Goodbye World Page #5

Synopsis: James and Lily, estranged from society, live off the grid, raising their young daughter in a cocoon of comfort and sustainability. When a mysterious mass text ripples its way across the country, triggering a crippling, apocalyptic cyber attack, their home transitions from sheltered modern oasis to a fortress for the estranged old friends that show up at their door for protection and community. The unexpected reunion--abundant with revelry and remembrances, generously enhanced by organic wine and weed--is quickly undermined by the slights of the past, the spark of lingering flirtations and the threat of a locally grown new world order. Balancing tense confrontations with slivers of levity, director Denis Henry Hennelly pinpoints a future where ideology explodes into action in every area.
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Production: IDP/Samuel goldwyn Films
  1 win & 1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
5.5
Metacritic:
36
Rotten Tomatoes:
24%
NOT RATED
Year:
2013
99 min
195 Views


sort of coordinated attack.

You should show them Berkeley.

I thought we could at

least sleep there,

but it was way worse than L.A.

F***. They're breaking in.

It's going to get ugly.

- Just a second.

- I want to shoot...

Are you f***ing serious?

What's wrong with these people?

They're scared and reacting to

a militarized police force.

Or maybe they're just

selfish, lazy products

of an entitlement society?

Nick, your wife's a Republican.

Mm-mm. Libertarian.

Okay, so you believe

in taking health

care away from kids

and food stamps from hungry people?

I am probably the only person

here who's been on food stamps,

so I get to have an opinion.

I just don't get why people

are going so crazy so fast.

Whoever is behind this is also

planting bombs in semi trucks,

which means that shipments

in and out of cities

are at a standstill.

So people are...

They're panicking.

Can we please get some

real information here?

Well, our TV only plays DVDs,

but we could check the radio.

The local station

Scattered reports

via the ham radio:

at least seven individuals

in Oakland have been shot

by private security companies

operating under orders

from their corporate overlords.

See what I mean?

Commercial districts

are being locked down.

We're not going to see food

moving from port to store.

Distribution pathways are the

arteries of this country,

and we've just had

a cardiac arrest.

Continuity of operation's

plan is initiated, folks.

The Pentagon has moved...

All right, all right. Okay.

Hey, turn it back on.

Why? So you can get upset

about some false information?

I'm calling my mother.

Don't call her in a panic.

You're only going to scare her.

It's 1:
00 a.m. in Miami.

All circuits are busy.

We have to go.

Okay. Now?

Yeah, now.

Can we just all calm down, please?

We'll wake up tomorrow

and everything will

be back to normal.

Uh, Lily, no disrespect,

but you don't know what the

f*** you're talking about.

Neither do you.

None of us do.

This is only going to escalate.

The system was rotten,

and now it's crumbling.

Benjamin, this is not

a goddamn apocalypse.

And even if it is,

didn't we all say this

would be the perfect place

to ride it out?

I've moved to this mall,

and I'm running out

of gas on the genny.

When that goes, I'll

be off the air.

No disparity.

Corporate nation states.

The Occupiers, the Tea Party,

all just canaries in the coal mine.

Somebody out there lit a match,

and now the fire

cannot be contained.

Thank you.

Ya-hoo!

Lev?

Lev?

Are you okay?

Am I dead?

No.

Did you walk all the way here?

Lev, look at me.

You're dehydrated.

Listen, let's just walk this way

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