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Today I'll show you a psychological horror-thriller film: "A Cure for Wellness"
Spoilers ahead, watch out and take care
One evening in the office, a man is working overtime,
and he notices a letter addressed to someone from an institute in the Swiss Alps
The man tries to open the letter to read its content
However, he stops when his computer reminds him of work
As He continues his work, he suddenly feels heartburn
He decides to take a break to relieve his heartburn
After that, he experiences a heart attack and collapses on the floor
The following day, we see a train in transit in the Swiss Alps
A man named Lockhart, is working on his computer managing business deals
Lockhart argues with his co-worker on the phone but manages to get his support
After ending the call, Lockhart takes a break from his work,
and reads the letter from earlier
The letter then starts its monologue about the meaning of self-awareness
about the world and oneself
It also mentions the board members of the company where he works at
The letter is telling them that its author is on a spiritual journey,
and doesn't want to be contacted
The author named Pembroke wants answers on his journey about the sickness of human existence
Lockhart reads the letter with the other mentioned board members,
and they all agree Pembroke has gone insane
The letter also reveals details regarding the growth of the company,
but it will require Pembroke's signature
This leads to Lockhart being tasked to find Pembroke
He arrives at his destination, and he proceeds to travel in a cab
He travels the long roads of the Swiss mountains while dealing with work
The driver suddenly interrupts Lockhart, and asks if he's here for the "cure"
Lockhart denies it and states he is just visiting
The driver states that people who visit, usually stay once they get the treatment
During their conversation, Lockhart's computer loses power,
so he focuses on talking with the driver
Lockhart then gets a vision of the past about his mother
He and his mother talk about his workaholic nature like his late father
His mother thinks that he should rest, but he makes an excuse
Suddenly, his mother thinks that he will not come back to visit her
because of his workaholic nature
He tries to change the topic on his mother's art craft
The mother explains that a ballerina music box symbolizes dreaming
She states that the ballerina is not aware that it's in a dream, accepting its dream as reality
As Lockhart looks at his mother's ballerina music box,
his vision gets interrupted when a villager hits the car
The driver states that the incident only happened, because the place where Lockhart is headed,
has a bad history with the villagers
Lockhart arrives at his destination, a castle
The driver tells him that in the past, the castle was owned by a baron,
and the baron believed in keeping the purity of his lineage
Because of that, the baron chose his sister to carry his child
The villagers and the church didn't like this, and lynched the couple on their wedding night
The villagers also burned them along with the castle to the ground
Lockhart is shocked, but the driver assures him that it's all in the past
As they enter the courtyard of the castle, old people are seen enjoying a life of retirement
Lockhart arrives at the castle's main building, and heads in to find Pembroke
Lockhart tries to visit Pembroke, but the nurse denies him the visit
He tries to update his co-workers, but the elderly people tell him that there is no cell service
Lockhart still tries to look for a signal, and stumbles upon a vent where he hears weird sounds
One of the old people interrupts him from investigating
He and the head doctor then meet,
and the doctor tours him about the institute's "cure" using the special water in the aquifer
Lockhart interrupts him,
and negotiates with the doctor about bringing Pembroke with him for a few days to sign a business deal
However, the doctor refuses
Lockhart then makes a deal to let Pembroke decide whether he will stay
The doctor agrees and sets a schedule for Lockhart to meet Pembroke
Lockhart leaves to book a hotel room
Meanwhile, as Lockhart leaves, a figure looks over Lockhart's cab
Lockhart exits the courtyard and notices a girl singing
On their way to a hotel, their journey is ruined when a deer crashes into his cab
They get into a car accident, and Lockhart sees visions of his mother's death
He then wakes up three days later in the institute
Lockhart is also greeted by the director of the institute
He apologizes to Lockhart for the accident and promises to treat him
the director encourages him to try their therapies while he recovers
Lockhart surveys the surroundings, and notices the vent he saw before getting sealed
He also notices a small organism inside the water he drinks, but dismisses it
Lockhart tours himself around the center
He tries to find Pembroke, but encounters a nurse questioning him
Lockhart fakes his identity as Pembroke, leading him to Pembroke
As he arrives at the steam bath section of the center
He enters a sauna room to find Pembroke
He eventually finds Pembroke and greets him
Lockhart tries to convince Pembroke to come with him; but Pembroke refuses
Pembroke then proceeds with his therapy
Pembroke remembers Lockhart's introduction,
then asks Lockhart if he knows Henry; and Lockhart confirms that Henry is his father
Pembroke offers his condolences to Henry's death;
and Lockhart then sees a vision of his father on a bridge committing suicide
Pembroke reveals that his company destroyed his father, and he is sorry for it
After Pembroke's therapy, Lockhart makes Pembroke change his mind; and they prepare to leave
The following day, Lockhart is on his way to meet with Pembroke
Then an elderly woman he met at his first visit,
greets him with history about the baron, and the former church building where the vent was
Lockhart already knows this,
and instead gives her a piece of new history about the incestual act of the baron
This intrigues her, making her investigate more about the baron
They then meet with two other elderly friends of the woman
They prepare to go to their scheduled therapy;
and he tells them that he will be leaving with Pembroke
They then give him odd reactions which confuse him
He gets sidetracked when heading to Pembroke, as he hears the girl from before singing again
The girl has a small conversation with him,
and they end their talk when Lockhart arrives at Pembroke's room
However, he only sees the staff cleaning the room
He asks where Pembroke is; but the nurse who he fooled before, acts like he is Pembroke
Lockhart leaves and confronts the director and the head doctor at the cafeteria,
to ask where Pembroke is
Suddenly, he collapses during the confrontation; and after that, he wakes up in a medical bed
the director greets him while nursing him back to health after his collapse
the director informs Lockhart of the need to drink the special water provided by the institute,
to avoid collapsing
the director then proceeds to give a treatment schedule for Lockhart
Lockhart accepts; and the director sets a schedule with the nurse
Lockhart then looks for files regarding Pembroke to learn about his disappearance
while the director is distracted
Lockhart barely manages to hide Pembroke's files, as the director is done setting the schedule
Lockhart then asks the director why he has the locket of the baron;
and the director tells him that they found it during the reconstruction
The nurse then arrives to start Lockhart's treatment;
and the director asks for a urine sample from him before proceeding
After Lockhart gives his urine sample, he notices the elderly woman's urine sample,
as well as small organisms floating
At the treatment chamber, Lockhart starts being submerged in water as he meditates
His meditation is interrupted when eels start swimming around him
He tries to call for help; but the staff is distracted
He then drowns and sees the vision of his father committing suicide
Fortunately, he is saved from drowning by the staff;
but the staff blames the accident on the machine malfunctioning
After the incident, he looks into the files he got about Pembroke,
and sees that Pembroke has x-rays with broken teeth
Suddenly, his investigation is interrupted by noises in the bathroom
He feels like something is inside the toilets;
but his attention is shifted outside when he sees a bald staff member, short named Baldie,
bring a bag inside the church
The following day, he meets with the elderly trio, and talks with the woman
Lockhart asks her about the inside of the former church
The woman replies that she doesn't know and changes the topic
The woman and Lockhart then have a conversation on the history of the baron
The woman reveals that not only did the baron commit incest,
but he also committed brutal experiments on the villagers, for a cure for his sister's sickness
This caused the villager's hatred towards the baron
The woman is about to reveal the sickness of the sister; but she is interrupted by a staff member
Fortunately, before she leaves,
she manages to warn Lockhart that there is something wrong with the institute
Lockhart then tries to head inside the church
However, he is blocked from entering by Baldie
He then catches a glimpse of the girl from earlier, and heads over to her
He tries to borrow her bike to head into town
Lockhart trades his mother's ballerina for it; and the girl accepts the trade
They then head into town; and Lockhart tries to contact his superiors
As they both head inside a bar, Lockhart meets the cab driver
They have a short talk about the accident, but are cut short when an officer interrogates Lockhart
Lockhart asks the officer if there are any doctors in town
The barkeep points Lockhart to a doctor; and Lockhart heads to him
Lockhart then meets with the doctor, and he shows him Pembroke's medical file
The doctor reveals to him that the broken teeth are caused by a condition,
called chronic dehydration
Lockhart suspects that this is related to the baron's history of experimenting on humans,
and thinks that the institute is doing the same
However, he cannot find a reason why, and heads back to inform his superiors
At the bar, the girl is enjoying, but the boy she is dancing with informs his boss about Lockhart
They then have a brawl, which is stopped when the director arrives
They all return to the castle;
and the director reprimands the girl because of her reckless behavior
It is revealed that the director is taking care of the girl
Right then, The girl experiences pain in her stomach which the director tries to diagnose,
but the girl rejects him
Meanwhile, Lockhart has a nightmare, where the girl is seen in a tub filled with eels
He then notices Baldie bringing another bag inside the church
Suddenly, he feels a weird sensation in his mouth, and his teeth start getting loose
He is alarmed as he easily pulls it out, so he informs the nurse
The nurse gets medication for him,
while he looks over the clipboard of the nurse mentioning the patient's location
He finds where Pembroke is located, and sneaks over there
Lockhart discovers that the patients that went missing,
are being experimented on in a secret facility in the center
He then finds the woman, and she informs him about her realization about the baron
She reveals that the sickness of the Baron's sister was infertility;
and the Baron used the villagers to make her conceive
Because of this, the villagers lynched the couple, and burned them alive with the castle
However, the villagers also cut off the fetus from the baron's sister,
and threw her in the water supply of the institute
After her revelation, Lockhart is shocked when something inside the woman moves
This alerts the staff; and a chase occurs
Lockhart manages to escape from them for a while,
but is again surprised to see Pembroke and other patients stuck inside vats
After discovering this, he attempts to escape to report this to the authorities
However, he is caught and tortured by the director
Lockhart manages to escape, when the cab driver and a new patient arrive for treatment
He enters the cab and escapes into town
He reports the evils of the director's Institute at the castle to the officer from before
The officer at first doesn't believe his smelly bullshit,
but eventually accepts his report and takes action
Unfortunately, Lockhart realizes that the officer is on the director's side;
and they capture Lockhart again
They make Lockhart think he is crazy by contradicting everything he knows,
as if he has woken up from a dream
Lockhart then adapts to the lifestyle in the center, thinking about what is real and what is fake
After thinking for a while, he tries to solve the mystery about the director
He realizes that he can walk, and the cast fooled him into thinking his leg is broken
He starts investigating the inside of the church first,
and discovers that it is a research facility for eels
He also learns it is a disposal site for corpses,
and sees the elderly woman's corpse in one of the body bags
Baldie then disposes of one of the corpses;
then eels feast on the corpses when thrown into the pool
Meanwhile, the girl panics as she menstruates, and heads to the director for help
At the same time, Lockhart gets into a brawl with Baldie and barely wins
After looking around more, Lockhart realizes that the girl is related to the Baron's sister,
and tries to help her by escaping the Institute
He rushes to the girl and meets her; but she is scared and punches him
The girl then asks the director about her menstruation, which makes him show hints of excitement
Lockhart heads inside to take her away and causes a scene
He tries to reveal the director's crimes; but the people are confused
Lockhart proceeds to keep on proving the director's evil
However, when Lockhart tells them that they're not sick,
the people suddenly mob him as if they're zombies; and he gets captured again
He wakes up in a tube, and sees Pembroke beside him
Pembroke is narcotized, and Lockhart can't talk with him properly
Suddenly, the director arrives and greets Lockhart
the director reveals to Lockhart that he is using the patients
as ingredients to concoct an immortality medicine,
using the patients as filters when eels are injected into them
The eels secrete a fluid that gets filtered in the human body,
which then secretes the distilled life essence medicine
The side-effect however, is the chronic dehydration and the eels eggs in their bodies
As the director explains this, he turns Lockhart into one of the ingredients for the medicine,
while brainwashing him in the process
The following day, the girl and the director talk about a celebration of the girl's menstruation,
saying that she is ready
The girl meets with Lockhart to give him the ballerina; and this frees Lockhart from the brainwash
In the evening, the director conducts a cult-like wedding with the girl along with a grand ball
Meanwhile, Lockhart thinks about the elderly woman's history lessons,
and the information about the elixir of youth
He then realizes that the director is the baron; and the girl is exactly his daughter;
and also, the director wants to keep his lineage pure
After the ball, the director reveals himself to be her father
Lockhart confronts the director, giving the girl a chance to escape
Lockhart's theory about the baron is proven true, as the director shows a mask hiding a burned face
Their following fast and furious fight causes a big fire, that also spreads across the institute
In the end, the director is killed when his daughter joins the fight
After the director dies, they escape the institute, and see the patients and staff go insane
They continue their escape and crash into a cab
Inside the cab, Lockhart tells his employer that Pembroke died
His employers then decide to bring him instead to take the fall for the company
However, Lockhart rides off with the girl while smiling,
glad that they escaped from the hell-like institute
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