Epoch (2001) - full transcript

Forgot to pay
your electric bill again, doc.

I will miss your jokes.

Really?

Really thought of myself
is that funny.

Well, i'm sure not gonna miss

those horse needles
of yours, doc.

I'm sorry the treatments
were not more helpful.

So, how long have i got?

Twelve months, perhaps more.

Take a long vacation.

The less stress,
the more time you'll have.



That will come and go.

In the morning it will be worst.

Telling me.

I don't think
it's a good idea for you

to drive back
to the united states.

I'll be fine.

There's a lot of bad country
between here and the border.

Muchos hombres, malos cabrones.

Yeah. but what are
they gonna do, doc?

Kill me?

Amigo, life is precious.

You have to make the most of it
however long you have.

You're right.

Try to make peace with
yourself and life, mason.



You know, in strategic weapons
design, there is an oxymoron for life.

Well, if you can't
make peace with your life

at least try to make peace
with your car.

That's nancy.

Born on the eve of woodstock.

We struggled through the years
of the reagan youth,

only to become chic
in the new millennium.

We've both seen better days.

Well, my prayers are with you.

Vaya con dios.

Thanks, doc.

Good luck.
- Thanks.

Hello, miss czaban,

this is nurse foley
at lincoln clinic.

I'm afraid i have some bad news.

The test results from the
insemination were negative.

The doctor would like to see you

for another examination.

Please call back
and set up an appointment.

Hello?

Scientists are still in a loss
to explain the phenomena

which caused
massive power disruptions

throughout the world today.

A statement from the
home secretary describes

the occurrence
as a natural atmospheric

discharge originating
from the bhutan region

near central asia.

The shockwave recorded
by n.a.s.a. satellites

in the early hours
of this morning,

discloses the phenomenon
as the principle

cause of the power outrages
that created chaos

throughout the nation today.

Chinese and indian government
officials have denied

any knowledge of the incident

while u.s. military
spokesman have stated

that the shockwave
could be a direct result

of a continual testing
of neutron-type-weapons,

by either china or the other
respective asian governments.

I'll be right there, sir.

And so it boils down
to three questions.

What is it?

Where did it come from?
And who,

in the name of god,
put it there?

We don't know,
on all three counts.

And until we do,

i'm issuing a recommendation
to the president

that our activities
be officially classified.

And that whatever this thing is,

it be considered non-passive

until it's proven
to be otherwise.

I want any and all information
gathered to be

processed
through this department.

Ladies and gentlemen,
i would suggest you

contact your husbands,
wives, whomever.

It looks like we may be
here for some time.

Sir, it's a little late to keep
this from a public enquiry.

Secrecy will only
generate more interest.

Thanks to those morons
at the white house.

The public has been told
that it is a weather phenomena.

That's all they need
to know right now.

The only witnesses of this thing
are these bhutaniacs.

Bhutanese, sir.

Whatever.

They see its arrival
as a religious occurrence.

Well, that's a blessing.

No pun intended.

As long
as we're talking religion,

nobody will give a damn.

If, however, it becomes alien
then we have hysteria.

That's true.

According to the local nomads,

they have observed
the dead brought back to life,

the sick cured.

People, um,
i need to know where we are.

The public's perception is the
president's primary concern.

Sam, at this juncture,
we know very little.

Now i've assembled
a research team.

And there will be
military support

but it will be nominal.

Sir, the king of bhutan has
invited us to study the object.

Military presence
however small could provoke

uncooperative reaction.

Well, we'll just have
to take that chance.

We're right on
the chinese border.

We have to have backup.

I agree.

But i want a low profile, al.

I do not want this to become
an international incident.

I trust that everyone in this
room understands that.

When does
the research team arrive?

Well, the base camp is going
in right now as we speak.

And i am still putting
together the team.

Who do you have to lead it?

Can you send her in, please?

You should look at this.

Good day, everyone.

Good morning, ma'am.
You can sit here.

Thank you.

Have you been briefed?

Yes, i have, sir.

You are the one who helped us
in pakistan, right?

Yes, sir.

Well, miss, um...

czaban.

Czaban?

Unfortunately, this situation
is considerably more complex.

We are not dealing
with fanatics.

We're dealing with
something unknown.

A delicate approach
will be a key.

I understand.

We found rand yet?

Yes, sir. we're picking him
up right now

when we expect to be at the
bhutan site within 14 hours.

Shit.

Yeah.

You know these old cars.

Si. we know the old cars.

You're far away
from home, amigo.

It shows?

What do you got in there?

Nothing much.

Just some dirty clothes.

New george jones c.d.
you fellows like george jones?

He's my favorite.

That's it?

Yeah, that's it.

Except, of course, the
$500,000 in cash in the trunk.

Trying to be funny, pendejo?

I thought i was
doing pretty well.

Things can get really shitty
for gringos around here.

You're not shitting me.

Let me ask you something.

Have you ever brushed
your teeth?

You wanna die, cabron?

Do i have a choice?
- No.

Why'd you ask?

Adios, pendejo.

I don't know a fucking
word of spanish.

It means goodbye asshole.

Yeah. now i know
at least two.

Adios, pendejos!

Now what?

Not some romeo act.

Hi. mason rand.

You mind telling me
what i'm doing here?

Captain tower over there.

Captain tower.

It sounds like a comic book,
doesn't it?

Anyway, he said that,

i'd be briefed upon
arrival at the site.

Got any idea what site
he was talking about?

You'll be briefed on arrival.

You rehearsed together.

Um...

so do i get to know your name,

or do i get to find that out
on arrival at the site?

I'm dr. kasia czaban,
science advisor for the n.s.a.

n.s.a.?

So you're
one of lysander's kids?

Lysander hired me, i hired you.

Well now, that's funny
because i don't remember

anybody offering me a job.

Read the small print
in your commission contract.

It's not an offer.

I signed that contact over
five years ago.

Next time you'd be more careful
about what you sign.

Right.

So what's the job?

You'll be briefed on arrival.

At the site.

Right, right.

They say you can elucidate
any technology within 24 hours.

How it works?
How it operates?

How to decommission it?
- Me?

Who told you that?

I read your file.

Employed at the age of 19
at the skunk works in area 51?

No such place.
You got the wrong guy.

Right.

Actually we're on route to asia,
bhutan, to be exact.

Bhutan?

What's our coordinates?

Well, mr. rand,
they say a picture

is worth a thousand words.

Jesus christ.

What is it?

We don't know.

My god.

Hold it right there.

Let's see some i.d.
- Identification?

Come on. come on.

Here you go.

All right.

So what're the dimensions
for this thing?

About a half mile high,

about a quarter mile
in diameter, its widest point.

How long has it been here?
- The local people claim

it raised itself
out of the ground

approximately 60 hours ago.

It must be using the earth's
gravity to suspend itself.

Like two magnets,

you know, they repel each other.

It creates an anti-gravitational
field for it to float on.

The key is the balance.

Their gyroscopes must be
so far advance beyond anything

we've ever seen.

What the hell is that?

We'll be using it
as our forward base to talk

with the object and hopefully
to find a way inside.

So what tent do we sleep in?

These are all the data
we have on the object.

You can review it
in your quarters.

Great.

So what do you think about
all this, sergeant?

Captain.
- Whatever.

I'm not paid to think.

Come on. you can't be
apart of this

not to think anything.

Yes, you can.

Good.

Now you better get some rest.

You'll need it.

Any more questions?

No, no.

This, this should do it.

Great.

Consider yourself briefed,
mr. rand.

Mr. rand, i presume?

I'm dr. solomon.

I was told
that there's something

that you should see.

Yeah.

Hi. good morning.

Now come on, go with me.

What'd you say your name was?

Solomon, doctor on call.

Mason rand. kidnap victim.

Yeah. aren't we all?

Come on, there's
some coffee in the med unit.

Hello.

What do you got to do
with all this, little buddy?

Where's the coffee?

No, i lied.

Besides,
it's bad for your heart.

What happen to your head?

I got, pistol whipped by some,

pendejos?

Well.

Ouch!

I think you'll live.

Mason.

Mason.

They say that this kid was dead,

and that object
brought him back to life.

Do you speak english, ma'am?

What was he supposed
to have died from?

Diphtheria, dehydration.

Typical
for young deaths in bhutan.

You don't even look sick.

I know.
All his vitals are normal.

So what do you think?

What do i think?

I'm an engineer.

Human biology
was never in my bag.

I know.
The point is, do you think

that that object
had anything to do

with his reanimation?

I supposed
it could have triggered,

you know, some jolt of emotion

and the rush of adrenaline
might have revived him

from a death like coma.

I don't know.
What do you think?

Well, the holy man around
here has a different idea.

No doubt. what is it?

That object was sent from god

to start a new beginning
or a new ending.

Beginning and end?

The armageddon and the rupture.

I see the old religious paradox
is still alive

and well in bhutan.

Here, here.

What?

What is it?

Nothing. i'll talk
to you later.

Good morning, dr czaban.

The doctor find you?

Yeah.
- And?

Yeah, the boy.

Cute little fellow, isn't he?

He's alive enough.

Of course, i never saw him
when he was supposed to be dead.

We'll have to keep him
for further analysis.

Right now, we have
to figure out an access

inside this thing.

Do you've any ideas?

You have a live feed for this?

Yeah. yeah, we do.

Hold on.

Excuse me.

Nine.

That was where we started,

but radar indicated
it was solid rock.

Are there any other markings,

indentations, anything,

anywhere else
on the surface of this -

what do are
we gonna call it anyway?

The locals are calling
it the taurus.

Taurus?

Any other marks?
- No.

Then that's where we start.

Right there.

Look, we told you before.

You're not going to pass.

That's a final.

Mason, why don't you sit here?

Secure positions.

So what do you got
from the surface analysis?

Combination
of ceramic and metal.

So far, it's been
impossible to date.

I know some women...

Don't... say it.

So what's your plan?

Well, there's basically
two factors we got to consider.

One, if whoever
or whatever built these thing

has invited us
and wants us to come inside,

well, i think
the answer will present

itself relatively quickly.

And the other?

We're not on the guest list,

we could be banging
on the door for quite awhile

and not get in.

Well, let's hope
we're on the guest list.

Guns, guns, guns.

Is this really the signal
you wanna send this thing?

We need to be prepared.

Mr. rand,
we're here to protect you.

Yeah, from what?

This team can handle
most any threat.

Really?

So you're quite experienced with
alien technologies, i guess?

I follow orders.

I hope that does
not become a problem.

Yeah, me too.

We have two bogies closing in.

Section 17, grid a-11.

Mig.

Sir? sir.

What? what is it?

Satellite has picked up

a pair of fighters
leaving chinese airspace,

heading towards the bhutan base.

Shit.

Get captain tower
on the horn for me.

Yes, sir.

Colonel, you may
have a job this time.

Yes, sir.

All right,
we've reached the target.

Dr. czaban,
mr. rand, your move.

Okay.

How many fingers
you got on the gantry probe?

Ten.
- Great.

I'm gonna need nine of 'em.

Place one finger
in each of those

little circular indentations
on the front.

What you are doing?

I got a theory.

Would you care to share with me?

It's beautiful, really.

I think these
nine indentations represent

the nine planets
in our solar system.

Okay.

That's the key.

I hope.
I think it'll get us inside.

All right, do it.

All right,
let's get the wind up.

All arms are
aligned in each hole.

Now what?
- Okay, now...

i need the configuration
of the exact position

of all the planets right down
to their coordinates.

Can you get me that?

Great, great.

All right, can you see that?

Line 'em up
just exactly like that.

Okay. i'm at maximum power.

Nothing.

They're just
holes in solid rock.

Just give me a second, captain.

Keep your shirt on.

Briggs, bring up the detonators.

Yes, sir.

God, captain?

Could you just relax
and maybe polish

your grenade or something?

I'm not finished.

Captain?

Hold off.

Thank you.

All right, rotate them
the other way,

counterclockwise.

There we go.

What the hell just happened?

The luckiest guess
i've ever seen.

Well, i'd rather be
lucky than good, captain.

Charlie waters said that.

Men, on alert.

All right, let's get in there

and see what this
thing's all about?

We are not just
going to walk inside

there without
knowing what's in it.

What do you suggest we do,
captain?

Move in a tracker camera.

Make a detailed probe,
scan for contamination.

If it checks,
we send in a second probe,

thus minimizing
the risk to human life.

Yeah, that's a great idea

if we had the time,
but we don't.

Those migs are
almost on top of us now.

We're less than a hundred miles
from the chinese border.

I'll tell you what.
You play with your toys,

i'm going inside.

I can't let you do that,
mr. rand.

I'm sorry, captain,
under different circumstances,

i would agree,
but we have run out of time.

Prepare your men to enter.

Men, enter the airlock.

Now listen, i know
you've been right so far,

but don't block him.

I have enough problems.
Am i understood?

He had a problem
with his daddy...

Now i said, am i understood?

Yes, sir... ma'am.

Son of a...

All right, moving out.

Sir, yes, sir.

All clear.

Doesn't appear to be any
indication of contamination.

- great. - but that doesn't
mean there isn't any.

We should take a sample back
for further analysis

before we continue.

Affirmative, captain,
withdraw your men.

Come on, we just got here.

Damn it, rand.

This is the last time
i'm gonna warn you.

We go out of here
and that door closes.

I can't guarantee
that combination

is gonna work again
to get us back in.

What's wrong with you?

What the hell are you doing?

Put that back on.

See? nothi...

you all right?

Rand, are you all right?

Mason, are you all right?

Mason, are you okay?

Gotcha.

Get him out of here until
i give the order, otherwise.

Come on, don't you people
want to take a chance?

Now you're going
out of chances, pal.

Take him out of here.

Man. get your fucking
hands off of me.

Captain tower,
i want you to continue on.

We won't be needing the tests.

I will monitor you
from the control room.

Take them off.

You stupid ass!

I am not letting
your irresponsible bullshit

get one of my men killed!

You're right.
It will not happen again.

Sir?

Yes, sir. dr. czaban.

Yes, sir,
they just did a fly by.

Listen, we still
have a little time

before the chinese
can get a ground unit there.

So where are you at this time?

We've managed to have an access.

We have the forward team inside.

What about rand?

He is with me, sir.

I feel he'll best be used
as an observer at this point.

Now you listen to me.

We need to obtain
as much information about this

thing as possible
before the chinese get there.

So you can rand's ass inside,
do you understand me?

Yes, sir.

I will be on
the ground in three hours.

Okay.

Where do you think you're going?

I'm going back inside.

Just like the man said.
I follow orders.

No, you sit
your smart ass back down.

He doesn't know you.

And you do?
- Just watch the screens.

We don't go back inside
until the troops

make sure the area is clear.

What is it?

Mason, any ideas?

Can't tell from here.

Maybe some sort of storage
tanks for fuel or energy.

But just can't
tell from in here.

I gotta get back in there.

Sir, i think i found a way in.

We've located
a break in one of the stems.

Shall we proceed?

Go ahead.

Try to enter.
Keep your com link open.

Yeah, you heard it.

Keep it tight,
keep an eye on your side man.

I don't want
anybody getting lost.

Tower, what's your position?

We're about 60 meters
from the bottom of the shaft.

Hold your position
until the migs

have completed their circle.

Tower, can you hear me?

Captain tower, can you hear me?

Hold your positions.

Hold your fire.

Hold your fire!

Hold your fire!

Tower, come in!

Captain tower!

I bet he fired.

Damn it.

Where is briggs?

Anybody got a 20 on briggs?
- Briggs.

Briggs? where's briggs?

All right,
we'll take it from here.

Shit!
- What did they say?

What did they say?

Two chinese migs just blew up

making a high speed
pass over the site.

What happened?

What do you mean, what happened?

Did we shoot them down?

No, but we can't prove it.

The object was seen
releasing some sort of a...

i don't know, energy discharge,

but none of our wonderful
long range scanners

recorded it
or even picked it up.

The planes were flying
recon over the area

when the energy burst hit
and so of course,

it looks like we shot them down.

Jesus christ.

We don't have much time
before they respond.

God.

You know, if that thing
proves to be aggressive,

we may be left
with only one option.

Is someone gonna
answer the phone?

Yeah, go ahead.

Hello.

Yes, mr. president.

Yes.

No, i'm afraid they're both
unattainable at this time, sir.

No, we don't have
the exact details.

This is pamela chanser.

Yes, yes, i'll tell them.

Yes, yes, i know, i know.

If the chinese
start making a noose,

our heads are the
ones going in it, right?

That's right.

Two migs just went down.

Chinese won't be
sitting in their hands, sir.

Suggestions, colonel?

I suggest we put
our troops on the ground

and seal the perimeter.

What happened?

We lost briggs.

We were attacked by
some sort of energy force.

Attacked or threatened, captain?

Who fired the first shot?

Well, we guess we learned

our first lesson
about the taurus.

It reacts in kind
to aggressive behavior.

I just lost one of my men!

And that's an attack!

Captain, release him now!

Doctor. mr. lysander's
on the wire.

Sir, this is czaban.

We pulled out, sir,

we lost one of the
rangers inside.

What happened?

Lysander, this is rand.
I will tell you what happened.

Captain tower
and his howling commandos

were in the taurus
and they started shooting.

Well, the thing reacted.

We're dealing with
rudimentary instincts here.

This thing will defend itself.

Now we got to get
the military out.

It's too late for that, rand.

The chinese forces
are on their way.

We at least pull them
back to the perimeter

and keep them
hell out of the taurus.

Okay, okay.

Have tower redeploy his forces.

And mason?

I'm here.

Go in there and get a handle
on what this thing does,

do you understand?

And have tower meet me
back at the base camp.

Right.

We're going back in.

This time without the g.i. joes.

Captain?

Captain?

Captain, do you copy?

Did you find anybody?

Nothing over here.

Whoa!

Chinese military sources today

say that a large unknown object

was discovered in bhutan
near the chinese border.

Chinese officials have reported

that an illegal
u.s. military operation

has taken control over the area

and has shot down
two chinese civilian planes.

This is jessica keats
coming to you live in bhutan.

Damn them.
What a lot of crap, damn it.

I want you
to contact your friends

at the u.n. tell them,
tell them something.

Don't mention anything
about the discovery.

Ambassador po?
- Ambassador po.

Got it.

I'm not answering at this time.

All right, ladies, move it out!

Move, move, move!

Who's that?

Chinese army.

How many do you think they are?

All of them.

Where are they?

Dr. czaban
and rand are inside.

Well, that's good.

Sir, i want it
stated for the record

that i want everyone
pulled out of the object

until we understand

what powers are
at work in there.

I just watched
one of my men disappear.

Your objection is noted,
captain.

But we have a very limited time

in between
to control the situation.

Those jets are just a precursor
to a ground assault.

Are you all right?
- Yeah.

I think it kind of levels
off up here.

It's more level up here.
- Okay.

What are you looking for?

Anything that i can recognize.

Mason.

You know how to tap dance.

Mason.

What?

Jesus, god.

What happened?

We have to get out of here.

Mr. ambassador.

Thank you.

Mr. hudson, i believe
we have a problem.

A problem, ambassador?

We prefer to see it
as more of a misunderstanding.

On whose part?

Well that's
what this meeting is for, sir.

To analyze where
we're misperceiving one another.

Analyze?

Your government has
taken control of an object

which is well within
our sphere of influence.

If i'm not mistaken, sir,
bhutan is a sovereign nation.

So was nepal.

However, i think we can
settle this diplomatically.

I hope so.

All we want is to be
given equal access

to this object
so that we may analyze

whether this phenomena

is a threat to china
and its neighbors.

Well, equal access,
that's simple.

You are right and that is
something we understand.

Now i will have to confirm
with the president

and the joint chiefs of staff.

However...

And this is not a request,
mr. hudson.

Please, have some noodles.

Thank you, i will.

This is a mandatory action.

Can i have a fortune cookie?

Chu-li.

So that you and i understand
each other perfectly,

this object is in the
sovereign country of bhutan,

i will have to confer...
Just leave it, thank you.

I will have to confer
with the president

and the president does not react

well to the threats.

- and your president is not the
leader of the world. - granted...

My government situation is this,

that we are given either
total access to that object

or we will destroy it.

How do you think
you gonna destroy this thing.

You already lost
two aircrafts in a fly by.

Well, their sacrifices
have taught us

the intention of this machine

and the uncooperative nature
of your government.

Our troops have been inside
and instructed to defend it.

Then it is your turn to know
the meaning of sacrifice.

Excuse me?

It is time for you to go.

What are you doing?

Pain is gone.

Dr. solomon?

Do you have the equipment here
to give me an electromyography?

Yeah, we do. why?

Twelve months ago
i was diagnosed with a.l.s.,

lou gehrig's disease.

I was told i had a year to live.

And now it just seems...

could you please
just give me the test?

Sure.

I thought you read my file.

I did.

I guess you missed
the medical part.

Doc, is he okay?

Will know more after
i finish my tests.

What happened, sir?

I was hoping you could tell me.

Don't remember.

Look. he's in shock
but he'll be fine.

There's no sign of disease.

What the hell's going on here?

Well, before
i went inside the taurus,

i had a.l.s.

i'd been given a year to live.

And now...

there's absolutely
no sign of the disease.

What... it cured you?

Apparently.

And i believe that this change
in my condition

gives us a great incite

into what makes this thing tick.

Which is?

Obviously it can manipulate
cellular structure.

That still doesn't tell us
where the hell it came from?

The radioactive dating
of the rocks

taken at the depth from
which the taurus arose,

it has to be at least
4 billion years old.

Before the beginning of life.

And if it can do what it did
for me in one day,

it must be able
to reconstitute d.n.a.

but that doesn't explain
why and who put it here.

Well, who, we may
never know but why...

If we can
reconstitute d.n.a.,

it may have been
the original catalyst

for the development
of life on earth.

Right. i mean,
all throughout history,

there have been
various stages of evolution

where it just
didn't quite match up,

these blizzard jumps
in the development

of certain species
in different periods.

It's never been
properly explained, now...

i want to shut it down.

You got to be kidding.

I want it shut down
or at least controlled.

We have no idea
what it's capable of doing.

I have to disagree, sir.

We may be running
at the limit of time

but this may be a huge mistake.

Wait. you want to shut
this down or control it.

This could be the very thing
that gave us all life.

This could be the thing that
for the last three millennium

we've referred to as god.

I don't want any part of it.

Well, it's not a request,
it's an order.

If we can't seemingly
control this thing,

it will be destroyed.

The stock exchange responded

today to an announcement
of an object

found in bhutan of alien origin,

with a dramatic sell-off.

World reaction to the colossus
has run the gamut

from the spiritual
to intense anger

at the united states

for its policy of repression
of information.

The united states has attempted
to protect the world

from the irresponsible release

of unsubstantiated information
about this occurrence.

Now at this time,

we have teams
of scientists on site

who are attempting to evaluate
any potential danger

that this object
may bring, if any.

And presently i am asking
my fellow americans

and the rest of the world
to keep an open mind.

I want to know
who wrote this speech.

Colson.

I thought he was
under surveillance.

- Do you want him under surveillance?
- Yeah.

I am here to join you
in researching the taurus.

You have no authorization.

This is an autonomous territory.

We have the right
to study the object

as much as you do.

Your government does not
have the sole right

to dictate over a discovery
of this magnitude.

The bhutanese government
invited our team here.

I don't think you got
the same invitation.

A country the size of bhutan

is not in any position
to make that decision.

Yeah, well they did.

And until
there's a diplomatic solution,

i want you to move
all your men back

and if you refuse,

that we're gonna have
to defend ourselves.

We have four divisions
two kilometers from here.

Do you honestly think
your threats have any bearing?

Try us.

You are a very foolish man.

Now, i'm to proceed
to the site location.

If you proceed,
my men will shoot.

Those are my orders.

Hold your fire.

Hold your fire.

Hold your fire!

Get the doctor up here!
Get the doctor!

The bullet
went through his heart.

He should be dead.

I know.

This is impossible.

They were dead, like you.

This is impossible.

Captain tower, is that
a bible you're reading?

Yes, you have problem with that?

Do you think this thing

may have something
to do with god?

Don't.

All right.

Look, my job is to find out

- anything and everything i can
about the taurus. - all right?

And i learned a long time ago
not to discount any theories,

so what do you think?

Since i was a kid
i tried to imagine

what god would look like.

And from what i've seen
i can tell you

that thing was not sent by god.

As you can see,

we're surrounded
by these colossal tanks.

They seem to line
the entire circumference.

Got it.

Possibly some sort
of storage medium

or a variety of gases...

Carbon oxide...

You're breaking up.
I'm losing picture.

Now i'm gonna take you into area

where we found briggs.

Shit, we lost them.

If we don't lose transmission.

Look at this.

Whoa.

I don't like the looks of this.

Just stay cool.

If it wanted us dead,
we'd be dead.

One small step for mason rand.

I'm not getting anything.
I think we're cut off.

It's an evolutionary tree?

Some kind of hologram?

It's like a...

Like a visual diary
of the history of the planet.

What?

What's happening?

It is destroying everything.

It is re-terraforming the earth.

It wants to start over
with something else.

It's been recording
the development of life,

maybe altering its evolution.

What happened?

We're alive,
but something tells me

it's time to maybe
we observe from outside.

Let's go.

All right. we're gonna
have to jump.

Jump? jump where?

Back into the rover.
Now you go when i tell you.

What? are you crazy?

All right, i make a deal,
jump together, all right?

Jesus, all right.

Ready?

All right, here it comes.

Ready? jump.

Mr. williams.

Mr. williams.

Jesus, pam.

The president
is on the line for you, sir.

God, you didn't tell him...

We have a situation change
at the site.

What change?

I believe it's best
if you come see for yourself.

God, okay.

Thanks for the coffee.

Sure.

Glenn.

Glenn, your mistress
is at your house.

She is talking to your wife.

What?

She's not even in town.

It's generating
cloud cover one mile thick,

expanding out
at about 265 miles per hour.

Well, i was...
I was thinking that,

um, maybe we should go back
to the firm resolve approach.

At its current rate,

it will cover the earth
in approximately 90 hours.

Good god.

This means massive
crop failures in 30 days.

All vegetation in the oceans
will die within five weeks.

We're gonna have the beginnings

of a new ice age
within two months.

Are you... yes, sir.

All right. all right, sir.
Yes, sir.

Are you finished?

Sam, he just ordered us
to go to phase two.

There is an alien device
creating a cloud cover

that could destroy
the world in 30 days.

There's a chinese division
less than ten clicks from here.

Just another day in paradise?

You are the man
with all the answers.

What have you got?

From what we learned
in the dome,

this cloud cover may be a part
of the taurus' purpose.

It may be starting
to re-terraform the planet.

Re-terraform the planet?
What the hell is that?

Re-terraform,
it's a sort of black out period

to end the evolution
of one species

to make way
for the development of another.

The internal memory
of the taurus

provided us with the history
of life on this planet.

And guess what?

There are two distinctly
different strains of life.

Two different family trees
for the earth.

We are the second strain,

the second epic
in earth's development.

What do you mean, two?

What happened with the first?

Destroyed.
- No, re-terraformed.

There is one other
possible explanation.

My gut feeling is this cloud

could be a negative reaction

to the military activity
in the area.

Your gut feeling?

That's right.

You were in there
when it happened.

What were you doing?

Just shooting a few hoops.

Who the hell are you?

We weren't doing
anything, colonel.

We were nearly observing it.

We barely got out before
it started creating the storm.

Wait a minute, wait a minute.

We've gotta come up
with a solution here.

A solution has been decided.

At 15:00 hours i was ordered
to proceed with phase two.

Phase two?
Are you out of your mind?

My men are over there now,

placing the tack
inside the object.

Listen to me, you moron,

we are dealing with a technology

4 billion years
more advanced than our own.

Do you think that thing
is gonna sit there

and let us blow it up?

I suggest we evacuate
as quickly as possible.

Allen, we cannot
let this happen.

Every aggressive action

we've taken
has elicited a negative

if not violent response
from this thing.

I'm gonna stop it.

No.

What the hell
are you doing, captain?

Nuking this thing
is not a solution.

My men will not
let him stop them.

They will kill him.

Hi.

Get that nuke set all right?

I'm gonna just check it out.

Why the hell was i circumvented?

Who issued the order
to proceed with a nuke?

It's the president, al.

His orders are to proceed.

You listen to me,
i want those disarm codes.

Do you understand?

You know, al,
we don't have any more time

for discussion on this.

You got to pull back
at least ten kilometers.

I've got people inside there.

The chinese divisions
are within the blast range!

It's gotta be down
in here pretty deep.

Mason, we are disobeying

a direct order
from the president.

Do you want to risk
the future of the world

on one man's opinion?

What do you plan to do?

Disarm it, if i can.
Now, come on.

First, you deny us
equal access to that object.

And now, you want to blow it up
with a nuclear bomb.

Let's just thank god
it's only a tactical nuke.

Let's not quibble
with words, mr. hudson.

All right, mr. ambassador,
you're right.

Let's not quibble with words.

May i suggest it would be
prudent for your division

that is near the taurus
to pull back,

say at least ten kilometers.

By when, mr. hudson?

- god...

Twenty-four minutes.

Twenty four minutes.

God, it was closed.

I hope you know
what you are doing.

Can we carry it out of here?

No, they got motion detectors
at both ends. see?

God, you have to diffuse it.

I know.

This could be a lot harder
than i thought.

It's a class 15 device,
almost impossible to diffuse.

I don't have any
of the specialty tools.

What tools do you have?

I got my swiss army knife.

It is the top of the line.

You have got to be...

Move it! move it!
Move it!

Forward base.
Do you read me?

Come in.

We've got less than 20 minutes

if we're gonna make it
out of here.

I need a link up
with the white house.

It's not gonna happen, sir.

There is too much
electrical interference.

God, damn it, colonel.

Terminate that countdown

until i have authorization
from washington.

I have got my authorization.

You're not going
anywhere, colonel.

Step down, soldier.

You're staying right here
until either

you disarm that weapon
or you and i blow up with it.

I'm gonna
have you court marshaled.

If you don't disarm that bomb,
it'll be posthumously.

Continue with the evacuation.

Rees, no one enters this tent.

Continue evacuating.

I told you, the bomb
cannot be disarmed.

Staying here is suicide.

Fuck your gear
and leave the area, now!

Mason.

Mason?

All my troops
are been drawn back.

Good, good.

But i want you
and your president to know

that this is not the end of it.

Do you understand me,
mr. hudson?

Of course, i understand that,
ambassador.

And i want you to know
from all of us

that we want to express
our deepest apologies...

Will you shut the hell up?

"my help cometh from the lord
which made heaven and earth."

you are crazy.

"he will not suffer
thy foot to be moved,

he that keepeth thee
will not slumber.

The lord is thy keeper

and the lord is thy shade
upon thy right hand.

The sun shall not smite
thee by day,

nor the moon by night.

And the lord shall
preserve thee from all evil.

He shall preserve thy soul.

The lord shall preserve
thy going out

and thy coming in from
this time forth,

and even for evermore.

Amen."

we've only got a few minutes
if we gonna make it out.

Disarm it.

Captain tower.

I told you i can't.

So you go ahead
and shoot, soldier.

Go on.

Let's not jostle it?

Can you disarm it?

I won't know till i get inside.

Sir, i gotta believe
if he's not gonna disarm

the bomb by this time,

he's telling the truth.

You can go, colonel.

Just a fact, soldier.

Gentlemen,
this is the last transport.

You make sure
all my men are on it.

How's it going?

We're doing all right.

It's kinda like...

It's like peeling an onion.

I can't seem to find the center.

You should go too, sir.

I'm staying.

It's everything i can do.

Everything on the outside
casing is dead.

It's controlled
by the inner casing.

We have to get out of here.

Where we gonna go?

There is no time.

Amigo, life is precious.

You have to make the most
of it however long you have.

It must have absorbed the blast.

Shit. we better
get out of here.

God, it's spinning fast.

There's no way, manson.

The speed's increasing.
It's getting really violent.

We don't have any choice.

Look out!

Listen to me, i'm gonna
watch for the gantry.

Okay.

You jump when i tell you,
all right?

All right.

All right, here it comes, ready?

Now!

Mason!

Help.

Jump.
- What?

The purpose of the taurus

may have been to alter

the course of evolution
on this planet.

At various times,
re-terraforming the earth,

promoting the extinction
of one species

to allow the development
of another.

With the generation
of the cloud cover,

the terraformic process seems
to have been started again,

then just as quickly ended
with taurus' departure.

What is your theory
on this doctor?

When dr. czaban
and i entered the...

Inner chamber... the brain,

if you will,

perhaps
it re-evaluated humanity,

as the species deserving
a further evolution.

Also, it may have felt
that dr. czaban

and i were becoming...

close.

Anyway we'll never know
for sure.

So i have a plane to catch.

I hope you will excuse me.

Thank you again,
ladies and gentlemen.

I need to talk to...
- No, no, it's all right.

K.c., come on up.

Wow.

It's good to see you?
How are you?

I'm okay. how are you?

I'm all right.
- Yeah?

I'm all right.

God, i'm sorry we haven't seen

each other since bhutan.

I know you've been busy.

Well, so have you.

I see you got quite
an entourage.

Yeah, well,
that's the price a heretic pays

in a world of religious fervor.

Actually i tracked
you down for a reason.

Before i went to bhutan,

i was trying but i couldn't...

What i'm trying to say is that...

Is i found out that i couldn't
have any children.

And i haven't been
with anybody since then.

Taurus cured you, right?

I had no further
reoccurrences, no.

I think when we were
in the dome...

I'm pregnant.

Thank you.