Sacrifice (2026) Movie Script

Mom, the volcano spoke to me this morning.
The old must turn to ash
so the new can be born.
We'll find them,
the three who'll save us.
I promise.
In the name of fire.
Thank you, Mother.
The prophecy will be fulfilled.
Your son will find his beloved.
Your daughter will defeat the King.
And to the flames I shall give
the hero.
A VICTIM OF CIRCUMSTANCE
Come on, I don't see anything. It's thick and full.
The AC's blowing right on my scalp.
It feels like it's all falling out.
Then stop messing with it.
It's all in your head.
No, it's not.
Then we'll go to Turkey again
for another hair transplant.
What a weird regression.
Three months with monks,
and I'm stressing over a stupid bald spot.
They were bald as hell and happy about it.
It's all stress, you know. It's worldly stuff.
My dad had a full head of hair
right up to the end.
I'm fine.
I'm close to something.
You know.
Today, the world will see
the real Mike Tyler.
The real me.
I want to show people I'm useful.
That I matter.
By the way, if anyone brings up
the flamethrower, just ignore them.
- Why would anyone bring it up?
- They won't. But...
Then why the hell are you bringing it up?
You're my agent.
I put that idea in your head,
so I'm taking it back.
There, see? It's gone.
Otherwise, just take it all
in stride and be the bigger person.
Have fun, dance a little.
And make sure people see you.
Like, 'I'm back, baby.'
Back from what?
Oh, crap.
Hold on.
Is that an electric limo?
Oliver, am I really showing up to a damn climate-change ball
in some gas-guzzling '90s clunker?
Stop the car!
You love limos! They're ridiculous.
Well, it's not funny today!
Change of course!
Film me walking.
- Get the landscape. Film me as I...
- Yeah, sure.
Oh, yeah. That's it.
Give me a heroic squint.
- Got it?
- Yeah. Great.
No caption. Let the image speak for itself.
Mike, Mike, over here! Mike!
Hi, everyone.
I'm walking for the Earth.
- Thanks, everyone.
- Would you look at that.
Walking for the Earth.
Today, we're going to undergo
a complete transformation.
It's never too late to get on the right path.
Here, on this sacred Greek island,
rumbling with the volcanic energy
of Hephaestus himself,
you can't help but compose a Homeric ode
to the wonders of our planet.
LET'S MAKE EARTH COOL AGAIN
Along with the enchanting Sandra,
we're absolutely thrilled to welcome
our very own good genie.
Please welcome Ben Bracken,
tech prophet
and guide to global change,
and his wife, Gloria, a pop legend,
whose new album tells its story
entirely from
the perspective of the flood.
That's powerful.
I'm truly grateful to be a part
of this momentous occasion.
- Are you okay?
- Yeah.
Yeah, it's just...
So many eyes on me, you know.
Want me to hold your hand?
No, not here. Are you out of your mind?
Our next guest
needs no introduction.
'POSEIDON ALLIANCE'
Please welcome Mike Tyler!
- You're up, cowboy.
- Okay.
- Don't draw attention over there.
- Yeah, yeah.
Gloria, Gloria.
You're young, sexy, and you've got a secret.
We all know Mike Tyler from the blockbuster
'Octavius: The Last Centurion.'
He was also nominated for an Oscar
for his leading role in 'Calamity Creek.'
This is Mike's first major public appearance
since returning to the international stage.
Hey, are you lost?
Need some help?
INDIGENOUS WOMEN OF COLOR.
PERIOD.
Mike Tyler.
- Gloria Bracken.
- Hi. Yeah, I know you!
Stop it! Stop it right now!
- I love it.
- Oh! Wow.
You heard I started my own production company, right?
I've got a great project for the two of us.
- I think we could...
- So, how are you feeling?
How's your head?
Settled down? Not stealing any more wives?
Everything okay with the flamethrowers?
Mr. Octavius.
No, sir. What I did that day was...
vile, but I was grieving.
I hit rock bottom
and did the deepest spiritual soul-searching I could.
And I think I'm a better person for it.
- It's D.K. He's calling you.
- Yeah.
Oh, sorry.
Gloria, Ben, sorry.
- I gotta... Sorry.
- Yeah, go ahead!
Damn it!
MAKE EARTH COOL AGAIN
Hey.
It's fine. I'm a celebrity.
Hey, D.K., maestro!
Mike. You having a nice break?
Yeah, man, I'm good. Really good.
Couldn't be better.
I'm ready to get back to work, you know?
I'm trying to use my platform to do something meaningful.
- Make the world a better place.
- That's great, man. Yeah.
That fire thing isn't that big a deal.
No, I know. I know. I just, you know...
feel like we're on the same wavelength.
Cosmic music, brother.
SAVE THE PLANET, SAVE US ALL
Where are you right now?
Oh, funny story, actually. I'm...
I'm in an old mine at a climate charity gala.
On some weird, God-knows-where Greek
or maybe Turkish island.
I genuinely freaking hate these kinds of events.
- Well...
- Everyone flies in on private jets.
And gorge themselves on the flesh of poor shellfish.
And this auction, where that circle of performative virtue closes?
No one actually donates much.
- I'll see what they've got.
- Yeah...
SAVE US ALL
- 'Rocks from the ocean floor'?
- Well...
That'd be a full-scale genocide of marine life.
Polychaete worms, sea anemones, man.
The ocean definitely won't be okay with that.
I swear to God, Ben Bracken's the fucking Antichrist.
You're wasting your breath, old man.
What do you think I'm doing here?
I'm gonna tell them the whole truth to their faces, you know. Right in the belly of the beast.
I don't want to spoil the surprise, but, you know...
You'll see.
Right, okay.
I'll let you know when there's something to read.
Okay. And I gotta say, I read a lot of scripts.
And it's rare to find one that...
Hello? Fuck.
D. K.
CALL ENDED
SAVE THE PLANET, SAVE US ALL
Did I say 'the fucking music of the cosmos'? What an idiot.
Fuck him! Pretentious playwright, for fuck's sake.
Jesus, Mike.
As you can see, all these little new coins are doing well.
Can't go wrong with these!
They're the future.
Especially this one. One of the best...
Not this one, though.
Let me show you. This is really funny.
Take a look.
It's a classic.
Be more furious!
It's all fake here!
Do not go gentle into that dark night!
I'm not Octavius!
'OCTAVIUS'
I want to be real!
I'm a fraud!
The fall of an empire.
Stop filming me!
I'm no hero! I'm nobody!
And this was on opening night.
I'm Mike Tyler!
I fucked your wives!
I lost everything!
Clown.
- Shut up, you idiot.
- Honey.
You're just jealous. You always do this.
Of everyone. But you'll see. Just you wait.
- Where are you going?
- Like I'd ask you, asshole.
- Don't mind him.
- Oh...
My husband's a bit of a bully sometimes.
Yeah, yeah.
How are you doing, Mick?
It's been a tough...
year.
You can get everything you think you want. And...
to wake up with a hole in your heart.
I don't know if you know this, but I...
lost my dad this year, and...
- I'm so sorry.
- It's okay. It's...
- I didn't know.
- ...unexpected, and...
- I wasn't ready?
- Oh...
He was kind of...
the only mentor in...
I miss my dad.
- Can we take a picture for my daughter?
- Oh, great.
She loves selfies.
- Oh, wait. Let me fix you up.
- Go ahead.
You're wonderful, Mick.
Of course.
Fucking...
You fucking whiner,
self-absorbed piece of shit, coward!
...once a symbol of humanity's triumph
over the natural world
to give it back to us
as a place of harmony.
As you can see,
the Poseidon Alliance offers us
a heroic vision
for the future of our planet.
LIFE ON THE SURFACE
POOR LITTLE MOLLUSKS
PAIN...
Hey. You okay?
Don't be mad at me,
but I think I'm gonna do something.
SICK PLANEFUCK YOU ALL
No, no!
BEN BRACKEN
FAKE CHARITY
Just hang out.
Remember, calm and dignified.
Some things matter more
than being calm and dignified.
Mike, buddy, did you take your... today?
I took my damn pills!
That's got nothing to do with this.
This is my calling.
Serious work.
...it seemed especially fitting
to gather here in Greece,
the cradle of civilization.
...so many ways to change the world.
Don't just take my word for it.
Let's hear it from Ben himself.
Hi.
My name is Ben Bracken.
Let's face it: climate change is happening.
It's a tragedy.
And it's our fault.
Deforestation,
floods, hurricanes.
Overpopulation.
Wildfires.
Mother Nature isn't our enemy.
Her fire doesn't just destroy.
It's divine.
Thanks to my wife's fascination with pufferfish,
I discovered these
incredible minerals on the ocean floor.
These rocks are our second chance.
With the Poseidon Revolution, we can
get a new source of energy
to save our beloved planet
and empower ourselves to help
those affected by climate change.
We can give our children
a clean, green future.
So don't give up.
'THE POSEIDON ALLIANCE'
Because here at Poseidon,
it's only just beginning.
- Film it.
- What?
Everyone, stop! Stop!
Sorry. Excuse me.
We're in a mine, singing a song
about our sick planet
and we're saying the solution is
more mining.
We're tired of raping the land,
so now we're gonna rape the ocean?
That's not right.
We're hypocrites.
We're eating our caviar and those poor shellfish.
What about the sea anemones, huh?
You're no god of the ocean, Monsieur Bracken!
You know what?
Let's give the sea anemones a round of applause, guys.
Come on.
Oh, God...
Yeah, that's what I thought.
That's exactly what I fucking thought.
We can do better.
What passion, Mike!
Our work here at the foundation
is about fostering an open,
democratic forum.
Yeah. How'd it go?
Are people stunned, still processing my speech?
I said 'sea anemones' right, didn't I?
I-I think so.
Okay, post it.
- Are you sure?
- Post it. Just post it.
Okay.
The real ones will get it.
And now, we have an incredible performance for you.
A revived ceremonial dance
by an Indigenous troupe
The 'Atahualpa Tlalttecuhtli,'
daring to ask the question:
'Can dance change the world?'
MOTHER NATURE
Daughter!
I'm sick.
Mom, you're always sick!
DAUGHTER NATURE
I mean it this time!
I'm dying!
SUPERNATURE
Did they really have to rub it in my face like that?
I don't think it's because of you.
Where are you going?
You're losing it, Mike.
SUPERNATURE
Everyone, stay where you are!
Enough! Stop!
We've rigged the whole mine with explosives!
Bravo!
Please!
- Is this supposed to happen?
- No.
Stop! That's enough!
The world's ending in two days!
We must restore balance
and save Earth with fire!
In the name of fire!
In the name of fire!
Hand over your phone! Drop it!
Everyone, please stay calm.
This is a routine situation.
- We'll do our best to resolve this...
- Don't move.
...and get to the bottom of it as soon as possible.
- You're not in any danger.
- Don't move.
It's a routine situation.
- Hold her.
- What?
- Quick!
- Don't touch...
No!
No, no!
This is not a routine situation!
Did she cut her arm off?
- She did.
- Mom...
Now...
hand over... your phones.
MAKE EARTH COOL AGAIN
PAIRED
OK
Damn!
Aw, damn!
RENE GIRARD:
'CRIIIIINGE! SIT DOWN, MIKE TYLER'
2.1 MILLION VIEWS
Fuck!
It is our duty...
Our duty is
to escort three of you
to your destiny before the red moon.
It's a noble cause.
For the good of Earth.
An extinction-level event
will happen in two days.
We're here to stop it.
We only need three of you.
Who they are will be revealed to us today.
Let the younger one find Power first.
No, no!
No! No!
- Don't flatter them with your fear, Gloria!
- No!
Gloria!
And may the son find Pure Love.
Mother Nature,
daughter Nature.
Mother Nature, daughter Nature.
Mother Nature
or daughter Nature.
Daughter Nature.
Let's go.
Let's go.
I'm sorry, forgive me!
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
I love you.
What?
Now I,
the eldest,
shall find the Hero.
I can't find the Hero anywhere.
These people are awful.
Vulcan told you to look for the Hero here.
Ask her for advice.
The people have to choose.
Everyone up!
Huh?
Everyone up!
We'll form two 'rivers' of people.
Some of you over here, the rest over there.
Some here, some there!
Listen up!
I'll point, and you show me the Hero,
chosen from among you.
Clap!
Clap for the Hero!
Come on, I'll point, and you clap!
What hero?
We don't understand your rules, girl!
We're voting for a Hero to sacrifice.
No! Let us out of here...
- No! Let's not do this.
- No...
No, please don't! I'm begging you!
Please, calm down!
Listen.
- She wants to hold a vote.
- Yes.
- Based on how loud people clap.
- Yes.
She wants two lines,
and she'll point out someone
for the role of Hero.
Like an applause-o-meter.
Okay, let's move the tables aside.
Come on, let's go!
You too! That goes for everyone!
- Clear the tables! Move!
- We can't stay here all night.
I need to see everyone's faces. Come on.
Move them aside!
Form two 'rivers' of people.
Two rivers.
Thanks.
Step forward.
Clap.
Mike...
Guess they liked my speech after all.
Mike, this is serious.
What's serious?
I'm so sorry.
Listen, take care of yourself, okay?
Oh...
Is this some kind of interactive thing?
What, did everyone hand in their phones?
Thank you, thank you.
I haven't gotten this much applause in a long time.
Hey. Those are terrorists.
What?
Ter-ror-ists.
Hello, this is the Hellenic Police.
The whole building...
How do you say 'surrounded'?
- 'Surrounded.'
- Surrounded!
Come out.
You, king of the people!
Talk to them. You'll be effective.
Let Mike Tyler talk to them.
He's great at giving speeches.
I can do it.
What exactly am I supposed to do?
Tell them we don't mean any harm
and ask them to back off.
We'll let half the un-tortured ones go.
We can't waste any time.
The world will be destroyed in two days,
when the red moon rises.
Two days? Wow, okay. Place your bets.
What about the 'why'? Is that in the description?
Are you a nonprofit?
Can I get your donation link?
- People are checking in to follow you.
- No one's gonna follow where we're headed.
Okay, never mind. But what should I call you?
We're warrior-protectors of Earth's ancient hopes.
Hardcore.
Got it.
Ancient hopes. Ancient hopes.
Ancient hopes. Ancient hopes.
- Move out.
- You got it.
SWAT will be here in 20 minutes.
Listen. We've got people inside,
and they want to let half the hostages go.
Could you move away from the main entrance?
It's Mike Tyler!
Get it! Get it, get it!
They have an ancient yearning
to save the planet.
Is that the guy from Centurion? Octavius?
- Octavius!
- My wife absolutely loves him!
This is a battle between the young...
and the ruling elite.
And the young are winning, guys!
Revolution always wins.
Because they're burning with the fire of God.
We should be inspired by them. I already am!
Not your phony charity!
This is real change! Real courage!
Nature is sick,
and your charity is like
putting a Band-Aid on gangrene!
What?
But these kids have the guts
to cut off the whole leg!
No justice, no peace!
No justice, no peace!
No justice, no peace!
The power is with us!
Octavius! Come back!
Octavius, come back!
What's your name?
I'm Mike. What about you?
Joan.
- Did you mean what you said?
- Octavius!
In your speech?
Yeah. Yeah, absolutely.
- Octavius, come back! It's the police!
- Where are you from?
Originally, from the Arkansas side...
POSEIDON ALLIANCE
...of a crappy little town called
Texarkana, but now I'm from Malibu.
I'm an actor. Where are you from?
I'm from the fire.
- Right.
- You're special, Mike.
No matter what happens,
just remember that.
SUPERNATURE
Behold the Hero.
In the name of fire.
Thank you.
Namaste.
Yeah.
Wait for the signal to release the naked ones.
Keep the others here.
Is that a hand?
Yeah, it's a hand.
- It's not real, right?
- It's real.
Congratulations. You're the spokesperson
for the green fanatics.
Oh my God, are they gonna kill us?
Are they gonna kill us? Oh...
They're gonna kill us!
Hands!
Okay, stay calm.
I'll be back.
I'm coming.
What's going on?
Don't be afraid, nature girl.
We'll use the naked people as cover
so we can slip away.
Among the hostages is Mike Tyler,
an actor from Centurion.
Apparently, he's developing
Stockholm syndrome at an alarming rate.
Hey.
You want money, huh? Huh?
I'll give you enough to replant
the whole Amazon,
one damn banana at a time! Name your price.
We don't care about money,
fame, or power.
We chose you, guided by forces
beyond humanity's fragile systems.
Keep it together, old man. Learn their language.
Where are you taking us?!
You have to help me.
These guys are gonna do
something bad to me. I know it.
Help her.
Your hands aren't even tied, coward.
I'm not a coward.
Watch your mouth. I'll screw your wife!
Don't you know any other insults?
Sorry. I'm regressing.
Sorry.
Hey.
Quit staring at her, you fat hobbit!
Oh God, oh God. Damn! Ow!
Nature girl.
We have to learn to love each other.
Nope, we don't.
- Why?
- Please.
Huh?
Those are my guys!
Yo!
Over here!
- Over here!
- Oh, my God!
Oh, crap.
Shit! Are you okay?
Believe me, I'm not worth loving.
No, you are. You're pure.
But the other one... she's a disaster.
I'm not pure! Wait, what?
What other one?
What do you believe in most deeply?
Well, uh...
I guess what I believe in most is...
the power of stories to change the world.
You tell a story, and the world changes?
Yeah, yeah.
Well, that's what Dad taught me.
And...
what do you believe in?
I believe in the purifying power of death.
I see.
- Joan?
- Yes, Mike?
You aren't gonna kill us, right? Right?
It's... Okay, yeah...
Two hundred hostages are still being held in the Ylnir mine.
Among them is your client, Mike Tyler, who's become an online sensation.
He's trending as 'Terrorist Cutie,'
'Based King,' and 'Real-Life Hero.'
What do you make of that? Are you worried about him?
Look, Mike can handle himself.
He's awesome. A legend.
A real hero.
- Thanks, Oliver.
- Sure.
We've uncovered old footage of the group,
which may be disturbing to some viewers.
In the name of fire!
This organization was founded 25 years ago
on the same Greek island where we are now.
Authorities classified it as a low-level security threat.
Fire.
It was founded by married couple
Gunnar and Freya Ylnir, Nobel Prize-winning scientists,
and its members were mostly their own children,
along with a small community of Scandinavian scientists and their families.
Gunnar Ylnir gained some recognition early in his career,
but was recently ostracized
for his unscientific theories about volcanic patterns.
The footage includes a chilling revelation from his daughter.
I had a nightmare.
The volcano spoke to me again.
The end of the world is coming.
And you and Daddy have to die to make way for it.
I'm sorry.
Greek police are still investigating the footage,
and the group's demands remain unknown.
He knows we came to kill him.
He's trying to scare us.
He can't escape his fate.
I love you, Joan.
The Fire Mountain guides me.
It's hungry, and without a proper sacrifice, it'll devour us all.
Therefore, we must consign you to its magma.
Holy shit...
What did she say?
That they'll throw us into a volcano.
- Did she say that?!
- No.
You're the one we're throwing into the volcano.
The King will be thrown in by force.
But the Hero...
will choose his own fate.
- I'm the Hero?
- Yes.
- I think you've got the wrong guy.
- Joan is never wrong!
Okay.
And I have to choose to jump into...
The volcano. Yes.
Wait, wait, wait, wait. What about me?
You'll be thrown by loving hands.
Oh, what a life!
Don't be afraid, daughter of nature. It's your destiny.
My name isn't Daughter of Nature, okay?
That was just a role I played!
Don't you get it?
- My name's Katie!
- Sorry. Joan.
Why do you have to throw us into a volcano?
To save the world.
Now the King, Purest Love, and the Hero
must drink the sacred potion
to witness the Hero's death and rebirth.
That way, the Hero will find his destiny.
And we'll share his journey.
Nothing's real
until you're staring death in the face.
Take it and drink.
- Oh, crap.
- What is it?
- No way! Got it?
- Make them!
Everyone who's being sacrificed
drinks the potion.
Okay.
All right, that's it...
Sorry, but I can't do this anymore, okay?
This is too stupid.
You pagan freaks,
and this whole sacrifice thing
is a joke!
Like, an evil king,
a disposable knight,
and a hot virgin...
Ooh!
Sorry for the rough handling.
Wait, wait...
Joan, did he say 'virgin'?
I'm not a virgin, right?
- This is crazy. I'm not... I'm not a virgin.
- Calm down, martyr.
Who? A martyr?!
No. No, screw this.
I'm not that hot. Back off!
Prepare your beloved.
She hates me. How do I make her fall in love with me?
Show her the beauty of your heart.
Ask her questions.
What's in this potion?
I can't lose control.
I can't lose control.
I'm totally wrong for this role.
I'm no virgin.
I've had so much dark,
dirty, horribly soulless sex!
Just don't lose control, Mike!
Don't lose control! You can't...
- Mike.
- Yeah?
What do you see?
I don't know.
I see the real you.
A hero.
You just have to...
...let yourself die.
I made it myself. Pretty nice.
Do you like it?
- No.
- Oh...
This is my favorite place.
In spring, it's covered in red lilies.
Why don't you love me?
Because...
Because you're not being honest with me.
Tell me about the woman you love. Who is she?
Someone else. Not her.
- You're pure.
- No, baby, I'm trash!
I pretended to be Native American
to get the part.
Come on!
I'm not some Native American squaw, I'm Pakistani!
From Essex.
I did a Pocahontas accent,
and everyone fucking bought it.
I'm petty. I'm selfish.
- Honestly, I'm a really bad per...
- Stop! It has to be you!
To love Joan is to kill her.
My curse.
I'm cursed...
Joan?
You love Joan?
For the prophecy to be fulfilled,
she has to be the martyr.
I can't kill her.
Oh my God...
Why am I like this?
I can change.
We have to try. We have to accept...
Don't touch me!
Oh my God... Oh my God...
Oh my God...
I'm sorry...
Joan...
Joan!
Arthur!
Arthur...
It's okay, it's okay...
Where is she?!
She isn't the one.
Let her go.
Stay with me, Joan.
I'm here.
I'm sorry...
Forgive me...
I was scared.
Because it's you.
It was always...
you.
I doomed us because I love you.
I love you too.
I think I'm starting to feel something.
Is this for real?
Is he really dead?
Oh, yeah.
And Katie ran away.
Which Katie?
Will you hold my hand?
Please.
Tighter.
It's okay, buddy.
They won't throw you in there.
Mike, you said your stories change the world, but...
In your stories, people don't really die.
And they don't really love, either.
You know that.
But I'm offering you the real thing.
It's the truth.
The truth of who you are.
You'll feel the potion drawing the truth out of you.
Let it.
I think this is exactly what I've been looking for.
- I killed my mother yesterday.
- Holy crap!
What?
And tomorrow I'll kill my father.
No, don't!
Dad, I miss you so much!
Did you know pufferfish make mandalas in the sand on the ocean floor?
To attract females.
I don't want to die like him.
Consumed by pain.
So what, I'm supposed to be alone?
I wanted to build a mandala on the ocean floor for Gloria.
I'm falling apart.
You're all of us, Mike.
Yeah.
That's why you're Hero.
A human hero.
Don't drown, Hero.
Don't drown, Hero.
Let go.
Come to me, my son.
In your stories, no one really dies.
And no one really loves, either.
IN MEMORY OF MY FATHER.
A QUIET HERO.
Cry! Come on, cry!
Cry for real!
You're not really crying.
Cry! Do it better!
Give up, Octavius!
Give up!
You can do better! Come on!
I'm sorry, Octavius,
but the truth is, you're just a piece of shit!
You cheated on me with every woman you could,
and never gave me any kids!
You run away from everything! Who even are you?!
What do you see?
When are you gonna leave me alone?
Let me go!
Dad?
Go.
Go your own way.
Can't you see?
Stop!
Look around!
Your world is fake!
It's all fake.
Only fire is real.
Action!
Who are you?
Who are you?!
Help me...
Octavius, Mother Nature is dying...
Jump for us.
Only you can save the world.
Jump for us.
Save the world.
For all of us.
Mike!
We love you, Mike.
Come on, Mike!
That's who you are.
EXIThe Earth is calling to you.
Calling you by name.
Wake up!
Show us who you really are!
You can do it, Mike. Please, jump!
This is your moment!
Jump, you bald bastard!
Give up, Octavius!
Jump, coward!
For all of us!
- Come on! Jump!
- Mike, jump!
Jump!
- Jump!
- Jump!
- Jump!
- Jump!
- Jump!
- Jump!
- Jump!
- Jump!
Just let yourself die!
- Jump!
- Jump!
Jump, come on!
Dad?
Mike Tyler?
Well, welcome back.
Who are you?
- Where am I?
- You're safe.
Please, join me in the kitchen.
These are from our chickens out back.
You must be starving.
Eat! Please.
Did you save me?
Yes. I've been watching you since you left the mine.
Those kids are out of their minds.
Yeah, they've got this whole...
belief system. It's very complicated.
They've cooked up some kind of barbaric folklore.
Their... their teacher, you see, was a brilliant scientist,
who devoted his life to studying volcanoes,
but scientifically. Strictly scientifically.
Look at me. Look me in the eye, Mike.
Tomorrow, our volcano will erupt and wipe out almost all life on the planet.
The world will be plunged into a dark age.
A mass extinction!
My daughter Joan thinks she can stop it.
- She's delusional.
- Hold on!
- You're saying Joan is your daughter?
- Yes!
And like all false prophets, she made up a myth
to answer questions science couldn't!
Egged on by my witch of a wife,
Joan came up with all these insane rules.
She became convinced that the parents had to die
for the prophecy to come true.
Well, I don't think I need to die just yet.
Why would I?
Where's the science in that?
Wait, is this real?
Am I...
Mike, this isn't a hallucination.
I brought you here to prove to Joan
that you're not the Hero.
You're still green.
I suggest you stay here,
where it's safe.
Hey.
Idiots.
Joan and Mike ran off.
They got scared and left you behind.
The greater good. That's all that matters.
There was this really creepy girl, right?
And then their leader.
And this guy with his
messy love life. Who knows?
God, he's probably dead. I hope not.
Anyway, they're taking...
they're taking Mike Tyler and Ben Bracken
to the volcano. Right?
To throw them in
as a sacrifice.
Close the door.
Joan!
Mike, please explain to her
that you're not her Hero.
I want to save you from yourself.
Sir?
Can I hear what she has to say?
Are you sure?
I told you I'd kill you
next time.
You betrayed our mission.
You have to die
for the volcano to accept our sacrifice
and don't tell me you don't believe,
because you believed
until it became inconvenient. For you.
- No. I didn't believe in it.
- Yes, you did!
- No, I didn't!
- Yes, you did!
I want to save your life!
Liar!
Go outside, Mike.
And tell me what you see.
- So it's all...
- Fake.
No, it's a beautiful forest.
You shut out the truth
with concrete and hydroponics.
You rejected nature!
You left us, brainwashed your brothers,
and made them slaves to science.
No, I wanted to bring you all here,
where you'd be safe!
This place is a masterpiece,
built to withstand
the coming disaster!
What's the point? You built it out of fear!
No, I built all this
out of love for my family.
Isn't it better to have a nice bathroom
than to crap in the woods with bears?
The world will be reborn!
You never listen to me!
Because you're an idiot!
Can I use the bathroom?
- Sure!
- Sure!
Through that door over there.
By the way, there's clean clothes in there.
Thank you. I'm sorry.
You're a cowardly, pathetic,
miserable old man.
Good morning. CAA.
Oliver McGregor's office.
Mike Tyler is calling.
Mike's on the phone.
Mike, is that really you?
- Oliver! Thank God.
- No way... Where are you?
I'm not sure. Some underground bunker
with a crazy scientist.
He's Joan's dad. Listen.
Everyone here is obsessed with this damn volcano.
- They keep saying it's the end of the world...
- Hey! I've got Mike Tyler here!
Stay on the line!
...but I'm starting to think
it means something else.
- Track the device!
- There are two options.
One is to stay here, where it's safe.
Not exactly heroic. Kind of boring...
The other option is to follow Joan's story,
which is starting to make sense to me,
but it's a leap into the unknown.
- You know what I mean?
- Mike, are you safe right now?
Yeah, I'm fine. No one's forcing me.
I'm fucking Zeus.
- I have to choose.
- Okay, listen.
Stay where you are,
and we'll come get you, okay?
You're not in any danger?
No. No, I'm not.
I'm probably the only person in the world
who's not in danger right now.
- What?
- They can't make me.
I have to choose.
Can you hear me?
Mike? Mike, what's wrong?
Only I...
can kill...
me.
Mike, listen, D.K. called.
He loved the speech.
He wants you in the movie.
You did it!
Everyone loves you! You're all over the news!
You're a fucking star!
You could make a ton of money.
You think I care about that right now?
This isn't about money.
It's so much bigger than that.
I feel like I'm on the verge of something.
Something I was meant to do.
- And it's fucking terrifying!
- What?
I don't want you to get hurt.
Yeah, me neither!
I don't want to get hurt.
Come home. You have to come back.
Okay.
Okay.
Here's the plan. Ready?
Can you hear me?
I'll go right to the edge,
and you'll save me.
You'll find a helicopter
and swoop in at the last second
to save us.
But you'll capture the moment.
It's important that everyone sees it.
Joan will think it's real,
and that'll become who I am.
And that'll be enough.
Mike, listen to me!
Those aren't your people! I'm your guy!
- You're not listening to me!
- No, you're not listening to me!
You're my agent, damn it! Do your job!
- See you at the volcano.
- Which volcano? There are dozens.
I don't know, okay?
The one that's about to erupt.
Figure it out.
Come on, guys. Let's go, let's go!
Move!
I know you still believe
the volcano chose you for this moment.
My father has nothing to offer you.
Hey.
So, I've been thinking about it, and...
- I want to jump.
- Yeah.
To save the world.
But if I'm doing this,
you have to let Joan go.
You're leading my daughter to her death?!
Idiot!
You fool!
Actor!
Let me go. The hero has made his choice.
Don't you dare listen to her!
I'll throw you out into the wilderness!
Then we'll have the goat race.
What's that?
We'll come through unharmed, protected.
That'll prove you're wrong
and the volcano is right.
And then you'll kill him.
What are these 'goat races'?
According to Joan, the chosen ones
are protected by magic!
Are you willing to die
to prove something to Daddy?
Get ready for the goat race.
- What the hell are these goat races?
- A test of faith.
Please, don't kill her! She's my daughter!
The volcano won't protect her!
Oh, oh!
Remember: the father has to be burned.
No! Mike, help! Somebody help!
- Are you sure?
- Of course I am.
You're going to kill her!
I can see it in your eyes. You're ready.
We're all gonna die for nothing!
Run!
Run!
You'll kill her, you ungrateful idiots!
Mike, go!
Go, go, go!
Joan, come on!
No, don't!
Come on, over here.
Oh my God!
Oh my God!
Oh my God!
You're a goddess!
You're the most beautiful thing I've ever seen!
Wow, Joan!
- You need to get to a hospital!
- Why did I get hurt?
It was supposed to protect me.
How could you let this happen?
What do you want from me?
GUNNAR II
You could've run away.
Why didn't you?
Hey.
I heard helicopters a little while ago.
Did you radio for help?
- Did you call for help?
- No.
How is she?
I don't believe you.
I can see right through you.
Joan!
Joan.
You know Mike isn't gonna jump.
He'll play along until help arrives, just for the cameras.
Then what? Huh?
You and I will die for nothing.
So this guy can
throw it all away for your fantasy?
You need to be realistic, girl.
Face the facts:
he's a phony, disgusting worm!
He's gonna betray you!
Then he'll run back to Malibu,
and screw somebody's wife
on a cooling mattress!
Don't listen to him, Joan. He's lying!
You think you're God?
What is this, some game?
Make Jesus white again?
Shut up!
Both of you! I hate you!
You bastards, my mother's dead!
My brother is dead!
I sentenced my father to death
for you!
I devoted my whole life to this,
I wasted away in isolation
You think all this is just a lie?
For the stories?!
Okay. Hey, hey.
Remember, I'll choose for myself.
Okay.
Fine. I'll die.
I'm gonna die.
And to think I'll die with a loser who never won a Golden Globe.
You thought you could be friends with them, huh?
Didn't think they'd actually kill us?
You couldn't imagine people could actually be this messed up.
Those idiots think they can save nature.
But you can't save it with ritual chants.
Technology changes it
and that's my thing!
You have to conquer nature, you idiot!
Everything else is just fairy tales!
For suckers.
Screw nature!
Oh, poor girl.
What a waste of a life.
I already won. I already saved the whole world.
Damn.
Listen to me.
Your whole existence will take up half a paragraph
in the books they'll write about me!
I solve problems! I won!
I fucking won, and you lost!
Got it?
I'll live forever!
Mike! Mike!
Listen to me, Mike!
This is important. Listen, man.
Mike!
- You have to get out of here!
- Hang on a second, guys...
- And tell Gloria...
- Just one second, please!
...that I'm her pufferfish!
And I wanted to paint her a picture on the ocean floor, right?
Ow!
Tell her, okay?
And tell her this:
I didn't die crying like a dog!
I died like a king!
Wait!
I'm not ready.
No, no, stop, stop, stop, stop.
Put me down! I'm not ready!
Put me down! Put me down!
I'm not ready...
Louisa!
Louisa! Louisa, please, I need you!
Help! Mike!
Joan!
Mike! Mike, it wasn't supposed to happen like this.
I'm so scared, Mike. I'm so scared...
I don't want to die scared.
I won't die scared.
Please tell me you're with me.
I'm with you.
In the name of fire.
This is the police.
Leave the area immediately!
Step away from the edge of the volcano!
Mr. Tyler, we want to help you!
This is the police!
Mike.
We love you, Mike!
We need to go.
Grab the ladder!
Authorities are trying to save Mike Tyler,
as the volcano grows more and more unstable.
Experts around the world
are exploring ways to prevent the eruption.
For two days now, this sudden flare-up
has threatened the stability of the world's geology...
BREAKING NEWS
AUTHORITIES RESCUE MIKE TYLER
Oh my God...