Afterburn (2025)

[bunniefuu]

Before the world ended, I could find

anything or anyone, anywhere.

Not to brag, but some called me the

world's greatest treasure hunter.

There was nothing I couldn't find.

I spent most of my time underwater,

finding things that had been lost for centuries.

My work was solitary, researching and

then setting out on my missions.

But I liked it that way.

I controlled my own destiny with no one

to report to.

But all that changed when the solar flare

hit.

The world was thrown into darkness and

chaos.

All modern electronics were fried.

Most things didn't work anymore.

People thought the governments would take

charge and fix things.

Wishful thinking.

Warlords seized control of local

governments and ruled large parts of Europe.

They thought everything was going to be

fine.

I knew better, of course.

Starving cities turned into graveyards.

Money was useless.

Medicine and fuel nowhere to be found.

And diseases spread.

I guess I was better equipped for this.

I was a survivor.

And I was soon doing what I always did.

Finding things.

Except now the world was much better.

more dangerous place.

Too easy.

All right, the boys in blue are back.

Hello, mate.

What you doing up here?

Wait a minute.

You guys aren't real cops, are you?

Marshall.

What's in the case?

It's like, I don't know, violin, fiddle.

I don't really know the difference.

Why, are you playing?

Hand it over.

Yeah, you don't want this.

But I'll give you what's in this.

Wash your mouth out with buckshot.

You won't be able to get us all.

No, that's true.

Just you.

Probably get you.

But definitely you.

Get him, boys.

sh*t, George.

Go Clem.

Hey.

Did you get it?

Yeah.

Right where you said it'd be.

Just sent out a handful of guys, but they

all came back empty-handed.

Some didn't come back at all.

Stradivarius.

Brescian period, 1690 to 1700.

Beautiful.

King August has another job for you.

He's a king now?

Well, if you're the monarchy, he's the

most stable path to restoring normalcy.

He wants to see you.

Well, I almost got myself k*lled fetching

that fiddle for his highness, so...

No, thanks. I'm going to go home and work

on my boat.

He's willing to compensate you.

Handsomely.

Enough for your dream boat.

Where's the job?

Across the channel.

Oh, I'm based on business with you.

Just think about it, Jay.

It could be a fresh start.

If I wanted a fresh start, I wouldn't

sh**t myself in the head to get it.

Yeah, we'll get you there safely.

there but disease and warlords and edm oh

thanks it was nice seeing you though jake

you look amazing and i love the suit he

declined he'd rather work on his boat

you believe that it's a g*dd*mn tragedy

let's make jake an offer one

Hey, buddy.

Hey, there you are.

I got to.

Teriyaki, your favorite.

Yeah.

Good boy.

Good boy.

How do you like that, boy?

Perfect.

Oil.

No playing, y'all know the g*dd*mn game.

Some got the rest of the train at the

bill is damaged.

Some is over style, that's right, we on

that side.

Come on, heads from strong, out of felt.

No love, crooked canal, but damn sure

felt.

Hear me, fear me, appear to disappear.

The sequel set, keep P.E. from the people.

Stole your soul, kept the groove on your

body black.

Now you can't get your mind back.

Too dirty for the source, power 30.

Too clean for 38, old's wanna beat 16.

I beg your pardon, be live at other times.

You know what, while your favors are just

starting.

We come back and do a soul check every

once in a while.

I can sign it, you know what, Messiah.

The final two cats got to stay much while.

Oh, God bless the child.

Don't sh**t!

What are you doing here?

The king sent me.

It's about the job. Tell him I don't want

it.

Tell him yourself.

He's waiting for you in the wrecking yard.

Can you help me down, Jake? Come in, have

a seat. Sit down, let's talk. Humor me.

Tell me, how do you do it?

Do what?

I employ dozens to do what you do, but

yet you seem to be the only one who finds

things others can't.

Is it a special skill or gift?

Ah, speaking of gifts, the Stradivarius,

ah!

It's beyond us.

It's so divine.

Music.

Make a grown man cry.

Maybe you should start with food and

clean water before you start building the

symphony.

Do you think we aren't working on the

food shortage, Jake?

Says the man with a mouthful of steak.

I'm a pescetarian.

You think fixing this is easy?

It's not as simple as snapping my fingers

and turning the lights back on.

The whole infrastructure was shocked.

We're busting our asses every day to

rebuild things from the ground up despite

people trying to stop us like General

Volkov.

Right. The guy who had no culture just

smacked him in the face.

He's an agent of chaos.

You'd rather see the world burn and rule

the ashes.

And you see yourself differently.

Cynicism.

Believe me when I tell you, Jake, this is

not the job I wanted.

When the solar flare hit, we lost our

humanity.

You saw what people did in the dark.

No one anticipated the world would burn

as quickly as it did.

People panicked.

Some became barbarians.

Well, lucky you.

These ivory towers you're building,

though, keep the barbarians at bay, and you'll

all be safe.

Well, everyone isn't as resourceful as

you are, Jake.

They don't have your skills or grit to

survive in this new world.

They need protection.

Without these walls, more and more would

have been slaughtered.

What about the ones outside the wall?

What about the ones hiding?

You're going to let them in, too?

All are welcome, Jake.

Even you.

Minister Fuentes tells me you're

reluctant to cross the channel.

No, I'm not reluctant. I'm dead set

against it.

Maybe that's because you haven't seen the

big picture.

I don't want to see the big picture.

The big picture is ugly and cruel.

Oh.

Not all of it.

We are spending a lot of time restoring

her to her original beauty.

You'll be a free man, Jake.

Unencumbered.

Accountable to no one.

And all I need is the wind.

Fly away and leave the bullshit behind.

The people and I want our world back,

Jake.

And what would I be hunting down for you

this time?

Mona.

The Mona Lisa?

In all her glorious beauty.

I hate to break it to you, Your Majesty,

but Paris was one of the first cities to

burn down.

For sure. For sure.

But here's something you may not know.

It's that when the flare hit, the French

government evacuated all its national

treasures to a secret storage facility.

Everything from fine art to the

president's porcelain throne.

How am I supposed to get there?

The king's plane flown by the king's

pilot.

Then I get the boat.

All the resources and food you need.

Hell, I'll even give you a title.

Okay, well, if Fuentes is the minister of

defense and you're the king,

what would you make me?

Let's go.

Let's do it.

Let's go.

You are Charlie.

m*therf*cker of cultural appropriation.

It won't be long, buddy.

Be back before you know it.

How are you doing?

Fine, yeah.

How are you?

I think this is a really bad idea.

You always seem to come out on top.

Yeah, if I always come out on top, then

why am I headed to the worst place on the

planet?

I left plenty of food and water for Smoke.

But what do you promise if I don't make

it back to take care of me?

I don't have anyone else to ask.

I don't think Smoke likes me very much.

I'm not sure if he trusts you.

I'll try not to die.

Make sure I make it back.

Always.

Takes your breath away, doesn't it?

Yeah, it's your type, this one.

We're flying in that?

Huh? Yeah.

Is that safe?

No, not technically.

It has b*llet holes.

Those.

No, those are from last week.

A little meeting with the guys.

Oh, the king is waiting.

Won't be late.

Drop you off under cover of darkness.

Now, you're in search areas here, outside

this small village.

Now, according to intelligence, it's been

cleared of rebels.

Now, you'll hike a bit north to St.

Quentin.

Now, it's a town under occupation, so you

have to go in quietly.

Like a whisper.

Like a tiny mouse.

Now, head to the city center, where our

rebel contact will meet you.

City center.

It's a huge area.

How am I supposed to find you?

Don't worry, they'll find you.

It's all very hush-hush.

Need-to-know basis.

Yeah, I need to know.

What do you need to know?

I don't even know how I'm getting out of

here.

The rebels will contact me once you have

Mona, okay?

I'll drop the equipment for an air-tept

evacuation three hours later.

Three hours.

Be good.

You know, the plane has holes in it.

I hadn't noticed.

Wheels up.

10 p.m.

My man.

Thank you. All set. Let's go. Oh, your

seatbelts are broken. Not worth the Barney

mate ship of nylon's not gonna help if

she goes down, is it? All right, here we go.

Oh, sh*t.

Is everything okay?

Yeah, yeah.

Just doing some sums.

Yeah, I'm not sure the gauge is working

right.

Obviously, with that, we're going to run

out of fuel halfway there, so, yeah,

probably best to run your parachute just

in case.

Yeah.

I pulled this to open the shoe, right?

Well, I'm done.

You're not done with it.

No.

Oh, f*cking amateur.

Yes.

That's the porn that you pull.

When do I pull it?

I don't know.

Preferably before you hit the ground.

Relax.

Have a flip or something.

I'll take it to scenic room, yeah?

All right.

Yeah, here we go.

What a rock they're doing with Bob Combs,

boy.

Come on there.

Welcome to France, mate.

I'm going to fly us through this to gear

up.

Probably going to have to drop a little

bit early.

Go.

Five minutes to piece and honey, mate.

Let's make that money.

What?

I'm going to fly us down to 4,000 feet

and you're going to have to jump.

Right?

Got it.

Good to go.

Red card, eh?

Well, as soon as I opened it, eh?

Oh, I knew this was a bad idea.

This is definitely a bad idea.

Thank you Brian, good luck, they are

waiting for you.

San Quentin is west!

I'm showing you your f*cking case.

Give some sh*t.

Nests.

Sit the f*ck down.

A worthy opponent is hard to find.

This game taught me so many things.

But the most important lesson is to

revere a strong adversary.

You see, I learned how to play when I was

incarcerated.

In prison, by design, is a gladiatorial

arena.

One challenge after another.

Consistent power struggle.

In the beginning, it was terrifying.

When I found Jess, I discovered...

something life-changing. Playing against

those who are better than me made me

better.

to play your best. You don't even know

how to play, do you?

Next

Bokov. One of our heavy g*ns fired on the

plane an hour ago. What client? Single

prop, probably the out and off. One

parachute. It word out to every g*ng, every

informant, every soldier a thousand

b*ll*ts where it finds our visitor.

Let's get the train ready. How far away

is he? 80 kilometers. He was spotted near

St. Quint.

Russians will be distributed to lawyers.

Citizens will be released at 1600 hours.

Curfew will still be enforced. Evading the

rules of General Volkov will result in

immediate and severe punishment.

Hey, guys.

Drop the bag.

Guys, I don't want any trouble.

Drop the bag.

You're a dead man.

Guess you're my contact.

Jake, yeah.

Then I could have taken that guy.

You're welcome. If you're here the whole

time, why didn't you step in sooner?

I just needed to see if you could handle

what's ahead, and myself.

I'm Dreya, follow me.

Okay, now that I've cleaned up your mess,

let's get going because they'll come

looking for these guys. What do you got

to think for cutting a guy's throat? My

father was a butcher. Come on, let's not

worry at all. Keep your eyes down.

Let's go, sir.

Let's go.

Let's go.

Is this the guy?

This is the guy.

He's bleeding.

We should take care of that.

Welcome.

Thank you.

Would you like something to eat?

No.

Something to drink, perhaps?

No, no, thank you.

Father, with all due respect, I just flew

into a w*r zone, jumped out of a plane

for the first time, almost got crushed by

a tank, got attacked by soldiers while

she watched.

So right now, I just want to get to where

I'm going, so if you could just point me

in the right direction, I'll be on your

way.

Patience is a virtue, my son.

First things first.

Don MacNulu uncovered this map.

They were just ex*cuted in the town

square.

Oh, I'm sorry.

May they rest peacefully in God's

infinite love.

This way.

In.

Wow.

That's what I'm talking about.

Over 1,000 horsepower.

Well, it proved it, too.

Nice.

Oh, yes, of course.

Suili?

Suili.

Brave territory.

Le mode le cadavre.

What?

Uh, it's just bad luck.

What is that?

Oh, it could be a cipher.

I'll pack the truck.

You patch him up?

Yeah, sure.

Come with me.

You like it?

The mural.

Oh, yeah.

It's nice to see some beauty in all this

ugliness.

You're really as good as August says.

What does he say?

Well, I hear hes the best.

His?

No, I'm not one of August's prized

possessions.

August holds a lot of power, even over

here.

I have nothing to do with that.

Are you ready?

Yeah.

Trust means more to me than power.

I don't trust.

August. Then why are you here? I'm asking

myself the same question. Like everyone

else, August has something you want. One

of his possessions. And you? Oh, yeah.

Just here to make sure you get from point

A to point B, really.

Let's go.

Throughout the church!

I can't overstate how important it is you

get there first.

Are you religious?

No.

We each have our own path to salvation.

Mine is to buy you both some time.

And yours is to have faith in your

courage.

Now the whole place is on lockdown.

Volkov has a tank on every corner.

You need to get through the old factory

and reach the eastern road.

Ah, I f*cking love this part.

Godspeed.

Yes, Father.

Everybody inside the church.

Come out immediately with your hands in

the f*cking air.

Wonder who that could be.

Can't wait to see what comes next.

Good evening, gentlemen.

To your health.

We know who you are.

We know what goes on here.

You can't hide anymore, priest.

You have nothing to hide.

God sees all.

Where are the others?

Others?

There's no one else.

Just me.

The only thing they'll find in there is

the Lord's work.

The church is closed right now, but

you're welcome to come in if you wish to

confess your sins.

I'm an atheist.

Of course.

Perhaps it's just as well.

Because absolution requires a moral

conscience and a yearning to be better.

Qualities which you clearly do not

possess.

Because you are part of the darkness.

On the face of this world of suffering.

And you will not prevail.

What I do now, may I be forgiven.

Don't move! Get out of the vehicle!

I want to quote Revelations 357.

You're flooding it. Don't flood it.

I'm not flooding it.

f*cking m*therf*cker!

A f*cking priest.

Really, a f*cking priest?

You were flooding it, by the way.

You were flooding it, by the way.

Buckle up.

Yeah, I am.

I love this song.

What's up?

f*cking God

Nope, we're going over it. Oh sh*t! It is

bulletproof.

How many tanks does this guy have?

All right, all right. No worries about

them, worry about that.

August!

m*therf*cking m*therf*cking Mona Lisa and

all those m*therf*cking glories that make

you a m*therf*cking appropriation. f*ck

you!

August! King, my a*s!

What news do our rebel friends bring?

Jake and Drey are en route to Suyi Army

Base, where they should complete the

mission.

Sadly, Father Samson perished fighting

for the cause.

And a noble cause it is.

May he rest in peace.

Your Majesty.

Hey, I got a question for you.

sh**t.

What the f*ck is going on that you guys

are also willing to die to help me get this

painting?

What do you care?

I mean, you're getting paid your fee,

right?

I don't get it.

It's a beautiful work of art, but all

this is a little much.

Some people like paintings, some like

sailing boats.

August.

Really sorry about Father Samson.

I knew Father Samson for a long, long

time.

Way before the solar flares.

He made a great sacrifice for the cause.

Yeah, that's kind of my point.

You know, all this work painting doesn't

make sense.

It's Volkov.

What's he got to do with the Mona Lisa?

Volkov is searching for the vault, too.

And if he gets there before us, he'll get

everything that's in it.

They put a lot more than art in there.

Food supplies.

Weapons.

That's why we need you to...

To get you.

So have we...

Beat him to it. You get your weapons,

August gets his painting, and I get my boat.

That's right. Hey, Jake. Hey, however

this ends, I really hope you get what you're

after. I made you this boat. Thank you,

it's beautiful. My grandma taught me how to

make origami. We used to make tons of

them and leave them for others to find. I

also know how to build a b*mb big enough

to take out it. That's pretty useful these

days, I guess. Let's get going.

We're approaching the city.

Good.

What happened to your shoulder?

We're outnumbered, sir.

Outnumbered and outgunned.

By your old priest.

Some f*cking priest, right?

There were others, sir.

How many?

Two.

But they had a big f*cking truck.

A flying f*cking truck.

And you only had a tank and 20 men?

It took us by surprise, sir.

It came out of nowhere.

A big b*stard and a girl.

In a truck.

East.

Anything else?

We've got the priest.

Sir, I can still be of service to you,

sir.

You don't need to k*ll me.

I'm not going to k*ll you.

I've got all the informants with their

eyes wide open.

We'll find these guys soon enough.

I know.

I know.

So really...

Well, there's a vault in this base in one

of these buildings.

You okay?

No, no, no, I'm not okay. This is wraith

territory.

This place gives me the creeps.

What the hell's a wraith?

Before the flare, there were inmates at a

maximum security prison.

The cannibals, you understand?

These guys, they eat what they k*ll.

All right, so let's get in and out as

quickly as possible.

Someone knows our head.

Yeah, come on.

Oh, merde! We're too late!

No, this door was blown off recently.

No b*llet holes, no damage.

Didn't look like they tried to defend it.

The best guess is that they got

everything out of here and moved it to a more

secure location.

Where'd you get that map?

The base commands this apartment in Paris,

General Stphane Matot.

Let's look around.

Looks like they held up here.

No, no, that's not it.

Stefan Matur.

It's here.

Well, if they evacuated, the base

commander would have kept a record of it.

Find it.

Voila, this is in French.

Okay.

Altercations, watermen broke, just now

have missing scouts, report.

Braves amassing fires on the ridge line.

They're bringing back all the valuables

too.

48 degrees by 58.

48 by 50.

There you go.

Airbase, Nancy, oh sh*t.

Perfect.

No way.

It's too convenient.

There's no way he just left this here for

anyone to find.

It's a mystery.

You think so?

Yeah.

He definitely would have encrypted this.

What do we do now?

Come on, let's hurry.

Read me the corresponding letters in

order, starting with the latitude.

Okay, ready? 48, 34, 58, 05, 57, 35.

M-sher. Does that mean anything?

No.

Rates, they're here.

Come on, come on. We have to hurry up.

Just give me a minute.

We need to go.

Shem-sher-hoff.

Ouvrage du Sim-sher-hoff.

That's a fourth unimaginable line.

There should be someone...

Voila, Sims are off.

Let's move.

Get back serious, go.

Moulin 2, this is Moulin 1.

Moulin 2, do you read me?

La Joconde's location is Ouvrage du

Simser Off.

I repeat.

La Joconde's location is Ouvrage du

Simser Off.

Copy, Moulin 1.

We can have a team at Simser Off by 1,400

hours.

Repeat.

We can have a team at Simser Off by 1,400

hours.

Copy, Moulin 2.

Moulin 1, out.

Got it.

Flying truck, my a*s.

Volkov, look.

58. We're going to the Nancy Air Force

Base.

No, we're not.

We're going to Simpserov.

And we're going to meet a very special

lady.

Tell the conductor we're taking the route

to the bridge.

Understood.

I think he wants his reward. One thousand

b*ll*ts.

How many do you think he deserves?

Three.

Agreed.

No keypad, no interface, no biometric

scanners, no handle.

There's a camera there.

We can power up this place somehow.

Something still running?

Ah, this is running.

Air duct system.

Must be getting power from the solar

panels.

Anything?

Yep.

That humming is part of the air

filtration system for the vault.

Yeah, it's our way in.

We're heading to you.

Fifty miles out.

I repeat, fifty miles out.

One-on-one.

Copy.

They're close.

Yeah, these stairs should take me up to

the ventilation shaft.

If I can get in here, down this shaft,

and along this air duct.

And that should take me right into the

vault.

Okay.

If this fan is operating, we're going to

have to k*ll that.

And then what?

Figure it out.

Let's get to it.

Hey, remember that service road we saw?

I bet that leads to the solar panels.

I'll take them out.

All right, let's get to work.

There's a lot to do. That's a bad idea

She's done.

Ah, it's flooded.

You all guess I knew this was a bad idea.

The Minister of Cultural Appropriations

might ask.

This is helping people?

I wanted to tell you, but August said you

wouldn't help if you knew.

You're g*dd*mn right.

The U.S. made two atomic bombs to drop in

Japan.

Fat man and little boy, but there was a

third.

Set aside for Moscow.

In case the Red Army didn't stop in

Manchuria.

The Mona Lisa.

This b*mb was meant to travel in a long

way, so there was a safety measure added.

Without this plug inserted, this b*mb

can't go off.

So August gets the b*mb and you get

everything else?

August doesn't want to use the b*mb.

He just wants to get it away from Volkov.

Do you believe him?

What choice do I have?

You had a choice.

You could have kept me out of this.

But it would have been found.

And you know it, Jake.

I trust August a little more than Volkov.

They're both part of the same hypocrisy.

I trusted you, Drea.

Look.

It might be too late for my life.

But maybe by stopping Volkov, someone

else can have that chance.

Someone else can have that chance.

And how many have to die while you're

trying to stop him?

Jake, wait.

Come on.

Just stay and fight with us.

Don't you see the Volkovs of this world?

They win.

When good people do nothing.

They win anyway.

Jake!

Jake!

Okay. So, look at this. This road leads

to Calais. August has a team there, and

they'll be waiting to transport the Mona

Lisa across the channel. You got it? Now

this, keep it very safe. Okay, good luck,

guys.

Not your fight, Jake.

Good life, good life.

And there she is.

General, the safety plug.

Isn't it funny?

They locked us up in cages like the scum

of the world, never to see the light again.

But then the light liberated us.

And now we rule their world.

We march to Calais.

The rest we take later.

Let's move!

You were right. It was pointless.

You shouldn't have come back.

I'm sorry I lied to you.

Sorry I dragged you into this.

You didn't drag me into anything.

You dragged me out.

But we gotta get that b*mb back.

It's too late, Jake.

You said you could build a b*mb big

enough to blow up a tank, right?

What about a train?

Jake.

The train's headed back to the city to

get there.

It's gotta cross the bridge.

All I need to do is get that plug.

And make sure the train doesn't stop.

You just gotta blow that bridge.

That's all?

We can do this.

But if we're gonna do it, we gotta do it

now.

Your walk?

Uh, fired up. I'll be right back.

Go, go, go! What were you doing?

Why are we going so slow? It's dark with

low visibility. I have to take it slow.

Once we're on the straightaway past the

bridge, I'll be able to pick up the pace.

He's not gonna like that. I'm doing my

best.

We're going to have a small window of

opportunity.

I know.

We've got to get ahead of it.

There it is.

Take it right at the fork.

Okay.

k*ll the lights.

f*ck.

There is concern regarding visibility.

Oh, I don't remember giving the order to

be concerned.

You did not.

But the...

The doctor assures me he's doing his best.

His best, huh?

I think he underestimates himself.

I think you're right.

I think he just needs some help to

fulfill his potential.

Hmm.

Just like you.

Check me.

I'm going slow because we're carrying an

atomic!

That's your full potential.

Drop me at the overpair.

Get to that bridge.

So, some people just need a little push.

Look at her!

There she is!

And she's not going back!

You're a loser!

You're a loser!

Marisa is out of your league.

I'm not here for the b*mb.

What are you, August assassin?

I'm the distraction.

Nice beard.

What's wrong? You okay? Yeah, no, I'm

okay.

Jesus, Jake.

You look like you've been chewed up,

digested, and sh*t out by the w*r machine.

Yeah, sounds about right.

Your f*cking Mona Lisa's at the bottom of

a gorge.

I don't know what condition she's in, but

she can't be detonated without this.

Oh, damn.

Sounds like I need to find a new source

of cultural appropriation.

Or not.

You could just let her rest in peace.

Oh, no, no, Jake.

You're not naive enough to believe there

are no more Volkoffs in the world.

No.

No, I just hope you're not one of them.

Guess it's time for you to sail away,

Jake.

Enjoy your little boat.

I need to build a kingdom to rule.