Mimic (1997) - full transcript

[ Man On Radio, Indistinct ]

[ Woman On Radio ]
An eight-year-old boy from Manhattan...

was delivered dead
on arrival today...

[ Man On Radio ]
The Centers for Disease Control.

[ Man #2 On Radio ]
Are we dealing with an epidemic?

[ Man #1 On Radio ]
Whatever the carrier,
we know that it's not the water.

We don't believe
that it's airborne.

[ Children ]
One, two, three, four...

[ Siren Wailing ]

[ Girl Gasping, Sobbing ]

[ Man ] Strickler's Disease
was first diagnosed two years ago.



We're no better off now.

[ Child Coughing ]

[ Man Continues ] I needed you
to see this foryourself, Dr. Tyler.

It's the same
at every hospital in the city.

For the lucky ones,
it's a lifetime in leg braces.

- [ Labored Breathing ]
- [ Crying ]

Most of these kids
won't make it.

[ Child Coughing ]

[ Labored Breathing ]

We need your help.

[ Hydraulics Hissing ]

[ Wind Howling ]

[ Heavy Breathing ]

[ Clicking ]



[ Hissing ]

[ Chirping ]

[ Flapping ]

[ Man ]
Strickler's Disease came to New York...

like a thief in the night,
threatening to steal...

an entire generation ofour children
from before our eyes.

[ Man On TV ]
Dr. Peter Mann, Deputy Director
of the Centers for Disease Control...

[ Man ]
The killer was cunning. It was deadly.

Neither a cure
nor a vaccine could be found.

We at the CDC had to contain it...

before it could spread
beyond Manhattan Island.

So we went after its carrier,
the common cockroach.

Or rather she did.

Dr. Susan Tyler is the reason
that there hasn't been...

a new case ofStrickler's
in this city for six months.

- Dr. Susan Tyler.
- [ Audience Applauding ]

[ Woman Reporter]
Dr. Susan Tyler,
Professor of Entomology...

at the New York State Univeesity.

- [ Reporter Continues, Indistinct ]
- Thank you, Peter.

I don't think I need to tell you
New Yorkersjust how resilient...

- the common cockroach is.
- [ Audience Laughing ]

Since it has proven to be
virtually immune to chemical control,

we had to find
a new avenue of attack.

So, with the aid of genetics labs
across the country,

we recombined termite and mantid DNA
to create a biological counteragent,

a new species to be
our six-legged ally...

in wiping out
the roach population.

We call it
the "Judas" breed.

Once in contact with
theJudas' secretions,

the common roaches
were infected with an enzyme...

- which caused their metabolism
to go into overdrive.
- Come on, Susan!

- [ Peter ] You're missing it.
- No matter how much
the common roaches ate,

every last member
of the nest...

starved to death
within a matter of houes.

- [ Audience On TV Applauding ]
- I hope someone's taping this.

[ Man On TV ]
This announcement's been
a long time coming,

- ladies and gentlemen.
- Coming home.

The Strickler's outbreak
has officially been contained.

- The epidemic is over.
- [ Audience Applauding ]

Hey, Susan.
Honey.

- Any other questions?
- Dr. Mann, what did this victory
mean to you personally?

[ Peter On TV ] It means that I can
move on to other projects with the, uh...

- Our 15 minutes are gone.
- [ Peter Continues Indistinct ]

And personally, um,
it's where I met my wife.

What is this? Is this
some kind of Catholic guilt thing?

We don't even know
what the impact is of what we did.

- The impact is that...
- [ Splashing ]

a lot of kids will be running around
next year because of you.

A lot of kids.

- Hey!
- Maybe we get lucky.

[ Sighs ] Maybe a couple
ofthem'll be oues someday.

- Oh, a couple, huh?
- Mm-hmm.

Oh, okay.
We're not rushing things.

[ Peter]
I didn't want to overtaxyou.
It's been a hard year.

[ Susan Laughing ]
It's been a great year.

[ Thunder Rumbling ]

[ Rain Falling ]

[ Thunderclap ]

- [ Pounding ]
- [ Speaking In Foreign Dialect ]

[ Pounding Continues ]

[ Panting ]

[ Speaking In Foreign Dialect ]

[ Panicked Grunts ]

[ Screaming ]

[ Child Humming ]

[ Humming ]

Oxfords. Seven and a half.

Black. Leather soles.

[ Thunder Rumbling ]

[ Rustling, Clicking Noises ]

[ Rustling, Clicking Noises Continue ]

[ Bones Cracking ]

[ Rustling, Clicking Noises Stop ]

[ Spoons Drop ]

Funny, funny shoes.

Funny...

Can you raise it
a little bit on the left?

It's sort of drooping.
Don't you think?

Husband, incoming, 6:00.

I'm sorry I was late.
Everything crazy
out there today?

I got T.B. breaking out
all over the city...

and the mayor's in my face
about scaring off
another convention.

[ Beeping ]
It's Bruce.

I'll call him later.

So-
[ Chuckles ]
Nice lunch, huh?

Very nice lunch.
Choose.

- What's this?
- Come on, choose.

[ Chuckles ]

Oh, honey,
why'd you get this?

Baby in a bottle.

It's ours.

Dr. Chadwick said
if you take that
twice a we...

Do you know
where this comes from?
Sure.

It comes from the urine
of Italian menopausal nuns.

So? Monks bottle
their own wine, so...

Not natural, Peter.

Um, would you at least
think about this?

For the last six months,

I've been the one running around
with ice in my underwear.

And that's not natural.

[ Beeping ]

I really got to go.

See you.

[ Indistinct Chattering ]

[ Man ]
Hold it right there, sir.

CDC.

Hey, Boss,
welcome to disease land.

Tuck it in.
All right. All right.

[ Siren Wailing ]
We sure this is yellow fever?

What, are you
ignoring your pages now?
Listen, I...

Okay, these two cops
saw the broken scaffold,
and then the paint mess here.

And then they looked
through that cellar window.

Go ahead.
Take a look.

- [ Gasps ]
- [ Indistinct Chatter ]

Pleasant, isn't it?

Couldn't let 'em out
until you gave me the okay, so...

This piece of shit chapel here
is a front for the Triads.

Chinese mob.

The snake had people
in from UNAD.
Slave labor.

How long
have they been operating?

I don't know.
Five, six years. Too long.

Oh, have you had lunch?
Uh-huh.

Try to keep it down
when you see this, okay?

[ Knocks ]

Roughly three dozen people
were trapped in here.

One toilet, no paper.

We got bacterial samples
reading off the scale,
though nothing's airborne.

Uh, we got
a Reverend Harry Ping.
Preacher?

Yeah. Preacher,
if you can imagine that.
He ran this place.

But there's
no sign of him.

So what do you say, boss?

Quarantine 'em.
Quarantine the cops that found it.

Quarantine anybody
who touched anything.

Immigration's
gonna love you.

Tell 'em to send the flowers
to the usual address.

You got it.

[ Person Coughing ]

Piece of shit
on the ceiling. Hmm?

Figure that one out.
Here you go, Josh.

[ Train Passing Beneath ]
The subway?

You know what? I-I-
This is what I love
about my job.

I get to travel,
see the world...

and meet new exotic cultures.

It's- It's all bacterial,
but hey, what the fuck, right?

[ Woman Speaking Chinese ]

You're gonna be okay.
We'll take care of you.

Hey, she doesn't
speak English.

Uh, you tell her, please.

[ Speaks Chinese ]

[ Woman Continues ]

Man, she's delirious.

[ Woman Continues ]

What's she saying?
I don't know.

She, uh, keeps saying
something like
the dark angels.

She says they're
coming to get her.

Chinese people, man.
They come up with
some pretty wild stuff.

Thanks a lot, Miguel.
Board up every exit.

If this leads to the subways,
I don't want anything to spread.

Quarantine everybody.

[ Elevator Whirs ]

But, um, in the middle
of the third date, he tells me
that he wears women's underwear.

[ Chuckles ]
What a pervert.

This city is full of perverts.

[ Chuckles ]
Some of your fans.

- You're the bug lady, right?
- That's me.

We're here to deal.

[ Electrical Buzzing ]

When you pick them up,
you should pick 'em up by
this front vein on the wing,

'cause it's the strongest part
of the wing.

See, that way
you don't break it.

Now, let's see what else
you have in here. Oh, look.

- What do we have here?
- Swallowtail?

- Excellent.
- How come you like bugs so much?

Just imagine that
you're one of them.

What, eating furniture and stuff?
That's gotta suck.

No, no, no.
Now, don'tjudge them
too quickly.

These guys were building castles
while dinosaurs were still
wimpy little lizards.

Now, sayyou're him.
He's what we call a soldier.

Now, there is no way
that you would ever quit fighting,

no matter how badly injured
you were.

It would be
a battle to the death.

[ Insects Chirping ]
But most insects don't kill...

unless their territory is invaded.

You'd just stun
your prey up here.

And then you drag it
all the way down
through here to there,

into what is
kind of like a pantry.

[ Insects Chirping ]
We eat it alive?

Yeah. You're not really squeamish
about those kind of things.

This is the nest.
It's the heart of the colony.

The big enchilada.

Why?
Well, if anything were
to happen to the nest,

the entire colony
would die out.

I'd just bail
and start my own.

Well, you couldn't do that.

See... that big guy there?
Next to the queen?

Wait. Look over there.

He's the king.
And out of all the nest,
he's the only fertile male.

He got a good deal.

[ Laughs ]
Yeah.

It's a simple structure
designed for their survival.

It's perfectly balanced,
and it's very beautiful.

Whatever peels
your banana, lady.

So, you wanna buy
the butterflies, orwhat?

[ Chirping ]
[ Susan ]
You know what?

You guys have done
a really good job.
So, how about five bucks?

[ Boy ]
That's your best?

- I'm gonna show her the weird bug.
- Costs a dollarjust to look.

[ Boy With Cap ]
It's a really great bug.
Got it on the subway.

- We kind of broke it a little.
- Okay. My best offer.

Ten bucks for everything,
plus a specimen jar,
some tweezers and some mounts.

Deal.

Are you crazy? This is the best.
This is our meal ticket.

Come on.
Bug's almost dead anyway.

[ Blows ]

It's yours.

[ Woman ]
You gave 'em ten bucks.
They're from Alphabet City.

There's much worse things
they could be selling.

Oh, no. Your papers.
Help me get the window.

Susan. Push.
[ Wind Howling ]

Oh, come on.
Oh, I hate this window.

[ Woman ]
Okay, on three.
One, two, three.

[ Chirping, Clicking ]

[ Man On Police Radio ]
Who the hell do you thinkyou are,

putting my two officers
on quarantine?

[ Peter]
Listen to me, Captain.
Those two, they go home,

they kiss their wives,
they kiss their kids,

and I'm the one with
a full-blown epidemic...

[ Chattering ]
Come on, Chuy.
We have to make dinner.

Dinner.
[ Man On Radio ]
I don't care.

[ Peter]
Well, I do care!
Jesus, God, I hate cops.

They make the worst coffee.
[ Siren Wailing ]

Shiny wire.
Don't stare.
People look back if you stare.

I've had limited success with
this combination of pheromones...

because it tends to wear off.

But now, watch this male
when I add sound.

[ Recording of Bugs Chirping ]

[ Woman Laughs ]
See, this is a female
I recorded in the field.

Look at him go.
It's like the Donna Summer
ofcricketdom.

Wow. He wants it bad.
[ Chuckles ]

Siren song.

If we put these speakers
in fields that are overinfested,

we can collect the males,
save the crops...

and restore the balance
of the ecosystem.

All without putting
harmful chemicals in food.

[ Clicking, Tapping ]

What the hell?
[ Clicking ]

[ Clicking, Hissing ]

[ Squeaks ]

Shit!

Those kids,
we've gotta find them.
[ Insect Buzzing ]

[ Siren Wailing ]

- I can't believe this.
- What?

I spend an hour in the field.
I get a weekend's worth of crap.

[Josh ]
Oh, speaking of that.
That turd that I took to the lab?

I found these in it.

[ Clears Throat ]
What are they?

- Buttons.
- Buttons?

Maybe they needed fiber.

[ Laughs ]

[ Insect Chirping ]

Wow.

Oh, my God.
You'rejust a baby.

[ Chirping ]

[ Grunts ]

[ Flapping ]

[ Sighs ]

[ Squeals ]

[ Rustling Noise ]

Oh, my God.

[ Susan On Tape Recorder]
The transfer
of recombinant genetic material...

from termites and mantids
intoJudas breed will allow
rapid enzymatic change...

[ Tape Recorder Fast-Forwarding ]

insuring 100% sterility
in allJudas females...

[ Fast-Forwarding Continues ]

utilization of a suicide gene...

[ Fast-Forwarding Continues ]

leading to a life expectancy
of 120 to 180 days.

[ Thunderclap ]

[ Chirping ]

[ Raindrops Splattering ]

[ Rustling, Chirping Noises ]

[ Glass Shatters ]

[ Thunderclap ]

[ Wind Blowing ]

[ Thunderclap ]

Hmm.

[ Rustling ]

[ Growling ]

[ Thunder Rumbling ]

[ Dog Whimpering ]

[ Chirping Noises ]

[ Man On TV in Italian ]
[ Humming ]

[ Humming Continues ]

Not too little...

and not too much.

You rub it in.

Around and around.

Like this, huh?

Let the leather take it.
[ Humming ]

[ Chirping Noise ]

Funny shoes.

Aieee.
Mr. Funny Shoes.

No one is there.

It's empty.

Chuy, listen to me.

They haveJesus
on the cross,

but that is not
a holy place.

Can you call me back tonight?

Thanks, Officer.

Cops are on it.

♪♪ [ Piano ]
Good.

Well, they said-
♪♪ [ Stops ]

Can you do me a favor
and hold off working
at night for awhile?

I can't do that. I was actually
thinking I had to get back...

Susan, someone broke into
your office, okay?

I'm sorry about you
losing your specimen,
[ Siren Wailing ]

but let's try and get
our priorities straight.
This is not just a specimen.

I did a pH test,
and there are only two species...
♪♪ [ Piano Continues ]

that match what I found.

Now, one of them
is a leaf cutter ant in the Amazon.

The other one
we released here three years ago.

♪♪ [ Stops ]

You said...

Y-Y-You said the ones we released
only had a life span ofsix months.

We engineered them
to be sterile adults.

TheJudases were not supposed to last
past one generation.

- So what happened?
- The one I examined today was a baby.

They were designed to die.
They are breeding.

- I shine them good.
- [ Indistinct Chattering ]

Chuy, Black Lincoln.
Chuy?

Black Lincoln.
This one.

Chuy,

pay attention, please.

This is where
you found the bug?

Yeah, man.
But they changed the lock.

You sure you haven't
seen one of those?

No. What is it?

It's an ootheca. It's kind of
a fancy name for an egg case.

There's probably more,
like, weird bugs inside of it.

No way.
I see one of those, I puke.

Here you go.

- Here.
- Hold on.

Is there money to be made
on this egg thing?

Sorry.
Dealing days are over.
Vámonos.

These egg things look nasty.

Thought you liked
finding nasty things.

Well, what if we go find these things.
She'll pay us, right?

[ Woman ]
Is that all you think about?

Come on.

[ Coughs ]

[ Peter]
This bug.
What does it look like?

[ Electrical Buzzing ]

[ Rumbling, Rattling ]

Did you hear that?

- How deep does this go?
- Let's see.

[ Beads Clinking, Echoing Below ]

Let's take a look.

- You see anything?
- Not yet.

[ Hissing ]

Shit.

[ Groans ]
I dropped it.

[ Groaning ]
I can't reach it.

Let me try.
My hands are smaller.

[ Rustling Noise ]

- Just leave it.
- Well, no. Wait.
I think I'm almost there.

[ Door Banging ]

[ Peter]
I already told you
this is CDC business.

And I'm telling you that
those lockers are MTA business.

Okay, we'll-
we'll pay for the lock
that we broke, Officer.

I mean, whateverwe can do-
Lady, who am I talking to now?

You or him?
You're talking to me, okay?
You're talking to me.

All we wanna see is...

[ Officer ]
See what? That's the old
maintenance bridge, buddy.

[ Peter]
This insect that we are looking for...

[ Officer ]
Look, man. Your lady want a bug...

or its eggs, orwhatever she wants,
that's fine by me.

But it's like
Swiss cheese down there.

Tunnels in, tunnels out,
old tracks.

You go messing around,
breakyour neck,
and it's my ass on the line.

[ Continues Indistinct ]
Lace-up shoes. Black. Nine West.

Chuy, finish your sandwich.

It's good.
It's chicken.

- [ Spoons Clicking ]
- [ Chuy ] Penny loafers. Eleven.

Double E.

Hey.

He's really good at that.
Oh, yes.

He imitates anything.

Doesn't he go to school?

[ Train Horn Honking ]
He doesn't need school.
He's special.

What you making there?
Is that a superhero?

Mr. Funny Shoes.

He knows everything
about shoes.

[ Peter]
Hey, I'm talking to you.
[ Officer ] No, you're talking at me!

You come back with
the proper permits. Maybe
we'll have a conversation.

Great. We'll do lunch.
Yeah, I look forward to it.

Uptown.

What happened?
Napoleon is alive and well
and working for the MTA.

We have to get down there.

He wants a permit?
I'll give him a real special one.

[ Squishing Noise ]
Ew!

[ Boy With Cap ]
Ah, what's that?

Is that the egg thing?

[ Grunts ]
Give me a hand.

[ Boy Coughs ]
Oh, man, that smells.

[ Chirping, Scurrying ]

[ Whispering ]
I can hear the bugs inside.

Come on. Cut it.
She's gonna give us
at least 40 bucks.

[ Rattling Noise ]

What's up?

I think there's
a guy down there.

[ Guttural Growling ]

Oh, shit. Oh, shit.
Oh, shit.

Oh, shit!
It's got me!

[ Gasping ]

Help! Oh, God, please!
Please, help me!

- [ Screeching ]
- [ Screaming ]

- Alex!
- [ Flesh Ripping, Bones Cracking ]

[ Screaming ]

[ Screaming Continues ]

[ Man ]
A philosopher named Hobbes
once wrote that,

"Life, by its very nature,
is nasty, brutish and short."

An ant would put it
more succinctly:

Can I eat it
orwill it eat me?

[ Laughing ]
It's this kind of simplicity...

that governs the phylum Insecta.
[ Telephone Ringing ]

[ Continues Indistinct ]
Hello?

[ Peter ]
It's me. I got the permits.
You did?

We're going down
first thing tomorrow.
Okay, that's great.

Listen, honey, I-I gotta go right now.
I'll call you later.

Or of cellular phones,
Okay.

As my distinguished colleague
can tell you.

So, you thinkyour little Frankenstein
has got the better of you?

I was hoping
you could tell me.

I really need to find
some answers, Walter.

Dear Susan,

is it answers you want from me,
or is it absolution?

You still think
making theJudases was wrong?

Three years ago,
I would've called it unforgivable.

But I have two grandchildren who are
alive today probably because of you.

It would be a tad hypocritical
for me to passjudgement.

That's not an answer, Walter.

[ Whispering ]
It's not an easy question.

But as to theJudases,

I think it's likely
some survived.

Evolution has a way
of keeping things alive.

But they all died in the lab.

Yes, Susan.
But you let them out... into the world.

The world's a much bigger lab.

[ Siren Wailing ]

[ Humming ]

[ Clicking, Chirping Noises ]

[ Grunts ]

- [ Rattling ]
- [ Grunts ]

[ Clicking Noises ]

[ Chirping, Clicking Noises ]

[ Spoons Clicking ]

[ Grunts ]

[ Spoons Clicking ]

[ Clicking, Chirping ]

Funny shoes.

[ Hissing, Chirping ]

[ Rattling ]

Hold on.
Something's blocking filter "D."

Something's blocking filter "D"!

[ Metal Clunking ]

[ Whirring Slows ]

Jules, come on, man.
Hurry it up.

Fuck off.

It's not a date.

Oh, God.

What's the problem?

I think it's a kid.

[ Telephone Ringing ]

[ Ringing Stops ]

Yeah.
Hi, Peter. It's Remy.

Yeah, hi.
Is Susan there?
I need to talk to her.

How you doin'?
Fine.

Huh?
It's really important.

Yeah, sure.

[ Ticking Rapidly ]

What are you doing?
[ Gasps, Laughs ]

What do you got there?

Where?
Right down there.
In your hand.

Nothing.
Oh, are we testing it?

Maybe.
Mm-hmm.

Are we testing it?
Uh-huh, maybe.
I don't know. Could be.

It's Remy.
Oh, good. Okay.
So give me the phone.

Come on. Come here.
[ Laughing ]

Give me the phone.
[ Indistinct ]

Are we testing it?
Yes.

Can you hold on, Remy?

[ Yells ]

Hey. What's up?

[ Remy, Indistinct ]

- They found what?
- At the water filtration plant.

What's going on?
Okay, I'll be there in,
in about 20 minutes.

- [ Remy ] Okay. Bye.
- Okay. Bye.

[ Clears Throat ]
How long you got?

Patience.

[ Ticking Stops,
Timer Bell Rings ]

[ Whispers ]
We'll just try again.

Try again.

You know,
sometimes these things
can be wrong.

That's okay.
I gotta go, okay? Bye, babe.

Susan, we got
the subway thing today.

Yeah, I know.
I-I'm just gonna have to
meet you there when I'm done.

Wait.

When you're done
from what?

♪♪ [ Rock, Indistinct ]

[ Indistinct Chattering ]

[ Man ]
Uh, boots, toys, uh, beer bottles,

body parts,
cocaine-filled condoms,

uh, little baby alligators.

Shit, you wouldn't believe
the stuff I'd seen.

[ Grunting ] Yep.

They flush 'em down.
We fish 'em out.

But this thing.
We didn't know what this was.

We were thinking about
throwing it away,
but then I remembered Remy.

- Jeremy plays bass in my band.
- [ Imitating Guitar ]

- Ah.
- Anyway. So, uh...

[ Coughs ]
[ Groans ]

[ Insects Buzzing ]

Yep. I remember
Remy says to me,

"If it's got more than four legs,
it's not a mammal."

It's a lobster, right?

My father saw me stay in bed,

he'd go get the pitcher
of cold water, and whoosh!

I tell you,
that's some alarm clock.

[ Electrical Buzzing ]

Wow.

How big did you say
these bugs are?
Come on. Hurry up.

You know, my shift's almost over.
I need my beauty sleep.

Man, if I'm blowing off
my Saturday, then so are you.

Yeah. It looks like somebody
requested you for overtime.

[ Peter]
Come on. Hurry up.
Let's find these things.

We've got a long way to go.

[ Mouths Word ]

All right.
Watch your step there.

We've got burrows going
down seven stories here.

[Josh ]
No shit?
Oh, yeah.

It's five stories down, partner.

You fall, I don't wanna
come back and pickyou up.

Okay, it's all youes.
Go ahead.

[ Man On Telephone ]
It's 48 hours anyway.
[ Shoeshine Man ] I can't wait that long.

[ On Phone ]
It's 48 hours. Now listen,
you got something to write with?

Yes, yes. I write it.
You gotta write this down.

Come on. Here's the case number.
It's two-seven...

Wait a sec. Two, seven.
Yes, two-seven...

Eight-three.
Eight-three.

All right. You got that?
What does this mean,
case number?

It means I deal with you
in 48 hours, okay?

[ Dial Tone ]

[ Speaking In Italian ]

Mr. Funny Shoes.

[ Siren Wailing ]

[ Thunderclap ]

[ Grunts ]

Chuy!

[ Panting ]

People actually
do live down here?

Yeah, man.
The mole people.

This section was pretty popular
all the way to Fulton Street.

Tweeked-out crackheads,
dopeheads, shitheads, mental cases.

Then suddenly, poof!
All gone.

Rumors got started.
Someone found a couple of stiffs.

They make up
some crap about a killer.

Overcoat Slim, LongJohn.

[ Laughing ]
Now, down here
is the land of talk.

The wildest version
goes the farthest.

This is mole speak, man.
Hobo language.

Most of'em,
they can't read or write.

They mark out an area
with a sign or drawing,
and it's as good as closed.

Here, here. See?
This one.

This one says, "Go away.

Man with gun."
That's me.

[ Telephone Ringing ]

Yeah?
[ Susan ]
Hey, it's me again.

Susan?
Yeah.

Hey, Susan.
Peter?

Yeah. Susan?

Can you hear me?
Barely.

I haven't found a thing yet.

Okay, I have.
I have to talk to you
right away in person.

How long would it take
to get back to the platform?

About 30 minutes,
you knock off the sightseeing.

Susan...

[ Breaking Up ]
I'll meet you at the platform
at a quarter to 12:00.

Honey, did you say
quarter to 12:00?

[ Flash Clicking ]
Peter?

[ Static On Telephone ]

Susan, the test was positive.

[ Breaking Up ]
The test was positive.
Peter?

[ Unintelligible ]
Peter, I can't hearyou!

[ Dial Tone ]
Oh, damn it.

The test was...

Susan! Shit.
Susan?

[ Hangs Up ]

She didn't wait long enough.

[ Panting ]

[ Gasps ]
Chuy?

Chuy?

[ Footsteps Approaching ]

[ Whispering ] Chuy?

[ Clicking Noises ]
Chuy?

Chuy?

♪♪ [ Opera ]

[ Remy ]
Hi, Doc. Susan
sent you some homework.

I see...

What's this? Look!

The organs are...
perfectly formed.

They were functional.

I'm guessing here,
and, of course,

they don't have a, uh,
a complete specimen, but...

What do you think it is?

This thing...
is not just some
random mutation.

It's a highly evolved
soldier caste,

formidable killer.

It couldn't have developed
in a vacuum.

It's part of a colony.

[ Indistinct Chattering ]

[ Officer ]
This way, this way.

[Josh ]
Should have stayed at the office.

How much longer do we have to go?
[ Peter ]
Keep looking around.

It's the size of your palm.

[ Sneezes ]
Aw, man. Take a whiff.
[ Groaning ]

[Josh ]
God, it smells like acid.
[ Peter ] No. It's ammonia.

Hey, guys.

[ Peter ]
Huh?

There's some weird shit here.

[ Peter ]
What kind of weird shit?

Lots of it.

[ Peter]
Oh, Jesus.

[ Sniffing, Gasping ]

[Josh ]
God!
[ Coughs ]

Man!

Go ahead and ask him. Ask.

[ Peter ]
Uh, you seen anything
like this before?

Why're you asking me
if I've ever seen
some shit like this before?

Do I look like I've seen
some shit like this before?

Hell, no, I ain't never seen
no shit like this before!

Who the fuck would wanna climb up
these walls and hang one of these?

Must've been a big
elephant-ass motherfucker.
I don't know who the fuck...

[ Man On P.A. ]
The Delancey Street station
will be closing in five minutes.

Please find alternate routes
to your destination.

[ Indistinct Chattering ]

- [ Man ] Carlito?
- [ Man #2 ] Yeah?

[ Man #1, Indistinct ]

[ Train Rumbles Loudly ]

Oh, come on, Peter.
Hurry up.

Um, do you have the time?

Sir, the time?

- [ Screams ]
- [ Squealing ]

[ Screaming ]

[ Flare Whooshes ]

Oh.

You know, my father always
wanted me to become a dentist.

I said, "No way.

I'm not gonna spend my life
looking into people's open mouths."

What could be worse
than that, right?
[ Groans ]

Oh, man,
I've never been this deep.

This is the old Armory Station.

Hey, they built it
around the turn of the century.

It's been closed for decades.

Yeah, I guess we covered everything.
[ Officer ]
Hey, look.

You got your shit.
I'm happy for you.

Let's get the hell
outta here, huh?

Okay, Josh, I want a full team
in here by 6:00 tonight.

All right.
[ Chirping Noise ]

Oh, shit!

What the fuck?
No, don't!

Look what the fuck
you did, man!

You see the size of that thing?

[ Creaking Noise ]

[ Creaking Noise Continues ]

Whoa, whoa.

[ Screaming ]

[ Groaning ]

Peter, are you all right?

[ Peter]
It's okay, Josh.

It's okay.
I think I'm okay.

Get the hell off me.
Yeah, I think he's okay too.

How am I gonna
get you back up?

I don't know.

See a way up?

No.
Shit.

There is no way up.

[ Cracks Back, Groans ]

[ Officer Chuckles ]

- Oh, man, that's gonna work!
- Do you know a better way up?

Hey,

show that to the station manager.

Tell him Leonard said he's gonna
have his bubble-butt if he don't
have someone down here in ten...

Wait a second.
I can't find my way back alone.

Look, look, look.
Just go back the same way we came.

Wait, wait.

- All right.
- Take the first tunnel to the left.

Then go to the fourth, right?
Then right, right, left, right?

Left, fourth- Peter, can I just
stay here and help you guys back up?

Toss the glow-sticks down
and just go, Josh, please.

Just keep headin' up.
You're gonna get there.

[ Peter]
Hurry!
All right, all right! I got it.

[ Scraping Noise ]

[ Breathing Noise ]

[ Screeching Noise ]

[ Rustling Noise ]

[ Chirping Noise ]

[ Panting ]

[ Insects Buzzing ]

[ Train Passing Overhead ]

Help me!

Help! Please, help!

Help! Please!

Help!

Please! Please!
Somebody, please help me!

[ Rustling Noise ]

[ Guttural Growl ]

Aah!

[ Grunting ]

[ Screeching ]

[ Groans ]

[ Scurrying Noise ]

[ Grunting ]

[ Metal Grate Creaking ]

[ Panting ]

[ Guttural Growl ]

[ Panting ]

[ Rustling Noise ]

[ Grunting ]

[ Rustling Noise ]

[ Chirping Noise ]

[ Breathing Noise ]

[ Grunting ]

[ Chirping Noise ]

[ Flapping Noise ]

[ Panting ]

- [ Groans ]
- [ Chirping Noise ]

- [ Chirping Noise ]
- [ Grunting ]

Aah!

[ Panting ]

[ Chewing Noise ]

[ Scraping Noise ]

[ Scraping Noise Continues ]

[ Leonard ]
♪ There were four brothers ♪

[ Continues Indistinct ]

[ Whispering ]
Piece of shit.

This is really weird.

We should've seen some
track bunnies by now.

What are they?
Track bunnies. Rats.

They're usually around.

They big?
You damn right.

[ Flares Whoosh ]

♪ Yeah, yeah
Got a telegram this mornin' ♪

♪ Sayin' my wife was dead ♪

♪ Show it to Mr. Moore
He said, Might as you know, boy ♪

♪ You gotta plow ol' Red ♪

♪ That white man says,
"It's rainin' and I'm way behind ♪

♪ I may let you bury that woman, Sam
one of these old dinner times ♪

♪ I told him, "No, Mr. Moore ♪

♪ I dropped what I was doin' ♪

♪ Whoa, I cried
till my eyes was red ♪

♪ You know I love that woman ♪

♪ And now she's gone ♪

Could you just knock it off, please?
Knock it off.

Hey, I sing when I'm nervous.
Yeah.

Turn these lights back on.

What?
You said the cables
are still alive.

Oh, man.
Maybe we can rewire them.

There you go again.

What?
How are you gonna rewire
all of this?

You need a whole crew
down here to do that.
What is your problem, man?

Do you need a memo
every time you take a shit?
Oh, don't go there.

Hmm?

You better be careful
howyou speak to people.

[ Clanking Noise ]

[ Thudding Noise ]
[ Peter ] Josh?

He wouldn't be
comin' from there.

Manny, what the hell
are you doin' here?

Hurry.

The lady needs help.

Hey, honey, we're coming!

Oh, Jesus, please hurry.

Please. Come on!

- [ Screeching ]
- Oh, no! It's coming!

What the fuck is that?
Come on. Get her, man!

Get her!
What the fuck is that?

- What the fuck-
- [ Peter ] Go!

Look there! There! There!
The car! The car!

[ Flapping Noise ]

- [ Flapping Noise ]
- Close the door!

- Close the fuckin' door!
- [ Gunfire ]

- [ Screeching ]
- [ Gunfire ]

[ Screeching ]

[ Rapid Gunfire ]

[ Screeching ]

- [ Howling ]
- Whoa!

[ Cans Clanking ]
What the fuck was that?

[ All Panting ]

Come on. Here.
Here, here, here!
Just wait a minute!

Fuck it! You wait a minute!
I wanna make sure!
It's not dead.

Yeah, well, it's gonna be!
Very soon, lady!

[ Panting ]

[ Stick Clanking ]

- There it is.
- Drag it out.

- There it is!
- Drag it out!

[ Cans Clanking ]

You better tell me...

what the hell's
goin' on around here.

Aah!

[ Rapid Gunfire ]

[ Leonard ]
Aah!

[ Grunting ]

[ Leonard ]
Oh, man.

[ Leonard Groaning ]

Okay, Leonard. Okay.
[ Groaning ]

It's gonna be fine.
You'll be fine.

[ Groaning ]
Okay.

You just stay calm.

Okay, there we go.

Everything's gonna be okay.

[ Sobbing ]
Ah, Christ.

[ Leonard Groaning ]

[ Peter ] Josh will be here soon.
He'll bring us some help.
You're dreamin', man.

If your boy was comin' back,
he'd have been here by now.

They got his ass, man.
They ate his ass, man.
We don't know that.

And if you think there's not
another one of those things
out there,

what has been puttin'
that shit all over the walls?

Listen, Leonard.
If you keep on
screaming like that,

we're gonna meet
the rest of its family.

Manny?
Manny, be careful.

It-It's dead.
No, no, no.

I emptied two clips
into that thing and it kept comin'.

[ Susan ]
Wait, wait a second.
Help me turn it over.

Peter, these are lungs.

What the hell
is she talkin' about?

Biology 101 . You know,
insects don't have lungs.

That's what limits their size.
The secretions are the same.

[ Panting ]
Oh, God.

[ Susan ] When I increased
theJudas's metabolism, I must
have sped up its breeding cycle.

I mean, we're talking tens,
hundreds of thousands of generations.

I mean, who knows
how many mutations.
Listen, I...

I just don't fuckin' get this.
How could the...

How could theJudas
evolve into this?

[ Susan ]
Think generations,
not years, okay?

It took only 40,000 generations
for apes to turn into humans.
So?

We changed its DNA, Peter.
I mean, we don't know what we did!

Wait a minute! Wait a minute!
Wait a minute! Hold on!

If that thing has
been around, how come-
How come nobody's ever seen it?

I think we have.

[ Flare Whooshes ]

Sometimes an insect will evolve
to mimic its predator.

A fly can look like a spider.

A caterpillar
can look like a snake.

TheJudas evolved
to mimic its predator.

Us.

[ Peter]
Nobody up there knows about this?

[ Susan ]
Nobody would.
Not until it's too late.

These things can imitate us.

They can infiltrate us
and breed a legion before
anyone would even notice.

How-
How could you do this?

You-You take something
and you-you make it like a man.

A man who's not a man, he's a-
Manny!

He's a thing!
Manny!

That steals my child!

Manny, you tell her,
'cause she don't give a goddamn.
Hey, hey, hey.

- Your kid's gone.
- Hey, shut up.

- My leg's chewed to the bone!
- Shut up, will ya? Shut the fuck up!

- And they're both talkin'
about insects with lungs!
- Shut up!

[ Crashing Noise ]

[ Flapping Noise ]

Oh, shit!
They're everywhere!

- [ Clanking Noise ]
- [ Groans ]

[ Peter]
Manny, get over here!

[ Screeching ]

Aah!

It's the blood!

[ Susan ] The smell of the blood
is driving them crazy!
Oh, shit!

[ Banging ]

[ Susan ]
We have to cover the scent!

Manny, give me your razor.
Give me your razor!

[ Banging, Glass Shattering ]

[ Glass Shattering ]

[ Sloshing Noise ]

Here. Take it.
Rub it on the windows.

Anywhere where there's a crack.
Wha...

- Just do it!
- Come on!

[ Banging ]

Oh! What the-
Ah! What is it?

Scent glands. Insects use them
to identify themselves.

Here. Rub it
all overyourself.

They won't attackyou
if they thinkyou're one of them.

Me!

[ Banging, Crashing ]

[ Groans ]

[ Noises Stop ]

[ Panting ]

[ Groans ]
Phew!

It worked.

[ Whispering ]
Do you mind if...

Go ahead.

[ Leonard Whispering ]
Manny, give me your lighter.

Look.
This is where we are.

Now, these tunnels
may lead to the surface.

Yes.
If we can get...

this car moving,
we might be able to make it.

[ Loudly ]
What...

[ Whispering ]
What do you mean, might?

I mean, probably.

But even if they do,

th-this thing's been down here
rotting for halfa century.

How do you know it'll move?
Listen to me. Listen.

This car is a CR-17
from Coney Island.

Believe me, it was made to last.

Now, Manny,

there's a track relay switch
in this room here.

You switch the tracks.
That'll get us going.
Yes, I'll try.

- [ Manny ] I'll try.
- Do.

There's a fuse box
down the tracks.

If I can rewire it,
I can juice up the whole system.

Leonard, man.

Look at yourself, I-
I'll do it.

- Hey, if you talk me through it,
I'll go out there.
- All you've gotta do is...

No, no, no, no. I'll go.

I'll go.
Why?

I know much more about
what's out there than you do.

[ Peter Sighing ]
You're right.

You understand the creature,
and, uh,

Leonard knows the subway, so...

so this is the way
it's gotta be.

Whatever happens,
it's Manny and me.
Why?

[ Peter]
You two have gotta stay on this car.

You gotta get back up.

You gotta undo this.

So, I'll go.

We'll go.

Yes.

I have to put
this on you now.

They mimic us.
We mimic them.

Ah, Peter, Peter.
Peter, look.

You'll find two wires...

one green, the other blue.

Okay.

Man, this-this shit
can't be sanitary.

Take it off.

No, man. Leave it on.
Leave it on.

[ Banging, Creaking ]

[ Creaking Continues ]

Don't touch it.

Try not to sweat.

They sense chemical changes.

Oh, okay.

Okay, I'll-I'll
try not to sweat.

[ Clicking Noise ]

Chuy!

Susan, he's in.

He just needs to find the switch.

Good.

Green. Blue.

Green, blue.
Green, blue.

[ Clicks Lighter Shut ]

Shit.

[ Panting ]

[ Breathing Noise ]

[ Grating Closes ]

[ Gasping ]
Oh, God. Oh, God. Oh...

Oh, shit.
Oh, shit.

Oh, shit.

[ Panting ]

[ Creaking Noise ]

[ Footsteps ]

[ Clacking Noise ]

[ Groaning ]

Chuy!
Chuy!

[ Groaning ]

Chuy, it's me.

Come on, Manny.
What's takin' you so long?

Do these subway tracks
lead to the regular train tunnels...

at Grand Central
and Penn Station?

Yeah, yeah.

Well, they'll use them
to migrate out of the city.

After that, they'll set up
colonies anywhere they can.

[ Electricity Crackles ]
[ Peter] Fuck.

- [ Panting ]
- [ Crackles ]

[ Susan ]
Now, every specimen
we've seen has been female...

because a male
would be a lighter color
and it would have no wings.

And if they are holding true
to theJudas's spawning pattern,

the nest will have
only one fertile male.

Now, if we could catch
that male and kill him,

then the females
won't be able to breed...

and the whole generation
could die out.

Where the hell is the male?

Chuy. Chuy.

Chuy, come here.

- [ Clicking ]
- Come here. Come here.

[ Chuckles ]

Friends.

Come here, please.

- [ Guttural Growl ]
- Aah!

[ Groaning ]

[ Panting ]

[ Bones Breaking,
Manny Screaming ]

Oh, goddamn it!
He must be in trouble!

He must be in trouble!
Shh, shh. Wait. Listen.

[ Chuy Whimpering ]

Oh, Jesus!
I'm goin' out there.

[ Panting ]

You stay here.

Listen.
If the car starts,

I'll meet you
at the end of the platform.

Chuy?

[ Crackling ]

Oh, my God.

Oh, Manny.

[ Footsteps ]

Chuy.

[ Train Passing Overhead ]

[ Train Horn Honks ]

Yes! Yes! CR-17 from Coney Island!
Goddamn it!

[ Wheels Whine On Tracks ]

Aah!

Oh, shit!
Goddamn it!

Goddamn! Shit!

[ Groaning ]

[ Pounding ]
Leonard!

[ Pounding ]

Get away! Go away!
I'm bleeding!

Found a way out,
on a dumbwaiter.
Go away!

Peter, I'm bleeding.
Go away!

I can't stop it.

I can't stop it.
They'll be here soon.
Where's my wife?

Go away.
Where's Susan?

Where's Susan?
She went to get Manny.

[ Screeching Noise ]

[ Spoons Clacking ]

Susan. Shh.

They haven't seen us yet.
Don't move.

[ Scurrying Noise ]

Peter, go!

[ Panting ]

♪♪ [ Begins Humming ]

[ Leonard ]
♪ At an old general station ♪
Oh, my God.

♪ Please send a train ♪

Leonard?

♪ You see
My health is failin' me ♪

♪ And I ain't got too much time ♪♪

[ Panting ]

Oh!

[ Panting ]

Oh!

Aah!

Aah! Aah!

- [ Gunfire ]
- Aah! Aah!

Come on, Chuy.
Hurry!

All right, come on in.
That's all right. That's a good boy.

[ Sobbing ]
No, no, it's all right.
Shh. Stop. Stop it.

- [ Sobbing ]
- It's okay. It's okay.
All right, Peter.

Come on. Get in. Get in, Peter.
Come on. Chuy, shh! Stop it!

Stop it! Shh!

- [ Sobbing ]
- [ Screeching ]

Get in, get in, get in.

Peter, what are you doing?
I gotta stop them here.

Oh, no.
Peter, don't do this!

Peter! No! No!

Oh, Jesus!
Don't! No!

- [ Sobbing ]
- Chuy! Chuy! Stop it. Stop it.

[ Screeching ]

- [ Train Horn Honks ]
- Train! Oh!

We're here! Help!

- [ Screeching ]
- [ Flapping ]

Oh, Jesus.

[ Grunting ]

[ Banging ]

Go on, Chuy. Go on.

Get out! Hurry! Go!

Aah!

[ Groans ]

[ Grunting ]

- [ Groaning ]
- [ Screeching ]

Fuckyou!

[ Screeching ]

[ Banging ]

[ Banging Stops ]

[ Sloshing Noise ]

[ Chirping Noise ]

[ Banging ]

[ Hissing Noise ]

[ Grunts ]

[ Hissing ]

[ Banging ]

- [ Grunting ]
- [ Hissing ]

[ Banging ]

[ Screeching ]

[ Clicks ]

[ Groans ]

- [ Clicking ]
- [ Creaking ]

Aah!

[ Groaning, Panting ]

[ Groans ]

[ Screaming ]

[ Man ]
Look out!

[ Screaming ]

[ Tires Screeching ]

[ Screaming, Shouting ]

[ Distant Shouting ]

[ Choking ]

[ Panting ]

Chuy?

[ Grunts ]

[ Distant Train Passing ]

Chuy?

[ Guttural Growl ]

Oh, my God.

It's the male.

[ Panting ]
[ Guttural Growl ]

No!

You will not hurt him!
No! Turn around!

- [ Chuy Panting ]
- Turn around!

Aah!

[ Panting ]

- [ Panting ]
- [ Guttural Growl ]

[ Groans ]

[ Guttural Growl ]

[ Hissing ]

[ Train Horn Honking ]

[ Guttural Growl ]

Come on.
Come on. Come on.

[ Guttural Growl ]

[ Panting ]

[ Screeching ]

[ Panting ]

[ Distant Siren Wailing ]

[ Sirens Wailing ]

[ Woman ]
Police and emergency crews
continue their work...

in the aftermath
of tonight's explosions
on the Lower East Side.

[ Man ]
Hustle up! Teams leader!

We swept the area twice.

It's burned.

Nothing could have
survived down there.

What about one of us?

I'm sorry, Susan.

I really am.

Shiny wire.

[ Siren Wailing ]

Mountain boots. Ten.

Brown.

We're gonna have a baby.
We're gonna have a baby.