The leader of the group introduces himself as Father, identifying the others as Sonny and Brother Cuz died of electrocution after touching a large device, the ARQ, in the room. He and Hannah are taken to another room and bound to chairs. As he strokes her face, three men in air filtration masks break into his bedroom and take him hostage. Renton wakes up beside his former lover, Hannah. After a robot breaks through and kills them, Hannah woke up with a gasp. Realizing they are on their ninth loop, Renton and Hannah leave a desperate message to themselves, hoping future iterations can get the ARQ to the Bloc before Torus' reinforcements arrive. An interrupted video message and the ARQ's logs reveal a second, outer time loop: every nine time loops form their own loop in which their memories are reset. After they kill Cuz, revealed to be a torturer for Torus, Sonny restarts the ARQ, only to be killed. Renton and Hannah briefly escape but return once they realize the time loop is localized to the house. After Sonny forces Renton to disable the machine, Father and Brother die in the confusion of a blackout. Father and Brother, who now are aware of the time loop, agree to work with Hannah and Renton however, Sonny and Cuz take all hostage. There, he admits he was wrong and offers to give the ARQ to the Bloc. ![]() Renton briefly considers destroying the ARQ but allows the next iteration to begin. After arguing not to destroy the machine, Hannah is accidentally electrocuted. Renton and Hannah poison Sonny and Cuz with the cyanide. In the next iteration, Sonny saves Cuz's life, then kills Father and Brother. When Sonny overpowers them, Renton sacrifices himself to prevent Sonny from acquiring the ARQ. Instead of producing unlimited energy, its fuel cells are refilled after every loop. Renton theorizes the ARQ is looping the same three-hour period due to running out of energy. The next iteration is complicated when Sonny becomes aware of the time loop and immediately kills Father and Brother. After killing Sonny, Renton applies first aid to Father. They convince Father to help them, but Sonny shoots Father and knocks Brother unconscious. When they wake again, Renton and Hannah agree they must keep the ARQ from falling into Torus' hands, though Renton expresses distrust in the Bloc. Eventually, Sonny reveals himself as a mercenary hired by Torus and kills everyone. When Renton says he believes the ARQ is causing a time loop, Hannah insists he give the technology to the Bloc. Renton and Hannah wake in bed this time, both recall the previous iteration. She refuses and accidentally shoots Renton during a scuffle. Renton reneges on the deal, demanding that Hannah abandon the Bloc and come with him. They work out a deal where they will split the scrips after using the cyanide gas to force Father and his group to stand down. Though he does not trust Hannah, Renton frees her. Renton says he never gave up looking for her after he escaped. She says she grew to resent Renton after he abandoned her to Torus, who tortured her. After reviving, Renton questions Hannah about her past. Renton surrenders the scrips, only to be killed again after Sonny shoots him. This fails when Hannah reveals herself as allied with them. This time, after freeing himself, he asks Hannah to help poison the intruders with cyanide gas. Renton wakes up gasping, only to relive the same scenario. After freeing himself and Hannah, he is killed while trying to escape. Renton believes the Bloc members to be after the ARQ rather than the scrips, though Hannah urges him to comply with their demands. After Torus shut down the project as an impossibility, he stole it and ran. ![]() Renton explains to Hannah the ARQ is a working perpetual motion machine he designed while working at Torus. He gives them several minutes to comply and leaves the room with the others to get food. Father says he represents a rebel group known as the Bloc and demands Renton surrender scrips from their rival organization, the Torus Corporation.
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