Synchronic(2020)

R
1h 42m

Release Date: Oct 23, 2020 | Limited

Two New Orleans paramedics' lives are ripped apart after they encounter a series of horrific deaths linked to a designer drug with bizarre, otherworldly effects.

Releases

Original Release | Oct 23, 2020

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Box Office

Results

Opening Weekend US & Canada:
$245,561
Total US & Canada:
$636,673
Total International
$847,058
Total Worldwide:
$1,483,731

Director & Top Cast

Justin Benson
Director

Aaron Moorhead
Director

Justin Benson

Technical Specifications

Aspect Ratio: 2.39:1

Other Details

Country of Origin: United States

Summaries

Plot Summary

Steve, a ladies' man, and Dennis, a married father, work together as paramedics. They are called out to a series of cases where people are either dead in strange circumstances or whose stories are incoherent. The cases are linked to a new designer drug called Synchronic.At a domestic abuse call, they find a stabbing victim and an old sword embedded in the wall. While Steve tends to an injured man, he is accidentally stuck by a dirty needle. Being tested for possible infections leads to the discovery of cancer in his underdeveloped and non-calcified pineal gland. The second call, a burn victim, is a completely burned body. The third call is a bite from a venomous snake no longer found in the area.On a call to a drug party, they find a dead boy, and a girl says there was a third girl, Brianna, Dennis's teenage daughter. The next morning. Steve goes to a local smoke shop and buys all the Synchronic, which he learns is discontinued. As he leaves, Steve declines a man's offer pay triple its worth. The next morning, Steve catches the man breaking into his house. He says he is the chemist who created Synchronic, which alters the pineal gland's perception of time. Children, who have a non-calcified pineal gland, pass through time. Adults seem to only partially move through time like ghosts.During their next call, a victim of a sword fight dies. Steve, who is a fan of the history of science, quotes Einstein on the meaninglessness of time when faced with his friend's death. Under the stress of Brianna's disappearance, Dennis's marriage deteriorates. When he learns someone has been stealing morphine, he misinterprets Steve's poor health and use of painkillers as evidence he is a morphine addict. The two come to blows while treating a crazed patient.At home, Steve takes Synchronic, travels back to when the area was covered in a swamp, and is attacked by a conquistador. Steve records his observations, stating Synchronic allows traveling backwards though time for seven minutes in the same geographical location. When he travels back to the ice age, he determines his location when taking the pill determines the destination year.During his next attempt, he takes back his dog, Hawking. When he moves from the original location due to a hostile man, he loses Hawking and is unable to bring him back. At the location where Brianna disappeared, he discovers several tribal men, who chase him up a tree. He discovers that Brianna may have wandered off before taking Synchronic, and objects from the present can anchor him to the present.Steve and Dennis talk at a bar. Dennis, who has taken his life for granted, believes he is headed to a divorce. Steve tells Dennis about his cancer, and the two reconcile. Their driver, Tom, was stealing the morphine. At the graveyard of Steve's family, Steve shows Dennis the videos of his time travel, and they deduce that Brianna may have left a message for them to find in the park. Steve travels back to a battlefield during the Battle of New Orleans, is shot in the leg, and searches for Brianna. He finds her in a trench and gives her his last Synchronic pill. They quickly move to the boulder Steve traveled to, where a looter intercepts them and holds Steve at gunpoint, thinking he is a slave. Brianna returns to her future, while Steve is stranded in the past. He appears to become a ghost in front of Dennis. They shake hands and the film ends without knowing if Steve returns to the present.

Storyline

Two New Orleans paramedics' lives are ripped apart after they encounter a series of horrific deaths linked to a designer drug with bizarre, otherworldly effects.