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Odd Thomas
Odd Thomas is a 2013 American mystery thriller film based on Dean Koontz'snovel of the same name. It is directed, written and co-produced by Stephen Sommers and stars Anton Yelchin as Odd Thomas, with Willem Dafoe and Addison Timlin as Wyatt Porter and Stormy Llewellyn.
Odd Thomas (Yelchin) lives in a small town in
California called Pico Mundo. His morning of August 14 begins with him coming
out of his apartment, and meeting the ghost of a teenage girl named Penny
Kallisto, who silently leads him to a street, where Harlo Landerson rolls his
SS Chevelle convertible beside Odd and says hello. Odd immediately pulls the
keys out of the ignition and accuses Harlo of raping and murdering Penny,
noting two pieces of white felt from the victim that Harlo apparently has in
his pocket. Harlo flees and Odd gives chase, with the chase culminating inside
a child's room in a stranger's house. Harlo and Odd have a fistfight and Odd
knocks Harlo unconscious. Odd waits on the scene and meets with his friend,
police chief Wyatt Porter (Dafoe), who knows somewhat of Odd's psychic gifts
and promises to spin the story to keep public attention away from Odd, as Odd
does not want that attention. In his narration, he says, "I see dead
people, but then, by God, I do something about it".
On his way home, Odd encounters a group of
faceless people wearing red and black bowling shirts who cry out to him to save
them. As the vision progresses, a faceless gunman shoots them all, including
Odd. He wakes up disturbed and heads to his job as a short-order cook, where he
ends up serving lunch to a strange man (Hensley) with a haircut that resembles
some kind of mold. But more disturbing is his entourage of dozens of bodachs,
invisible (except to Odd) creatures that feed on evil and carnage.
After his shift, Odd speaks to Viola Peabody
(Mbatha-Raw), who works at the diner with him. She recounts a strange dream in
which she saw herself shot dead with another man. Odd asks what the man was
wearing, and Viola describes the red and black bowling shirts from Odd's vision.
Odd uses his psychic magnetism to find the disturbing man from the diner,
leading him to the mall where Stormy works at an ice cream shop. He then
borrows Stormy's scooter to follow Fungus Man home, breaking into the house
after he leaves. Odd finds an ashtray with several brands of cigarette butts in
it, revealing that Fungus Man has friends. He also learns that the man's real
name is Bob Robertson, leading to his and Stormy's referring to him as
"Fungus Bob."
Odd finds files containing clippings about
various mass murderers, arranged by name. In Robertson's file, he only finds a
blank calendar page for August 15, leading Odd to realize that something bad
will happen within the next day. One of Bob's friends returns to the house,
scaring Odd off, though Odd does not get a look at him.
Odd reports on Robertson to Chief Wyatt
Porter, who asks his new deputies, Varner and Eckles, to put a watch on Fungus
Bob. Odd then meets Stormy for dinner in the belfry of St. Barthlomew's Church,
but when Odd sees Fungus Bob approaching, they flee to the sacristy and
subsequently escape the church only to hear Robertson destroying the sacristy.
Stormy calls Chief Porter, who finds the church trashed but with no physical
evidence to link it to Robertson.
Psychic magnetism then leads Odd and Stormy to
Green Moon Bowling, where Odd realizes that the black and red uniforms
originate there. Chief Porter sends Officer Simon Varner (Tortorella) to keep
an eye on the place on Odd's advice. Varner asks Odd about Bob Robertson and is
surprised to learn that Odd had encountered him only a few hours ago. As he
presses Odd for more information, Stormy intervenes and asks Varner about his
tattoo, which reads "POD." He explains that it is a remnant of a
former wasted youth and represents a crude obscenity he won't repeat.
Odd and Stormy then visit Viola to get more
details on her dream. She describes the events in vague detail, including
descriptions of crowd noise, old-fashioned music, and rushing water. Viola then
realizes that she and the man in the red and black shirts were not the only
victims of the shooting, but rather a large group of people. Odd goes to check
on Vi's daughters and discovers bodachs hovering over them. He instructs Viola
to leave town, telling no one of her itinerary.
Driving home, Stormy is overcome with fear for
Odd's safety. He pulls over to comfort her, only to hear a woman screaming. He
runs to her aid, only to find that she's been mauled to death by dogs he had
seen earlier at Robertson's home. At the scene, a man had apparently tried to
rescue her by shooting the dogs, but was too late to save her. The dead woman
is Lysette, who was being fixed up with officer Eckles by Chief Porter and his
wife Karla.
Odd and Stormy return to her apartment and Odd
notices a van watching the building. Realizing that Stormy will be safe, Odd
sneaks out and returns to his apartment only to find a gun on his floor and the
dead body (gunshot to the chest) of Fungus Bob in his bathtub. He realizes
someone is attempting to frame him for murder, and that if he reports anything
to the police, Chief Porter would be forced to arrest him, preventing him from
intervening in the next day's disaster. Odd notices that Fungus Bob is cold and
stiff, indicating he's been dead for quite some time and deduces that the
encounter at the church was with the dead man's restless spirit.
Wrapping the body in sheets, Odd then takes
the dead man to an abandoned restaurant/prison/church and leaves him in the
empty gas chamber. As he drives back through town, he notices hundreds of
bodachs swarming, indicating the scale of the coming events.
Meanwhile, Chief Porter is shot in the chest
at his home. Odd rushes to the hospital, where he discovers that a gift he had
given the Chief, a steel medallion made by Ozzie (Oswalt), has saved his life,
though his condition is still serious. Odd attempts to persuade Stormy to not
go to work, but she insists on going. Odd then returns to Fungus Bob's home and
finds evidence for the purchase of a moving van and improvised explosives, as
well as websites for Satanism. He also encounters the angry lingering spirit of
Robertson, who goes into poltergiest mode, destroying the house as Odd escapes.
Fearing he's missed an important detail, Odd
is drawn to investigate the bullet wound in Fungus Bob's chest, where he finds
a tattoo reading "POD." He makes the connection to Officer Varner and
realizes that POD is an initialism for "Prince of Darkness." Odd
realizes that his discovery of Robertson had led to his co-conspirators
eliminating him.
Odd's psychic magnetism then draws him to the
loading dock at the mall, where he grabs a baseball bat just in time to disable
Eckles with a blow to the face, though only after he had killed the members of
mall security. Odd notices that Eckles has his police uniform on under his
tactical gear, showing how he had planned to escape.
Odd takes Eckles's pistol and seeks out
Varner, only to hear screams from the end of the mall where Stormy works. He
hurries to confront the gunman and is able to kill him with the pistol. He
fears for Stormy's safety but sees her emerge from behind the counter at the
ice cream shop, only to then realize the trouble isn't over when the lingering
spirit of Lysette appears and directs him back to the loading dock. Odd removes
the gunman's mask and recognizes the man as the one who had killed the dogs
earlier and who had initially frightened him off from Robertson's house.
Realizing Varner is still on the loose, Odd
rushes to the loading dock where he discovers a moving van packed with
explosives. The plan had been to herd people to that end of the mall and then
detonate the explosives, killing hundreds.
As he investigates the bombs, Odd is shot by
Officer Varner but manages to start the van and drive it away from the mall.
Varner clings to the outside of the van and attempts to kill Odd, who jumps
from the van in time for it to crash into a drainage ditch and detonate
spectacularly.
Odd wakes in the hospital to find Stormy
attending him. Viola and Karla come in to greet him and inform him that Chief
Porter has pulled through. Odd is a local hero and retreats to Stormy's
apartment, apparently enjoying spending uninterrupted time with her for an
extended period. Chief Porter, his wife, and Viola finally come and snap him
out of his delusion, whereupon he learns that Stormy is in fact dead and he has
been spending time with her lingering spirit. He breaks down, and Porter,
realizing that Stormy is staying in this world only for Odd, admonishes him to
let her go. Odd bids her a tearful farewell, promising her that they'll be
reunited one day.
Odd then sets off for Las Vegas, where he
realizes he has a lot of work to do before he can be worthy of going on to the
next life with Stormy.
