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The Last Light (2014)
Do you remember the night...
It's not the red of the dying sun the morning sheet's surprising stain it's not the red of which we bleed the red of cabernet sauvignon the world of Ruby all in may it's not that red it's not that red it's not that red it's not that red the wish that would be your color I wish this would be your color I wish this would be your color your color I wish are you kidding me, Harold? Strawberry bars again? Nutrition bars. I don't want a nutrition bar. I want a blueberry bar. You ate all the blueberries. Well, I don't care. These taste like crap. Please, could you just maybe give him a break? He's just doing his job. It's OK. He doesn't bother me. Here you go. I'm gonna just eat your strawberry bar because you are a big fucking complainer. Mmmm. Hey Jack. What's for dinner? What do you think it is? Same shit it's been for weeks. I don't know, these strawberry bars are pretty good. How was it out there, Jack? Same. Did you see any of them? No, not one. Where's Jenny? Usual. Impressive. Thanks. I have to start over. Why would you want to do that? Well, I just don't understand who these people are. I mean, there are so many notes, and so much detail. I'm just trying to piece together something about this place. Oh, I missed it again, didn't I? I brought you a plate. Thank you. You're welcome. Well, I uhh, I should probably go check on the others. OK. Thanks. No fair. Where on earth did you find those, man? Went out this morning. Cigarettes, booze go into the communal pot. Everything else, finders keepers. Your rules, Jack. Brought you a plate. Yeah. Not much of an appetite these days. Could use the company, though. Why don't you come upstairs? Join the group. You know I can't do that. I can't trust those people, Jack. No. They're good people. Really? Try not to burn the place down, huh? You know, Jack, you're a real pal, man. See you soon. I'll be here. Do you remember the light, Jack? Remember, Jack? Remember, Jack? Fixed? It's stuck. I bet it's summer time out there. Must be. Yeah, you're probably right. Maybe we could go out and have a look around, or, somebody could. You serious? Maybe things have changed. I don't know, look around. I think it seems kind of the same. No one's come for us. It's still light out, all the time. And we haven't heard anyone. No airplanes. No helicopters. No sirens. Nothing. You haven't heard those things. Maybe they're gone. We should go out and have a look around, or... maybe there's somebody out there. Just an idea, you're the boss, Jack. You say we stay, then we stay. Jenny, who you working on today? He's hot. He's 15. Right. Okay. I didn't know there were kids in this institution. Yeah. What's the story? His name is Devin Killian. Looks like he was admitted with behavioral issues, potential psychosis. Says here, he got into a fight with his teacher. Says he spat on her. That doesn't sound that bad. Well, he also burnt down his parents' house. I stand corrected. I like this kid already. Crazy kid, though. I mean, sometimes I wonder with these kids, you know? Oh yeah, the bag. The bag, the bag! The bag! Your turn tonight, Ashley. OK. Oh, I'm too nervous. You read it. All righty. Ah, story night. Describe the best day of your life. All right. Wait, actually. Before we start, I've got something for everybody. Where did you find that? Woo-hoo. Bless you, Jack. Where'd you get that? A desk on the second floor that I've walked by a thousand times. Cheers! To Jack... To Jack... Fantastic, I haven't had whiskey since about six months before the aliens. Are you serious? I'm sorry. Harold, you know the rule. Keep your theories to yourself. Yeah, especially when they're crazy. Jeffrey! I'm sorry. Ashley, it's your turn. You've gotta describe the best day of your life. I want to hear from Jenny. Okay. Best day of my life... Would have to be when I was promoted to VP of operations. It was everything I'd worked for. Harold. Me? Oh, that's easy. Best day of my life, August 16th, 1975. My wife had this early contraction so I rushed her to the hospital at 1:23. That afternoon, our son was born, Samuel. Mmmm. Full head of dark hair, blue eyes. Beautiful. I always said to him, "Sam, you know, you were born on the hottest day of the year." It was. It was 110 degrees. I have a photograph. You want to see him? Yes, please. That's him. Oooh! Beautiful, huh? He's precious. Jeffrey. I'll go. Best day of my life, the day my father lost everything. That's the best day of your life? That's sad. I was nothing without him. He made sure I knew that. I would never make it on my own. So, when the stock market crashed, and he lost his entire fortune, the prick finally shut up about me not being enough like him. Best day of my life. Cheers. Ashley, why don't you go? Ah, that's easy. The day I left home. Left my parents' house. How could you do that? Leave your parents like that, and act like it was nothing? It was nothing. You shouldn't feel that way about your parents. Why do you give a shit, Meryl? You know, you're an ungrateful little bitch. Whoa, guys. Oh really? This is supposed to be fun. Meryl.. They're back. Watch out, guys. Hey, been looking for you. Here I am. You OK? I'm fine. Thanks. I'm sorry about that earlier. It's been a while since they were last here. I was starting to get my hopes up that this might all be over. I think something's wrong with Meryl. That wasn't like her... At all. Yeah, I'll keep an eye on her, though you know, she's probably just tired or something. OK. Good night. Night. Do you remember the night, Jack? Jack... Come find us, Jack. Jack... What're doin' poking around in this room, Jack? This is where they get in. They get inside. That's why it's off limits. Strictly forbidden. Your rules, Jack. What would the others say? What would they say if they knew you, you were putting them in such grave danger? What would they say? Those bastards. You can hear 'em on the other side of the door. They're smart. When they come, they come in waves and they search around for weaknesses, and when they don't find any, they leave. They always, always come back. Always. And you know why? 'Cause they know. They know that there are still some of us here. I just need a place to think. I'm having trouble piecing things together, remembering things. Important things. You're not gonna find any answers in this way. Trust me. Oh man, consider yourself lucky. You have beautiful, good memories that come before this place. You have your wife. Not all of us are lucky enough to have something to hold onto. Hey, Jack, change. It's coming. Can you feel it? I can feel it in my bones. There's something... Something... Worse than those creatures, and it's out there. Jeffrey, don't ever do that again. I hate that color. You're an asshole. Go get me another color, one you approve of. Jeffrey, what are you doing? I just wanna see what's on today's menu. You almost got caught last time. Voila, come on. Uh-uh. Come on. OK. Hey. Hey, Jack. Just, umm, checking on you. You check in on me a lot. Hey, can I ask you something? You can always ask. You may just not get an answer. Fair enough. This is all so boring. When is Jack gonna get some more chocolate, or at least some cigarettes? Look at this. An inventory sheet. When did Jack start this crap? Sure he did it for a good reason. Yeah, so he can play king of the castle. Why do you hate Jack? I don't know how you can stand the guy. I mean, what happened to a democracy? All we do is follow his rules, his schedule. If he hadn't found that gun first. Do you remember what happened, like specific details? I don't know. I mean, one moment, life was normal, and the next, it wasn't. The light. Do you remember the light, Jack? I remember being in my car. I could barely see a foot in front of me. But I just got out of my car and ran. I could hear those things all around and I kept running and running, and here I am. There's nothing good in here. Let's go. I actually think that there's something fun we can do here. How 'bout you lay off the strawberry bars and then you can try your luck again? Jerk. Why do you ask? You never wanted to talk about this before. Trying to figure out if I missed something... something that would explain what the hell happened. Do you miss your wife? Yes. You never really talk about her, but I can tell you think about her a lot. Yeah. Jack, we need you! It's Meryl. Meryl, what the hell are you doing? Get out of my room. What do you mean, it's fine? Packing us up... Can you stop... So the monsters don't get us... She's gone fucking crazy, that's what's going on. Mitch and I are gonna get out of here. How the hell should I know who Mitch is? We have got to get out of here now, and that's all there is to it. Shhhh. I miss my boy. He was seven years old. Seven years old, Jack. He shouldn't have gone away, not at seven. I don't know what got into me. My head hasn't been very clear lately. I think you just need some rest, Meryl. You'll feel better. What's gonna happen to him? Hey, listen, I think we're all feeling a little stir crazy all cooped up in here. I just want you to worry about you right now, OK? Get some rest. I don't understand. Mitch was her son? Yeah, I guess so. I didn't know she had a kid. She never mentioned him. Well, do you think she'll be OK? Yeah, I think she'll be fine. She just needs to get some rest. She just hasn't been sleeping is all. Change... It's coming... My head hasn't been very clear lately... Do you remember the night, Jack? Can you feel it? I think it dips a little bit to the left there. Could you let me focus, maybe? Why not just... Just, I wanna focus, OK? I'm bored. Let me do something. See, I told you. That's why we're playing stupid shit like this. OK, well I'll play winner... if Harold wins. So, Harold can... Can you let me take my shot please? Yeah, let me help you. You need coaching. Just shut up, OK. OK. Just... Meryl! Don't come near me. Meryl, whoa! Calm down. What's going on? Told you she was fucking nuts! Jeffrey. Is that thing loaded? Now listen to me. I want the key to that door. I'm leaving. I'm leaving, and no one here is gonna stop me. Meryl, we can't let you open the door. Just give me the key. The creatures could be right outside. You're putting everyone in danger. I said, give me the key! And if any of you try to stop me, so help me, God, I will shoot you dead! I'll give you the key. I will. I'm just... I'm worried for you. Where are you gonna go? You going to find Mitch? Mitch? You don't know that for sure, Meryl. Of course he is. Of course he is. You're a lot like him. He didn't care about his parents. No respect. No respect for the person who brought him into this world. And he was gonna grow up and he was gonna leave me, like you left your parents. Imagine that! Leaving your own mother! Well, I couldn't let him do that. I couldn't. And all it took was a pillow over the face. He didn't even wake up. You shoulda seen how peaceful he looked lying there. Jesus. He was seven years old, Meryl. Yes, he was seven. He was old enough to start thinking about things old enough to start thinking about leaving me. I am running out of time. They're gonna be here and I need that key! And I swear to God, if any of you try to follow me, I will shoot you. Now we hear you. I'm gonna give you the key. I'm gonna give her the key. Just, um, you're making me a little nervous with that gun pointed right at me. Well, I'm not putting the gun down. I'm not asking you to. Just, maybe not point it right at me. Please, Meryl. Accidents happen. Thank you. You don't have to do this. Just give me the damn key. What are we gonna do with the body? We can't leave her here. Will you guys help me move her? Where? Outside. Past the doors. They'll come for her. Shit, you wanna feed those things. We can't leave her here. She's gonna rot. And you're OK with this? Jack's in charge and he's right. The body will rot. Whatever, but I want nothing to do with it. This is your mess. You clean it up. Fine. Harold hey. She... I can't breathe. I'm kinda worried about the girls. Maybe we should go check on 'em all. I'll still stand watch here. Jack... Meryl... You OK? Do you think she'll be OK? She'll be fine. She just needs to get some rest... Get some rest. We are all going a little stir crazy... Yeah, fuck. Poor Meryl. She never really did seem right in the head to me. Doesn't mean she deserved to have it blown off. Fuck, man. You slay me. I wasn't trying to be funny. You know what, fuck Meryl. Honestly, did her, uh, son deserve to be suffocated, I mean, come on, this kid was seven years old. Nah man, Jack, we're just simple human beings. It's not our place to judge what people do. That's for something much, much more powerful than us. I put her body outside. Those things came for her. She's gone. Yeah, they want what they want, I guess. Yeah, God. I just want some clarity. I don't know if it's day or night. Monday or Friday. July or fucking December. It'd be a pretty hot December. Yeah. Listen... You know, this Meryl thing, is gonna kinda cause a little bit of a problem, right? No, I didn't kill, Meryl. What, Jack? Jack, I'm not calling you a murderer. OK, look, you're the leader. They're gonna start questioning your loyalty, your leadership. It's just basic human psychology. You got one of theirs killed. No, you're right. I'll keep that in mind. Harold? Yes? Hi. Hi. Mmm. You okay? I'm fine. Are you sure? Yes. You seem tense. Especially in your neck... oh my God, so pent up. Let me help you. I want you to write exactly how this makes you feel in your little book. Ashley, I think I better start to get dinner ready. Excuse me. Why do you do that? I don't know. What? I'm just having fun. Don't tell me you've never used your beauty to get what you want. Not like that. Oh, I bet you could. Maybe for Jack. Jack has a wife, Ashley. Where is she? Trust me, he's not the type. He's a man. Is Jack here? No, he's on the rounds. Good. Harold? Harold's in the bathroom releasing some pent up tension. I need to talk to everyone. Are you kidding me? Until we're dead. No one is gonna die in this situation. Oh, except for Meryl. What's going on, guys? Just talkin'. About? Well, go on, Jeffrey. You had plenty to say when Jack wasn't in the room. Well, we've been stuck here for who knows how long, following your rules, and we're still stuck here. Nothing has changed, except for the fact that Meryl is dead. You're still alive. Now, I get it. I understand. You think you can lead this group better than I can. Think you can sail the ship better. Well... Be my guest. 'Cause it's not up to me. You know, this is a democracy. So, all those in favor of Jeffrey leading the group from now on, raise your hands. Jeffrey, your vote counts as one just like everybody else. Okay. One vote for Jeffrey. All those in favor of things staying the way they are, which means that I'm in charge? Okay, listen up. What happened to Meryl was terrible. She didn't deserve it. That I'm gonna keep doing everything that I can to make sure that we survive this, just like I always have. That's fine with me. Excuse me. Jeffrey? I hope we're not gonna have anymore problems. Remember, Jack? Remember. Jack. It's time, Jack. Remember, Jack. Jack. Remember. I always knew you were full of shit, Jack. Jeffrey, what are you doing here? What am I doing here? What are you doing here, Jack? I thought this whole area was supposed to be off limits. But I guess the rules don't apply to you. Look, I can explain. I don't need an explanation, Jack. I just need everyone to know how full of shit you really are. What's the tire iron for, Jeffrey? I don't have a gun, Jack. Neither do I. Jack, Jack, my leg! Please help. Jack. They're coming. Jack. Jack, help me. They're coming, Jack, help me. Jack! Jack, please. Please, come help me. Jack, please, please! Hey, come back! Please! Jack! Does anyone else know? No. Alright, well, good. I mean, you don't want everybody to fucking panic. Don't want to leave at once, right? I mean, how fucking many times, man? I know. How many times do we have to... You gotta keep those things locked in there. If you don't, I mean, you're putting everyone, everyone in fucking danger, man. But they're gonna ask questions about Jeffrey. Fuck it. Jeffrey was an asshole, okay? Just play dumb. Do not let anyone know you had anything to do with it, okay? Keep them together. Jack, please, please be strong for the group, okay? For the group. Yeah, okay. Okay. Gone? What do you mean, gone? It's like I said. I went to check on him this morning, I... I wanted to apologize. I felt like I was too harsh on him. He wasn't in his room. Couldn't find him on rounds. So he just got up and left? Unless you have another theory. Well, aren't we gonna go look for him? It's too dangerous. Creatures. Those things took the body. So they know we're in here. I think the most important thing right now is we all have to stick together. I've been thinking about my sister lately. In fact, it's all I seem to be able to think about. I didn't know you had a sister. I don't tell too many people. Emma. Wow, she's beautiful. Yeah. So I gotta job and I moved away from home when Emma was six. We still wrote letters back and forth and saw each other at Christmas and on birthdays, but... I feel like I missed it, you know? All the moments. When she started getting sick, I kept telling myself that she'd get better. I kept thinking she'd be fine. Bad things don't happen to people like us. But it was quick. I talked my boss into letting me go for 24 hours because we were working on this really important deal. She was mostly gone by the time I got there. If I could do it all over again, I would've never have left in the first place. When I said the best day of my life was getting a promotion, I lied. I just couldn't think of anything better to say. Jack, my... my calculations, I... I think we have enough food for another week. But I... maybe I can stretch it to two weeks if we... if we eat more applesauce and peaches, we can... we can... shit. I wanted to tell you before, Jack, but I didn't because of what happened to Meryl and now with Jeffrey, I just didn't wanna... But, maybe it's a sign. Sign of what? For us to leave. No, I'm not leaving. We knew this would happen eventually. What are you gonna do, Jack? It's important you guys know that we're... we're running out of food. What do we do? This building is massive. There's gotta be another cafeteria or storage locker or something. No, we can't leave here. That's why we didn't go look for Jeffrey. It's not safe. Don't have a choice now. We'll starve to death. Then we go for it. We pick our time, then we make a run. Near the blocked off areas or at the east wing. Harold and I can go. We're in this together. We all go. Okay, alright. Jenny, Harold, and I will go, Ashley will stay back and lock the doors. What? No. Someone has to stay behind and lock the door. Well, can't someone else do it? I don't want to be alone with those things. Those things are out there, Ashley. You'd be safer in here. We don't have a choice, sweetheart. You sure about this? More hands means more food in a shorter amount of time. You know, Jenny, it's so dangerous. I can take care of myself, Jack. You're sweet, being so protective. Not a lot of guys are like you. Jack, where's Jenny? I don't know. Jeffrey. Go back to Ashley, I'll catch up. Jenny. Jeffrey. Hello? Where are they? Jack? That's Emma. Where are they? They're... here... here... argh. Are they out there? Yeah. Where's... Jack, where's Jenny? She ran away. What? Ran away. It's just... she just ran off. I was tryin' to follow her, I tried to chase her, I couldn't find her. Jack, you're gonna drive yourself crazy trying to figure it out. I already feel crazy. I just don't understand. Having trouble keeping things together. I'm starting to see things I can't explain. I don't know if I'm sleeping at all. Jack, you gotta keep your mind together, man. None of it is real. None of it is real. Just keep it together, man. Keep everyone inside and safe. Dead in here, dead out there, still dead, right? What are we gonna do? Run out, guns blazing? I mean, come on, Jack, it's suicide. To not accept the fact that we might be alone. Well, fine. All the more reason to stay in here. Look, we got food, we got water, we got electricity. But you gotta keep everyone together, you need to keep everyone inside, you need to keep everyone away from the light. We wanna talk. About? Leaving. The power's still on, the water's still running, so we're staying here. You got it? Look, help could come any day. You don't know. Alright? So we are not leaving and that is the end of the discussion. Having trouble keeping things together. Just keep it together man. None of it was real. Every time I go to sleep... Keep everyone inside. We're staying here... keeping things together. Safe, away, light. Oh Jesus, Harold. I know what you've been doin'. You've been sneaking out to the east wing. Don't worry, I won't tell anyone. I don't even care what's out there. You're drunk. Yeah, I'm drunk. I'm drunk, I'm drunk, and I'm a fucking coward. I watched them just walk away. They just backed up everything. I didn't say anything. They... But I never say anything. They just walked away. They just... I didn't... I... I... I never say anything. Harold, let's get you to bed. I'm tired. Let's go, buddy. Let's go to bed, huh? Thank you, Jack. You're a good man. Night, Harold. Go to the light, Jack. He can't get you in the light. It's time, Jack. None of it is real. Everyone... Light. Hey. Hey. I was just going for a walk. Me too. Mind if I join you? No, of course not. Come on. Hey, I never got a chance to tell you how sorry I was about Jeffrey. Jeffrey was an asshole. We're better off without him. I thought you two were like... no, he was just using me. That's what I do, I let people use me, because it makes me feel good about myself. And I know it's wrong, but I don't really care. It's who I am. I just really don't want to end up like Jeffrey and Meryl. Hey, that's not going to happen, okay? So what? We have food for another year, another ten years, and then we run out and we have to leave anyway? What are we doing? Help can still come. What if people are right about death, you know? What if there's something after? You mean, like heaven and hell? Yeah. Do you believe in that? No. Me neither. But you know, I'm starting to think that maybe it's better to believe in something. That we all just die and there's nothing. Hey, shh shh shh shh. It's okay. It's gonna be okay, alright? We're gonna get through this. Yeah, thank you. Thank you. It's just I can't be alone right now. Mm-mm. Okay? Yeah? 'Kay. What's that? Jack! They're in the building, Harold. We need to get down to the basement. We'll barricade ourselves in there, hold out till help comes. I have to leave. Get that bag, get everything you can. Anything... food, anything useful. I'm leaving. What? All my life I... I've never been good at making decisions for myself, for my wife, for my son, for my like, for anything. But I think I figured out what those things are. It's the unknown. It's everything we've ever feared. And it won't stop chasing or looking until it catches us. And when it does, I don't want to be hiding in the darkness of a basement. I want to be outside. I want to be in the light so I can see it. I don't have any fear. It's gone. And this is my decision. Jack. Jack. Jack. It's not the red of the dying sun the morning sheets surprising stain it's not the red of which we bleed it's not that red it's not that red it's not that red it's not that red You're not real. Hm. Just as real as you are. You know why I'm here? You need to remember, Jack. You need to remember what happened to your wife. What are you talking about? You've forgotten who you were, Jack. You've forgotten what you've done. You need to remember. You need to remember who are. It's the only way to go to the light. Ah. This is on you, Jack. This is the type of husband you were. Selfish, distant, the other women, you're fooling yourself. You need to remember who you were. This is who you were. This is who you are. I didn't do this. I didn't do this. This isn't me. This is a trick. I didn't do this. Noah? Noah. Noah. Oh there is day oh there is night oh there is light beyond the dark time fades away time draws a line for we will be together on the other side on the other side body and bones under the stone leaving the beat of your heart whether you roam whether you ride I know we'll be together on the other side on the other side passing on across the plain drifting towards the sky it won't be long I pray to keep you on the other side on the other side on the other side |
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