Nuclear Family (2012) - full transcript

[BIRDS CHIRPING]

[WATER DRIPPING]

JOHN [WHISPERING]:
Oh, yeah.

Yeah, this is great.

This is cool.

[NUCLEAR FAMILY
THEME SONG PLAYING]

[BIRDS CHIRPING]

Hey, kiddo, come on.

It's nice here.
Can we stay one more night?

You know the answer to that.
Come on.

- Now.
- Fine.



You know,
this is all we have left.

[SIGHS]

I know our situation, tsk.

[GRUNTS]

Here, Mom.

JOHN:
Once we make it to the coast,

we'll find a boat, sail away.

PAULINE:
And I'll have my own room?

They're not called rooms
on a boat.

They're called berths.

- Like a baby birth?
- Yeah.

No, they're spelled differently.

The ship one has an E
instead of an I.

JOHN:
Like it matters.



Does it not?
When did it stop mattering?

PAULINE:
So I'll have my own berth.

JOHN:
That's right.

Or you can share
with your brother.

PAULINE: Then we'll sail away.
- That's the idea.

[WOMAN SCREAMS]

- Get down now, now.
WOMAN: Stay back, stay back!

MAN 1: Oh, come on.
MAN 2: Oh, oh, oh.

MAN 1: Come on.
WOMAN: Go away.

WOMAN: Stay back.
MAN 1: Come on.

WOMAN: Oh!
MAN 1: Here, kitty, kitty.

Oh, Christ.

WOMAN: Oh, no!
MAN 2: "Oh, no," yeah!

MAN 2: Yeah!
WOMAN: No!

MAN 3: Swing that stick, baby.
- They'll kill her.

LYNN: Shh,
keep your voice down, sweetie.

- Do something.
- Pauline, now quiet.

We'll save her, yes.

Move back up over the ridge
and keep moving.

- They're murdering her.
- Shh.

Pauline, no. You want
to let them kill us too?

- Enough.
WOMAN: Please!

WOMAN: No, no!
MAN 2: Oh!

JOHN:
Go.

Go, go, go, move it.

Hustle.

- Hustle.
- Wait, stop.

We're doing more
than leaving her.

Oh, what I want?
You know what we agreed to?

It's the smartest,
safest thing, yes.

That's not an answer.

I just-- You know what?

There are two types of people
in this world.

Those that do evil
and those that--

Stand by while the evil
is being done, I told you that.

Are you serious right now?

You want me to risk everything
to go save a woman

that's gonna be dead
by the time I do.

[MEN LAUGHING]

This is so unbelievable.

Unbelievable.

[WOMAN SCREAMING]

MAN 1:
Come on, let's go!

[WOMAN SCREAMING]

MAN 2:
Oh, okay.

[GRUNTS]

[GUN CLICKS]

MAN 2:
Hey, baby.

MAN 3:
Okay, I got it, man.

MAN 2:
Why don't we go? Come on.

MAN 1:
Oh, my God.

[MAN 2 SCREAMS]

[GRUNTING]

[LYNN GASPS]

[GUN CLICKS]

MAN 2:
What the fuck?

[GROANS]

[MAN 2 GRUNTS]

John.

MAN 1:
Come on, come on.

MAN 1:
Come on, come on, come on.

[GRUNTS]

MAN 3:
Wait, man, wait, I didn't even--

[GRUNTS]

Okay, now come on.

[JOHN PANTING]

Jesus.

- Is she dead?
JOHN: Yeah.

[PANTING]

[MAN 1 COUGHS]

JOHN:
Come on, come here.

MAN 1: Oh, God...
JOHN: Come on, tough guy.

[MAN 1 GROANS]

[JOHN GRUNTS]

Jesus, John.

You wanna get involved?

This is what it's like
to get involved.

All right, check their pockets.
You know what to do.

Let's go.

Let's go, in case there's more.

Come on, Pauline.
He's not gonna bite you.

JOHN: What size
of shoe you wear?

Do you wear an eight?

- Baby, can you wear an eight?
- And tomatoes.

I found soup,
I found a can opener.

Can you wear an eight?

Yeah, I can wear an eight.

Okay, we'll keep them.

Good find on the food.

[JOHN PANTING]

PAULINE:
Hey, Dad?

JOHN:
Oh, that's great.

Great find, great find, sweetie.

Great find, great find, yeah.

JOHN:
Right, oh.

[BIRDS CHIRPING]

LYNN:
We came in to the house,

because Tiffany
was going insane.

Now the hills are going insane.

It's gonna get worse.

We don't show Grant's picture
to anyone,

anymore, you know?

Well, who are
we gonna show it to, huh?

The Berserkers
who killed that lady?

Hmm.

[SIGHS]

There's no one like us left.

I still feel him.

I do.

- Yeah.
- He's out there.

[JOHN SIGHS]

I know it.

Hey, I gotta take a piss, okay?

Up, up, come on.
I'll just be over there.

LYNN:
All right.

[SIGHS]

- John?
- I'm fine with that.

LAWYER 1: Okay, finally,
"Both parties agree to keep

the details of the dissolution
private and confidential."

Okay, the only thing
that caught my eye

was Provision 17.

LAWYER 1:
Is that the custody arrangement?

Uh, no, that's fine.
It was, uh, future earnings...

The unemployment clause.
No, I totally forgot it.

Excuse me.

LAWYER 2:
Not a problem, oh...

We still need to talk
about the pension fund.

LYNN: Hey, Grant,
what did I tell you...?

LAWYER 2: We will need
a QDRO order from the court,

uh, so that we can divide up
the 401K, tax-free.

LAWYER 1: You said
you were gonna do that,

so I'll let you do that,

and I'll insert
the unemployment clause.

LAWYER 2:
All right.

LAWYER 1: All right, I can turn
these changes around 24 hours...

- Everything okay?
- Yeah.

LAWYER 2: So we could
still, uh, sign today

if it's understood
by both parties

that the future earnings
are gonna be--

[BOMB EXPLODES]

LAWYER 1: Oh, my God.
Oh, my God.

[CAR ALARMS BLARING]

LAWYER 1:
Oh, my God.

LYNN:
What the hell is that?

- Mom?
LAWYER 1: Oh, my God.

LAWYER 1:
I'm calling my wife.

- I don't know what's happening.
- Come on, let's go.

Let's go.

[LYNN MUMBLING]

Lynn?

Come on.

LYNN:
Okay, come on, go.

[SIRENS BLARING]

[GROUND RUMBLES]

[DOG BARKS]

[JOHN SIGHS]

[BIRDS CHIRPING]

[FOOTSTEPS]

- Ugh.
- Don't move.

I don't wanna hurt you.

Made short work
of those three men today.

You can fight.

I'm gonna take this knife away.

- Yeah.
- And I don't want--

[LYNN GRUNTS]

Holy shit.

[LYNN PANTING]

- Nice hit, honey.
- Oh, thanks.

Wait, wait, wait, don't--
Don't hurt him.

What did he say to you?

I didn't hear him,
I was busy thinking

about the knife
against my throat.

I know, that's...
That's why I hit him.

Come on. No, but didn't he--

- Didn't he sound normal to you?
- Normal.

Like, he wasn't crazy.

JOHN:
Yeah.

LYNN:
Oh...

Hey.

JOHN: Jesus.
- Don't hurt him, okay?

You were following us? Why?

Look at me.

I'm the one with the gun
and the questions.

I saw you help that woman.

I hadn't seen anyone help anyone
in a long time.

Oh, and that gets me your blade
against my throat, huh?

I didn't know what to expect.
I just wanted to talk.

There's some men, some...

There are
some wild crazy men, freaks.

- Berserkers.
JOHN: Quiet, honey.

That's good, that's a good word
for them, Berserkers.

They have my wife.

And there's too many of them
for me to handle all by myself.

I can't help you.
I got my own to worry about.

But you did today.
You helped that woman.

Yeah, helping that lady
was dumb.

The only reason
why I survived that

was because
of the too old shotgun shell.

Have you seen this boy?

Hey, what are you doing, huh?

We agreed
that I would take care of this.

All right, just get back.

- They have him too.
- No, they don't.

You've seen my son?

Yeah, he's seen the Pope
if he gets us to help him.

I swear to God.

LYNN:
Oh, stop.

That just caused us a shell
I wasn't even gonna shoot.

- He has seen Grant!
- He hasn't seen him!

I'm not lying!

I saw them, the whole gang.
They walked by me, close.

Your son, he...

He's got longer hair now,

and he wears a yellow shirt,

uh, with a number on it.

I was a detective
in my old country.

I... I was trained
to pay attention to detail.

They have your son.

I apologize.

No need.

How much further is it?

THE AFRICAN:
I'm not really sure.

Maybe three, four miles.

Did you know
that, um, a room on a boat

is a berth?

But we're gonna find Grant,

and then we'll find a boat,

and we'll sail away.

You have a getaway plan?

That's enough, Pauline.

For the longest time,

I thought the governor
would come and help us.

I really thought they would.

Now I don't know
if anyone is alive.

That's a scary thing
for a little girl, I know.

I can take it.

We got to get going.

Unh, start getting ready.

THE AFRICAN:
You all heard the rumors?

What rumors?

That there are people,
normal people,

that are trying
to rebuild society.

Tent City, commune.

LYNN: What?
- Normal people.

LYNN:
Where?

I don't know.

Nearby, maybe even up
in these hills.

How many of them are there?

Hey, it's just a rumor, sweetie.
Nothing more.

How do you know?

Because we've been
over these hills,

and we haven't found shit.

It's a fairy tale
to give people false hope.

It's bullshit.

[CLANGS]

What is that?

[CLANGING]

[BERSERKERS CHEERING]

That's your people.

That's your Berserkers
right there.

That's your Berserkers.

What are they doing?

Let's get to higher ground,
get a better view.

[BERSERKERS CHEERING]

Good God.

- Do you see him?
- No.

You need to be down there.

I haven't seen these many people
in one place in a long time.

That's what they do all day.

Fight, act wild,
hurt their captives.

What's the best way in?

I'm sorry.

- What?
- These men are demons.

We don't have much of a choice.

Both of us have family
down there.

No.

No, we have to get back.

Um...

I got to talk to you.

What the hell is there
to talk about?

LYNN:
John.

THE SON:
Put the gun down.

Come on.

THE AFRICAN:
Where is my wife?

Where is she?

Oh, yeah, she's back at camp.

Uh, you should come with us
if you wanna hang out.

- No, listen, I did my part.
LYNN: Oh, please...

Where is she?

[LYNN GASPS]

I could kill you now,

that would make you
a little happier.

You should let him,
because if I get a chance,

I'm gonna cut your heart out
and feed it to you.

Look at this guy, huh?
You got some fire left in you.

Feisty, I love that.

I feel like we all pretty much
love that around here.

Unh...

MAN [ON RADIO]: We don't know
the extent of the damage.

Uh, both FEMA and the Department
of Homeland Security

are advising
that you stay in your homes.

- Frankly, we don't know...
JOHN: Yeah, right.

Who do they expect to come?

- I don't get it.
GRANT: Dad.

MAN [ON RADIO]:
...in your home. please.

JOHN:
Look at this jackass.

[CAR HORNS HONKING]

LYNN: Can he get around us?
- Of course not, he's an idiot.

- I'm sorry, babe, I'm...
- He can't get past us.

I'm gonna go check it out, okay?
Maybe it's an engine problem.

- Honey, just stay in the car?
GRANT: Dad.

- That's one thing I know about.
LYNN: Wait, John.

JOHN:
I'll be right back.

[PEOPLE CHATTERING]

WOMAN:
You're not getting in there.

MAN: Just fixing it, ma'am.
WOMAN: Leave me alone.

MAN: I got this handled.
Listen, you know what?

You just go get in your car
and settle down, okay?

JOHN: I know some about engines,
won't you just, uh--

Okay, man, three hours later.

Thank you, I appreciate that,
Captain America.

You go deal with something else.

JOHN: Jesus Christ, lady.
PAULINE: Mom?

What the hell are you doing?

GRANT:
Sofie!

LYNN:
Grant, stay in the car. Grant?

Goddamn it.

Pauline, stay in the car.

Grant!

Grant, where are you?

Grant!

Grant?

[BERSERKERS CHEERING]

[JOHN COUGHS]

BERSERKER 1: Oh, yeah!
That's the way to die, yeah!

[BERSERKER 1 GRUNTS]

BERSERKER 1:
Yeah, come on! Oh, yeah!

Come on, honey, we can do this!

God, you look... Guess what?

[JOHN GROANING]

BERSERKER 1:
Ha-ha-ha, yeah, come on!

Yes!

[JOHN GROANS]

[BERSERKERS CHEERING]

BERSERKER 1:
Yeah! Yeah!

[JOHN GROANS]

BERSERKER 1:
All right, yeah!

Yeah, that's the way do it!
Yeah!

Come on! Come on, yeah!

Come on!

[GRUNTING]

Come on, yeah!

Come on.

Come on! Yeah!

[GRUNTING]

[BERSERKER 1 GASPS]

Where's my family?

Show me my family!

I'm not fucking around!
I'll chop his head off!

What did you do with my family?

[PANTING]

[GASPS]

JOHN:
Fuck.

JOHN:
Fuck.

Come on.

[GRUNTING]

[JOHN GROANING]

Come on, get the bat! Come on!

Come on, hit me!

Pick it up and hit me!

Come on! Come on!

[JOHN GRUNTS]

JOHN:
Oh, my God, unh!

[JOHN GROANS]

Yeah!

[BERSERKERS CHEERING]

BERSERKER 2:
Oh, you wanna see him die?

Yeah! Yeah!

Come on!

Ready to die, little man?
Are you ready to die?

[BERSERKER 2 GRUNTS]

[BERSERKER 2 GROANS]

[BERSERKERS JEER]

BERSERKER 3:
Come on! Yeah!

He's all right, yeah!
Come on, get up!

[GRUNTING]

Jesus.

[GASPS]

John, sorry.

- You son of a bitch.
- Sorry.

[GRUNTING]

I know what I've done, John.
I'm--

They killed my wife
right in front of me!

JOHN:
Good!

Where are Lynn and Pauline?
Where are they?

They've taken them
into their leader's tent.

You son of a--

[JOHN PANTING]

Oh, my God.

Oh... Oh, my God.

Oh... Oh, my God.

He was here, John.

That much was true.

[GRUNTS]

THE MAN:
Easy, easy.

Oh, my...

Are you all right?

My men can be so brutal.

I guess you already know that,
don't you?

I hear you dispatched
three of them the other day.

That's why I brought you here.

- Unh, Lynn.
THE MAN: Whoa.

LYNN:
John.

That was stupid.

[GRUNTING]

Your first instinct must be

to try to talk to them
as equals.

But the average person's
an idiot.

They probably just think
a bomb went off.

They don't know the real story.

So why would you do that?

Where's my son, huh?

I found his shirt. Where is he?

What did you do with him?

Mister, a lot of people come in
and out of this place.

Mostly in, not very much out,

because they're weak,
and they don't listen.

[GROANS]

Now I brought you here

so you can talk some sense
into your wife.

Somebody has
to make her understand

that I will kill you
if I don't get what I want.

What?

And I want it nice.

I'm not an animal.

Out there, there are animals.

So I want you to tell her
to give me what I want

without a fight.

[MOANS]

You understand, don't you?

[JOHN GRUNTS]

[THE MAN GROANING]

[GRUNTS]

THE MAN:
Oh, God.

Please, don't hit my dad
anymore, John.

THE MAN:
No, no!

Oh, back off.

See, I understand
the urge to hit back.

And we could just keep
doing that.

But I think
I'm just gonna walk over

and hit his wife instead.

That will make him
hurt more.

Unh, don't touch her!

PAULINE:
Mom?

[CRYING]

You like hitting women
and children, you sick fuck?

Yes, actually.

One of my favorite pastimes.

You're on the losing side,
man, huh?

There's no more room
in the world for heroics.

Come on, why don't you
just join me here?

- Go to hell.
- No, you first.

Throw him back in the ring.

[JOHN GRUNTS]

Finally.

[GRUNTING]

Come on, dears.
Let's go watch Daddy die.

[BERSERKERS CHEERING]

THE AFRICAN:
Come on!

[PANTING]

Get up!

This is what you wanted!
A chance to kill me!

You're not my priority anymore.

But they're expecting a show!

- Huh?
- Unh!

[GRUNTS]

Oh... John?

[JOHN GASPING]

I'm giving you one chance, John.

[JOHN GRUNTS]

Promise me you'll make it count.

[GASPING]

[JOHN SIGHS]

[LYNN GRUNTS]

[THE MAN LAUGHING]

Nice move, man.

- Ha, ha, nice.
- Tell them to back off.

Back off!

Back off!

Drop the gun, dummy.

We own these hills, you know.
You're not gonna get far.

Oh, we'll see about that, huh?

- Anybody follows me...!
- Yeah, back off!

You get his brains all over you!

Brains all over you!

Give up now,
and I'll kill you straight away,

quick and painless,
even the little girl.

- Pauline, over here.
- They won't touch her.

Get over here, come here.

Oh, yes,
I'm sure they're coming.

They're coming.

I want you to take her
over to that ridge

as fast as you can,
I'll catch up.

- What about you?
- I wanna give us--

Remember this moment.

It's where it all went
horribly wrong.

- Where is my son?
- Your son?

I don't know.
I must have misplaced him.

Some old things get lost,

but then, you know that,
don't you?

You're the mother
who lost her own child.

You son of a bitch.

- You son of a bitch!
- Ha-ha-ha.

JOHN:
Don't listen to this freak show!

Stop it, stop it, stop it!

Get going!
I'll catch up with you.

I wanna give you
some distance! Go!

THE MAN: Take one long
last look at your family.

We will find them.
We will find you.

We'll find you!

[LAUGHS]

- Kneel down.
- What?

- Kneel the fuck down!
- No, no, no.

[GROANS]

[LAUGHS]

Come on.

I'm gonna give you
one last chance.

Where's my son?

- Your son?
- Grant!

Grant?
Why didn't you say so?

I remember him.
He was delicious.

[GASPS]

You... You know
how bad you think I am?

How evil?

You pull that trigger,

and you'll never know
where your son really is.

[CHUCKLING]

Thank you
for your support, Leslie.

LESLIE:
Oh, wow.

- Thank you.
- Yes.

Oh, all right.

- All right.
- I'm Clay.

You know what?
I just think you're awesome.

Ha, ha, no, Clay.
You are the awesome one.

Remember, the power is in you.

Now, move, please.
There are people behind you.

Jesus.

[CLEARS THROAT]

- Well, who do we have here?
- A new fan.

I'm buying copies
for my girlfriends.

Oh.

I'm really impressed by you,
what you have to say.

If my books
can help just one person,

it's all worth it.

[GRUNTING]

Yes, easy, easy.

Who do you think I am,
Secretariat?

Oh, no, sorry, feeling
a little carried away there.

[BOMB EXPLODES]

GIRL:
God, is that what I think it is?

Get off me.

Here we go.

[PHONE BEEPING]

Are we under attack?

- Why are you still in my car?
- What?

Get out!

[PHONE RINGING]

[PHONE BEEPS]

- What's up, Dad?
- Did you see it?

THE SON [ON THE PHONE]:
What?

Oh, the explosion, dumbass.
It's beginning.

What...? What's beginning, Dad?

THE MAN: The end of the world,
like I predicted.

It's beginning.

Our time, our shot.

What...? What?

- What exploded?
- Something big.

Something that's gonna change
the game.

I can feel it.

Now, look, you get together
all of our camping gear.

Then run down to the market,

you buy all the canned goods
and bottled water you can carry.

- Right now, Dad?
THE MAN: Yes, now.

What are you, high or retarded?
Yes, now.

Christ, how did I ever get
saddled with somebody like you?

THE SON: Dad?
- What's that?

Hello? He--

Dad?

Dad?

Dad!

Dad, we're coming for you!

BERSERKER 1: Looks like
somebody knelt here,

and somebody stood over there,
and then continued up the ridge.

Well, then we know
where we're going, don't we?

BERSERKER 2:
Got a hunting party out,

they're gonna wonder
where we've gone.

Head back to camp
and wait for them.

The rest of you, come with me.

Stop, stop, stop. Here.

- Will Dad kill that man?
- I don't know, sweetie.

Did that man hurt Grant?

Pauline, I know
as much as you do.

[CRIES]

Hey, hey.

[SOBBING]

I'm sorry, I'm sorry.

I'm... I'm so scared.

I know, me too.

Okay, can you do something
for me?

- Can you keep being strong?
- I can't.

Yes, you can. Yes, you can.

I can't.

Pauline, we are gonna get
through this.

You hear me? Together.

All the way to our boat?

[SIGHS]

All the way to our boat.

Okay? Okay.

[PAULINE CRYING]

[THE MAN GRUNTS]

Get the lead out.

Hey, I'm in flat shoes,
you animal.

I told you
where your little bastard is.

- What more do you want from me?
- Insurance.

You think I'm lying?
Why would I do that?

To buy yourself more time,

because I was about
to blow your head off.

LYNN:
John.

Do we need him with us?

He's our only leverage
if the others catch up.

JOHN: Hey.
- Easy, easy, easy.

THE MAN:
It's a map, all right.

There, see?

Right there,
that's where you need to go.

Tent City,
that's where your boy is.

And there's no reason
to drag me along with you.

They traded Grant

and some other kids
to the people.

- They've traded them.
- Well...

What are these, uh...

What are these areas
that have been erased, huh?

What's that?

They're transient.
The city moves around a lot.

This jagged line,
runs around the whole area?

Have a seat, I'll give a lesson
in cartography.

Why don't you just answer
my questions?

Cover him.

You're gonna show us
exactly where Tent City is.

Oh, no,
I can't go with you there.

They'll kill me on sight.

You're a popular guy.

Yeah, well, I'm serious.
They'll gun me down.

It's just a chance
we're gonna have to take.

Look at that, a little light
reading for you, huh?

Okay, Pauline, take his knife.

PAULINE: Okay.
- Hang on to it.

Once I get him tied up,

we'll just take him to the top
of that hill up there.

- Wait for me.
- Where are you going?

Gonna find a trail down there,

drop his stuff on it,
try to throw them off.

John, is this the best idea?

Yeah, we gotta try
and confuse them.

No, this, him,
getting more involved.

We finally got a lead
on Grant, babe.

We don't have a lead.
We have a shirt.

You got a better idea?

You want me to kill him now?
I'll kill him.

We can go on
and head to the coast.

THE SON:
Dad!

Yeah, there are my boys.

- Dad!
- They're coming, go.

Oh, my boys, here they come.
They're coming to get me.

- Ha-ha-ha.
- We don't care.

THE MAN:
I'll see you, huh?

LYNN:
Move.

[DOG BARKING]

You say you traded my son.

Like a very small card.

Three kids got me
two scrawny ass chickens.

[LAUGHS]

The people in Tent City,
why do they want children?

A stew?
Who in the hell knows?

Ah, but it's a fine day
for a walk, isn't it?

Even if it is bit cool.

Well, I feel sorry
for little Grant,

you know, being out there,
naked from the waist up.

[LYNN GRUNTS]

[THE MAN LAUGHS]

Don't mistake me
for the weaker one.

I asked you a question.
What did they want with my son?

My scout said that they
were trading food for kids,

some delusion about saving them.

PAULINE:
Mom.

[DOG BARKS]

THE MAN:
Ha-ha-ha, oh, lookie.

I've got more men.

[GASPS]

THE MAN:
I told you, we own these hills.

- They'll run right into Dad.
- Shh.

Oh, honey,
you're in trouble now.

[LAUGHS]

[DOG HOWLS]

REBAR: What the fuck
is that guy's name?

Lloyd, Floyd?
What is his fucking name?

[REBAR LAUGHS]

He got on
his goddamn body armor.

He's got his body armor on.

Made in Mexico, dude.

What the fuck happened here?

BERSERKER 1: What happened...?
REBAR: Oh, what's this?

REBAR:
Look at this.

Can you...?

- Hey, it's The Man's.
REBAR: Let me see.

Sure as shit.

Spread out.
See what else you can find.

[JOHN GRUNTS]

[BERSERKER GROANING]

THE SON:
Rebar!

Good thing
we caught up with you.

Dad's been taken hostage.

Or killed and hacked to bits.

That's his stuff strewn
all over the place.

No, these people don't have
the stomach for that.

They can't be far.

Fall in behind me.
We'll hunt them down.

Follow you?

Now just because the Man's gone
does not make you in charge.

We don't have time for this.
It's gonna be getting dark--

Your father said,
"Only the strong will make it."

Don't talk about him
like he's dead.

This is gonna end two ways.

Either you shut up
and get back to camp

or you challenge me here.

[BERSERKERS LAUGHING]

[BERSERKERS CHEER]

REBAR:
Huh?

I'll take that as a yes.

[LAUGHS]

Your pop always said
you was borderline retard.

Give up your weapon like I did.

Attaboy.

Just like that.

Hand him your gun.

You lower that goddamn gun.
You fight me like a--

God, you little shit.

REBAR:
You little--

[GUN FIRES]

THE SON:
Any more leaders?

No?

Let's go.

Unh...

It will be getting dark soon.

JOHN: Well, we can rest here.
- No need.

It's close by.

All we have to do is follow
this creek up to that ridge.

It's on the other side.

Earlier, you said something

about that explosion
being more than just a bomb.

- Uh-huh.
- What do you mean by that, huh?

Oh, I meant
you're a big jackhole.

You know, there's another way
we can play this, right?

[LAUGHS]

Yeah, haven't you ever wondered
why we're not all sick?

Dying of radiation?

How we can still drink
the water?

How did things get
this primitive, this fast?

The machines don't work.

Engines, communication, huh?

Well, a nuke gives off

an electromagnetic pulse
that would shut all that down.

Oh, maybe you're not
a total dumbass after all.

But did you also know

that our military
has the technology

to beam a man-made pulse
onto an area using satellites,

and it can have
all the earmarks of a nuke?

It could smell like a nuke,
could look like a nuke

and feel like a nuke,
but it ain't a nuke.

Why would they do that
on our own soil?

Well, you can find out
the truth about that

or you can have your son back.

You can't have both.

- We'll take our son.
THE MAN: Good choice.

Good choice, excellent choice.

- Decisive lady.
- Walk.

How do we know the rest
of the world isn't okay?

Normal even?

Then you think there would be
planes or choppers,

you know,
maybe dropping in supplies.

Or what if the whole area
has been deemed a no-fly zone?

Just keep moving.

Maybe everybody's been told
that the nuke did go off,

and the whole place
is radioactive

with no survivors, huh?

That's rhetorical, by the way.

As you can see the answer
right up there.

THE MAN:
Pretty impressive, huh?

- What is this?
- The big picture.

Class dismissed, ha, ha.

You know that jagged line
you asked me about on the map?

It's this fence.

The one they built
to keep us caged in.

That sound you hear
is your mind exploding.

Yeah, and my son?
Tent City, where is it?

Oh, man, ha, ha.

You don't drop anything, do you?
A dog with a bone.

I told you, I go there,
they'll kill me there.

Yeah, I'll kill you right here.

No, ha, ha.

Because we already tripped
the motion sensors.

They'll be here soon.

Who's gonna be here?

MAN 1:
Lower the gun!

Oh, thank God, this man killed
my wife and child!

- Lower the gun!
JOHN: Bullshit, he's lying!

He killed them in cold blood,
I'm telling you!

- Drop your weapon!
JOHN: It's not true!

- He kidnapped my son!
- Not gonna tell you again!

He's my prisoner! Unh.

LYNN: John, John!
JOHN: Unh.

Pauline, run, baby, run.

[DART GUN COCKS]

[DART GUN FIRES]

MAN 1:
Get that kid!

THE MAN:
Oh, God, thank God.

- Get on your knees.
THE MAN: Thank God.

THE MAN:
Oh, my God, I'm--

MAN 1: Shut up!
THE MAN: Thank God.

[PAULINE PANTING]

[DART GUN FIRES]

[DART GUN FIRES]

[DART GUN FIRES]

[DART GUN CLICKS]

[DART GUN COCKS]

[DART GUN CLICKS]

MAN 2:
I'm not gonna hurt you.

Easy now.

MAN 2:
No...

[BODY THUMPS]

[MAN GROANING]

[LYNN GASPING]

[INDISTINCT DIALOGUE]

[LYNN GASPS]

Who are you? Who are you?

WOMAN 1:
Subject 35 is conscious now.

MAN 1: I want a full spectrum
scan on her.

WOMAN 1: Copy that.
LYNN: Where am I?

[INDISTINCT DIALOGUE]

- Have you seen this woman?
- No.

- Does she look familiar?
- No.

- Do you recognize her?
- No.

LYNN: Where are we?
What are you...?

[LYNN CRYING]

WOMAN 2:
Oh, a little help please.

MAN 2:
Why is this arm not secured?

WOMAN 2:
Good help is hard to find.

JOHN: Leave her alone.
- John.

MAN 3:
Oh, he's waking up too.

JOHN: Unh...
- John?

LYNN: John.
JOHN: Babe.

WOMAN 2: Would you sedate him
until we're ready for him?

- God...
JOHN: What is this place?

WOMAN 2: Can we get
some more hands on deck?

MAN 3:
Have you seen this woman?

[INDISTINCT DIALOGUE]

Well, what do you know?

MAN 4: Hey, don't touch those.
Backwards from the desk.

That map's all wrong, you know?

That Indian reservation's
more to the southwest.

And that old mill,
in what used to be Clairfield,

burned down to the ground
last week.

I saw it.

You got to update that shit.

Why is this subject
in my office?

He positively identified
the photograph, sir.

Yes, yes, yes,
the lady in your photograph.

I know where she is.

Where?

No, if I tell you that,

I'll no longer be
of any use to you.

- Ha-ha-ha.
- You think I'm stupid?

- Ha-ha-ha.
- We have protocols

for uncooperative subjects,
get him out.

Yes, sir. Sorry, sir.

Oh, your protocol
won't work on me.

Ha-ha.
No matter what the hell it is.

What, do you want her killed?
Is that it?

Or you want her brought in?

Because I can have her here
in 24 hours.

Wait.

Give us a minute.

[LAUGHS]

[BIRD CAWING]

[GASPS]

Any idiot can see that we've
been exposed to something.

Something you'd rather not be.
Ha-ha.

And from the looks
of that outfit, it's airborne.

Chemical maybe?

If you have a point, get to it.

I'm a man who gets things done
inside the fence, all right?

I know the lay of the land.

I know all the players involved.

I know the currency
of the realm.

So you know
where the bodies are buried.

That's good.
Is that a real saying?

I hope to steal that. Ha, ha.

How do you know her?

Uh...

Yeah, these my chickens?

Hey, feels a little light. Huh?

- All right?
- It's a pleasure to meet you.

I have no idea why you want him

but I'll keep bringing
them to you.

Because they're innocent

and they deserve better.

And if I find out that you
have harmed them in any way

this deal is off.

Well, now, I'm gonna have
to think about that.

I mean, a man has certain needs.

Yeah.

- No, no, no.
- Oh, my God.

Pig.

MAN:
Hey. Hello.

I said, how do you know her?

We've done some business
together.

Some of it, unfinished.

What are you proposing exactly?

She's the leader of a settlement
called Tent City, all right?

Very well organized, smart,
they have their own militia.

You send your boys

in these clumsy
Hazmat outfits in there,

they're not gonna come back.

But I'm the leader of a group
of men that I've been training.

We're gonna go in there
and get her and bring her back.

- We need her alive.
- Whatever.

- What do you get out of this?
- The joy of serving my country.

Guns and ammo.

As much as my men
can carry out of here.

Oh, one other thing.

You know that crazy psychopath
you brought me in here with?

Huh? That guy.

You wanna know about her?

You run your protocol on him.

[MUTTERING]

WOMAN:
Have you got a reading?

MAN: Yeah, it's weak
but it's registering.

- Females have less, generally.
- We haven't done anything.

- Why is that?
- Because men are more violent.

It shows up more
in their system.

Lieutenant wants
this group tagged and released.

I'll take this one out myself.

Wait a goddamn minute.

I was told that I would have
time with the subject.

I'm following orders.

How does anyone expect me
to collect any data?

John, what are you doing?
John.

Where are you taking my husband?

WOMAN:
We just got this green thing.

I can't believe this.

Why are you so surprised

that research takes
a back seat?

- I'm filing a complaint.
LYNN: No.

WOMAN: I can't work like this.
LYNN: Please.

[CRYING]

[DOOR CREAKS]

Hello.

[GASPS]

[SIGHS]

Get out of here.

- They're coming right back
- I got a knife.

He's gonna kill you.
Get out of here.

Put the gas mask
back in right now

- Huh.
- Oh, my, he's here.

Hurry. Put the gag back.

Go hide. Run.

[DOOR CREAKS]

JOHN:
Wait.

Care to revise your answer?

Please.

I don't know her.

This will go quicker if you do.

Give me back my wife.

What are you doing?

What are you doing?

WOMAN [ON PA SYSTEM]:
Standby at the north gate.

Detainee transfer
is programmed--

Stay together.

Hey, are they putting us back
outside?

I don't know.
Where are you taking us?

Outside the fence, you'll find
a table with canned provisions.

You got one minute to collect
as much food as you can.

One at the time, people.

Where is my husband?

[COUGHS]

We need the location
of this woman.

I don't know.

Listen, somebody told you
that I know stuff I don't know.

I don't know her.

Hey, this guy was infantry.

MAN:
Be careful. Get on with it.

Bravo company.
Like you and me.

Can you do your job or not?

WOMAN: Do not take more
than you can carry.

What is this place?
Why won't you help us?

[GRUNTS]

Do not come back here.
Stay away from the fence.

Spread the word.

I want an answer from you.
Where is my husband?

Let's go.

If you try and come back
to this place,

you will not get any more food.

Remember that.

Instead you will be considered
as rats to be fired at--

[GRUNTS]

WOMAN [ON PA SYSTEM]:
Breach at fourth gate.

- What are you doing?
- You've been compromised.

Too early. I have my helmet on.

I gotta-- I better ask the doc.

I am the doc. Let me in.

- Let me through.
- You don't.

- Get off me.
- Let me in, goddamn it!

[MACHINE GUN FIRES]

WOMAN [ON PA SYSTEM]:
Breach of north gate.

Don't.

[HUMMING]

[GRUNTING]

[CHUCKLES]

[GRUNTING]

[MAN GROANS]

[PAULINE COUGHS]

[GRUNTS]

[GRUNTS]

[PANTING]

Whoa, whoa, stop, stop.

Ready to talk?

Is he dead?

Did we kill him?

Hey.

[COUGHS]

MAN 1:
Jesus.

Are we doing this right?

Her location.

[COUGHING]

- He's had enough, man.
- No, he's playing with us.

One more bucket full,
he's gonna break.

Back off.

Untie him.

[GRUNTING]

[COUGHS]

LYNN: John.
- Look at me.

LYNN: John, leave him.
Let's get out of here.

I can help you get out.

JOHN:
Go.

[MACHINE GUN FIRES]

[LYNN GASPS]

Come on, you're next.

Mr. Anderson, tell them
not to go shoot for chrissake.

JOHN:
Stay behind me, babe.

That's right. Back off.

You already shot one
of your own men.

Back off.
Lower your weapons, now. Lower.

- Hey, no, no, no.
- No, no, don't.

[LYNN SCREAMING]

JOHN:
Go.

LYNN:
Go.

[GRUNTING]

You look like the one in charge.
Got answers for me?

You might as well just shoot me,
I'm already fucked.

Join the club.

What is this place? What is it?

It's an outpost with one fence.
One of many.

Why are you wearing the suits?

- What are they for?
- It's a fall out

Bullshit.
I know it wasn't a nuke.

What is it? Answer me.

It's something in the air.

A hormone.

A weapon we were developing.

All right?

Big mistake. Big mistake.

All of it.

[GRUNTS]

[GUN COCKS]

- You're quite a pair.
- Yeah, that's right, we do.

The man we came in with,
where is he?

He's out. He went to get
something I need.

The woman,
the one in the picture?

Who is she? What does
she have to do with this?

She's responsible
for everything.

It's her fault.

LYNN:
John, this thing is jammed.

Leave it. Come on, let's go.

WOMAN [ON PA SYSTEM]:
Lock down. Stand by for...

Is there really a drill?

No, man,
the gate's been breached.

Hey. Hey.

What's going on out there?

JOHN: I don't know, babe,
but it's not good.

- We're good.
- Oh, shit, that's great.

- Take this one.
- Okay.

Stay close.

ZOE:
We never did make it to Nevada.

That's the day
the bomb went off.

What happened to your dad?

He, uh...

PAULINE:
I'm sorry.

I ask too many questions
sometimes.

ZOE:
Forgivable.

The thing is,
how you just saved my life.

Didn't you save me?

Let's take a walk a little more.

[GRUNTS]

Hmm.

Can you teach me
how to throw knives?

I don't like feeling helpless.

I could.

It doesn't mean you won't
feel helpless sometimes.

You asked about my dad.

We were on our way to that gig,
when we saw the mushroom cloud,

pretty soon our truck stopped.

So we camped out on the front
of the road for a couple days

and then ran out of food.

So we started walking along
the highway.

One morning, I heard this man
yelling for help, you know,

underneath this, um, bridge.

Unh.

Aah.

It was, uh...

It was a trap.

It was just like gang...

They just want to take whatever
they could get.

And my dad,
on him was his life, so...

They took it.

I'm sorry.

My family had a bunch
of close calls

but then we all agreed

we wouldn't keep
on helping other people.

It's probably better that way.

But we're nice, so
we never really stuck to it.

Yeah.

Wait a second.

- Does anything look familiar?
- No.

I was walking at night, so--

But you set up a hill,

that's where you saw the guys
with the suits, right?

Hey, kiddo,
we're gonna find your parents.

So lesson one, knife throwing.

Okay, so the trick is,
balance, right?

Right.

Not just you,
but the knife itself.

[JOHN PANTING]

So this is the wall.

The sun's there.

We should be able to read this.

Between the Man's map
and our map.

[LYNN CRYING]

What is it?

"What is it?"

We have nothing.

We've lost Grant and Pauline.
I almost lost you.

We're alive. Our kids are alive.

All right,
just like you always said,

you can feel them, all right?

- I can feel them.
- I can't feel them.

I can't feel them.

I can't feel them.

[CRYING]

You should blame me
for losing Grant.

Hell, no.
What are you talking about?

He was with me.

It doesn't matter.

Of course I don't.
I never would.

That day was complete mayhem.

You know, Grant
didn't listen all the time.

You know that, babe.
You know that.

It's not your fault.

I shouldn't have
pushed Pauline away.

Hey, you did the right thing.

They could've killed her
in there.

I would have done
the same exact thing as you.

All right?

Now, listen to me, we're gonna
get the family back together.

How?
How are we gonna do that?

You see that wall?

I mean,
this entire area is enclosed.

They can't get very far.

We're gonna start at Tent City

and we're gonna find them.

I'm just amazed

how you guys could hang
on to this shit for so long.

[MAN LAUGHING]

I mean,
this is incredible self-control.

Isn't it interesting?

We got a little bit beyond
our hunting radius.

Look at all these neat shit
we find.

[MAN WHISTLES]

It's a good lesson in leaving
your comfort zone, huh?

Everybody eat up.

We move out in five minutes.

I want her in the tent
for a little bit.

You guys can do
whatever you want--

Goddamn it, don't hurt
my sister. Just take me instead.

No, you're not my type.

- All right, let's go.
- No.

[GROANS]

Please stop them.

It's up to you how hurt he gets.
It can be really tough.

[GROANS]

See? I'd rather not hurt him.

[GRUNTS]

It's amazing that troubles
that men get in to

when there's a power vacuum.

- Yeah.
- Yeah.

Hah. Oh, let them go.
Let them go.

You're a piss poor substitute
for your old man, you know that?

You see this?

BERSERKERS:
Yeah.

This is just the beginning.

BERSERKERS: Yeah.
- Yes.

And this is the part where
you're thankful to be alive,

you dash away.

Dash. Dash.

This is our time, gentlemen.

I just made a deal
to get a whole bunch

of this hardware for all of you.

BERSERKERS:
Yeah.

- That means, more power for us.
BERSERKERS: Yeah.

Of course
we got to go to Tent City

and capture
a very important person.

Oh, Jesus Christ.

What are you running up
the fucking hill for?

[KAREN SCREAMS]

This rarely ever happens.

[COCKS]

THE MAN:
Come on, you.

All right,
we move out in five minutes.

Playtime is over.

[BERSERKERS CHUCKLE]

You mean like this?

Uh, yeah, that's good.
That's the grip.

But you wouldn't
wanna throw this knife.

The balance is all wrong.

Right. That's good.

It's your top heavy,
so it won't rotate right.

- What would I do next?
- Uh, well...

We're gonna pick a spot
in a tree...

You know, or like, uh, knot...

[BIRDS CHIRPING]

[GUN COCKS]

You alone?

We're not out looking
for trouble, if you're not.

We're heading back to our camp.

There's people there,
families, food.

You're welcome to follow
if you wish.

Grant. Grant.

I'm sorry.

- Sorry.
- It's all right, honey.

BEN: We came across them
a few miles back.

Seems like they're alone.

Is that true?

I got separated from my family.

A lot of us here have.

Would you go find Dr. Gerald,
tell him that he has a patient?

Okay.

Had an overturned hospital van
on the Paper Mill road.

It's pretty well picked over
but--

It would be great,
but there's a hairline crack,

so it won't take the heat.

Lidocaine.

Yeah, this we can use.
Thank you.

- This place is pretty amazing.
- Yeah, we do our best.

You get that knee fixed
then we'll show you around.

Soldiers and scientists
back there, they didn't care

who or what we were.

I mean, maybe this started
as an accident

But now it's a huge cover up.

Yeah, they probably told people
on the outside

it wasn't a great explosion.

And no survivors.

No, and then they're gonna
tell the world we were attacked.

We should start another war.

Who's "they" in your scenario?

Our government.

With everyone in
on the conspiracy,

I mean, that is such a huge
problem to keep under wraps.

[GRUNTS]

I mean,
how could it knock it out?

People don't care.

We just want to go
to a grocery store,

see fully stocked shelves,

get more money
to buy more crap we don't need.

Whole time we're giving free
reign to the people in charge.

Well I believe people
are good...

In general.

That's why I married you.

Well, why are they doing
tests on us?

That's what they do.

Second night in Kandahar,
this kid,

his father was a sought after
Taliban chemist took this...

Balloon of purple liquid,
threw it inside a tank.

Got all over the men inside
and, uh...

So they quarantined
them over a month.

All these eggheads poked
and prodded them,

did all kinds of experiments.

Even the ones that got sick,

wouldn't even call
their families.

Brass said it was regrettable

but it turned out
to be a valuable experiment.

Ended up being grape soda.

Start of your second tour,

you didn't call home
for a month.

Were you in that tank?

- We should keep going.
- John, were you in that tank?

- Why?
- Why?

Because I want to know.

That was a crucial time
for you to not call.

We were falling apart.

You could've told me that story.

Why? Why would I do that?

Because I'm your wife.

I saw and did a lot of horrible
things over there, babe.

- You know.
- And so what?

You want me to come home
and download that to you?

I could have shared
in the burden with you.

I want to forget.
Do you understand that?

- Forget.
- You can't forget.

Not without squashing
a huge chunk of memory.

Where a lot of us resides,
I bet.

[SIGHS]

And you can't just will yourself

to perform
selected brain surgery.

It doesn't work that way.

When I came back home...

All you did
was want me to talk about it.

You never gave me any space.

You're right.

Let's go find our kids.

My daughter.

Abigail.

You kind of look alike.

Yeah, I thought so too,
when I saw you.

Did she-- Did she make it?

She and my husband were killed

about a year before
all of this.

A drunk driver ran a red light.

In a way, I'm thankful.

She didn't have
to see this world.

She was pretty.

Yeah.

I think so too.

Who's Grant?
Will you tell me about him?

My little brother.

My parents and I lost him
the day of the explosion.

Everyone was trying to get out
of the village at once.

Uh, there was a traffic jam
in the hills.

[SIGHS]

It was a terrible time.

Do you know how to use
all these stuff?

This is where I do my research.

Or try to giving the limitations
of the equipment.

Trying to discover something?

I've tried to reverse something
that I already discovered.

Because it ended up being bad?

Yes.

Very.

But I'm determined
to make this place good.

No matter what.

Come here.

Wow.

It was Abigail's.

She would want
another pretty girl to wear it.

And so would I.

Knock, knock.

Oh.

Hello, doctor,
how is our patient?

See for yourself.

She has a cracked rib
that go with her twisted knee.

I recommend that she stay in bed

but she listens just about
as well as you do, Karen.

The person we're after,
why are they so important?

Ah, let me worry about that.

I ran things
while you're gone. I did fine.

Yeah, I came upon you while you
were running things, remember?

You were drunk on it
instead of leading with purpose.

Hey,
if she's so goddamn important,

why are we giving her away?

Why don't we keep her?

That's exactly
what we're gonna do, my son.

I don't know why.

But I wager,
whoever has a hold of that bitch

is gonna have this brave new
world right by the short hairs.

And I want those nut sack
in my hands.

And tomorrow,
we will get you into school.

Uh, no, thanks.

I never really liked school
anyway.

Uh, well,
you don't have a choice here.

Really,
this is the most important thing

that we can do now.

Make sure you don't fall behind

and that you learn
from our mistakes.

There's some things
we can't lose

no matter how bad things get.

Mom. Dad.

Oh.

God, I hoped you'd be here.

Oh.

Any sign of Grant?

Okay.

- Are you okay, baby?
- Yeah.

This is Zoe and Karen.

Hi. Welcome.

We've heard a lot about you.

I say, let them come.

I got my men stationed
every 50 feet

in the woods around us
day and night.

Look, I don't doubt
your organization

but we don't call them
Berserkers for nothing.

They don't care about anything

and they fight accordingly,
trust me.

Call a town meeting,
immediately, Ben.

I'll announce
we're pulling up stakes.

We're gonna move
to a new location.

We agreed that we would
stay here long enough

to grow some crops.

The scouts can come back
and harvest whatever comes up.

Why? Because of this
organized rabbles on their way?

Because there are 57 souls here

that I feel personally
responsible for.

If that man is coming that means
the military is tracking him.

He may not be successful

but they will know
where this place is.

Can I ask
why they are after you?

It's a hormone that run through
all of us called oxytocin.

It's released
into the blood stream

when we're with our families,
when we're making love,

when we give birth.

And in 1953,
it was created artificially

in a lab at Cornell.

The man who synthesized it,
won a Nobel prize.

Yeah, but my, uh, editor
gave me this story.

I read up on this.

Um, it's nickname
is the Love Drug, right?

They've done studies where
they pump oxytocin into the air

of a room of strangers
and they--

They attach,
they care for one another

and they trust one another.

Okay. How did this relate
to what you've made?

I was developing
another type of hormone

and I stumbled upon oxytocin's
polar opposite.

A hormone
that could make people despise,

distrust and even kill.

That was not my intent.

- What was?
- Warrior's scent.

The ability to, uh...

To make the immune system
more aggressive,

especially in people
with diabetes or cancer or Aids.

Look, I'm just a research
professor and I had a grant

and I did not intend
for this to be weaponized.

And you believe
that's what they're doing

at the family labs?

Look, if this were attached

to a delivery device
like a warhead,

this hormone that I created

could be dropped
behind enemy lines

then we would never have to send
an American troop anywhere.

Everyone just goes mad?

Well, people become
more magnified versions

of themselves.

Those that lack empathy,

or those that are inclined
to be controlled

will just become even more so.

People that are naturally kind,
they'll be killed by the others.

I find this really hard
to believe.

You have proof of all this?

Look, if you want the press
to act as whistle blower here,

then you can have
to stick your neck out too.

In here is a data chip
with my research.

And a video of the military
commandeering my lab.

[EXPLODES]

What is that?

[GASPS]

So that explosion was a lab?
How?

Well, I knew better than anyone
how dangerous this hormone was.

And out of my hands,

I knew scientists
could get a face full of it

and in a blind rage, they could
actually detonate the warhead

that they had planned
to attach it to.

With the lab exploded

then your research
was probably destroyed.

They need your expertise again.

And if they get me, my fear is

that there is nothing
to keep them

from firebombing everything
within this fence.

The world thinks
that we're dead,

why not just make it so?

Karen,
how come we're still alive?

Because you're together.

You're with your family.
You feel love.

And that is what we are trying
to build here.

People who rely on each other,

who eat together,
who work together, who connect.

And with these new families
that we're building

for good stuff, the oxytocin
is higher in us than in--

- What do you call them?
- The Berserkers?

[GUNSHOT]

[WOMAN SCREAMS]

You stay here, okay,
I'll check it out.

Hang on to this.

BEN:
Let's go. Come on.

Everyone in the dining tent.
Let's go, come on.

Let's go, come on. Hurry up.

BERSERKER:
You're almost surrounded.

And have ten minutes
to send out your bitch leader.

If not,
we'll run roughshod over you.

Burn your homes, rape your kids
and kill your husbands.

You think your minute men
can save you?

Goddamn it.

Get in there.

Get the guys.
Meet in the militia tent.

- Ben, what's the plan?
- Defense.

- All right, I can help.
- Me too.

Come on, get in there. Girl.

- Ready?
- Come on, everyone.

All right, everyone,
get in the middle.

You don't wanna be near
this table when bullets fly.

Lynn. All right, down.

It's all right. Get down.

[INAUDIBLE DIALOGUE]

There they are.

All right, where are the others?

They're down in their own tents.

A few may be leaving.

Oh, why would they do that?

I can't stand not knowing
what's going on out there.

Listen, before things get bad,
I have to know...

- Have you seen this boy?
- He's here.

Is this Grant?

Yes, he's here.
He's with Audrey.

Audrey.

- Jen, where is Audrey?
- I don't know.

I tried looking for her.
I thought she'd be in here.

That's all we got, buddy.

This is it?

Well, yeah,
plus what my men are carrying.

Army guns are scarce

so they shouldn't have much more
than that, right?

Look, we don't got a scatter gun
so you're welcome to this.

- I told you I can fight.
- Okay.

Dylan, Combs, and Bert
have all been taken hostage.

Norton is dead.

They chopped them up
with a goddamn cleaver.

God. Uh.

All right, guys, listen to me.

Um--

All right, listen, uh--

Hey, what I suggest,
is that we all stock up

as much ammo you can carry,
fill your pockets.

And find some other kind
of weapon.

One that you can hide somewhere.

- You can get to easily.
- Yeah, got it.

Let's go do what he says, guys.
Come on.

[GASPS]

- How long has it been?
- Four minutes, maybe five.

Yeah, that's enough.

If they fight us, I'm not gonna
give them a chance to organize.

All right, come on, come on up.
Come on up.

And anybody touches
a hair on that lead lady,

I'll kill him myself.

I want her.

- What the hell is that?
- My little hot potato.

I'm gonna start things off
with a bang.

Oh, and what if you kill her?

We only have one.
It's not gonna kill her.

Hey, look at you,
you got a good arm?

Give it a toss.

Jesus Christ.

Anytime today.

Our families
are in the dining tent,

so guard them with your life--

[SCREAMS]

Oh. Oh.

[COUGHING]

JOHN:
Oh, God. Oh.

[INAUDIBLE DIALOGUE]

LYNN: John.
- I'm fine, get back inside.

Karen says Grant's here.

In the last tent by the gate.

Some woman named Audrey
is looking after him.

All right, I'll check it out.
Get back inside.

Shoot anybody
who tries to get in.

All right, come on.
Get up, get on your feet.

Listen up. When this thing
starts, it's gonna go fast.

Our only advantage
is to keep a clear head,

so keep yours.

Move out.
Protect that dining tent.

- Move out.
- All right.

Come on.

[BERSERKERS SHOUTING]

[GRUNTING]

[GUN FIRES]

[PANTING]

[BERSERKER SHOUTS]

[GRUNTING]

[BERSERKERS SHOUTING]

[GRUNTS]

[GRUNTING]

[BERSERKER SCREAMS]

[GUNSHOTS]

Hello?

Hey.

Are you Audrey?

Have you seen my son? Grant?

Dark hair, about this high.

Are you Audrey?

[CRIES]

Just get to the chow tent.
It's safe there.

[WHISTLES]

[MOUTHS]

[GUNSHOT]

[GASPING]

[GRUNTS]

They're definitely protecting
that one tent.

Really?

Then get your ass down there
and look inside, dumbass.

[GRUNTS]

Why are you guys still alive?

[GRUNTS]

[SIGHS]

Jesus, it's hot today.

[BERSERKERS GROWLING]

Jesus,
they're all over the place.

[BERSERKER LAUGHS]

[GUN FIRING]

- Unh.
- Ah.

[CHUCKLES]

No, no, no. That's Audrey.

Come. Come, come, hurry.

Audrey, where's the little boy

that we agreed
that you'd take care of?

This is his mother.

[CRYING]

- Audrey, where is he?
- I loved him.

I tried my best.

KAREN: Audrey, where is he?
- He ran away from me.

He never spoke.

But he left a note

saying that he wanted
to find his real mother.

I'm so sorry.

Mom.

[GRUNTS]

BOY:
Mom.

- Kid.
- Mom.

Hey, Zoe,
get him back to the mess tent.

Quick.

[GUNSHOT]

[GROANING]

[GRUNTING]

[GRUNTS]

[COUGHING]

- You throw hatchets too?
- Huh, in a pinch.

[BEN GASPS]

Oh, Ben,
how bad is it out there?

It's bad enough.

MAN:
Oh.

Put it down.
I'll kill her right now.

- Ben.
- Let's go, Karen.

Ben, if you turn me in, they're
gonna kill us all eventually.

- They're doing that now.
- No, come on.

Just think about this.

You may not be yourself
right now, come on.

- Ben, this isn't you--
- No!

[GUN FIRES]

I didn't wanna do that.

Who's next?

Unh!

[GUN FIRING]

[COCKS]

You again?

You're like a bad penny.

- That's right.
- You give up now.

[COCKS]

And I'll let you and your
whore wife walk out of here.

Yeah, I doubt that.

Oh?

Nobody's worth all this.

You take her. You leave us be.

Finally, somebody
with some common sense.

[GUN FIRES]

[KAREN SCREAMS]

Are you really worth all this?
Ha, ha.

Because I aim to find out.

All right, people,
it didn't have to be this way.

Remember that when you
sit around your camp fires

and telling your tall tales
about my adventures.

You know, maybe I am an idiot.

I came for you. That was dumb.

You know you've never told me
that I did a good job, ever.

You did a good job.

[GUNSHOT]

You treat me worse
than you treat anyone.

You know that?

And I'm your goddamn son.

I'm hard on you
because I want you to be tough.

I want you to survive.

Because I love you.

Well, that--
Now you're just lying.

You think I'm gonna shoot you,
and I might.

I don't know. I haven't
really thought about it yet.

You said whoever has her
owns the new world.

Come over here.

Your mother always said
I'd be proud of you someday.

And she was right.
Look at you, standing up to me.

Shut up!

Shut up and give her to me now.

All right, all right.

I will.

I will.

And you know why?

Because this is
for the both of us.

No, just don't.

It always has been. Yeah.

Yeah. Come on.

Come on.

Yeah.

Oh, my boy.

My boy,
you go to a better place.

[GUNSHOT]

[GRUNTS]

[COUGHS]

Anyone follows me,
I'll kill her.

I got no reason not to.

Stay there.

Don't follow.

[PANTING]

Dad,
you can't let them take her.

Listen.

If you hand me over,
you may win in the short term,

or we're all gonna lose
in the end.

Shut up.

[WHISTLES]

Let them know we're serious.

I'll kill her. You hear me?

[GRUNTS]

[SCREAMS]

[GASPS]

Let's try this again.

This time
with you respecting me.

That was a warning.
You're not getting another one.

[GRUNTS]

[GRUNTS]

[GUN CLICKS]

[GRUNTING]

Keep going, I don't care.

[GUNSHOT]

[COCKS]

[LAUGHS]

Who saw this coming, huh?

Dad.

Go. What are you waiting for?

Yeah.

[GUN COCKS]

I always wanted a girl.

[GUN COCKS]

Yes. Ha-ha-ha.

Yeah.

[THE MAN SIGHS]

I wasn't lying to you
about your boy.

[GASPS]

I brought him to Tent City,
then I forgot about him.

But I know where he is now.

He's on the outside.

They're using him as a pawn.

Putting a happy face
in all of this.

"The boy suffers
from post-traumatic stress,

or he cannot speak.

His doctor says
that he's in good health."

It's my boy.
It's my son, he's alive.

Thank God.

Where did you get this?

"Let's assume
that the boy's family is gone

like the quarter million others
we've lost.

Victims to the violent attack
against our homeland."

John.

Oh, such lies.

At least, we know where he is.

- Yup, and that he's alive.
- Yeah.

Oh, thank you
for the food and clothes.

Are you sure
you won't just stay?

No, we've got to try
and find him.

But they won't let you out.

They'll never let us out.

Here's a map.

This is where we'll be,
so use it.

Come and join us when you can
because we need people like you.

- Thank you.
- Thanks for everything.

And you too, Zoe,
I owe you my life.

Hey.

Keep practicing, okay?

Come here.

All right.

Bye.

Once we find Grant,

we'll head to the coast
to find a boat?

That's right.

We'll get your own berth
that you need.

Or you can share one
with your brother.

PAULINE:
And then we'll just sail away.

JOHN:
That's the idea.

- We'll be safe on the water?
- That's the idea too.