Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: H.G. Hansen
Writer: H.G. Hansen
Cast: Charlie Heaton, Liam Hemsworth, Brianna Hildebrand, Brian Tyree Henry, Bob Odenkirk, Jeff Ward, Ilana Glazer
Plot: Slow motion is shown as a packaging factory’s part start to shake as they begin to break into pieces and those picks break into smaller pieces. A loud hymning is heard as some parts flying at some workers running away. One person gets a headshot as some get blasted though. We suddenly see Daniel (Charlie Heaton) roaring as his eyes are plain white and he looks like a super Saiyan powering up. A fury of red energy can be seen covering him as he looks beyond angry. A bullet can be seen going through his head as the music gets deafening loud while the blood shoots out around the bullet.
Daniel awakens as he breathes heavily from the horrible nightmare he just had. He calls his parents but it reaches voicemail. He talks about how he had a really bad nightmare and needed to talk to someone. He gets up to splash water on his face to calm down. He looks up at his reflection. Something catches his eye and he leans in close and pulls back his eyelids. He can see if he squints, a tiny white circle on the inner of his iris. His alarm clock goes off, which frightens him. He looks at his eye and sees the circle is gone.
Daniel heads out to his morning shift as he wears a grey hoodie and jeans to work. He hears the other workers talk about how cold this fall is and other stuff. He goes to grab himself a coffee, but someone is in front of him hogging the machine while on his phone. He already has his coffee made yet his phone call is more important. Daniel tries to get his attention but fails as the man continues on. Daniel raises his voice a bit and the man shoots off on him about being rude. Daniel asks if he can use the machine before the shift starts and the guy gets hostile asking Daniel if he wants a fight, but Rickie (Liam Hemsworth) comes to the rescue and defuses the situation. Daniel thanks him and gets his coffee. They talk for a while about how they slept after doing that overtime yesterday. Daniel almost mentions his dream until Shelly (Brianna Hildebrand) arrives. Shelly talks to them about traffic then exits to go grab her badge from the car. Rickie teases Daniel about when is he gonna make the first move. Daniel shies away as he is waiting for the right moment. Rickie tells him that’s alright but tells him though to better make it fast as they see Dante (Brian Tyree Henry) watching Shelly with lust.
Daniel is working on the line as he continues to put parts in their containers. Daniel starts getting woozy as he sees some comet in the sky burning up through the atmosphere. Daniel wakes up to see the whole line is ruined because he fell asleep. Mitchell (Bob Odenkirk), the manager, walks up to see what’s wrong. Daniel apologizes to him but Mitchell is okay with it knowing Daniel had to cover for someone. Dante makes a crack at Daniel calling him “sleeping beauty”. Mitchell turns to him and asks him where he was for the overtime needed yesterday. Dante doesn’t have an answer which makes Mitchell praise Daniel for doing it then. Dante makes an angry look at Daniel and Daniel gulps by the sight of it.
Daniel’s shift is over as he walks outside to smoke a cigarette. Shelly walks up to him and makes teases him about earlier today. She tells him most of everyone is gonna go to the bar and drink. She invites him to come along but Daniel calls for a rain check. Shelly makes a comment about how Daniel hasn’t hanged out with everyone since the camping trips a few months back. Daniel tells her he really needs the sleep. Shelly agrees as she can see Daniel doesn’t look good and then she says she’ll see him later then. Daniel says good-bye and walks to his car. He sees Dante waiting for him with some friends as they also see him walking up. Dante harasses Daniel, making fun of him and then the group starts pushing him around till Mitchell walks out. They stop as Mitchell keeps his deadeye on them, waiting for them to leave. Dante tells Daniel he got lucky this time and to watch out. She shoves his shoulder deep into Daniel’s’ chest and walks away. Daniel stands still as he is kind of shaken.
Its midnight as the campfire is burning bright. Daniel, Rickie, Shelly, Ray (Jeff Ward), and Izzie ( ) are all having a good time. Many beer bottles around as they all tell ghost stories. It isn’t till Daniel’s turn as he gets caught ripping off an old scary tale. Suddenly, a huge crash can be heard as they all get startled by the fast impact. Everyone calms down as they agree while under the influence to go see what it was. Daniel goes with Shelly but gets separated. Daniel then finds the impact and calls everyone over. He leans in to look at it closely as a glow can be seen. Without seeing what it is, Daniel’s face gets lit up by the white flow until it gets brighter and brighter as the music gets louder.
Daniel wakes up in a sweat as he falls out of bed. He looks horrified as if he saw the devil. He looks around and sees he’s in his room. He goes to grab an Advil but stops as he sees the face is kind of distorted. Daniel starts to hyperventilate as he splashes cold water on his face. He looks up to see his face is normal. He calls his parents again and tells them he had the dream about the trip again.
Daniel heads to work this time only to have Dante and his crew torture him. Mitchell sees this and sends them all home without pay. Dante causes a scene and Mitchell asks to see Daniel in his office.
Mitchell talks to Daniel to see how he is doing since he’s been weird for the past few months. Daniel asks how so and Mitchell reads off a list of people talking about abnormal behavior to the outspoken guy he used to be. Mitchell asks if Daniel is on any drugs or meds or anything bugging him, but Daniel tells him he’s fine. Mitchell tells Daniel if there is anything he can do for him, let him know.
Daniel is seen at his home watching “Invasion of the Body Snatchers” on TV. Daniel is seen eating cereal as he gets a text message from Shelly about how awesome the bar is right now. Daniel reads them and sighs. He looks around for the remote and finds it far away. Daniel tries to reach for it and is only a finger length away. He tries really hard to reach it till it suddenly flies into his hand. Daniel is set back as he doesn’t believe what he saw. He then tries to close a far away door and it shuts. Daniel then elevates everything in the room as he laughs in amusement by it all.
Daniel wakes up the next morning, almost hangover like. He calls him mom about an amazing dream he has last night. He looks around the room to see it’s all the same as it always been. The TV is still playing and he turns it off.
Daniel goes to work and tests to see if his powers actually work that they aren’t in his head. He makes the man, who was rude to him from before; spill his hot coffee on himself. Daniel laughs as he enjoys this. Daniel works his shift to find he always can hear other people’s thoughts. He reads everyone till he gets to Shelly. He hears about how she is thinking of asking someone at work out but before he can hear a name the lunch horn rings.
Daniel tells Shelly he would like to attend those bar get-togethers. Shelly is surprised by as Daniel has been kind of a loner for a while. Daniel wants to reconnect as he is ready to embrace life. Shelly is glad and tells him when and where to show up.
Daniel is walking home from the parking lot only to see Dante and his gang comes out of nowhere. Daniel tells him he doesn’t want any trouble, but that only makes Dante smile big. They start kicking the crap out of him. They leave him bloody on the floor as they hear a cop nearby running up to them. Dante spits on him and calls him lucky he can’t finish the job. Daniel is groaning in pain as the officer calls an ambulance.
We hear Daniel’s phone call with his parent’s voicemail as he talks about how his beating has made him feel something different than the usual has felt. Like somehow, he feels a different kind of rage and how it feels almost familiar. Daniel is seen at home now as he looks at his cuts and scars from the event. He sees that crystal white circle again but this time a bit bigger than before. He takes a few painkillers given to him by the doctors. He starts to get angry and uses his powers to throw furniture around. He smashes the whole living room until he hears a cat at his window. He stares at it and it looks at him like it’s in a trance.
We see Ray and Izzie looking for what crashed near them. They start to tease one another as it leads to them making out against a tree. Izzie tells Ray that maybe one of their friends might find them. Ray reassures her no one will be able to hear them out here. They continue making out as a mysterious man from afar is standing facing them with his face in pure darkness.
Daniel heads to work but Mitchell sees the cuts and wants to know what happened. He gets Dante and Daniel in a room and asks if they were involved in an incident last night. Dante plays it cool and talks about how he handed out with his boys all night. He looks at Daniel with a threatening look which scares Daniel by what could be worse than last time and tell Mitchell he just got mugged by some asshat. With that statement, Mitchell lets them both go not before Dante makes an ugly face at Daniel.
Shelly and Rickie ask if everything is okay as Daniel just repeats what he said to Mitchell. They continue to egg him on which leads to Daniel snapping on them. He apologizes as he has been having issues sleeping lately. He tells them he’ll see them at the bar later and goes to work. Daniel is getting ready for his get-together with his friends in front of the bathroom mirror. He then sees the white circle somehow bigger than it was before but Daniel doesn’t look worried. He actually looks calm.
Daniel goes out to the bar and hangs out with everyone. He has a great time as he has to go to the bathroom. He finishes up and doesn’t see the green circle now. He smiles at himself mirror almost feeling like himself again till he hears Rickie and Shelly laughing outside in the hall. Daniel hears them talking and they are talking about how Daniel is a completely different person than he used to be. They make jokes about him and how Shelly actually thought about dating him. She calls him a loser and states out the only real reason they talk to him is that they pity him since his parents never call or call back. They even go on to make a joke about how Ray and Izzie stopped hanging around them because they didn’t want to be around him. Rickie asks if Daniel knows they are actually an item. Shelly laughs and says let the stray dog try and catch t-bone on a stick. They make out as Daniel watching with slowly burning rage.
Daniel gets home and slams the door with his powers. He breathes deep as he is completely shaken by finding out his friends are fakes. He hears the cat again at the window as it looks at him with the same disrespect his so-called friends have. He puts his a hand up and grabs the cat by the neck with his powers. The cat is seen floating in the air as it struggles to break its invisible hold. Daniel breathing deeper and deeper starts to spread all of the feline’s limbs. He breathes more chaotic by every sound from the animal until a rip is heard. The cat is nowhere to be seen as the darkness doesn’t show the aftermath. Daniel stands still, breathing hard, as his eyes begin to halfway show pure white.
Someone is wearing his hoodie as he walks down a bad neighborhood. Some gangster sitting out on their porches watching him walk by. He stops at one house which seems to be having some sort of party. He raises his head and walks up to it. He is stopped by two guys in front of the door. They make cracker jokes and warn him to walk the other way. He doesn’t move as he stays silent. The two guards make a joke about him being mentally disabled. One of them then tries to put a hand on him but before he could, his eyes start bleeding as do the other guys. Blood starts to appear out of their ears now then suddenly they start to shake violently as if their bodies were having a severe seizure. They both drop like flies as the mystery man then enters the house.
Daniel wakes up from his deep sleep as he looks around the room and sees nothing wrong again. He goes to work only to be told that Dante didn’t show up to work today. Shelly and Rickie talk to him at lunch asking where he went last night. Daniel just says he didn’t feel well last night as “the beer” may have upset his stomach being away from it for a while. He asks if he could make it up to them over dinner and a movie, but they both say they’re busy at the same time. He asks with what and they both come up with different stories at once. They look at each other awkward as Daniel just ignores it and eats his lunch. Later, Daniel watches Rickie and Shelly after work as they look very chummy together. Daniel watches as Shelly tells him to follow her and they drive off. Daniel watches as he slowly smokes his cigarette.
Daniel is seen standing in his bathroom with his head down as the TV starts to play “Frankenstein” We hear the “it’s Alive” line as the lights start to flicker on and off till we see Daniel looks up with bright crystal white eyes quickly and the lights go out.
Shelly and Rickie are in bed as they seem to be sharing a pleasant moment with one another. The gas pedal starts to slowly turn as the gas begins to flood the house. As gas fills the house, a knob on the stove starts to turn. Shelly and Rickie laugh and smile at each other till a click is heard on the stove. A huge explosion sets off in Shelly’s home as the same hooded mystery man stands outside watching from afar. The flames dance as the man can hear the quick screams echo in his head.
The next day, Daniel comes to work as normal until he sees how sad everyone is. He hears that Shelly and Rickie dead last night by a gas exposure. Daniel starts to get confused as then he hears they found Dante in the middle of the forest torn to shreds as some animal pulled him apart. They then begin to talk about how it may be similar to how Ray and Izzie quit and we’re never heard from again. Flashes start to fill Daniel’s head and he rushes to his car. He gets inside and starts freaking out telling himself he didn’t do it that it is all just coincidence. He then starts to hear a voice in his head tell it wasn’t. He argues with it as the voice tries to tell him, he knows what is happening. How no one cared about him, how his own parents don’t want him, how his friends used him as a joke, and how his fellow co-workers use him as an emotional punching bag. He is almost driven crazy till the voice goes silent as Mitchell taps the window. Daniel opens the window asks what’s up. Daniel asks what’s up. Mitchell saw him freaking out and thinks he’s upset by the news. Mitchell tells him they should talk about it.
Daniel and Mitchell go to Mitchell’s office as Mitchell talks to Daniel. He tells Daniel it must be hard with what happened. Mitchell talks to Daniel and calms him down. Daniel is relief and thanks to him only to find out Mitchell did that so he can fire him in a calm way. Daniel is set back and asks why. Mitchell admits he was gonna actually fire him today anyway and how all the reports he got from the other workers is too big to ignore. Daniel tries to defend himself saying that Mitchell said they were friends but Mitchell corrects and says he was just doing his job. His job to make sure everyone does their job and brings their BS to work. Daniel gets upset and says he’ll sue since the reports are BS. Mitchell laughs and tells him he can try but good luck getting hired anywhere else. One bad word from him will make finding a job like one difficult. Daniel quits but Mitchell laughs corrects him by saying he’s fired. Daniel breathes out of control as he goes back and forth with Mitchell about that till Daniel gets deathly quiet and closes his eyes hard. Daniel asks him to repeat himself which Mitchell is happy to do. Mitchell starts it out “You’re…” But suddenly the words won’t come out. Mitchell’s vocal cords are being tightened as Daniel slowly stands up. Mitchell starts suffocating as Daniel opens his eyes to pure crystal white. Daniel stares at Mitchell as Mitchell looks him with fear. Daniel smiles and asks Mitchell if he wants help like a glass of water. Mitchell nods yes and Daniel goes to get him a glass and looks like he hands it to him but he pours it all out to the floor. Daniel says sorry he can’t help since they’re not friends. Mitchell goes to the floor trying to suck up the water on the floor but no luck. Mitchell starts to stop moving as Daniel watches. Daniel goes to read all the reports on him and they are most BS as he reads their minds to find out they all did the stuff they’re reporting on him about and they all think Daniel’s too weak to stand up for himself. Daniel grows with great rage as he slams the reports down and walks out of the office.
All the machines stop working as the workers look around till they all see Daniel standing in front of all of them. One of the workers asks what’s going on and Daniel stares at them with hatred. The one worker walks up to Daniel but he stops in his track like his muscles stopped working. Daniel looks up and the man’s bones start breaking. The workers start to worry as it looks like an earthquake is happening. An energy force surrounds Daniel as he lets out a big monstrous roar as the machine start breaking apart and the workers try to run. Most get impaled, some get crushed as others get stomped to death by those trying to escape. Shelves fall on some going by them as Daniel continues to get more powerful as his rage consumes him. Soon, he gets out of control as the building begins to break till a gunshot is heard. Daniel lies down on the ground limp as the security holding the gun calls it in.
The paramedics and cops are at the scene as they take everyone’s testimony and report what happened. Most of everyone can’t explain what happened cause it happened so fast. They talk about Daniel, how recluse he was, how no one really wanted to be his friend, and how he didn’t seem to have a personal life. The news stations are reporting it as a mass shooting and make Daniel as some loner who went psycho. The film ends with two cops talking about the scene as they can’t find the murder weapon but Mitchell’s death looks like strangulation and those impaled has bullet-like shots in them. They also talk about how this is the third incident like this to occur. They talk about how they heard the suspect’s parent has been dead for months. As they try to figure it out, the more and more it just can be explained what truly happened here as Daniel’s dead body gets put away.
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