There is no chance.
no destiny...
no fate.
There's only what you take from the world
and what the world takes from you.
I miss you...
you know?
Sometimes I think about the way you were,
the way you treated me,
the good times,
the bad times.
And I just wish I could have another chance at things.
Stop me if you've heard this one before.
You will always be my girl.
Karl?
Sorry, I didn't mean to interrupt.
No, I'm fine.
We've been through all this before.
Are those for Mommy?
Yeah.
Did you pick them? Mm-hmm.
They're pretty.
Nikky's bag's in the car.
I can go grab it if you two want to be alone.
Actually, I wanted to...
I meant to ask you,
do you think maybe you could keep her till tomorrow?
But, Daddy, you promised.
I got something I need to take care of.
I know, baby. Look, I'm sorry.
I'll make it up to you.
Please.
Just this once?
Oh, it's not a problem.
But can we.
Hey, Nikky, did you want to play something?
Do you want to play Marco Polo?
Yeah. Go on.
So what's going on?
Is it something at the hospital?
Something like that, yeah.
I'm worried about you.
I'm doing better and better
Daddy, I'm ready.
Marco.
Polo.
Yet we always seem to find you here.
I like to come visit.
You know, I like to tell her what I've been up to.
I just...
Nikky's been making so much progress.
Come on, Daddy!
Marco.
Polo!
I feel like coming here sets her back a little, you know?
Seeing you like this, I think she worries,
after what her mother did,
that you, if you got depressed enough, might...
Never.
Look, I love Nikky more than anything in the world.
Nothing's going to happen to her.
Nothing. I promise.
Marco.
Polo!
I'll bring her by at 2:30 tomorrow.
Great.
Sharp. Sure.
Boo!
See you tomorrow, okay?
Dr. Lewis, call ER stat.
Miss Matera?
I want to see her.
Yeah, Claudia, you will.
I just think we should have a word first.
Okay, tell me.
We did our best,
and the operation was successful,
but with patients her age,
the body just can't handle the stress.
I'm sorry.
At this point, it's a matter of time.
Hey.
Hi, Karl.
Listen, just to confirm, we do need you tonight.
What about Dr. Stark?
He asked for a day off.
Again? Jesus Christ.
That guy takes more days off...
I know, But we need you, Karl.
I know, but I can't. I physically can't.
You know, I'm sorry, but I'm not on call.
You're out of the city?
I've got something I have to do.
Something you have to...
Yeah, something for my daughter.
Yeah, okay, Karl. Well, thanks anyway.
I'm sorry to bother you.
Okay, bye.
Oh, hello, ladies, let me give you...
Here, let me help you with some of that stuff.
Oh, thank you so much.
You heading away for the 4th of July, Miss Maurie?
Oh, they're turning us out again.
Units ready, units not ready,
this building.
Okay.
Can you manage?
Good-bye, Lana.
Bye. Thank you.
Good-bye, Karl.
Chloe. Hey.
Thanks.
And stay out of the heat, ladies.
Oh, I will.
That's comforting.
You know, they don't always open.
I've seen some nasty accidents.
Yeah, I'll keep that in mind.
Okay, what did you hit, kid?
I didn't hit anything.
I'm kidding.
We'll be up and running any second now.
Any second now.
Told you it didn't sound good.
It could be a silent alarm.
We're not in a bank.
I have my phone.
There's no service.
Yeah, I probably shouldn't use any more minutes anyhow.
That's clever.
Lighten up, kid.
Look, I got somewhere to be, okay?
Well, I don't, you know?
I was actually hoping this might happen.
God, Christ, my life is empty.
I have just captured the perfect image of angst.
Erase the picture.
Why?
Just do it.
Just fuckin' do it.
Okay?
She needs it.
Hurry.
Claudia?
Claudia, where did you put them?
Put what?
Oh, don't be coy with me.
They were right here.
I don't go around hiding your asthma inhaler.
My inhaler's not gonna kill me.
50 years from now, who knows?
Mm, scientists.
There you go.
Aren't you going to join me?
No, I can't.
I have a to-do list a mile long.
I should have never gone to bed last night.
Are you going out like that?
I left my black veil at the cleaners.
I want more skin, not less.
We live on the beach. What are you, a nun?
Yes, Abuela, I am a nun.
When I was your age, I set this town on fire.
Let's go to the beach.
Uh-uh. I can't.
Mid-terms start next week.
Life is for living.
I know. I know.
I'm trying to do that.
I just...
have to take care of some stuff first.
Listen, I love you, so don't take this the wrong way,
but you are starting to suck.
If you don't break, you'll bend.
Isn't it, if you don't bend, you'll break, I think?
No, no. No, it's not.
I mean, if you don't start taking breaks and breathe,
you'll mist into someone really horrible.
Okay, we'll go to the beach,
just for a little while.
Keep Calm.
You are not in danger.
Got any water in here, dude?
In most cases,
the elevator mechanic will arrive in 3O minutes.
O1:38 and counting.
Hey.
Where you going?
Where do you think? The ladies bathroom.
You look good tonight.
I think your friends... I think they're leaving.
I think we're at floor level.
What do you think?
Yeah, it's worth a look. Yeah.
Be careful. Be careful.
Hey, can you give us a hand?
What do you expect me to do? My hands are sweaty too.
Maybe you'll let me see that.
Shit.
You always carry this around with you, kid?
A lot of dangerous people out there.
Oh, shit.
Somebody help!
Hello?
Help!
Can anybody hear us?
Shh. Do you hear something?
I don't hear anything at all.
Hello?
Hello!
We need help with the elevator.
Let it go on three.
One, two, three.
Shit.
Somebody must've heard us.
This building is empty, man.
Even the freaking Golden Girls are gone.
Wait. Who else lives in the building?
There's got to be... there's that couple, right?
They have a newborn baby.
People don't go on vacations with babies.
Really?
Have you been on an airplane lately?
Hey, we're all in this together.
You don't have to be an asshole.
So I can't even disagree with you?
My God, what a fascist.
That's not... ... Look!
Let's calm down, okay?
With this heat wave,
every air-conditioner in the city's running.
It's a blackout.
Well, then, that means the power should be back on soon.
Well, the one a few years ago lasted almost mo days.
Someone died in a fucking elevator.
They died?
It's not a blackout.
How do you explain the emergency lights?
It's a back-up generator, genius.
My hospital has a back-up generator.
Banks have back-up generators.
Well, what if the elevator's broken?
Huh?
Wait, wait, wait.
How many units have been rented?
I think it's, like, half finished.
Half finished?
There's five.
Well, there's okay, this is three.
You live with your parents, right?
Where are they?
I don't know. Aruba.
Okay, Maurie sisters. That makes four.
And the couple who are staying with their relatives
while they're having their plumbing redone.
They got a baby in tow.
That makes five.
This could be a while.
Shit.
It's a gateway drug.
You got to start somewhere.
Tom?
I wanted to ask you something.
Someone told Olivia at school that
last year, you were banging Eve,
among others.
Sometimes I just worry that you do this with everyone,
that your promises, things you say...
I don't think it's an act, but...
Help us!
I need to get out of here!
Don't yell!
Help! Oh, God!
Tommy, calm
Hey, listen, calm down.
Hey, calm down. Calm down.
No, get off me!
Oh, my God. Oh, shit.
You motherfucker.
I'm really sorry.
Oh, Jesus, let me get a look at that.
Please.
You got to keep pressure on the lip.
Without ice, that's going to swell.
Get off me, man!
Hey, stop yelling.
Don't tell me what to do!
Calm down.
Look, I have got somewhere to be, and if this
We all do! We all do!
Okay, the air is getting really thin in here, okay?
We need to relax.
We need to think logically, okay?
Let me get that knife.
Okay.
The mountains it ain't,
but it's not bad.
I know I didn't know you then, and I shouldn't care, but...
Look. Eve.
it was a drunk thing.
It was once.
And you...
You're pretty much the only right choice
I've ever made in my life.
And you know that l
Francesca!
Shh.
Francesca?
Fuck. It's early.
He must've lost. He must've lost bad.
Lost at what? Cards.
Get dressed.
You never told me your father gambles.
Doesn't everyone?
Did you put it somewhere?
Where is the mail?
I mean, are you going to be okay?
One fucking thing for me, and you can't even do that.
Francesca!
You said your father was an accountant.
You said he never drinks.
He's not, and he does.
I'll tell you the rest of the gory details later,
but right now, you need to get out.
I'm the only one that can calm him when he loses.
He can't stay mad at his little girl.
Go.
Hey.
Hey, sorry to sneak up on you.
Just Who the fuck are you?
Dad, Dad, this is my friend Tommy.
Hey, easy, easy.
No, Dad, just don't. Don't.
In my house?
Fuck!
What the hell?
Calm down. It's cool.
It's okay.
You have a family?
I have a daughter, yeah.
She's eight.
She's coming at 2:3O tomorrow.
I don't think I've ever seen her around here.
We have a house outside the city.
I bought this apartment
for nights I work late at the hospital.
You have a wife?
She's, um...
she passed away,
unfortunately.
Yeah, she passed away, unfortunately.
Oh, I'm so sorry.
Yeah, well, it was hard.
It was hard for a long time.
But, you know, when I look at my daughter now,
I can still I can still see my wife in her.
You know, she's never really gone.
I think I can handle one more.
It's really so nice to finally hang out with a guy
and not have to worry about...
not have to worry about, you know?
Yeah, I know what you mean.
Go on.
Okay, one, two, three.
What do you see up there?
Is there a door?
The one back here is wall
but there's another about 15 feet up there.
Maybe I can try to open it.
Do you think you can climb up there?
You need help up there?
No, no. It's all right. I can reach it.
Oh, thank God.
We're gonna be okay.
Shit.
Oh, God.
I'm sorry about before,
when I hit him.
Oh, it's all right.
You had to do something.
I was afraid it might upset you.
I'm fine.
Besides, he seems to be over it.
I feel like I'm never going to graduate.
I wish your grandfather could've seen you...
Worked in response...
Life is for living?
What does that even mean?
I am living my life right now.
You were just wonderful.
Life is work.
That's what I have to do.
I want better things for you.
Maybe it'll change at some point.
Better and better.
As soon as we get out of here, there's something I have to do
Something about...that?
I mean the blood.
Some kind of accident?
It's okay.
You don't have to.
I have something I need to do too.
Does it have to do with your daughter?
More like for my daughter.
She's getting dropped off here tomorrow, 2:30.
And I really need to clean up.
She might not like what she'd find.
Come here.
Sit down.
Would you like some wine?
Yeah, I'd love some.
Red? White?
Pink?
White sounds good.
Okay.
Thanks.
Come on. Get loose.
Feel like you're at home.
Put your head back.
This place, it's kind of like my bachelor pad, you know?
I usually use it for alone time.
What is it, porn?
Do I look like that kind of guy?
Yes, porn.
Let yourself go.
Let go.
Lose it with me.
Uh!
Oh, my God.
Shit.
What the hell was that?
What the fuck did you do up there?
Hey, are you okay up there?
Don't touch my leg.
Don't touch it. Don't touch it.
Ugh.
It's that bad, huh?
What the fuck did you do up there?
Karl, help me, please.
No, no, no! No, no.
Hey.
Karl, please!
Please.
Oh, fuck.
Ah!
Grab that knife.
Oh, God.
Well, it's definitely broken.
Is he going to be okay?
If we get out of here soon, yes.
We don't
Wait. I don't want to lose my leg.
Yeah, well that's a long ways off.
But we can do something.
I have some pills, some painkillers.
I have water. Here.
You could've mentioned that sooner.
Sorry.
For the pain, Tommy.
I just don't drink it all, okay?
That's all we have.
That's it.
What does it say?
Your emerg…
Help!
We need medical attention in here.
Please help!
I think it only works one way.
Please help us!
Please.
We're aware of your emergency.
Please stay calm.
An elevator mechanic will be with you shortly.
And make it quick.
Thank God.
Any second now.
How do you think they're going to pull us out of here?
Let them worry about the logistics.
Right now, I just want to get out of here.
We're aware of your emergency.
Please stay calm.
An elevator mechanic will be with you shortly.
We're aware of your emergency.
Please stay calm.
An elevator mechanic will be with you shortly.
We're aware of your emergency.
Please stay calm.
Almost 4:OO in the morning.
Been in here nine hours.
Severe internal bleeding.
Her organs are beyond repair.
If she wasn't such a fighter, she'd be gone already.
Is she in pain?
She's sedated, but she's conscious.
Does she know?
I was under explicit orders not to feed her any bullshit.
Do you want me to call anyone, parents, an aunt or uncle?
No, there's, um...
There's nobody.
It's always just been me and my grandma, pretty much, so..
I'd like to see her now.
Help me!
Maybe we should sleep in shifts.
What's that going to do, kid?
If this elevator collapses,
it's going to do it whether or not we're keeping guard.
Remember, it's going to be daylight soon.
And if one of us hears something, like people outside,
we should be able to yell.
Tommy's right.
Of course he's right.
He disagreed with me.
So you want to go first?
I can't take this anymore.
What are we going to do?
What can I do?
Let's run away.
After last night, he'll come back.
And things are only gonna get worse.
You know it.
That's crazy.
What's crazy is staying here with him.
We don't have the money for that.
No, but my father does.
And I know where he keeps it.
My father...
He always keeps some cash around the house for betting.
I found a wad yesterday.
Take it.
He owes you.
If he finds out it's missing
No, we'll be at the airport.
Tonight?
Tonight.
We need to think about rationing that water.
He needs it.
Yeah, well, he's going to need it in six hours too.
And we'll need it in six hours.
We weren't the ones who tried to play superhero.
We're gonna be out of here by then.
Yeah?
I hope so.
Hey.
No way.
Excuse me?
Please don't. I have asthma.
I'll blow my smoke out the opening.
Sorry. No.
Look, it's been a long time, lady.
I don't know if you've ever had an addiction
Oh, I don't know if you've ever had
your throat close up on you before.
Well, you have your inhaler, right?
Yeah, but that's not he point
Well, you know, you'll be fine.
I'm a doctor, remember?
Tommy?
Tommy!
Tommy, I know you're in there.
I saw your motorcycle outside.
Thanks a lot, asshole.
Put it out.
I have asthma.
I said, ''Cut it out.''
I asked you to put it out, now.
I'm telling you to put that thing out.
I'm almost done.
It's blowing back in the room.
No, it isn't.
Stop fighting.
This isn't good for any of us.
Jesus Christ, calm down, Claudia.
Maybe you should have one.
Oh, okay, you want to fucking pollute the air?
Go ahead. We'll just close the fucking door.
Ow!
Sorry.
Fucking bitch!
And everything for a fucking cigarette!
Great. Now we got a regular gimp collection.
I said I'm sorry.
It's been five hours, and we're already like lord of the flies.
I said I'm sorry, okay?
Just like a woman!
Look, this isn't helping.
And, you know, it's true, kid.
You used to be able to smoke anywhere, fucking anywhere:
movie theaters, airplanes, hospitals, supermarkets.
Fucking moral majority's taken over!
Calm down.
Oh, God, I need to get out of here.
Let us out of here!
I hate this God damn
Let us the fuck out!
Oh, my God, you have a temper.
God!
What, just like a woman?
Exactly, just like a woman to set a guy off...
And then calmly criticize him for blowing up!
What the fuck is your problem?
This is it.
Nobody move.
Shit.
Don't fucking move.
Shh.
Tommy?
We were born in these lives, Francesca.
We didn't have a choice.
But it's time that we take over and do it for ourselves.
Help me!
Don't cry.
Abuela, I'm sorry.
When it's your turn, it's your turn.
Shh, don't talk.
It's okay.
I have to.
Last chance to piss you off.
Abuela, it's not funny.
Remember.
you'll have to bend
Isn't it ''break''?
Whatever.
I just need you to get me something.
The photograph on my table.
I need him with me when my time comes.
I'll get you the photograph.
At this point, it's a matter of time.
How long?
Uh, maybe tomorrow,
maybe...
in a few hours.
Claudia.
Hurry.
I love you.
Hurry.
You've been holding out on us.
What?
first water.
Now candy?
Fucking convenience store you got there.
Asshole. What the
what are you doing?
What the
Give it to me.
Give me the candy bar.
No.
Don't. Jesus, don't.
Here.
Give it back, please.
What the fuck?
That isn't cool, man.
Give it back to me, please.
I'd rather not.
Chill out, man.
Now, look...
We're not going to get out of here
until we stop yelling at each other
and start working together.
And we need one person, one,
to make all the decisions.
We need a strong leader.
Now, I'm just strengthening my hand.
And don't worry.
I'll give you a hit when you need one,
if you behave.
What kind of a monster are you?
Monster?
Don't you think you're being a bit dramatic?
Maybe I'm just destined for something else.
I don't know.
I'd like to think I'm meant for higher things, though, you know?
Higher things.
My father always told me,
''To endure is to conquer our fate.''
Fate?
Yeah.
Do you really believe that shit?
I like your eyes.
Destiny sucks.
You'll be fine.
Yeah, you'll be fine.
There's no chance.
No destiny.
No fate.
There's only what you take from the world
and what the world takes from you.
You know that now,
don't you...
my darling?
What the hell are you doing, man?
Just making sure everything still works.
She's pretty good-looking, isn't she?
I got a girlfriend, man.
At least I did.
God, I hope she's okay.
He's going to know by now.
Oh, boo-hoo.
My little girl sees the mess I made upstairs,
let me just say,
her idea of me as the perfect father
is going to be severely tested.
2:3O.
She's going to be up there at 2:3O.
And her lips were trembling,
and I take this blade, and I cut her up.
And it's beautiful. It's fucking beautiful.
We were supposed to run away to Paris.
Do people still run away?
I thought we placated all you kids
with cell phones and video games.
Shut up, man.
No, I'm just kidding around.
Paris, it's a great city.
The food.
Some of the women there
are even more sexually adventurous than I am,
and that's saying something.
We're going to have to get something on these cuts.
What do you think she's like?
What do you mean?
Usually the hot ones,
they just lay there.
You're out of line, man.
It's true.
Bitches are so used to getting there way.
And why?
Just 'cause they look pretty.
Salt.
Up and down.
Last breaths.
She seems like she likes this.
Salt.
They get all the jobs.
They get all the attention.
But what about the rest of us, Tommy?
What about us?
Sometimes I wonder
why was I born in such a fucked-up era?
Yeah, man.
Fucked up.
Yeah.
Well, you'll see what I mean someday, buddy.
Pills, man.
Please. Please.
7:3O.
Hope.
Let's have some fucking hope.
They're gonna find her.
Can you feel me now?
The building, man.
Do you think...
Do you think it was terrorists?
Terrorists?
In the Bifrost Bridge Building?
Yeah.
You know what?
I'd say it was definitely terrorists.
But how do you think they made it past
all the security downstairs?
Maybe it was aliens, man.
Like in The TwilightZone,
when the electricity goes out,
and everybody thinks it was everyone else.
But really,
it was aliens.
Well.
I don't know about that.
But there's one thing I do know,
and that is that if I don't get out of here soon,
I'm going to cut your fucking throat...
and I'm going to rape the shit out of that cunt.
What?
Oh, God, how many cigarettes have you smoked?
Please give me my inhaler.
Give it to me.
Please give me my inhaler.
Please.
God damn it.
You'll get over it.
I want to show you something.
Look.
Come here.
Look.
Fire alarm.
You hold this
underneath the sensor
and we'll be hearing sirens before you've even climbed down.
I'm having a hard time breathing.
You want a hit? - Please.
Okay. - No.
And since you're going up there anyway...
Now, look, I really, really need to excuse myself
from this elevator.
So don't you dream of coming back here
without setting that alarm off.
Come on. You can do this.
Come on.
What the.
Fuck.
Claudia?
My daughter should be here by now.
Oh, you are dead, you fucking cunt.
Claudia.
Claudia?
Hey.
I'm right here.
Are you okay?
Yeah, listen, I was on the top of the elevator right now.
Jesus.
What's going on?
Karl.
Can you imagine how she's going to react?
What?
My little girl,
Nikky.
Nobody should need to see that kind of thing.
I protected her the first time.
What are you talking about, Karl?
I did.
Why are you
You can plan your whole life out.
You can plot the most complex course.
But sooner or later
you're going to walk into some piece-of-shit elevator.
Karl?
Listen to me. Listen.
I was on top of the elevator right now.
I looked over the side,
and I could see that we're almost at floor level.
The optimism of youth.
It's remarkably enduring.
In fact.
it's usually the last thing to go
when I cut some bitch up.
Fuck.
Their eyes pleading and hoping to the end.
You can almost hear them thinking,
''This isn't me.''
No, this isn't me.
Get the fuck away from me.
''This isn't my life.
''I got class tonight.
I can't be late for class.''
Get the fuck away from me.
Why do they always say that?
Stop it.
Hey, you want to play something?
Marco.
Come on, guys.
Marco.
Please stop.
The way it goes:
Marco.
You killed him.
Finally,
some privacy.
You killed him.
What's the point, Claudia?
We all know how this ends.
Please.
You think the others didn't say please?
I can get us out of here.
Give me the knife.
You have got to be kidding me.
Okay, I won't tell anyone.
Please have a conscience.
Think about your daughter.
Daddy.
What are you doing?
Please.
Daddy, you're not playing well.
What conscience?
She'll never learn!
So now learn!
Oh!
Get off!
Ah!
Uh!
Get fucking back here!
Hey, Claudia.
Claudia?
How is she?
My grandmother; how is she?
We'll talk about it later.
Tell me now.
I'm sorry.
I didn't get her the photograph.
I tried.
Why do things like this happen?
I used to think about that too.
After working here for a while.
I don't think there is any reason,
no pattern.
Yeah.
You get some rest, okay?