they won't send 50 planes because it won't matter. Because we won't have time to wait for the one or two that they will send. Corporate doesn't give a fuck. Corporate doesn't give a fuck. Nobody gives a shit about us. You know how much payroll they just pocketed in this crash? If we don't move and work now, we're all fucked. Unless you want to freeze to death, 'cause that's the one thing that will come for you. Hey, asshole! That's jet fuel, get away from there. Water, wood, something to wear. Hey, you can't burn that. That shit'll kill us. Fuck. Ohh. We gotta do something with the bodies. Fuck the bodies. Fuck the bodies. The bodies... Grab what burns. Or you're gonna be a body. Relax, Rambo. Relax. You fucking relax. Tell me to relax. They're everywhere. I got a book. It's called We're All Fucked! It's a bestseller. Here you go. Fuck. Hey, man. Take it easy with that. Why? 'Cause I don't wanna fucking catch fire. Hello? I see you! I'm coming. Jesus Christ. Get off her, you motherfucker. Where are they? - You okay? - You see them? You Okay? I swear, these motherfuckers... ls there any more? Hey, man. We gotta get the fuck out of here. Don't stand around. Let's get the fuck out. Fuck this! Do not stand the fuck in one place. You fucking kidding me? Ottway, what the hell was that? What the hell was that? I didn't see it. I heard it. I didn't see shit! They're fucking big. They're big. Maybe I'll turn into a wolf man now, huh? Wait, that shit's not real, right? You mean, he can't... Asswipe, what do you think? Really? I don't know, man. I meant, like, rabies or whatever. I didn't think the motherfucker was gonna grow claws and teeth and shit. Fuck. So, you think there's more of them? Wolves? Maybe. Yeah. Most likely. But we shouldn't be worrying about them right now. We should be worrying about finding food. They're probably only passing through. Wait a minute. Passing through as opposed to what? Living here. Hunting here. Wolves have a territorial range of about 300 miles, and a kill range of 30. If we're close to their den, and if we're within that radius, then they'll come after us. Well, how can we tell if we're close? We can't. They might've just been feeding. There's bodies everywhere. I threatened them, they attacked. What about the radius? I mean, if we're in that, what? They're gonna fight us? I thought wolves were scared of people. Not if we're near their den. They're not scared of anything then. What kind of wolves are they? I mean, what do they call the ones that just eat plants and shit? They don't call them wolves. Herbivores, that's what you mean. That's wishful thinking. When did you become king shit fucking animal expert all of a sudden? They paid me to kill those things, to keep them from killing you. So it makes sense for me to know they're man-eaters and they don't give a shit about berries and shrubs. There's blood in the air. And there's death. They know we're wounded. They can smell it. Hopefully they won't fuck with us. We need to move these bodies out of here. And then we've gotta find food. Check this fucking thing out. Jesus, Diaz, don't do that. No, man. I saw one of these once. It's got a beacon, you know? Like a GPS. Yeah. Holy shit! Holy shit, man. It works. It's beeping! This thing will reach up, like, 40,000 feet! Yes, I think that's great that that gives you hope. It's fucking heartwarming. Very funny, bro. That's nice, my friend. That's calfskin. It's very nice. Not cheap. Since you cocksuckers didn't give us a holiday bonus, I'm gonna accept this on behalf of my homies. Put that back. Put it back! We're not looting dead bodies for swag. You got lucky today, Ottway. You should be lying there with them. Don't push it. I'm not gonna say it again. Motherfucker, take a big step back! I'm gonna start beating the shit out of you in the next five seconds, and you're gonna swallow a lot of blood for a fucking billfold. I can't fucking stand guys like that. Hey, you're gonna just turn that into charcoal, bro. No, I got it. By my account, I'd say we have about enough booze for you guys to get drunk two more times. Don't get weird. After that, then we'll all be sober. Jack makes me fight. Oh, yeah. Ladies, ladies! You like the white or the brown? How about some brown stuff? No tequila. Sorry about that. It's all good. Thanks, papa. Where the fuck did you get that? In that thing, that serving thing with wheels on it. Bunch of dead bodies all over, man. You wanna make sure you know where that meat came from. It's like that movie where they start taking chunks of frozen ass out of that guy. The plane crash. That dude from Training Day? Right. That'd be fucking funny as fuck. That was like dead ass on a stick. Or you thought like a severed dick was a hotdog, right? That's too fucking funny. I wish some of the other dudes would have lived. Whoa, whoa, whoa. HERNANDEZ; You hear that? Get up! Get up! What is that? Go, go, go! What the fuck is that? What is it? What the fuck... Everybody be cool. Don't move. Jesus Christ! Stare right back at them. Wait, wait, wait. Why are they coming closer? Fuck this shit. I'm getting back in the plane. Flannery, God damn it, don't move. Look at the size of that fucking thing. We'll take... We'll take two-hour shifts. I'll start. You guys get some sleep. Yeah, like that shit's gonna happen. Don't be afraid. Hey. Don't drift off on us, Burke. I'll be all right. I'm not going to sleep. Oh, you motherfucker. Where is my goddamn kid when I need him? Fuck it. Fuck. Oh, Jesus, God. Hey. Hey! Oh, Jesus, God. No, no, no, no. Fuck! Hernandez! Shit! They ate him. Jesus Christ. They ate him. They weren't eating him. They were killing him. Fuck! Fuck! Fuck! How did we not hear him? How many did it take to do that? We could dig in, make some kind of a stand. Not much cover, though. Whoa, whoa, what do you mean "stand"? Like, fight those motherfucking giant things? You out of your mind? They'll get bold. And start to come in for us. Why would they? I mean, we're not harming them. It's not for food. We're a threat. We don't belong here. That's it. There's trees out there. If we could get to that tree line, they might back off. If they see that we're leaving, they might. Fuck that! What they might do, bullshit. What they might do? Are you fucking kidding me? Hey. They pissed all over this place. They mean to tag it. We can't wait them out, we'll starve. There's a lot of bad space between us and that forest, but if we get there, then... We can better defend ourselves. Less exposed, I don't know. Yeah, you don't know. And nobody nominated you shit, by the way. It's getting to that point in the evening, girls. Fucking to each his own. What the fuck you talking about. Diaz? Come on, man. You wouldn't last five fucking minutes out here. I survived that. This ain't shit. I'd find a way through, with or without you. Fuck it. I'm gonna take whatever I can carry and head into those trees. If you guys wanna join me, I'd strip everything. Fuck. All right, let's fucking do this. Hey. We should collect all the wallets for the families. Wallets? Did I hear wallets? I'll carry the wallets. Henrick? Do you mind carrying them? Yeah, let's waste a little more time. Even though the weather's about to kick our ass. You grab them wallets. Fucking idiots. To Hernandez. Grab as many as you can. Grab as many as you can. Waste as much fucking time as you can. I'm gonna sit here with my friend, Jack Daniel's, and waste some time of my own. Why don't you just fucking help us, man? I'm helping you. I'm helping you. I'm warming up, man. You guys find any rubbers, save them. I don't know how long I'm gonna be out here with you fairies. Why don't you shut the fuck up? Key to survival, fellas, getting them wallets. Getting them wallets. Henrick. Wait. I feel like we should say something. I mean, all these bodies, all these... All these people that died, it doesn't seem right to just walk away. I don't know any official prayers, so, I guess... God bless these men. They were, some of them, our friends, and we could be lying here with them. So thank you for sparing us and helping us. Oh, and keep that up if you can. Fuck! Fuck! Don't worry about me, motherfuckers! You know, you wanna run off into the trees, that's cool, too! No, no, no, no. Ottway! Help me! Help me! Help me! Fuck! Flannery! Get Off him! Flannery! Flannery! Get away from him! Jesus. Flannery! Flannery! Get Off him! No. Do you wanna say anything? Come on, let's keep moving. There's nothing else we can do for him. Those trees aren't getting any fucking closer. We're gonna be out here in the dark with those things. We have no idea if we're going toward the den or away from it, do we? Why didn't we just stay with the plane? Come on. They would have surrounded us. How the fuck do we know they're not doing that right now? Fucking genius. We're still better off in the trees. Yeah, we're better off. Go tell that kid, you fuck. Hey, what is that? Run! Go! Go! Get into the trees! Mother of Christ! Go, go, go! Jesus, they're right on us! Don't stop moving! Wait, wait, wait! Wait! Don't look back! Run! Run! They're flanking us! Don't stop! You see them? You see them? They're all around us. We need a fire to keep them off us. Hurry! The Wood's wet. Whole thing's wet. Hurry, hurry! Get that fucking thing lit. Come on, baby, come on. Tell me that thing's not broke. Damn this thing. Just get it going, Ottway. Light! Light! That's it, that's it. - It's going out. - Fuck! Jesus, come on! Smother... Don't smother it. It worked. We should start perimeter fires. Let's see these bastards before they come for us. What the fuck was that? The alpha. They went at him. He put it down. Whatever that challenge was, the alpha put it down. How are we gonna deal with this? We kill them, one at a time. Tip the numbers. That's what they're doing to us. What the hell are these for? I'll explain. Friction tape, electrical tape. Talget, you had some, yeah? It's in there somewhere. Shotgun shell. Spear tip. The tip has to drive into the primer to set off the shell. Secure them with these sticks, a little bit of tape, simple. You jab with it when the wolf gets close. Hit them hard. Let it get real close. It'll work. It's like a bang stick. The round discharges, you pull it loose, you still got something sharp to create distance. Unless you wanna fist fight them. There you go. One shot a piece, guys. Make them count. Burke. Blacken the tips in the fire, guys. It makes them harder, stronger. Really, boys? This is what it's come down to, huh? This MacGyver bullshit? Okay. Good. I appreciate a good laugh as much as the next guy. These things, they see well at night? Jesus, can we talk about something else, please? Talget, you're carrying all that booze. Let's break it out. I recommend rationing what we have. I recommend you kissing my ass. What are you, the booze police now? You fucking guys with your rules and your orders and bullshit. Where are we? Look around. This is Fucked City, population five and dwindling. Two days, three maybe, if we really pull our shit together. And who's in charge of that right now? This fucking guy? The Great White hunter? And his jerry-rigged fucking wolf sticks? Why are you constantly breaking balls and bitching about everything? 'Cause I wanna live, motherfucker. You understand that? I don't want some timber wolf shitting me out on this mountain. You're scared. What? You don't need all that nonsense, all that chest-puff bullshit. What's wrong with being scared? I'm not scared. You're not? No. I'm terrified. I can tell. And not an ounce of shame in saying it. I'm scared shitless. That's because you're a punk. I don't walk through this world with fear in my heart. You picked that up in the pen? Somebody scribble that on the day room wall? You better take it easy, motherfucker. Talking tough means jack shit now. You're not scared? You're a fool. Worse, you're a fucking liar. I should have checked your chin at the fucking plane. Get up, come on, get up, you big Irish fuck. You wanna knuckle up... Hey, Diaz, put the fucking knife away. We don't have time for this. Get the fuck off me! Hey, Diaz, put the knife away. Shut up! Shut up, you chickenshits make me sick. Son of a bitch! You got that kid Flannery killed and you're not gonna get me killed. Put your fucking hands up. Let me show you how this is done. Put your fucking hands up. Fuck! You motherfucker! You cut this shit out. Do you hear me? Get up, get up, get up. What the fuck? What did it want? You. Diaz, please don't do that shit to me again. All right? No mas. It was bullshit. I'm sorry. I'm so... Get it off! Get it off! Fuck! Bite me, you fuck! Come here, you fuck! Fuck! Fuck! Hey, Diaz, I think you got him. Yeah! You fuck! Fuck! I think I lost a nail. Is that the big one? That big fucker? It's not the alpha. It's an omega, an outcast. They sent it in to test you, Diaz. Did I pass, bitch? Did I fucking pass? You fucking dog. Let's get a large branch, sharpen the end of it, shove it up this thing's ass. We're gonna cook this son of a bitch. And then we're gonna eat it. Hey, wolf, not so tough now, huh, wolf? - You want it? - No. Come on. I got it, I got it. I don't... Is this the white meat or the dark meat? Make it as black as possible. Put it there. Yeah? I know it tastes like shit but, guys, it might be the last meat we'll get for a while. It's gristly, too. It tastes like shit, I know, but Yeah. It tastes like dog shit. And I'm much more of a cat person, really. Burke? Yeah? You all right? My head's a little off. I'm... Sit down, sit down. ...feeling a little dizzy. That's it. You think they're watching us? Yeah, they're watching us. You fuck with us and we'll fuck with you. You hear that? You're not the animals! We're the animals! Come here, you fucker. Come here, you puppy. Oh, yeah. You're a twisted fuck. You're wrong for that. That is wrong. Nothing's fucking... I'm not crazy. I'm not fucking crazy. You fuck. That's fucked up. I mean, that's fucked up. Ah, you try to steal my fucking life. Come on, you fuck. You hear the bones cracking, Diaz. Come on, that's enough. Fucking mutt. Come on. Let him have this. Little Fido here wants to go home. Wants to see his brothers. Jesus Christ. Stop. That's what I'm gonna do. I'm gonna help him get there. Say goodbye, boys. Take him back, motherfucker! We should keep moving. Those goddamn things are calling us out. What the hell are you talking about, Talget? Wolves are the only animal that will seek revenge. Hey, I don't want to hear any more about the fucking wolves, or you're gonna start seeing them everywhere. Burke, how are you doing? I can't breathe. I can't keep going. Ottway, we can't keep going. We can't stop. Those things will be all over us. We gotta keep going. Ottway, Burke is hurting here, man. This will work. It's a dead end. They can't get in behind us. They'll have to hit us from out front. Let's build a fire. That thing still working? Up to 40,000 feet. This shit had to save somebody at some point, right? I keep sitting here thinking. Even with all this stuff going on, we hit the ground at 400 miles an hour, and we made it. Why would we go through something like that, that crash, if it wasn't meant to be, or ordained? BY Who? The Almighty? That fucking fairy tale? How about good old-fashioned blind luck? Flannery survived that crash, so did Hernandez. It don't matter. Fate doesn't give a fuck. Dead is dead. Where do you think those boys are now? Up in heaven? Being fitted for wings? No, I'll tell you where they are. They're not. That's where. They're nowhere. They're gone. No, I don't believe it. I do. I Wish I didn't. I really wish I could believe in that stuff. This is real, the cold. That's real. The air in my lungs. Those bastards out there in the dark stalking us. It's this world that I'm worried about, Talget, not the next. What about your faith? What about it? It's important. Emma? Is she with you guys? It's okay, big guy. She's was at the back. I was speaking with her. She's... She's not here. She's... Yeah, she's not here yet. Why don't you... You tell her that I'm here. Of course, yeah. Just lie down, she's coming. Emma's coming. Yeah. He's seeing things? He's hallucinating. It's hypoxia. Not enough oxygen's getting to his brain. Hypoxia. Why don't the rest of us have it? It depends on the person. Some people can't handle the altitude. Who's Emma? She was his sister. She died when he was a kid. My daughter, Mary. She's got really long hair almost down to her waist. In fact, it's the one rule my fucking ex respects, which is that I'm the only one who cuts her hair. She does this thing. She'll come and hover over me. I'll just be dead asleep, and she'll start swinging her head back and forth, tickling me with her hair all in my face, and she'll be laughing like crazy. It's a certain type of laugh, you know, when the kid goes past laughing to laughing, like a... You know, like you can't really breathe, sounding more like an old man than a kid. I miss the hell out of that kid. Yeah. You should. You know that? Those things from your life, whatever they might be, make you want that next minute more than the last. Make you fight for it. I just wanna fuck one more time. See, you ruined my story, motherfucker. No. No, man. I'm telling a nice little sweet story about my daughter... I don't mean to wreck your shit. I know, I know. I just can't go out on that last piece of horrible ass that I had. You know what I'm saying? A We shouldn't talk about that. She was 250, 260. No shit. The bitch gave me the clap like it was gift wrapped. No, no, no. No, no, no. Anyway... No, I just think that I would punch out and that would be my fucking swan song, right? That alone is worth the fight. That's worth the fight. My... My dad was not without love... Why didn't we catch... Not ready to. ...but a clichd Irish motherfucker when he wanted to be. Drinker, brawler, all that stuff. Never shed a tear. Saw weakness everywhere. But he had this thing for poems, poetry, reading them, quoting them. Probably thought it rounded him off, you know. His way of apologizing, I guess. And there was one that hung over the desk in his den. It was only when I was a lot older, I realized he had written it. It was untitled, four lines. I read it at his funeral. "Once more into the fray" "Into the last good fight I'll ever know" "Live and die on this day" "Live and die on this day" Storm clouds. Blizzard? A good bet. Based on our luck, it's a fucking lock. Let's bundle Burke up and dig in against these trees. The snow's deep enough. I'm worried if we lose this fire, we'll all freeze. Burke, wake up! Come on. Move your arms! Let me see you move your arms! Come on, move! Burke, wake up! Burke, you big bastard! Wake up! Don't sleep, you hear me? Don't sleep! Wake up! Come on, Burke! Burke, come on, wake up! Burke! Burke! Burke! Wake up! Wake up! Wake up! Wake up, bugger! Wake up. Don't be afraid. What is it? Guys, get up. Up. What is it? Is it them? Saw marks. These trees have been logged. That's water. That sounds like a river. You gotta be shitting me. The river must be a good size if we can hear it all the way up here. At least if we're following a river, we got a better chance of finding shelter. Who's climbing down that? I can't. There's no way I can do that. Well, we can't go back. There's no way we can go back. Those trees, though. What trees? Right over there. Get a tether of some kind, secure it between here and there, we can climb down. Guys, it's simple. It's the wolves or those trees. You're not talking about jumping off the cliff? It's an idea. I didn't say it was a good one. He's talking about jumping off the cliff. This will wind up being one of those wild stories you tell at a party, pretty girl on your lap. All right. Are you ready? Yeah, why not? Don't get a good running start, get a great one. Now you'll freefall about 30 feet, but it's gonna feel like 30,000. Is this supposed to pass for a pep talk? When we feel this go taut, we'll take up the slack to stop you from hitting too hard. You get in there. I'll figure it out. If you gotta go, this is a pretty cool way to go, bro. Better a flying leap than those fucking wolves. I hope there's something down there. Fuck. Go! Go, go! Go! Go! Fuck! Which one of you fuckers... Grab him! Grab him! Pull me up! Fuck, pull me back! Henrick? Henrick, you in there? Yeah! I'm all right! Anyone with an urge to go first? Talget? Diaz? I'll go. Don't stay out there too long. Henrick! Make sure that thing is secure! It's secure, but I don't know how long it's gonna last! Don't spend a lot of time out there! You all right? You go. What about your hand? I'm all right. Go ahead, just haul me in if anything goes wrong. Yeah. I just fucking hate heights, man. It flips me out. Well, then you go, I'll stay and make sure... No, no. I'm good. You cross. Seriously, give me a minute, get my head around it. All right, I'm through! I'm across! I'm coming! All right, I'm coming across now. Okay. Come on, you can do this. You can do this. You can do this. Come on. Talget, are you ready? Talget, stop fucking around! Move your ass! Talget! Hey, baby girl. Hey, baby girl. I love you, Daddy. No, God, no! They're fucking killing him! - Get to him! - Go! Go! Go... Get down there! They're taking him! Talget! They fucking took him. No, no! OW! Fuck! Ah! Talget! They took him. Talget! They fucking took him. They took him. My knee. My fucking knee. They're just picking us off one by one. I'm fucked. I'm fucked. My knee! Let's get you up. I can't... Let's get you up. I can%.Fuck! Get up. Fucking things. They're not gonna let us go, are they? What do you do? Fuck! Fuck, fuck. Forget it. Whatever I had in the tank, I used back there. I'm beat. I just wanna sit. I just wanna stop this bullshit. Fucking leg. My ankle's fucked. Diaz, don't sit down. Don't sit down. I know. I know. I don't wanna argue. I just wanna rest. I just had the clearest thought. I'm done. I'm done. Come on, man. Up. There could be a cabin downriver right there. That's a mile up, at least, brother. I can't walk that, man. I can't walk 50 feet. Fuck it. Fuck it. I gave it a shot. What the fuck, man? Are you serious? I really thought this fucking watch would work. Does it slide over you? You told Lewenden back in the plane that it slides over you. Death. That it was warm. Is that true? Yeah. We carry him. We put a litter together and slide him down the banks. I'm not going anywhere, Henrick. I don't want to. I don't need to. What the fuck is wrong with you? Is that it? You're just gonna sit there? Is that what you want? Yeah. After what we survived? That's exactly why. What I got waiting for me back there? I'm gonna sit on a drill all day. Get drunk all night. That's my life? Turn around and look at that. I feel like that's all for me. How do I beat that? When would it ever be better? I can't explain it. I don't have the words, brother. My first name is John. My first name is Pete. Pete. You look like a Pete. John Ottway. Of course that's your name. Thank you, John. Thank you. Luck. I'm not afraid. Can I ask you something? Yeah. Where were you going that night? That last night in camp. Get the fuck out of here! At the bar. You had your rifle, you went out... My shift. No. You worked that morning, I remember. I went out, yeah. With your rifle. Did you follow me? No. But I never thought I'd see you alive again. Back there with Diaz. That look he had. I've only seen it one other time. On you. That last night in camp. It really doesn't matter now, does it? No, I don't suppose it does. Henrick, run. Run! Henrick! Henrick! Henrick! Henrick! Henrick. Henrick, move on. Come on. What the fuck are you doing? Hold your breath. Hold your breath. Hold your breath. God damn it, hold your breath. Jesus. Please, don't do this. Do something. Do something. You phony, prick, fraudulent motherfucker. Do something! Come on! Prove it! Fuck faith, earn it! Show me something real. I need it now. Not later, now. Show me, and I'll believe in you till the day I die. I swear. I'm calling on you. I'm calling on you! Fuck it. I'll do it myself. I'll do it myself. A den. It's their fucking den. Don't be afraid. "Once more into the fray" "Into the last good fight I'll ever know" "Live and die on this day" "Live and die" "on this day" |
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