Welcome to Movie Shortens. Follow us today to a 2018 Canadian science fiction thriller
film called: The Humanity Bureau. Before we start, be aware: there are spoilers!
As the movie begins, Noah is driving his car through the Nevada desert, past a sign promising
a new life at New Eden. A drone swoops low and he is informed that he is reaching the perimeter
of New America and his safety is no longer guaranteed. He records a disclaimer message
saying that he is leaving of his own free will. He works for the Humanity Bureau and
is making his first visit to a man called Chester Hill, who will be deported next Tuesday at 9am.
As he walks into the hotel, the owner is very curt with him. He directs Noah to Chester’s room
and informs him not to drink the tap water but offers him some purified water instead.
Noah reminds him that selling water without a license is a felony.
Noah goes to Chester’s room. He discovers that Chester has been unemployed for twelve years.
He tells him that he is a burden to society and must be resettled in New Eden or arrested. Chester
tells him that he is not a fool - he knows the truth. He goes to his bedroom and gets a shotgun.
He starts to shoot, killing the hotel manager before Noah shoots him.
Noah has his debrief with Adam Westinghouse and is disturbed that two men are dead. Adam
assures him that he was just doing his job. Noah practices angling even though there are no fish
left in the ocean. He remembers when he was a child that his mother took him fishing in Canada
but Adam reminds him that it is all desert now. Noah is not so sure but Adam says that it is
restricted information. Noah says that there are rumors about New Eden - overcrowding and disease
and that people would prefer to stay put. Noah is looking at some old photographs. He
arrives at the house of Rachel Weller and her son Lucas. It is his first visit here.
They are trying to look as though they are able to look after themselves on the farm
as Noah arrives. He is invited in and she presents the documents that he requires. Lucas comes in and
asks Noah about his gun. He disarms the gun and lets Lucas play with it. He explains to Lucas that
citizens are expected to contribute more than they take. Lucas tells him that his friend Bobby moved
to New Eden and he never heard from him again. Back at base, Adam is investigating Noah’s
location. He tells Agent Porter that it is because he is up for a promotion and to give
him the report as soon as it is filed. Also, he does not know that he is being investigated.
The report is finished and Noah asks Rachel why she wants to stay here.
She says that they are happy there but he tells her they are to be resettled to New Eden.
They have twelve hours until they leave and should prepare. He gives her a pamphlet. When
she asks what she should tell Lucas, he tells her to say it’s for the best. She slaps him.
Outside, Lucas is climbing on the roof but slips and falls to the ground. Rachel is scared because
he is all she has but Noah is able to resuscitate him. On his way home, he delays the deportation
of Rachel and her son. In his apartment he finds Adam is waiting for him. He questions
why Noah delayed the deportation order. He tells him that the boy is attending a recital tomorrow
but Adam doesn't care - he says that he has 24 hours. Noah remembers finding a note on
Chester’s body that said Never Surrender. The next day, outside the Humanity Bureau,
a man tosses a matchbox to him. Inside, it says Greenhouse. He goes to the Greenhouse
and finds an empty package from the Electrical Department and he goes there. Inside a lift,
he meets a man called Ravetch and they talk. Noah asks him about the truth. Ravetch tells him that
his brother and his wife were taken to New Eden a year ago but he hasn’t heard from them ever since.
Noah says that he can’t help but Ravetch tells him that he could help others. He gives him a
memory card. When he later checks what is on the memory card, he seems shocked.
Lucas is in the middle of his recital when Noah walks in.
He offers them a ride home. As they arrive, Adam is watching. Noah tells Rachel that they can’t
stop here as someone will come for them - they always do and he won’t be able to stop them.
Noah sleeps in his car and when he wakes in the morning, he realizes that there is someone nearby.
He runs into the house and tells them to get ready to leave. He gets his gun from the car but when he
returns, he finds Adam in the house holding a gun to Rachel’s head. Lucas shoots Adam with an air
rifle and then Adam and Noah fight. Rachel fires a gun to stop the fight and they escape. However,
on the road, they rupture the fuel tank. Porter arrives to free Adam while Noah arrives
at a gas station. His card is declined and he removes the GPS system. He goes to the garage
owner and demands gasoline. Lucas reports that there is a dust cloud on the horizon so someone
is coming. After they leave, the owner rams one of the pursuers to give them a good head start.
At the bureau, Adam now has an eyepatch. He has a meeting where they discuss why Noah has
disappeared with Rachel and they speculate that maybe they have a history together.
The others insinuate that maybe Adam is also involved. The chief of staff opens a box to reveal
a powdered substance that also contains a child’s tooth. He suggests that Adam find Noah quickly
or he may find himself at New Eden as well. Noah has found shelter for the night. He gives
Lucas a lucky rabbit's foot. He tells them that they are heading for Canada but Rachel tells Noah
not to disappoint her son. Noah swaps his car with a woman
and asks for directions. She tells them that she met a man some years ago, who may be
able to help him if he is still alive. Adam gets into the lift with Ravetch and
demands to know what he told Noah. Ravetch pleads ignorance but his family is threatened so he tells
Adam that he gave him the truth about Project Eden. Adam tells him to go home to his family
but they have been murdered. Noah continues to head North
but they are ambushed. The ambusher explains that he can’t be too careful as his wife was
murdered by scavengers. His name is Adolf and Noah asks for his help to reach their destination
but Adolf tells him that the lakes no longer exist in Canada. He gives them instructions but
tells them that they won’t be able to get back and that anyone that approaches them will be hostile.
He gives them a radiation detector and tells them that their safe route will take them through a
contaminated area. He gives them iodine tablets to take as soon as the readings increase. Lucas
spends time with some kids. He tells them that he is prepared to kill someone if he has to.
In Rachel’s house, Adam finds that her real name is Amanda.
Noah leaves with Rachel and Lucas. Adam is swimming and Porter comes to see
him. He reports that “Amanda” died nine years ago and they wonder why
Rachel assumed the identity of a dead woman. Noah has reached Montana. He asks about Lucas’
father but it turns out that Lucas never knew him. Rachel makes things up to keep her son happy. Noah
tells her that his mother died when he was twelve and he was sent to an orphanage. He was taught how
to fish by a man that his mother knew. Rachel wonders what the future holds for her son.
Adam discovers that Amanda was Rachel’s neighbor.
Overhead, Noah spies a military drone so they try to hide themselves and the car.
Noah believes that it hasn’t seen them but the Humanity Bureau are monitoring the transmission
and believe that Noah is there. As they wait in the car, Lucas is bored. He tells
them that the kids he met told him that New Eden is a death camp. Rachel tells Noah to tell him
that it is a lie but Noah actually discovered that it is a giant crematorium. Rachel demands
to know why he saved them and Noah gets out the photographs that he was looking at the day he met
her. They are pictures of the Rachel Weller that he knew so he asks who she is. She asks what took
him so long to come looking for his son? When the drone is gone, they drive off in silence
but suddenly they pass a car going in the other direction. It turns so Noah gets out and shoots
at it causing it to overturn. They find a building to hide inside and Lucas looks for the bathroom.
He can hear someone in the stall next to him and it is Adam. Noah comes looking for him and is shot
at. More agents arrive and Rachel and Noah have to retreat. As Lucas is brought out, he takes Adam’s
new glass eye and drops it on the floor. He crawls to retrieve it but climbs through an underground
tunnel. He emerges right next to Noah’s car and they all escape. Porter retrieves Adam’s eye.
That night, Noah is reading the instructions to the radiation meter. Rachel reveals that she was
friends with Amanda. The real Rachel wanted to sell her son so Amanda fought her and there was
an accident. Amanda then assumed Rachel’s identity and looked after Lucas as his mother. She asks if
Noah will tell him that he is his father? They don’t know what to do for the best.
As they continue their journey, they reach a gate and detect a high rate of radiation. They
continue forward and suddenly Lucas gets a nosebleed. He says that he gets these
sometimes despite Noah’s concerns. The following day, they take a break
and take some tablets. Noah is concerned that the radiation should be higher as they are near
some cooling towers but they discover that it is much lower than expected. They start to see
green trees and it makes them happy. The engine overheats and they are forced to continue on foot.
As they approach the border, Adam appears with other agents and they all run. They cross the
border but are apprehended shortly after. Noah tells them that they have no jurisdiction here.
Adam tells them that if he returns what he stole then everything will be forgotten. He then shoots
Rachel and demands Noah return the memory card. Noah demands that Lucas be released and orders
him to run before handing over the memory card. Adam tries to load the card before discovering
that it is empty. He shoots Noah too. Lucas comes running back, throwing stones at Adam.
Adam grabs him but from behind a man shoots all of the agents except Porter, who runs away.
The shooter later tells Lucas that he had been waiting for Noah for a week. He finds that the
memory card was blank so asks if he gave Lucas anything. Lucas hands over the lucky rabbit’s foot
which is revealed to contain a memory card. A group watches a video that Noah made with
the names of the victims of Project Eden and tells them to be scared as they may be next.
A revolution begins in the cities as those outside storm the borders and kill the city dwellers.
The movie ends with a memory of Noah swimming in the Canadian lakes.
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