Caiman (2025) Movie Script

(film reel clattering)
(brooding music)
(dog barking)
(birds chirping)
I always thought that hell
was a, a hot fiery pit filled
with demons, and the devil,
and just shit like that.
(dog barking)
But in reality, it's cold, it's dark,
and it's very, very lonely.
(dogs barking)
(mic clattering)
(footsteps plodding)
(item thudding)
(dogs barking)
(Cam gasping)
(pensive music)
Oh, my God. (Gasping)
Ana.
Oh, oh, gee, oh, no. (Gasping)
(brooding music)
Ana, Ana, where are you?
Oh, gee. (Gasping)
Ana.
(Cam gasping)
Oh.
Ana, Ana, where are you?
(Cam gasping)
(grass rustling)
(Cam continues gasping)
(dramatic music)
Oh, shit, shit, Jesus, Jesus, Jesus.
Ana.
(static hissing)
(brooding music)
[Joseph] Okay.
(hand thudding)
You're good.
(seat belt clanking)
(pensive music)
(keys clanking)
[Diego] Dude, I don't
even think we can park here.
[Joseph] What do you mean?
No, dude, we're gonna be fine.
[Diego] I don't see any signs, bro.
[Joseph] What?
It's Chicago, dude.
We're gonna be, like, fucking two minutes.
Listen, if you're even worried about it,
why don't we just tell him to come down?
No, bro, because I want
to video Cameron coming down
from his apartment, okay?
I told Cameron that I wanna
document everything, all right?
[Joseph] Oh, fuck.
Come on. Let's go.
[Joseph] Nah, I think, I
think we'll be fine, dude.
All right, Speed Racer.
Holy shit, you know I'm carrying a camera.
Yeah, I know.
(passenger laughs)
We can't miss our flight to Puerto Rico.
(rap music)
Yo, Cameron.
[Joseph] Uh, I'm not gonna do that.
Holy shit.
[Diego] It's not unlocked, bro.
- There you go.
- Access granted.
[Joseph] Yeah, yeah, yeah.
There we go. Watch your step.
(static hissing)
[Joseph] Okay, no more stairs
all trip.
- Aw, one more flight,
princess.
- No, I mean it, dude.
You'll be carrying this
camera up the next set.
Damn, my boy don't got a mailbox? Jesus.
- Dude, that is a-
- fire hazard.
[Joseph] serious amount
of bills, holy shit.
What's with all this?
Dude, seriously?
You're late, man.
- Uh, there was, yeah,
I mean, there was a
accident on Division, like.
[Joseph] Oh, hi, I am Joseph.
- Oh.
- Nice to meet you.
Are, are we rolling already?
Mm-hmm.
[Joseph] Oh, shit, man.
He, he told me you were cool with this.
I mean, yeah, I'm cool with it.
But does the camera always
have to be in my face?
Oh, come on, man, you're the star.
Is your car outside?
[Diego] Yeah, it's right out front.
Uh, can you just grab
the big bag for me?
I'll grab the two small ones.
[Diego] Sure.
It's unlocked, right?
Yeah, yeah, absolutely.
(Cam exhales)
(footsteps plodding)
[Joseph] Dude, what
the fuck are you doing?
Yeah, I'm the producer, all right?
[Joseph] What, producer
means you get to go
through people's personal shit now?
What the fuck?
- Ah.
Yeah, this is my job,
organization and logistics.
You're camera, so I want
you to point and shoot.
(Joseph laughs)
Oh, what the?
(photos rustling)
Oh, my God, this is exactly
what I was looking for.
Okay, this is a story about
a man's descent into madness.
This is what is gonna give Ana justice.
[Joseph] Come on,
dude. Put that shit away.
No.
[Cam] Hey, hey, what are you doing, man?
- Hey, hey.
- What the fuck is
wrong with you?
- Why do you have
so much stuff, man?
We're only going for a couple days.
Why are you going through my shit, dude?
Oh, I just wanna make
sure we're on the same page.
That's all.
That doesn't give you
permission to go through my stuff.
Respect my privacy.
- Sorry, man.
- Okay?
(bag rustling)
(zipper whizzing)
(bag thudding)
Let's go.
(engine humming)
(hands tapping)
(switch clicking)
(rock music)
[Joseph] Hey, Diego,
how long is this, uh,
trip to the airport?
Uh, how long is it, Cameron?
[Cam] About an hour.
[Joseph] Mm, it's not too bad.
Can I actually, uh, live
you guys up real quick
since we got this whole drive ahead of us?
Cool.
(Radio DJ speaking indistinctly)
Oh, yeah, check, check, check.
(engine rumbling)
[Diego] Puerto Rico, it's
gotta be, like, what, 10 hours?
[Cam] It's, like, four hours.
[Joseph] Holy hell.
[Cam] Make a right right here.
Oh, sorry, guys.
Whoo.
(tires screeching)
Here we are. We're here.
[Cam] Go this way. Go right.
See that, see that Crown Vic over there?
- Yeah.
- That's him.
(pensive music)
Good.
[Diego] All right, man.
- Yeah.
- Here we go.
(hand thudding)
Excited to see this plane, yo.
- Whoo, shit.
- Arrived.
(door clattering)
Yo, Cameron, whew.
[Joseph] I'm glad to
be out that car, man.
Yeah.
[Joseph] Man, this
audio's gonna be terrible.
[Diego] Shit.
(plane engine humming)
(Joseph laughs)
[Joseph] Wait, where's he going?
I don't know, maybe to
go and talk to the pilot.
Let's hope he doesn't change his mind.
[Joseph] Wait. What do
you mean change his mind?
What's that supposed to mean?
One time, Ana planned
this entire rafting trip,
and he bailed at the airport.
She lost her deposit and everything.
See, if he gets in his head, it's over.
[Joseph] Hmm, well, if
he pulls that shit, man,
we'll just make him walk
his ass back home. (Laughs)
- What about us?
- What do you mean, man?
(laughs) Free trip to Puerto Rico
Not without Cameron
See, his dad goes
way back with this guy.
He backs out, this whole thing is a bust.
(Joseph sighs)
(plane engine humming)
[Joseph] Shit, can you
get, get that door for me?
Shit, true, all right, thank you.
Ooh.
(door clattering)
(suitcase clattering)
Cameron?
[Joseph] Oh, hold the door.
- Oh.
- Oh.
Thanks.
- Yep.
[Joseph] Starting with the
bullshit early, aren't ya?
(Diego laughs)
(Joseph laughing)
Ah.
Dude, you are pacing. What's going on?
Yeah, well, he's been in there a while.
[Joseph] Okay, and?
I don't know.
Either he's taking a shit,
or he's planning his escape.
(Joseph sighs)
[Joseph] Has he always
been weird like this, man?
He didn't say more than three
words the entire trip up here.
Yeah, (sighs) I don't know, man.
Since Ana died, he's just been different.
[Joseph] Hmm.
Yeah, man, I get it.
Just know he's not that guy anymore.
What is it, like, five stages of grief
or something like that?
[Joseph] Thought it was, like, seven.
What is it, like, greed
and wrath, sloth? (Laughs)
Bro, no, no, no,
that's, like, the seven
deadly sins or something,
like, Dante's "Inferno" shit or whatever.
I don't know.
(Joseph laughing)
I'm talking about acceptance.
Like, he's definitely not
accepted what's happened.
I just had to gather my thoughts, dude.
Listen.
I'm not gonna change my mind.
This is different.
Okay, so what took you
so long in the bathroom?
I just had to, uh
You had to take a deuce?
[Joseph] Oh, dude.
(Diego laughing)
Come on, man.
No, I just had to get my shit together.
Oh, (laughs) yeah, you feel better?
Yeah, I threw up.
Nah, I'm good.
You know, the going part
doesn't actually bother me.
It's not finding what I'm looking for.
Are you scared that you might?
At this point, I have nothing to lose.
(plane engine humming)
(bottle thudding)
[Joseph] Fucking dare you to drink that.
Oh, fuck off.
[Joseph] Hey, man, yo, what you reading?
Oh, shit, I didn't,
I didn't realize you were
talking to me, my bad.
[Joseph] Snuck up on you, sorry.
Yeah, no it's all, it's all good,
um, just a, a short story.
[Joseph] Yeah? It's got a name?
Uh, it's stupid.
It's, uh, (laughs) it's called
"The Monkey and the Camel."
It's a collection of fables.
[Joseph] So, like, a
bedtime story or some shit?
(Joseph laughing)
What's the story about?
An asshole pays the
consequences for his actions.
(lid thudding)
[Joseph] It's a little deep.
(laptop thudding)
What kind of actions?
Being an asshole.
(paper rustling)
[Joseph] So, um, Cameron,
maybe, uh, we could use this opportunity
to, like, get a little history
and maybe tell us a
little bit more about Ana
and stuff like that.
Yeah, um
Actually Cameron, you mind?
So I introduced them, actually.
See, Cameron and I were
neighbors at the time.
Ana and I were friends, and I was having
this 4th of July party.
And so I introduced them,
not thinking that they
would actually hit it off,
because they were such opposites.
See, she liked to travel, and he didn't,
but the heart wants what
the heart wants, right?
(foil clattering)
Mm, and then when he realized that she was
actually down to go out, he was like,
"Oh, what should I do?
"Where should I take her?" (laughs)
I don't sound like that, bro.
Yeah, you kind of do, though.
Yeah, but whatever, but anyway.
So he ended up taking her to Navy Pier
to go on the freaking Ferris wheel,
and I ended up tagging along.
She had no idea how terrified I was.
[Joseph] On a Ferris wheel?
Yeah, she knew.
It didn't matter, though.
(foil rasping)
And how do you know this?
Because she was my friend.
Well, she used to be.
(wind rustling)
(foil clattering)
Ana was always good at keeping secrets.
(food crunching)
- Hello.
- Hey, John.
- How's it going?
- Good, how you doing?
Pretty good.
- That's good.
How's the folks doing?
Uh, they're good.
Yeah? All right.
I really appreciate
you helping us like this.
Oh, sure, no problem, no problem.
So if you guys are about ready to go, uh,
let me pull this out of the hangar,
and then we'll load up up in front here.
- Right on.
- Okay?
- After you, amigo.
- Uh-huh.
(engine humming)
(wind rustling)
[Joseph] Oh, shit.
Ooh, it is a tight fit.
(item clanking)
(Joseph exhales)
Ooh.
- Actually, I'm gonna come
up here, oh, shit, um.
(steering wheel creaking)
(plane beeping)
(switch clicking)
(fan whirring)
[John] How you guys doing back there?
Oh, good, ready to take off.
(propellers whirring)
On our way to Puerto Rico, yo.
(engine humming)
(pensive music)
All right, we are so fucking
high up off the ground now,
I think we're, like, 500 feet up.
(engine humming)
(static hissing)
(engine continues humming)
(pensive music continues)
[Cam] So where do you
plan on traveling this year?
Ooh. (Laughs)
(Cam laughing)
To Puerto Rico.
- To Puerto Rico?
- Do you guys want a latte?
(Cam laughing)
Yes, I want a latte.
(engine continues humming)
(pensive music continues)
You wanna stay.
(Cam laughing)
You wanna see seals?
- Go, go.
- All right, go.
Yay, they're happy.
Okay, come dance with me.
- I'm, I'm not, I'm not,
I'm not very good.
- Yes.
[Cam] That is a beautiful woman.
This is my favorite
song back in Puerto Rico.
You have to do a spin. Spin around.
[Cam] You know my skills?
(Ana laughing)
(engine humming)
(pensive music)
[Joseph] This is, like,
the smallest airport
I've ever seen.
Yeah, I know. It's rinky-dink.
[Joseph] What's that?
Hey, did you sleep at all?
[Joseph] Uh, shit,
dude, are you serious?
Have you heard yourself snore, dude?
You kept me and Cameron up all night.
No, I don't snore.
- 'Kay, sure.
- So where is Cameron?
[Joseph] Uh, he wandered off, dude.
He doesn't look too fucking good today.
Imagine your fiance getting murdered.
[Joseph] Wait, what'd you just say?
- Wait, what?
- You just say murdered?
Dude, you told me she
was killed like it was
an accident or something.
Yeah, it was an accident.
It was a random killing.
[Joseph] Dude, not fucking
cool, this is some shit
you could have shared
with me back when Chicago.
Yeah, when I hired you, I told you
that we were documenting
his process coping.
[Joseph] Yeah, but if I knew this shit,
I wouldn't have been shoving the camera
in his face the entire damn time.
God, look, just don't be
so fucking dramatic, okay?
We're here.
(bag thudding)
(birds chirping)
I made a mistake.
I made a fucking mistake, dude.
As soon as I stepped off that
plane being back here, it's,
(foot thudding)
Goddammit.
I don't know.
I can't fucking do this.
I feel, I feel sick.
[Diego] Hey, remember
what we talked about.
You're finally standing
up for something, right?
Remember why you're here,
so that you can face this thing head on.
Dude, I really appreciate the pep talk,
but if you guys had been
through what I've been through,
you'd know exactly how I feel,
so miss me with that, man.
[Diego] All right.
[Joseph] Why don't we just,
like, uh, Diego, just today,
let him call the shots, man?
I'm just saying until he gets, like,
comfortable with things again.
Would that help?
Yeah, whatever.
Can you just flag a taxi
to Ocean Park please?
Thanks.
(Diego speaking Spanish)
[Joseph] Yeah, whatever he said.
(mellow music)
(vocalist singing in Spanish)
(lawnmower whirring)
(birds chirping)
- Oh, is this it?
- Yep, this is it.
- Oh, shit.
- Nice.
[Joseph] This is an Airbnb, yeah?
[Cam] Yep, it's not a hotel.
[Joseph] Nice.
(birds chirping)
- Shit, here we are.
- Tiny little walkway.
- Yeah.
- Puerto Rico.
[Joseph] Can you believe this house?
[Diego] Damn.
[Joseph] You gonna tap
into the payment for the doc.
(Diego laughs)
(Joseph laughing)
Open the door to our palace.
(door squeaking)
[Cam] Got it.
[Joseph] Ah, good, I'm hungry as hell.
Ah, pretty nice digs.
[Joseph] Shit, dude, dibs
on the biggest room, shit.
(item clattering)
- Oh.
- Whoo.
[Diego] I'm gonna take this room.
[Joseph] Well, I guess you found a home.
Wow.
- Mm-hmm, sure did.
[Joseph] All right,
Diego, I got it set, bro.
Oh, good, good, good, keep it rolling.
(cup thudding)
(Cam sighs)
Okay, so we're gonna
spend the next couple days
on the mainland, and then
we leave for Vieques.
I'm booking the ferry right now.
Good, nice.
(static hissing)
Can you guys chill
with the camera already?
- I was telling-
- Why are you pointing at me?
You said to keep it rolling.
Yeah, because you never
know what we're gonna get.
I mean, that's what was the plan.
I get that. I really just wanna chill.
I mapped out Ashford Presbyterian.
It's actually not far from here.
We should get an early start.
Should we get an early start?
(static hissing)
I'm sleeping, for real.
(sighs) Fine.
(Diego laughs)
How do you focus this thing?
(pensive music)
[Passerby] Okay, I've got it in.
[Diego] Oh, yeah.
Oh, (speaking Spanish).
(waves lapping)
- Hey.
- Hey, hey, hey.
[Passerby] Yeah?
Joseph's gonna be that
you using his camera?
[Diego] Ah, I'm the
producer. I can do what I want.
Looks like you're feeling
better this morning.
Yeah.
It's just weird reliving
a trip like this. (Laughs)
I don't know. It's like
deja vu or something.
(waves lapping)
(mellow music)
[Diego] You looking for something?
Yeah, yeah, wait,
wait, wait, wait, wait.
(fingers snapping)
Dude, three trees, three trees?
[Diego] Three trees.
[Cam] Dude.
Doo, doo, doo, doo, doo
- This is where I did it.
[Diego] Hey, where you going?
This is why I proposed to Ana.
[Diego] Really?
You seem surprised.
[Diego] Uh, yeah, because
this place looks like shit.
I mean, (laughs) no, it's,
it's, it's, like, right here?
(waves lapping)
I didn't tell anyone this,
but she turned me down.
[Diego] She wasn't ready.
(hands rasping)
She just didn't wanna
get married right away.
[Diego] Why do you think that was?
I don't know.
Since you two went way back,
maybe you know something.
[Diego] No clue.
(waves lapping)
Never imagined just
a couple days later...
[Diego] All right, and then cool.
I need to know you believe me.
[Diego] Hey, man, I mean,
I thought we were getting, uh, B roll.
- I'm serious.
- Yeah, so am I.
Dude, this is important.
[Diego] Well, I wouldn't
be here if I didn't.
Can you turn the camera off?
- Why, are we done?
- Yeah.
Turn it off.
- Okay.
Jesus, this dumb-ass.
I'm asking because it
cost me everyone, man.
Just I don't know.
Man, I think you need
to really take advantage
of this weather, bro, get some vitamin D.
You're not answering my question.
Do you believe me, yes or no?
Look, if you want people to believe you,
then maybe you need to,
like, talk about it,
okay, like, actually talk about it.
Talking about it's what got me
in trouble in the first place.
What does it look like again?
So you don't believe me?
Yes, I do. I'm here.
Yeah, you're here, (scoffs) whatever.
I'm not trying to come
off as being a dick,
or being aggressive, or
being rude, but it's just...
(pensive music)
Hmm.
You should really talk about that.
Dude, is it recording?
Is it? Oh, sorry.
Dude, I told you to turn it off.
Okay.
Fuck is wrong with you, dude?
Okay, man, look, sorry.
Cameron, come on, man.
I didn't know.
Man, wait up. I didn't
know that it was on.
(foot thudding)
Oh, what the fuck, dude?
Dude, come on.
You guys told me I run the show.
So when I say camera's off,
that means camera's off.
[Diego] Well, guess what.
You're avoiding what I
asked you back there.
I wasn't avoiding shit.
Remember when I said respect my privacy?
That means respect my fucking privacy.
[Diego] Okay, well,
what does that even mean?
You lied.
You left the camera on, dude.
[Diego] Okay, well,
I'm sorry, all right?
I'm sorry.
You did that on purpose. Admit it.
[Diego] Admit what?
That you left the camera
on on purpose, you asshole.
[Diego] Well, that's what you do
when you're filming a doc.
You keep it rolling,
hoping for something real.
Hoping for something
real? This is my life, dude.
I'm putting everything into this.
I'm actually really excited for this trip.
Did you pack?
We're here for, like, 10 days.
(Cam laughing)
- Wait, 10 days, what are you-
- I mean, no, not 10 days.
10 hours. (Laughs)
- How you doing, man?
- So, dude, how you doing,
man?
Get your stuff 'cause I want
you to come with me, okay?
We're gonna have a really good time.
[Cam] You know, there's
no hospitals in Vieques.
What if something happens?
Oh, Jesus.
(siren wailing)
(door clattering)
(siren continues wailing)
The asshole security
guard won't let me go
into Ana's room.
[Joseph] So what do you wanna do?
I, I don't know.
We can't leave the hospital
behind though, man.
[Joseph] Dude, why don't
we just get the interview,
and we'll come back later?
We'll get the inserts from on the inside.
Fine.
[Joseph] All right, well,
let's go tell Cameron then.
Well, hopefully he
doesn't run away this time.
[Joseph] So, Cameron, do
you want to just tell us
a little bit more about this place?
Yeah, this is, um, this
is where they flew her in.
There's no hospital on Vieques.
[Joseph] Oh.
(pensive music)
[Diego] Well, how long
was she in here for, man?
Not long.
She was dead already.
I don't know why I was
hoping she'd still be alive
but the state I found her in...
I was just praying for a miracle.
Yeah, well, we need
to find another way in.
[Joseph] Real sorry she
went down that way, man.
My parents don't look at
me the same way anymore.
I think a part of them
believes that I did it.
And it's been really hard
communicating with them,
especially my dad.
Do you know what it's like to be arrested
for a crime you didn't commit
while mourning someone's death?
You know, I hope none
of you ever experience
chronic depression or, or night terrors.
That's shit's fucked.
Should we find another way inside?
You're not fucking listening.
Do you not hear what I just said?
Yes, I did hear what you said.
Why are we here? Why
are we here right now?
Focus. Answer the question.
Why are we here?
To document this.
To figure out what happened to Ana.
We're here to kill the
fucking monster, dude.
Do you understand?
Do you fucking understand, yes or no?
Yes.
(traffic whooshing)
(pensive music continues)
[Joseph] Did he just say monster?
Come on.
He doesn't just get to keep
walking away like this.
[Joseph] Dude, why
can't we just give him
a little bit of space,
just for a minute, man?
[Diego] What?
(brooding music)
[Joseph] Like for real.
Give him a little bit of space?
[Joseph] Yeah.
You know, that's, like,
your answer for everything.
Guess what. Let me just reiterate.
If I want you to keep
shooting, please keep shooting.
Or if I say follow me, you
better be right on my heels.
All right?
- Dude, I'm trying, man.
Shit.
(traffic whooshing)
(pensive music continues)
Finally, I get him to open up, and what?
You say, "Oh, just let
him breathe," and...
[Joseph] I just wanna know
what the hell he's been talking
about this whole time, man.
Can you just stop for a minute?
Seriously.
- He's right here.
- Huh?
What? Where is he?
He's right here.
I'm hungry. You want some food?
[Joseph] No, dude, this shit's starting
to fucking scare me, man.
I think we need to call the police.
Did you say call the police?
[Joseph] Yeah, dude
have you been listening
to the shit he's been saying, dude?
No.
[Joseph] Like, he's not all right.
I just want you to know that.
Oh, and we can call the police for that?
[Joseph] Okay, so what
happens if he, like,
hurts somebody or hurts
himself even, then what?
Man, fuck you, I'm getting some food.
[Joseph] Talk to me for
a minute about this shit.
Tell me what the fuck
is going on with him.
Why do you think that we're here?
[Joseph] (sighs) I don't even
fucking know anymore, dude.
Why don't, listen, genius, tell me.
Why don't you tell me
why we're here, okay?
I'm gonna text this to you, all right?
[Joseph] What? What the fuck is it?
It's an article that I
want you to read, okay,
while I go get some food.
(sighs) All right, sure, cool.
(pensive music)
Hey, Cam.
(dog barking)
Hey, man, I know this shit
can't be easy on you, man.
You okay?
Listen, man, I'll just,
I'm gonna give you your space, dude.
I'll, I'll be right over here
if you need to talk, though.
Seriously.
(dog barking)
(pensive music continues)
Ana Diaz Bruce.
Attacked by a fucking caiman.
You fucking kidding me?
Doesn't even make any fucking sense.
[Diego] That a fun read?
(paper rustling)
You're kidding me,
right, with this shit?
You fucking sat on this
since Chicago, dude,
kept this shit a fucking secret?
You know that, right?
- It's not secret
if you're reading about it.
(bag thudding)
I'm gonna tell you right now.
Wow.
This dude is accused
of killing his wife,
shit you should have
fucking told me, for real.
Look, Beyonce, I know
the charges were dropped.
This dude thinks a
fucking chupacabra tried
to eat his fucking wife.
Cameron is harmless.
(static hissing)
Oh, my God, where is he?
Dude, where is he now, huh?
[Joseph] Dude, he was
sitting right fucking there.
Yeah, dude, you lost the
subject of our documentary.
Dude, you know he is been looking
for someone to be on his side, right?
Sides, there are no sides.
There's the truth, and that's it.
And that's what we're here to uncover.
So get your camera,
and let's find Cameron.
[Joseph] This fucking dude's an idiot.
Maybe he went back.
(Joseph sighs)
Fuck.
- Yeah?
And what if he didn't?
Tell me we're spending
more than three minutes
looking for this dude.
Can you please get
that thing outta my face?
[Joseph] Oh, you don't
like it in your face now?
Awesome.
- Oh, see?
There he is.
- Oh, yeah, wow.
- Like I told you.
[Joseph] Lucky fucking
guess, dude, congratulations.
Maybe this is the end
of our wild goose chase.
[Joseph] Or the end of the first one.
(door squeaking)
[Diego] Hey, Cameron.
Hey.
Hey, do you wanna head
back to the hospital, man,
and finish our interview?
[Joseph] Well, let's, come on, man.
(Diego sighs)
Hey, man, what's that in your hand?
[Diego] Yeah, where'd you get that From?
The beach.
I found Ana.
(birds cooing)
Well, you need to talk
to us about what you saw,
what you saw on that night.
(patrons cheering)
(screeching voices swell)
(Rooster crows)
Tell us about the night Ana was killed.
(Cam gasping)
(Cam gasping)
Oh, my God.
We were getting dinner at
the taco truck on the beach.
(brooding music)
While waiting, we overheard
some locals talking
about an area they had to
stop sending tourists to.
It was off limits.
That made Ana wanna go even more.
Secret place.
[Cam] It's an hour away.
Oh, no way.
She was like the Latina Indiana Jones.
Anything that was outta reach
or, I don't know, off the radar
is a better way to put it, I guess,
got her really excited.
We were in Vieques
because she was writing an
article on outta-the-way spots.
But I, I came out here for her.
I wanted to show her
that I wasn't a coward,
that I could protect her,
and that I wasn't afraid of everything.
So we drove out there.
The roads were gravel.
I was praying that we wouldn't get a flat.
I just remember how dark it was.
Finally, we reached this
little cove with a beach
and, um...
(ground rumbling)
(Rooster crows)
Can we, can we take five?
[Joseph] Um, yeah, yeah, well
[Diego] We're just, we're just,
we're just getting started.
Come on. We can, he didn't
even look at the pictures.
- Here, let's-
- We can push through.
[Joseph] Let's just give 'em about,
let's give 'em five minutes, and I'll,
honestly, I've been
shooting all day anyways.
I'll get this battery changed out
and, yeah, just, just a
couple minutes, right?
(door clattering)
It's just a couple minutes, man.
Okay, well fine.
(papers rasping)
Give him a chance to fucking
walk around the block again
and then go chase his
ass down in San Juan.
Sure, if you wanna do that, that's great.
(paper rustling)
[Joseph] Come on. Don't go
through his shit again, man.
This was the most important part.
[Joseph] I understand,
but didn't he just bitch
at you in Chicago about that?
You know, instead of working against me,
why don't you act like we're
on the same fucking team, please?
[Joseph] Just saying, I
just wanna keep him motivated,
you know, stop pushing him so damn much.
Yeah, but (laughs) we're
just getting nowhere,
and it's just a waste of fricking time.
[Joseph] Time?
I'm saying, if he walks
in here right now, dude,
he's definitely gonna be pissed off.
We're gonna lose his trust.
It's gonna kill plenty of
fucking time if that happens.
Trust, yeah, he trusts me.
Why else would he ask
me to come on this trip?
(Joseph sighs)
This is...
[Joseph] The fuck is that?
I took this.
[Joseph] You took it.
Why does he have it?
This is a day that we
spent at Starved Rock.
[Joseph] Stuff's, like,
getting super personal.
Why don't you just, like, try
treating him the way you did,
like, when you guys first met,
back when you first became friends?
I don't know.
I feel like you're gonna
get a lot more out of him
if you just bring it down a little bit.
(footsteps plodding)
[Diego] Hey, why don't we, uh,
skip all the formality bullshit
and just, I mean, we can move to the table
and talk, you know, as
friends or one on one.
What do you think?
(hand thudding)
(bar patrons chattering indistinctly)
(Ana laughing)
No.
[Cam] Not so fun, isn't it?
(Cam and Ana laughing)
Ah, yeah, good one.
(Cam laughing)
[Joseph] All right, set back up, um.
- Yeah, whatever.
- Come on, let's go.
(Cameron and Ana laughing)
Cameron.
[Joseph] Cameron, do you wanna try
to just kinda pick it up
where we left off inside?
And, and just so you
know, you're doing, like,
really, really awesome, man.
Just take your time.
(birds chirping)
I don't know where to start.
We were sitting there and I remember
Hey, uh, Joseph,
(fingers snapping)
Can you actually bring the
camera right over here?
[Joseph] What, right now?
Yeah, because I wanted
to get a close-up,
actually, of this.
Come on, just move the camera.
[Joseph] Geez okay, okay, okay.
[Diego] Come on, right over here.
[Joseph] Okay, sit down.
- Just right here.
- Geez.
Yeah, that's good.
[Joseph] Tight shot.
Thanks, yes, tight shot.
Took the words right outta my mouth there.
Right on his face.
Good?
- Yeah.
All right, excellent.
Good.
(leaves rustling)
Anything else?
Oh, no, where did you leave off?
Snapping.
Yeah.
(pensive music)
I remember snapping, like twigs breaking,
like something walking towards us.
And then it would go quiet.
It's really hard to describe.
I almost felt it more,
like something heard us and was lurking.
That's what I told the police.
Later on, we went swimming,
and she got out ahead of me.
[Ana] For once.
(water splashing)
(Ana exhales)
Cameron, it's time to go.
That's when I heard her scream
(camera clattering)
(Ana screaming)
And saw something drag her away.
(Ana screaming)
I don't know what it was.
It was hunched.
It was human, but it wasn't.
It was, it was, it was deformed.
I ran to catch up to
them, and that's, that,
that's when I found her.
(Cameron gasping)
It must have been light by
the time Manuel found me
because I totally fucking blanked.
Oh, wait. Who's Manuel?
He's the guy that's helping us.
You'll meet him tomorrow.
(leaves rustling)
(birds chirping)
(item clanking)
(clothes rustling)
(water pattering)
(paper rustling)
(water continues pattering)
- Dude.
- What the fuck?
[Joseph] Dude, what the fuck
are you doing in his room?
(brooding music)
[Diego] Hey, check this out.
[Joseph] I'm about 100% sure
you're contaminating evidence right now.
What do you think this is,
hmm, what he claims it to be?
[Joseph] I don't fucking know, dude.
Have you watched all those videos
on the top five reasons how she died?
Mm-hmm.
I tell you, legitimate
sources have Cameron released
after the coroner's report
concluded caiman attack.
[Joseph] Read a whole
bunch of other shit
that said caimans don't even live
on the island of Vieques, though.
See? There you go.
[Joseph] Okay, so if they don't live
on the island of Vieques, then what?
Wait, What are you saying?
[Joseph] I'm saying
that either he's lying,
or they're, they're lying.
I don't fucking know.
There's a whole fucking bunch
of, like, articles out there
about how she, like, got
flown in from San Juan Bay
and not Vieques, though.
(Joseph sighs)
I don't know.
Alls I know is that if
they fucking flew her in
from San Juan Bay, if
that's true, you know
that means this entire
story's made up, right?
Yeah.
Tomorrow we supposedly meet
the guy that helped him.
[Joseph] Makes this
even fucking weirder.
We could be showing up to
a place to kill something
that doesn't even exist.
And that is fucking gold.
[Joseph] Dude, the fucking
shower just shut off. Come on.
(mellow music)
(friends chattering indistinctly)
(vocalists singing in Spanish)
[Joseph] Oh, hell, yeah, we're here.
Let's get this shit going.
(brakes squeaking)
(leaves rustling)
Let's get some of this
fucking B roll, baby.
(pensive music)
Look at this beautiful-ass scene.
Shit looks good.
(waves lapping)
[Diego] Hey, what's up, man?
[Joseph] Oh, shit, hey,
what's going on, man?
- Dude, that is for you.
- Oh, fuck, yeah.
Can I ask you a personal question?
[Joseph] Uh, it's kind of
scary, but sure, shoot, man.
We've asked you, what, 50 so far? (Laughs)
So, yeah, go for it.
Um, why are you here?
[Joseph] Well, you know
what I do back home, right?
Like, I do, like,
commercials and music videos.
It's all studio work, dude,
so I'm trapped inside all fucking day,
and it feels like kind
of a challenge, so...
Do you, um, do you
like working with Diego?
[Joseph] Listen, dude,
I mean, you know him.
You see how he is.
He's, like, professional,
so he gets the shit done.
And honestly, he kinda
pays pretty good, so.
Ah, so it's about the
money then. (Laughs)
[Joseph] No, come on.
We all gotta eat, man.
It's a huge part of it,
but it's not everything.
In your industry, you deal
with a lot of personalities,
so you gotta know how
to read people, right?
[Joseph] Well, of course, yeah.
I think that's a huge part of it.
(boat horn blaring)
So do you think I'm lying?
(boat horn blaring)
I'm not lying.
[Joseph] Dude, there's a boat coming in.
Hey, I got, I gotta get this dude. Sorry.
Can you actually move to
the side just a little bit?
(boat horn blaring)
(waves lapping)
(birds chirping)
Yo, get some of that over there, too.
You know, boost the production quality.
[Joseph] (laughs) Oh,
yeah, that is the money shot.
(boat horn blaring)
(waves lapping)
(gangplank clattering)
(wind rustling)
(waves lapping)
Okay, tight fit.
(engine humming)
Hey, Manuel, it's Cameron.
We're on our way to the island.
Still haven't heard from you or anything.
Just, uh, just really need
you to call me back, man.
Just, I'm gonna send you
the address to our Airbnb.
Just, uh, give me a call, thanks.
Shit.
(body thudding)
(baby crying)
Did you get a hold of him?
(pensive music)
(Cam speaking Spanish)
I, I think I, I said that right.
I've been trying to work
on my Spanish, but, uh,
but, um, we don't see you here
at the, at the pickup spot.
(static hissing)
(mellow music)
(children chattering indistinctly)
Fuck whoever this guy is, man.
I'm gonna fucking call a ride.
Fuck this shit, man.
Hating on me 'cause
a bitch gotta get it
They mad 'cause the bank
account got them digits
I'm a boss, you a secretary
Money come first, never secondary
Like Montana, I ain't never worry
My diamonds cold like February
[Diego, O.S.] I'm sorry
I flipped out back there.
[Cam, O.S.] It is what it is.
[Diego] Hey, I wanted to
thank you for this opportunity.
[Cam] You don't have to thank me.
[Diego] Well, it's important.
I'm glad that we trust each other.
Yeah?
[Joseph, O.S.], shitty fucking tripod.
[Diego] Here you go.
See if Joseph needs help with his stuff.
(door clattering)
(Joseph sighs)
(door clattering)
[Joseph] Oh, hey, what's going on, man?
Ah, not much, are you
getting some good B roll?
[Joseph] Oh, I'm doing the best I can.
[Diego] All right, here,
I'll take this in for you.
[Joseph] Oh, dude, I appreciate that.
[Diego] Oh, just gonna wait for the car.
[Joseph] A lot of cars
out here, though, so trying.
We can fix it in post.
[Joseph] I don't know,
man. Can only do so much.
(door clanking)
[Joseph] What is this? Shit
looks like Grandma's house.
(laughs)
Nice.
Fucking smells like Grandma's house, too.
(Joseph laughing)
Oh, wow, man.
Come on. You come for the gun show?
[Joseph] How'd you get in
the shower that fast, man?
(brooding music)
[Ana, O.S.] So it's a date
night. Come on, Cameron.
[Cam, O.S.] Yo, you
got me on video again?
[Ana] (laughs) Yes, we
have to document everything.
[Cam] Yeah, I guess.
[Ana] We're going to
a date night to a bar.
- Yeah, to, uh-
- Say hi to everybody.
[Cam] Hey, everyone.
[Ana] He's camera shy.
[Cam] I'm not camera shy.
I just-
You're Cameron.
[Joseph] Hey.
Shoot, what the fuck?
(Joseph laughing)
You can't just sneak up on people, man.
- I was just-
- Jesus.
[Joseph] I was just
messing with you, man. Sorry.
[Diego] Hey, what happened?
[Joseph] (sighs) Uh, I was
just fucking with him, man.
I don't know.
Guess I pissed him off.
(sighs) Is, is that her?
- So it's a great night.
- It's Ana.
- Come on, Cameron.
I know you-
Yo, you got on video again?
- (laughs) Yes.
- Kinda feel bad now.
[Ana] We have to document everything.
[Cam] Yeah, I guess.
So no pressure, right?
- No pressure.
- No pressure.
(balls and pins clattering)
Okay, you got a couple.
Whoo, great.
Asking questions.
- Asking.
Wait, one question that you'd
like to ask the universe.
(gasps) What are we
gonna do in five years?
(Cameron laughing)
Think I'm gonna be a
millionaire in five years.
No.
(Cameron laughing)
I'm gonna be healthy.
- Healthy?
- Yeah.
I can't imagine going out
the way that she did, you know?
[Joseph] What do you mean?
She was torn apart.
(brooding music)
(Diego exhales)
Hey, guys, it's Fuego Diego coming at you
live from Vieques.
Day three, we finally made it here.
We had a little bit of a
rough start in San Juan,
but we're here in Vieques,
and we're gonna get this show on the road.
Cameron's still acting a little distant.
So I set this up out here.
Maybe he'll tell you what's going on
because having a hard time telling me.
We're gonna get this.
(equipment clattering)
Hey, you wanna see what a
real documentarian looks like?
Wow, dude, keep fucking with my camera.
[Diego] What?
- Better not-
- I'm just trying to,
I'm trying to do some examples, bro.
Better knock your shit off, dude.
Trying to get this shit set up for you.
[Diego] Well, thank you.
(Joseph sighs)
That's what I'm paying you for.
(switch clicking)
Man, what was that?
- Oh.
Oh, come on.
[Diego] Did you just
blow the fucking power?
(switch clicking)
Even if I did, I'm
gonna tell everyone else
you fucking did it anyways.
(upbeat music)
(vocalist singing indistinctly)
(engine roaring)
(tires screeching)
(door clattering)
(storm clouds rumbling)
(door clattering)
What do you think of this weather?
[Diego] Found the fuse
box, and it's locked.
What happened?
(rooster crowing)
[Joseph] (laughs) You're
gonna have to ask Diego
about that, man.
It's fucking dark in this place, man.
Sh.
(phone ringing)
(phone thudding)
Goddammit.
First, Manuel doesn't pick up.
Now this Airbnb lady doesn't pick up.
I don't know.
I just know a whole day wasted,
not even gonna be able
to get a talking head.
Dude, no one cares about
your talking head right now.
I'm just saying it's a waste.
[Joseph] Why don't
we just text this lady,
and then we'll go get the supplies
like we talked about, man?
We'll get the flashlights,
and the candles,
and shit for tonight just in case.
And maybe, Cameron, you could stick behind
to see if she shows up or some shit.
That's not a bad idea and
before it gets too dark.
[Diego] Where there's
a will, there's a way.
[Joseph] Wow.
Anything else you wanna
bitch about before we leave?
Oh, you mean how you bitch
about holding that camera all day?
Hey, why don't you give it to me?
- Ooh, go take it, tough guy.
- I'll take it from you.
- Yeah, yeah.
- Stop!
(keys jangling)
Here.
(keys jangling)
Guess what. I'm driving.
[Joseph] Good, drive me around.
(brooding music)
(birds squawking)
Are you recording me?
They say that when you lose someone,
a part of you dies with them,
especially when it's
someone that you love.
Too early.
Too early for this.
Do I ever do this to you?
Stop.
Tried to go to her funeral.
And as, as soon as I tried
to walk into that church,
her dad stopped me and
punched me in the face.
He said I wasn't welcome there.
I couldn't protect his
daughter (distorted audio)
(foot thudding)
(brooding music continues)
(fist thudding)
Fucking.
(crickets chirping)
[Diego] How does your
hotspot work and mine doesn't?
(liquid sloshing)
So fricking annoying.
(pitcher thudding)
(pensive music)
So this is where Ana was attacked.
Hey.
(fingers snapping)
Come over here. Take a look at this.
Ensenadas Shadow Cove.
Huh.
(paper rustling)
And what did the cops think
when you showed them what you saw?
They didn't listen.
They kept telling me I was in shock,
which I was.
Well, you were the only person there
present when Ana died.
How long did they question you for?
(static hissing)
Hours, for hours, all day.
Hmm, but they let you go?
Yeah.
They said they knew I
couldn't hurt her like that.
They called it a caiman attack.
- And what'd you say?
- It wasn't.
That's so interesting.
I read a report that said you thought
it might have been on all fours.
[Cam] Yeah, I said that.
But those drawings don't depict anything
that's, like, reptilian
or low to the ground.
[Diego] Wait, wait, hold on.
I never said that
anything looked reptilian.
I said the police said
something looked reptilian.
So reporters, they twisted your words.
They all did.
And authorities, they
falsified information.
- Like what?
- Like saying
that Ana had died in San
Juan Bay and not Vieques.
What is this, 20 questions or something?
Dude, I don't know about any of that.
Joe, is, is this still
part of the interview?
[Joseph] Uh, I don't know, man.
(Diego sighs)
If the police report
is correct, that means
that you were never even here in Vieques.
And that means that your
story is complete bullshit.
(Cameron laughs)
My story's bullshit?
You wanna talk about my
story being bullshit, Diego?
Hmm?
And they said I was the fucking crazy one.
Why don't we just go
ahead and take five?
Fuck that. I'm taking 30.
(lid thudding)
(crickets chirping)
(neighbors chattering indistinctly)
[Joseph] Hey, what's
up, man? Power's back on.
Well, no shit.
[Joseph] Well, yeah,
obviously, I guess, um.
Diego just wanted to know if you wanted
to head back in and finish this shit up.
Diego can go fuck himself.
[Joseph] Yeah, um, hmm.
So what you reading this time, man?
Do you really care
about what I'm reading?
[Joseph] I mean, I
asked, didn't I? (Laughs)
So, yeah.
"The Ass, the Fox, and the Lion."
(blinds clattering)
[Diego] Hey, guys, 30
minutes past your lunchtime,
let's go.
(blinds clattering)
(Joseph laughing)
[Joseph] "The Ass,
the Fox, and the Lion."
Which one's Diego, man?
Take a wild fucking guess, dude.
(brooding music)
Fuck.
Hey, Manuel, I've tried to call you, like,
10 times since I've been here.
Tonight's the night.
I don't, I'm not really working
with a lotta time here, man.
I mean, dude, please just, just please,
just call me back, dude.
I, I, I need you for this, dude.
Just, just call me back, please, bye.
Fuck.
(foot thudding)
(fist thudding)
(static hissing)
[Diego] 'Kay, we back up?
(fingers snapping)
[Joseph] Yeah, sorry, I need to change
the fucking media real quick.
[Diego] Make sure that
shit don't happen again.
- Dude.
- So what, what is this?
[Joseph] Yeah, that's the
story I want you to look at.
Check it out real quick.
(brooding music)
"An ass and a fox were close friends,
and one day, the pair
unexpectedly met a lion."
Dude, what the hell is this?
Some fucking little
kid story, I don't know.
Just read it for a second.
"The ass was frightened,
but the fox calmed him.
'Don't worry. I will
talk to him, ' he said.
So the fox approached."
Yeah, okay, I get the gist.
[Joseph] Do you?
Yeah, the fox tries to save himself
by selling out his friend.
Instead, he gets eaten by the lion first.
- Uh-huh.
- Like a big fuck you.
[Joseph] Meaning?
Uh, moral of the story,
traitors may expect treachery.
[Joseph] Uh-huh, now let that sink in.
This is the kinda shit your boy
is reading every fucking day.
He's probably in there reading
another one right now.
- Okay, who cares?
You know, just don't
freak out on me, please.
[Joseph] Dude, I'm not
fucking freaking out,
but if someone's reading shit like this,
I'm not sitting there trying
to push buttons and trigger these people.
Okay, so what, what do
you want me to do about it?
[Joseph] I think we need to move forward
a little more professional like we do
when we're not doing
projects with friends.
(pensive music)
(footsteps plodding)
[Diego] Dude, this guy's
all the way in the basement.
Stairs.
That's number five, six.
There we go (speaking Spanish).
(hand knocking)
Know you're in there.
(door squeaking)
- Stop recording.
- No, come on.
You wanted me to document this.
Yeah, I asked for an interview.
I didn't ask you to
document my whole life, man.
[Diego] Fine, fine,
it's not on you, geez.
Come on man.
[Diego] That's cool. You
got everything set up already.
[Cam] You sent everything.
[Diego] Dude, where's
all your furniture?
[Cam] I sold it.
[Diego] Are you moving?
I am.
Everything around me
reminds me too much of her,
so I just need a change of scenery.
[Diego] Shit, man, you
don't really have anything.
You got, like, a desk, and,
well, tell me you got a bed.
You got a bed at least?
Wait, where are you going?
[Cam] I do have a bed.
Can we, can we focus please?
[Diego] You all right?
Do you wanna show us some photos of Ana?
Yeah, um.
Thank you, um.
(paper rustling)
This is, this is Ana.
She was adventurous. She was beautiful.
She was the, the light of my life.
Uh, she'd come in my room
saying (speaking Spanish).
"We need to go," and she would
never tell me where we'd go,
but we would just take me
on random adventures and, and stuff.
[Diego] You wanna show
us some of those drawings?
Yeah.
(paper rustling)
Um.
I can't get the image out of my head.
My therapist said it'd be
beneficial and therapeutic
if I just draw it out,
and I just can't, I can't stop.
I've been, I've been really depressed
ever since she died.
And she was, she was everything to me.
And, um, dude, am I saying too much?
[Diego] No, you're doing fine.
(papers thudding)
Well, is there anything
else you wanna say to people
who are gonna watch this?
(crickets chirping)
Oh, hey, guys, (laughs) you're so cute.
It's Joe and Cameron.
Look. It is Cameron.
See? He runs away when
I try to talk to him.
It's beautiful Esperanza, yo.
Yeah, I just needed to get
outta that house for a bit,
clear my head.
I'm gonna grab some dinner,
and then we'll get back
to these interviews.
(engine puttering)
Hey, yo!
(engine roaring)
Whoo.
After the insert, we'll
set up an interview
with Cameron to talk about the nail.
[Joseph] You know about it already.
[Diego] Yeah, but it doesn't
hurt to cover our bases.
[Joseph] (sighs) Yeah, cover bases.
Tell me when you
showed this to the cops.
I didn't show it to them.
What?
I haven't shown anyone except you guys.
I found it when I went back.
Wait, wait, wait.
I'm, I'm very fucking confused right now.
They released me,
and I had to fly back to get my stuff.
My bags, Ana's suitcase, it
was all still on the island.
Wait, wait. You went back a second time?
You went back to the crime scene?
It's not a crime scene, dude.
Why do you keep calling it that?
[Diego] Because it's where Ana died.
I mean, she died there.
- Wait a minute, minute.
- That sounds like
a crime scene to me.
[Joseph] Wait a minute,
so what you're saying is
someone came, picked you up,
and brought you all
the way back out there?
Manuel.
He picked me up from the airport.
We went back there
before coming back here.
[Joseph] But why would you even wanna go
back to that place again?
I wanted to see where
it happened in daylight.
I was hoping to find something, and I did.
[Diego] This is evidence.
It's potential evidence anyways.
Why do you keep acting
like I covered something up?
(dog barking)
They had their story, okay?
What difference would it have made?
I don't know.
Maybe it would've matched
wounds on her body.
That sounds pretty important.
If I'm being real,
I thought I could have
had an expert look at it.
But you didn't.
Nah, instead you go in
to see a hypnotherapist.
(item clattering)
[Joseph] What the fuck, dude?
Did something just hit the house?
Wait, you don't think that
thing you've been talking
about could be wandering in
the neighborhood, do you?
- Fucking kidding me?
- What?
Dude, if he's telling the truth,
that thing it could be anywhere.
- Well-
- Wait.
What do you mean if I'm telling the truth?
Fuck you.
(knife clanking)
- Hey, hey, hey, hey.
- Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa,
whoa, whoa, whoa.
- Put the knife away, Cameron.
[Joseph] No, I'm not, dude.
I am not fucking going out there.
What am I paying you for?
[Joseph] What?
You're paying me to hit fucking score,
not put my life in danger.
Okay, just fucking grow a pair.
What, is this a morality
thing, or is it about money?
[Joseph] No, it's fucking
simple risk versus reward.
It's not worth it.
- Okay, fuck, man.
I'll up your day rate fucking 30%.
Just come on.
[Joseph] Wow, five fucking percent?
[Diego] Where is he? Where'd he go?
[Joseph] He literally just came out.
Yeah, okay.
Well, I don't know.
- Hey, hey, hey, sh, sh,
sh, sh, sh, sh, sh.
- What the fuck.
- Sh, sh, sh.
- Okay.
- What are you doing?
Dude, do you hear that?
Will you just be
careful with that knife?
- Shut up.
- Hey, be careful.
Come on, come on. Keep up.
This is actually really good.
Hey.
(brooding music)
[Cam] I heard something.
[Diego] Yeah, okay, well,
maybe it could have been
a, a rooster, a dog, a cat,
a horse.
- No, no, no, man.
Someone's, someone's just,
someone's trying to fuck with us.
(grass rustling)
[Joseph] Dude, there's
fucking mosquitoes
like crazy out here.
I know. I'm getting bit.
(dog barking)
See? A dog.
It was probably a dog.
Let's go back inside.
Cameron, seriously, there's
nothing out here, okay?
Let's just go back inside.
What are you even looking for?
(dog barking)
- Can you hear that?
- No, yeah,
I hear a dog barking.
- Sh.
(Cameron gasping)
(dramatic music)
- What?
Fuck this. I'm going back inside.
[Cam] Wait.
[Joseph] Dude, whatever it
was, it's probably gone by now.
[Cam] Fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck.
(engine churning)
(brooding music)
[Joseph] Huh.
(door clattering)
Oh.
[Manuel] You and your
friends better get outta here.
Go home.
[Joseph] Okay, fucking weirdo.
(door clattering)
(brooding music continues)
(engine roaring)
(gravel crunching)
(feet shuffling)
Just had some weird fucking standoff
with some dude outside, dude.
- Hey.
Hey, put the camera down.
- What?
- Stop the camera.
[Joseph] I'm never allowed
to stop the fucking camera.
- No, I know.
- Fuck.
(equipment clattering)
The fuck is this, a confessional?
Shit, shut up and watch.
(pensive music)
What the fuck is he
taking his clothes off for?
That's where he found the knife.
- No shit?
- Uh-huh.
(crickets chirping)
(pensive music continues)
Okay, I've seen some fucking
weird shit, dude, but this?
(crickets chirping)
Oh, I'm not watching this shit.
Come on. Turn this off.
No, no, no, no.
Hey, we could open with
this, him cutting himself.
It's, it's (laughs)
Metaphorical.
Are you listening to yourself?
You know, the pain and
the affliction, it...
[Joseph] You wanna open our fucking doc?
Yeah, it would draw
(Cam screaming)
Other people in.
(dramatic music)
Yeah, man, for some reason, large bodies
of water just terrify me.
It feels endless.
You see that island over there?
[Diego] Uh-huh.
Ana wanted to go explore it.
I didn't want to do it.
But anyways, we got over there,
and on top of the hill,
the sun was setting, man,
and I just remember holding her.
(mellow music)
(waves lapping)
It was a very beautiful moment.
At least that's the way you remember it.
(waves lapping)
Hey.
Cameron doesn't know this,
but she called me that night, Ana.
Apparently, they had a huge blow-up.
Maybe that's what set him off.
(wind rustling)
(gravel crunching)
Oh, shit, this is, um,
this is the food cart
where Ana had her last meal
before we went to the little cove.
[Joseph] Did he just say last meal?
(brooding music)
(feet shuffling)
Yeah.
(engine puttering)
[Joseph] Diego, look at this.
This horse is eating his own ass.
Wow, look at this old-ass thing for sale.
This is awesome out here.
(pensive music)
Diego, you see this shit?
(gravel crunching)
(feet thudding)
Oh, this is unreal, huh?
- Hey.
- Wow.
[Joseph] Just cut the shit already.
What's your problem now?
[Joseph] Nothing, I'm just saying let's,
let's keep today a little bit more civil.
Oh.
(engine roaring)
(waves lapping)
So why'd you two come out here?
It was on the top of
Ana's list for her article.
We were fighting that day,
and it kinda sent things over the edge.
[Diego] Oh, uh-huh, you
wanna talk about that?
Instead of using the
trip as a way to reset,
it kinda blew up in my face.
(Diego laughs)
[Diego] Oh, what blew up in your face?
Bringing you up.
Me?
You introduced us.
Yeah, so?
Any reasonable man's gonna wonder,
how does she know the guy
that made the introduction?
Because we were friends.
(Cameron laughs)
Bull fucking shit, dude.
A little more than that, don't ya think?
(Diego laughs)
So if you knew, then why
didn't you say anything?
I could ask you the same thing.
But to answer your question,
Ana told me not to.
'Kay, well, it was nothing, all right?
(Cameron laughing)
Yeah, she said that, too.
I'm talking about it because
this is what she told me.
And coming home after she died,
that wasn't the right time.
Okay, so, so why did she
even say anything at all?
I mean, you two were together.
(brooding music)
(waves lapping)
I tagged along with her
for a work trip to Sicily.
At that time, I was still
trying to impress her, you know,
because I'm afraid of everything.
We were walking in this
market, it was late,
and this mugger just comes outta nowhere
and tries to take her purse.
And I just stand there in fear
as he's wrestling that
thing away from her.
I don't do anything. He runs away.
She never really looked at
me the same way after that.
Listen, the point is, I didn't do shit.
And after that trip, I, I
stopped traveling with her
because I couldn't fucking protect her.
(hand thudding)
(feet shuffling)
The day we came out here,
I was bitching about
the weather and whatnot.
And she threw that night
in Sicily in my face.
And you wanna know what she said to me?
"Diego would've done something."
I was like, "What the fuck
are you talking about?
What does he, what, what,
what does he have to do with this?"
That's when she told me.
So what am I supposed to say?
Did you love her?
(brooding music continues)
(engine puttering)
(wind rustling)
[Joseph] Hey, do you
mind pulling over, man?
Want to get on the back
real quick, get some shots.
Seriously?
[Joseph] Yeah, it'll be cool inserts.
Hey, Diego, switch with me.
[Diego] Sure, no problem.
[Joseph] A lot more room back here.
(engine puttering)
(wind rustling)
Whoa, who the hell's this guy?
(engine roaring)
Whoa, this guy's getting
way too close, man.
[Diego] What's going on?
(engine roaring)
(dramatic music)
[Joseph] Oh, dang.
[Diego] Why doesn't he
just go around?
- Dude, move back.
Oh, my God.
- Shit.
This guy's getting really close.
Cameron, can you go any faster?
(engine roaring)
Yo, what's your problem?
- Uh, Cameron,
get us the fuck outta here, man.
[Cam] How fast do you
think this thing goes?
[Diego] What the
fuck? He's gonna hit us.
[Joseph] Dude, he's gonna fucking,
he's gonna fucking hit us, man.
[Diego] Speed the fuck up.
Man, this is fucking bad.
What the fuck do you want?
[Joseph] Okay, I think we,
I think we lost him, man.
He turned off back there, so.
(item thudding)
What's going on out there?
(item continues thudding)
Fuck.
Jesus.
(item thudding)
(dog barking)
(item thudding)
Fucking hell.
(foot thudding)
(crickets chirping)
Hey, you, you all right, man?
(food sizzling)
(sighs) Shit.
(hands rasping)
Well, I guess you got
what you wanted, man.
Your friend's outside hitting
rock bottom right now.
(knife clanking)
Where is he?
[Joseph] He's outside beating
the shit out of some tree.
That guy won't answer the phone.
You guys keep going at it.
Man, you're starting to
lose your subject, man.
We might as well pack our
shit and just go home.
[Diego] No way.
[Joseph] And you need to
stop walking away from me.
Well, I'm sick of everything
being my fucking fault.
[Joseph] Well, you need to stop lying
to everybody about everything, man.
Oh, is that what I'm doing?
[Joseph] Yeah, you are.
(Diego laughs)
Why don't you just tell us
how long it went on for,
you and Ana?
Maybe that's the piece of
the story we need to hear.
Fine, I'll tell you if
you turn the camera off.
(food sizzling)
(pensive music continues)
[Joseph] 'Kay, fine,
what? Let's hear it.
I mean, what we had,
it was different, 'kay?
It was just, it's like purely physical.
[Joseph] You literally
told him it was nothing,
though, man, you know?
[Diego] Because it didn't last
'cause we went in, like, head first,
and then it just, it was over immediately.
[Joseph] Yeah, maybe for
you, but what about her?
[Diego] I can't control other people.
[Joseph] Oh, really?
What about that charming
manipulation you use
on people all the time?
- Oh, (laughs) wow.
(mug thudding)
(food continues sizzling)
[Joseph] Did she stop
talking to you, dude?
Is that what happened here?
Is that why you introduced her to Cameron?
[Diego] Oh, (laughs) wow.
[Joseph] Just to make sure
she stayed in your life.
[Diego] Hey, you know what?
Why don't you go fuck yourself, Dr. Phil?
[Joseph] Dude, if you
wanna protect this friendship
you have with him, and you want this doc
to actually turn out,
you might wanna consider not
making this shit so personal.
[Diego] (laughs) How can
I not make it personal?
(knife thudding and rasping)
I can't believe that he's, like,
fucking making me feel this way.
You know, fuck Cameron, man.
(door squeaking)
(food sizzling)
(brooding music)
Mm.
[Cam] This is what you wanted, right?
- You're really-
- Go ahead.
Outta your mind, Cameron.
Like-
I'm outta my mind?
Really, like, certified,
genuinely out of your mind.
You wanna know something?
You never had my back.
Throughout this entire fucking
trip, you never had my back.
Well, I feel sorry for you.
You only asked us to come on this trip
because you were too
chicken shit to come alone.
And then you throw that ancient history
in my fucking face.
(brooding music continues)
Yeah, I did throw that
ancient history in your face
because you're a fucking
manipulative asshole,
and all you care about
is your fucking self.
You ever think that maybe
she was on another level?
You held her back.
And I hope you feel guilty about that.
Actually, I know you do.
[Joseph] Come on, Diego. Stop, man.
[Diego] Because we saw
that little video of yours.
I doubt that bleeding makes guilt go away.
(door clattering)
(body thudding)
[Joseph] Whoa, whoa, Cameron, Cameron.
Remember, remember why
we came out here, man.
Come on.
It's not worth it.
I don't want you guys' friendship
to be ruined over this.
I'm going alone.
(hands thudding)
(refrigerator clattering)
Yeah, and how do you
expect to kill that thing
that you convinced yourself of there?
[Joseph] You know, this might
be the perfect opportunity
just to pack our stuff up
and get outta here, man.
- What, and let him just go?
- Yeah.
Go and take a charter plane back
in the middle of the fucking night?
No, man, he's a liability.
You really wanna be responsible
if anything happens to him?
Just let me fucking handle this.
(crickets chirping)
(door squeaking and clattering)
[Joseph] Hey, we good man
or what? What's going on?
Yeah, I talked his
crazy ass down, all right?
He's not gonna go alone, so
grab your shit, and let's go.
(engine puttering)
Joseph, turn that camera
down, or turn it off, dude.
[Joseph] There's no such
thing as turning it down, man.
Do you think I'll break my foot
if I punt that camera into the ocean?
[Joseph] I don't know.
Dude, what the fuck are
we even doing out here?
I'm really sick of this, man.
[Joseph] Yeah, I know, me too.
Dude, I am not
going in there.
- Where are you going now?
[Joseph] I am not going in these woods.
(pensive music)
Well, we have to stick
together, so come on.
Just watch the camera, please.
[Joseph] I do not
wanna go in these woods.
Yeah.
(Joseph grunting)
Dude, I said watch the camera.
(feet shuffling)
(crickets chirping)
- Joe.
- What?
- Turn that camera off.
- What?
- No, the camera stays on.
- Shut up, Diego.
Joe, turn the fucking camera off now.
[Joseph] (sighs) Are
you fucking kidding me?
(switch clicking)
(waves lapping)
[Diego] You're still rolling, right?
- Yeah, we're still rolling.
- Good, 'cause this is gold.
Dude, we're trespassing,
[Joseph] Man, we shouldn't be out here.
[Diego] Yeah, why don't
we come in the daytime
and get some fucking B roll?
(feet shuffling)
(mysterious growl)
Wait, did you hear that?
[Joseph] What do you fucking mean?
Of course, I heard that.
Dude, Cameron, come on, man.
We don't know what the
fuck's in these woods, man.
We need to get the fuck
outta here, for real.
(Joseph sighs)
(crickets chirping)
So tired, man, I just wanna go back.
[Diego] Me too.
Feels like we're walking for miles.
Shit, wait, we need to stay together.
[Joseph] Where the hell's he going?
[Diego] Who the fuck knows?
[Joseph] Okay, I need to
turn this light back on.
I can't see anything.
- Yeah, turn it back on.
[Joseph] Where the hell's the switch?
[Diego] Oh, fuck.
[Joseph] You guys, I'm not
staying out in this shit.
- He's out of his-
- Seriously,
I'm heading back.
- Fucking mind.
Whoa.
- Whoa, what the fuck?
(static hissing)
Manuel.
That's Manuel?
[Joseph] Dude, I don't know.
So over this shit, man.
Are you trying to get some killed, man?
What's the matter with you?
Dude, you're supposed to be helping me.
What are you doing?
I just did. Now let's go.
No, no, no, no, no, I'm
not going anywhere with you.
I've been try to contact you all trip.
[Joseph] How the fuck did
you even know we were out here?
I've been following you.
Okay, he saw me.
[Joseph] I fucking knew it, dude,
I fucking knew it.
- Yeah, but you didn't tell
me anything.
- Yeah, I was at the house.
You've been following us?
(creature panting)
What's the fuck is that?
[Manuel] What's out there killed Ana.
Of course, you don't understand.
You guys don't understand.
See, these guys have been going at it
for 20 fucking minutes, dude.
Okay, the American
military, they came in here,
and they took advantage of us.
They destroyed our land,
high levels of uranium
in the water and soil,
animals and sea life dead.
Our people were exposed.
So let me get this straight.
The Navy comes in here,
fucks this place up by testing bombs,
and now there are these, uh, people
or, uh, things that are hiding?
Surviving.
Okay, some say that they are
the apex predators of this
island, but they're our lineage.
And you're just some
government-funded vigilant
that's, what, protecting them?
Not protecting them, protecting you.
Oh, thank you, thank you.
Okay, I've seen what they can do.
I've also seen what they can do.
Oh, so you can confirm Cameron's claim?
Yes, I can.
You lied to me.
The only way I could
protect you from yourself
from making some stupid mistake
is to get you to trust me.
What about Ana?
That thing fucking killed her, man.
It fucking killed her.
What about her, huh?
Collateral damage.
(Diego grunting)
Collateral damage, get the fuck up.
Cameron get the fuck off me.
- Go away, Diego.
(Manuel speaking Spanish)
Collateral damage?
- Hey, put that fucking
knife away.
- Collateral damage?
Stop, Cameron, stop.
That was you the other night, wasn't it,
fucking with us?
Fuck, man, stop.
I was watching you, okay,
hoping you would just leave,
hoping you would just
- Make us leave?
- Yes, give up and go home.
I asked for your help, and
you expect us to fucking leave?
Are you fucking serious? What
the fuck is wrong with you?
You have no idea what you're doing.
You're right. I don't know
what the fuck I'm doing.
But you wanna know something, Manuel?
I don't give a shit.
I don't care where this thing came from.
I don't care how strong it fucking is.
I'm gonna go fucking kill
it, and you're gonna help me.
You wanna know why?
[Joseph] Cameron, careful with that
Shut up.
You gave me your fucking word.
That's why.
My word? What the
- Don't.
- Okay, okay.
[Diego] Whoa, whoa,
whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
Get that shit away from his neck, man.
Yeah, okay.
- I'm fucking serious, man.
- Okay.
I'll fucking do it.
Okay, (speaking Spanish).
Are you gonna help me?
Look, man, you can force my hand,
but whatever happens, that's on you.
I wanna show you something, okay?
You wanna show me something?
Let me show you something.
(Manuel speaking Spanish)
Move fucking slow. You understand?
Okay, okay.
If you drink this, there's no coming back.
What is that?
- Blood.
- (laughs) Guess what.
That could be fucking
poison for all we know.
It is poison. It will change things.
You also won't survive without it.
(static hissing)
One morning, Father and I,
we came back from fishing,
and we saw one of them eating our horses,
our livelihood.
(Manuel speaking Spanish)
So I did, and he shot at it,
but that didn't do nothing.
So he went after it with a
machete, and you know what?
My father died protecting us.
Cameron, I watched my father die.
Get the fuck away from me, man.
My grandfather, he was a man of science,
and he tested the blood.
Consuming the smallest
amount made him transform
into that thing that he swore to kill.
(Diego speaking Spanish)
[Diego] Cameron, this
is a bunch of bullshit.
I watched my grandfather
walk into the rainforest.
Okay?
I heard the fight.
I heard them tearing each other apart.
Look, I don't know who survived.
All I know is that our
horses were never hurt again.
That's the last time I saw my grandfather.
I've been on this land since then
taking care of people just like you,
tourists, soldiers from
this area where he dwells,
the same area where Ana died.
Guys, just go home.
Cameron, you don't wanna
do this, man. Just go home.
(knife clanking)
I want that thing around
your neck. I want that blood.
[Diego] Good fucking story,
if you're gonna let him drink this shit...
Give it to me.
[Diego] Oh, count me out.
(Manuel speaking Spanish)
[Diego] Cameron, you drink
that, it's your funeral.
And don't forget how far the
fucking hospital is from here.
[Joseph] Dude, whatever happens
to him is on your ass now.
(hand knocking)
Cameron, come on. Can, can
you please just come out?
Man, you can't just hide
in there. You know what?
I've been up for 20 hours.
You've been up for 20 hours.
I mean, I'm not thinking straight.
I know you're not thinking straight.
So why don't you just come out,
and let's just talk
about this, man, please.
Oh, man, why does he just
open the fucking door, bro?
Will you open the fucking door?
Fuck, well, I don't know.
He probably drank it.
(door squeaking)
Did you drink it?
Yeah, it's fucking empty. See?
You accuse him of lying, yet
you drink that shit, man.
We don't even know what it was.
I already told you.
When did you drink it?
10 minutes ago.
(brooding music)
(Manuel laughing)
God, we need to go now.
[Diego] We're not
going anywhere with you.
Listen, we don't have
time for this, okay?
[Joseph] Don't have time for what?
I already told you. He's going to turn.
(Cam groaning)
Uh, guys, uh, uh, we
got a situation back here.
(Cam groaning)
[Cam] How much, how much further?
Uh, close.
(engine roaring)
(Cam groaning)
Oh, this is a really bad idea.
I mean, man, you, you're driving.
You got us chasing God knows fucking what.
And then he drank that shit,
and it's gonna fucking mess with his head.
I mean, will it?
You don't understand. Do you?
Oh, fuck this shit.
Let me out of the jeep
now. We'll just walk back.
I don't give a fuck,
and then you take Cameron
to the fucking hospital.
[Manuel] It's too late for that.
[Joseph] Fuck, Diego, what the fuck
are you even talking about?
We're not getting out here.
I don't want anything to do with that.
(Manuel speaking Spanish)
It's okay.
It's okay.
(Cam whimpering)
(seat belt clanking)
[Diego] Where are we? What
are we doing here, man?
Fuck, okay, okay, okay.
Hey, hey.
(door clattering)
No, what do we do, huh? What do we do now?
What is this?
- Yeah, according to me
- What? Oh, shit.
- Hey, you.
[Manuel] Listen to me.
- What?
- Pick up his legs.
- Why?
Look, unless you wanna
die, pick up his legs.
We gotta pick him to the beach,
and then we have to leave him.
[Diego] No, no, no. I'm
gonna stay right here.
We should stay here
because I don't know, man.
Look, I just
I don't care what you're
thinking. Stop thinking, okay?
Look at him.
- Please.
He's changing.
- Oh.
- Diego.
(Manuel speaking Spanish)
[Joseph] No, no, man, no,
no, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.
Hey, we're listening, we're listening.
We're listening, dude.
- We're listening.
- Come on, man.
- We're listening.
- Please.
(hand thudding)
[Diego] Okay, fine.
[Manuel] Pick up his legs. Help me.
(Manuel speaking Spanish)
Just keep it rolling, okay?
Oh, God.
What are we doing? Where are we going?
Right here (speaking Spanish).
Fuck. (Grunts)
(Manuel speaking Spanish)
- We're, we can't just leave
him like this.
We have to. Let's go.
[Diego] Get the fuck off me.
Come on, let's go.
Come on, let's go.
Let's go.
- Hey, Cameron!
[Joseph] Diego, no, no.
Gotta get the fuck outta here.
(Monstrous hissing)
[Joseph] What the fuck is that?
(Manuel speaking Spanish)
[Cam] Diego...! (distorted voice).
[Manuel] Hurry up. Get in, get in.
No, he just said my name.
He said my name.
- Gotta go, dude.
- Cameron.
- Gotta fucking go.
No, I'm not gonna die out here
because you guys won't listen.
That's not Cameron, okay?
What's out there will kill you.
Let's go.
- You're a coward.
You guys had me knife to my throat.
You bring me out here. You
force me to do this shit.
I did what I said I was
gonna do. Now let's go.
Get in the jeep, or I'm leaving.
[Joseph] Dude, come
on, let's just go, man.
(engine churning)
Oh, wow.
- Where are you going?
- Wow.
- (grunts) Hey.
Hey, okay, it's okay.
I'm sorry. Just wait.
Wait. Come back.
[Joseph] Oh, my fucking God.
(engine roaring)
- Okay.
- You fucking kidding?
- No, come on.
- Dude.
- We can help him.
- This is, no,
all those fucking times
you didn't listen to me.
This too close. Let's go.
[Joseph] You know that?
Dude, where the fuck
are you going now, man?
Where is he? Where is he?
[Diego] Man, I left him right here, man.
[Joseph] Wait, bro.
[Diego] I don't know
where the fuck he went.
[Joseph] Dude, where are you going, man?
Come on, oh, my God.
- Oh, my God.
- What, you think
he went in the fucking ocean?
[Diego] (grunts) I, I hear you, man.
- Fuck.
- I hear you.
Over here, he's over here, over here.
[Joseph] Fuck are
you talking about, man?
(brooding music continues)
(ominous hissing sounds)
(creature growling)
What is that? What the
hell is going on, man?
(creature growling)
(agonizing yells)
Come on, Joe, it's right behind you.
[Diego] Ah, Jesus. Cameron?
What the fuck happened to you, man?
[Joseph] Man, I should have
never fucking been out here.
Man, I should never have
fucking came out here.
- Oh, shit.
- This shit is fucked up.
[Cam] I think I killed it.
(body thudding)
- [Joseph] Oh, my God.
[Diego] Oh, shit. Come on.
[Joseph] You can't let him pass out.
[Diego] Come on. We have
to get outta here right now.
Come on, man. Help me!
[Joseph] What the fuck
do you want me to do?
[Diego] Stay with me, man. Stay with me.
(bones cracking)
(Diego groaning)
(blood squelching)
[Joseph] Oh, Cameron,
what the fuck is wrong with you, man?
Oh, my God, Diego.
What the fuck did you do, Cameron?
The fuck did you do?
Seriously, we need to call somebody
for fucking help right now, man.
(Cameron groaning)
It's fucking me.
You don't have to fucking
do this shit, man.
Come on.
No, no, no, no, no, no.
(Cameron grunting)
No, no, no, no, no.
(Cameron growling)
(fists thudding)
Help.
(fists thudding)
(bones cracking)
(fist thudding)
(Cameron growling)
(waves lapping)
(brooding music continues)
(Cameron growling)
(Cameron continues growling)
(brooding music continues)
(flesh squelching)
(Cameron gasping)
(waves lapping)
(Cameron growling and grunting)
(waves lapping)
(brooding music continues)
(feet pattering)
(camera clattering)
(feet pattering)
(waves lapping)
(camera flying through the air)
(thud landing) (water splashing)
(waves lapping)
(gurgling underwater sound)
(camera clattering)
(sand scratching)
(static hissing)
(water sloshing)
[Ana] Cameron, it's time to go.
Yep, it's time to go.
This guy, just move on.
(water continues sloshing)
Anyways.
[Cam] Get back in. Come on.
[Ana] No, no, we're going to the villa.
[Cam] Babe, swim with me
a little longer. Come on.
[Ana] Now, no.
[Cam] Ana, look out.
(camera clattering)
(Ana screaming)
Ana.
(Ana screaming)
(camera clattering)
(water sloshing)
Ana!
(water continues sloshing)
(Cameron gasping)
Oh, my God. (Gasping)
Ana.
Oh, gee, oh, no.
Ana, Ana, where are you?
Oh, Jesus.
(Cameron gasping)
Ana.
(Cameron gasping)
Ana.
Ana, where are you?
(Cameron whimpering)
(brooding music continues)
(flies buzzing)
(Cameron gasping)
(dramatic music)
(brooding music)
(brooding music continues)
(brooding music continues)
(brooding music continues)
(brooding music continues)
(brooding music continues)
(brooding music continues)
(brooding music continues)