Ellipse (2019) - full transcript

A man and his dog are stranded on a volatile, oval-shaped planet and are forced to adapt and escape before time destroys them both.

Critical gravity detected.

Critical gravity detected.

Critical gravity detected.

Critical gravity detected.

Critical gravity detected.

Mac!

Mac!

Critical gravity detected.

Mac!

Critical gravity detected.

Mac!



Mac!

Critical gravity detected.

Mac!

Mac!

Mac, Mac!

Critical gravity detected.

Mac!

Critical gravity detected.

Hey, John, it's mom.

I wish you would
pick up your phone.

You know you get
this from your dad.

Trying to turn off your emotions

and shut yourself out.

We all miss her, John.



But we need to work
together on this.

Especially you.

No amount of silence or anger

or resentment toward yourself
is ever gonna bring her back.

Your dad and I worry about you

and what you...

Just please, don't
try to drown this out

with a bottle, John, please.

I love you, son.

And I hate that you're
back to work again already.

So, just please be
careful out there, okay?

I love you.

♪ All right ♪

♪ Whoa, yeah ♪

♪ Soul searching for the truth ♪

♪ Standing on a ship of fools ♪

♪ Tempest tossed
on a sea of lies ♪

♪ Who's making up these rules ♪

♪ We've all been through this ♪

♪ I shed a tear ♪

♪ You'll do anything for power ♪

♪ But you're cut off
from anything real ♪

♪ In the eye of a tower ♪

♪ Oh no ♪

♪ The whole world's
turning to green ♪

♪ Oh yeah ♪

♪ Remember us ♪

♪ Believe what you want ♪

♪ Don't put your trust ♪

♪ In the pain ♪

♪ Time after time ♪

♪ Oh ♪

♪ Finally arrive ♪

♪ Don't put your trust ♪

♪ In the pain ♪

♪ Oh ♪

Looks like it's gonna get
a little rough here, bud.

Better belt in.

♪ Beware the cost ♪

♪ They muddle every path ♪

♪ In light I can see your face ♪

♪ Standing in the back ♪

Shit.

♪ They only want
to hide the truth ♪

♪ Digging deeper in the hole ♪

♪ You've got to look
before you leap ♪

♪ 'Cause you can't
trust the sound ♪

♪ Oh no ♪

♪ The whole world's
turning to green. ♪

Whoa!

Good job, buddy.

Kept your head on straight
through the spin cycle.

♪ Remember us ♪

♪ Believe what you want ♪

♪ But don't put your trust ♪

♪ In the pain ♪

♪ Time after time ♪

♪ Oh ♪

♪ You've finally arrived ♪

♪ Don't put your
trust in the pain ♪

♪ You've finally survived ♪

♪ All the time ♪

♪ It's all in your mind ♪

♪ It's all in your mind ♪

♪ Well, they'll
never believe you ♪

♪ They just wanna deceive you. ♪

Telos detected.

Warning, reduce speed.

Warning, Telos detected.

Warning, reduce speed.

Warning, 203 have been detected.

Keep your trajectory
moving forward.

Warning, change
trajectory immediately.

Mac!

Mac, Mac, come here.

I'm glad one of us is okay.

Hold on, buddy, hold on.

It's okay, it's okay.

It's okay.

It's okay, stay.

This is Captain Rauge.

Calling in a mayday
due to touchdown

on planet D-14.

Uh,

upon atmosphere penetration,

lateral vibration must've
caused some sort of

short in phase-detractors.

Analog thrust got me down here,

but it's not gonna be
enough to relaunch.

Long story short, I'm
gonna need a jump.

I'll waste no time in finding
an alternate power source

as this planet's already
given me some concerns.

Number one, being I
landed in the desert,

and now I'm in the snow,

less than three mile away.

The time is...

Shit, come on, Mac.

I guess that means
it's supper time, huh?

You know, I was saving
these for an emergency,

but I guess this constitutes
an emergency, huh?

Easy there, Chef Ramsay.

What if I told you

this might be the only
food on the planet?

There, that's what I thought.

Truth be told, I don't
know what to expect.

You see, the problem is,

that a normal planet
is shaped like this.

Nice and round, fixed
axis, consistent mass.

Predictable, right?

But Ellipse was spit from
the mouth of a wormhole

about four years ago

and because of the
way it came out,

it came out shaped
like this, like an egg.

Now, we landed right here.

The point with the most
mass under our feet.

Now, with no axis and
no consistent G-force,

it essentially spins like
the Scrambler at a carnival.

You can pretty much
forget everything you know

about weather patterns,
gravity, and time.

There's a myth that it's
the fountain of youth.

Well, we know
that's not the case.

We got to get the
hell outta here.

Well, judging by the
gray hair on your beard,

and the fact that pee
dribbles down my leg,

long after I'm done urinating,

I'm gonna say that crash took
about six years off our life.

Now for me, it's not a big deal.

It's not ideal, but I'll manage.

For you, however,

that's damn near half your life.

Could've been a lot
worse, you know?

A few more minutes
over there and,

you have no idea how much
you mean to me right now.

I can't let anything
happen to you.

Come on.

Let's hike a little further,

then we'll make camp.

You hear that, right?

I'm hearing it.

There's some kind
of moisture here.

Let's keep walking
and see what happens.

Next we got to find
one made of beer.

Come on, Mac.

Say, Rauge, sorry
about your recent loss.

Tell you what, why
don't you, you know,

get away for a little bit.

Go deep into space and
while you're out there,

just snap some quick photos
of an egg-shaped planet.

Nevermind that the North
Pole's a volatile freaking'

mega-magnet that's gonna
suck the life outta you

and your canine partner.

Oh, gee, Captain, no foolin'?

Say, which vessel do
you want me to take?

Ah, you know, just take
the most dilapidated

piece of crap we got in the yard

salvaged from World War I parts.

You know, the throttle
sticks a little bit

and every once in a while,
the phase-detractors

give you a little trouble,

but you give 'em a
whack with the hammer.

They'll settle down for ya.

Oh, gee, Captain,
that sounds dandy.

Say, before I go, you
think I could maybe

get some of those
leather-bound laces?

You know, the kind
that don't come untied

when you're five
billion miles from home?

Ah, sorry, Rauge, just
not a chance in hell.

Ah, well, hey, you know what?

You tried.

Let's go.

What?

You know, you could
strike up a conversation

any time you want

if you don't wanna hear
me talking to myself.

You know, I did get
myself thinking though.

If this planet really
is a giant magnet,

which I suspect it is,

then by that right,

the other pole, should have
the opposite effect, no?

I don't know.

Maybe this prick really
is the fountain of yo, oh!

What the hell?

Either gravity's
playing tricks on us

or you should let me know if
you see a free clinic nearby,

you know, just to be safe.

What's the matter, buddy?

Is your collar bothering you?

Yeah, I know this gravity's

giving me an
intergalactic creeper,

that's for sure.

Mmm, dog breath.

I've said it before.

I'm probably gonna say it again.

We got to get the
hell outta here.

Yeah, I don't like
that shit either.

Captain Rauge to base, come in.

Engineering department, please.

This is Williams.

Vessel number and ID please.

Williams, just the
guy I was looking for.

I already sent you
your service order

and flight path, John.

Well, check you out.

Yeah, us engineers aren't
half-bad after all, huh?

Anything special I need to know?

It's pretty straightforward.

Just survey and
snap a few photos

and head home.

Yeah, well, this
flight plan sucks.

It's gonna take me three days.

Stick to the plan, John.

You ain't pulling that
cowboy crap on my jobs.

That is a big negative.

I'll be going over to the
north side of Ellipse.

John, we've got no
understanding of Ellipse's

gravitational polarity.

You're talking about
shaving two hours

off of a three day trip.

Time is my most
valuable asset, my friend,

and I've got a girl back home
that's worth every penny.

Oh, speaking of which,
she's beeping in now.

I got to go.

No, no, Rauge.

Oh, oh, losing you.

Later, later.

Babe, it's only been two hours.

What, do you miss me already?

Mom, what are you
doing on Emma's ph...

No.

Hold on, hold on,
slow down, slow down.

No, no, no.

Put her on the phone.

I want to talk to her.

Mom, mom, let me speak
to her right now.

Mom, no, don't tell me that.

I just saw her.

Put her on the phone.

Put,

let me, let me talk to her.

No, no, let me talk
to her right now.

Mom, mom, put her on...

You know, I'm starting
to think those MREs

must be packed with
fiber or something.

Mac,

where's your manners?

Whoo-hoo!

Mac.

Mac, come on.

Come on.

You know what this is, Mac?

This is half a volt.

That's all it takes
is 12 volts, 16 amps.

20 or 30 more of these and
we've got ourselves a battery,

my friend.

Think we're gonna need
some fresh ones, though.

But as far as these bad boys go,

I got other ideas.

♪ I'll give you shelter, baby ♪

♪ I'll take away
every ounce of pain ♪

♪ I'll give you shelter, baby ♪

♪ You know it looks
like it's gonna rain ♪

♪ I'll give you shelter, baby ♪

♪ I'll take away
every ounce of pain ♪

♪ I'll give you shelter, baby ♪

♪ If you come in from the rain ♪

♪ Come on, take it ♪

♪ Come and take my pain ♪

♪ Come on, take it ♪

♪ Come and take my soul away ♪

♪ Come on, take it ♪

♪ Come and take my pain ♪

♪ Come on, take it ♪

♪ Come and take my soul away ♪

♪ Come on, take it ♪

♪ Come on, take it ♪

♪ I'll give you shelter, baby ♪

♪ I'll take away
every ounce of pain ♪

♪ Come on, take it ♪

♪ Come on, take it ♪

3%.

I wonder what 3% will do.

Well, maybe that's a
good stopping point.

Goodnight, Mac.

Eh.

I just work better
when I'm drunk.

Guess all that's left
is to climb a tree, huh?

You know, that
really wasn't as bad

as you think it would be.

Sorry, buddy,

but your little
heart can't take it.

I'm gonna have to do
this one alone, okay?

Mac, no!

No!

Get!

Go!

No!

Mac, why would you do that?

Why would you do that?

That was stupid.

Don't be stupid.

Mac.

I can't lose you.

You scared me.

You scared me.

Bad dog, bad dog, Mac.

Come on.

Our attempt today to
regenerate the phase-detractors

was a failure.

What I didn't account for
was the crest of Ellipse's

affect on all living things.

Nothing survives on Ellipse,

nothing but rocks.

I'm gonna have to charge a
power source off-location,

which means more
rations, more fruit,

and if it works, another
three to five years

off my life.

What's the point?

You know, there's a fifth
of Vodka in the ship

that might not have
broken on impact.

Next time you're
headed that way,

I'd really appreciate it.

Shit.

Get.

Get out of here, will ya?

Get!

Go!

Battery 13%.

Mac!

Mac!

Mac!

Mac!

Mac!

John.

John.

John.

John.

John.

Where were you?

Where were you?

Where were you?

Emma?

Emma?

Where were you?

Please hold me.

Emma.

I'm coming, baby.

Where were you?

I'm coming, Emma.

Where were you?

No, no.

Why weren't you there for me?

Mac.

Mac.

Mac.

Mac.

You can pretty much
forget everything you know

about weather patterns,
gravity, and time.

There's a myth that it's
the fountain of youth.

Battery, 85%.

Warning.

Boost not available.

Warning.

Boost not available.

Warning.

Boost not available.

Come on, damn it.

Come on!

Phase-detractors ready.

Hang on, Mac!

Warning.

Gravitational shift detected.

Come on!

Total inversion recommended.

Total inversion recommended.

Stay with me, buddy.

We're almost there.

Come on, Mac.

Come on, Mac.

Come on.

Please.

Boosters overheating.

Phase-detractors
diminishing, 65%.

Please wake up, Mac.

Phase-detractors, 35%.

Please, please.

Phase-detractors, 15%.

No.

Please.

Phase-detractors, off.

I buried the last
part of you I had today.

15 years.

15 years was all he was
granted in this world.

I never talked to anybody
about what happened on Ellipse.

My official report
deemed it a DNE,

Do Not Explore.

We live in a world
where we fight

over every group of
weeds or patch of dirt

we can plant our flag on.

Knowledge of this power
would take more life

than Ellipse could ever give.

I find it funny that the
metric for a quality life

is the years we breathe and
not the love that we give.

Mac knew that.

Hell, all dogs do.

Not a minute of
his life was wasted

on the worthless
emotions we indulge in,

smart enough to know he
had an unlimited amount

of joy to give, but only
so much time to give it.

15 years weren't taken
away from me on Ellipse.

They were given to me.

Not just the years, but
the ability to face time,

the understanding that
it isn't a countdown

of minutes or
hours, but a diary,

a blank book that we
fill up as much as we can

before we leave.

Tonight, I begin
to fill your pages.

Tonight I see my time with you
for how long it really was.

Tonight, I am in
control of my dreams.

♪ One foot now on the pedal ♪

♪ Gotta run now from the devil ♪

♪ Going max now from the metal ♪

♪ First place, I got my medal ♪

♪ Pick a fight now,
with the devil ♪

♪ Going up now another level ♪

♪ Looking down at the peril ♪

♪ Going up, going
up another level ♪

♪ Adrenaline ♪

♪ Rush through my veins ♪

♪ Take me away from the pain ♪

♪ I got a monster ♪

♪ Inside of me ♪

♪ If it won't let me go ♪

♪ It won't let me be ♪

♪ I got a monster ♪

♪ Inside of me ♪

♪ If it won't let me go ♪

♪ It won't set me free ♪