No One Will Save You is a sci-fi psyc thriller written and directed by Brian Duffield; another crazy film of his you should catch is Spontaneous. The movie in discussion is centred on an ousted woman who finds herself in the thick of an alien invasion on a pleasant summer night. It’s a crazy film and is definitely worth the watch. On popular demand, here’s the plot and ending of the movie No One Will Save You explained; spoilers ahead.
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No One Will Save You: Plot Explained
Brynn is a lonesome person who appears to be mourning the death of her friend, Maude. The movie indicates that Maude has been dead for nearly a decade. Brynn lives alone in a house that she inherited as a result of the death of her parents. It’s made clear that the town folk don’t like her and don’t reciprocate any attempts by Brynn to be friendly. Brynn yearns to be respected by the town folk and even makes a miniature model of the town.
One night, an alien enters Brynn’s house, and she finds it roaming around the living room. After a quick cat-and-mouse chase, the alien corners Brynn and uses its telekinetic powers to bash her against the front door. In desperation, Brynn grabs the bell tower from her miniature model, and as the alien swings her around, she accidentally stabs it in the head and kills it.
Brynn notices that the arrival of the aliens has caused all electrical equipment to fail. Her car is dead, and she rides her cycle to the police station looking for help, where she encounters Maude’s parents. The mother spits on Brynn and asks her to leave.
Brynn tries to leave town on a bus seemingly filled with regular town folk. Just as we begin wondering if Brynn is imagining the alien invasion, the commuters begin attacking Brynn. The people are being mind-controlled by the aliens via a parasite in the throat. Scurrying away, Brynn runs back to her house, where she encounters two more aliens—a little one she impales to the wall and a larger one she blows up with her car. Brynn clearly has some solid killer instincts and has now taken out 3 aliens. Inside the house, Brynn gets caught in an alien tractor beam, and an alien inserts the parasite in her mouth. Brynn is pushed into a world of illusions where she pictures herself apologizing to Maude. The alien that puts the parasite appears to do this unwillingly, if any of you have a theory on why, let me know in the comments.
Somehow, Brynn finds the willpower to rip the parasite out of her mouth, returns to reality, and finds herself outdoors. The parasite absorbs her DNA and transforms into a clone. The alien clone chases Brynn through the woods and is eventually killed by Brynn. Brynn: 4, Aliens: 0; Brynn is on a roll!
Finally, a massive alien shows up, and before Brynn can call on her killer charms, a tractor beam traps her and sucks her up into a spacecraft. They psychically probe her to learn more about Brynn’s past.
Why Does Everyone Hate Brynn?
We’re finally shown why no one talks to Brynn. When they were young teenagers, Brynn and her friend Maude have an argument and Maude pushes her down. In the heat of the moment, Brynn hits Maude with a rock and kills her accidentally. This explains why Maude’s mother spit at Brynn. Seeing this, the aliens do a quick huddle and seemingly let Brynn go.
A while passes, and Byrnn is no longer hated by the townspeople. When she waves, they all perform a strange, choreographed wave back with plastic smiles. Despite how artificial it is, Brynn appears content, and the film comes to a close.
Theories About The Ending
No One Will Save You: Theory 1: Everyone but Brynn is mind-controlled
After peeking into Brynn’s mind, the aliens realize she’s lonely and yearns for forgiveness. They also find her unique as she is able to break the hold of the parasite and pulls it out of her throat. So they empathize with her and offer to send Brynn back to the town where she can continue to live her life. The rest of the town’s folks are under the alien’s control, and that’s why they wave back to Brynn in that synchronized fashion. This theory does beg the question of how all the damages to the house, town, and car have been reversed and how Brynn is no longer worried about the aliens.
No One Will Save You: Theory 2: Brynn is living a fantasy life under alien mind control
When the aliens took Brynn into the spaceship, they used a more powerful technique to control Brynn’s mind, as the throat parasite was not good enough for her. Like the rest of the town, Brynn is also under mind control and is living in a false world where the town folk are friendly again. But these are just imagery presented to her by the aliens and none of it is real. This also goes on to explain how everything is back to normal, and Brynn doesn’t care about the aliens because she’s unaware of their presence. This reality is an extension of the false moment Brynn finds herself in, where she meets and apologizes to Maude. She seeks forgiveness and finds it in this falsified reality which she is happy with.
No One Will Save You: Ending Explained: Why Did The Aliens Let Her Go?
The ending of No One Will Save You implies that Brynn is living in a false reality, a world puller over her eyes to blind her from the truth. However, she’s accepting of this reality as it’s the only way she finds forgiveness for killing Maude. The sad fact is that no one actually forgave Brynn for accidentally killing Maude. Did you think they were all unreasonable? That model town she was building has become Brynn’s reality as the aliens can now peacefully go about running amuck without this random girl blowing up the alien species. It’s fair to assume that each individual is living in their own false reality and is alien-controlled.
An important question is—what are the aliens up to? They have arrived in large numbers and have come with the clear intention of subduing earthlings so they can render humans useless as they explore the planet. It appears they’ve picked a remote town that is sparsely populated to get a handle on their takeover and then roll out to the rest of the globe.
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