The Posthuman Project Page #3

Synopsis: Denny Burke is finally about to graduate high school. Senior year has been one bad thing after another: a broken leg, a broken heart, and - worst of all - a broken home. With four of his closest friends, Denny goes on one last rock-climbing trip to prove he's ready to start his adult life... On their trip the five teens receive a genetic boost beyond anything they'd ever imagined. Denny's soon faced with the first big decision of his adult life: does he give up these powers and stay a normal teenager, or does he keep them... and graduate from the human race?
Production: Posthuman LLC
  9 wins & 1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
3.8
NOT RATED
Year:
2014
93 min
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Oh, thanks for noticing.

Ha, that's what's up, man.

Here you are.

Thanks, bro.

By the way, thanks for

the Lisa alert last night.

Look, I'm sorry, man,

she was already at your house

before I could call

the code red.

Ah, speak of the devil.

Can I... Can I get some help?

On it.

Thanks, arch.

Man, I'm going to miss this,

you know.

What? My little brother

hitting on my ex-girlfriend?

Nah, no.

You know, hanging out

after high school.

You know, going camping

with my friends on a whim.

Watching your little brother

cop a feel

on your ex-girlfriend.

Archie. Hands.

Dude, I was thinking

about this last night.

This will probably

be the last time

we can all hang out like this.

You know, next month I go

to Florida for training

and in three months

you're gonna be in school.

And to tell you the truth

I'm not even sure

I want to go to

college anymore.

But what are you gonna do

If you don't go to school?

Yeah...

Hey. Um, interrupting

a bromance or something?

No, not at all. Are you ready?

Yeah.

Okay, Archie, give me the bag. You

look like you're about to fall over.

No, no. I got it.

I got it.

Come on, man.

Let's go!

Some help? No, no,

no, you got it.

You're right there.

What a champ!

All right.

What are you doing?

Calling.

Why don't you just

honk the horn?

Her step-Dad'll

get pissed.

Dude!

What?

We're burning daylight here.

Don't you walk away from me,

young lady.

I want to see myself in that

linoleum floor before noon.

You're a beer away from

sleeping on the floor, Earl.

No... You'll listen

to me, Gwendolyn.

I don't work hard all day so

you can go out whoring around

with your loud friends.

Stop it, you're hurting me.

What are you gonna do?

Call the cops?

Sheriff Desoto's

a friend of mine.

If anything happens to you

I'll bet he'll vouch for me.

I said stop it!

Ouch! F***!

Can we go? Fast-ish!

Uh, you okay?

It's fine.

Hey, you guys,

why all the long faces?

Come on,

we're officially on vacation.

What happened to you, Brainiac?

You should see the other guy.

What happened to you?

You saw the other guy.

Tell me how you

want to be little man

tell me how you feel

more than human

there is something special

waiting for you

waiting for you

every single slap

and all of the names

every single punk

and all of the bad things

a dozen stars away

just old memories

waiting for you

like a falling star

Oh, we've come so far

let me dance and sing

supernaturally

as we climb so high

may we touch the sky

and let me dance and sing

supernaturally

am I just a man

or a human being

Oh-Oh-Oh-Oh

Oh-Oh-Oh-Oh

Oh-Oh-Oh-Oh

Oh-Oh-Oh-Oh

Oh-Oh-Oh-Oh

Oh-Oh-Oh-Oh

Oh-Oh-Oh-Oh

Oh-Oh-Oh-Oh

put down your baggage

put down your weight

Oh, climb up a Mountain side

with your mates

we're only young once

in a lifetime

why should we wait

hey, It's up here on the left.

What is this?

You'll see.

Well, it looks like you

can still get in here.

Go ahead, little bro.

Man, I can't believe Uncle

Billy bought all of this land,

and he isn't doing

anything with it.

Yeah.

We had some pretty

great memories, huh?

With mom and dad.

Yeah.

Hey, so, uh,

it was cool seeing you stand up

to your old man back there.

Step old man.

Yeah, he kind of sucks.

Yeah, more than kind of.

Dude, but you... You were cool,

you were like... Like wham,

you know.

Like wonder woman cool.

Yeah?

Hey.

Um, are we all alone out here?

I think so. I don't think

anyone lives out here for Miles.

Why?

I don't know. Just...

I just got this weird feeling

like we're being

watched or something.

It's probably nothing.

I can hold your hand

If you're scared.

Guys, guys, guys,

I think we're forgetting.

We're about to graduate soon.

Besides Archie, but still.

You know, at this moment

we should have no stress,

not a care in the world.

No one can stop us.

Let's just go conquer

the Mountain.

I like where your head's at.

What have we got to be

scared of? Let's do this thing.

That's a big ass Mountain.

Archie, language.

Okay.

Still a big ass Mountain.

So how's your face?

My lip is fine.

"My lip is fine."

Just look at those...

hey, you got a sec?

Sure.

How's your leg?

Shaky.

Yeah?

I'm supposed

to be ready for this,

but I don't know.

No, You'll be great.

Yeah, well,

why is the Mountain there?

To be conquered.

You guys have said

that like six times today.

It's what my dad always

used to say

when he taught me to climb.

Oh.

So,

I was wondering,

since I might not come back

from this thing

which is what everyone

wants to hear.

Why did we break up?

Denny, I had my reasons.

Which were?

You know, I don't think

this is the best time

to be talking about this.

You should be getting ready...

no, I think this is a perfectly

good time actually.

If you want to talk,

let's talk about

that brace on your leg

and how it got there

in the first place.

Denny, we dated for six months.

You wouldn't tell me anything.

I-I mean,

I know it bothers you, okay,

so I didn't press it, but...

Oh...

I had my reasons.

Cute.

Wait.

What?

You know horseshoe canyon?

Where you used to climb?

Right.

My dad and I were climbing

together there

for my birthday.

We were half way up the face

and there was

this big explosion.

What?

We fell.

And when the smoke cleared I was

really hurt bad,

like spinal damage.

And my dad was... Was fine,

for a while.

I had to get a lot

of surgeries.

For the first couple of months

my mom and Archie

always took me in.

My dad had something

to work on.

Something to make me better.

But one day we just came

from the hospital,

and dad had cleared out.

No note, no phone call,

no text message.

Nothing. Just gone.

Denny, I'm so sorry.

But, I didn't want

to tell you because

I didn't want my dad leaving

to screw up our relationship.

So, I'm gonna go

climb this Mountain,

and I might not come back.

Why did we break up?

I'll tell you what,

come back down the Mountain

in one piece

and I'll tell you.

Really?

After all that,

that's what I get?

I need to give you a good reason

to come back down.

You promise?

Cross my heart and hope to fly.

Hope to die.

Who hopes for that?

That's a pretty long

first pitch.

Oh, we've definitely climbed

higher than that before.

Yeah. You think you'd

like to take it?

Yeah, It's a little stiff

without the brace

but I'm sure I'll be fine.

Okay, belay on, dude.

You ready?

Yup. All right, let's get it.

Hey, Denny, don't fall.

Don't worry

I won't. Mom.

You got it.

All right.

All right.

You good?

Uh-huh.

All right, you got it, man.

Whoo!

Oh!

Aah!

Thank you.

No problem.

Hey, yo, keep that smile up.

I can't believe you brought

these all the way up here.

They're your favorite, man.

We have to celebrate.

Where did you say the girls

were picking us up again?

Well, we're going to

go over this Ridge

and meet them at a small

road that's up there.

How's your leg feeling?

Pretty stiff.

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Matthew Price

Matthew Price (born 5 June 1972 in London) is a British journalist who currently works as Chief Correspondent for the BBC Radio 4 Today programme. more…

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