The Factory

"The Factory" is a film about a paranoid conspiracy theorist turn pod-caster. After believing he has stumbled across secret experiments being conducted in a cave in the Arizona desert, Ben imagines that he is being tracked and his life may be in danger. While fleeing, he receives a phone call from his ex-girlfriend Jill, whom he hasn't seen in months, claiming she has become increasingly concerned over the erratic behavior Ben has been displaying on his podcasts. Jill, trying to convince Ben that he is hallucinating, pleads with Ben to resume his counseling treatment with his former psychiatrist, Dr. Loren, which included sessions and medication. This angers Ben, who maintains Dr. Loren is part of the sinister agenda to drug and kidnap people to be brought to the cave for the experiments, and also leaves him questioning the timing of Jill's phone call as well. Ben cuts off the communication with Jill, and prepares to go into hiding, and to bring this information to the people of the world. While hiding out in his third motel room in three nights, Ben hears a knock on the door in the middle of the night. Answering with gun in hand, he initially speculates the visitor to be a mysterious Asian woman named Q, who it appears had been following him. Having not told anyone where he is staying, Ben's shock and paranoia increases when he sees it is Jill at the door, claiming once again all of the recent events, including the existence of Q, are the product of Ben's mind. Ben, gun waving, demands Jill explain to him her whereabouts for the previous 6 months after she disappeared from his life. Needing to react fast, Jill professes her continued love for him, including applying seductive means in an attempt to sneak the gun from him. She succeeds. As they begin to share a tender moment, there is another knock at the door. Jill, making a joke about chasing away Q, opens the door to let in Dr. Loren, who had been waiting outside. Dr. Loren injects Ben with a sedative. He then, along with Jill, prepare Ben to be brought to the cave as the next experiment.