S.O.S. Survive or Sacrifice (2019) - full transcript

Why is this
happening?

Balloons float, everybody knows
that.

How'd I even get here?

So far out to sea.

So far from my little Liz.

I don't know how long I can hang
on.

No.

I've got to get back to her.

I must survive.

Hey.

Hey!



Mm.

I know, life is so hard.

Oh, my gosh.

Mirianthi.

I told you, call me Mira.

Okay, Mira.

Why don't you take those
perfect little buns of yours

and go grab me another cold one?

If I wanted to be a slave to a
man,

I would have stayed in the
village.

Oh, you're not a slave.

Okay?

More like I'm your knight
in shining armor, right?

Hm?



You love me, baby?

How much do you love me, Jack?

Oh.

More than all the money in the
world.

We have enough now.

That's something a poor man
would say.

What? What?

We can't do this forever.

You want to go back?

Give up on all of our dreams,
huh, in seeing the world?

Hi.

Uh, hi.

We called ahead.

Oh, Mrs. Katherine and
Elizabeth Brown from Russia?

That's us.

Long story, I'm from
America, she's Russian.

Anyway, my company booked an
apartment.

Yes, yes. It's all taken care
of.

I just need you to register.

Sure. Yeah.

Liz, passports.

Ah.

Eh.

Oops.

What the hell, Liz? How could
you?

Still got your phone, huh?

I was texting my bestie.

I finally made new friends.

And you dragged me away from
them!

This is us now, unless you
want to go live with Helga?

Germany wasn't that bad.

At least Aunt Helga
treated me like an adult.

No, adults don't lose
passports.

I'm tired, okay?

Quit shaming me.

Not too tired to call
your loser friends.

You're just pissed
'cause I've got friends.

Those things you never had.

Miss Brown, I can call the
port.

Someone will find them.

And if not, Monday, the
embassy's open.

Relax.

You're in paradise.

Yeah. Mm.

Really?

Shut up.

We have our town festival
tomorrow.

I'm sure your daughter will love
it.

- Oh, she's my sister.
- She's my sister.

I'll take these.

Could you have room service
bring us, like, a sandwich?

We haven't eaten since the
Aegean.

Oh, I'm afraid the kitchen is
closed,

but maybe downstairs in the
nightclub.

Okay.

Liz!

Hi. Dr. Goldman?

Sorry I missed your call and
it's so late.

Yeah, she's, like, really tired
and...

No, no, I know that
could trigger another...

Look, I brought all the
prescriptions.

I even brought them on my
carry-on and...

So apart from that
episode, six months ago,

she she's doing really good.

Just a normal teenager.

No, don't worry. Don't worry.

I'm working on it and...

Okay. Thank you so much for
calling.

Speak soon.

Goodnight.

Liz, this bag isn't gonna unpack
itself.

Why don't you just try
a little responsibility?

Mira.

Hey.

Ah.

You waiting for someone?

You left your man in the room?!

No, not me.

Single gal.

So let's dance!

Let's dance.

Dance!

No, no, thanks.

Come on!

- No, no, no, no.
- You'll feel better.

- No.
- Please.

Let's dance.

Come on.

All right.

Oh.

Hello.

Andreas.

Mira.

Welcome.

Hey.

- Join us.
- Hey.

Hold on, hold on. Picture,
picture.

Is this yours?

No.

Champaign, please.

Perfect.

Yeah, you know, it's
been really fun, guys,

but, oh, yeah, I really have to
go.

No, she can't go yet.

Wait, hold on.

I own a hot air balloon.

Maybe...

- Yeah?
- Wow.

What do you say?

An experience of a lifetime.

- Yeah, I-
- Come on, be my friend.

Okay!

Woo!

To friendship!

Friendship.

- Friendship.
- Friendship.

Oh.

Come on!

The sun is coming up!

All right, we have arrived.

Where's the balloon?

Can I just get just a little
trust?

Just a little would be nice.

I just pinged my location.

My sister now knows where I am.

Look, it's right over there.

The wind's picking up.

- Nick.
- Oh.

Help me out?

Help me out, Nick.

Let's go. Come on.

It's over here.

Look, go tether it up.

- Okay.
- Ladies, shall we?

Woo!

Yeah, just pull on
it, just a little bit.

Just a little bit.

All right.

Shh!

Hello.

Why are we moving?!

Don't look at me.

They were tight. Tighter
than a tick's tush.

You didn't tie 'em to the
basket, man.

Dude, you never said,
"Basket."

There's two ends to the rope.

You understand?

Loss of humor.

No biggie, right?

What are you, stupid?

Oh, my God.

Oh!

- Idiot, man!
- Come on!

Oh, my, ah!

Ah!

Stop it!

Cut it out!

Whoa, what is wrong with you?!

- Stop!
- Guys!

What?!

We have a problem.

Andy, do something!

Go!

Go up!

No, what are you, nuts?!

Get this crate down now!

No, Andy! Up!

Land this goddamn crate now,
Andreas!

Shut up!

Get down!

Nick!

Where is Nick?

Get me something from the
first aid kit!

Don't take it out!

Get me something out of the kit!

Hold his arm.

Ah, what are we gonna use?!

Don't move!

Don't move!

Don't move! It's okay!

It's okay!

I know!

It's okay. It's okay.

I got you. It's okay.

It's okay.

The burner...

Oh!

Help!

A man!

Call the cops!

Police!

Hey!

Nick?!

- Nick!
- Nick!

Hey!

Nick!

It's too high. He won't make it.

- Over here!
- Hang on!

Hey!

- Too far!
- Nick!

- Where are you?
- Come on!

No!

Nick! Here I am!

Nick! Here!

Keep swinging!

Nick, Nick!

- Nick!
- Nick!

- Come on!
- Here I am!

- Nick!
- Nick!

Down.

Down, down.

Down.

Come down.

Come here.

It's okay.

It's okay.

I'm right here.

I'm right here. It's okay.

It's okay.

It's okay.

Hi, this is Mira.

Please leave your message after
the beep.

One golden rule:

Target must be alone.

A simple task for any normal
woman,

but I suppose that's one
way for a woman like you

to repay her man, huh?

You better put that beach
house in your wedding

on that list for Santa.

Yeah.

If we get caught, there is no
us.

Your words, baby.

Remember?

Your words.

Have you seen my phone?

My boss is gonna kill me.

Boss?

You said it's yours.

Your business.

I just work ground crew.

Just look after it for the
pilot.

You mean you use it to impress
women!

It's okay.

Are you even allowed to fly
it?!

No.

Where's Nick?

Dammit!

Yeah, hello?

This is the one, the little
American.

She spent the night here,
no payment, no passport,

with her accomplice, her oldest
sister,

who abandoned her after
spending all night at the club.

Go on.

Then she dreamt about
a man with a knife,

breaking into their room,
going through her suitcase,

which, by the way, this sort of
thing does

not happen in this hotel.

The night duty concierge?

Already tried.

She must be asleep now.

Back on tonight.

By the numbers, I have
to look into it and assess.

Yes.

Here you are.

Thank you.

Yup.

This isn't good.

We need to land.

We need land to land.

I have to get back.

Maybe Nick landed in the
water and he's still alive.

Not from this
height.

Still no signal.

We're too far out.

Can you steer this
thing?

Look, we're going by the wind.

Which is where?

It's hard to say.

The air currents are different
up here.

If we stay low, maybe...

The warm air should drag us back
to land.

"Should"?

It's worth a shot.

What?

The tank's empty.

Okay.

You're gonna have to do it.

How?

It's easy.

Turn off the burner.

Okay. Now, close the valve.

There.

Unhook the hose.

Screw it into that tank.

There you go.

And make sure it's tight.

All right, now loosen the valve.

A little more.

All right, now check the gauge.

Look at the gauge.

Check the gauge.

So we just keep flying
until we see land?

Not exactly.

We've got about only this much
gas

for an hour maybe, maybe two,

then we're going down.

No land.

In the water.

I can't. I can't go into water.

It's okay.

Balloons float.

Baskets float.

This is 400 kilos.

We're going all the way down,
and so am I with this leg.

I was just trying to show you a
good time.

You lied. You're not even a
pilot.

I can captain it.

I know everything there
is to know about aerostat.

Enough to kill Nick and drown
us all?

No, no one's gonna drown,
okay?

I can't drown.

I can't leave Liz.

Who's Liz?

My little sister. I left
her asleep in the room.

She's in your apartment?

But you said you were alone.

No, I said I was single.

Look, she's just a kid,

but she'll wake up and she'll
figure it out, you know?

Someone will be coming for us
soon.

Right?

What if we get caught?

Then, no money, no house,

no babies,

no us.

We're never gonna get caught.

Never.

You wanna know why?

'Cause you're too damn good,

and I could never, ever,
do this without you.

What if I leave?

You better pray I never find
you.

Kidding.

Baby, I'm kidding, I'm
kidding, I'm kidding.

One more week. That's it.

Golden rule.

And then we go and we go.

We go see the world, together.

Hey, over there, is that a
boat?

- Help!
- Hey!

Over here!

Help!

Help!

Help!

Hey, guys, look!

Look!

- Hey!
- Hey!

- Over here!
- Hey!

Hey!

- Hey!
- Hey, guys!

- Hey!
- Over here!

Hey!

- Hey!
- Over here!

Help!

Hey!

Shit!

Hey!

Okay.

We're coming!

Okay.

I'm coming!

Throw the rope!

Throw the rope!

Throw the rope while I tie it
on.

Hurry up!

Freaking myself!

All right, no, no, just give it
to me.

You're gonna have to go in,
okay?

No, no, no!

- Going in!
- I can't swim.

I can't swim.

Okay. Okay.

- Okay.
- Come on.

Come on, go.

- Come on.
- Okay!

- Go, go.
- Get back!

Come on.

Stop!

Get back!

I'm coming!

Hey!

Shit!

I need something heavy, to aim.

No, it's mine, mine.

What?

What? No, give it to me!

Come on!

Hey, do you see that?

What are they doing there?

Do you think the coast guard
is sending out spy balloons?

Nah, it's probably just some
conservationist or something.

Just keep it in for now, okay?

- Okay.
- We need that catch.

Aye, aye, sir.

You took too long!

You should have jumped down!

You selfish piece of shit!

You're selfish!

You're so selfish!

Boat! The boat's leaving!

The boat's leaving!

- Hey, hey!
- Hey!

- Hey!
- Help!

Help!

Hey!

- What do you need?!
- Hey!

A written invitation?!

Huh?!

The banner. The banner.

Banner.

Okay.

Okay.

Whoa! What are you doing?!

Shh.

Ah!

Ah!

Okay.

Hold me.

- Hold me.
- What?

Whoa! Whoa, whoa!

Oh, my God.

Oh, my God.

Just let it go. We don't need
it.

Come on! I can't keep holding
you!

I'm gonna lose you! Come on!

Please come back up!

Okay, give me your hand.

- Give me your hand!
- I can't move!

- I can't move!
- I can't put my hand out.

Come on, reach for my hand!

Something to write with.

What's something that
everyone could understand?

SOS?

Okay.

S.

Shit.

But I don't have any more.

I need something...

I don't know.

I...

Come on!

Just read it!

Please!

Please!

Come on!

Good morning.

Good morning, madam.

Is the girl here?

Yes. Over there.

Hi, hon.

You must be Liz.

I came as soon as I could.

Is the officer here?

Yes. He's upstairs.

You don't mind if I
take her away, do you?

Please. Be my guest.

We're just gonna take a little
ride down

to child protection, hm?

Find out who you are, contact
your folks, immigration.

Get a doctor to check you over.

It'll be fine.

They'll have ice cream there and
cartoons.

Do you like cartoons?

I'm gonna stay here
and wait for my sister.

Sorry, hon.

Rules are rules.

If you want to find your sister,

then you've got to come with me.

Hey, helping folks is my job.
Hm?

Thank you.

You cut your forehead.

What's with the mirror?

It was my grandmother's.

My lucky charm.

Ugh, not again.

Have they been from the
embassy?

And gone.

That's one good thing.

Call me when you have any news.

I have to go now.

A jumper just came in.

Mm-hm.

Yes. Second floor?

Clean out room 202, please.

I remember this.

Lighter.

It's in Andrea's pocket.

We need fire, fast.

Okay.

Spark.

Friction.

No, no, no, no.

Sunlight?

Like a glass lens.

Something...

Champagne bottle.

No. No.

No.

Uh.

A condom.

What?

It's perfect.

Nick's Cypress vodka.

Open. Open it.

Okay.

Put this on the top.

Okay.

Gently turn it over.

Okay.

Raise your hand a little bit.

Just put your fingers
together, just so I can...

Ow.

Sorry, sorry.

We need something small and dry.

Good.

Okay, put it in the burner.

We have the Share app.

We both can see where we are.

Kate's idea, keeping tabs.

See?

I know that place.

Field's not far from here.

It's a tourist spot.

Let's go.

Hold on. Does it say she's in
danger?

Kate? No, I guess.

I mean, the signals can't...

I can't reach her.

It's not on our way, hon.

I've only got an hour
to get you processed.

Processed?

Taking a half day. Shopping.

And while my sister's in danger,
and that guy in our room.

Try to understand, you're
neglected,

left alone in a foreign country,
hungry,

while she sat in the
bar all night drinking.

Go there, ask her yourself.

No need to process anybody.

And you can hit the mall early.

- You win.
- Yeah!

Who said kids are dumb?

This will be safer.

Right?

I didn't know money made so
much smoke.

What?

Very smokey, I didn't know.

You genius.

Smoke signals. You're a genius.

That's a good idea.

What can we burn?

Yeah.

Nice trick with the condom.

College education.

Expensive.

It was a good investment.

I never had the chance to be
educated.

I was trapped in a backwards
place.

No opportunities.

No future.

To be a woman like you, smart,
strong,

see the world, escape.

That was always my dream.

No, I'm not strong.

I'm a coward.

If I had jumped, Andreas
would still be here.

It's not your fault.

I'd give anything to see Liz
again.

She really needs me, but I
shouldn't have dragged her here.

You wanted to take care of
your sister.

What's wrong with that?

I'd even forgive those
morons on the yacht

if they'd come back.

Good.

Hoo!

Hoo, that smells.

Smoke signal!

Woo!

Sophia!

That's Kate!

She's in a balloon.

Look.

Oh, that last guy looked
torched.

Yeah. I wouldn't know.

Which way is the wind
blowing?

In the morning, out to
sea, towards that wind farm.

They landed there?

Maybe.

What's behind?

The town and then the sea.

Oh, so what are we
waiting for?!

Pilot's phone number.

I'll call.

Pays to work smart.

Good morning.

My name is Sophia, U.S.
Consulate.

I see your air balloon is flying
today.

Where are you located right now?

30 minutes. Maybe.

There's always another way.

Give me your phone.

I wish I would have
remembered this sooner.

See that little hole?

You put a little wire in
there and that's your antenna.

So you might get a better
signal.

Oh.

We need this.

Come on.

Yeah.

It's good enough. It's good
enough.

It's good enough.

I understand.

Thank you.

I'll inform them myself.

Hm?

The pilot's on vacation with
his wife

and parents right now.

And now, wants to report
his balloon stolen.

And my workload just doubled.

- Yeah.
- Mm-hm.

Hold it in. Hold it in, tight.

Mm-hm.

She's pinged.

Somewhere in the sea.

Let's go!

No, no!

No!

- No, no.
- Did it send?

I have a fix.

Let's go.

Out to sea?

I'm thinking coast guard,
sweetie.

We need to hire a boat.

- That's all.
- Okay.

How much money do you have?

Documents, license?

Don't you have any?

Here.

Latest model.

I know you love expensive
things, so...

I'm not gonna buy your phone.

But someone in port will take
it.

I don't think so.

Kate is U.S. citizen!

It's your job to help!

Now, let's stop wasting time.

Good morning, sir.

So what do you want to tell
me?

I was just sitting there-

- At dawn?

Yes, just to get a good spot,
you know?

You've got blood on your
forehead.

Yes, that hit me when
he came down real hard.

So he wasn't run
over by-

- He must have jumped.

From what?

Those little trees over there
maybe?

Am I in trouble, Officer?

We will see.

Come on, come on.

One more time.

Everything out.

Take the skirt off.

No!

- What?!
- You doofus!

The balloon skirt!

Unbelievable!

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

Wait in the car.

Kumar.

Hi, Kumar.

It's Sophia.

I was just in your office.

I know what today is.

Forget I even asked.

Liz!

Stop right there!

What are you doing?

Oh!

Shit.

It's not over.

Liz is gonna send help, I just
know it.

How did we get here?

It was just a bit of fun.

I don't want to die.

Then don't die!

Oh, God.

If this is really it, I'm not
going down without a fight!

Dammit!

Maybe all of this meant...

Maybe it's karma.

No! Karma, my ass!

I'm a good person!

Can I be honest?

I gave your card to Jack.

You were our last job, then
I would have got a future.

You gave my card to your
boyfriend?

He went in our room when Liz was
in there?

You dropped it, but I
would have stolen it anyway.

I'm a thief.

Tasteless.

Why?

Why?

Why?!

Why are we stopped?

Balloon's different.

We're losing air.

Dammit!

Words.

Sorry.

We're sinking.

- How?
- Oh, I need to plug the hole.

There must be something.

Well, ain't that just dandy?

We're gonna sink.

Can I have it?

Who are you gonna call?

Whoa!

Way to go, amigo. My
life is on that thing!

But we're alive.

You won't be for long.

Ha.

Let's roll.

Mira!

Mira!

Mira!

I got you.

Pull yourself up.

Kick your legs.

Put your head back.

Kick.

Making me an accomplice
won't lesson your sentence.

I'm a kid.

I will get immunity and a social
worker.

You're a criminal.

We're criminals.

Fugitives on the run.

We're not on the run.

We're just in a hurry.

Imagine the cop's face when he
sees Kate.

How are we gonna get back?

How are we gonna find Kate?

Oh.

Sophia.

Here we are.

Your sister's as stubborn as
you?

How long do we do this?

Until we find something.

What if we don't?

I'm not giving up, okay?

Liz, you have to accept the
possibility that she's gone.

I'm not giving up, okay?

Not her. Not on me.

That was an hour ago.

They drifted.

Row!

I can't feel my legs.

Keep kicking.

You'll be warmer.

A ship!

Here!

Over here!

Hey!

Hey!

It's coming this way!

We're saved!

It's no good!

They can't see!

They're going to hit us!

Move!

Go! Come on!

You love me, baby?

She must be here.

Where is she?

Look, an air balloon's a big
thing.

If it or Kate were here, we'd
find them.

Kate!

Kate, where are you?!

Liz, I'm sorry.

Kate!

You can't leave me!

Kate!

Hey!

Cannot see us!

No.

Too far.

But we need a signal.

Hey!

Kate.

Kate, we have the sun.

- What?
- We have the sun!

Okay.

Yeah.

- Hey!
- Hey!

Kate!

See that?

It's Kate!

Kate!

Go, go.

Go there.

Quickly, quickly.

Go. Quickly, quickly.

Kate!

Quickly.

Kate!

Get in here!

Oh, this is Mira, my good
friend.

This is Sophia, my new bestie.

You, thank you.

I love you.

I love you.

Guys, do you
know where we're going?

Does anyone know we're out here?

Anybody got a phone?