Among the Living (2022) Movie Script

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Dad?
I don't even know if
you're going to get this.
I'm bringing Lily to you.
Erm.
I hope you're OK
It's the
blood, that's what draws them.
- It's the blood, that's what draws them.
- Mum's erm.
They'll track it, and kill you.
I'll explain when I see you
See you soon.
No one
is available to take your call.
People are dying out there
Make sure you don't bleed!
Dear Mum
I hope you're OK
We've packed up what
we can carry
and we're going to Dad's.
Harry says the roads aren't safe
so we're going to walk.
It shouldn't take us more than
a couple of weeks
If all goes well
We're not doing this for home
work are we?
Yea of course we are
Oh look at that there,
the drawbridge
Goes straight through
Eh?
You started this!
What did you have for
food before?
Tomatoes
Tomatoes?
Well we've got
Beans
Oh my god
Beans
Ooh
I think I'll have to go
with the beans
You chose correctly
You taking a picture?
You know
You're such a weirdo
It's so you can remember and
look back on it
Right, come on
Harry!
Just let me in please,
I'm not infected I promise.
No, No, Go, go, go, go, go
No, No, Go, go, go, go,
go Harry!
Please, please, please,
just let me in please
I'm begging you. shh,
you need to go
Please, please, please let me in! You
need to go. Get out, get the fuck out!
Please just help me!
Please, just help me!
Please.
Just help me.
Come here, you do that, I'll
do this, come on go over there.
I've done it, I've done it!
It's alright, come on
Right
There's no way,
we are going across this bridge
Come on
No, listen to me right, hang on.
I thought there was
there is another bridge further
down. No house.
That's the one we are going to,
alright?
Come on, take a risk!
Take a risk?
Take a risk?
What's in there?
I don't know
Right, exactly
Take a risk?!
Jesus
Right
If you listen to me we can
find another way
So if we go further on,
it should be there alright?
Yeah?
Lily!
Lily!
Shit
Get out!
Get out, get out, get out!
Shit!
Oh great, she's fucking bleeding
Come on
What?
Who's he?
I don't know
I don't think they'll be
following us now
Custard?
Do you realise what you did?
Before?
No, because you
You never listen!
Ever!
Go to bed.
You don't talk much, do you?
I didn't know.
I'm I'm I'm sorry.
Do you know sign language?
Me neither
What's your name?
Matt?
Jack?
Jack, pleased to meet you
I'm Harry
and this here
is my sister Lily
that coat looks warm
not sure about the colour though
This?
Rubbish
Cold
whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa
no, no, no, no, no, no
Honestly, no
Please
I'm fine
OK
Thank you
Dear Mum
Harry is doing good
He keeps bossing me around a
bit, so there's nothing new there
I do think we make a pretty
good team
My legs are aching,
but I'm excited to see dad again
Could be food
We've got enough
You've not been eating
Ow
Are you alright?
Harry
It's OK, It's OK
It's bleeding
It's alright, it's alright,
it's alright, It's alright
Ey, here, it's alright,
it's alright
Come here
OK?
It's OK, It's OK
OK, everything's alright
Harry!
Go, go, go, go, go
Keep going, keep going
How's your side?
Let's have a look
Yeah It's stopped bleeding
Right listen I'm going to give
you something
OK
You must only use it If
you need to
Yeah
Right
Which way is it to Dad's?
That way
We duck under and we get back to
the forest alright?
OK
Right let's go,
let's not hang about.
You got everything?
Yeah
Harry, I need the toilet
Harry!
What?
I need the toilet
Well don't go far
Hey Lily, come and look at this!
Oi, Lily!
Lily
Lily
Lily!
Lily
Lily!
Lily
Oi, do I not get privacy
anymore?
Alright, sorry
Lily!
Ow
Harry!
It's OK, it's OK. Listen, Listen. I'm
going to pull. It's going to hurt, alright?
There we go, there we go,
there we go
Right, go, go, go, go Harry!
There we go. It's OK,
it's OK, it's OK
Yeah Right, come here
give me your foot,
give me your foot, there we go
You're brave, I'm telling you,
you're brave
Right come here
Right you keep hold of that,
keep hold of that Harry!
It's OK, look at me, it's alright. Keep hold
of it. Keep hold of it there. Keep hold!
Alright?
Come on!
There we go
Listen, listen. We have got to be quick. OK.
Quick. Can you be quick for me? Alright
Come on, come on! Up, up, up, up,
up, up, there we go, right, listen
Let me put this on my back
What?
Right can you jump on
me? Jump on me!
Are you ready?
Stay on me, stay on me
Let's go
Right, let's go
Watch your foot,
watch your foot, alright?
Come on!
Where are the batteries you found?
The batteries! Where are they?
I don't know!
Right, come on, follow me.
Follow me.
Come on, foot over, foot over,
foot over. There we go.
Watch it, watch it!
Right go to the tree.
Go to the tree, go to the tree!
Come on!
Go, go, go, go!
Where are you going?
I need to go out
Find us some more supplies
Do you have any rice pudding?
Erm
No but I've got chicken
and chickpea
No rice pudding
How's this?
Stopped bleeding
Do you wanna come with?
I can't walk on this
Alright
Got your knife?
Yeah
Stay safe, alright
OK
Right
Shut this when I'm leaving
So where have you come from?
Further down west
Alright? Further down west there's
a camp, OK? There is a camp!
Where did you say it was?
Further down west,
there's a camp
There's about 40 people
Who should I talk to
at this camp?
Erm
When I tell them I've seen you?
Er
Hmm?
Erm
Come on
OK, right, I'm I'm sorry
I'm I'm looking for my dad
Alright, I, I, just
He's on his own out
here, and there's only me
I'm just looking for my Dad,
I'm sorry, I'm sorry for lying
I'm sorry
I'm sorry as well
Alright, alright, alright,
alright, alright, alright
I've got to be careful Please!
No I'm begging you,
I'm begging you, Please!
Tom!
I've got a sister!
That age, alright? Or
near enough, I've got a sister!
And that's why I'm In
here she's been hurt!
On one of those traps!
What traps?
In the woods over there
I'm trying to find her somewhere
That's why I'm here
It's me and my sister
OK then
Lets have a walk over
there, huh?
OK
Get her out here
Tom, stay back a little
bit Lily!
Who's that?
What's your name?
Karl
It's Karl
It's OK, come on
Stop there
Show me you're leg
It's OK, do it
Don't take that off,
leave it covered up
I've got a cabin
just up the road
You can stay there for
a couple of days
but after that, you're gone
We will be, thank you
No more lying
I promise. Thank you, Karl
Get packed up,
I'll get you some food down here
Tom!
Bye
We need to pack up,
and we're leaving
But why?
We can't trust them!
But It's safer with them than
it is out here
Can you walk on that?
Not really!
Right the minute you can walk
back on that
you tell me, and we're leaving.
Do you hear me?
Yeah
Get your stuff,
while I'm out here
Where did you live?
Tom! Tom! Get over here, come
on get around here. Come on.
Come on
Thank you
Show them around, Tom
OK Right
Go on, right, are you OK?
Go on, get on there.
Alright
I got these for you
Look, I don't want you getting
comfortable here
You're gone as soon as
she's better, OK?
Yeah
Look, I'll I'll pay you back
somehow, I mean it
We live up at that big
farm don't we Karl
Yeah
We can bring you some more
food tonight if you want?
It's kinda hard to explain
like you have
Yeah
Erm, I'd have to put down
a one, or a king or a queen
Shhhh
Alright
Alright?
So
- Do you know how to play?
- Erm, yeah
- Do you want to play cheat?
- I've not a clue
Oh, ey up, ey up Ey!
Not seen one of them for ages
I'll take all of these
Teaching them to play cards?
Yeah, I'm trying to teach him to
play cheat but he won't listen!
OK then, go on, go, go, go!
So, like, you say cheat, if you think someone's
lying about what card they've put down
Yeah
So they have one card left and ooh it
happens to be the right card that they need
that's a king. Cheat! It's not
- they have to pick up all the cards there are.
- OK I'll deal us all in OK, OK
Oh you're a star, thank you
Karl's played it before
Has he? Who's better out
of you two then?
- Hey can I have some?
- Me
- No you don't drink.
- You know you're not allowed No, me
Can I have a bit? Please
Go on then
Yes
It's just weird, it's
disgusting Read your book
I'm just going to deal all of the
cards out and I'll put one down
Hang on you're meant to do them
the other way up so you can't see
Ah yeah
- Sorry guys No cheating, cheating!
- So you've played it before?
How's your leg Lily?
It's fine
I don't know how they do it
You know, I don't know
how they cope in this
It's hard enough for us
Yeah but kids are kids
aren't they
They adapt easier than we do
For us it's
it's a struggle isn't it, but
she's handling it better than me
Yeah
Oh
What's up in the farm?
Why?
Well I was just wondering if there's like a
bigger coat or something cause this one's rubbish
Yeah there'll probably be
one about erm
When I was wagon driving before
this I had loads of coats so yeah
Did you?
How long did you do that for?
Er
Yeah I did It for a while,
good while. Yeah
Yeah I stopped when this
all started
You know, what about you?
Me?
I was a biologist
Shocked you that,
didn't It, yeah!
It did, yeah
No, I was an accountant
An accountant?!
I'd never put you down as
an accountant
No, I'd have put you down as
selling ice-creams
Working on the beach
with blinking
with beach chairs, folding them
Or even in a burger bar
But no? Accountant
Na
I thought you were a farmer?
No, no, no, no that was the wife.
She looked after that
Oh, OK
Anyway
Better be going
Yeah, sure, yeah, yeah,
erm. Thanks for these
It's alright,
I'll put them on your tab
Tom!
Time to go!
See ya, Lily
Yeah
Can't forget this
Night Harry
Night
Night
Lilly?
Yeah?
Are you sure you want to stay
in the tent?
Well yeah you said we could
Alright?
Yeah
I'm going to go out tomorrow
see if I can find us a new place
OK, I'll play with Tom
Come with me If you want?
No, I can't
I'll go out when Karl's hunting
OK
Have you got your knife?
OI!
Have you got your knife?
Yes
Mum
I've hurt my leg pretty
bad the other day
Harry was stressing me out and
I walked straight into a trap
I'm alright though, it just needs
to heal enough to stop bleeding
We've met some other survivors who have
let us stay in a cabin for a few days
They seem pretty nice
Alright?
Yeah
Why are you in the tent?
Cause I'm used to the tent?
We have got lovely beds
Yeah, I'm just used to the tent
How's your leg?
It's sore
Can I see it?
No
Does it hurt?
Yes
Do you wanna play a game?
Oh
You OK?
Yeah
Oh god
Alright, It's not funny Tom!
It's very funny. Sorry Lily
Ha Ha
Come on Tom!
- Sorry, I wasn't looking!
- Ey?
You alright?
Ow
I think I'm OK
You sure?
How's your leg?
You haven't hurt it?
Karl?
Get down Tom! Get down,
get down, get down, get down
Stay quiet, Shhh!
Shhh! Shhh!
Quick, come on!
Come on! Tom,
you know where we're going!
Lily!
Where the fuck have you been?
What happened?
Go! Get her back, Get her
back, look after her leg!
- Where are you going?
- Never mind where I'm going!
This way, come on
Come on
Let me check it, let me
check it What? Come on!
They can't follow us now
it's too bright!
How do you know that we
just heard it! Come on, Come on!
Harry!
Just hurry up!
Go on, keep going
Is everything OK?
It is
What happened?
Do you know how to use that?
Hey I'm trying to do
the best I can
We can't all be like you, Karl!
I'm learning, every day
Tom!
Yeah?
Come on, we're leaving
Bye Lily Bye Tom
See you, Lily
I'll see you tomorrow
- Bye!
- OK, bye!
Bye Lily I got the door
Aww
You alright?
Yeah
Do you think we got some?
Should have, fingers crossed.
Get my bottle
OK
No, not too much but it's some
There we go
Go on, go on, go, get ready
There we go
We haven't got much this time
Try there
Yeah it's alright, wow, wow,
wow, there see? See? I told you
I told you
Right, we've got a bit
Hopefully it rains tomorrow
Here's the lid
Getting dark
Can we go get my staff?
Where is it?
In the field
How's the leg?
I can walk on it I just
don't want it to reopen
Alright
Watch you don't slip
You coming then?
What? Oh yeah
It's hot, innit
Yeah
Looks like there's
a worm around here
Ugh, probably a beetle
Tom
- Yeah?
- Where's Harry?
He's at the farm
Farm?
Yeah
Alright?
I'm alright, are you?
Not bad
Been for a stroll?
Yeah, just for a look round
Those trees there
Leaving us?
No
No, found it
It's funny what you
find isn't it?
Yeah
Anyway
I'm going to pop round tonight
OK?
Er, tonight's not a great idea
What do you mean not
a great idea?
Well, Lily, she's got homework
No school, no homework
No point
Lily
What?
Do you want to see
something cool?
Yeah
Come on
Cool innit
Yeah
We should probably
turn these off
You ready Lil?
Yeah
Seeds
Mum
Harry's gone out again
while Karl is hunting
He's insisting on finding
somewhere else for us to go
I think we should stay here
Harry won't listen to me
though, will he?
Wow, wow, wow, wow, OK, OK, OK,
alright, Jesus
I just want some food, OK?
That's all you want?
Yeah
Give me that
Sit over there
Both legs under
Lily's favourite
Who's Lily?
My sister
And your name?
Harry
So where is she?
It must be nice to have
someone with you
It's alright, she's a pain
- Have you got anybody?
- Was she with you?
- With me when?
- In the tent
Is that why you didn't help me?
OK, right, I, I, I,
I couldn't help you, alright?
I have, I have a little sister
You really could have helped me
I really couldn't, I mean you'd
have done the same thing
I tried, OK? I, I, I,
I just couldn't
fine
Alright, OK, alright I get why you'd be angry
at that. I'm, I get it, alright? But I'm sorry
Yeah, I don't want your sorry
What's this?
Just do me a favour and bury me
afterwards, alright?
No, I can't do that, no, no, no,
no, no, I'm not doing it, no!
Listen, I can't do that. No! I can't do that!
I need you to, I need you to do it! OK?
No, no I'm not doing it!
I'm not doing it! OK?
I don't wanna turn, OK?
Right, there's a guy
This is your fault!
It's not my fault! How, How is it my fault?
I just This is your fault!
Listen to me, there's a guy, alright,
there's a guy I know, he can, he can,
he can be here in two hours, two hours! I don't
have time for that, I don't have time. Just
No I'm not doing it! No!
I'm sorry, I can't do it
I can't do it
I haven't got long
Will you wait with me?
Just until it gets dark?
Hey, you OK?
Hey
You OK?
Just give us a minute
Me and Tom have been building
this like tree fort in the woods
I mean we already found it there.
Anyway it was really cool. Erm
but we've been making it really big with like long
branches we found that are dead, on the floor
What are you doing?
You got rice pudding?
Just give us five minutes!
Five Minutes!
You coming back out?
Sorry
What's it like where you live?
Well, used to live,
what's it like?
Erm, we were in this house, so
it was really busy in rush hour
but there was plenty of kids to play
with and they were always outside
but I don't think they really
knew I existed
So hopefully, after my leg's healed,
we'll go find our dad, and then
that'll be good cause I haven't seen
him in a while. I just really want to
What's your Dad like?
- Hello little friends, It must be my fucking birthday, look we got here!
- Lily!
Hello little friends, It must be my fucking
birthday, look we got here! Tom who's this?
Hello little friends, It must be my fucking
birthday, look we got here! I don't know!
- Who are you?
- Get Karl!
Who's Karl? Ey Who the fuck's Karl?
I don't know where he is
What the fuck are you
looking at? Ey?
Who the fuck
Aw that was nice, do it
again, it tickled a little bit!
Ey? What you got?
Who you with?
Give it to me. Ey? You're not
going anywhere Get off me!
Get Karl
Who are you with?
This is my place, you're in it,
which means you belong to me
and so does everything you've got, so
why don't you start handing it over
Run!
Are you OK mate? Are you OK? Give me the, give me
the fucking tape! Tape, tape, tape, tape, come on
Now get 'em.
Fucking get 'em. Get 'em!
What are you doing up
that tree? Ey?
Fuck!
You fucking stabbed me
But I've got time
You're going to have to come
down at some point
And when you do
I'm going to fucking have you
Let me in! You little bastard,
you little bastard!
Fuck!
Shit
OK, right, we've got to go.
Right now
So, come on,
down from the tree. Yeah?
Come down off the tree, yeah?
I mean it, I'm not fucking
about, get down now
Come on, get down. Get down. Get
down! Get the fuck down! Now!
Fuck's sake get down now
Get the fuck down!
Get out the fucking tree!
Come on, get down!
Not a good day, been a long day
What you doing?
What happened to you?
You shouldn't be drinking!
How many has she had?
One
Like she says, just the one
Lily's had a tough day
today anyway
Why what happened?
Oh don't worry,
the kids are alright
- Are you alright?
- Yeah, I'm fine!
Who was it?
I don't know
Where are they now?
I don't know where they are,
but there's one missing. OK?
Where were you?
I was setting traps
Animal traps
Or other traps?
They're for the infected
They're your traps!
Of course they're his traps!
You what?
Of course they're his
- who else are they going to be?
- You're taking his side over me now?
That's why you're hurt!
No! It's all of us against
them out there
He's keeping them out!
That's why you put mud,
and grass on them innit
The infected can't see that
It's for the survivors like us!
Thank you Lily. Right?
Now why didn't you
listen to her?
But now you listen to me
I put them traps down
to keep anything out
not just the fucking infected
I want no one coming round here
and spoiling things, OK?
Right you just take care
what you say
Right?
You're here because I'm allowing
you to be here
For no other reason
Just look after her.
Make sure she's alright
do a nice little job shall you
Tom!
Yeah?
Get your arse down here
OK, I'm coming
Take care of that finger
Yep
Tom. Tom, stay there
What is it?
There
It followed me
You're fucking joking
Look we're staying here
tonight. Tom
switch the lights on
I wish I lived
somewhere like this
yeah it's nice, innit?
Yeah, it's really cool
There's a river the other
side of the forest
I could teach you how to
fish if you'd like?
Yeah, sounds good
Yeah, my Dad he got me a fishing rod last
year, but Karl won't let me go near the river
What?
Yeah, apparently it's unsafe
No, so Karl's not your Dad?
No, he's not my Dad
So, who is he then?
Do you know him?
No, Mum just let him stay
when the virus got bad
Oh
Where's your Mum now?
Oh well, Mum, Mum, Mum died
What happened?
She died just after Karl
got here. She was stabbed
What? By who?
The, The infected
I didn't know they did that
Yeah well, I don't know
Sorry
Either way,
tell me more about fishing
Well there are a few different types, I've
seen that you can catch, erm there's trout
Harry?
Harry
What you up to?
Where are the kids?
I see you've got that
coat I got you
What have you got that on for?
Harry
Are you alright?
Where's Tom and Lily?
They're safe
- What do you mean they're safe?
- I said they're safe
Tom!
Lily!
What do you mean safe?
I said
they're safe
What have you done Harry?
Tom!
Tom, get your arse here!
Lily!
Harry
what are you fucking up to?
Ey?
What the fuck?
I'm sorry Karl!
What the fuck have you done?
Harry!
Tom! Lily!
Harry! Where's my
fucking hammer?
Are seeing a near vertical trajectory,
with new patients being turned away
Hazmat supplies are completely depleted, with
hospital staff now being asked to work without them
protected by a vaccine they all
know doesn't work
The Prime minister is due to
make an announcement shortly
but with the military already enforcing
nationwide martial law, it is not clear
Mum?
Harry?
Harry, where's Mum?
Everything is OK just stay
there, OK? Just stay there
Harry can I see Mum?
She's alright just listen to me
and go downstairs!
Harry, I want to see my Mum
She's not feeling well, alright?
Just listen to me!
I'm not going downstairs Go
downstairs just listen to me!
I want to see my Mum! Everything's going to
be alright, everything's going to be alright
No! I want to see my Mum
I'm begging you, please,
Mum's not feeling well OK?
Alright?
Yeah Yeah?
Right, listen
I'll leave the bag here
I'm going to find the other
one's round there, alright?
Two minutes
That's it. Stay here. Alright?
Don't leave!
Hey, you alright?
Yeah
There'll be loads of fish in
this lake, like absolutely loads
How big?
- This big? 80lbs?
- Woah
How long would that take
us to eat?
80lbs would be about this big
We'd be catching, I'd be catching ones about
that size for like tea and stuff, like fillet it
Well how long would
that last us?
- What, a big one?
- Like this big? Yeah
No, this big
Two days
That's not too bad
One week. Two days
Three days, Four days,
Five days, One week
OK
Did Harry kill Karl?
I don't know
That's what happened to Mum
I thought you said the infected
killed her?
Na
She got infected, and then
And then Karl killed her
I'm so sorry
Yeah it's fine it's
ages back now
Oi guys
- Yeah?
- Come on
Hang on
Hey guys, come on, come on
What do you think?
Awesome Yeah
Right, two secs
Stay there, you
Give me the bag
Stay there
Dear Mum
We managed to find a boat
We're going to see how
far it will get us up river
Tom is with us now,
which is cool
He says he can catch us
plenty to eat
Harry is doing good
Still bossy, but that's fine
He seems excited to be
moving again
He's keeping the team
together well
I hope you're watching
down on us, and feeling proud
I miss you
Love, Lily