Young police officer Maddy is determined to live up to her deceased father’s legacy. Her courage is put to the test when locals are found brutally ripped to shreds by the zombie kangaroo. As the undead beast leaves a trail of carnage, Maddy, with the help of her eccentric Uncle Schmitty and resilient Aunt Donna, must embark on a high-stakes battle to save the town.
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00:00:00You
00:00:30You
00:01:00You
00:01:30You
00:02:00You
00:02:30You
00:02:57My dad was a hero
00:03:01Sporting hero a war hero and the local cop
00:03:09He died young
00:03:11To save me
00:03:16I think about that a lot
00:03:20About what he gave up for me
00:03:23It's been tough at times not having him or mom around
00:03:26But I've learned that when your dad's a hero, it's like he never died
00:03:34Everyone remembers him speaks about him like he's still around
00:03:40I've got a lot of work to do to fill his shoes to make him proud and maybe fill the hole that he left
00:03:56Left, left, left, right, left, left, tiny bubbles in my whiskey, make me feel a little frisky, left, left, left, right, left
00:04:26You
00:04:30Hear that
00:04:33Sounds like dinner to me
00:04:37You stay protect my rear and we'll get this motherfucker
00:04:56Oh
00:05:26I'm gonna get your number
00:05:56Oh
00:06:26Oh
00:06:33Thanks buddy, let's bring that trophy home again this year. Hey, yeah, I'm on it
00:06:40Was I speeding where are my eggs another shakedown?
00:06:46Double yokers, right? Yeah, I can't have breakfast without him
00:06:50They're back home waiting for you. You come around whenever you want. Thanks Bobby the best
00:06:56I
00:07:08You've got to be kidding me
00:07:17Maddie
00:07:20I
00:07:24Seen it just saying what I've seen a beast in the guise of a
00:07:29I'm a huge kangaroo a seven foot tall big red. I
00:07:36Named him Rippy
00:07:38Maddie you must listen to me
00:07:41Smitty just can you get get that thing off the road or I'll impound it. Okay, Maddie Maddie Maddie
00:07:47I feel that we're all in mortal danger. I shot the thing point-blank and it didn't die. I
00:07:55Think he got Ralphie Ralphie. Yeah
00:08:00Just just can you just say wait
00:08:12Here we go again
00:08:17All right, yeah, yeah
00:08:19Done again
00:08:21Peanut. Yeah. Well, you're a pirate who no one wants to read put your head in Parker had a few too many boys
00:08:30Sorry about this Maddie, so I saw his boss. Sorry. What do you want to read him?
00:08:48It
00:08:52Thanks so much for that he's been a real dick
00:09:01Get up get up she kicked your ass first
00:09:09Whoa, hello
00:09:12All
00:09:13Right, you can sleep it off in your car. You can walk but you're not driving anywhere. What come on? We're sorry
00:09:20We will not have any more trouble. He fights in his sleep
00:09:29Walk home Anna far out. Oh, this is bullshit
00:09:42I
00:09:49Smitty was here
00:09:52When I just before
00:09:55He said Ralphie ran off and something about a giant room
00:10:01Sorry, I didn't want to upset ya
00:10:07Okay, I
00:10:09Reckon the divorce is longer than the marriage by now anyway
00:10:24Hey that cop boy, she was tough
00:10:28She overreacted bro. Well, we were pretty wasted in a pub. It's where you get wasted
00:10:34I
00:10:38Can't believe you actually asked her if she'd read me
00:10:42and I
00:10:43Don't remember hearing her response
00:10:46Thank you. I
00:10:47Forgot to tell you what she slipped a number in my pocket asked me to give it to you. Hi. Yeah
00:10:54It's right here
00:10:56it's um, I
00:10:58Am here it is
00:11:05Screw you bro. Hang on. I'm gonna take a piss
00:11:21You don't hear that but my piss
00:11:27Nothing there's nothing
00:11:34I
00:11:39Started to creep me out, right? What is that?
00:12:04I
00:12:35I
00:12:38Hey, you don't have to be here
00:12:44They've called thought I could help I'm Eddie. Hey
00:12:57It's
00:13:00Oh
00:13:03My god, yeah
00:13:06And the other one Ricky's over there exactly the same. So you found them what time?
00:13:11When they didn't come back last night. I decided to come out looking for him
00:13:13I thought I'd find him sleeping under a tree. But what time six six o'clock?
00:13:20So this could have happened anytime time
00:13:24Overnight
00:13:29I
00:14:00Have you ever seen anything like this
00:14:05Maybe it's a crock or pack of dingoes
00:14:11Whatever did this is bloody strong
00:14:14Drag both these men around like ragdolls
00:14:16Tore him apart like nothing. Yeah, I can't be a crock or too far from any water
00:14:20I didn't think those haven't been sitting around here for decades. So what are you thinking?
00:14:25Well, maybe it was a hit and run
00:14:27God don't do that. Yeah, but scavengers might after they were dead. I know maybe dingoes are back
00:14:36All right, we've got to get these into gold store
00:14:39Well, let's get an ambulance or a coroner out here to pick him up
00:14:42They're not sending an ambulance for two dead bodies on and the coroner's unit are all tied up with the fires up north
00:14:54Smitty
00:14:57Yeah, I
00:15:02Tried to tell you tell her tell her what I'm good
00:15:08It cannot be killed
00:15:11Like it refuses
00:15:15People have died here Schmidt have some respect
00:15:19Touch me. How did you turn up here of all times? I was looking for Ralphie. Oh
00:15:23Yeah, oh
00:15:26Shit look
00:15:28Well
00:15:30All these tracks, yeah, yeah. Yeah, there's there's lots of tracks
00:15:35Smitty, can you just go and find Ralphie? We have work to do here
00:15:53It's a zombie
00:16:23Oh
00:16:26I
00:16:28I
00:16:51Sorry about the dust. Oh, there's gonna be a bit of a smell
00:16:58Oh
00:17:02Look I've done the best I can but this is really not my cup of tea. Okay
00:17:21Are you okay? Not really
00:17:23This is massive trauma, it looks like a stab a slash a rip
00:17:33But
00:17:36Here here is bite wound and and this
00:17:44This looks like it's been torn off
00:17:49Was it a weapon or something
00:17:52Was it a weapon of some sort it's not really my area of expertise I
00:18:00Can't see any sign of a knife or an axe. There's no evidence of blunt force trauma either
00:18:06These these bodies look like they've been ripped apart by something
00:18:11There's no way someone from town has done. This is gonna be someone else. Maybe one of the flying fire miners
00:18:17or Jack the Ripper
00:18:21I
00:18:28Yep, hey Maddie, I ran that list for you and I got something want me to fax the details or
00:18:35Yes, I know just send his name and mugshot to my phone, please. And can you read out the list of priors to me?
00:18:42five counts of drunk and disorderly three counts of disturbing the peace
00:18:45Yeah, one count of aggravated assault and one count of manslaughter to
00:19:22Dave can you get one of your new workers to meet me at your office?
00:19:26His name is Ruben Williams
00:19:29He's got a violent rap sheet including a prior for manslaughter
00:19:32He looks like our guy and if he doesn't have an alibi, I gotta take him in
00:19:39Alright, man. I'll give to the office
00:19:51You
00:20:00She's here
00:20:21One more
00:20:30Ruben Williams
00:20:34Where were you last night Ruben?
00:20:40I want my lawyer how you want to do this
00:20:51I
00:20:54Hope you have a good lawyer
00:21:13I heard it was a minor. Ah, yes. Yes. He's locked up now. So that's it then
00:21:22That's it wait this so I can go for a run
00:21:27Yeah trophy remember
00:21:38You know, I'd be so proud of you my love
00:21:45Yeah, I hope so
00:21:51You
00:22:21Oh
00:22:51I
00:23:21I
00:23:23I
00:23:53I
00:24:23I
00:24:53Don't hang on
00:25:05Yep, hello Maddie speaking. We can't find Troy
00:25:10Troy
00:25:12He didn't come home for dinner. He always comes home in time. He went out where on his run
00:25:17Something has happened. Okay. Did you stay calm stay calm? We'll find him. I'll be right there
00:25:47I
00:26:17I
00:26:38Can't look at him like this again
00:26:40Oh
00:26:46He's not even safe ready
00:27:10Sweetheart, this is not your fault
00:27:20Everything
00:27:23Who's
00:27:26You can't have known he was gutted like a fish
00:27:32You look just like the others
00:27:34You
00:27:38So what's going on
00:27:45Maybe maybe smitty knows something. I think it's it's worth checking, right?
00:27:52I told her we'd all be safe. I
00:28:00Think
00:28:03It's worth putting together a hunting party
00:28:07for an actual animal that
00:28:10actually exists
00:28:12I'll talk to Dave
00:28:14There's miners that they're all mates. They love hunting. They'll all help
00:28:21Smitty's words
00:28:26They're not to be trusted why
00:28:33I
00:28:35He's broken love
00:28:39He's damaged inside his mind
00:28:45He was a bit odd when we met I
00:28:49Thought it was the war
00:28:53Did he ever talk to me about that
00:28:58It was when your dad died
00:29:03Don there was
00:29:07It's a level of broken it's hard to get a handle on there were tracks
00:29:14There were tracks all around Troy
00:29:17What tracks?
00:29:24We're tracks
00:29:32I
00:30:02I
00:30:32I
00:30:58Hey
00:31:01Darlene how are you?
00:31:05If you called before you came over I would have
00:31:09How could I clean that place?
00:31:11You don't have a phone
00:31:13Yeah
00:31:15Well, they don't
00:31:16They don't work out of here
00:31:20There's still no sign of Ralphie
00:31:30More people at that
00:31:34Yeah, Troy Kitchener, oh dear
00:31:46How dear
00:31:53How dear
00:32:01The weight of the uniform
00:32:15Sam breezy
00:32:20Making decisions
00:32:24For people and about people
00:32:30Without having all the information
00:32:38It's really tough
00:32:43But when I look at you I
00:32:46See wisdom strength and courage
00:32:50You don't even know you have I believe you can do anything you set your mind to
00:33:00Thank you, but I I just don't think you're really saying things clearly
00:33:20Well, you have the benefit of not knowing where I know what what do you know
00:33:30I met your father
00:33:32The jungles of Southeast Asia. Yeah. Yeah, I know that
00:33:37But what you don't know is that our friendship was forged
00:33:43By a shared vision of beasts in which I speak
00:33:49What did you say evil
00:33:54Okay, I was thinking more of an animal maybe
00:33:57It takes all forms
00:34:00in Vietnam
00:34:02It was everywhere
00:34:05June 30th
00:34:081971
00:34:10We were overrun
00:34:15Men struggled to kill each other in the mud in the moonlight. We used bullets nice
00:34:24Rocks
00:34:27The beast was in us
00:34:31And when our commanding officer
00:34:36Ordered a napalm strike on our own position
00:34:41We saw embodied in its terrible glory
00:34:46What happened
00:34:48Instead of the sound of aircraft
00:34:52We are at the war of a beast
00:34:54And when we looked up there was no jet fighter
00:35:04But we saw a dragon
00:35:07Fly out of a black cloud and spew fire and everything around it
00:35:12Hell itself opened up and swung and arrived
00:35:19We hid in the bottom of our hole
00:35:25Wanting to scratch our eyes from our faces for the horror that we had looked upon
00:35:31Dad never spoke about anything that happened over there
00:35:37And to talk about it
00:35:43It's still we live it
00:35:47What we choose to do about this
00:35:52It's how we find peace
00:35:55I
00:35:58Was this space that you saw can you track it I
00:36:04Can track anything that moves
00:36:11All right, well there's a hunting party living town at dawn we come with me yeah
00:36:18Oh
00:36:22Crazy this is great
00:36:26Tilda
00:36:30It'll change you when you see it
00:36:35Decide who you want to become
00:36:40Just just make sure you're wearing pants tomorrow, okay
00:36:48I
00:37:11All right
00:37:19Oh
00:37:35Front and center my shorts
00:37:39Well with long pants I chafed
00:37:45No the bikini Oh schmitty
00:37:48Just put it in the back
00:37:56Daddy
00:37:58You don't have to go out there, you know we have enough people
00:38:01That's boys reported to me it's not about after I wanna
00:38:09How about you head over to near where Troy was killed and
00:38:13We'll head back down to the mine road and then meet up over near the camping ground
00:38:16What's gonna take all day
00:38:19I'm pretty good cracking. See ya
00:38:27Well, let's get going
00:38:34Maddie play separation don't I Michael
00:38:42Fine
00:38:44But I get the front seat you're throwing away too
00:39:14Dave we'll head west towards the mine road and catch up later. Okay
00:39:19Copy that we're headed over towards the Kitchener farm
00:39:22Copy that
00:39:44I
00:39:47Hope Dave's posse is having more luck than we can I'll be doing any worse that they're all still awake
00:39:56Just
00:39:59You've been snoring for an hour, you know, I haven't missed that
00:40:04Well, there's some things that you did this
00:40:14It's gonna be dark soon, so let's check out here and then we'll head back towards Dave and the others
00:40:18It's
00:40:39Been a while it's like riding a bicycle
00:40:48I
00:41:18See really close to where your father died
00:41:34This is the edge of the mines land
00:41:49Oh
00:42:04What what is it wait
00:42:18Oh
00:42:26Yeah, there's something you do
00:42:48Oh
00:43:00Let's get out
00:43:18Oh
00:43:20Oh
00:43:46Shit
00:43:50They
00:44:06What did
00:44:09Why I don't think you were the first one to kill this but this thing has been dead for a while
00:44:15It was moving
00:44:18Shut it in a drop
00:44:23Fuck
00:44:27Hey guys keep the noise down
00:44:32Do you like that
00:44:40That's wrong guy he sees him
00:44:45You see another dead cow we can shoot
00:44:48I'm worried about what can see us
00:45:09Be quiet
00:45:10Spread out
00:45:11Head back up in that direction and then double back here to the ute
00:45:16Okay, if you hear anything, we'll see anything call out and we'll come running. I
00:45:22See anything I'm shooting it
00:45:24I'm killing whatever it is. I'm not wasting time telling you guys where
00:45:29You couldn't kill dead boy laying in the ground
00:45:42You
00:45:55This water
00:45:59It has the smell of the beast I
00:46:02Reckon it's run off from the mine. This billabong should be glowing. I
00:46:07Never trusted the chemicals they used over there
00:46:11I
00:46:41I
00:47:11I
00:47:41I
00:48:12I
00:48:25Stayed
00:48:27Oh
00:48:57Hey, please
00:49:02Stay with us stay with us. Okay, we're gonna take you home. Okay with us. Okay, we're gonna take you home. All right
00:49:09It's okay
00:49:14Okay, please can you listen to me listen to me
00:49:20please
00:49:22You have to do something
00:49:24I'm sorry that he's gone. He's not you can't come on. Come on. Come on
00:49:32He's not he's not gone come on, please
00:49:54Oh
00:50:24Oh
00:50:55Oh
00:51:21It's not your fault
00:51:24It's like they're all just dying cuz of me that's not true sweetheart it is
00:51:31Tell her
00:51:33Tell her
00:51:36Tell me what
00:51:39You had nothing to do with your father's death Schmitt
00:51:45He died cuz of me
00:51:47bullshit Schmitt
00:51:49Who's a drunk?
00:51:51What he was staggering around after he fell down no, he hit his head and he bled out that's what no
00:51:58There's no what happened. He's
00:52:01No, I remember he cried out for me. I remember that Schmitt. He he saved me
00:52:07Think about it, man. You were
00:52:10Incredible swimmer from the time you were
00:52:13knee-high
00:52:15Whole story doesn't even make sense
00:52:17Try to remember try to remember about that time
00:52:34Ready ready, what are you?
00:52:47You
00:52:54Maddie
00:53:08Why in that damn
00:53:11The whole town just believe that the whole town wanted to believe your father was a hero
00:53:19Star athlete
00:53:22Vietnam vet
00:53:24Everybody loved hanging out with him
00:53:26drinking at the pub
00:53:29Sometimes
00:53:32It's easier to believe a lie than to face an ugly truth
00:53:40No, no, is that how you wanted to remember him is it Maddie
00:54:10Here
00:54:40I can't
00:54:59How is that thing still alive
00:55:10Sure you want to do this
00:55:26Buddy
00:55:40I
00:55:52Wouldn't check the perimeter
00:55:56You lied to me I know I should have told you I'm so sorry
00:56:10I
00:56:30Don't know what's going on, but I shot it and it didn't die indeed
00:56:41I have to warn everyone. Oh guess we're walking
00:56:48Follow me
00:56:54We've lost him for a while, I think
00:57:10You it's not far now
00:57:40I
00:58:10So
00:58:18It's that piece of crap car gonna work where are the keys? Yeah, I got the keys
00:58:29But that's uh, it's not the problem
00:58:36What's the problem
00:58:39The battery died
00:58:41On the way back from town
00:58:43Sorry, so so it's not in the van
00:58:45No
00:58:47It's on
00:58:49It's on the charger which is out there
00:58:57All right, well is this thing still work
00:59:00Yeah, that works. Yeah. All right, cuz I think could be headed to town. We need a warm paper. We need backup
00:59:09Gotta go fire up the generator
00:59:11No, I'll I'll go you call it in as soon as that thing sparks up. All right, it's the Jenny still in the same ditch
00:59:21They'll be ready to go we'll be ready
00:59:38Do you still think about him every day?
01:00:08I think about you every day, too
01:00:39I
01:00:51Spent a while since we had a chance to to talk
01:00:59We had the chance for about 20 years Schmidt you weren't the one for much talking
01:01:04And
01:01:06Some things yeah
01:01:08this is
01:01:10How did you talk about I
01:01:13know
01:01:15Easy to take off
01:01:17hang gliding firefighting
01:01:20All that hero stuff
01:01:22While I ran the pub it wasn't about was the rush wasn't it the adrenaline
01:01:30I
01:01:32Was a big part of you that was still in the war we both paid the price for that
01:01:41Guilty I know the war did terrible things to you and Murray
01:01:54But it did terrible things to you and me
01:02:00Why couldn't you just talk to me Schmitty I
01:02:05Would have listened I
01:02:10Lost my brother and
01:02:13Then I lost you
01:02:24Losing you
01:02:26This is the worst thing that ever happened to me
01:02:30I
01:02:32You never told me that
01:02:37You deserve better than this
01:02:41Schmitty
01:02:59That smile
01:03:02So it's a little bit
01:03:04Look at me a little bit a
01:03:08Little bit
01:03:29I
01:03:59Oh
01:04:06Yes, good girl, man
01:04:18Firenetz hotel come in, please
01:04:29Oh
01:04:35My good boy, oh my gosh
01:04:51I'll get the battery. I'll get done. Yes. Yes. Okay. Oh, you're a good boy. Come on
01:04:59I
01:05:11Thank you
01:05:29The hotel isn't answering we'd better go over there
01:05:59I
01:06:29A
01:06:43Group of us went out to destroy whatever animal killed Troy Kitchener
01:06:48It's a fucking massive room
01:06:51We're the only ones left
01:06:54Where's Dave he's dead
01:06:59They're all dead
01:07:29Oh
01:07:38Come on
01:07:47Raise the balcony to lock every drone window mean to barricade that front door now
01:07:51Only chances to keep it out go barricade that door look everything top to bottom you guys
01:07:59Oh
01:08:21Where is he? Where's he going? I can't see. Where is it? I'm not sure
01:08:27But he knows we're in here
01:08:37They're coming how many cows are coming
01:08:56Oh
01:09:11Maddie
01:09:22Can I skip
01:09:26Oh
01:09:45Maddie we got to get these people in safety
01:09:56We're gonna get out of here
01:10:08Okay, everyone listen up donors every miss Ella
01:10:27All right, you'll be safe careful
01:10:42I've been thinking about dad
01:10:49Just everything I've been doing since then everything
01:10:57I'm gonna get out of here. Yeah, we have to do something. They say in the cellar. We can go out and get help
01:11:11I was I was wrong to lie. Don't worry
01:11:17But you keep wanting to pay a debt that you don't
01:11:26I
01:11:29Say today means you can go
01:11:50There's they're safe for now
01:11:52Oh
01:12:07I'm gonna blow the fuck his brains out
01:12:22I
01:12:52I
01:13:22I
01:13:44Maddie we got to save those people down there
01:13:52Oh
01:14:22Oh
01:14:52Yeah
01:15:23Hey
01:15:25Oh
01:15:49My dad wasn't perfect, but I know that he loved me
01:15:55Maybe I can take that and be okay with it
01:15:58To choose to let go of the hero I lost
01:16:02And hold on to the family I found
01:16:21What the hell
01:16:25Oh
01:16:48My boss
01:16:55Oh
01:17:25Oh
01:17:55Oh
01:18:25Oh
01:18:55Oh
01:19:25Oh
01:19:55You
01:20:25You
01:20:55You
01:21:25You
01:21:55You
01:22:25You
01:22:55You
01:23:25You