Catalyst (2025)

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In the not

too distant future,

conflict and

violence run rampant.

Corruption and hypocrisy

have been repeatedly exposed

in governments and

religious systems.

t*rrorists and anarchist cells

took advantage of society's

crumbling moral code,

stoking already tense fears,

growing stronger in the divide

and desperation and unrest

reached a boiling point

within an evermore

divided nation,

once called the United

States of America.

What was once a nation by

the people and for the people

devolved into chaos,

violence,

and civil w*r.

Countless civilian

lives were lost.

As America struggled to rebuild,

rumors began spreading

of a secret society known

only as the Collective.

To this day, their true

motive remains unknown

because no one who the

Collective has chosen,

has ever been heard from again.

Let's begin.

You all right?

I want you to keep this

a little longer, okay?

How can I help you, my son?

You don't remember me, do you?

Well, how can I help you?

I was just a toy for

you, you sick f*ck!

Alek?

What's good for the shepherd

is great for the flock.

You sure that's what

you want to say to me right now?

Hey think, think about this.

Think about it.

I have thought about it.

What the?

Oh!

Hello? I'm, I'm stuck out here.

This

is your first test.

How will you respond,

-Mr. O'Connor?

-Who is this?

Are you here? Where are you?

In

other news tonight,

police officials in Los Angeles

are reporting a brutal m*rder

of Father Spencer Albright,

a cherished local priest.

You thought

you could run from this?

Wait, you want money?

Is that what you want?

I've got nothing, okay?

I've got nothing left.

What could you

possibly want from me?

- Your life.

- Is in your hands.

Listen to me.

Ah!

g*dd*mn it.

Are you listening

closely?

Yeah.

What do you want from me?

What

happens next is up to you.

What?

Run,

and you will suffer.

Wait, wait. What does that mean?

Surrender, Mr. O'Connor.

This is your first test.

g*dd*mn you.

Whoa.

Come on!

I told you

not to run.

What do you want from me?

Now your life

will be in their hands.

Mr. O'Connor, why do

you deserve to live?

What the f*ck is this?

- Show him.

- Alek O'Connor,

you have been chosen.

What are you willing

to give up to be free?

There are three rules.

Do not attempt to leave.

Do not disturb the collar.

Do not k*ll another participant

until you are ready.

The parasite is among you.

Will you

do whatever it takes to live?

Your next trial begins now.

Choose or die.

What the hell is this?

Do not

attempt to cross the threshold.

You have been warned.

What's going on?

- Wait.

- Shake out your legs.

Maybe it's all

just a sick game?

Yeah, but what do they want?

Why play us?

My memory is still

rotten.

What is this?

So what is the g*dd*mn answer?

We have to come

up with an answer.

Choose.

Or die.

Come on. We need

more information!

What is it you want from us?

The parasite

is among you.

Why do you deserve to live?

-That's the answer you want.

-Here we go.

sh*t!

We only got 60 minutes.

To hell with this, man.

I'm gonna be over here.

f*cking obvious, man.

They want us to k*ll someone.

Okay, at the

beginning, when we were waking

up, when the guy was

ripping the mask off.

What? What was the voice saying?

They said something

about some rules.

- Who are you?

- Something about this

-collar.

-I don't know who you are either

but they said something

about these collars.

They said something

about a solution.

Don't touch the collars.

Don't touch each other.

What's with the f*cking leash?

I would back up.

It's like a g*dd*mn

electric cage or something.

Hold on. What parasite?

I don't know.

He said something about it.

Something about a parasite.

What was it?

Some kind of disease?

Some kind of virus?

Hold on, just

everyone cool down.

What's funny, man? What's funny?

And there's an answer.

What do you say about an answer?

What is he laughing at?

Do you know something

we don't know?

What are you laughing at?

I tell you. I've learned

more sitting here,

being silent

watching all of you.

Okay, so what's

the solution, man?

I'm ready to hear it.

Anyone know what that means?

Huh? You wanna play me?

Shut your f*cking mouth!

You grab me, you grab me

and it's gonna go down.

You shut your mouth!

You grab me! You don't

hear a damn thing!

- Shut your mouth!

- You don't hear nothing!

Come on, this

is a waste of time.

No, no, no, no!

Whoa!

Get him

up. Let go, man.

What will it be?

It doesn't matter, man.

Just gimme something, please.

I'll join him.

Put him on my tab.

You got it.

What's this?

What are you willing

to give up to be free?

Okay, just breathe.

You've gotta breathe. Breathe.

You tried to run

and we all got messed up,

but I'm the bad guy?

That guy's got a point.

Don't you ever do that

again, or I'll beat your a*s.

You hear me?

Hey, listen!

Do any of us have

anything in common?

I don't know you guys.

We're all being judged by God.

Hey, look, look, look, look.

Can we just calm down?

Let me just start with

something real quick, alright?

Can we just calmly, calmly,

but calmly can we just

introduce ourselves real quick?

Maybe we can figure

something out that way.

And what's your name?

My name is Father Patrick Briar.

Now, hold on, hold on.

Just tell me what you want.

Kevin Lozano.

I'm in the automotive industry.

What about you?

See, we can figure

out something that connects us.

Maybe.

This, this can't all

just be a coincidence.

Hey, we're going

somewhere. Just relax.

If you don't mind,

brother. What's your name?

My name's Alek.

And what do you do?

I'm a nobody.

They said, "the

parasite's among you".

Maybe it's you.

I got a desk job.

That's the truth.

So why don't you

tell us what you did?

Hold on. Hold on, man. Just--

Just, I'm just trying to

make sense of all this, man.

What's your name?

Darren Cartwright.

- And what do you do?

- Look. Look.

Okay, look, I'm a junior

professor in my department.

- Professor of what?

- Human studies.

Human studies, human studies.

What's your deal?

Why are you here?

I don't know why I'm here.

And what about you, man?

What's your name?

Guys, we gotta speed this up.

Look, all I know

is we're gonna die.

Then let's see

if you deserve to live.

We just wasted five minutes.

sh*t! What the hell?

We have to discover

the parasite.

- What do we do?

The parasite!

The parasite was among us.

I gotta get outta here, man.

- How did you get here?

- I don't remember.

We're running outta time.

Look, I woke up in the desert.

I don't know how I got there.

- I don't know either.

- I woke up in the

desert too!

- Me too.

- What?

Did you guys have something

written on the car?

Wait, wait, wait.

It's coming back to me.

Now it's coming back to me.

There was something

written on the car.

There was a word on the car.

- I had a word on the

car too!

No, I remember the word, man.

-I remember that too.

-What was your word?

- It was, uh.

- What?

-I had the word "victim".

-Doesn't make any sense.

Surrender.

Atone.

Fear.

Guilty.

Selfish.

Matter.

Yeah, but what got you here?

I was attacked by men in a van.

They were testing me.

They knew I'd run.

Why else would they

leave me in the desert

just to put me in here?

How will you respond?

They threw me in

this van and they said--

Now your life

will be in their hands.

No. No. That's

not all they said.

They said, uh,

"Fate guides those who will

"to those that don't it drags."

That's right. You're right.

-Yes.

-I remember that now.

Fate guides the

willing but drags the unwilling.

What the f*ck does that mean?

Yeah.

If we try to run, they will win.

There has to be something else.

There's gotta

be, there's gotta.

You didn't wake up

in here, did you?

I, I don't remember.

Look, when they first

brought me here,

I, I woke up in this room.

They pulled this hood off of me.

I was surrounded by

more of those soldiers.

- Yeah, me too.

- Me too.

Yeah, that's the

only thing I can remember.

Did, did you get in a van?

What did you see?

What did you remember?

I'm a-- I'm a mechanic.

They must have tapped my

security feed at my body shop.

They've been watching me.

They knew everything.

It was like they were

testing, almost tempting me.

Why am I here?

You've been spying on me?

Tell me, who are you?

What does that mean?

Try to find the key.

Climb on this rope.

Let, let's attack

these m*therf*ckers.

Listen, I could take a--

You thought

you could run from this.

Come on. They're

playing with our minds, man.

They play with your mind.

They control your heart,

your mind, everything.

Listen man, there's seven of us.

We rush them fast enough.

We could get all three of 'em.

We're not going through there.

We can't get through there.

Consider for a second

that we are right.

He said the

parasite was among us.

Determine the parasite.

Isn't that what he said?

- One answer.

- There's one answer,

right? So what is that

one answer for us?

- Come on. Huh?

- Come on?

Why are we here?

Why are you here?

- sh*t!

- Come on!

Is it one of us?

Ah!

- Heads up, heads up.

- What the f*ck?

No you better, f*ck.

No, oh my God!

You better not touch

my f*cking son!

What is this? Who is that?

You better not touch my son.

Get out of there right now!

- Who is that?

- What are you guys doing?

What is this?

What the f*ck are they

doing with my fiancee?

You're not gonna

get away with this!

I swear to God, if you touch

my son, I will k*ll you!

If you touch her,

I will destroy every

last one of you!

They got all our families.

They got all our families!

They've been following us.

They've been watching us.

If they got my

kid, I gotta k*ll 'em.

You'd do the same.

- Hey, what are you gonna do?

- Relax.

We gotta figure this

out. We know that.

We know they got

something on us.

Hey, calm down.

We gotta turn it around.

We gotta, we gotta

wait 'til we're ready.

How the hell do

we know when we're ready?

This isn't right.

How do we know

what we're hiding?

We got no choice.

We have to focus in and

figure this sh*t out.

What?

What do you suggest?

- What are you thinking?

- Okay.

There has to be something else.

Some reason we're all here.

50 minutes remaining.

Yet another Riverside

priest has been relieved

of his duties amid surfacing

allegations of sexual abuse.

Reports allege that

Father Patrick Briar,

a once respected member of

the Archdiocese of Chicago,

abused several boys

in his position--

You're raping

children?

Jack his a*s up!

- You make me sick!

- What? What?

What do you want from us?

Wait. Don't touch him.

We still don't know

what we're dealing with.

Hey, people put their

children in your hands

because they trust you!

- Look.

- You're a hypocrite!

- I know!

- You don't know!

That's how we get outta here.

He's gotta die.

I always try to be gentle.

You think this is a joke?

You m*therf*cker!

Whoa, whoa, whoa.

Out, back up.

Son? Why don't you r*pe

me now, m*therf*cker?

- I've already been warned.

- Get us outta here!

Rule two, I don't

know why we're here.

What do you want?

The parasite.

k*ll the parasite.

You ever feel like you

could k*ll someone?

Sure have.

You do whatever it takes.

The real question is

what if there were a way?

It'll continue to haunt you

until you really deal with it.

What's this?

Your chance.

Your chance.

That sick f*ck should

be the one to die.

What the f*ck does it mean?

We gotta vote. Let's

vote and finish this.

What do I know?

I know I don't trust

any of you guys.

That's what I know.

We're all sinners.

-We all need redemption.

-Oh sh*t.

What if they want a confession?

I had a man like him

steal my life from me

and I spent the rest of

my life suffering for it.

You know, I thought

this sh*t was real

until you got these guys

trying to get a

confession out of me, huh?

He knows what I'm talking about.

Why does he know what

you're talking about?

You know him?

- What is he talking

about?

You know him?

Look at them, man.

They're all sitting right here.

It's obvious they want

us to k*ll someone.

Yeah, well

if they have my son

- and I gotta k*ll someone.

- Pig man.

Someone's making money

off of this sh*t.

I'm telling you, man.

They, the-- Someone's

making money

off of watching us suffer!

- It's not my place to--

- You just think,

you think everybody

is listening.

Why don't

we just wait until--

- Quiet now.

- Ah, forget this sh*t.

I'm gonna be in my office.

Come on, man. Huh?

Why don't you come with me?

- What's this laughing

for? Shut up!

- What's happening?

- I know this guy.

-Wait.

-Shut your mouth!

You know him?

Oh yeah, yeah.

Let me tell you guys about

Castor f*cking Ramirez, huh?

Yeah, he's so smart.

He knows all you guys, huh?

He has no soul.

You really

had me going, huh?

That's my daughter!

News report, now all

these guys in masks.

Right, huh?

Where you dig this sh*t up, huh?

We've all been kidnapped.

In case you haven't

figured that out.

What is that for?

Why don't you come clean, Doc?

Only you can get to my

wife and my kid, man.

Why don't you just

admit the game, man?

And stop playing, huh?

You don't got me

fooled, brother.

This is a f*cking

game, it's a f*cking game.

Angelica Warren.

A child's blood

is on your hands.

One of us is a dead

man and it ain't gonna be me.

We're all f*cking

criminals in this room.

Oh, I see how it is, man.

What, you gonna rat me

out to everyone here, huh?

What does that have to

do with you and you?

'Cause we don't know what the

f*ck you're talking about.

- He has no soul.

- What is that?

- That's my daughter.

- He stole the car

and there was a girl in the

back seat of that car!

I don't know nothing

about that, man.

- He has no soul!

- And now she's dead.

- That's my daughter!

- 3-year-old child.

Dead, because of the

choice that you made!

m*therf*cker! Huh?

Oh.

I'm sorry. Castor, one second.

You have to wait a second.

I'm in the middle of a meeting.

I'm sorry to bother you.

This really can't wait.

I don't believe you.

They're watching the

one man that I call my father.

You got me. Take me, huh?

Take me!

- Castor, what is it?

- I'm in trouble.

- What does that mean?

- Okay, have a seat.

I got myself into something

I can't back out of.

You know you can

trust me, Miho.

I'm here.

I'm being

investigated for m*rder.

The blood's on your hands,

it says.

You're in a lot of

trouble, Lozano.

He left an infant in the street

and she burned in the sun!

You're a piece of sh*t!

Enough! Enough!

They say wake up again.

You wanna

know what happened?

You wanna know what happened?

I'll tell you what happened.

What does it say?

Vanessa Torres.

That's-- That's a detective.

Vanessa Torres,

the agent's blood

is on your hands.

We got a cop k*ller in here?

-Yeah.

-We got a cop k*ller. Huh?

She's been

investigating me, man.

I know that name.

-So you k*lled her?

-I know her face.

No, no, no. I

didn't k*ll nobody.

f*ck it. It's out in the open!

I import and I

export stolen cars.

Now because of what

happened with the child,

she made it her personal

vendetta to make sure

that we went down

because we went

from car thieves to K*llers

and I needed to find

something to incriminate--

So you broke into

her house and you k*lled her?

I broke into her house

and I went in there to find--

So you k*lled the neighbor?

To find something

to incriminate her.

She was there.

She fired her weapon.

She got me in the leg.

I bludgeoned her. I

p*stol whipped her.

And the g*n went off.

I didn't mean to k*ll her.

Probably could

have guessed that.

-No, this is a--

-Probably could have guessed?

This is a trap, guys.

Every time they roll

some bullshit in here,

we start fighting each other.

I did it to protect you, Lozano!

You're family,

believe it or not!

Nah, nah, nah, nah.

You did it to protect

your business!

You get paid and I get sh*t.

Last I knew, the government

runs the streets.

You're just a pawn in it.

Why? 'Cause I'm your government?

-This ain't chess.

-This is chess!

Don't you see the

game we're living in?

So you k*lled an

innocent to protect those

closer to you?

We all have our sin!

I think I know the answer here.

You just said we all

have our sins, right?

Well, follow my lead.

I stole the car.

There was a baby in the back.

I left her there because

I didn't know what to do.

-Cops were on my tail.

-Wow.

The girl in this

letter, she died 'cause of me.

Son, I can spot a false

confession a mile away.

The words may be there,

but the spirit is not.

Yeah, good one.

Your lies

will haunt you.

Attention, Kevin Lozano,

your son Hector is dead.

No, no, no, no.

Keep it together, bro.

Lozano, you

don't know he's dead.

It's a game.

They're playing with us.

Maybe that is it.

If my son is dead, show

him on that screen.

Lemme see the proof!

He's still alive!

Put him on the f*cking screen!

They got us here.

They lock us up, man.

And they think all of a

sudden they could play

with our minds, our heart.

You think you could

play with my flesh?

You ain't sh*t!

You stand there, you look bad!

You got your mask on!

Show your face!

To

truly earn your freedom--

Show it!

You must go further.

You guys are nothing!

I swear to God!

Try me!

-I'm so sorry.

-Freaking hand off, dude.

You know it's your fault, man.

You k*lled a cop.

- It's not his fault.

- And they take your family.

Man, I'm just trying

to help you, stop fighting--

Castor, my boy.

I'm glad you're still alive.

If they ask you to sacrifice

me, please trust me.

Save yourself.

I know what they've done to you

and I know what

they're going to do.

This organization is a power

far greater than you realize.

- No.

- He's a good man.

You let him go!

They have chosen

all of you for a reason.

I didn't do

it to k*ll children!

- That's why I'm here.

- I'm sorry!

If

they are testing you,

your strength will

come from your faith.

How do you know that?

Man, if we're gonna

get outta here,

we gotta work together.

- I never lied to you.

- How do you know?

Do you think I think

you're on our side?

You

know what to do.

I pray I see you still.

When they first brought

me here they did say,

"To truly earn your freedom

you must go further."

- So how do we go further?

- Maybe there's

another way?

I know I was beaten

with vacuum cleaner

cords and mop handles.

And I was never kissed

or hugged as a child.

And I don't, wait.

I heard enough from this guy.

- I think--

- I've heard enough man.

The reason, at least partially

why I might have had the will

to stop it, but I didn't.

I wanted my own childhood.

I know that's impossible.

You know, when they

first brought me here,

they showed me

evidence of my sins.

People from my past

taking revenge.

And that's simple.

This has to be a sort

of atonement,

a way

to free ourselves.

But I-- I can't control

these thoughts.

Do you have any idea

what it does to a kid

for your few moments

of gratification?

Do you have any idea

the pain you caused?

Some.

You have no remorse.

-The church--

-g*dd*mn it.

Would relocate me.

So I was always absolved

of the culpability of that.

By him continuing to move,

he was able to continue to

get away with the choice.

I understand.

That's why I'm

revealing what happened.

Is this the answer?

Is this-- Is that what

we're looking for?

You stayed on the pattern.

You see, do you guys see this?

Yes.

That was the answer.

You didn't break the pattern.

You didn't break the cycle.

And I think we're all

doing the same thing.

He's right.

I know you don't believe

what he's saying,

but trust me, I know this.

This is what you

want?

Come on!

- Is this what you asked for?

- He's a child r*pist.

He's a sick man.

I don't

think he's one of us.

He should be dealt with.

You should be in pri--

You should be dead.

Guys, our lives are

on the line here.

We gotta pull this together.

- k*ll him, and save us.

- Enough!

How is that gonna fix this?

We don't even know that

that clock is the death

sentence we made it out to be.

We woke up with

a different word.

This word means something

different to each of us.

Each of us have a pattern,

have a pattern.

We can break this pattern.

We are all sinners.

k*lled by the body,

k*lled by the spirit.

What's the difference?

We all need redemption.

I didn't do my sh*t on purpose.

Silence.

They're laughing at us.

-I'm not here to judge you.

-Okay?

-I didn't do anything.

-I'm not here to judge you.

I'm just trying to

figure this out.

I'm sorry for the

pain you went through.

Don't you dare.

There's a time for that.

- Okay?

- I'm sorry for that.

40 minutes remaining.

If you weren't as

old as you were, man,

I'd knock your f*cking

head right off your neck.

Does anyone--

I'm trying to work

with you so we can get--

Everything you know

has to be challenged.

Let's start with that.

- So let's flip it.

- Everything.

Oh, what? Why?

Why are you guilty? Why?

What is that? Why do you

think that said guilty?

Let's get it all out.

Let's, let's level

the playing field.

Alright, alright. Look, look.

- What are you guilty of?

- When we first

got here,

I was in some sort of trance.

There was this woman,

she said something

that stuck with me.

There is a w*r coming

unlike you'd ever imagine,

and on a b*ttlefield

unlike ever before.

Your mind.

I don't think it's one of us.

If the w*r is in our mind,

that has to mean something.

Look at what we're doing here.

Look at what we're

doing to each other.

- That's the game.

- How do you feel

about it?

- It's a sick game.

- I'm not talking--

-No, no, no.

-What's that?

- That's not about me.

- Leave me alone.

I don't know what that is.

That's gotta be

about someone else.

Hold on.

Two days, a mother,

Randall was shot and

k*lled by officer--

- Stop.

- The clock is ticking.

- What?

- How do you know him?

I don't know who you think

you know, but you don't!

Hey, I didn't do anything!

Do you know why I

pulled you over today?

No, sir.

Missing your rear

license plate back there.

Must have fell off.

You're not

gonna get away with this!

Sir, he's

done nothing wrong.

- Do you know who I am?

- Ma'am, stay quiet.

- I'm recording

everything sir!

- You can't touch me!

- Stay quiet.

You ain't gonna

talk to her like that.

License and registration, sir.

I need to warn you

I have a licensed

and legal g*n in the car.

Okay, where's the weapon?

Let me see your hands.

Let me see your hands!

I didn't do anything!

- He's done nothing.

- We haven't done--

He's done

nothing wrong!

Do it now! Do it now!

I didn't do anything!

You're not gonna

get away with this!

- You're that policeman.

- Shut

your f*cking mouth!

- Wanna get outta here?

- Stop!

We gotta figure out what

the g*dd*mn parasite is.

- You got off!

- Would you shut

f*ck up?

f*cking kid was in the backseat!

He went for his g*n!

He went for his registration.

-You f*cking pig!

-Look, look, look.

They've got

something on all of us.

Shut the f*ck up for

a second and listen.

- I didn't do anything.

- Hold on. Just listen.

You want your kid to live?

Admit it. You're

afraid of Black people.

I'm not afraid of Black people.

I grew up in the same

neighborhood! Okay?

I just made different

choices than some of us.

Okay. Listen, listen, listen.

I know what the answer is.

I know!

There's six criminals

in here and one cop!

That's the f*cking

parasite right there!

- I don't give a f*ck.

- Dude, listen, man!

We are all gonna die if you

guys stop pissing around!

Shut up!

Did you

leave Angelica Warren

on the ground in an

alleyway on August 10th?

Maybe.

And did that

choice result in her death?

g*dd*mn, huh?

That's how you guys

do it over here, huh?

What's this? A gift?

Answer the question, Mr. Lozano.

I'll tell you what,

you work with me first, alright?

Give daddy a kiss.

What the hell is this, huh?

What the f*ck is going on here?

Did that choice

result in her death?

He has no soul.

That's my daughter!

He has no soul.

That's my daughter!

Yeah, I sold him the sh*t, man.

What's that gotta do with this?

What is this?

- Do it now!

- No!

I told him to

show me his hands!

Oh.

Back away, okay?

Oh my God. No, no, no.

What the, what the hell?

Oh! What?

Oh. No, no, no.

No. No. No!

Ugh!

Oh God, f*ck!

Oh! What the the--

What the hell?

Who are you?

Why are you here?

Why are you here?

I thought he

would show me his hands!

Why are you here?

- Officer!

- I didn't do anything.

Leave me alone!

Randall.

I didn't do anything!

Was shot

and k*lled by Officer--

-You know what? No joke.

-Just stay calm.

Let's get home safe.

I need to warn you I have a

licensed legal g*n in the car.

Good afternoon, officer.

- Show me your hands!

- What the f*ck?

Why are you pointing

a g*n at us?

I didn't do anything!

Put the phone away!

Put your hands on the dash!

God, forgive me.

Why are you here?

- k*ll the parasite.

- Must answer the question.

Have you

finally seen the truth?

Your skill will bring great

value to the cause, Mohammed.

I don't

want any of this.

Thousands

of our brothers

have been k*lled, Mohammed.

They've humiliated you.

They've betrayed you.

You must go further

to earn your freedom, Mohammed.

I want the b*stards!

It is time for you to

step into your destiny

where even death

may be an option.

We must all play our part.

f*ck you!

Usher in a new era

where Islam is respected

and without question.

Have you ever though

you could k*ll someone?

It is your destiny .

Have you ever

thought you could k*ll someone?

I feel like I

could k*ll someone.

Enough!

Have you ever

thought you could k*ll someone?

- Yes.

- k*ll them all.

There hasn't been a

day that's gone by

since she was dead.

- Don't listen.

- Have you?

Yeah.

They're lying to you.

They're testing you.

Do whatever it takes.

Will you do

whatever it takes?

There's only

one person to blame

for me being here, man.

So yeah, I'm ready.

Will you?

Answer the question,

Mr. Ramirez.

Yeah.

Remember your rage.

Remember your hatred, Mohammed.

-No.

-You know what to do.

Tell me who are you!

What the hell is this?

You m*therf*cker!

Oh, f*ck!

You know what to do.

Remember your rage.

Remember your hatred, Mohammed.

I just want my life

to mean something.

Maybe you've

finally seen the truth.

We'll see.

35 minutes remaining.

Wake up, you f*ck.

Wake up!

-Wake up.

-What just happened here?

Where the hell are we?

They f*cking knew

everything I was thinking.

Thousands

of our brothers

have been k*lled, Mohammed.

They've humiliated you.

They've betrayed you.

How are you okay with this?

It is time for you to

step into your destiny.

You don't-- You know this guy?

But even

death may be an option.

Do you know that voice?

We must

all play our part

ushering in a new era of man.

Why are you afraid, bro?

Where Islam is

respected without questioning--

- Don't come any closer.

- Allahu Akbar.

- Do you know that voice?

- Allahu Akbar?

That means God is great.

k*lling

innocent people.

What do you know about

k*lling innocent?

Release me!

You tell these sand n*gg*r*s

infesting my country,

I'm gonna put the

fear of God in them

the way they put fear

into innocent people

every g*dd*mn day.

- Right here.

- No!

How great is this f*cking b*tch?

They came after me.

You're not allowed to

come back here again!

We're not here for you.

We're here for him.

- Get the f*ck out!

- And my wife!

Leave!

- Turn it off!

- Get off!

Turn it off!

No!

Somayeh!

- Get off me!

- No!

- f*ck you!

- Go now!

f*ck you for making me do this!

- I could have

stopped them.

You know that voice?

- No, don't get too

close!

- Do it.

- Do it!

-Tell me you know that voice!

-Stay away from me!

Hey, hey, hey.

Back up. Back up. Back up.

- Whoa, whoa, whoa.

- Calm down.

I was pushed down by

the Western society

since the day I was born.

I was looked at like I was

some kind of a monster.

After they k*lled her,

they just kept taunting me.

I knew it would never end

unless I made them pay,

all of them.

My only way out was--

I told you they were testing me.

You must go further

to earn your freedom, Mohammed.

No.

Oh, I get it.

You want to be the poster boy.

You want to matter.

- What are you; a t*rror1st?

- Don't touch him.

He needs to be the one to die.

- Yeah, exactly.

- Are you a t*rror1st?

- Guys.

- I'm not a t*rror1st.

f*ck you!

Where was your righteousness

when my people were

slaughtered in Syria?

And you wonder why

I wear the vest?

Why I seek vengeance?

Make him the martyr.

You wanted that

sh*t anyways, man.

Do you know who that voice is?

- Do you want me to fight?

- Wake up.

Every time we fight,

we're told to wake up.

So what is the pattern?

The pattern is something else.

Okay.

The pattern is choice.

-Look.

-Like he said.

- Look, look, look.

- The pattern is choice.

You

must choose or die.

What if the parasite

is not one of us?

What if none of this, even

these m*therf*ckers in the mask,

none of this is

what we think it is?

He said we have to

change the way we think.

Right? That's the g*dd*mn game.

And that's the answer

they're looking for.

That's our ticket outta here.

He's right.

Listen to this sh*t, man.

What if the

parasite isn't one of us?

- That's a start.

- Alright, man.

You don't wanna listen to me,

then we're all

gonna die, alright?

Maybe that's a start.

What about you?

It has to be something

more going on.

This guy has some kind

of ulterior motive.

Look, I don't want any of this.

I'll tell you guys

what I do know, man.

Conversation's not gonna

get us out of here.

Man, there's no f*cking way

we're all getting

outta here alive, man.

My point is, if you

look at us in this room,

what are we doing?

One answer, one person.

Not you. Tell me one person.

What are we all doing?

-Arguing.

-Okay, what does the rest

of the world do all the time?

Man, as a race, what do we do?

Do you not see how

it relates? Fear.

And why did you k*ll that man?

You were afraid.

Why us?

The decision that

you made, you made out of fear.

The pattern is rooted in fear.

But we thought we

knew who he was.

Everybody expressed

their fear towards him.

Then the same thing with him.

Now you two with each other.

So if the parasite

is not one of us.

He just wanted us

to think it was.

We just assumed that it was.

You must

k*ll the parasite.

What if none of this

is what we think it is?

What if we're not

really trapped in here?

We're trapped in here

the same way we're

trapped by our minds.

To truly earn your freedom.

You must go further.

Cartwright said the woman

told him about the w*r coming.

The w*r of the mind. Right?

What if the parasite

is actually the mind?

Exactly.

So those words from the desert,

what do they mean to each soul?

- Parasite means mind.

- What does that mean?

The patterns of thoughts.

It's gotta be the

cycle we gotta break.

That's the g*dd*mn

game. That's it.

It keeps going back to

the same thing, right?

Best idea. What else is it?

Just stay with me.

We are changing

'cause we're actually

listening to each other.

Is anyone with me?

-I'm with you.

-I'm with you. He's right.

- I'm with you.

- They're playing us.

-Okay.

-Okay.

But they have people

that we care about, okay?

They have, they

can get to my son.

Well, what would

you say to that?

So we need to figure

this out. We don't have time.

We have to figure

out the answer, okay?

Hey, thank you.

What are you? What

are you gonna do?

You must choose or die.

We're going

in circles, man. Circles!

You don't want to listen to me.

Then we're all gonna die!

Son, you're gonna lead

us to the grave, man.

I think he's onto to something.

-Yeah?

-Come on, guys.

-He's a freak, man.

-We are going to die in here.

-Let's get rid of him.

-If we keep doing this.

This is f*cking ridiculous!

Silence.

- Ah!

- Oh, okay.

You guys are gonna have

to stop doing that.

- You know?

- Oh.

I'm getting awful sick of you!

Shocking me when I'm

not doing anything.

This is getting real

f*cking fun, fellas!

We're rats in a cage.

Guys, don't you see

what's happening here?

Not a damn thing.

You guys just want

to jump on the bad.

What about the good?

You've got a kid you love.

Isn't that good?

You got a fiancee you care about

that you wanna get

outta here for.

There's something

you believe in enough

that you're willing

to die for it.

He put his life on

the line for you, man.

Don't you guys see that?

We're just feeding the hate.

We're not changing anything.

You said it's a game, right?

They're watching how we play it.

Maybe that's it.

How many men would've come

here and tore each other apart?

Flip that!

They wanna see us

break that pattern.

I think he's onto

something.

But why?

They're trying to

change the game here.

He said that this organization

is bigger than us.

So if we accept that,

then maybe we are on the

path to righteousness.

Maybe this is what

we're supposed to do.

It's because there

are a million of us.

We just represent

what's up there.

If we can make a

change, so can they.

Maybe that's it.

They said they were testing

to see if we deserve to live.

Not who deserves to die

but why do we deserve to live?

And what they want

is a confession.

They're testing

us to see what we do!

They didn't actually tell

us to k*ll each other.

We brought that up.

- They just set us free.

- Think about it.

Every time we try to k*ll

each other, we get shocked.

They're trying to stop us.

They're trying to show us.

If you're wrong,

we're doing it my way.

We're going back to a vote.

-One of us dies--

-You can't think like that.

- To save us all.

- We need to be all-in.

- Why us?

- Wake up.

That means we're changing

the game right now, boys.

We're changing it.

Maybe it's not that

there's one answer.

Maybe it's that

this is the answer.

He gave us the answer

in the beginning.

He gave us the

answer in the beginning.

We're just fighting each other.

You know, for once, I

gotta agree with the white boy.

- Yeah.

- We got a choice, right?

We're done hating each other.

That's the answer.

Impressive.

Did y'all see that?

- Impressive.

- Huh? Can I get some love?

- Oh my God, that's it.

- What's up?

- I'm happy to be here now.

- Oh yeah!

Happy!

Did y'all see that?

Did y'all see that?

Yet futile.

Huh?

You have not

earned your freedom.

That had to be the right answer.

You will not

survive this night.

Show me what are you willing

to give up to be free?

What is this?

You have been warned.

Our father

who art in heaven,

hallowed be thy name.

- He's a dead man.

- Thy kingdom come.

- This doesn't make

any sense.

On earth.

Which one of us is

the worst of us all?

Show me the one answer or we

will not survive this night.

So you think all of us are dead

if we don't pick

one of us to die?

Precisely, we have to.

- Dear heavenly Father, I

ask-- Whatever. God.

You know what?

-You know what? I'll take him.

-Let it matter--

We can't just--

I'm gonna go out--

Guys, we can't

just talk about it.

We gotta live it.

We gotta show it.

How are we gonna show

it from inside here, huh?

What if this is

our second chance?

We gotta show it.

I don't know if

I'm right or wrong,

but I'd rather not die

with hate in my heart.

Don't you see how the

game's changing now?

Don't you see?

There's no more

spheres coming in here

throwing sh*t at us because

we're starting to defeat that.

We're not at each

other's throats anymore.

We're listening.

We're changing our thoughts.

Thank you.

I'll try to be worthy of that.

What are we willing

to give up to be free?

So f*ck it.

I was gonna k*ll you.

And you would've been justified.

I know my past.

I know what haunts me.

Reporting the brutal

m*rder of Father Spencer.

I'm asking myself, why you?

Second chance to take

out all this rage

on the life I lost

and be justified?

I can't help but think that's

what they want me to feel.

That's not the end of the story.

That's probably why I'm here.

I got the g*n and I found him.

I found the man that abused me.

If anything, think about this.

You don't think I had?

I loved you.

Father?

Father?

Damn you.

But I couldn't do it.

So now I was gonna go home

and I was gonna k*ll myself

because he took everything

from me and I trusted him.

He destroyed my entire life,

my health and my faith.

If not for this,

whatever this is,

I'd be dead.

I was such a happy kid and

he took that all from me.

But k*lling you won't

give me my life back

and I forgive you.

Not for you, but for me.

I beg God sometimes to

remove all of this from me.

I want so much to bring peace

and instead I leave destruction.

You know what I--

I'm capable of?

We're all capable

of something, okay?

You just stop hurting kids

and I'll stop hurting myself!

Guys, I don't want to

die feeling like this.

Do you?

I'm so g*dd*mn tired of

being angry all the time.

I've been angry my

whole f*cking life.

And she said, "Don't

play with this boy.

-"He is not like us."

10 minutes remaining.

Since that day,

I've been hating myself

for being different.

Growing up I was made fun of

because I looked different

because my, my

name was different.

I was pulled over by the

police, yelled at, beaten!

Even though I didn't

do anything wrong,

but I was a monster in society.

I wanted to get revenge.

I found these people that

told me salvation is close.

I thought it was the truth.

I believed them.

I'd lost faith in the people,

in the good that I once knew.

- f*ck you!

- I learned how to fight

so I could protect

the ones that I love.

Not for this. Not for

them to use me as a pawn.

I didn't want any of this,

this hatred, none of this!

Can I tell you something?

You'd be surprised

at how many people

sympathize with where

you're coming from

and let me explain

something to you.

On 9/11, I was in

Manhattan, okay?

And I'm one of those

people who would sympathize

with where you're coming

from in your story.

But when 3000 innocent

people were k*lled

in the name of whatever

spiritual nonsense,

you lose me, the sympathizer.

You lose me when

you do that sh*t!

Do you hear what

I'm saying to you?

That is not love.

What do you

have to say, professor?

I had,

so this mentor of

mine a few weeks back,

he kept calling me and

I knew something was up,

but I was so busy I, I

didn't take it seriously

and he could tell I

was blowing him off.

He figured that I didn't care.

So one after another,

his spirit failed him.

Society failed him.

Then I failed him.

And by the end of the week,

he f*cking hung himself.

He left a wife and two

children and that's on me.

The guilt is the

reason I'm here.

I could have tried harder to,

to change his mind.

I didn't have to--

So when we get outta here,

it's about breaking

the pattern, right?

Maybe that's what it is.

We gotta bring this out there

to break the cycle

for other people.

Thank you for that.

Alright, maybe I wasn't as

good of a police officer

as I could have been,

but I was never supposed

to be the bad guy, alright?

When, when I decided to

become a police officer,

it was when I saw my

father beating my mother

and I could not do

anything about it.

I was powerless, helpless.

And so I didn't want

to be that anymore.

I wanted to help people, okay?

I wanted to protect people.

So I took the oath.

Maybe after hearing

these other officers

make comments

about "these" people,

all these people

day in and day out,

k*lling each other,

murdering each other.

I let that sink in.

So yeah, when I shot that man,

when I took his

life, I was afraid.

I was afraid because I

didn't even see a human being

until I looked into his

eyes after I shot him.

Before then, I just

saw what I feared.

I failed the oath I took

pretending I hadn't

become a r*cist.

And at the end of the day,

a man paid for

that with his life.

I was never supposed

to be the bad guy.

But yeah, that's

exactly what I became.

Ramirez, who was that?

You know that voice.

Father, I wanted to ask you--

That was Father Paul.

He's the only man that

was ever a father to me

when I needed one.

He's the only man that I trust.

The only man that taught

me how to be a man.

And when I heard the

pain in his voice,

I knew he was in trouble.

And he's a good man.

He's a man that I look up to.

If I could have half the

principles that he had,

I would be okay.

And he's a man

that always watched

everything I did on the

periphery, but never judged me.

He's exactly what they're

trying to make me here.

He would always look at

me as a human being first.

Do you regret k*lling

Agent Vanessa Torres?

And knowing that his

life could be in danger

because of what I did, because

of the life that I chose.

Yeah.

All I do is destroy people

and if I don't stop,

I'll never stop

destroying myself.

And I give up.

I will hear your

confession.

Hey, Lozano.

- Are you talking to me?

- Lozano.

- Come on, man.

- Hey.

What if your son is dead?

- Huh?

- What if he is, man?

Do you think any of

that could be on you?

Hey, look man, I'm--

We're running

out of time, brother!

I'll tell you what, let's all

just sit here and die then.

- Yeah. All of us.

- Is that your answer?

Let's all sit here and die

because you don't

want to be a man.

-You guys are weak.

-That's what a real man is.

- When it comes down to it.

- See?

I don't want my son to die

and I know you don't

want your son to die.

You just have to confess.

You

have one minute remaining.

Alright, I've been working under

this guy for what, 14 years?

He sits in the house,

but I'm still in a one

bedroom apartment, man.

A shack, a wife who hates me,

a son who might be dead.

Maybe this was

the turning point,

man, I'm willing to change.

I was never good

enough to get a job.

I put on the suit and

tie. Nothing works.

I'll tell you what

my confession is.

I don't believe in myself,

so I gotta resort

to the street life.

30 seconds remaining.

But now, I'm believing.

I believe there's

a change coming.

So my confession, is

I believe in myself,

I believe in my heart.

You'll see.

They said we were chosen here.

We were chosen to be here,

boys, to be a catalyst.

So I'll tell you what,

if they end up

k*lling us anyway,

at least we're not

gonna die angry men.

Ten, nine,

eight, seven, six,

five, four, three,

two, one.

We're ready to break the cycle.

It's time.

They know what we know.

Gentlemen.

You were afraid to choose.

Send them to phase three.

You ever feel like you

could k*ll someone?

What if the were a way, would

you do whatever it takes?

You were afraid to choose.

Think about, Alek. I loved you.

It is time for you to

step into your destiny

where even death

may be an option.

We must all play our part

ushering in a new era

of w*r.

Leave me alone!

Wake up. Wake up!

Alek

O'Connor, you have been chosen.

Became a child

and now you have put

away childish things.

Where the f*ck am I?

You f*cking sand n*gg*r.

I will f*cking--

sh*thole. Get off me.

What the f*ck are

you doing, man?

I'll k*ll you too.

Man, no, don't do it.

I just wanted to scare you!

I just wanted to scare you!

What the f*ck are

you doing, man?

Don't do it.

Don't you do it!

g*dd*mn it, man.

- Mea culpa, mea culpa.

- Shut up!

Mea maxima culpa!

- I'm in trouble.

- Okay, have a seat.

I got myself into

something I can't back out of.

No!

- You did this?

- You're worth it.

How dare you put me

through this sh*t!

I trusted you.

I trusted you!

And you still can.

Oh.

You?

I bet you like to play games.

Will you play with me?

Huh?

No, I'm not gonna hurt you.

Oh!

I'd love to find

somebody to play with.

You don't

have to do this.

You don't have to do this.

You don't have to do this.

No, no.

You k*lled my baby.

You k*lled-- you k*lled my son!

You took my baby away from me!

You took my baby!

Oh.

I wish-- I wish

I could bring him back.

No, no.

You took my baby.

- I'm sorry. I'm so sorry.

- Oh, how could you?

- I'm so sorry.

- My baby.

How could you?

Oh, miho.

This isn't who you are.

It's my fault.

It's my most grievous fault.

Miho.

I am here, my boy.

My boy.

Only you know what to do.

Si, papa.

The

transports are here.

k*ll the parasite.

You don't want to do this.

How funny when

the tables are turned.

I failed you.

You know the good

thing about failure?

You learn from it.

You were

right about him.

And you know not to make

the same mistake over

and over again, right?

You don't want to do this, bro.

You know they talked to

me about forgiveness,

but I got a problem with it.

Don't do it. Don't do it.

Don't do it, dog.

We've been through

way too much, man.

Just think about. No, no!

You don't want to do this.

No! No!

-I run sh*t now.

-No!

Lozano!

What the f*ck is going on?

What are you willing

to give up to be free?

I'm willing to let go.

I'm willing to surrender.

Wake up, wake up.

Wake up!

What the f*ck?

What the hell is this?

There's someone

you need to meet.

Come with me.

You were never in the desert.

There's so much

for you to learn.

Where the

hell are we going?

To see

some old friends.

You didn't answer me before.

What is this?

Rebirth.

This wasn't your first time.

Your fiancee?

Part of the grand illusion.

They're waiting for you.

It was you all along.

I was just the Messenger, Alek.

You're here to meet the true

Architect of the Collective.

Join us.

Welcome, Mr. O'Connor.

There is so much

for you to learn

and then you must choose.

Choose what?

Your fate.

An old Cherokee wise

man told his grandson

of a battle going on

inside all of mankind.

The battle of two wolves.

One wolf was evil.

It was anger, sloth, pride.

The other wolf is good.

It's joy, peace, love.

The grandson pondered

the old man's message

asking which wolf wins.

And the old man responds,

"The one you feed."

But you abducted

us, tortured us.

We perpetuate this

hell on earth.

We feed the lie.

Whatever needs healing

is forced to the surface,

sometimes painfully so

in order to be released,

remember, fate

guides the willing.

But drags the unwilling.

Does that make it all justified?

The answers are all around you,

if you're willing to listen.

It'll continue to

haunt you until you really

deal with it.

What if there were a way

to truly move on, to be free?

Would you do whatever it takes?

Yeah.

Even if it means it

would cause you pain,

you'd do anything

to be free of this?

Mm-hmm.

Don't you think I wish

there was another way?

How have we, the

people, got to the point

where our government, our

humanity is crumbling before us

and we're too blind to see it?

Us versus them rules the world

and we dehumanize

them in a heartbeat

without really contemplating

the true cost, Alek.

The question isn't

which wolf wins.

The question is, which

wolf do you see in them?

Telling you is one thing,

believing is another

matter entirely.

We can't be the first.

So how many people actually

changed their lives

from all this?

Alek, let me assure you,

I know my methods

are unorthodox.

You mean ill*gal?

When you woke up

outside that room this morning,

there was something

alive in you.

Something like never before.

Am I wrong?

What was it like to

look a man in the eye

who represented

everything you hate

and instead choose forgiveness?

You saw through the darkness,

you saw the real truth.

The one answer could never

just be talked about.

You had to feel it,

experience it, live it.

Every tragedy brings hope

when humanity can rise

from the darkness.

You will be a

witness to that hope.

What you started in that

room was just the beginning.

How much of that was real?

It's better you don't know.

What your mind

believes, reality shows.

As you

regain your innocence,

you unconsciously light the

path for others to do the same.

I will

honor my wife's memory.

Thank you for stopping

me from tarnishing it.

We are ushering in

a new era, Mohammed,

the era of peace, inshallah.

- Inshallah.

- What do you choose?

I choose life.

Then you can follow

in our footsteps

and bring more men into peace.

As you

regain your integrity.

- Hi everyone.

- You rebuild

your self-worth.

And I'm an anger addict.

Oh, welcome bro. Come on in.

The walls we build,

the personas we create.

all these things we

think keep us safer.

Tear us apart.

-So, I'm Tommy.

-Hi, Tommy.

I'm a rageaholic.

The actions

of one affect us all.

What's your name, bro?

We are the reminder.

I'm Matt Pierce.

Hi, Matt.

Um, I'm tired of being angry

and afraid, and I need help.

My life and my lives

of others depend on it.

Every

moment is a choice

when men realize their true

power is in compassion,

the world will begin to heal.

In a stunning turn of events,

former officer Matthew

Pierce, just moments ago,

has pled guilty as

prosecutors opted

to retry the former

officer's case

after the original trial

ended in a deadlock

due to a hung jury.

Pierce's decision comes

as a shock to a community

that has long been fearful

of those in uniform

who are sworn to

protect and serve,

but whom in their

eyes have continued

to protect each other in a

sort of blue wall of silence.

There was no turning

back once I pulled that trigger,

what happened in that

room was pretty clear.

As long as I keep

running from what I did,

I'll continue to suffer.

I needed a reason to stay alive.

I'm gonna take the deal.

There's a lot of

work left to do.

This fight has nothing

to do with violence.

It is the antidote.

Remember Alek, this w*r

is a w*r of the mind.

Where the hell am I?

- My daughter.

- Do you hear me?

He was just lying

through his teeth.

We've gotten exceedingly good

at spotting the

sociopaths among us.

What's gonna happen to him?

He'll repent

or not.

Whatever he chooses is on him.

We just provide the container.

As you face

what you've been running from

you choose freedom.

Can I help you?

Kevin Lozano will never

hurt you or Hector again.

What?

It's gonna be okay.

And those

who continuously fail,

the choice is theirs.

Your request has

been granted by the Architect.

Sir, after the

injection, your heart will stop.

Any final words?

Do it.

Ask yourself,

are you willing to give

up what you've become

to be who you truly are?

Why didn't you k*ll me?

That doesn't make the

pain any less real.

So I'm gonna use it to protect

others from people like you.

I promise you,

we are always watching.

So there really is

only one question.

Is that a world you are

willing to fight for?

Wake up.

This is the Messenger speaking.

Welcome to the Collective.

You have been chosen.

Let's begin.