* (HEAVY BREATHING) (TENSE MUSIC) (HEAVY BREATHING GROWS LOUDER) MAN: Hey! BOY: Get out of here. (DOG BARKS NEARBY) MAN: You... ..little... ..pussy. ('LET ME DOWN EASY' BY THE STRANGLERS) Captions were made with the support of NZ On Air. Able 2018 # Let me down easy # Let me down easy # Let me down easy # Let me down easy # When I rest my weary head # After all my words are said # When my eyelids close # With the weight of a hundred years -# Please let me down easy -# Easy # Let me down easy # Easy # My boat can slip away into a calmer sea # Let me down easy # I know there'll be nothing to fear # Let me down easy # Let me down easy # Let me down easy # Let me down easy # My body slips away out into weightlessness # Let me down easy # Now I know that there's nothing to fear... # (ORGAN SOLO) (MUSIC DISTORTS) (SILENCE) (WATER SPLASHES AND BURBLES) (HEAVY BREATHING) (BEEPING AND CLANKING) -(HEAVY BREATHING) -(BEEP!) (WATER SPLASHES AND BUBBLES) Hello, Henry. Oh. You can't speak. But that's normal. Well, it isn't normal, but it's only temporary, OK? Do you remember how you got here? That's fine. That's normal too. Henry, wait. Wait. We'll get there. Scan? COMPUTER: Sensory processor activated. WOMAN: Relax, OK? COMPUTER: Scanning. Video link confirmed. WOMAN: Up. (WHISPERS) Good. This next part might hurt. Maybe quite a lot. But it won't last long, I promise. Almost there. Welder? (MACHINERY WHIRRS) (MACHINERY BEEPS) You can do it. Wonderful, Henry. Squeeze? Harder. (SHRIEKS, GIGGLES) Cool, right? Integument. Please don't move your hand. You probably don't recall, but you were never a big fan of my work. Maybe this will change your mind, right? Memory's a funny thing. I'm an expert, and I don't know if you'll ever get yours back. You don't remember me at all, do you, Henry? My name's Estelle. You and I were... ..we still are... ..husband and wife. (BLOWS) I love you, Henry. I can't wait to hear you say it. (BLEEPING) (HEAVY ROCK GUITAR MUSIC PLAYS) Henry. His memories are still catching up with him. Oh, Jesus. I'm Robbie. 'The sorcerer of sound'. You are gonna love this... ..because, sir, you're gonna get to pick your own voice. (ELVIS PRESLEY'S VOICE) Thank you. Thank you very much. Hello, Henry! -Robbie. -Oh, come on. They're options. What white guy wouldn't want to sound like Louis Armstrong? Just one more. Wait. (DARTH VADER'S VOICE) Henry, I am your father. -Robert, enough. -(LAUGHS) Sorry, Mom. How about we use Henry's voice? Whatever you say. You're the boss. MAN: Boring! -COMPUTER: Security breach. -Oh, fuck. -Level 4. -Is this a drill? -What is this? -Security breach. Level 4. -Lock the door. It's probably a mistake. Call the base. Security breach. Level 4. (ESTELLE SCREAMS) (INTRUDERS SHOUT) (MAN SHOUTS IN RUSSIAN) (FOOTSTEPS, WHISTLING) (ESTELLE WHISPERS) Oh, no. Yes. -(ESTELLE YELPS) -Spasiba. Get up. Henry, right? -ESTELLE: Please...don't. -Shut up. How do you like the new you? Did I interrupt the procedure? Can Henry not talk yet? MAN: No, he can't, no. Don't look at me like that, Henry. Your girlfriend here... ..might have rebuilt you, but I gave her the raw materials to work with. -And I mean really, really raw materials. -(WHIMPERS) -What's your name? -Timothy. Nice to meet you, Timothy. Did you see Henry when Estelle brought his remains here? Yeah. Would you please be so kind to describe them to better Henry's understanding of how good he looks...now? Sure, his arm was shot off below the...below the elbow, and the leg shot off below the knee. And there was a football-sized... Did you happen to see his head? Yes. Do tell. Um, the skull was dented in and there was this, um... His eyes were missing. And, um, the bottom half of his jaw was shredded to pieces. Ah. Just about right. (TIMOTHY STAMMERS) -(BLADE SLICES) -(SCREAMS) (WHIMPERS) I'm bleeding too. That was a little strenuous. (WHISTLES) (WHISPERS) Stay close. -Ah! -(HEAVY GUITAR MUSIC PLAYS) -(MUFFLED SOUND) -ESTELLE: Hurry up! Close it. Henry, come on! Henry, try to keep up! (MEN SPEAK RUSSIAN) Shh! Come on. (PANTS) Kick it in. Come on. If Akan gets a hold of my work, men like these will be brought back from the dead to form his army. Go. Go! Henry, no! (WIND WHISTLES) Henry! Take my hand! (DOOR CLOSES) COMPUTER: Escape pod initiated. -There are two pods. -MAN: One. -Marty? -Sorry. The man's clearly gone insane. Marty, no! Henry! -It's yours. Get in. -MAN: Estelle! Get in! Get in! COMPUTER: Escape pod initiated. (TENSE MUSIC) -COMPUTER: Altitude. Altitude. -The chute! The chute! -Pull the chute! -COMPUTER: Altitude. It's going too fast! It's going too fast! (GASPS) -Hold on, Henry! -(CRASH!) (CAR HORN HONKS) (METAL AND GLASS SMASH) (DARK MUSIC) (TENSE MUSIC) Oh, God! Akan's mercenaries! Put me down. Put me down. (MEN SPEAK RUSSIAN) (SHRIEKS) Henry! They underestimate you, OK? Let them get close, and then engage. ESTELLE: Engage! ESTELLE: No! Henry! Fight back! Come on! No! Stop it! Henry! ESTELLE: You stop it! You stop it! -(MAN SHOUTS IN RUSSIAN) -You stop it! Estelle... -No! -(BUZZING AND CLICKING) (ESTELLE'S VOICE ECHOES) Henry! (CRASH!) (METAL CREAKS) -(CAR ALARM HONKS) -(MAN SPEAKS RUSSIAN) (CAR DOOR OPENS) -(STATIC) -(GUARD SPEAKS RUSSIAN) (ENGINE RUMBLES) (GUARD CALLS OUT IN RUSSIAN) (PEOPLE CHATTER IN RUSSIAN) (GUARD SHOUTS) -(GUNSHOT) -(GUARD GROANS) -Ohh... -(GUNSHOTS) (INDISTINCT CHATTER ON RADIOS) (DOOR HANDLE CLICKS) (METAL CLANGS) (CHATTER ON RADIO NEARBY) -Arggh! -(GUNFIRE) -(MOANS) -(PEOPLE SHOUT) (TRIGGERS CLICK) (RAPID GUNFIRE) (SHOUTING AND GUNFIRE CONTINUES) (MAN CALLS OUT IN RUSSIAN) (HENRY BREATHES HEAVILY) (MEN CHATTER) (SINGLE GUNSHOT) (STARTS ENGINE) (UPBEAT FOLK MUSIC PLAYS ON STEREO) -(ENGINE REVS) -(MEN YELL) (GUNFIRE) (GLASS SHATTERS) (ENGINE REVS) (SMASH!) (HORN HONKS) (MAN SHOUTS) -Stop, stop, stop! -(GUNSHOTS) (ENGLISH ACCENT) You're a fuckin' rabbit in the headlights, aren't you? It's alright. I'm not here to hurt you. Is your speech module installed? Shit. Well, at least we know you're not deaf. It's alright. You can put your hands down now. Three years I've been waiting for this moment, I get Charlie fuckin' Chaplin! Fuck's sake! Come on! * ('YOU MAKE ME FEEL LIKE DANCING' BY LEO SAYER PLAYS ON STEREO) Alright, let's have a look at you. Open the glove box, please. Take out that whole contraption. You gotta untangle the wires. Is that a wedding ring? Are you...are you married? How's that working out for you? Yeah, what a shocker. Right, next I need you to, uh, take your shirt off, please. Open up there. Yeah, those! Plug the jacks in there. Yeah, in there. -(BUZZING AND STATIC) -So your name's Henry and... OK, well, the good news is that you're gonna live a while. The bad news is that in this case, "a while" means 20, 30 minutes tops, Henry, unless you're very, very lucky... (DEVICE BEEPS) ..which you are. Uncle Jimmy is gonna take you to his lab. Hang on. -(SIRENS WAIL) -Oh, shit. -We got bacon on our tail. -(HORN HONKS) Unplug yourself. Put that away. (SIREN CONTINUES) There's some clothes in there. Put the hoodie on. -(HORN HONKS) -JIMMY: Shit. There's not enough time. Fuck it. Just cover the blood up with the bag. Just stay calm. Let me handle this, yeah? (OFFICER SPEAKS RUSSIAN) (REPLIES IN RUSSIAN) -That's how it goes... -(GUNSHOT) -(TYRES SCREECH) -(OFFICER 2 SHOUTS) (JIMMY GRUNTS) Bollocks! (GUNSHOTS) Fucking Akan, paying off the... Ugh! (HORN BLARES) (CRASH!) (HEARTBEAT THUDS) (HENRY GROANS) (VOICES ECHO DISTANTLY) (PEOPLE SPEAK RUSSIAN) -(GUNSHOTS) -(PEOPLE SCREAM) (GRITTY ELECTRONIC MUSIC) -(FAST-PACED DEEP HOUSE MUSIC) -(HORNS TOOT) -(PEOPLE CHATTER) -(MAN SHOUTS) (SPEAKS RUSSIAN) (MUSIC CONTINUES POUNDING) (METAL DOOR CLANGS) -(CHIMES AND JEWELLERY CLINK) -(PEOPLE SHOUT) (MUTED EASY-LISTENING MUSIC PLAYS) -(HOUSE MUSIC CONTINUES) -(ZIPPER UNZIPS) -(MOBILE PHONE RINGS) -(HOUSE MUSIC STOPS) -(RINGING STOPS) -(HOUSE MUSIC CONTINUES) -(ZIPPER BUZZES) -(CHIMES CLINK) -(MAN CHATTERS) -(HANDHELD RADIO PIPS) -(RADIO FEEDBACK) -(MUTED EASY-LISTENING MUSIC) (RADIO PIPS) -(CRASH!) -(MAN CRIES OUT) -(THUD!) -(GROANS) (MAN 2 GRUNTS) (MAN EXCLAIMS IN RUSSIAN) (HOUSE MUSIC CONTINUES) (GUNSHOTS RING OUT) (MUTED EASY-LISTENING MUSIC CONTINUES) (CHIMES CLINK) -(GUN CLATTERS) -(HOUSE MUSIC CONTINUES) (OFFICERS SHOUT) (SHOUTS GET CLOSER) (BUS BRAKES SQUEAK, DOORS HISS) (PASSENGERS CHATTER INDISTINCTLY) (MUSIC STOPS) (MAN SPEAKS RUSSIAN) (LIQUOR GURGLES) I'm gonna have to hurt you, Henry, but it's for your own good, mate. Just give me your arm. Sorry. Hey! -(SLAP!) -Shit! It's me! It's Jimmy. We've only got a few moments until they're onto us again, mate. Just... OK. Just give me your arm. OK. -Just relax. Come on. -(HENRY GROANS) -(PASSENGERS GASP) -JIMMY: Here he is. Here he is. -(HENRY GROANS) -JIMMY: Come on. Bingo. (LAUGHS) -(HENRY GRUNTS) -(ELECTRONIC WHIRRING) This little fucker is how they've been tracking you. -Toodle-loo. -(CRUNCH!) JIMMY: In a few moments, your mechanical parts are gonna start shutting down. Your friend Akan's got an important Russian connection named Slick Dimitry. Slick handles all Akan's cops, slash guns, slash real estate, slash a lot of other shit. This helpful dot on the map... (LAUGHS) ..is Slick's place. All you gotta do is break in there, kill him, open up his rib cage, take out his beating heart... ..and fucking eat it. (LAUGHS) I'm kidding. I'm kidding. You don't have to fucking eat his heart. Under his heart is his charge pump, yeah? Bring that to me. Use this, and I'll contact you on this. That has gotta be the gayest jacket I've ever seen. (RUSTLING) (SPEAKS RUSSIAN) -(FLAME WHOOSHES) -(PASSENGERS YELL) (FAST-PACED ELECTRONIC MUSIC) (GLASS SHATTERS) (WATER SLOSHES) -(GLASS SHATTERS) -(MAN SCREAMS) -(DOORS HISS) -(JIMMY GROWLS) I'll be in touch. Arggh! (FLAME WHOOSHES VIOLENTLY) -(HIGH-PITCHED SCREAM) -(HORNS TOOT) (LEAVES RUSTLE) (MUSIC STOPS) -(WATER SPLASHES) -(MEN CHATTER) (MAN YELL IN RUSSIAN) -(THUD!) -(JABBERS) -(BOTTLE SMASH) -(SPEAKS RUSSIAN) (ELECTRONIC MUSIC INTENSIFIES) (MUSIC STOPS) (VAN ENGINE STARTS, GEAR CRUNCHES) (MAN SPEAKS RUSSIAN) -(BIRD WINGS FLAP) -(CHILDREN GIGGLE) (CAR ENGINE ROARS) (STIRRING ACTION MUSIC) (HENRY BREATHES HEAVILY) (MEN CHATTER INDISTINCTLY) (MUSIC INTENSIFIES) -(RIPPING) -(HENRY GROANS) (MUSIC CONTINUES) (UP-BEAT PUNK MUSIC) -(MUSIC FADES) -(PEOPLE CHATTER) (SOMBRE MUSIC) (MUTED LAUGHTER AND CHATTER) (GUN COCKS) -(CAT MIAOWS) -(MAN SPEAKS RUSSIAN) (STAMPS FOOT) (DING!) -(THUGS GROAN) -(CARTRIDGES CLATTER) (SCREAMS) -(ACTION MUSIC CONTINUES) -(MEN SHOUT) (HOSTAGE GROANS) (MAN MOANS) (KNOB RATTLES) -(PIP!) -(DING!) (HENRY BREATHES HEAVILY) (EERIE MUSIC) (MUSIC INTENSIFIES, THEN DIES DOWN) (ELECTRONIC WHIRRING) (MUSIC CRESCENDOES) (MUSIC STOPS) (SAFETY CLICKS) (DRUM BEATS) (THUD!) -(VELCRO RIPS) -(HENRY PANTS) ESTELLE: Henry. Akan's already started. If we don't stop him, he'll have his army in days or sooner. (CREAKING) (CRACK!) (GUN COCKS) (ELECTRICITY ZAPS) (CRASH) (ELECTRONIC WHIRRING CONTINUES) -(GUN FIRES LOUDLY) -(GRITTY HOUSE MUSIC) (METAL CLANGS) (SHOUTING) (GROANING) (LATCH CLICKS) (ELECTRICITY ZAPS) (HENRY DROPS GUN) You're half machine, half pussy. (MECHANICAL WHIRRING) (CLINKING) (WHOOSHING) -(WHOOSHING SPEEDS UP) -(CRASH!) (PEOPLE SPEAK RUSSIAN) (FAST-PACED ELECTRONIC MUSIC) (GATE JINGLES) (MAN GRUNTS) -(METAL CLANGS) -(THUD!) (DARK ROCK MUSIC) (MAN GRUNTS) (PEOPLE SQUEAL) -(THUMP!) -(WOMAN MOANS) -(THUD!) -(HENRY GROANS) (FLOOR SQUEAKS) (FAST-PACED ELECTRONIC MUSIC) -(BOTTLE SMASHES) -(SCREAMING) -(HENRY GROANS) -(CROWD HUBBUB) (GRUNTS) Wait. Wait. I can tell you something very important about the man who sent you here. (GUNSHOT WHIZZES) (CROWD SCREAMS) -(PEOPLE SHOUT IN RUSSIAN) -(DOG YAPS) MAN: Sergei. (GUNSHOT) (SIREN WAILS) (GUNFIRE CONTINUES) (SMASH!) (PHONE RINGS) -(BEEP!) -JIMMY: Oi. Henry. I'm at this high-class establishment. Follow the dot and then just knock on the knocker. Get it? Knock on the knocker. # "Whole World" by Gabe Simon VO: 'When you book a flight with Expedia,' 'and add a hotel or activity,' 'you can save.' 'Everything you need to go.' 'EXPEDIA.' * (DOOR CREAKS) ('MY GIRL' BY THE TEMPTATIONS PLAYS) # I've got sunshine # On a cloudy day... # Ah, tell Jimmy. -Ella. -(WOMEN GIGGLE) # When it's cold outside # I've got the month of May... # (BOTH SPEAK RUSSIAN) # I guess you'd say # What can make me feel this way? # My girl, my girl, my girl # Talking 'bout my girl... # -MAN: VROOM! -(WOMAN TRILLS) (MAN SPEAKS WITH AMERICAN ACCENT) Hi. I'm a fucking car, baby. A Lexus convertible. -# I've got a sweeter song... # -(ELLA GIGGLES) (ADDRESSES HENRY IN RUSSIAN) -# Than the birds... # -(ROCK MUSIC) JIMMY: Oh! That's good. Yeah! Yeah. Ahhh! God, that's amazing. Yeah, that's... Fuck, you're late. You're late. Ha! (MUSIC STOPS) The last 15 minutes have been a fucking roller-coaster of emotions for me, mate. I didn't know if I was ever gonna see you again. (LAUGHS) So I fired up some of this shit. Fried my fucking nose, yeah. -(ELECTRONIC BUZZING) -(JIMMY'S VOICE DISTORTS) JIMMY: Well, there you are. (ELECTRONIC WHIRRING AND FEEDBACK) It's OK. You just lost power. Come on. Hey, bring me some of that strong Russian shit, ladies. OK, now, where's that booster pump? Where's that? Did you get it? Did you get the fuckin'... Ha! Yeah! Fucking hell. This is it. This is it, yeah. OK. Hang on. OK. Hold this, lass. Shit. OK. Gotta get this little fucker in there. Who am I kidding? I'm in no condition to do this. I'm sorry. I'm in no condition to do this, mate. I'm in no condition. (PANTS) I'm sorry. I'm in no condition to do this. (THUD!) -(ELECTRONIC WHIRRING) -(WOMEN GIGGLE) # ..in this position # If they stop loving you # I won't stop loving you # If they stop needing you # I'll still need you, my dear # If you fall asleep # Down by the water # Baby, I'll carry you all the way home # If you fall asleep -# Down by the water... # -(ZIP UNZIPS) -(DOOR OPENS) -(THUMP!) JIMMY: Oh, goodness. Oh, goodness. What have you done? What have you done this time, Jimmy? Are you still conscious? Yeah, hello. You're gonna be OK. Just gotta get a little bit of power into you. -(VOICE DISTORTS) -Ladies. Could you give us a bit of space, please? Thank you. You're a big deal, you know. You're not the only one wronged by Akan. You and I both want the same thing. -This may hurt a bit. -(LOUD ELECTRONIC WHOOSHING) There we go. (CHUCKLES) That's wonderful. Now we can take you back to my lab. I'm Jimmy, by the way. I realise this is all very confusing for you. Um, but it's better if I show you... -(PHONE RINGS) -..at the lab, yes? Hello? Oh, spasiba. (HANGS UP) They're here. They must have followed you. I can't... I can't let them see me like this. I can't let... I'm sorry. I can't stay here, Henry. I'm sorry. -(DOOR SHUTS) -(GROANING) Oh, shit. -(OBJECTS CLATTER) -(SNIFFS) Arggh! -Fuck yeah! -SONG: # Some folks like... # Fuck yeah. OK. His boys are here. I'm gonna hold 'em off, yeah. I'm gonna hold 'em off, yeah. More guns for you in the drawer, yeah? Whoo! This is fucking war, baby. Yeah! -# Of straight strychnine... # -Whoo! Fuck, yeah. # Hey, hey You may think it's funny # That I like this stuff # But once you've tried it # You can't get enough # Wow! # Wine is red, hey # Poison is blue... # -(GUNFIRE) -# Strychnine is good -# For what's ailin' you... # -(WOMEN SCREAM) (GUNFIRE) Ugh! (MAN YELLS IN RUSSIAN ON LOUDSPEAKER) -MAN: Ugh! -(RAPID GUNFIRE) (GLASS SHATTERS) (GUNFIRE CONTINUES) (PERSON WAILS) (MEN GRUNT) (GUNSHOT) I fuckin' had that! Go, go, go! # If you listen to what I say # You'll try strychnine some day... # Hurry! Back, back! # It'll make you shout # It'll even knock you out # Whoa! # (MAN GROANS) Arggh-ahh! The floor is fuckin' lava! I'm gonna burn this... Oh, Olga, Katya! -(WOMAN SHOUTS IN RUSSIAN) -Shit! (GUNFIRE) # Strychnine, hey, hey... # -(WOMEN SCREAM) -# Strychnine! # Hey, hey # Whoa, strychnine, hey, hey... # MAN: Please, please! Please don't hurt me. I've got a family. Is that your wife? Um... (STAMMERS) Don't mind her, Henry. She's mourning her late husband. I wasn't betting on seeing you again. Your persistence is unparalleled. -And quite exciting. -(SCREAMS) AKAN: Slick Dimitry's services were excellent. I'm just glad I never paid up-front. I'll tell Estelle you did well. JIMMY: Akan! Akan, you open this fucking door! You hear me?! I've got her all dolled up in the back of my truck downstairs. JIMMY: I'm gonna rip your fuckin' lungs out! (GUNFIRE) AKAN: You'll go far, Henry, unlike this piece of shit. (CHEERFUL ROCK MUSIC PLAYS FAINTLY ON SPEAKERS) (HENRY GROANS) -(CRACK!) -(MOANS) -(RAPID GUNFIRE) -(TYRES SCREECH) Ah! Henry, put your gun down. -It's all good. -(MAN MOANS) -Ugh... -JIMMY: Hey, hey, hey, hey. People, people! Chill out. Calm down. Now I've shared something with you, I need you to share something with me. Where's Akan going? (MAN MURMURS) Oh... (SPEAKS RUSSIAN) -(REPEATS PHRASE) -Oh, shit. Shit. (SCREAMS) Now, that is my ego talking to yours. (WHIMPERS AND MOANS) What do you want - higher self, ego? -(WEEPS) -Higher self? Ego? -High self. -Higher self! Yeah, OK. Akan's gone, taking the girl to his base. (GUNSHOT) JIMMY: Oh, shit. Let me handle this. Let me handle this. -(YELLS IN RUSSIAN) -It's OK, ladies, alright? OK, alright, alright, just... (ALL ARGUE IN RUSSIAN) OK, alright. OK, please... I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I'm sorry that you get upset, OK? -Henry and I...Henry and I... -Henry? Who is Henry? -OK, we have to go get... -(WOMEN CONTINUE SHOUTING) OK, you wanna go on a bike? You can go on a bike. Just... You wanna go? OK, go on your bike. Yeah, yeah, go on your bike. Fuckin' hell. Sometimes it's easier just to say yes. (STARTS ENGINE) * (ROCK MUSIC) # Let the police come and smoke the stage # We're getting restless now and can no longer wait # And I know, I know That you know for sure # What it is you are having Me and you # Take another step and then engage # Nobody here wants to die of old age # At least for now while we're young and dumb # In a few years what will we become? # Henry, catch! # It doesn't matter # I cannot live like this # I cannot fucking live like this # My woman, my woman # I can't live without my woman # To live a lie That's alright # I'll be there to the end of time... # -MAN: Ugh! -(ENGINE REVS) (TYRES SQUEAL, HORN BLARES) # I cannot live like this # I cannot fucking live like this # My woman, my woman # I can't live without my woman # To live a lie That's alright # I'll be there to the end of time... # (MEN GRUNT AND YELL) (GENTLE MUSIC) (SNIFFLES) I love you, Henry. I love you. (ON SPEAKERS) Mwah! How sweet! (SPEAKS RUSSIAN) (HIGH-PITCHED WHINING) -(THUD!) -(ESTELLE GASPS) AKAN: Each year, 100,000 baseball bats are sold in Russia and at most, 50 baseballs. It gives an idea of a great Russian pastime. This is a rare surviving bat. Estelle, would you please be so kind and stand up? -(GROWLS LOWLY) -(WEAKLY) No... Or do you want to take her place? Estelle, your boy's quite the white knight, sacrificing himself to keep you alive only for my dick... (SPITS) ..to kill you later. Are you sure, Henry? Are you sure? Brilliant! Ahh, come over here, Henry. Come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, Henry! (SOLEMN MUSIC) (SPEAKS INAUDIBLY) (HEARTBEAT THUDS AND ECHOES) MAN: You little pussy. ('FR HILDEGARD VON BINGEN' BY DEVENDRA BANHART) (DISTORTED CHATTER) (MEN CHATTER IN RUSSIAN) (BRANCH CRACKS) (GUNSHOTS) JIMMY: Give peace a chance, brothers. My ego wants to kill you, but my higher self doesn't. Jesus, baby! I was talking to them, man. Look at this. Dude's got a memory blocker. Well, that's about all I can do for you, mate. Time for a reboot. We'll see you in about 15 minutes... hopefully. (BIRDS CHIRP) Hey. He's awake. Your eyes might be a bit blurry. It's just your depth perception trying to callibrate. Follow me. I'll walk ya. Get up. OK, alright. Now... ..can you focus on me over here? WOMAN: Henry? JIMMY: Burying you is like burying treasure. I really don't understand what Akan's thinking... (WHOOSHING) (WHOOSHING) -(BOOM!) -(BLADE CLINKS) (WHOOSHING AND BOOMING CONTINUE) (BIRDS FLUTTER) (RUMBLING) (DRAMATIC MUSIC) (MECHANICAL WHIRRING) (HEAVY ROCK MUSIC) (PERSON GROANS) (GUNSHOT) (SQUELCHING) (WHIRRING) (MACHINE GUN FIRE) MAN: Ugh! -(MACHINE GUN FIRE) -(MAN GRUNTS) (WIND WHISTLES) (PHONE RINGS) (HELICOPTER WHIRRS IN DISTANCE) Henry, stop dicking around. You're almost there, mate. Here's where you've gotta get to. Chop chop. (HORSE SNICKERS) (THEME FROM 'THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN') (SNORTS AND NICKERS) (HORSE NEIGHS) (MUSIC STOPS) * (BIRDS CHIRP) (PENSIVE MUSIC) (RUSTLING) (SCREAMING AND YELLING IN DISTANCE) -(PEOPLE ARGUE IN RUSSIAN) -JIMMY: Psst! (WHISPERS) Don't compromise my lab. (WOMAN SCREAMS) Shh! Let them leave. (MAN SPEAKS RUSSIAN) JIMMY: Henry, no. I'm instructing you... Shit. (SPEAKS RUSSIAN) Suka! Ugh! -Arggh! -(SQUISH!) (GAGS) (SQUELCH!) (MAN GROANS) Suka! Good job, Charlie Bronson. (LIFT RATTLES) AKAN: Dawn of twilight, a cyborg era. I've lobotomised everything not... (THUD) ..not essential to soldiers. Personal memories, speech, sense of taste, it's all gone. May still have a bit of an issue with emotional motivation, which... Motivation? Try your fucking pay cheque, James. My pay ch... Yes, OK. -(DEVICE BLIPS) -(AIR HISSES) (AKAN SPITS) What the shit-fuck, James? I'm sorry, sir! I'm so sorry! Oh, shit. Open the doors! Please, open the door! We've got a malfunction. Let me out! Please, sir. I'll fix it! -AKAN: I doubt it. -Arggh! AKAN: Fuckin' idiot. You know, Jimmy, something about a spine snapping... -(CRACK!) -..never gets old. (METAL CLANGS) -It sounds like... -The end? The beginning? Or are they the same? Have a seat, Henry. When a man is first crippled, there's always one question on everyone's mind, especially his - does his dick work? (CHUCKLES SOFTLY) Mind didn't, so I plotted my escape from this chair. I'd come to Russia when the West banned resuscitation of cadaver tissue. Akan's a megalomaniac, but my research was funded. I kept my eyes on the Nobel prize. Who has time for icky ethics when he's rich and his cock works, eh? (BANG!) JIMMY: I paid a high price. I stopped making soldiers... and then I succeeded. I grew men made of cyberflesh. Really, they're just fancy-pants prostheses, but don't dare tell... My avatars! Now, cyborgs, on the other hand, have bits AND a brain. They think for themselves, in theory at least. (ZIPPER BUZZES) (SNIFFS) That hippie ` always with the ganja. (NOZZLES CLICK) You're not baked, are you? Hope not. Alright. (WHISTLES) You are the man, Henry! Hmm, there's very little actual man left, of course. Enhanced skeletomuscular systems, cardiovascular turbo-boosted with a curium 244 atomic battery. A good night's sleep and you'd power an aircraft carrier. Remarkable technology, is it not? Not you. My boys. I made the first few for revenge, but then I started exploring new aspects of myself. Can I have a sip? Mmm. Now, I have...lived these past years, Henry. My lads, they get speeding tickets, they walk barefoot through the grass and, boy, do they get laid. (WHISPERS) You'll never guess what we do here sometimes alone. Hit play. Over there. Go on. (JAZZY MUSIC PLAYS) (JIMMY SINGS ON RECORDING) # I've got you # Under my skin... # I've got you # Deep in the heart of me... # So deep in my heart # That you're really a part of me... # I've got you # Under my skin... # I've tried so # Not to give in... # I said to myself # "This affair never will go so well..." # But why should I try to resist # When, baby, I know so well... # I've got you # Under my skin... # (ALARM BEEPS) # I'd sacrifice anything... # (MUTTERS INDISTINCTLY) Close your eyes. Close your eyes. Something's wrong with you, mate. Don't worry. It's not the clap or nothin'. Just gotta sit you down in this chair and take a look at you, yeah? The scan says you're in terrible danger... ..of being shit and for being a traitor! You lying grasser! I'm shutting you down, mate. -(CRACK) -Arggh! Ohh! (METAL GROANS) (GRUNTS) Henry! (CREAKING) (TRIGGER CLICKS) Put down the proto-baby. Now! We tried to unplug you nicely even though we knew that you beamed your video to Akan. No? What's this? What's that? (VOICE ECHOES ON MONITOR) What's that... what's that...what's that... You're broadcasting that to Akan! (ECHOES ON MONITOR) ..to Akan...to Akan...to Akan... Enough! (VOICE ECHOES) Enough. Even if I did believe you, I'd still have to... (ALARM BLARES) Arggh! Ohh! You brought them to my lab! I trusted you! Henry. Henry, please, kill me. Akan won't. He'll make me live in this straitjacket of rotten, smelly skin! What the fuck was I thinking, that Akan's toy robot was my friend?! (SLAP!) Thank you, Henry. Fuck you too, but mostly thanks. My lab's compromised, but I can build a new one using Akan's equipment... ..when we go get your wife, together, right? Hey, put that on the wall. If I can't have my lab, no-one's having her. Now, don't lose this. Fuck you, Akan. Don't change the channel. We're coming right over. # "Whole World" by Gabe Simon VO: 'When you book a flight with Expedia,' 'and add a hotel or activity,' 'you can save.' 'Everything you need to go.' 'EXPEDIA.' * Alright, I counted six vehicles. That's at least 35 men. We gotta cut them down to half that before they enter the hotel to give us a fighting chance to get out alive. Also, there's a certain stigma attached to blokes who like musicals. I just wanna get it out there right now that I'm straight as an arrow. Got it? Here they come. Wait for it. -Wait for it. -(MAN GIVES ORDERS) Now! (YELLING) Mate, cover me. (PUNK MUSIC) Ah-yah! Hah! Yeah! Fuck, they're in the hotel. We don't need the sniper anymore either. Go inside, see the colonel. Over here, laddie! Arm yourself to the teeth! Don't touch that. 'Emma G's mine. As my father used to say, "A grenade a day keeps the enemy at bay!" Come along, chop-chop. 'Big Sally'. (YELLING FROM NEARBY) Oh, well, home is where the battle is. Alright, Private, it is our duty to ensure that no harm comes to the cripple, understood? Follow on. Arggh! (INDISTINCT RADIO COMMUNICATION) You can hear them, but you can't shoot them. You can probably grenade them. Drop an egg down there, laddie. (MAN SPEAKS RUSSIAN) Forward! Come along. Good Lord, how embarrassing. Dodged a bullet on that one. I'll cover you! You go around them! Don't let the cripple get below you, laddie! (MAN YELLS IN RUSSIAN) (MEN SPEAK RUSSIAN) Arggh! Arggh! Jolly good. Pull your weight. Help me with the cripple. (MAN YELLS IN RUSSIAN) (MAN YELLS IN RUSSIAN) Retreat five paces back on my command, ready? (SPEAKS ACCENTED ENGLISH) -(LAUGHTER) -Spasibo, Yuri. My quarters are actually up there. -Would you like to see them? -Oh, we will. Indeed. (CLICKS SWITCH) (MEN SCREAM) Don't spare the horses. And take the next slipway. Off here. Here we go! (TYRES SQUEAL) Down anchors, laddie. Let's turn the tables on these buggers. (BRAKES SQUEAL) Tally-ho. 'Big Ben'. Akan is a cunt! Oh, my. Looks like Akan's already begun. By tomorrow, these poor chaps will be super robotic soldiers like yourself. Look out! Arggh! (SPEAKS ACCENTED ENGLISH) JIMMY: On your feet, lad. On your left. Hang on. I'm gonna buy you some time! Seal the doors. I can't tell you the number of times I've dreamt that I was riding up in this lift. It is a pity I can't... It's just a landing gear, laddie. Now listen to me. When you kill Akan, I want you to look him right in those eyes until the rest of him is just as dead as they are, understand? No, I'm afraid I shall not be coming with, but you letting me get you this far has given an old sweat his grandest gift in all his years. No. It's lodged in his jugular. If you uncork it, I won't be able to... The... The thingummyjig in your pocket, quickly. I'm afraid I have a confession to make. You see, I've been surveilling Akan for years. So when you dropped down onto that roadway and went rogue so magnificently, well, all I saw was my shot at revenge. You proved me right with Dimitry, but then in the forest... Well, I noticed an implant. A memory block, see? And I couldn't afford to have you remember a better life somewhere else, so... ..I left it in. Not my finest hour, I'm afraid. But then, back at my lab, while I was trying to analyse what you could do for me, I realised... ..who you are to me, Henry. It's bloody nice having a friend, Henry. You'd think all those deaths would have prepared me for this. If you haven't already, you'll start to remember bits of your past now, Henry. And those memories, they're real. They're you. Trust them. ('HARD AS NAILS' BY PETER WOLF CRIER) # Hard smiles Softest voice... # (YELLING AND GUNFIRE) # Toes, they touch the carpet steps # Out the door into the breast of you # Vagrant queen # Show my hands to warmest touch # Whispering as you dress me up # A new bride to be * AKAN: Memories, memories, memories. My first batch of cyber soldiers. With everything that you have experienced today uploaded into what's left of their brains. All they remember is waking up in the lab with their wife screwing their legs on. I love you, Charlie. I love you, Edward. I love you, Thomas. You recognise this? No? That's odd. They're your wife's. (SNIFFS) Mm! I smell what you like about her. (BEEPING) This one is almost ready for you. But I'm warning you, their boosters make the one you have in you now... ..look like a fucking nine-volt. Go ahead and fuck him up. (HARSH ELECTRONIC MUSIC) (MAN GRUNTS) ('WON'T YOU COME OVER' BY DEVENDRA BANHART) # I used to live alone # But I found you so certain # I'm yours to take # Now I can't wait # For all the mistakes # We've yet to make... # (GLASS SHATTERS) (CHAOTIC MUSIC) Arggh...! (GRUNTING) Ha! (CHAOTIC MUSIC CONTINUES) (GROANS) (CRUNCH!) Arggh! (MEN YELL) Arggh! Hah! (HENRY BREATHES HEAVILY) Argh! (GRUNTING) (CRUNCH) (METAL CREAKING) (MEN YELL) (MEN YELL) Argh! (MEN YELL) (BANGING FROM ABOVE) (SUSTAINED HIGH-PITCHED RINGING) (MUFFLED CRIES) Arggh! (FREDDIE MERCURY SINGS) # Tonight # I'm gonna have myself a real good time # I feel alive... # Get up. Get up! # And the world # I'm floating around in ecstasy # So don't stop me now # Don't stop me # 'Cause I'm having a good time # Having a good time # I'm a shooting star leaping through the sky # Like a tiger defying the laws of gravity # I'm a racing car passing by # Like Lady Godiva # I'm gonna go, go, go... # Arggh! Oh! # I'm burning through the sky, yeah # 200 degrees # That's why they call me Mr Fahrenheit... # Ugh! # I'm travelling at the speed of light # I wanna make a supersonic man out of you... # Arggh! # Oh, I'm burning through the sky, yeah # 200 degrees # That's why they call me Mr Fahrenheit # Don't want to stop at all... # Can you handle this...Henry? (SINISTER ELECTRONIC MUSIC) Why are you hitting yourself, Henry? Hm? ESTELLE: Baby? Baby, are you OK? AKAN: I love how protective you are of me. Mm-hm-hm! - You owe me an apology. - For? Doubting me. I did have certain apprehensions. Why did you let me do it? I was just entertaining my woman and losing all of my men. Is everybody dead? BOTH: Yes. Do you know when I realised this was working? When? When Henry pulled me into the escape pod, trying to get me out of the lab no matter what. Who would have thought that pussy is a hell of a motivator? - Mm! - (ESTELLE GIGGLES) We'll have a hundred of you tomorrow, a thousand next week. Each one's first memory will be his wife, slipping a cheap brass ring on his finger. Every single one of my soldiers will wake willing to do anything my brilliant wife tells him, whether it's marching on Paris or the White House lawn. I would like to pretend you understand the part you played. You didn't make history, Henry. You helped end it. Mm. (KISSES) (HELICOPTER WHIRRS) MAN: You... ..little... ..pussy. That's what my old man called me. It's like it was my name. And I proved them right by killing all the wrong people. I love you, Henry. I'll never call you anything but your name, but you gotta decide. Are you gonna lay there, swallow that blood in your mouth? Or you gonna stand up, spit it out and go spill theirs? (WIND HOWLS) (WHIRRING) (INTENSE ELECTRONIC MUSIC) - ESTELLE: Akan! - No, fuck off... Arggh! Arggh! ESTELLE: No! Stop! I'm ordering you to stop! Henry! Stop! Arggh! (HELICOPTER SLOWS) (DISTURBING, DRAMATIC MUSIC) Where is he? No. Fuck you, motherfucker! Fuck you! How could you do this to me, Henry? How could you fucking do this?! Answer me! Answer me! Motherfucker! (BULLET RICOCHETS) What happened, Henry? You were supposed to...love me. (ESTELLE SQUEALS) Henry! Henry?! Listen to your heart! (ESTELLE SCREAMS) SONG: # Honey, I'm down Not that I need you # Look at me now You've made a believer turn it up some more # Why would I be standing still # When you've got blood that I need to spill? # Oh, yeah # I'm looking for a thrill # I'm in for the kill # My friends, my lovers and everyone I cared for are dead # They said, "You'll die soon enough anyway, shut up" # I can't Mainly because I never could # And how could I start now? # I drink water perhaps contaminated # By the split of the atom # Less than a walk a thousand feet away from me # And others of my kind # My mind is on its own tonight # My blood, it shakes # And through my veins it travels to my head # They said, "You'll die soon enough anyway, shut up" # I can't Mainly because I never could # And how could I start now? # Honey, I'm down Not that I need you # Look at me now You've made a believer turn it up some more # Why would I be standing still # When you've got blood that I need to spill? # Oh, yeah # I'm looking for a thrill # I'm in for the kill # I ain't a killer # Not by my own design # Vengeance is my business # Business is doing fine # One and a half drinks making my mind think # There's a return # But I'm loving it out here # Overseeing their dreams burn # My blood, it shakes # And through my veins it travels to my head # They said, "You'll die soon enough anyway, shut up" # I can't Mainly because I never could # And how could I start now? # Honey, I'm down Not that I need you # Look at me now You've made a believer turn it up some more # Why would I be standing still # When you've got blood that I need to spill? # Oh, yeah # I'm looking for a thrill # I'm in for the kill. # -(PHONE MESSAGE BEEP) -JIMMY: Hello, Henry. Well, if you're hearing this, there's one more thing I need you to do. Captions were made with the support of NZ On Air. Able 2018