Abruptio

Les Hackel is an office worker who lives with his overbearing mother and is recently dumped by his girlfriend Allison. One night, while chatting online with his best friend Danny, he reveals that they both have bombs implanted in the backs of their necks.

As Les arrives at Danny’s house, Danny pulls out a gun and attempts to kill him, but hesitates and is unable to go through with it. As a result, the bomb implanted in Danny’s neck detonates, killing him. Les then discovers a suitcase and receives a text message instructing him to open it at his office without informing anyone—under the threat of death. Upon opening the suitcase at work, a toxic gas is released, killing everyone in the office as Les escapes unharmed.

Les later arrives at a nightclub called Diamonds and Purrls, where he meets Sal Cheek, a struggling comedian whose act fails to amuse the audience. Like Les, Sal also has a bomb implanted in his neck. The two are subsequently sent to a suburban home where they are ordered to kill the family residing there. After carrying out the gruesome task, they receive a message instructing them to kill each other. In response, Les decapitates Sal with a shovel.

Afterward, Les is apprehended by a police officer named Dennis and brought to a station where he is interrogated by Police Chief Richter. Richter demands that Les “confess” to an unspecified crime, but when Les is unable to comply, he is strapped into a device known as “The Confessional” and subjected to electrocution. He later awakens on the side of the road with a piece of paper bearing the word “think.”

Les then arrives at a warehouse, where he meets Clive, a sarcastic and abrasive Australian man. The two are instructed to rob a convenience store together. During the heist, Clive knocks Les unconscious, steals the money, and leaves him tied up and abandoned in the warehouse.

Later, a young woman named Chelsea arrives after being assaulted by a group of men. Les and Chelsea flee the scene and drive back to the house where the earlier killings occurred. As they begin to form a bond, Chelsea persuades Les to bury the family’s bodies. During the process, Les discovers barcodes on both his and Sal’s necks, revealing personal statistics and further suggesting they are part of a larger, orchestrated system.

Les later receives a message directing him to meet a man named Mr. Salk, a meticulous clean freak. The two are instructed to dispose of several dead bodies by throwing them into a set of large spinning blades. Among the bodies is Allison, Les’s ex-girlfriend. Mr. Salk hesitates and is unable to complete the task, resulting in the detonation of the bomb implanted in his neck.

Les and Chelsea awaken to a song that Les recognizes, which is revealed to be emanating from Sal’s body. Les cuts open Sal’s stomach and discovers a USB drive inside. Upon plugging it in, the drive displays a combination of Egyptian hieroglyphs and binary code. Les then opens a nearby door, briefly revealing a surreal hellscape and a massive, alien-like creature before quickly shutting it. When the mysterious song begins playing again, Les, believing he may also have something hidden inside him, attempts to cut open his own stomach, but is stopped by Chelsea.

Les visits his doctor and recounts the bizarre events he has experienced. The doctor, believing Les to be delusional, commits him to a psychiatric facility. There, Les meets a nurse named Victoria. While exploring the hospital, Les discovers a hidden room where he witnesses a surgical procedure involving the implantation of a bomb into a patient.

Les eventually finds himself in a secretive location known as “The Colony,” where women are being impregnated by aliens to produce alien-human hybrids. Disturbed by what he sees, Les instructs Victoria to destroy the alien eggs. However, one of the eggs hatches, and the emerging creature attacks Victoria as Les escapes from the colony.

Les and Chelsea travel to an abandoned amusement park called LA LA Joyland, a place Les remembers from his childhood. While exploring the park, Chelsea is knocked unconscious by Clive, who has returned and attempts to kill Les. Les hides atop the rollercoaster tracks and strangles Clive to death with a rope.

Afterward, Les encounters two alien beings. As he returns to his car, Chelsea—now implanted with a bomb in her neck—is compelled to kill him. Les, however, undoes the stitches on her neck, stunning her. He then steps through a mysterious door, which transports him back to his parents house.

Les discovers that his mother is harboring a brood of alien-human hybrid infants in the garage. He kills her with a pair of hedge shears and sets the garage on fire after dousing it with gasoline. Les is once again apprehended by Officer Dennis and brought back to Chief Richter.

Subjected once more to “The Confessional,” Les experiences a flashback revealing that, while driving drunk, he struck and killed a biker. This incident prompted him to quit drinking and begin attending Alcoholics Anonymous meetings. Satisfied with this long-suppressed confession, Richter releases Les.

Chelsea, revealed to have survived, reunites with Les. Richter suggests that the biker’s family deserves to know the truth and Les and Chelsea share a kiss.

The film ends with Les back in his bedroom, calling 911 and preparing to confess his crime.

Last Updated: May 22, 2025 at 19:52