[]
[]
MAN:
Carver!
Get out here.
Carver!
[CROWD SHOUTING]
[GRUNTS]
REFEREE:
Standing up.
[GRUNTS]
[GROANING]
[CROWD BOOING]
MAN:
Now! Get him!
[GRUNTS]
[]
[GRUNTS]
Do you know your name?
RONAN:
Ronan Carver.
Do you know where you are,
Ronan?
Akron, Ohio.
United States. Earth.
No sign of head trauma.
I think he'll live.
Thanks, doc.
Let me ask you
a question.
Are you a fighter?
You just saw me fight.
I just saw you lose.
Most fighters go out there,
they go out there to win.
But there's a certain kind of
guy who gets into the ring
who doesn't care
about winning.
This certain kind of guy,
he just wants to smash himself
up against the world,
just to see
what's left over.
What are you doing, fighting
all these back alley matches?
Living out of a bag.
Don't you belong somewhere?
[]
[CELL PHONE BUZZING]
Aw...
[SCOFFS]
[SIGHS]
[IN DISTORTED VOICE]
Ronan. It's Dad.
You need to come home
immediately.
You must get to the building
by 6:19 p.m.
on Sunday, exactly.
It's 156 Prospect.
Come home now.
[]
RONAN:
Yo, Dad, it's me again.
You know, for a guy
who haven't called in two years,
you sure got
lousy phone etiquette.
Look, I'm here like you asked.
I'll find my own way home.
[]
Dad!
[KEYS CLATTER]
Dad!
[SIGHS]
Jesus, B.
Sorry. Sorry.
I didn't know
you were here.
Nice face.
Oh, I had a fight.
Mm.
Well, not a--
I didn't have a f--
I had a match.
I'm a professional-ish
fighter.
Is he still
living here?
Moved out
a couple months ago.
Cool.
Ronan,
what are you doing here?
I just came to see Dad, okay?
I'm not trying--
Well, is he home?
No.
No. What,
you haven't seen him?
No, not recently,
but, you know,
even when dad's here,
he's not really here.
Ever since mom died.
[SIGHS]
Look...
Dad left me a message.
I'm just--
Me too.
Wait, really?
Wh-- What did yours say?
It was weird.
Yeah, right?
It kind of freaked me out.
Mine was about a building.
"Get to the building."
Same.
Do you have any idea
what that means?
No idea.
[SIGHS]
Did you check
the whole house?
Is he in there?
No.
Check the trunk.
Why?
What if he's, you know,
stuffed in there?
Heh. Why would you even
put that in my head?
I'm just covering
all of our bases.
WOMAN:
Harold!
HAROLD:
I said I'll be right back!
WOMAN:
I need my feet scraped!
HAROLD:
Stop screaming.
You sound like a lunatic!
I don't sound like a lunatic!
You sound like a--
Look what you're wearing.
It's a translucent gown.
[CHUCKLES]
WOMAN: Go!
HAROLD:
Go back in the house, Ma!
Hey! Hey, Beatrix!
Hey!
He still lives here?
Be nice.
She's just...
[MIMICKING A BOMB WHISTLING
THEN EXPLODING]
Hey, Harry.
Hey.
Ronan.
Harold.
Actually,
it's Harry now,
ever since I graduated
law school.
What--
Are you a lawyer now?
Well, public defender,
actually.
You know,
just fighting the power.
You know, taking care
of honest people.
What about you? What's new?
I got into Princeton.
What?
RONAN: Oh, B, that's--
That's awesome.
Yeah, I just got the acceptance
letter last night.
And I know it's like
three years behind,
and I'll be the only freshman
who can order beer.
But better never too late
to start, right?
Wow, congratulations.
That's fanta-- Princeton.
Well, just--
I'm a little surprised
I didn't read anything
about that.
No update or anything
on Facebook.
What about me? You like
to check my updates too?
We're not
Facebook friends, Ronan.
I don't have a Facebook.
Hey, Harry.
Have you seen my dad?
Has he been around
recently?
Yeah, I've seen him
around.
You know,
no actual interaction,
but he's not exactly the
friendliest person in the world.
Why?
He's missing.
Really? Huh.
What?
Nothing, I just-- I--
I saw some guys at his house
last night.
I thought I heard yelling.
Hard to tell
over my mom's yelling.
What--? What guys?
I don't know. Guys.
With my father?
Yeah, with your dad.
Why are we in the garage?
Wanted to make sure
my dad wasn't in there.
Did you check the trunk?
That's what I said.
Oh, my God, there's
nothing in the trunk.
[]
Looks like Dad's jump bag.
Yep.
His what?
His jump bag.
Like if you have
to get out of town in a hurry.
HAROLD:
Is he a drug lord?
Why does he need a jump bag?
BEATRIX:
You remember how he was
always traveling for work?
He was hardly ever around
when we were kids.
[CLICKING]
What is this?
[]
RONAN:
What is that?
I don't know.
Whoa.
[BEEPS]
Whoa.
What happened?
RONAN: You didn't see that?
It's like it just turned on.
Ronan.
RONAN:
Wait, am I crazy or--?
BEATRIX:
No. Clinton's still alive.
This has gotta be a joke,
right?
I think
we should call the police.
Come on, B.
The police, seriously?
I'm a public defender.
I am down with a lot of cops.
Shut up, Harold.
Dad could be on a trip.
Who, our dad? Who hasn't left
the house in three years?
So he's back.
[CAR ENGINE STARTS]
Not for long,
hopefully.
Well, look,
he is your brother.
You're more like a brother
to me than he is.
Yeah. No,
that's exactly how I feel
about you.
Thank you.
Okay.
Heh.
I need my feet scraped!
Oh, for the love of God.
Hey, hey, hey. Hold up.
What?
Take me with you.
STONE:
Look, I like to help you, kids,
but here's my problem:
What, we're talking
a 50-, 55-year-old man?
Grown-ups are allowed
to go missing.
But he called us.
Did he seem in distress?
Not exactly.
He wanted us to come home.
Was there anything
in the house
that suggested a break-in
or a struggle?
No.
Okay,
here's my problem here.
You don't have anything
that's actionable for me.
There's nothing
obviously illegal going on.
My dad wouldn't
go missing like that.
Look, I can put
his description out,
then have our patrol cars
keep an eye out for him.
Right now,
that's the best I can do.
Okay.
He mentioned a building.
156 Prospect.
STONE:
That's downtown.
It's been empty
for years.
There's nothing there.
Right. Okay.
Well, thank you, Captain Stone.
Appreciate it.
[]
I don't think
you can park here, Ronan.
I think I just did,
law school.
Why are you still here?
Moral support.
[]
What are you doing?
Dad said to meet
at the building, not in it.
Why are you being so weird?
Let's just go inside.
Well, I'll go in.
Oh.
[SIGHS]
Dad!
Shh!
Ugh...
What?
Jesus. What if you wake up
some crazy homeless guy
or raccoons or something?
I'm not afraid
of a homeless guy.
I'm a little afraid
of raccoons.
Don't worry, Beatrix,
I got your back.
That's nice, Harold.
Thanks.
[GROANS]
Either of you guys ever heard
of a Dragon Burger?
[]
HAROLD:
This is weird.
"On my Earth, terrorists
flew planes into the Twin Towers
on October 23rd, 2001."
"Avoid Earth 33,
the contagion has spread."
HAROLD:
"Earth 468 is safe,
locals are friendly.
No weapons."
"Found an Earth where all babies
are born as twins."
"Earths 53, 181, and 726
are all extinct."
RONAN:
"What is Earth 1?"
[THUDDING]
[CREAKING]
RONAN:
What's happening?
[ALARM BLARING]
What the hell is that?
I don't know.
[]
Ronan.
Shit.
[BEATRIX GRUNTS]
[GASPING]
Oh. Oh, my God.
Oh, my God.
Where are we?
What's happening?
Oh, my God.
BEATRIX: Where are we?
HAROLD:
Oh. my God. What is this?
What is this?
Do--? Did we get nuked?
No, no, we'd be dead.
BEATRIX:
No, no, no.
A whole city
can't just disappear like that.
Then where is everybody, huh?
Where is everyone? Where--?
Where is everything?
Where are the buildings? Look.
The buildings are gone!
Everything is gone!
[GASPING]
Our building is fine.
[]
How was that possible?
Our building...
Exactly the same.
Guys.
This happened
a long time ago.
This is old.
It's grown over.
It's...
Hey.
Ronan.
Hey!
B.
Hey! Can you help us?
Stay back!
Can you tell us where we are?
Leave us the hell alone!
Leave us the hell alone!
Whoa.
MAN: Go. Go.
Are you okay?
Yeah.
I'm fine.
I just can't breathe.
I can't breathe very well.
MAN 1:
Stay back. No, no.
MAN 2:
Come on, let's go. All right?
Come on, let's go!
[GUNFIRE]
[BEATRIX GASPS]
Let's get back inside.
Back inside.
[]
HAROLD:
Ah! Everything's gone.
Come on.
[BOTH PANTING]
[HAROLD COUGHING]
Yeah, they went
into the building.
HAROLD:
They're not following us.
Why aren't they
following us?
Maybe they're afraid.
HAROLD:
They're walking away. That's--
That's good, right?
I feel like we were running
pretty fast on that-- That one.
I don't-- Haven't ran
that fast in a while.
Why did Dad send us here?
I don't know.
I mean, maybe we weren't,
uh, supposed...
to go to the-- I-- I don't know.
Maybe it's a mistake.
No. I mean, no, it--
It can't be a mistake.
He sent us to this exact
address at that exact time.
Dad wanted us to come here.
Where is here?
I-- I--
Well, I have a theory.
What?
You're not gonna like
my theory.
It's better than the theory
we have, which is no theory.
Well, not necessarily.
I mean,
a terrible theory could be
worse than no theory.
Harold, just tell us the theory.
Okay.
Just look
at all this graffiti
of different Earths,
different...
Histories,
different worlds.
Okay, what about it?
It's all bullshit.
Yeah, right, right.
But what if it's not?
What if all of these Earths
are equally real?
What if we are
on Earth now, just...
another version of it?
WOMAN: Actually...
I'm--
[GASPS]
that's sounds kind of right.
[SIGHS]
I take it this is your first
trip through the building.
Where did you come from?
The building
is pretty big.
There's lots of different
ins and outs.
I'm Polly.
Ronan.
Beatrix.
Harold. Harry.
Well, you guys
are all really polite.
Okay, you said
that he was about right.
What did you mean by that?
You guys got on
on that last Earth, right?
That one with your Internet
and your fancy phones
and your lattes?
That's just sitting
right where you left it.
This Earth,
on the other hand,
this Earth looks
nuked to shit.
This Earth?
Yeah.
You hit them
every once in a while.
It's usually some U.S.-Soviet
thing from the '70s or '80s.
Sometimes you get China,
Pakistan in there.
I saw Egypt cause it once.
That was a weird Earth.
I mean, this is just assuming
that you're working off
more or less
the same 20th Century, so--
How many Earths are there?
I don't know. Nobody knows.
Some people think
every possible Earth exists.
So like,
out there somewhere,
there's an Earth
that is exactly like your Earth,
just with one less mosquito.
Some people think
that there is an Earth
that's so perfect,
it's basically heaven.
Yes, nerd in front?
When can we go home?
This building jumps
every 36 hours.
So we have got
32 hours to kill.
Till then, there's
nothing to do but wait.
But you guys have to be back
for the jump.
If you miss the jump, then...
Well, you might not get
another chance.
Then how would we
get home?
That, my friend,
is the Big Danny.
The what?
The Bi-- Oh, nothing.
It's something from TV
when I was a kid.
What show?
Game of Your Life.
You've never heard of it.
What channel?
We didn't have channels
on my Earth.
You're saying you're from
some weird alternate Earth?
Not from my point of view.
You guys are the ones
who are drinking coffees
that look like
ice cream sundaes and shit.
But what are we supposed to do
for next 32 hours? Just wait?
My advice,
in a world like this,
is that you shut up
and you stay hidden.
And, you know,
try not to die.
[]
Peach?
[SIGHS]
[]
[GUNS COCKING]
Tell the chief
we found them.
[]
HAROLD:
Mom.
Mom!
[]
[]
[MEN SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]
MAN 1:
All right, come on.
Let's go, let's go.
On your feet.
Come on, let's go.
MAN 2:
Let's go. Let's get this stuff.
Take them to my factory.
Come on.
[]
MAN 3:
Hey, chief.
Found this folks
in Old Town.
They were
in the building.
And you went inside?
Tinker said.
Goddamn it.
He's supposed to be here
getting this power
up and running.
What were you folks doing
in the building, son?
Oh, hey, ha, we were
just passing through.
I'm sorry,
my friend here is a mute.
Childhood fever, you know.
He's not all there.
From where?
Kansas.
To?
East. Maybe north.
Uh, we're not sure.
Why did you folks
run in the building?
It looked like
a safe place to hide.
From who?
From your men.
We saw them gun down
two people.
What'd I tell you
about that shit?
They drew on us.
The building
is a very dangerous place.
We avoid it.
We didn't know that.
Look, I'm sorry
for waylaying you.
We've been having some problems
with some folks up north.
I wouldn't head that way
if I were you.
Mike here will take you
out of town if you like.
Thank you, Captain Stone.
STONE:
Wait.
[]
How'd you know I was police?
Nobody knows that.
You just-- You look like
a guy with authority.
How'd you know
my name was Stone?
[STUTTERING]
Strong features.
Who are you people?
Where are you from?
TINKER:
They came from the building.
I told you.
Remember the last time
somebody came out
of that building?
I don't need this shit now.
It was him.
The man
who brought the nuke here.
The man who murdered
two-thirds of this city
came from the building.
STONE: That doesn't make sense.
You've been up and down
that building a million times.
Look at them. They're not from
here.
Where are you from?
We're from Kansas.
Not you.
Where?
Kansas.
East or west?
East?
TINKER:
Who controls east Kansas, huh?
Okay, who controls
west Kansas?
Who was the president
when the bombs hit?
What was the first city
that got hit?
What nation are we in?
The United States of America.
TINKER:
I rest my case.
STONE:
What are you saying?
What if they got a bomb?
If they had a bomb,
we'd be dead already.
We haven't used ours yet.
We don't have a bomb.
Says the mute.
What do you suggest?
TINKER:
Leave them with me.
I'll find out
everything.
Hey! Ugh!
POLLY:
Told you.
You try telling people you're
from an alternate universe,
somehow it never goes
very well.
BEATRIX:
I can't believe this.
Yeah, I could--
I could be home
watching television.
You'd be home
scraping your mom's feet.
Yeah, well, right now,
that sounds pretty great.
[METAL CLANGING]
[]
Which one you want,
Tinker?
Let's take this one
and the little one.
RONAN: You don't touch her.
No, no, no. The big one.
HAROLD:
Wait. Wait. Wait, wait.
Wait. Please, don't take her.
RONAN: Get off!
Please, take me.
Please!
[POLLY CLICKING TONGUE]
Tick tock.
[]
What do you--?
Ronan.
B.
You get your hands
off her!
Hey.
Let's go.
RONAN:
Where are you taking us?
Get off me!
[BEATRIX WHIMPERING]
No!
B. Get off!
BEATRIX:
No!
Don't! Ronan. Ronan!
MAN:
Bitch.
RONAN:
B. B!
BEATRIX: Ronan.
B.
[PANTING]
Hey!
Okay.
[GRUNTING]
Aah! You fuckers!
Ronan, that's not
gonna help anything.
Aah!
Ronan, stop it!
That's not gonna help anything,
Ronan! Stop it!
How do you know?
Because I remember how mom died.
I'm sorry,
I shouldn't have--
Forget it.
[]
Why did you leave us, Ronan?
After Mom died,
you just left.
I had to.
Why?
Because I had
to protect you.
Protect me from what?
From me.
What?
From me. Because I don't know
if you didn't notice,
but everything
that I'm around gets hurt.
Ronan, you left me alone.
I had to take care of things
by myself.
I had to take care of Dad
by myself.
I don't need
your protection.
What I needed
was my older brother.
You're not understanding
what I'm s--
I want you to know,
when I get out of here,
I'm knocking you
clear out.
Good to know.
Thanks.
What's your name?
They call me Tinker.
Is that your real name?
I'm Beatrix.
That's my brother, Ronan.
Oh, it's a pleasure
to meet you.
Come on over here
and shake my hand.
Beatrix.
Yes.
Good tactic.
Try to befriend your captor,
make them see you
as a real human being.
Is it working?
No.
Well, what do you
do here, Tinker?
I make things.
Repair things.
A little surgery
now and then.
It's a bit messy
for my taste.
What I truly love
are electronics,
when I can get my hands
on them.
Unfortunately finding anything
in good shape is so very rare.
You see,
this used to be a nice place
till the nukes got loose.
Pakistan collapsed in '99.
That's when the black market
was flooded.
Bombs the size of suitcases.
After that, it just seemed like
it was a matter of time.
Sooner or later,
there'd be a mushroom cloud
over New York City.
Only New York
wasn't the first to go.
We were.
Jesus.
I happened to be out of town
at the time.
But my wife and daughter
were at home,
just outside
the blast zone.
So instead of
being killed instantly,
they likely died
excruciating deaths
from thermal radiation.
Since then, I've learned
a lot more about nukes.
[]
I pieced this one together
from three duds.
People here
are scared shitless of it.
That's a nuke?
That's right.
And the man...
who first
brought the nukes here,
the man that murdered
my wife and daughter,
he came out
of that building.
So the question is,
who is the man
from the building?
I don't know.
Who is the man
from the building?
I-- I don't-- I don't know.
Who is he?
I don't know! I swear, I--
I don't know!
[]
Who is the man
from the building?
Oh, my God.
Who is he?
Who is he?
That's my father.
HAROLD:
Can I ask you a question?
How many other worlds
have you been to exactly?
Um, it's not what you should be
thinking about right now.
No? What the hell should I
be thinking about then?
You should be thinking
about the fact that, um--
That there's another you
somewhere out there,
who is, you know,
lying on a beach,
sipping a mai tai.
A whole other you.
One who is not about to get
a bullet in his head
within the hour.
One of the problems
we have in this world
is the problem of bullets.
There are so darn many
different kinds.
You can have boxes and boxes
full of bullets,
yet not one bullet
will fit your gun.
Well, I've solved that problem.
I modified the barrel
to resize itself.
Now I can load
almost any size bullet.
[WHIRRING]
And...
In, oh,
five seconds or so...
[GUNSHOT]
[GASPING]
TINKER:
Of course,
there is one big minus:
I can only load
one bullet at a time.
Nonetheless,
given the right problem,
this is the correct solution.
Now, I'm gonna ask you
some questions.
Every time I ask you a question,
I load a bullet.
If you haven't answered
the question
by the time
the gun is ready to fire,
I'm gonna put a bullet
in your brother.
What? What?
Do you understand?
You only have a few seconds.
Do you understand?
Yes.
No! Oh!
You're crazy!
Now, where do you
come from?
We're from a...
Uh, a different Earth.
Explain.
Um, I--
I don't know how, um...
[GUN WHIRRING]
If the bomb never went off,
none of this ever happened?
You came through the building?
Yes.
What is the building?
I don't know.
What is the building?
I don't know! I swear to God.
We just went in
and it dropped us here! No!
I'm gonna kill you! I swear
to God I'm gonna kill you!
How does it work?
How is it powered?
Who's in control?
I don't know!
Who's in charge? Who runs the
building?
I don't know any of that!
Bullshit!
BEATRIX:
No! Please!
Who's your father? And why
did he bring the nuke here?
I don't know!
Why did he kill my family?
Stop pointing that
at my brother!
Why?
Okay. Okay.
Okay, you know what?
I'll tell you
everything you want to know.
Liar.
[GUNSHOT]
[TINKER GASPING]
[]
[THUDDING]
Holy shit.
[GRUNTING]
[CHUCKLES]
[KEYS JINGLING]
Do you think that stuff he said
about Dad was true?
Who the hell is dad?
[]
Oh, my God.
[BEEPING]
What are you doing? Get--
What?
You're too late.
Ah!
My God, he armed it.
[BEEPING]
Let's go.
He armed it.
Let's go.
Come on. Come on.
Come on!
We might not make it
out of here, you know.
Yeah. True.
Which means that this could be
our last few hours left of life.
Uh-huh. Yeah.
Well, what do you wanna do?
You know, with the last few
hours of life we've got left?
I-- I don't...
What do you think?
Are you--? Are you messing
with me right now?
[BLOW LANDS, BODY FALLS]
Oh-- Oh, just--
We gotta go right now.
BEATRIX: Come on.
Let me just--
Now.
[]
[TIRES SCREECH]
So where did they go?
I don't know, chief.
[SIGHS]
Now we find ourself
in this goddamn mess.
Shit!
[BEEPING]
I know what
the building is.
Jesus Christ. Somebody help
Tinker get cleaned up.
Not necessary!
I'm gonna blow the building
off the face of the map
and anything
within a 5-mile radius.
Oh, the hell you are.
Actually I am.
In about 29 minutes.
You shut it down.
No.
I'm gonna take this bomb,
and I'm heading towards
the building, thataway.
The rest of you,
if you wanna live,
I suggest you go
the other way.
One other thing.
Chief, I need to borrow
a truck.
[MEN SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY]
[]
[ENGINE DIES]
RONAN:
Fuck. Shit.
[]
We ran out of gas?
Really?
I'm sorry. I didn't see
a gas station on the way.
No, come on, guys,
we can walk from here.
Yeah, tell that
to the roving assassin squads.
Guys! Come on,
we gotta haul ass.
The building doesn't wait.
[SIGHS]
[]
Run with them, inside.
Inside. Go, go, go!
[]
I got you.
[]
POLLY:
And five,
four, three,
two, one.
[ALARM BEEPING]
Well? What happened?
Why aren't we jumping?
We will, we will.
Any second.
HAROLD:
Any second? You said 36 hours.
Roughly, yeah.
Roughly?
Oh, come on.
Come on!
[BEEPING]
[]
HAROLD:
Hurry up, hurry up, please.
B, I'm sorry.
For what?
Everything.
[BEEPING]
[]
[GRUNTS]
HAROLD:
Come on!
[ALARM BLARING]
Okay. All right.
Okay.
Lights, lights.
[BEEPING]
Let's do it. Let's do it.
Come on.
[]
HAROLD:
Come on!
[EXPLOSION]
[]
[GRUNTS]
Are you okay?
Yeah. You?
Yeah.
BEATRIX: Harold, are you okay?
Yeah.
Are we home?
Home?
You thought
you were going home?
Where else
would we be going?
I thought you understood.
There is no going home.
[]
RONAN:
What, is this future?
No, it's not the future.
I told you guys the building
doesn't time travel.
It's still the exact same day,
exact same time.
You don't even have
to adjust your watch.
It's just a different Earth,
is all.
Oh, yeah, no big deal.
Just a completely
different Earth.
So we're stuck here.
POLLY: It's not so bad.
I mean, the tech is decent.
HAROLD: Decent?
This is 20 years
more advanced than we are.
All right,
we should look for Dad.
How?
I don't know, B.
I'm just kind of
making this up as I go.
Maybe we could
look him up online.
I'm sure they have
Internet here, right?
Let's go to the house.
How do we know
he's even living there?
How do we know he's not?
B, we gotta start somewhere.
You know?
Let's split up. Is that okay?
Is that okay? I don't know.
Are you guys, like, 5?
Yeah. And I could go
with you, Beatrix.
Yeah. Look, I'll just, uh--
I'll text you. What's your--?
What's your number?
Yeah, I am pretty sure
you don't have a cell phone plan
in this universe, pal.
Right, yeah.
All right, guys, here's
the deal. Batteries, cash, ammo,
it's gonna change
from world to world.
The only thing that matters
is you guys make it back here
before this gets to zero.
So don't be late
unless you wanna make this
your permanent
residence, okay?
I can live with that.
What were their names again?
Seriously?
That's Beatrix,
and that dweeb there is Harold.
And Beatrix is
your girlfriend, right?
No. She's my sister.
Right. I mean, I'm--
What was your name again?
Ronan. What, did you get
hit in the head?
[]
RONAN:
Yes. I'm starving.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
Hi.
What--? So, what's good?
What do you got?
Crombie.
Okay, what's a crombie?
Crombie is a crombie.
That's all we got.
Okay, two crombies then.
Whatever those are.
Heh.
[MUSIC PLAYING INDISTINCTLY
OVER SPEAKERS]
Huh.
Whoa.
Look at that thing.
This world is
so much better than ours.
I want it.
Harold. Harold.
COMPUTER:
Hello, welcome.
Do you realize
how insane this is?
I buy this, take it back home,
sell it to Apple?
Instant billionaire.
Can you do that?
Yeah.
Why not?
Well, I don't know.
It just seems like
it's kind of cheating.
[SCOFFS]
Tell it to my yacht.
Harry. Harold.
Sir.
CLERK: That's 699.
Got that.
This is an opportunity, Beatrix,
and I am seizing it.
There's nothing
wrong about it.
And, look,
you play your cards right,
maybe you and I
can split the profits.
What am I supposed
to do with this?
Run it.
Dude, bio only.
What?
So why are you looking
for your dad?
I mean, my dad and I didn't have
the best relationship,
but he wouldn't just hide from
me, if that's what you mean.
You never know
who people really are.
Why haven't you seen him?
Just, after my mom died
we kind of went separate ways.
I'm really different
from my family, you know.
They're all smart,
and I'm just, uh...
My mom was a professor,
my dad's an engineer.
I mean,
B is going to Princeton.
And I'm a human
punching bag.
It's a good thing I got
a thick skull, though, huh?
I think you act dumber
than you really are.
WOMAN:
All right, here we go, okay?
Two crombies.
RONAN:
What is this?
Okay.
WOMAN:
You gotta pay. Right here.
[WOMAN CLEARS THROAT]
What?
Put your hand
on the scanner.
What's it gonna do to my hand?
It's a biometric scanner.
It takes the money
straight out of your account.
Really?
Yes.
Hey, you know what?
Thank you for your help,
we're actually just gonna go.
Come on.
Well...
[WHIRRING]
BEATRIX:
Oh, my God.
That person
looks just like you.
Oh, my God,
it does look like me.
That's me.
That's so weird.
HAROLD:
Right. He's got my face.
It's the same face.
Look.
We're not from around here.
It says you live
five blocks away.
Right. I know.
I just--
I just mean
we're not from right here.
Dude, you've shopped here
before.
HAROLD:
Ha, ha, ha. I know.
What's my address again?
[BEEPING]
You're not in the system.
Everybody's
in the system.
RONAN:
Whoa, come on.
Just take your time.
Not like I don't have a job.
Would you like to come up here
and pay for my meal?
What does that mean?
There ain't no Ronan Carver
on this Earth.
Either you're dead,
or you never existed.
We should go.
Yeah, but I'm starving. Hey!
On some Earths, this is
where they call the cops.
Come on. Come on,
let's go find your dad.
MAN:
Do you mind?
I'm a doctor, right.
Hey, give me both
of his crombies.
[BEEPING]
COMPUTER:
Hello, welcome.
I would like to purchase
your electronics, please.
Which electronics?
All of them.
[]
MAN:
Are you kidding me?
$60,000 worth of electronics?
Why the hell would I buy
all that crap?
It's goddamn identify theft,
I'm telling you.
Hey, this is it.
This is where I live.
This is where we've been
walking this whole time?
Harold,
I don't have time for this.
I have to go out
and find my dad
or at least try to find out
how to find my dad.
Come on, this is--
We're right here.
Look, I must've a laptop
or something up there.
You can look him up online.
What if we go
and then you answer the door?
[SIGHS]
It'd be a little weird,
but I gotta
give it a shot, right?
Wouldn't you?
I don't know about this.
[KNOCKS ON DOOR]
Maybe I'm not home.
[BEEPS]
[DOOR UNLOCKS]
Well, I guess
you're home now.
[]
Hello?
Shh.
No way.
Look at this place.
I hate other Harold.
BEATRIX:
What? Why?
Well, he seems
much more awesome than me.
Oh, come on,
you're awesome.
He's traveled.
I bet other Harold hasn't been
to an alternate nuked-out Earth.
Yeah, but I mean
he's got a nice apartment.
Yeah,
but your mom's place...
Okay, yeah,
I say what you're saying.
[SIGHS]
Yeah.
Well, hello.
[COMPUTER WHIRS]
Hey, Harold,
what is your password?
I wanna Google my dad
or Shmoogle him
or whatever they do here.
How am I gonna know
what his password is?
Well, because he's you.
No, it's a different me.
What if he's a fan
of some huge movie here
that we've never even
heard of?
What if he's exactly
the same?
No, no. It's not gonna work.
Harry, please.
Okay.
I wouldn't ask you
if it wasn't important.
It's Beatrix928.
What?
My password.
Beatrix928.
[]
Why 928?
It's your birthday.
Right. Duh.
No.
Yeah.
Oh, God.
We are the same.
[DOORBELL RINGS]
I feel like I should
explain right now
that this doesn't
usually go over very well.
Why not?
I don't know. It's like,
"Ding dong. What's up?
I'm your nonexistent son. Don't
worry, I can explain.
I'm from a totally different
parallel alternate universe.
I don't think your key
is gonna fit in that lock.
Touch.
RONAN:
Hello?
Guess nobody's home.
[SIGHS]
So, uh, what happens
after you find your dad?
I don't know. I'd give him
this thing that he left for me.
What thing?
[]
Where did you get that?
What, you know what it is?
I don't know what it is,
but I know where it came from.
That came
from the Core World.
I don't believe it.
I'm an asshole.
What?
Look at me.
I'm a corporate scumbag lawyer.
I'm sure there's
more to it than that.
I mean, this you
is a good person, right?
Yeah.
Yes, I just--
I can't believe that I'd be
capable of something like this.
No wonder I can
afford this place.
Oh, my God.
HAROLD:
What?
I found my dad.
Okay.
He died three months ago.
Oh, well, that's this world's
version of him.
It's not your dad.
Yeah, I know, but still...
HAROLD:
How did he die?
Killed at work.
Wait a second. Isn't that--?
That's the building.
What the hell?
POLLY:
Where do you think
the building came from?
I haven't really had a second
to think about it.
Nobody knows
where the building came from.
But the building
is always the same.
Every single universe.
Everywhere on every Earth,
the building
is always the same.
But it didn't just appear
out of thin air.
Somebody, somewhere
made that thing.
Nobody knows why, but
whatever crazy world that is,
whatever the hell
that place is,
that's what people call
the Core World.
If they had the technology
to punch a hole
through
every parallel universe,
think what kind of a crazy
goddamn Earth that must be.
I mean, they must be
a thousand years ahead of us,
technology-wise.
And no one's ever
been there before.
But every once in a while,
somebody stumbles across
a piece of technology.
It's like a scrap
from the grown ups' table.
Something that's so crazy,
cool and sophisticated
that it has to be
from the Core World.
How did your dad get it?
I guess
that's the Big Danny.
The what?
The-- You--
The thing--
You--
[]
MAN:
Hey, uh...
it's cool if you wanna work
back here and all, I guess.
But the bank called.
Can you reauthorize
the charges?
For some reason they think
it might be identity theft.
Identity theft?
I know, right?
I was like, "What?
The dude's right here."
[COMPUTER BEEPS]
Happy?
Cool, yeah.
No more interruptions.
[]
"Alex Carver, predeceased
by his wife Livia
by three years,
survived by their daughter,
Beatrix."
What?
I went to college in this world.
Goddamn it.
Well, that's
a good thing, right?
Well, that's weird.
What?
It doesn't mention Ronan.
This is not my room.
I mean, it's my room--
No, I get it, I get it.
You know
what this is called?
This is called the parallel
universe dj vu.
Did you think all your old stuff
was gonna be here?
Everything's familiar
and kind of not familiar
at the same time?
Sound about right?
Yeah, it sounds about right.
Yeah.
Do I seem familiar?
What do you mean?
You know, you feel like
we've met before?
Um-- Why?
Well, other Ronans
in other universes,
we keep meeting up
world after world,
and we always end up
right here in your bed.
Just like this.
Oh, you liar.
[LAUGHS]
Oh, man,
I totally had you going.
Oh, for like a second.
You were totally psyched.
Sounds like...
Whatever.
You don't even exist
in this universe, pally.
Ouch.
[POLLY CHUCKLES]
[SIGHS]
What?
Nothing.
Come on, tell me.
I guess I was hoping...
I didn't have the best time
growing up in this house.
I got into a lot of fights.
And I was always
upsetting my mom.
She'd always
just be like,
"You gotta learn
to control yourself, sweetie.
You gotta learn
to control yourself."
[SIGHS]
I used to have a bad temper.
Used to.
What happened?
I killed her.
We were driving home
this one time,
and this truck sideswiped us
and ran us off the road.
It was real scary. We thought
we were gonna go over.
I don't know. I got out,
and this guy is like stammering.
He's clearly drunk
or something.
He's mumbling, he's mumbling,
and next thing I know,
I'm grabbing the guy, I'm
dragging him out of the window.
And I'm just wailing on him,
wailing on him.
My mom jumps out the car.
She's yelling at me,
because, you know, she doesn't
want me to kill the guy.
And I guess the way
that our car was parked,
traffic was swerving
and they couldn't--
They couldn't see her and--
I heard this noise,
and I turned around--
[SOBBING]
I'm so--
I'm sorry.
It was my fault.
As you can imagine,
I wasn't very popular
around here after that.
My dad was a ghost.
Beatrix had to cancel
her college plans
to take care of him.
And I just split.
I was just hoping
that maybe in this world,
maybe things
were a little bit better.
[SNIFFLES]
But, you know,
there is no other you
in this world.
[CHUCKLES]
Lucky him.
[SIGHS]
You're gonna have
to get used to the dj vu.
Some worlds are gonna be
really, really different.
And then some worlds
are very weirdly the same.
How much the same?
[]
Huh.
Now, how's that for dj vu?
[]
[]
We need to get out.
Carver, get out here!
We need to get out
right now.
Carver!
[]
[THUDS]
[GRUNTS]
[GRUNTS]
[GUN COCKS]
[WHIRRING]
What the hell was that?
I don't know,
I found it like 10 worlds ago.
But that was
the last charge, so...
[]
Who were those guys?
I don't know exactly.
Strangers.
I've seen them in enough worlds
to know not to mess with them.
But if they're
after your dad,
then he's in worse trouble
than I thought.
All right, do you know how
to drive one of these things?
You don't know how to drive?
Come on.
[TIRES SCREECH]
I don't believe this. Beatrix, I
suppressed evidence.
What evidence?
Against the corporation.
Okay?
The corporation that killed,
like, hundreds of people,
by the way.
It's in his e-mails.
I mean, that sucks,
but I guess I just don't know
what we're supposed
to do about it.
Yeah, but I gotta
do something, right?
What if I were to just
e-mail all of it
right now
to The New York Times?
But then what?
I mean, do you really
wanna ruin other you's life?
Yeah.
[]
What's that?
[WHIRRING]
[WHIRRING]
Whoa, whoa, whoa.
What happened?
Okay, we should
get out of here.
Come on. Let's go find Ronan
and what's-her-name.
Okay, one second.
What?
Well, I just-- I'll meet you
downstairs in a minute. Okay?
Okay, but hurry.
[]
Aah!
Oh!
Oh.
[SIGHS THEN LAUGHS]
Honey, you scared me.
I thought you were
still at work.
God. Hey.
BEATRIX 2:
You know, the craziest thing
happened to me
on the way up to here.
I was walking up the stairs,
and I ran into this girl.
I swear,
she looked just like me.
Harry?
[]
Oh. All right. Okay.
All right.
Whoa, whoa, whoa.
Okay, everything's fine.
It was a misunderstanding,
okay? I was hacked.
I'm misrepresented, okay,
by a hacker.
Sir, get your microphone
out of my face, sir.
You're being
very aggressive, so--
Get that [BLEEP] microphone
out of my face!
[]
There's more than enough juice
in this thing
to kill us both
a thousand times over.
I suggest you let go.
You tried to shoot me.
If I wanted to shoot you,
you'd be shot.
[GRUNTS]
I thought you got nuked.
That was the idea.
So I had to wait inside.
Just in case.
What are you doing?
I'm ringing the doorbell.
What?
Somebody made
the building, right?
It didn't make itself.
Somebody, yeah.
Somewhere.
Not somewhere. Here.
And they're still here.
No. Bullshit.
What, you think
this is a ghost ship?
If you made this thing,
would you leave it?
Who's operating it?
Who keeps it running?
Who makes it jump?
You ask me? Somebody's home.
RONAN: We've been up there.
You've been
to the seventh floor?
Well, there's
a hell of a lot more floors.
You don't believe me?
Go outside and count.
But there's no way up
past the seventh floor.
The eighth floor's
all concreted over.
Oh, there's a way.
There's always a way.
We just don't know
where the door is.
[RUMBLING]
Whoa. Whoa.
What are you doing?
POLLY:
Holy shit. He hacked it.
TINKER:
Little shock to the system.
Just enough
to get its attention.
[WHIRRING]
You know,
I think we have enough time.
I can figure out how to
control the building from here.
[GUN WHIRRING]
B, take it easy.
You touch that screen again,
and I'll shoot you with it.
B.
This asshole tried
to kill all of us.
You take it so personally.
Shut up!
Beatrix.
Just let him finish.
What?
Yeah, seriously. What?
I want answers.
Don't you guys wanna know
what this place is?
Why did Dad
send us here?
If we have any chance
of finding Dad,
the people upstairs
have some explaining to do.
I'm sorry. Are we seriously
talking about
letting this lunatic
hotwire our only ride home?
It's up to you, B.
Well, fine.
Can I have my gun back?
[WHIRRING]
[RUMBLING]
Ohh.
[WHIRRING]
Come on.
[ELEVATOR BELL DINGS]
[DISTANT THUD]
[]
[ELEVATOR BELL
CONTINUES DINGING]
[ELEVATOR ARRIVES]
[]
Dad?
TINKER:
You.
I've been looking for you
for a long time.
It's not me you want.
Oh, no.
You're exactly who I want.
The machine you made,
no one's ever tapped
into the building before.
How did you manage to make
a machine that could do that?
[WHIRRING THEN RUMBLING]
I wanna know
why you murdered my family.
I don't have
any answers for you.
[RUMBLING]
Listen. You wanna know why
your world was put to the torch?
You have to go upstairs.
That's the only way.
[RUMBLING]
You can tear
this place down,
or you can have
your answers.
But you can't have both.
They're waiting for you.
[]
[ELEVATOR BELL DINGS
Hey, Mr. Carver.
Hi, sweetheart.
Dad.
Ronan. It's good to see you.
It's been a while.
That's what you're gonna say
right now?
Dad, what the hell
is going on?
I spent my life trying
to shield you both from this.
Trying to shield us
from what?
From the building.
Dad, you're not
making any sense.
What are you
talking about?
You know that
we've been looking for you?
You've been upstairs
this whole time?
No. I've been traveling.
Since when?
For a long time.
Since before you were born.
The Earth you grew up on,
the one you think of
as home,
I wasn't born there.
What?
When we decided
to stop traveling,
we were looking
for someplace familiar.
Someplace safe.
Wait, who's "we"?
Your mom and me,
we wanted to protect you.
That was
the most important thing.
So Mom's not from here
either?
Do you still have
the device I left you?
Yeah, sure.
Keep it.
You're gonna need it.
For what?
You need to find
your mother.
Mom's dead.
No.
Dad, don't say that.
Mom's dead. I saw her die.
Not all of her.
What?
Listen to me.
She's the only one
that who knows how
to get to the Core World.
Find her.
Bring that device to her.
Why?
Son, the building's been
running for a long time now.
Whatever
its original purpose was,
whoever built it,
they're long gone.
Then who's running it now?
Nobody's running it.
There's nobody up there.
It's abandoned.
That's why this machine could be
the answer that saves us.
I know you both can do this.
This machine will help you
find your mother.
Look for the Core World.
[ELEVATOR BELL DINGS]
Sweetheart,
can I borrow that?
[]
Don't listen to him!
He's lying!
[GASPING]
Oh!
BEATRIX:
Who are you?
I'm your father, Beatrix.
Dad.
Dad, no. Where are you going?
I wish I could go with you.
But I have my own war
to fight.
I'll see you both again.
BEATRIX:
Dad.
Dad. Dad!
[ALARM BLARING]
Well, that was
a weird family reunion.
[]
Are we jumping already?
Okay. What are we doing?
Learning how to drive this.
What if you--?
Don't just touch things.
We have to press something.
POLLY:
We don't know
what we're looking at.
Possibilities.
I think that's what these lines
represent.
Yeah, that could
actually be right.
Are we doing this?
For mom.
For mom.
RONAN:
Here goes.
[WHIRRING]
HAROLD:
Whoa!
What is that?
Is that the sun or--?
Shall we have a look?
[]
POLLY 2:
Damn.
All right, 3, you're up.
Hey.
[]
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