Mark's Secret to Eternal Life (2013) - full transcript

Tell me your name.

Tell me your name.

Tell me your name.

I'm trying to save your life.

There's a blood clot
forming in your brain.

You're not real.

Open your mind.

You're hearing
that man's voice again.

You need to see a doctor.

You told anybody about this?

No. I haven't told anybody.



But I will if you
don't see a doctor.

That's going to ruin everything
we've been trying to do.

People are gonna talk.

I'm not gonna be
able to get a job.

Mark.

I just have to stop being
so stressed out all the time.

You need to see
a doctor before it gets worse.

Maybe what's happening to
me is something I can beat.

I'll talk you you later.

Hey it's
Catherine, leave a message

after the beep and I'll return
you call as soon as possible.

Catherine, I'm sorry
I ran off like I did.

Please call.

Open your mind.



Jesus.

This isn't real.

Tomorrow.

We have to see each
other tomorrow.

Your life depends on it.

Now send me your memories.

Now send me your memories.

I'm Mark.

Catherine.

Mark, you won't die.

What the hell?

This isn't my apartment.

I don't know who you
are, but you better leave

before I call the
police, all right?

This isn't my apartment.

Let me in,
I'll explain everything.

I'm callin' the police.

Mark.

I'm trying to help you.

How do you know my name?

Pretty soon, you'll feel
the pain in your belly.

And the pain will
only get worse.

Call an ambulance, please.

Call an ambulance.

I need a doctor.

What's happening to me?

You felt that pain
because I brought you

into a parallel world.

What?

This world is exactly
like the world you left,

only you were never born here.

You've never been
at this apartment.

You...

Hypnotized me.

No.

If I hadn't brought
you into this world,

you would have died of
a stroke last night.

All of your memories came to me.

I know everything about you.

That's how I knew you were here.

My throat.

You need to absorb
some of my energy.

From your memories, I saw
what clothes you like to wear.

In a little while, you'll
have your spirits back.

That man in that house looks
exactly like your father.

Came here because you
have a connection to him.

In order to adjust
in this world,

you have to be
near all the people

to whom you have a connection.

You and I also
have a connection.

We have to be near each other.

Do you understand?

We can't be separated...

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Okay, go.

Open up, it's me.

What do you want?

I know about him.

Who?

Don't look.

Just call the police.

What for?

He hypnotized me, made
me do whatever he wants.

Oh, you're nuts.

Dad, please.

Please help me.

Who the hell said I was
your dad anyway, asshole?

You're nuts.

Get outta here.

Dad?

Dad? Dad!

Look, you better go.

I am callin' some buddies
who will kick your ass.

Call the police!

Shit.

Leave me alone. No.

Leave me alone, leave me alone.

I told you, we
have a connection.

We need each other
to stay alive.

In their computers in there,

there's no record of you.

No birth certificate,
no nothing.

Do you remember your
social security number?

Yeah.

Tell it to them, and if it
comes up on their computers,

they won't come up as you.

I've been able, learned how
to create identification

that no one can dispute.

I can teach you to survive.

If you follow my instructions,
you'll never feel pain again.

Let's go inside.

Andrew.

This can't be happening,
this can't be real.

First time I saw
proof of all this,

I felt the same
way you feel now.

Like you, I thought
I was going crazy.

I was 17, heard a
voice in my head.

Definitely thought
I was going crazy.

It was the voice of an old man.

An old man pulling
me into his world.

Saved my life.

My dad, or...

The man who looks like my dad.

Will he be in every
world I go to?

Everyone you've
ever known will be

in every world we go to.

Everybody?

Yes, but they won't
know who you are.

She's exactly the same.

Everything you adored about her.

Dr. Nelson, you are needed

in the emergency room.

Dr. Nelson...

Hi.

Hello.

I'm thinking about
applying for a job here.

I was wondering,
could I ask you some

questions about the place?

Sure.

Do you mind if I sit?

Oh, go ahead.

So what kind of work do you do?

I can cook.

That's good, our
cafeteria could really

use some help around here.

Is something the matter?

I feel like I've seen
you around somewhere.

I just moved here.

Anyway, I think you'd
like working here.

The people are nice, fair.

My lunch break's almost over.

Good luck on your job search.

Thanks. I'm Mark.

Catherine.

Nice to meet you.

Nice to meet you too.

I hope we get a chance
to talk again soon.

That would be...

Catherine?

Catherine?

I drank too much
coffee, I'm dizzy.

I gotta get back to work.

- Bye.
- Bye.

Anna Gramly,
report to the nurse's station.

Something strange happened.

When she shook my hand,

it was like her mind went blank.

Did you hear a humming sound?

I think I did.

That's weird.

My throat, my throat.

Beginning to tighten.

Who is that?

Don't talk.

Andrew, please.

Tell me who that is.

I'll take them off
when you fully understand

why this has to be done.

What are you
doin' with the needle?

What are you doin' to him?

He has to be awake
for this to work.

Now he's ready...

And I'm ready.

Ready for what?

What are you doin'
with the knife?

Jesus.

You need to
absorb this monster's energy.

Feel better?

I feel...

At peace...

Like you've never felt before.

This is wrong.

Just let me show ya what
kind of monster he was.

How many more innocent
people do you think

he would have killed if
I hadn't stopped him?

He even thought he could
pay me to let him go.

In every world I've gone to,

there've been monsters like him.

We might not be able
to kill 'em all,

but even the few we kill

will save a lot of
innocent people.

Don't you think that's
a good thing to do?

The old man taught me to always

have a couple of
those monsters tied up

where nobody can find 'em.

If you don't keep me alive,
I can't keep you alive.

You're not putting
any sauce on yours?

It's not poisoned.

That's not much pasta.

All I need.

I've lost the ability to
taste and feel some things

but other sensations have
become even stronger.

I can feel the ticking
of the second hand

like the beat of a heart.

Enjoy it while you can.

I prepared a room down the
hall for you to sleep in.

Having trouble falling asleep?

Yeah.

Music?

And something to
read always helps.

Here, I'll give you
somethin' to read.

World War II.

Japanese soldiers.

Killed more than a
million Chinese civilians,

women and children among 'em.

Believing that they were
doin' it to protect Japan,

to make their
families safe at home.

We dropped tons of
incendiary bombs on Japan,

burning more than a
million Japanese civilians,

women and children among them,

telling ourselves
that we were doin' it

to protect our country.

To make America safe.

This kinda thing
has been going on

for a long time.

I know it's difficult
reading about such things

but it'll toughen you up.

Goodnight, Mark.

Goodnight.

I look terrible.

No you don't.

Yes I do, I haven't
put on any makeup.

Honey, you're too early.

I look terrible.

No you don't.

Yes I do, I haven't
put on any makeup.

Honey, you're too early.

- I'm sorry.
- It's okay.

I'm sure when my boss arrives,

he'll let me leave
as soon as I want.

We have to adjust our plans.

What happened?

It turns out there's more work

for me to do than I thought.

They're things I need to do now.

Andrew.

Are you tryin' to find a way
to tell me that it's over?

No.

You don't sound
too convincing.

I'm not sure of much,
except that I love you...

More than I can say.

I read all of it.

Bad times.

They were.

So, Catherine's gonna be

getting off work, off her
night shift in a few minutes

and I was wondering
if I could go see her.

Please.

Morning.

Hi.

You got the job here?

Not yet, actually
I still wanted to see

if I could ask you a couple
questions about this place.

Do you wanna get some
breakfast, maybe talk a little?

Thanks, but I don't
think that's a good idea.

Maybe another time?

Probably not,
that's my boyfriend.

- Hey.
- What's up?

Babe, this is Mark.

He's tryin' to get a job here.

Oh. How's that goin'?

Not too good.

Oh, I'm sorry
to hear that man.

There's lots of jobs though,
I'm sure you'll find somethin'.

- You hungry?
- Yeah.

All right, hope it
works out for you dude.

You too.

- Bye.
- Bye.

I know what you're
going through.

In some worlds, the one I
love wanted someone else.

Some ways, it's worse
when they love you.

The year you have with
'em flies by and...

And what?

The day you enter their world,

an illness starts in them.

No.

Within a year, they die.

There has to be a
way to keep Catherine alive.

If there
was, I would tell you.

I've seen it happen,
over and over.

That's why I told you that
you have to toughen up.

What's wrong?

I'm losing my spirits.

You're gonna have to drive.

There's the house.

The man I tied up
is in the garage.

Look in his pocket.

Check the phone.

He killed her.

Keep checkin' the phone.

He killed her too.

Use the needle.

He's waking up, you
have to do it now.

If I die... you'll die.

Cut his throat.

Andrew. Andrew.

You did the right thing.

All right, yeah,
I'll bring cash.

You make sure he gets
the best ID possible.

We'll be there in about an hour.

Okay.

What ya thinkin' about Mark?

You have any kids?

No.

It's impossible for people
like me and you to have kids.

What you gotta do, what people
like me and you gotta do,

is never stop focusing
on the future.

Keep your mind on possibilities.

If you can stay focused
on possibilities,

you can hang on.

I wanna go see my dad.

The man who looks like my dad.

Sir, I don't,

I'm not from here, I
don't know anybody yet.

I'd like to talk to you.

About what?

I'll be movin' into an
apartment down the street.

So?

Sir, you remind me of
somebody that tried to help me.

I still need help.

Advice on all kinds of things.

We could hang out
at a bar, you know?

You pick the place,
I'll buy the beer.

I don't know con
you're pulling but

if you're buyin' the
beer, I'll play along.

Okay, well I'll come
by in a couple days.

All right. See ya around.

Well he's not my dad but

he acts exactly like him.

When the old man
pulled me into his world,

I did just what you did.

I went searching
for the ones who

looked like my family.

I only found my mother.

Of course, she didn't
know who I was,

got scared, left the
shack she was stayin' at.

Mark, energy we get from

the monsters we kill
slows down our aging.

What?

Yes, yes.

I was born before the Civil War.

Slave on a Georgia
plantation, 1855.

Wait, time out...

Time out nothing,
time out for you.

Let me finish before you start
asking a lot of questions.

Being born a slave on
a Georgia plantation...

Horrible.

Always something to fear.

But my mom could always
find a way to make us happy.

Then the Civil War came

and my mother had to
work like an animal

to keep us alive.

And then the war
worsened, and she

began to have to steal,

and do whatever else she
could to keep us alive.

One day, she found
a knife in the

burned-out shack
we were stayin' in.

She told us don't
you leave this house

until I come back tonight or
tomorrow, whenever I get back.

Don't you leave.

And she left, and she came
back the next morning.

With food.

She kept on going
out with the knife

until the Civil War ended.

Her eyes were
always on something

way far away, something
only she could see.

Then I got tuberculosis,

and I began to hear the
old man's voice in my head.

The old man who took
me outta my world

into his world.

Saved my life.

I'm tellin' you this
because I've seen worse.

I've seen wars,
I've seen massacres,

I've seen famine,
but you know what?

I've also seen how
fiercely people

will struggle to stay alive,

just for the hope
of a better future.

The day you enter their world,
an illness starts in them.

Within a year, they die.

No. No.

No.

You need to absorb
this monster's energy.

How many more innocent
people do you think

he would have killed if
I hadn't stopped him?

In every world I've gone to,

there've been monsters like him.

No.

Morning.

You get any sleep?

Not much.

That's something else you're
gonna have to get used to.

Coffee helps. Want some?

Sure, thanks.

Want milk in your coffee?

Ah, no thank you.

I made it a
little bit too strong.

Milk's gonna make it
taste a lot better.

I'd like just a
little bit then.

Still too strong?

No, it's good.

Mark, tonight my
year will be up.

I will be pulled out of this
world into another world.

You and I will never
see each other again.

There's somethin'
different you have to do

to stay alive in this world

to make it into another world.

Something different?

Yes.

Sorry, I can't
keep my eyes open.

What did you put in this?

Just something that
will help you sleep a bit.

Andrew, I trusted you.

The old man told me
that people like you

and me and all the other people

that go from world to
world are all the same.

We have a darkness in us

that makes us capable of
doing horrible things.

When we enter a new
world, our dark side

merges with the darkness
of the monsters we kill.

But we're also connected
to the energy of people

like Catherine.

And Gloria.

People who don't mean
anybody any harm.

In order to stay alive,
we need their energies.

Andrew. Please.

There has to be another way.

The old man tried to tell
me there was another way,

but he was lying.

He began to love the killing,

and when he saw that I
didn't love the killing,

he tried to kill me.

But I killed him first.

You're a monster.

Maybe.

Hey babe, welcome back.

I'm glad to be back.

You sound tired.

Honey?

Been working a lot.

I really missed you.

I miss you too.

Okay, I'll see you soon okay?

See ya.

Baby.

What's wrong?

Just thinkin' about all
the work I have to do.

Let's go get some coffee.

Okay.

Something the matter?

No.

Andrew, open your mind.

This will only
stop if you're feeling pain.

Don't do this.

No, no, no, no.

This will paralyze
you for about a minute,

then you'll get
your strength back.

Now get up.

Don't do this.

Mark, there's no other way.

What about Gloria?

Do you think I enjoy
killing the ones I love?

I told you, the minute
we enter their world,

they begin to die, and
they die a horrible death!

How many times
have you seen that happen?

It happens to all of them.

Pick up the knife.

All it takes is a cut across
Catherine's jugular vein.

That's all you need to do.

Time is running out.

This is the last time
I'm going to ask you.

Do it.

Okay.

I'll do it.

The knife is
on the floor, pick it up.

Okay, okay.

I got it.

I got the knife.

Cut it quickly, and she won't

feel too much pain.

Catherine.

Catherine, listen to me.

I'm sorry.

Let them go!

Let 'em go, let them go.

Look at me. Look at me.

You're not gonna do this.

Andrew.

You're dead.

You can't feel anything.

I am not.

Unfortunately, I can
feel all sorts of things.

Andrew, please, please.

The old man could have
been telling the truth.

The old man was lying.

You don't know that for sure.

Close your eyes, Gloria.

Please close your eyes.

Andrew.

Andrew, please.

I hope that the old
man was telling the truth

about there being another way.

I'm tired of killing.

Mark, we're in the new world.

You have to wake up.

Good morning, darlin'.

Thank you for a lovely evening.

Let's get you inside
and put you to bed.

Ha, you should have
seen your face.

You should have seen your face.

We're not
absorbing his energy.

American Realty,
how many I help you?

I'm lookin'
for a house to lease.

Okay, well you've
called the right place.

My name is Gloria.

I only offer the
best in quality, so

how long a lease
are you looking for?

Let's start with a year.

Can I come by your
office tomorrow?

Sure.

Well what time
works best for you?

9am.

9am it is, Mister?

Andrew James.

9am, Andrew James.

Okay, I look forward to seeing
you tomorrow, thank you.

What happened to Catherine?

I don't know, we're
in the new world.

I don't know what
the rules are here.

Is there another
Catherine here?

Probably, I just
talked to another Gloria.

I wanna see Catherine.

I won't be any trouble, I swear.

Do you think it'll hurt
her if I get too close?

I don't know.

I don't know how
long she'll live,

how long you'll live,
or how long I'll live.

I don't know.

There's someone
else I wanna see.

Looks like they're
all in this world.

Yes.

So that means those
other ones are here too.

I'm pretty sure I
know why the old man

never wanted to try the new way.

He would have died,
like I'm dying.

What? Wait, what?

No.

Go.

Do whatever you want in
the time you have left.

Beautiful.

Thank you.

You're not gonna die.

I am.

If my memories enter you...

Write 'em down as
quickly as you can,

before you forget them.

I've already forgotten
most of your memories.

I always told
myself that I had to

kill the ones I loved
to save many more.

Now I finally see the
truth about myself.

I so loved being alive,

even though I could barely
feel much of anything.

It was the things I'd
loved that kept me going.

Horrible world.

Hold onto what you love,
and you'll hang on.

I hope you live long enough

to see all the things I've seen.

All of the beauty.

Scott Fletch.

Scott Fletch.

Scott Fletch.

Nice to meet you too.

Hello.

Is this a Mr. Scott Fletch?

Yeah, who's this?

Hi, I am calling to see

if you'd be interested in an
investment opportunity, sir.

How did you get my number?

Sir, some of my associates

recommended you to me
as a potential client.

Okay, what
did you have in mind?

Hi.

Hello.

Mr. Fletch?

Have we met?

Well no, but
actually what happened,

I called about an
investment opportunity.

You said you were
very interested.

Yeah, I think I
remember your voice.

Very sincere.

Well, would you
like to come in?

Sure, thank you very much.

911, what is your emergency?

Hi, there's a man who's
been killing people.

I have him in handcuffs.

He's being held at the address

232 Sinoma Blvd. Los
Angeles, California.

And what is your name sir?

It's okay, I just
gave you the address.

Our kind will never die,

but we definitely feel pain.

In every world you go
to, you'll find me there.

Let me show you
what I've learned.

Open your mind.

Andrew, only pain
is waiting for you.