- 15 years after a global shutdown of all electricity, the Matheson family are hunted by an authoritarian regime known as the Monroe Militia.
- Ben Matheson returns home to his Chicago apartment in a panic telling his wife that the electricity is about to go out. Before it does, he manages to contact his brother Miles and also to download something from the Internet. When the blackout hits, it's a global phenomena - and permanent. Fifteen years later, Ben is living with his children Charlie and Danny is a small rural village. Life is good, even without electricity, until Capt. Tom Neville of the local militia arrives to arrest Ben. Several are killed in the ensuing skirmish and with her brother Danny taken prisoner, Charlie sets off for Chicago with two others from the village, Aaron and Maggie, to find her Uncle Miles.—garykmcd
- Open with a family at home. The father (named Ben) bursts through the front door and tells his wife that "it's happening" and she needs to start filling the bathtubs and sinks with water.
We see two Marines driving back to base after a night out. The driver, Miles, gets a call from Ben telling him that "It's all going to turn off and never turn on again." Their connection dies and all of the cars on the highway stop running. Just before his computer goes black Ben downloads his hard drive onto a necklace-shaped device. We see planes fall from the sky and a shot from space shows the entire planet go dark.
15 YEAR YEARS AFTER THE BLACKOUT
We hear via a man teaching some kids that after the blackout nothing worked. Eventually militias rose up. People who stayed in the cites died, while the smarter ones moved to more rural areas. Nobody seems to know what happened.
Ben is living in a farm-like community with the teacher, named Aaron. Ben's children Charlie and Danny, now young adults, are also still with him.
Danny is an asthmatic and we see him treated by Maggie, who is a doctor of some kind and is romantically involved with Ben. Charlie is battling Ben for her independence and we learn that Ben's wife was killed.
Tom, who appears to be a militia leader of some kind, rides into town on a horse with a bunch of man. Everybody seems highly nervous and Ben hands Aaron his hard drive and tells him to keep it safe. Tom wants Ben to come with him, and says that if he doesn't his children will be tortured. Ben is ready to go along, but Danny appears with a gun. This leads to a standoff and eventually a shootout. Ben is mortally wounded and Danny is captured. Before he dies Ben tells Maggie to take care of the kids and advises Charlie to go to Chicago and look for his brother Miles. He should be able to help them find Danny.
Charlie prepared for the trip to Chicago. To her chagrin Maggie is also making the trip. Aaron wants to join them as well.
During a rest in the trip back to headquarters, Tom tells Danny he had no choice but to take him. He says that when General Monroe finds out he'll be in big trouble.
During the second morning of the trip to Chicago Charlie runs into an attractive young man named Nate.
Charlie, Maggie and Aaron find an abandoned plane. Aaron tells them he used to own an airplane, since he had been an executive at Google before the blackout.
That night Danny manages to free himself from his handcuffs, knocking a guard out in the process.
Some men surprise the trio headed to Chicago while they sleep. Maggie manages to poison several of them with a bottle of booze she gives them and Nate shows up to finish off one with his bow and arrow.
Nate joins the trio on their trip. He tells them he's also headed to Chicago, hoping to catch on with a fishing crew. Maggie takes Charlie aside and says they can't trust anyone. Charlie doesn't seem concerned.
Danny is on the move, clearly needing a place to sleep.
The trio (and Nate) reach Chicago. They find the hotel Ben told Charlie about Maggie asks the bartender (who is Miles) if he knows Miles Matheson. Miles plays dumb, but gives up his true identity when Charlie tells him she's Ben's daughter and his brother is dead.
Danny wakes up with a woman pointing a gun at his face. Her name is Grace and she tells him he had an asthma attack. Her son had asthma and she was able to save him with an inhaler. When he tells her he was running from Monroe's men she seems interested in helping him.
Miles tells Charlie that Ben must think he knows how to get the power going. The worry is that if Monroe figures it out first he'd be able to conquer the planet. Miles has no interest in leaving, saying that Danny is bait and it won't work out well for either. Miles exposes Nate for being militia and he quickly departs.
Miles realizes that Nate was sent to follow Charlie and hope she flushed him out. The plan clearly worked perfectly. He tells them they should leave, but he's planning to just stay and wait for Monroe's men.
Tom drops by Grace's home looking for Danny. She lies, saying she hasn't seen anyone in weeks. Tom has seen the tracks and Grace eventually lets him in. Tom's men grab Danny upstairs.
Nate and some men return to Miles' hotel. Nate tells one of the men "Monroe wants him alive." Miles says he's not going back and a huge fight ensues. Miles dispatches man after man and is eventually assisted by Charlie when he gets surrounded. Charlie gets corned by one of the men and is surprisingly helped by Nate who quickly runs off. Miles finishes off the late of the militia. That night Miles says he'll come with them.
Miles flashes back to the night of the blackout. We see that the other marine he was with that night was named Sebastian Monroe.
Cut to Tom arriving at headquarters. We see that Sebastian is now General Monroe, the head of the militia.
Grace goes to a locked attic. She has a device similar to the one Ben gave Aaron. When she turns it on a bunch of machines come to life and a computer screen activates. She writes to somebody that the militia was there. The person writes back to ask if they found "it"? Graces writes no and the person writes "So ... what now?"
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