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Sometimes the real nightmare is being awake. Five scientists awake from a cryogenic sleep and find themselves trapped in an underground facility. With no memory of who they are or how long they’ve been asleep, they begin to realize they may have been part of a scientific experiment gone wrong. After a series of strange events, the scientists find themselves being hunted. They do not know who is hunting them or for what reason, but the scientists begin to suspect that one of them may be the killer.
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Cryo Plot Summary and Synopsis
The movie begins with a brief scene of a man injecting himself with a blue liquid, before cutting to black. The next scene shows five people waking up from cryogenic pods in an underground facility. They are wearing white jumpsuits with numbers on them, and they have no memory of who they are or how long they have been asleep. They find a video message from a man who calls himself The Inventor, who tells them that they are part of an experiment that he has been conducting for years. He says that he has erased their memories and personalities, and that he will restore them if they can survive his tests. He also warns them that there is a killer among them, who will try to eliminate them one by one.
The five people are: Psychologist (002), Doctor (005), Soldier (004), Engineer (001), and Biochemist (003). They decide to work together to find a way out of the facility, and to figure out who they are and why they are there. They explore the facility, which is filled with various rooms and puzzles that test their skills and intelligence. They also find clues about their past lives, such as photos, documents, and personal belongings. They learn that they were all involved in some kind of scientific project related to cryogenics, and that they had different roles and relationships with each other.
However, as they progress through the facility, they also encounter traps and dangers that threaten their lives. They realize that The Inventor is watching their every move, and that he is manipulating them for his own amusement. They also begin to suspect each other of being the killer, as they notice strange behaviors and inconsistencies among themselves. They start to argue and distrust each other, and some of them even turn violent.
The movie then reveals the twist: The Inventor is actually Soldier (004), who is also a clone of Engineer (001). He was created by a secret organization that wanted to use him as a weapon, but he escaped and joined Engineer’s team. He became obsessed with Engineer, who was his original source, and wanted to be like him. He also developed a hatred for the other members of the team, who he saw as rivals and threats. He decided to kidnap them and put them in cryosleep, while he injected himself with a drug called Aqua Velva, which gave him the ability to alter reality. He created the facility and the experiment as a way to torture and kill his former teammates, while also trying to recreate Engineer’s personality and memories in himself.
Cryo Ending
The movie ends with Soldier killing all the other members of the team, except for Engineer, who manages to fight back and injure him. Soldier then reveals his true identity and motive to Engineer, and tells him that he loves him and wants to be with him. He tries to convince Engineer to join him in his twisted fantasy, but Engineer rejects him and shoots him in the head. Engineer then escapes from the facility, but not before injecting himself with Aqua Velva as well. He hopes that the drug will help him restore his memories and personality, but he also knows that it will eventually kill him.
Cryo Ending Explained
The ending of the movie is a bleak and tragic one, as Engineer is the only survivor of Soldier’s experiment, but he is also doomed by the drug that he took. He has lost everything that he cared about, and he has no idea who he really is or what his purpose is. He also has to deal with the trauma and guilt of killing his own clone, who was also his stalker and lover. He is alone in a world that he does not understand or belong to.
Cryo Plot Twist
Soldier is The Inventor and a clone of Engineer.
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