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ABSOLUTION.exe

A screenplay in the style of a Neil Breen film

FADE IN:

EXT. EMPTY DESERT – SUNSET

A rusted 2003 sedan sits alone in the middle of nowhere.

Wind blows.

A MAN in a wrinkled black suit exits the car carrying:

• two laptops
• a Bible
• a VHS tape labeled “TRUTH”
• several tuna cans

This is DANIEL STONE, 52, former government systems architect, now “the chosen observer.”

He stares directly into the camera for too long.

DANIEL

The system is diseased.

(pause)

Corrupted.

(pause)

Humanity has willingly downloaded its own extinction.

He opens both laptops simultaneously.

The screens show:
ACCESS DENIED
ACCESS GRANTED
GLOBAL OVERRIDE
all at once.

INT. ABANDONED MOTEL ROOM – NIGHT

The room is lit entirely by blue laptop light.

Newspapers cover the walls:

• “BANKS COLLAPSE”
• “MISSING SENATORS”
• “TECH CEO FOUND CRYING”
• “INVISIBLE CYBER ATTACK?”

Daniel places tuna cans into a perfect circle on the carpet.

A WOMAN enters silently.

This is SARAH, though no explanation is given for who she is or how she got there.

SARAH

They’re watching you again.

DANIEL

I know.

SARAH

You accessed the national truth grid.

DANIEL

I had no choice.

He slowly turns one laptop toward her.

The screen displays:
THEY KNOW ABOUT THE CHILDREN

Sarah gasps dramatically.

SARAH

No…

DANIEL

Yes.

EXT. CORPORATE PLAZA – DAY

A giant glass skyscraper.

Title card:

“THE FOUNDATION”

Inside are the six most powerful elites in America.

All six wear identical gray suits.

INT. FOUNDATION BOARDROOM – CONTINUOUS

A giant table.

No food.

No water.

No papers.

Only glowing tablets.

At the head sits DIRECTOR BLACK, age indeterminate.

DIRECTOR BLACK

Daniel Stone has breached the quantum firewall.

EXECUTIVE #2

Impossible.

EXECUTIVE #3

Nobody survives the firewall.

DIRECTOR BLACK

He’s no longer human.

The executives murmur nervously.

INT. MOTEL ROOM – NIGHT

Daniel types furiously.

Random stock footage of satellites appears.

The laptops begin making impossible noises.

Sarah watches in fear.

SARAH

What are you doing?

DANIEL

Reversing the corruption.

SARAH

Can you do that?

DANIEL

I built the corruption.

Thunder crashes indoors.

Daniel stands.

DANIEL (CONT'D)

I was once one of them.

(dramatic pause)

But then I died for seven minutes.

Sarah begins crying immediately.

MONTAGE

• Daniel walking through the desert holding Ethernet cables
• Children staring silently
• Computer screens exploding
• Senators sweating
• Fish swimming backward
• Sarah screaming in a church
• Random drone footage
• Daniel throwing cell phones into a fire barrel
• Stock footage of the stock market crashing
• A CGI satellite turning red

INT. SECRET UNDERGROUND SERVER ROOM – NIGHT

The room contains:

• blinking Christmas lights
• cardboard boxes
• one folding chair

Daniel enters wearing the same suit.

A DIGITAL VOICE speaks.

DIGITAL VOICE

Why have you returned, Daniel Stone?

DANIEL

To end this.

DIGITAL VOICE

You cannot stop humanity’s programmed destruction.

Daniel holds up the VHS tape.

DANIEL

I already did.

He inserts the tape into a VCR that was somehow already there.

Every monitor flashes:
TRUTH UPLOADING

Outside, the world begins healing instantly.

EXT. CITY STREETS – DAY

People stop arguing.

Bankers hug homeless people.

Politicians collapse in shame.

A little girl throws an iPad into a fountain.

Birds return.

Someone whispers:

RANDOM WOMAN

We’re free…

INT. FOUNDATION BOARDROOM – DAY

The elites begin bleeding from the nose.

Their tablets melt.

EXECUTIVE #2

What’s happening to us?!

DIRECTOR BLACK

He exposed the algorithm…

Lightning strikes INSIDE the building.

Everyone dies offscreen.

EXT. DESERT – SUNRISE

Daniel stands alone.

Sarah approaches.

SARAH

Is it over?

Daniel looks toward the horizon.

Long pause.

Longer pause.

Even longer pause.

DANIEL

For humanity?

(pause)

Yes.

(pause)

For me?

He looks directly into camera.

DANIEL

It’s only beginning.

His eyes glow faintly CGI blue.

SMASH CUT TO BLACK.

TITLE CARD

ABSOLUTION.exe 2: DIGITAL SOUL

COMING SOON

A loud stock explosion sound plays for no reason.