Brick (2025) Movie Script
You're leaving the entire project to us.
The customer can't just move
the deadline forward.
We have a contract.
We're far from beta testing.
That'll cause a shit storm.
Nearly all the quests still have bugs.
We need your input, Tim!
-Tim, do you hear us? You need to
-It's not technically
Do you hear us?
Damn it.
-Please, come on. Hello?
-Man, we need you.
We need feedback.
Three things you love about me.
Your eyes, your heart, and your freckles.
Like an infinite starry sky.
I love your laugh.
When you laugh, I feel happy.
Hello.
That you tell such great stories,
even if they're just computer games.
Look, you're in here.
Shit. Fuck.
Hey!
Man, don't creep up on me like that.
Sorry.
Is everything okay?
Yes, everything's fine.
I want to show you something.
I need to get back to that call.
Hey, Anton.
-Hey.
-Hello.
It should be all finished.
And please make sure your coworkers
don't keep bumping the door cameras.
Hey, Mr. Friedman.
-Renovation almost done?
-It's about time, isn't it?
A big fire in HafenCity.
It's all over the news.
Thank you for your patience.
It's been a long three months.
But now, things will be much better.
Yes, they will. Have a good evening.
-Good evening.
-You too.
Want to get pizza?
-Honey, I need to get back to that call.
-Just one minute.
I just picked her up from the workshop.
Okay.
Last road trip before things kick off!
Paris?
What do you mean?
Now. If we drive through the night,
we'll eat breakfast at Caf de Flore.
And we keep going. Doesn't matter where.
A fresh start.
Our fresh start.
I quit my job.
I need this clean break, Tim.
And you need it too.
If we don't do it now, we never will.
I know, I promised. And I still want to.
But I can't just walk away from my job.
Liv, the game is my
The game is important to me, okay?
Can't we go sometime later?
Yes, later.
Sorry, I have to take it.
They brought the release forward
by two months, did you hear?
Liv?
Liv?
I'm going without you.
And I won't be back.
-Seriously?
-You'll never change.
Hang on Does that mean you're leaving me?
It's over, or
What is that?
No idea.
Let me out.
-It's not me. How can I let you out?
-Let me out!
I have no idea what this is.
It's totally solid somehow.
Hello? Shit Hello?
Tim?
Maybe it's to do with the renovation.
Hello!
Do something! Damn
Hello?
LANDLORD
Can anyone hear me?
Anyone out there? Hello!
NO SIGNAL
-Do you have a signal?
-What?
Do you have a signal?
I don't even have Wi-Fi.
Shit, everything's dead.
-Are you getting a signal?
-No.
It's not carbon fiber.
It's not liquid granite.
What kind of material is this?
None of it makes sense.
The arrangement, different sizes
Why would one build such a wall?
You're the architect here.
-Want me to try?
-Hands off!
Okay, come on.
It's in the entire stairwell.
How can a whole building
be bricked up overnight?
Stay calm!
Hello?
-Hey!
-Hi!
Are you guys okay?
Hey! Do you have any clue
what's going on here?
We can't reach our Airbnb host.
Nothing's working.
-Here neither.
-Shit. I want a refund.
I'll have a hit first.
Baby, not a good idea.
-Leave it.
-Do you have this black wall too?
Yeah, dude.
Is that Superhost out to kill us, or what?
-Maybe have a hit after all.
-Did you see anything last night?
Like, how it happened?
-Anything at all?
-No.
When we woke up,
it was simply already there.
This thing.
We're going to die in here, aren't we?
You're not alone. It'll be fine, okay?
It'll be fine.
Baby? Leave me some, okay?
Shit! Fuck!
No need to look in the fridge.
There must be a simple solution.
We just have to try everything,
like in a game.
We're not in one
of your shitty computer games, Tim!
"One of my shitty computer games"?
What do you mean?
I can't do this.
Why are you doing this?
We'll be buried alive in here.
Do you get it?
We're in a bricked-up building
in the middle of a city, Liv!
It's only a matter of time
before someone notices.
In a building that is completely covered
in construction sheeting!
We could have left yesterday,
if you weren't such a
Say it.
Doesn't matter.
We're no longer a couple anyway.
Okay, cool. Walking off again?
Thanks for talking things over!
Sorry. I didn't mean it.
Would you like a sip?
Look.
Okay, and now?
The magnetic field is strongest
at these four points.
They're all squares.
Maybe there's a way
to interact with it, or something.
What are you doing?
Trying to interact.
Wow.
I don't think that was a good idea.
Get down!
Are you okay?
Okay.
Sorry.
Finished?
Yes.
Thanks.
Thank you.
Please tell me
it'll be gone tomorrow, okay?
I'll die in this shithole!
-I want to get out!
-Hey!
-Hey!
-Do you need help?
-Please don't!
-I want out!
-Oh shit
-Hey!
Hello?
Hello?
We're coming in now. Okay?
Hey. Hey
Are you hurt?
Hey. Are you okay?
-Come.
-I have I
I have
He
Come, let's get out of here.
Leave her alone!
Leave her alone!
-Touch her one more time!
-Man, stop!
What are you doing?
Are you crazy? He didn't even touch me!
-But you're bleeding!
-I'm not, he is!
What?
I wanted to hit the wall
and got him by mistake.
He would never hurt me, okay?
Never.
I know you mean well, but
We just took a bit too much of everything,
you know?
He just wanted to help.
Is that necessary?
Just until he's sober.
Are you okay?
And you?
Here, take that.
I'll be right back.
Sorry. For everything.
It's fine.
I'm Ana, by the way.
This is Marvin.
PRIVATE
NO ENTRY
We're planning to get married next year.
You can come to the wedding if you like.
All good.
I love you.
Just rest up, okay?
Hey.
There might be something here
to get us out.
Yes.
Olivia.
Leave it, man.
You'll just wreck that thing.
Says who? The guy who tried to kill me?
What?
You full-on attacked him earlier.
Sorry.
I told you to go easy on the MDE.
Huh? You told me to take some more.
What else should I have said? Meditate?
I was worried.
I love you.
I love you too.
He's not wrong.
This thing is our best chance to get out.
Okay, so what should we do?
Through the floor.
Second floor, first floor, basement.
What's in the basement?
This house was built just before the turn
of the century. In 1897, to be exact.
An air-raid shelter
was added during World War II.
I saw it when we moved in.
And how does that get us out?
Some of them connect to the subway system.
What do you think this all means?
No idea.
Maybe it's like some twisted escape room.
Last week, there were a ton
of UFO videos on TikTok.
Maybe aliens.
-Something like that.
-Who gives a damn what it is?
I'm telling you, it's the Superhost.
-It's his building, right?
-He's a really nice guy.
It's always the nice ones.
We just need to get out.
Mr. Oswalt?
Hello?
Mr. Oswalt?
Hello?
Tim. Take this.
Thanks.
Piss off back upstairs.
-Sorry for all this, but--
-You won't get any of my supplies.
-Go back up.
-We don't want any.
-Bug off!
-Mr. Oswalt!
Please.
-We need to get to the basement.
-Not through my apartment. Get lost.
Grandpa, stop it.
Go to your room, Lea.
They're neighbors, not our enemies.
Yes, and in three days your neighbors
will kill you for a sip of water.
In three days, we'll be out
if we can get down there.
There are tunnels down there, right?
Go on, tell them.
There are.
Then please help us.
Please, Grandpa.
If any of you lay a finger on her
I'll use this.
Okay.
We also have a ladder here.
We can use it later.
Guys, not to be annoying,
but don't you think it's time
to take this off?
Why is he tied up?
Just a little disagreement.
Absolutely.
I reckon, if you go crazy again,
Mr. Oswalt will blow your head off.
Right, Mr. Oswalt?
And now for some exercise.
To get sober.
Yeah.
Shit.
NO IDEA WHAT'S GOING ON.
HOPE YOU'RE OKAY.
I'M SORRY. PLEASE FORGIVE ME.
That won't work.
I I had a fight
with my girlfriend last night.
Then I told her to leave.
And I just wish that
-Maybe--
-You'll see her again.
We will get out.
Are you sure?
Very sure.
It all happened so fast.
I woke up just after four
to go to the bathroom.
And when I came back
it was already there.
Just like that.
Out of nowhere.
Mr. Oswalt?
Is this yours?
What is it?
A camera. Did you put this in here?
It's not ours.
Friedman arranged
the smoke detector installation.
But now, things will be much better.
What the hell, man?
They're filming us.
This is a fucking game, man.
Squid Game or Big Brother-style.
Some filthy-rich motherfuckers
are jerking off over our suffering.
With the landlord as game master.
Yes, exactly.
Why don't we just ask him?
He lives right behind this wall.
Another hole then?
Mr. Friedman?
Mr. Friedman!
We'd rather stay here.
Okay.
Anyone got a problem if I borrow that?
Yes.
We all do.
This is cooler, anyway.
Where are they?
-What?
-Where are his hands?
There are no hands here.
Liv? Liv, hey,
please don't get a panic attack.
Liv, breathe in and out, okay?
Nothing will happen to you.
Focus on your breathing. Focus, please.
-Liv, hey
-I want to get out, I want
Do we have any drugs left?
No way.
We should've gone to Munich
and chilled in some fucking beer garden.
-You searched the whole apartment?
-Yes. No killer, no nothing!
Mr. Oswalt, did you hear any other voices?
-Was someone else there?
-It was just him.
Saturday, Grandpa. It's Saturday today.
Maybe none of this is real.
Maybe it's all just a nightmare.
Or just a really bad trip.
Forget the supplies
and don't be so pig-headed.
Or we're actually hooked up to machines.
Some kind of sick AI or something.
Babe, that's the Matrix plot.
It could be true.
That film is 100 years old.
Tim, what if the fire in HafenCity
is somehow connected?
MAJOR FIRE IN HAFENCITY PARALYZES TRAFFIC
-It's too far away.
-That fucking
Tim!
Tim!
Can you hear me?
-Tim.
-Hey.
Everything okay?
Shit.
-Shit.
-You're bleeding.
Fuck. Messed things up again.
Are you okay?
-Yes.
-Yes.
Okay. Come.
We have to get down there somehow.
I'm not going down there.
I'll break my neck.
No, I'm staying up here.
No way I'm leaving you behind, okay?
Seriously.
Here. Take this, darling.
For your safety.
Have you lost your mind?
I'm not going without you,
even if it means I carry you.
Put that damn thing away and come.
Your mother
wouldn't have listened to me either.
That's for sure.
It's fine.
What an entrance.
You descended like angels from heaven.
Just that you don't look
like the angels I know.
Sorry, you are?
Sorry, I'm Yuri. A good friend of Anton's.
I'm visiting for a few days.
Tell me, what's with the ceiling?
I don't get it.
It's the only way to the basement.
There's an air-raid shelter
with an exit to outside.
You've no idea what's going on, do you?
Contamination.
You.
You know what I'm talking about, right?
I've been through attacks.
They didn't look like this.
You have no idea, my friend.
I'm telling you that that thing there
is a safety measure.
Super-ultra high tech.
But for our protection, of course.
You know?
Against any type of attack.
Okay, and where's the proof
of your theory?
Don't you watch any news?
I don't mean the mainstream,
lying, bullshit media.
Deep state.
New world order. Never heard of it?
Where is Anton, by the way?
Heart failure, probably.
He simply collapsed.
Right in front of the wall over there.
Maybe his pacemaker gave up the ghost.
From one second to the next.
He was always very delicate.
But also a genius at what he did.
I'm sorry.
Yes, our condolences.
Thank you.
-We have to keep going.
-You should stay.
And if he's right?
If everything out there is contaminated?
Then we'll die out there.
-And if it's not?
-What if it is?
Then we'll end up like the Superhost.
We have to get out.
-Yes, sorry, we're leaving.
-Yes.
Yeah.
I'll carry this myself, darling.
Thank you.
I'll be right there.
It killed him.
The wall?
The stress over what it could be
killed him.
He was possessed by it.
Not everyone can handle it, you know?
Some simply lose their mind.
I'm sorry about your friend.
Yes, I am too.
Hey.
Good luck.
Looks good.
Okay.
You can come down.
-Will that work for you?
-Yes.
Okay, come.
Yes, looks like it.
TO THE SHELTERS
-No!
-What kind of crap is this?
Stay calm. We will make it out.
No! How's that possible?
We're two meters underground!
-These damn
-What the fuck is this?
Capitalist pigs!
It'll be okay.
We'll make it out.
-Pigs!
-Marvin, don't! Stop!
We still need this. You'll break it!
-Stop it! Baby!
-I will destroy it!
Calm down, young man!
I'm calm.
Sorry. I am calm.
I'm very calm.
Fuck that fucked-up, rotten,
dick sucking, shit wall!
Get down! Everyone down!
-Liv, are you okay?
-Yes.
Grandpa?
Grandpa!
No!
It'll be okay.
Come on, help me please!
It'll be okay.
Is there a first aid kit anywhere?
-You have to apply pressure--
-Piss off, Marvin!
It'll be okay, Grandpa.
It'll all be okay.
I'm so sorry for you.
But you should be grateful. I mean it.
See, most likely,
you all would have died out there.
Hey. Have a little trust.
I just wanted to say, it might take time
until all backup systems
work properly again.
I'm 100% sure
that this thing has an air filter system
we don't understand.
Why us?
Maybe there's a reason why we're all here.
Maybe there are similarities
in our lives or something.
Like When I was 15,
I was dead for two minutes.
Bicycle accident.
Has anyone else had
a near-death experience or something?
My mother died of cancer two years ago.
I was with her until she died.
I've killed someone.
On duty. I'm a police officer.
I'm not proud of it.
We know what you did.
It was an accident.
One that you caused!
I'm sorry. I didn't know
that the bullet would come back.
I'm sorry!
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
What about you two?
What about you two?
We lost our child.
Liv, please.
Miscarriage.
Man
How could you? It isn't anyone's business.
It's our business.
And now is the right time? Seriously?
Yes. Maybe it is.
I have no idea
how much longer we'll be alive.
Okay. What do you want to hear?
Yes, it happened to us.
What happened to us?
Say it.
-Say it!
-We lost our child!
That's what happened! And it fucking hurt!
Now you've left me, after seven years,
because I didn't have the balls
to quit my shitty job overnight!
Overnight?
It was about changing our lives!
Not about your damn job!
It was about finding each other again!
To heal! But you didn't want to!
-That's bullshit!
-You said nothing!
Nothing!
We left the hospital, drove home,
you sat down at your damn computer,
and that was it!
We never spoke about it again.
Our life is made up of silence
and promises.
"I'll do it later." It's always later.
But later never comes!
That's not fair.
I had to work. This was my way
-Not fair?
-of dealing with it! Listen!
I've been holding myself back
for over two years because of you.
And it's making me sick!
I want to breathe again,
and I can't do that with you anymore!
I needed you.
And you abandoned me.
You built a fucking wall around yourself,
and no one can reach you.
You no longer exist!
Guys, we can't just hope for the best.
We need to get out.
And how?
We search Friedman's apartment.
There could be documents
or plans for the renovation works,
the video surveillance
Something, some explanation.
-Action for the sake of it.
-Do you have a better idea?
Do you?
We could play cards, if you like.
Poker or Monopoly.
Hey, this tastes really good.
You're missing out.
I hate beans.
Hey, Marvin. What's life like in Madrid?
No idea.
We live in Barcelona.
Anton.
What?
The notes he made
Maybe there's something in them.
We could check them.
I already checked. It's all nonsense.
You'd be wasting your time.
It's a good idea. We can split up.
Okay.
The brick pattern.
He tried to find something in it.
They way they are arranged, maybe.
In terms of size or shape.
Yes. Four squares.
Exactly the same arrangement
as in our apartment.
We discovered that the magnetic field
is strongest here.
-What is it?
-You should be happy.
Why?
At least you're both stuck here together.
Sorry.
The Tibetan Book of the Dead.
How to Win Friends.
A lot of shit.
No Exit.
Am I crazy or is this room smaller
than the one above?
No idea.
-There's another room here.
-Are you sure?
Yes, there's another room.
How do we get in?
This is a door.
What's this?
Show me.
Stop! Don't press anything.
Ten numbers.
That's millions of combinations.
Great.
-We need flour.
-What?
We need flour.
Look.
His business card.
"Nanodefense"?
"Epsilon Nanodefense"?
Do you know anything about this?
He was a programmer.
He never talked about his work.
He didn't want to? Or he wasn't allowed?
What happened to this?
He threw it against the wall,
because he couldn't find a solution.
Like I said
Look.
"Code." Code for what?
To open it?
You have a problem with that, Yuri?
With lethal radiation getting in
as soon as you open the wall?
Yes, maybe.
Okay, that narrows the number of
combinations from millions
to 24.
-You just did that in your head?
-Yeah.
I'll get the others.
Okay, come on.
Listen, don't take this the wrong way.
I'm sorry, okay?
I just don't want anyone else to get hurt.
You see?
Hey, come up. We found something.
I'll stay.
Come on, Yuri!
Are you sure we should go in there?
It could be the hideout of some psychopath
who is collecting hands.
Or the psycho killer himself
is standing there.
Marvin.
Yes?
Shut up, please.
Hello?
Well
Gun before machete.
Hello?
Oh, shit.
I told you this was a death game.
It's a death game, man.
-Marvin!
-Yes, here.
Shit.
Hey. He's been recording everything.
He streamed it all for the top elite.
No way.
Just like I said.
Or he is a perverse Peeping Tom.
Click on that.
We had sex four times in an hour.
Could you delete that, please?
-Already done.
-Thanks.
That's on the day it happened.
Wait, I'll put it here
Okay.
-Do you see that?
-Yes.
It wasn't there yet.
That's right.
Stop!
Can someone explain to me
what we just saw?
What did you find out, Anton?
Yuri, didn't you say
that Anton collapsed in his room?
Yuri?
I'll go and check.
Yuri?
This was just before.
What is he doing? Taking selfies?
Lea?
Yuri?
What's that?
Light from the stairwell.
He managed to open the wall.
Yuri?
What are you doing?
Where is Lea?
What have you done, Yuri?
I warned her.
Lea!
I'm so sorry.
Man! Are you sick, man? You killed her!
Don't move.
Marvin, the wall is here to protect us.
Even if you guys don't want to understand,
I will make sure it does just that.
Hey!
Hey, let go of him!
-Fuck
-Yuri, let go!
Fuck!
Don't! Don't shoot!
He might know how we get out.
Are you okay?
APOCALYPTIC
I was scared for you.
I'm fine. Everything's fine.
You know, I'm watching out for us.
I love you so much.
I love you.
After this, when we're out of here,
we'll get married.
Right away. We won't wait another day.
Okay?
Keep a close eye on him, okay?
Yes.
Liv
This isn't your fault.
You couldn't have known.
I don't get it. Why did he kill her?
Because Lea found something.
A way out, just like Anton.
There might be a video recording.
I'll have a look.
What if the wall is a code?
How do you mean?
Usually, you build a wall using bricks
of the same size arranged in the same way.
But this is chaos. Nothing is the same.
Exactly.
Look
Intervals.
Short, long, long, short.
It might be an interval code.
-Like Morse code.
-Yes, but much more complex.
And Anton somehow decoded it.
But why him?
Because he worked for these guys.
Epsilon Nanodefense.
Do you know where this is?
Right in HafenCity.
Wake up, asshole.
How did Anton open the wall?
Go on, tell us.
You'll thank me one day.
You should thank us
for not smashing your fucking head in.
What kind of code is this?
How do we open the wall?
"All of humanity's problems
stem from man's inability
to sit quietly in a room alone."
Blaise Pascal, 17th century.
-What's that got to do with it?
-That's what it's all about.
Always pushing further.
Always moving forward.
-Toward doom.
-Listen, two options.
Option one, you talk.
Option two?
The fire at the harbor. Was it at Epsilon?
Yes.
Did they build the wall?
All I know is, it's a defense system.
Defense against what?
Against what?
Against any form of attack.
Atomic, biological, chemical
Take your pick.
We are at war.
Is that really so hard to believe?
Yes.
It's hard to believe you!
Apparently Anton didn't either.
Why was he trying to get out of here
if everything is contaminated?
Why, if everything out there
is contaminated?
He thought there was a system malfunction.
Because of the fire.
But you believe it's an emergency.
So, his word against yours.
Conspiracy nut or tech genius?
I know what I prefer.
You know, Marvin,
you can judge me all day long.
But I promise you one thing.
You will be doing it in here.
Tell us now how we get out of here,
you asshole!
You sick bastard! How do we get out?
Pull yourself together!
He wants to kill us!
He killed the only person
who could have got us out!
He won't tell us anything!
We are fucked.
Hey, guys! I think I found something!
This goes on for hours.
What is he doing?
He is programming.
May I?
He was programming something.
An app to open the wall with.
We need his phone.
It's not an interval code.
It's an optical code,
readable by the phone.
-A QR code?
-Exactly.
But if his phone is the key
and the wall is the door,
what's the lock?
Here.
Magnetism.
Light!
Light is an electromagnetic wave.
That's it.
Now I need a phone that works.
Everything okay, babe?
You're making a mistake, a huge mistake.
Shut up.
It works.
Buttons.
The squares.
Press them.
Look.
Do you see that?
Maybe this is a kind of portal.
Be careful.
It's warm.
Hey, Marvin.
If you open it, we're all dead.
I can feel something.
Something is moving.
All dead.
Babe, get your hand out.
-I can't.
-What?
It's stuck!
It's stuck!
-Help me! Come on, pull!
-It's too powerful!
Pull!
Pull! Come on!
Okay, pull!
Pull! Pull her out!
-The wall is solidifying! Pull!
-Shit!
It won't let us leave.
None of us.
Don't, Marvin!
Marvin, no!
I'm sorry, Liv.
I didn't say anything back then because,
on the day it happened
something in me broke
and I didn't know how to fix it.
So, for two years,
you completely ignore me?
I wanted you to talk to me about it.
At some point,
I just felt less and less alive.
It felt as if you buried us too,
after her.
I didn't mean to.
I'd like to have seen us as a family.
You'd have been a good mom, for sure.
One thing you love about me.
What I love about you
is that you always fought for us
and believed in us.
Even though I was a total idiot.
You do that when you love each other.
Come, let's get out of here.
Okay, I pressed these buttons,
and the wall liquefied.
From top to bottom.
-Let's try it the other way.
-And if it's wrong?
There's a 1 in 24 chance.
Okay.
The flashes
Stop, don't press it!
Each button prompts
a specific number of flashes.
The first button you pressed
had one flash, right?
Right.
The second had four. Then six.
That means that from the number
of light flashes,
we can determine
the correct button sequence.
And we have that on video.
-The selfies.
-Yes.
There. That was six flashes.
That one, the third button.
Just one flash.
The bottom one.
Four.
Second from the bottom.
Then the last one is
Two.
This one.
That means, this is the correct order.
Starting here and then clockwise.
We've got it.
We got it.
Okay, come.
-What if everything is contaminated?
-And if not?
We have to take that risk.
Okay. Ready?
Tim!
Tim! Stop!
Stop!
Tim!
Run!
Run, Olivia!
Open it!
Olivia, please hurry!
Come on
It's opening!
Go! Leave!
I can't.
Go now!
Go! Please, go!
Thank you.
Tim.
state of emergency in Hamburg.
It has now been confirmed
that the fire at Epsilon Nanodefense
triggered a serious malfunction
that activated a secret defense system.
It remains unclear
whether the cause of the fire was natural
or an act of sabotage.
People who have been able to reach safety
are strongly advised to stay together.
Subtitle translation by:
Adam Dean and Susanne Creak
The customer can't just move
the deadline forward.
We have a contract.
We're far from beta testing.
That'll cause a shit storm.
Nearly all the quests still have bugs.
We need your input, Tim!
-Tim, do you hear us? You need to
-It's not technically
Do you hear us?
Damn it.
-Please, come on. Hello?
-Man, we need you.
We need feedback.
Three things you love about me.
Your eyes, your heart, and your freckles.
Like an infinite starry sky.
I love your laugh.
When you laugh, I feel happy.
Hello.
That you tell such great stories,
even if they're just computer games.
Look, you're in here.
Shit. Fuck.
Hey!
Man, don't creep up on me like that.
Sorry.
Is everything okay?
Yes, everything's fine.
I want to show you something.
I need to get back to that call.
Hey, Anton.
-Hey.
-Hello.
It should be all finished.
And please make sure your coworkers
don't keep bumping the door cameras.
Hey, Mr. Friedman.
-Renovation almost done?
-It's about time, isn't it?
A big fire in HafenCity.
It's all over the news.
Thank you for your patience.
It's been a long three months.
But now, things will be much better.
Yes, they will. Have a good evening.
-Good evening.
-You too.
Want to get pizza?
-Honey, I need to get back to that call.
-Just one minute.
I just picked her up from the workshop.
Okay.
Last road trip before things kick off!
Paris?
What do you mean?
Now. If we drive through the night,
we'll eat breakfast at Caf de Flore.
And we keep going. Doesn't matter where.
A fresh start.
Our fresh start.
I quit my job.
I need this clean break, Tim.
And you need it too.
If we don't do it now, we never will.
I know, I promised. And I still want to.
But I can't just walk away from my job.
Liv, the game is my
The game is important to me, okay?
Can't we go sometime later?
Yes, later.
Sorry, I have to take it.
They brought the release forward
by two months, did you hear?
Liv?
Liv?
I'm going without you.
And I won't be back.
-Seriously?
-You'll never change.
Hang on Does that mean you're leaving me?
It's over, or
What is that?
No idea.
Let me out.
-It's not me. How can I let you out?
-Let me out!
I have no idea what this is.
It's totally solid somehow.
Hello? Shit Hello?
Tim?
Maybe it's to do with the renovation.
Hello!
Do something! Damn
Hello?
LANDLORD
Can anyone hear me?
Anyone out there? Hello!
NO SIGNAL
-Do you have a signal?
-What?
Do you have a signal?
I don't even have Wi-Fi.
Shit, everything's dead.
-Are you getting a signal?
-No.
It's not carbon fiber.
It's not liquid granite.
What kind of material is this?
None of it makes sense.
The arrangement, different sizes
Why would one build such a wall?
You're the architect here.
-Want me to try?
-Hands off!
Okay, come on.
It's in the entire stairwell.
How can a whole building
be bricked up overnight?
Stay calm!
Hello?
-Hey!
-Hi!
Are you guys okay?
Hey! Do you have any clue
what's going on here?
We can't reach our Airbnb host.
Nothing's working.
-Here neither.
-Shit. I want a refund.
I'll have a hit first.
Baby, not a good idea.
-Leave it.
-Do you have this black wall too?
Yeah, dude.
Is that Superhost out to kill us, or what?
-Maybe have a hit after all.
-Did you see anything last night?
Like, how it happened?
-Anything at all?
-No.
When we woke up,
it was simply already there.
This thing.
We're going to die in here, aren't we?
You're not alone. It'll be fine, okay?
It'll be fine.
Baby? Leave me some, okay?
Shit! Fuck!
No need to look in the fridge.
There must be a simple solution.
We just have to try everything,
like in a game.
We're not in one
of your shitty computer games, Tim!
"One of my shitty computer games"?
What do you mean?
I can't do this.
Why are you doing this?
We'll be buried alive in here.
Do you get it?
We're in a bricked-up building
in the middle of a city, Liv!
It's only a matter of time
before someone notices.
In a building that is completely covered
in construction sheeting!
We could have left yesterday,
if you weren't such a
Say it.
Doesn't matter.
We're no longer a couple anyway.
Okay, cool. Walking off again?
Thanks for talking things over!
Sorry. I didn't mean it.
Would you like a sip?
Look.
Okay, and now?
The magnetic field is strongest
at these four points.
They're all squares.
Maybe there's a way
to interact with it, or something.
What are you doing?
Trying to interact.
Wow.
I don't think that was a good idea.
Get down!
Are you okay?
Okay.
Sorry.
Finished?
Yes.
Thanks.
Thank you.
Please tell me
it'll be gone tomorrow, okay?
I'll die in this shithole!
-I want to get out!
-Hey!
-Hey!
-Do you need help?
-Please don't!
-I want out!
-Oh shit
-Hey!
Hello?
Hello?
We're coming in now. Okay?
Hey. Hey
Are you hurt?
Hey. Are you okay?
-Come.
-I have I
I have
He
Come, let's get out of here.
Leave her alone!
Leave her alone!
-Touch her one more time!
-Man, stop!
What are you doing?
Are you crazy? He didn't even touch me!
-But you're bleeding!
-I'm not, he is!
What?
I wanted to hit the wall
and got him by mistake.
He would never hurt me, okay?
Never.
I know you mean well, but
We just took a bit too much of everything,
you know?
He just wanted to help.
Is that necessary?
Just until he's sober.
Are you okay?
And you?
Here, take that.
I'll be right back.
Sorry. For everything.
It's fine.
I'm Ana, by the way.
This is Marvin.
PRIVATE
NO ENTRY
We're planning to get married next year.
You can come to the wedding if you like.
All good.
I love you.
Just rest up, okay?
Hey.
There might be something here
to get us out.
Yes.
Olivia.
Leave it, man.
You'll just wreck that thing.
Says who? The guy who tried to kill me?
What?
You full-on attacked him earlier.
Sorry.
I told you to go easy on the MDE.
Huh? You told me to take some more.
What else should I have said? Meditate?
I was worried.
I love you.
I love you too.
He's not wrong.
This thing is our best chance to get out.
Okay, so what should we do?
Through the floor.
Second floor, first floor, basement.
What's in the basement?
This house was built just before the turn
of the century. In 1897, to be exact.
An air-raid shelter
was added during World War II.
I saw it when we moved in.
And how does that get us out?
Some of them connect to the subway system.
What do you think this all means?
No idea.
Maybe it's like some twisted escape room.
Last week, there were a ton
of UFO videos on TikTok.
Maybe aliens.
-Something like that.
-Who gives a damn what it is?
I'm telling you, it's the Superhost.
-It's his building, right?
-He's a really nice guy.
It's always the nice ones.
We just need to get out.
Mr. Oswalt?
Hello?
Mr. Oswalt?
Hello?
Tim. Take this.
Thanks.
Piss off back upstairs.
-Sorry for all this, but--
-You won't get any of my supplies.
-Go back up.
-We don't want any.
-Bug off!
-Mr. Oswalt!
Please.
-We need to get to the basement.
-Not through my apartment. Get lost.
Grandpa, stop it.
Go to your room, Lea.
They're neighbors, not our enemies.
Yes, and in three days your neighbors
will kill you for a sip of water.
In three days, we'll be out
if we can get down there.
There are tunnels down there, right?
Go on, tell them.
There are.
Then please help us.
Please, Grandpa.
If any of you lay a finger on her
I'll use this.
Okay.
We also have a ladder here.
We can use it later.
Guys, not to be annoying,
but don't you think it's time
to take this off?
Why is he tied up?
Just a little disagreement.
Absolutely.
I reckon, if you go crazy again,
Mr. Oswalt will blow your head off.
Right, Mr. Oswalt?
And now for some exercise.
To get sober.
Yeah.
Shit.
NO IDEA WHAT'S GOING ON.
HOPE YOU'RE OKAY.
I'M SORRY. PLEASE FORGIVE ME.
That won't work.
I I had a fight
with my girlfriend last night.
Then I told her to leave.
And I just wish that
-Maybe--
-You'll see her again.
We will get out.
Are you sure?
Very sure.
It all happened so fast.
I woke up just after four
to go to the bathroom.
And when I came back
it was already there.
Just like that.
Out of nowhere.
Mr. Oswalt?
Is this yours?
What is it?
A camera. Did you put this in here?
It's not ours.
Friedman arranged
the smoke detector installation.
But now, things will be much better.
What the hell, man?
They're filming us.
This is a fucking game, man.
Squid Game or Big Brother-style.
Some filthy-rich motherfuckers
are jerking off over our suffering.
With the landlord as game master.
Yes, exactly.
Why don't we just ask him?
He lives right behind this wall.
Another hole then?
Mr. Friedman?
Mr. Friedman!
We'd rather stay here.
Okay.
Anyone got a problem if I borrow that?
Yes.
We all do.
This is cooler, anyway.
Where are they?
-What?
-Where are his hands?
There are no hands here.
Liv? Liv, hey,
please don't get a panic attack.
Liv, breathe in and out, okay?
Nothing will happen to you.
Focus on your breathing. Focus, please.
-Liv, hey
-I want to get out, I want
Do we have any drugs left?
No way.
We should've gone to Munich
and chilled in some fucking beer garden.
-You searched the whole apartment?
-Yes. No killer, no nothing!
Mr. Oswalt, did you hear any other voices?
-Was someone else there?
-It was just him.
Saturday, Grandpa. It's Saturday today.
Maybe none of this is real.
Maybe it's all just a nightmare.
Or just a really bad trip.
Forget the supplies
and don't be so pig-headed.
Or we're actually hooked up to machines.
Some kind of sick AI or something.
Babe, that's the Matrix plot.
It could be true.
That film is 100 years old.
Tim, what if the fire in HafenCity
is somehow connected?
MAJOR FIRE IN HAFENCITY PARALYZES TRAFFIC
-It's too far away.
-That fucking
Tim!
Tim!
Can you hear me?
-Tim.
-Hey.
Everything okay?
Shit.
-Shit.
-You're bleeding.
Fuck. Messed things up again.
Are you okay?
-Yes.
-Yes.
Okay. Come.
We have to get down there somehow.
I'm not going down there.
I'll break my neck.
No, I'm staying up here.
No way I'm leaving you behind, okay?
Seriously.
Here. Take this, darling.
For your safety.
Have you lost your mind?
I'm not going without you,
even if it means I carry you.
Put that damn thing away and come.
Your mother
wouldn't have listened to me either.
That's for sure.
It's fine.
What an entrance.
You descended like angels from heaven.
Just that you don't look
like the angels I know.
Sorry, you are?
Sorry, I'm Yuri. A good friend of Anton's.
I'm visiting for a few days.
Tell me, what's with the ceiling?
I don't get it.
It's the only way to the basement.
There's an air-raid shelter
with an exit to outside.
You've no idea what's going on, do you?
Contamination.
You.
You know what I'm talking about, right?
I've been through attacks.
They didn't look like this.
You have no idea, my friend.
I'm telling you that that thing there
is a safety measure.
Super-ultra high tech.
But for our protection, of course.
You know?
Against any type of attack.
Okay, and where's the proof
of your theory?
Don't you watch any news?
I don't mean the mainstream,
lying, bullshit media.
Deep state.
New world order. Never heard of it?
Where is Anton, by the way?
Heart failure, probably.
He simply collapsed.
Right in front of the wall over there.
Maybe his pacemaker gave up the ghost.
From one second to the next.
He was always very delicate.
But also a genius at what he did.
I'm sorry.
Yes, our condolences.
Thank you.
-We have to keep going.
-You should stay.
And if he's right?
If everything out there is contaminated?
Then we'll die out there.
-And if it's not?
-What if it is?
Then we'll end up like the Superhost.
We have to get out.
-Yes, sorry, we're leaving.
-Yes.
Yeah.
I'll carry this myself, darling.
Thank you.
I'll be right there.
It killed him.
The wall?
The stress over what it could be
killed him.
He was possessed by it.
Not everyone can handle it, you know?
Some simply lose their mind.
I'm sorry about your friend.
Yes, I am too.
Hey.
Good luck.
Looks good.
Okay.
You can come down.
-Will that work for you?
-Yes.
Okay, come.
Yes, looks like it.
TO THE SHELTERS
-No!
-What kind of crap is this?
Stay calm. We will make it out.
No! How's that possible?
We're two meters underground!
-These damn
-What the fuck is this?
Capitalist pigs!
It'll be okay.
We'll make it out.
-Pigs!
-Marvin, don't! Stop!
We still need this. You'll break it!
-Stop it! Baby!
-I will destroy it!
Calm down, young man!
I'm calm.
Sorry. I am calm.
I'm very calm.
Fuck that fucked-up, rotten,
dick sucking, shit wall!
Get down! Everyone down!
-Liv, are you okay?
-Yes.
Grandpa?
Grandpa!
No!
It'll be okay.
Come on, help me please!
It'll be okay.
Is there a first aid kit anywhere?
-You have to apply pressure--
-Piss off, Marvin!
It'll be okay, Grandpa.
It'll all be okay.
I'm so sorry for you.
But you should be grateful. I mean it.
See, most likely,
you all would have died out there.
Hey. Have a little trust.
I just wanted to say, it might take time
until all backup systems
work properly again.
I'm 100% sure
that this thing has an air filter system
we don't understand.
Why us?
Maybe there's a reason why we're all here.
Maybe there are similarities
in our lives or something.
Like When I was 15,
I was dead for two minutes.
Bicycle accident.
Has anyone else had
a near-death experience or something?
My mother died of cancer two years ago.
I was with her until she died.
I've killed someone.
On duty. I'm a police officer.
I'm not proud of it.
We know what you did.
It was an accident.
One that you caused!
I'm sorry. I didn't know
that the bullet would come back.
I'm sorry!
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
What about you two?
What about you two?
We lost our child.
Liv, please.
Miscarriage.
Man
How could you? It isn't anyone's business.
It's our business.
And now is the right time? Seriously?
Yes. Maybe it is.
I have no idea
how much longer we'll be alive.
Okay. What do you want to hear?
Yes, it happened to us.
What happened to us?
Say it.
-Say it!
-We lost our child!
That's what happened! And it fucking hurt!
Now you've left me, after seven years,
because I didn't have the balls
to quit my shitty job overnight!
Overnight?
It was about changing our lives!
Not about your damn job!
It was about finding each other again!
To heal! But you didn't want to!
-That's bullshit!
-You said nothing!
Nothing!
We left the hospital, drove home,
you sat down at your damn computer,
and that was it!
We never spoke about it again.
Our life is made up of silence
and promises.
"I'll do it later." It's always later.
But later never comes!
That's not fair.
I had to work. This was my way
-Not fair?
-of dealing with it! Listen!
I've been holding myself back
for over two years because of you.
And it's making me sick!
I want to breathe again,
and I can't do that with you anymore!
I needed you.
And you abandoned me.
You built a fucking wall around yourself,
and no one can reach you.
You no longer exist!
Guys, we can't just hope for the best.
We need to get out.
And how?
We search Friedman's apartment.
There could be documents
or plans for the renovation works,
the video surveillance
Something, some explanation.
-Action for the sake of it.
-Do you have a better idea?
Do you?
We could play cards, if you like.
Poker or Monopoly.
Hey, this tastes really good.
You're missing out.
I hate beans.
Hey, Marvin. What's life like in Madrid?
No idea.
We live in Barcelona.
Anton.
What?
The notes he made
Maybe there's something in them.
We could check them.
I already checked. It's all nonsense.
You'd be wasting your time.
It's a good idea. We can split up.
Okay.
The brick pattern.
He tried to find something in it.
They way they are arranged, maybe.
In terms of size or shape.
Yes. Four squares.
Exactly the same arrangement
as in our apartment.
We discovered that the magnetic field
is strongest here.
-What is it?
-You should be happy.
Why?
At least you're both stuck here together.
Sorry.
The Tibetan Book of the Dead.
How to Win Friends.
A lot of shit.
No Exit.
Am I crazy or is this room smaller
than the one above?
No idea.
-There's another room here.
-Are you sure?
Yes, there's another room.
How do we get in?
This is a door.
What's this?
Show me.
Stop! Don't press anything.
Ten numbers.
That's millions of combinations.
Great.
-We need flour.
-What?
We need flour.
Look.
His business card.
"Nanodefense"?
"Epsilon Nanodefense"?
Do you know anything about this?
He was a programmer.
He never talked about his work.
He didn't want to? Or he wasn't allowed?
What happened to this?
He threw it against the wall,
because he couldn't find a solution.
Like I said
Look.
"Code." Code for what?
To open it?
You have a problem with that, Yuri?
With lethal radiation getting in
as soon as you open the wall?
Yes, maybe.
Okay, that narrows the number of
combinations from millions
to 24.
-You just did that in your head?
-Yeah.
I'll get the others.
Okay, come on.
Listen, don't take this the wrong way.
I'm sorry, okay?
I just don't want anyone else to get hurt.
You see?
Hey, come up. We found something.
I'll stay.
Come on, Yuri!
Are you sure we should go in there?
It could be the hideout of some psychopath
who is collecting hands.
Or the psycho killer himself
is standing there.
Marvin.
Yes?
Shut up, please.
Hello?
Well
Gun before machete.
Hello?
Oh, shit.
I told you this was a death game.
It's a death game, man.
-Marvin!
-Yes, here.
Shit.
Hey. He's been recording everything.
He streamed it all for the top elite.
No way.
Just like I said.
Or he is a perverse Peeping Tom.
Click on that.
We had sex four times in an hour.
Could you delete that, please?
-Already done.
-Thanks.
That's on the day it happened.
Wait, I'll put it here
Okay.
-Do you see that?
-Yes.
It wasn't there yet.
That's right.
Stop!
Can someone explain to me
what we just saw?
What did you find out, Anton?
Yuri, didn't you say
that Anton collapsed in his room?
Yuri?
I'll go and check.
Yuri?
This was just before.
What is he doing? Taking selfies?
Lea?
Yuri?
What's that?
Light from the stairwell.
He managed to open the wall.
Yuri?
What are you doing?
Where is Lea?
What have you done, Yuri?
I warned her.
Lea!
I'm so sorry.
Man! Are you sick, man? You killed her!
Don't move.
Marvin, the wall is here to protect us.
Even if you guys don't want to understand,
I will make sure it does just that.
Hey!
Hey, let go of him!
-Fuck
-Yuri, let go!
Fuck!
Don't! Don't shoot!
He might know how we get out.
Are you okay?
APOCALYPTIC
I was scared for you.
I'm fine. Everything's fine.
You know, I'm watching out for us.
I love you so much.
I love you.
After this, when we're out of here,
we'll get married.
Right away. We won't wait another day.
Okay?
Keep a close eye on him, okay?
Yes.
Liv
This isn't your fault.
You couldn't have known.
I don't get it. Why did he kill her?
Because Lea found something.
A way out, just like Anton.
There might be a video recording.
I'll have a look.
What if the wall is a code?
How do you mean?
Usually, you build a wall using bricks
of the same size arranged in the same way.
But this is chaos. Nothing is the same.
Exactly.
Look
Intervals.
Short, long, long, short.
It might be an interval code.
-Like Morse code.
-Yes, but much more complex.
And Anton somehow decoded it.
But why him?
Because he worked for these guys.
Epsilon Nanodefense.
Do you know where this is?
Right in HafenCity.
Wake up, asshole.
How did Anton open the wall?
Go on, tell us.
You'll thank me one day.
You should thank us
for not smashing your fucking head in.
What kind of code is this?
How do we open the wall?
"All of humanity's problems
stem from man's inability
to sit quietly in a room alone."
Blaise Pascal, 17th century.
-What's that got to do with it?
-That's what it's all about.
Always pushing further.
Always moving forward.
-Toward doom.
-Listen, two options.
Option one, you talk.
Option two?
The fire at the harbor. Was it at Epsilon?
Yes.
Did they build the wall?
All I know is, it's a defense system.
Defense against what?
Against what?
Against any form of attack.
Atomic, biological, chemical
Take your pick.
We are at war.
Is that really so hard to believe?
Yes.
It's hard to believe you!
Apparently Anton didn't either.
Why was he trying to get out of here
if everything is contaminated?
Why, if everything out there
is contaminated?
He thought there was a system malfunction.
Because of the fire.
But you believe it's an emergency.
So, his word against yours.
Conspiracy nut or tech genius?
I know what I prefer.
You know, Marvin,
you can judge me all day long.
But I promise you one thing.
You will be doing it in here.
Tell us now how we get out of here,
you asshole!
You sick bastard! How do we get out?
Pull yourself together!
He wants to kill us!
He killed the only person
who could have got us out!
He won't tell us anything!
We are fucked.
Hey, guys! I think I found something!
This goes on for hours.
What is he doing?
He is programming.
May I?
He was programming something.
An app to open the wall with.
We need his phone.
It's not an interval code.
It's an optical code,
readable by the phone.
-A QR code?
-Exactly.
But if his phone is the key
and the wall is the door,
what's the lock?
Here.
Magnetism.
Light!
Light is an electromagnetic wave.
That's it.
Now I need a phone that works.
Everything okay, babe?
You're making a mistake, a huge mistake.
Shut up.
It works.
Buttons.
The squares.
Press them.
Look.
Do you see that?
Maybe this is a kind of portal.
Be careful.
It's warm.
Hey, Marvin.
If you open it, we're all dead.
I can feel something.
Something is moving.
All dead.
Babe, get your hand out.
-I can't.
-What?
It's stuck!
It's stuck!
-Help me! Come on, pull!
-It's too powerful!
Pull!
Pull! Come on!
Okay, pull!
Pull! Pull her out!
-The wall is solidifying! Pull!
-Shit!
It won't let us leave.
None of us.
Don't, Marvin!
Marvin, no!
I'm sorry, Liv.
I didn't say anything back then because,
on the day it happened
something in me broke
and I didn't know how to fix it.
So, for two years,
you completely ignore me?
I wanted you to talk to me about it.
At some point,
I just felt less and less alive.
It felt as if you buried us too,
after her.
I didn't mean to.
I'd like to have seen us as a family.
You'd have been a good mom, for sure.
One thing you love about me.
What I love about you
is that you always fought for us
and believed in us.
Even though I was a total idiot.
You do that when you love each other.
Come, let's get out of here.
Okay, I pressed these buttons,
and the wall liquefied.
From top to bottom.
-Let's try it the other way.
-And if it's wrong?
There's a 1 in 24 chance.
Okay.
The flashes
Stop, don't press it!
Each button prompts
a specific number of flashes.
The first button you pressed
had one flash, right?
Right.
The second had four. Then six.
That means that from the number
of light flashes,
we can determine
the correct button sequence.
And we have that on video.
-The selfies.
-Yes.
There. That was six flashes.
That one, the third button.
Just one flash.
The bottom one.
Four.
Second from the bottom.
Then the last one is
Two.
This one.
That means, this is the correct order.
Starting here and then clockwise.
We've got it.
We got it.
Okay, come.
-What if everything is contaminated?
-And if not?
We have to take that risk.
Okay. Ready?
Tim!
Tim! Stop!
Stop!
Tim!
Run!
Run, Olivia!
Open it!
Olivia, please hurry!
Come on
It's opening!
Go! Leave!
I can't.
Go now!
Go! Please, go!
Thank you.
Tim.
state of emergency in Hamburg.
It has now been confirmed
that the fire at Epsilon Nanodefense
triggered a serious malfunction
that activated a secret defense system.
It remains unclear
whether the cause of the fire was natural
or an act of sabotage.
People who have been able to reach safety
are strongly advised to stay together.
Subtitle translation by:
Adam Dean and Susanne Creak