Rippy (2024)

[bunniefuu]

[tense music]

- My dad was a hero, a

sporting hero, a w*r hero,

and the local cop.

He died young to save me.

I think about that a lot,

about what he gave up for me.

It's been tough at times not

having him or Mum around.

But I've learned that

when your dad's a hero,

it's like he never died.

Everyone remembers

him, speaks about him

like he's still around.

I've got a lot of work

to do to fill his shoes,

to make him proud and maybe

fill the hole that he left.

- There, there.

Left, right, left.

Left, left.

Tiny bubbles in my whiskey

make me feel a little frisky.

Left, left.

Left, right, left.

You hear that?

Sounds like dinner to me, huh?

You stay.

Protect my rear.

I gotta go get

this m*therf*cker.

Ooh.

Sweet.

All right.

I'm gonna get your number.

[tense music]

Ah!

- Hold there.

- Oh, thanks, Maddy.

- Let's bring that trophy

home again this year, eh?

- Yeah, I'm on it.

- Was I speeding?

- Where are my eggs?

- Another shakedown.

Double yolkers, right?

- Yeah, I can't have

breakfast without 'em.

- They're back home

waiting for you.

You come around

whenever you want.

- Thanks, Bob.

You're the best.

Oh, you've got to be kidding me.

[horn honking]

Schmitty.

- Maddy, Maddy,

Maddy, I've seen it.

- You've seen what?

- I've seen a beast

in the guise of a--

of a huge kangaroo!

A 7 foot tall big red.

I named him Rippy.

Maddy, you must listen to me.

- Schmitty, just can you get--

get that thing off the road

or I'll impound it, OK?

- Maddy, Maddy, Maddy, I feel

that we're all in mortal danger.

I shot the thing point

blank, and it didn't die.

I think he got Ralphie.

- Ralphie?

- Yeah.

Just-- just-- can

you just stay there?

- Wait, Maddy, wait!

Wait, wait, wait!

- I want you to tell me

what you really think.

- Hey, look, everyone.

He's got--

- Get out of my face, pinhead.

- Little man's lost his temper.

- Oh, here we go again.

- We're pushing now, are we?

- Yeah.

- Yeah?

- Yeah.

- You like pushing?

- Hey, eh, eh, boys.

- Look what you done again.

- Little peanut.

- Yeah?

Well, you're a pirate

who no one wants to root.

- Pull your head in, Parker.

- Had a few too many, boys?

- Sorry about this, Maddy.

- Sorry, sorry, boss, sorry.

- Well, do you want to root him?

Ugh.

- All right.

- Get him out of here!

- Ow, ow.

- Sit.

- Hey, thanks so much for that.

He's being a real d*ck.

Ah.

- I'm gonna need a torch.

- With pleasure.

- All right.

- All right, get up.

Get up.

- She kicked your a*s, bro.

- Hello.

- Hello.

- All right, you can

sleep it off in your car,

or you can walk, but you're

not driving anywhere.

- No, no.

What?

- Come on.

We're sorry.

- We will not have

any more trouble.

- He farts in his sleep.

- Hey.

We'll walk home then, huh?

- Far out.

- Bye.

- This is bullshit.

- Schmitty was here.

- When?

- Just before.

He said Ralphie ran off and

something about a giant roo.

Sorry.

I didn't want to upset ya.

- It's OK.

I reckon the divorce is longer

than the marriage by now,

anyway.

- Hey, that cop,

bro, she was tough.

- She overreacted, bro.

- Well, we were pretty wasted.

- In a pub.

That's where you get wasted.

- [laughs] I can't believe you

actually asked her if she'd root

me.

And I don't remember

hearing her response.

Did you?

- I forgot to tell you.

- What?

- She slipped her

number in my pocket,

asked me to give it to you.

- Eh?

- Yeah, it's right here.

It's right here.

Here it is.

[laughs] As if, bro.

- Screw you, bro.

- Hang on.

I gotta take a piss.

Ah.

What are you doing?

- You hear that?

- My piss?

- All right.

- Nothing.

There's nothing.

It's starting to

creep me out, bro.

- What is that?

- Ah, it's just--

[screams]

[tense music]

[radio chatter]

- Hey, you don't

have to be here.

- Dave called.

Thought I could help.

- Hey, Maddy.

- Hey.

- It's Tim.

- Oh, my god.

- Yeah.

And the other one,

Ricky's over there.

Looks exactly the same.

- So you found them what time?

- Well, when they didn't

come back last night,

I decided to come

out looking for 'em.

I thought I'd find them

sleeping under a tree but--

- What time?

- 6 o'clock.

- So this could have

happened anytime?

- Anytime overnight.

- OK.

[tense music]

Have you ever seen

anything like this?

- Maybe it's a croc

or a pack of dingoes.

- Whatever did

this bloody strong.

Dragged both these men

around like rag dolls,

tore them apart like nothing.

- Yeah, it can't be a croc.

We're too far from any water.

And dingoes haven't been

seen around here for decades.

- So what are you thinking?

- Well, maybe it

was a hit and run.

- Car don't do that.

- Yeah, but scavengers

might after they were dead.

I don't know.

Maybe dingoes are back.

All right, we've got to

get these into cold store.

- Well, let's get an

ambulance or a coroner

out here to pick them up.

- They're not sending

an air ambulance

for two dead bodies, darling.

And the coroner's unit are all

tied up with the fires up north.

- Oh, no.

- Schmitty.

- Deb.

I tried to tell you.

- Tell her?

Tell her what?

- Undead roo on the loose.

It cannot be k*lled.

- Like it refuses?

- Yeah.

- People have died

here, Schmidt.

Have some respect.

- Schmitty, how did you

turn up here of all times?

- I was looking for Ralphie.

Oh, jeez.

Look.

Oh.

Look at these tracks.

Look at how big they are.

- Yeah, there's--

there's lots of tracks.

Schmitty, can you just

go and find Ralphie?

We have work to do here.

- All right.

It's a zombie.

[tense music]

[knocking on door]

- Sorry about the dust.

Oh, there's gonna

be a bit of a smell.

- Oh.

- Look, I've done

the best I can,

but this is really

not my cup of tea.

- Just do your best.

- [sighs] OK.

Oh.

- Are you OK?

- Not really.

This is massive trauma.

It looks like a

stab, a slash, a rip.

But here, here is a bite wound.

And this, this looks

like it's been torn off.

- Ugh.

Was it a weapon of some sort?

- That's not really

my area of expertise.

I can't see any sign

of a knife or an ax.

There's no evidence of

blunt force trauma, either.

These-- these bodies

look like they've

been ripped apart by something.

- There's no way someone

from town has done this.

It's got to be someone

else, maybe one of the fly

in, fly out miners.

- Or Jack the Ripper.

[phone ringing]

- Hi, yeah.

- Hey, Maddy, I ran that list

for you, and I got something.

You want me to fax

the details or--

- Yes.

No, just send his name and

mugshot to my phone, please.

And can you read out the

list of priors to me?

- Five counts of

drunk and disorderly,

three counts of

disturbing the peace.

- Yeah.

- One count of aggravated

as*ault and one count

of manslaughter 2.

[tense music]

[phone ringing]

Dave, can you get one

of your new workers

to meet me at your office?

His name is Reuben Williams.

He's got a violent

rap sheet, including

a prior for manslaughter.

He looks like our guy.

And if he doesn't have an

alibi, I've got to take him in.

- All right, Mads, I'll

get him to the office.

[tense music]

- She's here.

- Reuben Williams?

- Yeah.

- Where were you

last night, Reuben?

- I want my lawyer.

- How you want to do this?

I hope you have a good lawyer.

[tense music]

- I heard it was a miner.

- Ah, yes, yes,

he's locked up now.

- So that's it, then?

- That's it.

- Wait, so I can go for a run?

- Get that trophy, remember?

[laughs]

- Your dad would be so

proud of you, my love.

- Yeah.

Yeah, I hope so.

[tense music]

[screeching]

- Dinner's up.

[screeching]

[panting]

- [screams]

- Come on.

Come on, Dad, it's

not that cold.

Dad?

- Hang on, hang on.

- Dad!

[phone ringing]

- Yep?

Hello, Maddy speaking.

- We can't find Troy.

- Troy?

- He didn't come

home for dinner.

He always comes home in time.

- He went out where?

- On his run.

Something has happened.

- OK, just stay calm.

Stay calm.

We'll find him.

I'll be right there.

[tense music]

[radio chatter]

I'm so sorry.

I'm so sorry.

[sobbing]

It's OK.

- No!

No!

No!

I can't look at him

like this again.

You said he was safe, Maddy!

[tense music]

[sobbing]

- Sweetheart, this

is not your fault.

- I don't understand who's--

- You can't have known.

- He was gutted like a fish.

He looked just like the others.

- So what's going on?

- Maybe-- maybe Schmitty

knows something.

It's-- it's worth

checking, right?

- Maddy, Maddy, Maddy, Maddy.

- I told her we'd all be safe.

- I think it's worth

putting together

a hunting party for an actual

animal that actually exists.

I'll talk to Dave.

Those miners, they're all mates.

They love hunting.

They'll all help.

Schmitty's words, they're

not to be trusted.

- Why?

- He's broken, love.

He's damaged inside his mind.

He was a bit odd when we met.

I thought it was the

w*r, not that he ever

talked to me about that.

It was when your dad died.

- Donna, there was--

- It's a level of broken

that's hard to get a handle on.

- There were tracks.

There were tracks

all around Troy.

- What tracks?

- Roo tracks.

[tense music]

[knocking on door]

- Maddy?

Darling, how are ya?

If you called before you

came over, I would have--

I would have cleaned

the place up a bit.

- You don't have a phone.

- Yeah.

Well, they don't-- they

don't work out here.

- Is there still

no sign of Ralphie?

- More people have died?

- Yeah, Troy Kitchener.

- Oh, dear.

Oh, dear.

Oh, dear.

The weight of the uniform.

It's time for you to see it.

Making decisions for

people and about people

without having all the

information, it's really tough.

But when I look at you, I see

wisdom, strength, and courage

you don't even know you have.

I believe you can do anything

you set your mind to.

- Schmitty.

Thank you, but I--

I just don't think you're

really seeing things clearly.

- Well, you have the benefit

of not knowing what I know.

- What?

What do you know?

- I met your father in the

jungles of Southeast Asia.

- Yeah, yeah, I know that.

- But what you don't know

is that our friendship

was forged when I shared vision

of the beasts of which I speak.

- What did you see?

- Evil.

- OK, I was thinking

more of an animal, maybe.

- It takes all forms.

In Vietnam, it was everywhere.

June 30, 1971, we were overrun.

Men struggled to tell each other

in the mud, in the moonlight.

We used b*ll*ts, knives, rocks.

The beast was in us.

And when our commanding

officer ordered a napalm strike

on our own position, we saw it

embodied in its terrible glory.

- What happened?

- Instead of the

sound of aircraft,

we heard the roar of a beast.

When we looked up, there

was no jet fighter.

But we saw a dragon fly out

of a black cloud and spew

fire on everything around it.

Hell itself opened up

and swallowed men alive.

We hid in the

bottom of our hole,

wanting to scratch our eyes

from our faces for the horror

that we had looked upon.

- Dad never spoke about anything

that happened over there.

- You were a child.

And to talk about

it is to relive it.

What we choose to do about

this, it's how we find peace.

- Well, this-- this beast that

you saw, can you track it?

- I can track

anything that moves.

- All right, well, there's

a hunting party leaving town

at dawn.

Will you come with me?

- Yeah.

- Crazy.

This is crazy.

- Matilda?

It'll change you

when you see it.

Decide who you want to become.

- Just-- just make sure

you're wearing pants tomorrow.

OK?

[tense music]

- All right, how we looking?

- Good.

All set.

- Front and center.

- Nice shorts.

- Well, with long

pants, I chafe.

And the bikini.

- Oh, Schmitty, just

put it in the back.

- Maddy.

- You don't have to go

out there, you know?

We have enough people.

- No, those boys

are important to me.

It's not about have to.

I wanna.

- How about you head over to

near where Troy was k*lled,

and we'll head back

down to the main road

and then meet up over

near the camping ground?

- That's gonna take all day.

I better get cracking.

See ya.

- Bye.

- Righto, let's get going.

Maddy.

- It's a police

operation, Donna.

My call.

- Fine.

But I get the front seat.

- Your throne awaits you.

[upbeat music]

- Dave, we'll head west

towards the mine road

and catch up later, OK?

- Copy that.

We're headed over towards

the Kitchener farm.

- Copy that.

Stay safe.

[tense music]

[radio chatter]

I hope Dave's posse is

having more luck than we had.

- Can't be doing any worse.

I bet they're all still awake.

- Just resting me lids.

- You've been

snoring for an hour.

You know, I haven't missed that.

- So there are some

things that you did miss?

[radio chatter]

- It's gonna be dark soon,

so let's check out here

and then we'll head back

towards Dave and the others.

- It's been a while.

- It's like riding a bicycle.

[tense music]

We're actually really close

to where your father died.

- Schmitty!

So this is the edge

of the mine's land.

- What?

What?

What is it?

[screeching]

- What?

What is it?

- Wait.

- Matilda!

- Mads, there's

something out here.

- Yeah, there's

something here, too.

[tense music]

[g*nsh*t]

- Let's get out.

Come on.

[tense music]

- Oh, sh*t.

- f*ck me.

[tense music]

- What did that?

- I don't think you were

the first one to k*ll this.

- No, this thing has

been dead for a while.

It was moving.

I shot it in a drop.

- What the f*ck?

- Hey, guys, keep

the noise down.

Turn your lights out.

- What's wrong, Dave?

Do you see something?

- You see another

dead cow we can sh**t?

- I'm worried about

what can see us.

Hey, be quiet.

Spread out.

Head back up in that direction,

and then double back here

to the Yurt, OK?

And if you hear anything

or see anything, call out,

and we'll come running.

- If I see anything,

I'm sh**ting it.

- I'm k*lling whatever it is.

I'm not wasting time

telling you guys where.

- You couldn't even k*ll a

dead bull laying in the grass.

Come on.

[tense music]

- This water, it has

the smell of the beast.

- I reckon it's

runoff from the mine.

This billabong

should be glowing.

- I never trusted the

chemicals they used over there.

[tense music]

- Come on, you piece of sh*t.

[screeching]

[screaming]

- Mecca!

- Faster, faster, faster!

- Jenny!

Jenny!

- Dave!

Dave!

[tense music]

[screeching]

- What now?

- It's Dave.

[radio chatter]

Holy sh*t.

- Oh, my god.

Oh, my god.

- Dave.

- Please, please.

- Stay with us.

Stay with us.

- It's gonna be OK.

We're gonna take you home, OK?

- Stay with us.

It's

- Gonna be OK.

We're gonna take you home.

- It's all right.

It's OK.

- Dave, please.

You're safe.

You're safe.

It's OK.

- Dave, please, can

you listen to me?

Listen to me.

We'll take you

home, Dave, please.

We have to do something.

We have to do something!

- Sweetheart, he's gone.

- He's not.

Come on.

Come on!

Come on.

He's not.

He's not gone.

Come on, please.

[somber music]

- Come on, Dad.

It's not that cold.

Dad.

Dad!

- Hang on, hon.

Hang on, hang on!

Maddy, where are you, love?

[somber music]

- Maddy.

- The miners and Troy and--

and Dave.

- This is not your fault.

- And Dad.

It's like they're all

just dying because of me.

- That's not true, sweetheart.

- It is.

- Tell her.

Tell her.

- I don't--

- Tell me what?

- You had nothing to do

with your father's death.

- Schmidt.

- He-- he died because of me.

- Bullshit.

- Schmidt.

- It's because he was drunk.

- No.

What?

- He was staggering

around out there.

He fell down.

- No.

- He hit his head,

and he bled out.

That's what happened.

- No, that's not what happened.

He-- no, I remember.

He cried out for me.

I remember that, Schmitty.

He saved me.

- Think about it, Maddy.

You were a incredible

swimmer from the time

you were knee high.

The whole story doesn't

even make sense.

Try to remember.

Try to remember about that time.

- Come on, Dad.

It's not that cold.

- Maddy?

Maddy, where are you, love?

- Maddy?

Darling.

- And that the--

the whole town

just believed that?

- The whole town wanted to

believe your father was a hero.

Star athlete, Vietnam vet.

Everybody loved hanging out

with him, drinking at the pub.

Sometimes it's easier

to believe a lie

than to face an ugly truth.

- Donna?

- Is that how you

wanted to remember him?

Is it, Maddy?

- Don't move.

I don't think he

knows we're here.

- Let's get the

f*ck out of here.

- No.

Suck it out.

Suck it out.

[screeching]

- Move!

- Drive, Maddy, drive!

- Get us out of here!

Get us out of here!

- Did I k*ll it?

Did I k*ll it?

- You must have, Maddy.

[tense music]

- sh*t.

- How is that thing still alive?

- Yeah, he won't be for long.

Come here, boy.

f*ck.

- Are you sure you

want to do this?

- f*ck.

sh*t.

- Maddy.

- Maddy?

- Oh, sh*t.

- Oh, f*ck.

- Ow.

- f*ck.

For f*ck's sake!

sh*t.

- I'm gonna check the perimeter.

- You lied to me.

- I know I should have told you.

I'm so sorry.

I'm so sorry.

I'm so sorry.

I'm so sorry.

- Hey.

- I'm so sorry.

- It's OK.

- No sign of him.

- I don't know what's going on.

But I shot it,

and it didn't die.

- Indeed.

- We have to warn everyone.

- Oh, I guess we're walking.

Follow me.

We've lost him for

a while, I think.

[tense music]

It's not far now.

[tense music]

[sighs]

- So is that piece of

crap car gonna work?

Where are the keys?

- Yeah, I got the keys.

But that's-- that's

not the problem.

- What's the problem?

- The battery died on

the way back from town.

- Sorry, so it's not in the van?

- No, it's on a--

it's on the charger,

which is out there.

- All right, well, does

this thing still work?

- Yeah, that works.

- Yeah, all right, because I

think we need to head into town.

We need to warn people.

We need backup.

- I gotta go fire

up the generator.

- No, I'll--

I'll go.

You call it in as soon as that

thing sparks up, all right?

Is the genny still

in the same ditch?

Be ready to go.

- We'll be ready.

- Do you still think about him?

- Every day.

I think about you

every day, too.

It's been a while since

we had a chance to--

to talk.

- We had the chance for

about 20 years, Schmitt.

You weren't the one

for much talking.

- Some things, they're

just hard to talk about.

- I know.

Easier to take off, hang

gliding, fire fighting,

all that hero stuff,

while I run the pub.

- It wasn't about--

- It was the rush, wasn't it?

The adrenaline?

There was a big part of you

that was still in the w*r.

We both paid the price for that.

- Guilty.

- I know the w*r did terrible

things to you and Murray.

But it did terrible

things to you and me.

Why couldn't you just

talk to me, Schmitty?

I would have listened.

I lost my brother,

and then I lost you.

- Losing you was the worst

thing that ever happened to me.

- You never told me that.

- You deserve better

than this, this Schmitty.

Hmm?

What?

What?

- That smile.

- Like me a little bit?

Might like me a little bit?

- A little bit.

[dog barking]

- Ralphie!

Come here, buddy.

Oh, hello.

[tense music]

- Yes!

- Good girl.

Mads.

Farinet Hotel, come in, please.

Farinet Hotel, come in, please.

[upbeat music]

- Ralph!

Ralph!

Come on.

Oh, my goodness.

What a good boy.

Oh, my gosh.

Oh, there's my boy.

That's my boy.

You found him.

- He found me.

There you go.

- I'll get the battery.

- I'll get Donna.

Yes, yes.

OK.

Oh, you're a good boy.

Come on.

- Copy that.

All available units are

being turned to Ax Head.

Over.

- Thank you.

Ralphie.

Good boy.

[screeching]

The hotel isn't answering.

- I think we better

get over there.

[tense music]

- sh*t.

Here.

[screeching]

- Go, go, go!

[tense music]

- A group of us went out

to destroy whatever animal

k*lled Troy Kitchener.

It's a f*cking massive roo.

We're the only ones left.

- Where's Dave?

- He's dead.

They're all dead.

[tense music]

- It is here!

It is here!

- Come on.

Maddy, come on.

Come on.

- We need to lock-- we need

to lock every door and window.

We need to barricade

that front door.

And our only chance

is to keep it out.

Go.

- Barricade that door.

Lock everything top

to bottom, you guys.

- That way.

[tense music]

- Come on.

One more, one more.

- Got it.

Come this way.

- Where is he?

Where's he gone?

I can't see him.

Where is he?

- I'm not sure.

But he knows we're in here.

[sirens blaring]

- They're coming.

They're coming.

- How many cows are coming?

- There's only one car.

- sh*t, sh*t, sh*t, sh*t.

He doesn't know why he came.

Stan!

Stan!

- Stan!

- Stan, get back in your car!

Stan!

Stan!

- Maddy?

- Stan, get back in the car!

- Stan, get back in the car!

- G'day, skip.

[screaming]

- f*ck me.

- Maddy, we got to get

these people to safety.

- We've got to get out of here.

- OK, everyone, listen up.

Donna, is there

room in the cellar?

[screaming]

- Follow me!

- You'll be safe.

Don't worry.

All right, all right.

You'll be safe.

Careful.

- Get in, get in.

- I've been thinking about Dad.

- Maddy.

- Just everything I've been

doing since then, everything.

- Maddy, we've gotta

get out of here.

- Yeah, but we have

to do something.

- They are safe in the cellar.

We can go out and get help.

- I can't do that.

- Maddy, I was--

I was wrong to lie about Murray.

But you keep wanting to pay

a debt that you don't owe.

- Stay as hidden as you can.

Go.

Hey, go, go.

[panting]

- They're safe for now.

- I have a plan.

- So what's your plan?

- I'm gonna blow the

f*ck his brains out.

[screeching]

- Maddy, we got to save

those people down there.

- Sweetheart, no, no.

Sweetheart, no,

it's not worth it.

Don't do it, sweetheart.

No.

Don't leave.

Please, please.

[tense music]

[screeching]

[screaming]

- Don't you touch my

girl, you big red b*stard!

- Maddy!

- Oh, my god.

Hey.

[dog barking]

My dad wasn't perfect, but

I know that he loved me.

Maybe I can take that

and be OK with it,

to choose to let go

of the hero I lost

and hold on to the

family I found.

[somber music]

- What the hell?

Ah!

[screaming]

- Hey, boss!

[tense music]