Among the Living (2021) - full transcript

Dad?

I don't even know if
you're going to get this.

I'm bringing Lily to you.

Erm.

I hope you're OK

It's the
blood, that's what draws them.

It's the blood,
that's what draws them. Mum's erm.

They'll track it, and kill you.

I'll explain when I see you

See you soon.

No one
is available to take your call.



People are dying out there

Make sure you don't bleed!

Dear Mum

I hope you're OK

We've packed up what
we can carry

and we're going to Dad's.

Harry says the roads aren't safe

so we're going to walk.

It shouldn't take us more than
a couple of weeks

If all goes well

We're not doing this for home
work are we?

Yea of course we are

Oh look at that there,
the drawbridge

Goes straight through



Eh?

You started this!

What did you have for
food before?

Tomatoes

Tomatoes?

Well we've got

Beans

Oh my god

Beans

Ooh

I think I'll have to go
with the beans

You chose correctly

You taking a picture?

You know

You're such a weirdo

It's so you can remember and
look back on it

Right, come on

Harry!

Just let me in please,
I'm not infected I promise.

No, No, Go, go, go, go, go

No, No, Go, go, go, go,
go Harry!

Please, please, please,
just let me in please

I'm begging you. shh,
you need to go

Please, please, please let me in!
You need to go. Get out, get the fuck out!

Please just help me!

Please, just help me!

Please.

Just help me.

Come here, you do that,
I'll do this, come on go over there.

I've done it, I've done it!

It's alright, come on

Right

There's no way,
we are going across this bridge

Come on

No, listen to me right, hang on.
I thought there was

there is another bridge further
down. No house.

That's the one we are going to,
alright?

Come on, take a risk!

Take a risk?

Take a risk?

What's in there?

I don't know

Right, exactly

Take a risk?!

Jesus

Right

If you listen to me we can
find another way

So if we go further on,
it should be there alright?

Yeah?

Lily!

Lily!

Shit

Get out!

Get out, get out, get out!

Shit!

Oh great, she's fucking bleeding

Come on

What?

Who's he?

I don't know

I don't think they'll be
following us now

Custard?

Do you realise what you did?

Before?

No, because you

You never listen!

Ever!

Go to bed.

You don't talk much, do you?

I didn't know.
I'm I'm I'm sorry.

Do you know sign language?

Me neither

What's your name?

Matt?

Jack?

Jack, pleased to meet you

I'm Harry

and this here

is my sister Lily

that coat looks warm

not sure about the colour though

This?

Rubbish

Cold

whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa

no, no, no, no, no, no

Honestly, no

Please

I'm fine

OK

Thank you

Dear Mum

Harry is doing good

He keeps bossing me around a
bit, so there's nothing new there

I do think we make a pretty
good team

My legs are aching,
but I'm excited to see dad again

Could be food

We've got enough

You've not been eating

Ow

Are you alright?

Harry

It's OK, It's OK

It's bleeding

It's alright, it's alright,
it's alright, It's alright

Ey, here, it's alright,
it's alright

Come here

OK?

It's OK, It's OK

OK, everything's alright

Harry!

Go, go, go, go, go

Keep going, keep going

How's your side?

Let's have a look

Yeah It's stopped bleeding

Right listen I'm going to give
you something

OK

You must only use it If
you need to

Yeah

Right

Which way is it to Dad's?

That way

We duck under and we get back to
the forest alright?

OK

Right let's go,
let's not hang about.

You got everything?

Yeah

Harry, I need the toilet

Harry!

What?

I need the toilet

Well don't go far

Hey Lily, come and look at this!

Oi, Lily!

Lily

Lily

Lily!

Lily

Lily!

Lily

Oi, do I not get privacy
anymore?

Alright, sorry

Lily!

Ow

Harry!

It's OK, it's OK. Listen, Listen. I'm
going to pull. It's going to hurt, alright?

There we go, there we go,
there we go

Right, go, go, go, go Harry!

There we go. It's OK,
it's OK, it's OK

Yeah Right, come here

give me your foot,
give me your foot, there we go

You're brave, I'm telling you,
you're brave

Right come here

Right you keep hold of
that, keep hold of that Harry!

It's OK, look at me, it's alright. Keep hold
of it. Keep hold of it there. Keep hold!

Alright?

Come on!

There we go

Listen, listen. We have got to be quick.
OK. Quick. Can you be quick for me? Alright

Come on, come on! Up, up, up,
up, up, up, there we go, right, listen

Let me put this on my back

What?

Right can you jump on
me? Jump on me!

Are you ready?
Stay on me, stay on me

Let's go

Right, let's go

Watch your foot,
watch your foot, alright?

Come on!

Where are the batteries you
found? The batteries! Where are they?

I don't know!

Right, come on, follow me.
Follow me.

Come on, foot over, foot over,
foot over. There we go.

Watch it, watch it!

Right go to the tree.
Go to the tree, go to the tree!

Come on!

Go, go, go, go!

Where are you going?

I need to go out

Find us some more supplies

Do you have any rice pudding?

Erm

No but I've got chicken
and chickpea

No rice pudding

How's this?

Stopped bleeding

Do you wanna come with?

I can't walk on this

Alright

Got your knife?

Yeah

Stay safe, alright

OK

Right

Shut this when I'm leaving

So where have you come from?

Further down west

Alright? Further down west
there's a camp, OK? There is a camp!

Where did you say it was?

Further down west,
there's a camp

There's about 40 people

Who should I talk to
at this camp?

Erm

When I tell them I've seen you?

Er

Hmm?

Erm

Come on

OK, right, I'm I'm sorry
I'm I'm looking for my dad

Alright, I, I, just

He's on his own out
here, and there's only me

I'm just looking for my
Dad, I'm sorry, I'm sorry for lying

I'm sorry

I'm sorry as well

Alright, alright,
alright, alright, alright, alright

I've got to be careful Please!

No I'm begging you,
I'm begging you, Please!

Tom!

I've got a sister!

That age, alright? Or
near enough, I've got a sister!

And that's why I'm In
here she's been hurt!

On one of those traps!

What traps?

In the woods over there

I'm trying to find her somewhere

That's why I'm here

It's me and my sister

OK then

Lets have a walk over
there, huh?

OK

Get her out here

Tom, stay back a little
bit Lily!

Who's that?

What's your name?

Karl

It's Karl

It's OK, come on

Stop there

Show me you're leg

It's OK, do it

Don't take that off,
leave it covered up

I've got a cabin
just up the road

You can stay there for
a couple of days

but after that, you're gone

We will be, thank you

No more lying

I promise. Thank you, Karl

Get packed up,
I'll get you some food down here

Tom!

Bye

We need to pack up,
and we're leaving

But why?

We can't trust them!

But It's safer with them than
it is out here

Can you walk on that?

Not really!

Right the minute you can walk
back on that

you tell me, and we're leaving.
Do you hear me?

Yeah

Get your stuff,
while I'm out here

Where did you live?

Tom! Tom! Get over here, come on
get around here. Come on.

Come on

Thank you

Show them around, Tom

OK Right

Go on, right, are you OK?

Go on, get on there.

Alright

I got these for you

Look, I don't want you getting
comfortable here

You're gone as soon as
she's better, OK?

Yeah

Look, I'll I'll pay you back
somehow, I mean it

We live up at that big
farm don't we Karl

Yeah

We can bring you some more
food tonight if you want?

It's kinda hard to explain
like you have

Yeah

Erm, I'd have to put down
a one, or a king or a queen

Shhhh

Alright

Alright?

So

- Do you know how to play?
- Erm, yeah

- Do you want to play cheat?
- I've not a clue

Oh, ey up, ey up Ey!

Not seen one of them for ages

I'll take all of these

Teaching them to play cards?

Yeah, I'm trying to teach
him to play cheat but he won't listen!

OK then, go on, go, go, go!

So, like, you say cheat, if you think someone's
lying about what card they've put down

Yeah

So they have one card left and ooh it
happens to be the right card that they need

that's a king. Cheat! It's not

they have to pick up all the cards there
are. OK I'll deal us all in OK, OK

Oh you're a star, thank you

Karl's played it before

Has he? Who's better out
of you two then?

- Hey can I have some?
- Me

No you don't drink. You know
you're not allowed No, me

Can I have a bit? Please

Go on then

Yes

It's just weird, it's
disgusting Read your book

I'm just going to deal all of
the cards out and I'll put one down

Hang on you're meant to do
them the other way up so you can't see

Ah yeah

Sorry guys No cheating,
cheating! So you've played it before?

How's your leg Lily?

It's fine

I don't know how they do it

You know, I don't know
how they cope in this

It's hard enough for us

Yeah but kids are kids
aren't they

They adapt easier than we do

For us it's

it's a struggle isn't it, but
she's handling it better than me

Yeah

Oh

What's up in the farm?

Why?

Well I was just wondering if there's like a
bigger coat or something cause this one's rubbish

Yeah there'll probably be
one about erm

When I was wagon driving before
this I had loads of coats so yeah

Did you?

How long did you do that for?

Er

Yeah I did It for a while,
good while. Yeah

Yeah I stopped when this
all started

You know, what about you?

Me?

I was a biologist

Shocked you that,
didn't It, yeah!

It did, yeah

No, I was an accountant

An accountant?!

I'd never put you down as
an accountant

No, I'd have put you down as
selling ice-creams

Working on the beach
with blinking

with beach chairs, folding them

Or even in a burger bar

But no? Accountant

Na

I thought you were a farmer?

No, no, no, no that
was the wife. She looked after that

Oh, OK

Anyway

Better be going

Yeah, sure, yeah, yeah,
erm. Thanks for these

It's alright,
I'll put them on your tab

Tom!

Time to go!

See ya, Lily

Yeah

Can't forget this

Night Harry

Night

Night

Lilly?

Yeah?

Are you sure you want to stay
in the tent?

Well yeah you said we could

Alright?

Yeah

I'm going to go out tomorrow

see if I can find us a new place

OK, I'll play with Tom

Come with me If you want?

No, I can't

I'll go out when Karl's hunting

OK

Have you got your knife?

Have you got your knife?

Yes

Mum

I've hurt my leg pretty
bad the other day

Harry was stressing me
out and I walked straight into a trap

I'm alright though, it just
needs to heal enough to stop bleeding

We've met some other survivors who
have let us stay in a cabin for a few days

They seem pretty nice

Alright?

Yeah

Why are you in the tent?

Cause I'm used to the tent?

We have got lovely beds

Yeah, I'm just used to the tent

How's your leg?

It's sore

Can I see it?

No

Does it hurt?

Yes

Do you wanna play a game?

Oh

You OK?

Yeah

Oh god

Alright, It's not funny Tom!

It's very funny. Sorry Lily

Ha Ha

Come on Tom!

- Sorry, I wasn't looking!
- Ey?

You alright?

Ow

I think I'm OK

You sure?

How's your leg?

You haven't hurt it?

Karl?

Get down Tom! Get down,
get down, get down, get down

Stay quiet, Shhh!

Shhh! Shhh!

Quick, come on!

Come on! Tom,
you know where we're going!

Lily!

Where the fuck have you been?

What happened?

Go! Get her back, Get her
back, look after her leg!

- Where are you going?
- Never mind where I'm going!

This way, come on

Come on

Let me check it, let me
check it What? Come on!

They can't follow us now
it's too bright!

How do you know that we
just heard it! Come on, Come on!

Harry!

Just hurry up!

Go on, keep going

Is everything OK?

It is

What happened?

Do you know how to use that?

Hey I'm trying to do
the best I can

We can't all be like you, Karl!

I'm learning, every day

Tom!

Yeah?

Come on, we're leaving

Bye Lily Bye Tom

See you, Lily

I'll see you tomorrow

- Bye!
- OK, bye!

Bye Lily I got the door

Aww

You alright?

Yeah

Do you think we got some?

Should have, fingers crossed.
Get my bottle

OK

No, not too much but it's some

There we go

Go on, go on, go, get ready

There we go

We haven't got much this time

Try there

Yeah it's alright, wow, wow, wow,
there see? See? I told you

I told you

Right, we've got a bit

Hopefully it rains tomorrow

Here's the lid

Getting dark

Can we go get my staff?

Where is it?

In the field

How's the leg?

I can walk on it I just
don't want it to reopen

Alright

Watch you don't slip

You coming then?

What? Oh yeah

It's hot, innit

Yeah

Looks like there's
a worm around here

Ugh, probably a beetle

Tom

- Yeah?
- Where's Harry?

He's at the farm

Farm?

Yeah

Alright?

I'm alright, are you?

Not bad

Been for a stroll?

Yeah, just for a look round

Those trees there

Leaving us?

No

No, found it

It's funny what you
find isn't it?

Yeah

Anyway

I'm going to pop round tonight

OK?

Er, tonight's not a great idea

What do you mean not
a great idea?

Well, Lily, she's got homework

No school, no homework

No point

Lily

What?

Do you want to see
something cool?

Yeah

Come on

Cool innit

Yeah

We should probably
turn these off

You ready Lil?

Yeah

Seeds

Mum

Harry's gone out again
while Karl is hunting

He's insisting on finding
somewhere else for us to go

I think we should stay here

Harry won't listen to me
though, will he?

Wow, wow, wow, wow, OK, OK, OK,
alright, Jesus

I just want some food, OK?

That's all you want?

Yeah

Give me that

Sit over there

Both legs under

Lily's favourite

Who's Lily?

My sister

And your name?

Harry

So where is she?

It must be nice to have
someone with you

It's alright, she's a pain

- Have you got anybody?
- Was she with you?

- With me when?
- In the tent

Is that why you didn't help me?

OK, right, I, I, I,
I couldn't help you, alright?

I have, I have a little sister
You really could have helped me

I really couldn't, I mean you'd
have done the same thing

I tried, OK? I, I, I,
I just couldn't

fine

Alright, OK, alright I get why you'd be angry
at that. I'm, I get it, alright? But I'm sorry

Yeah, I don't want your sorry

What's this?

Just do me a favour and bury me
afterwards, alright?

No, I can't do that, no, no, no,
no, no, I'm not doing it, no!

Listen, I can't do that. No! I can't do
that! I need you to, I need you to do it! OK?

No, no I'm not doing it!

I'm not doing it! OK?

I don't wanna turn, OK?

Right, there's a guy
This is your fault!

It's not my fault! How, How is it
my fault? I just This is your fault!

Listen to me, there's a guy, alright,
there's a guy I know, he can, he can,

he can be here in two hours, two hours! I don't
have time for that, I don't have time. Just

No I'm not doing it! No!

I'm sorry, I can't do it

I can't do it

I haven't got long

Will you wait with me?

Just until it gets dark?

Hey, you OK?

Hey

You OK?

Just give us a minute

Me and Tom have been
building this like tree fort in the woods

I mean we already found it there.
Anyway it was really cool. Erm

but we've been making it really big with like
long branches we found that are dead, on the floor

What are you doing?

You got rice pudding?

Just give us five minutes!

Five Minutes!

You coming back out?

Sorry

What's it like where you live?

Well, used to live,
what's it like?

Erm, we were in this house,
so it was really busy in rush hour

but there was plenty of kids to play
with and they were always outside

but I don't think they really
knew I existed

So hopefully, after my leg's
healed, we'll go find our dad, and then

that'll be good cause I haven't seen
him in a while. I just really want to

What's your Dad like?

Hello little friends, It must be my
fucking birthday, look we got here! Lily!

Hello little friends, It must be my fucking
birthday, look we got here! Tom who's this?

Hello little friends, It must be my fucking
birthday, look we got here! I don't know!

- Who are you?
- Get Karl!

Who's Karl? Ey Who the fuck's
Karl? I don't know where he is

What the fuck are you
looking at? Ey?

Who the fuck

Aw that was nice, do it
again, it tickled a little bit!

Ey? What you got?
Who you with?

Give it to me. Ey? You're
not going anywhere Get off me!

Get Karl

Who are you with?

This is my place, you're in
it, which means you belong to me

and so does everything you've
got, so why don't you start handing it over

Run!

Are you OK mate? Are you OK? Give me the, give me
the fucking tape! Tape, tape, tape, tape, come on

Now get 'em.
Fucking get 'em. Get 'em!

What are you doing up
that tree? Ey?

Fuck!

You fucking stabbed me

But I've got time

You're going to have to come
down at some point

And when you do

I'm going to fucking have you

Let me in! You little bastard,
you little bastard!

Fuck!

Shit

OK, right, we've got to go.
Right now

So, come on,
down from the tree. Yeah?

Come down off the tree, yeah?

I mean it, I'm not fucking
about, get down now

Come on, get down. Get down. Get
down! Get the fuck down! Now!

Fuck's sake get down now

Get the fuck down!
Get out the fucking tree!

Come on, get down!

Not a good day, been a long day

What you doing?

What happened to you?

You shouldn't be drinking!

How many has she had?

One

Like she says, just the one

Lily's had a tough day
today anyway

Why what happened?

Oh don't worry,
the kids are alright

- Are you alright?
- Yeah, I'm fine!

Who was it?

I don't know

Where are they now?

I don't know where they are,
but there's one missing. OK?

Where were you?

I was setting traps

Animal traps

Or other traps?

They're for the infected

They're your traps!

Of course they're his traps!

You what?

Of course they're his

- who else are they going to be?
- You're taking his side over me now?

That's why you're hurt!

No! It's all of us against
them out there

He's keeping them out!

That's why you put mud,
and grass on them innit

The infected can't see that

It's for the survivors like us!

Thank you Lily. Right?

Now why didn't you
listen to her?

But now you listen to me

I put them traps down

to keep anything out

not just the fucking infected

I want no one coming round here
and spoiling things, OK?

Right you just take care
what you say

Right?

You're here because I'm allowing
you to be here

For no other reason

Just look after her.
Make sure she's alright

do a nice little job shall you

Tom!

Yeah?

Get your arse down here

OK, I'm coming

Take care of that finger

Yep

Tom. Tom, stay there

What is it?

There

It followed me

You're fucking joking

Look we're staying here
tonight. Tom

switch the lights on

I wish I lived
somewhere like this

yeah it's nice, innit?

Yeah, it's really cool

There's a river the other
side of the forest

I could teach you how to
fish if you'd like?

Yeah, sounds good

Yeah, my Dad he got me a fishing rod last
year, but Karl won't let me go near the river

What?

Yeah, apparently it's unsafe

No, so Karl's not your Dad?

No, he's not my Dad

So, who is he then?
Do you know him?

No, Mum just let him stay
when the virus got bad

Oh

Where's your Mum now?

Oh well, Mum, Mum, Mum died

What happened?

She died just after Karl
got here. She was stabbed

What? By who?

The, The infected

I didn't know they did that

Yeah well, I don't know

Sorry

Either way,
tell me more about fishing

Well there are a few different types, I've
seen that you can catch, erm there's trout

Harry?

Harry

What you up to?

Where are the kids?

I see you've got that
coat I got you

What have you got that on for?

Harry

Are you alright?

Where's Tom and Lily?

They're safe

What do you mean they're
safe? I said they're safe

Tom!

Lily!

What do you mean safe?

I said

they're safe
What have you done Harry?

Tom!

Tom, get your arse here!

Lily!

Harry

what are you fucking up to?

Ey?

What the fuck?

I'm sorry Karl!

What the fuck have you done?

Harry!

Tom! Lily!

Harry! Where's my
fucking hammer?

Are seeing a near vertical trajectory,
with new patients being turned away

Hazmat supplies are completely depleted, with
hospital staff now being asked to work without them

protected by a vaccine they all know
doesn't work

The Prime minister is due to
make an announcement shortly

but with the military already enforcing
nationwide martial law, it is not clear

Mum?

Harry?

Harry, where's Mum?

Everything is OK just stay there,
OK? Just stay there

Harry can I see Mum?

She's alright just listen to me
and go downstairs!

Harry, I want to see my Mum

She's not feeling well, alright?
Just listen to me!

I'm not going downstairs
Go downstairs just listen to me!

I want to see my Mum! Everything's going to
be alright, everything's going to be alright

No! I want to see my Mum

I'm begging you, please,
Mum's not feeling well OK?

Alright?

Yeah Yeah?

Right, listen

I'll leave the bag here

I'm going to find the other
one's round there, alright?

Two minutes

That's it. Stay here. Alright?

Don't leave!

Hey, you alright?

Yeah

There'll be loads of fish in
this lake, like absolutely loads

How big?

- This big? 80lbs?
- Woah

How long would that take
us to eat?

80lbs would be about this big

We'd be catching, I'd be catching ones about
that size for like tea and stuff, like fillet it

Well how long would
that last us?

- What, a big one?
- Like this big? Yeah

No, this big

Two days

That's not too bad
One week. Two days

Three days, Four days,
Five days, One week

OK

Did Harry kill Karl?

I don't know

That's what happened to Mum

I thought you said the infected
killed her?

Na

She got infected, and then

And then Karl killed her

I'm so sorry

Yeah it's fine it's
ages back now

Oi guys

- Yeah?
- Come on

Hang on

Hey guys, come on, come on

What do you think?

Awesome Yeah

Right, two secs

Stay there, you

Give me the bag

Stay there

Dear Mum

We managed to find a boat

We're going to see how
far it will get us up river

Tom is with us now,
which is cool

He says he can catch us
plenty to eat

Harry is doing good

Still bossy, but that's fine

He seems excited to be
moving again

He's keeping the team
together well

I hope you're watching
down on us, and feeling proud

I miss you

Love, Lily