Virtual Combat (1995) - full transcript
Scientist brings virtual reality characters to life. Two are women from the cybersex game site. The third is a warrior who wants to unleash the rest of the bad guys from the virtual reality underworld. A border cop must defeat the virtual reality warrior while learning to relate to one of the cybersex babes.
(pleasant music)
(ominous music)
(man breathing)
(mechanical humming)
(dramatic beat music)
(fizzling)
(thudding)
(groaning)
(yelling)
- [Male Computer Voice] You
have chosen well, David Quarry.
Will you proceed?
- [David] Advance
me to level six.
(mechanical humming)
(dramatic beat music)
(stomping)
(ominous music)
(grunting)
(suspenseful music)
(thudding)
(groaning)
(yelling)
- [Male Computer Voice] You
have chosen well once again.
Will you proceed to level seven?
- [David] Yes.
(ominous music)
(swishing)
(suspenseful music)
(thudding)
(groaning)
- Hi-yah!
(swishing)
(thudding)
Yah!
(groaning)
(suspenseful music)
(yelling)
(groaning)
(squelching)
- [Male Computer Voice]
You have chosen will.
Will you proceed to level eight?
- No, advance me to level ten.
(wind howling)
(somber music)
(fizzling)
(foreboding beat music)
- [Demon Voiceover] So,
we meet again, little man.
Are you prepared to lose?
(swishing)
(groaning)
(thudding)
(suspenseful music)
(laughing)
I am Lethal Combat.
Come, give me your rage!
(thudding)
(groaning)
You can't beat me a my own game.
I don't play by your rules.
I can read your every thought.
(thudding)
(groaning)
(yelling)
(crunching)
(slicing)
(gasping)
You have chosen
poorly, David Quarry.
Everyone loses to Dante!
(screaming)
(evil laughing)
(David groaning)
(computer beeping)
- [Male Computer Voice]
Warning, warning.
Engage manual override.
(gasping)
It is not safe to exit program.
(computer chiming)
- Lose on level ten again?
You can't win, Quarry.
Everyone loses on level ten.
I'm telling you, you
gotta try cybersex.
You always win, even if
you're not an expert.
- No thanks.
- What's wrong with cybersex?
It's guilt free, disease free
sex with a perfect woman.
- It's a computer program, John.
You're having sex
with a machine.
- Ah, but a beautiful machine.
One with big microchips.
(somber beat music)
- Stay at the
luxurious Rivera Hotel,
the finest in gaming
and entertainment.
Around the clock gambling
and all the alcoholic
beverages you can.
Oh, the Riviera offers rooms
special to qualified guests,
of course, like you.
No Las Vegas great
vacation would be complete
without visiting the Burtech
Virtual Reality Arcade.
Oh, play the forbidden games.
Full body cybersex,
Lethal Combat
and western gunslinger body
experience of a lifetime!
Oh!
- May I help you?
Ready to play the
forbidden games?
- Yeah, two singles,
my wife and I.
- May I suggest the
everything ticket?
Two days of unlimited play
for only 20 thousand credits.
A significant savings over--
- No, no, just two
singles please.
- Hmm, well, choose your game.
(cash register beeping)
- [Female Computer Voice]
Welcome to Cybersex
by Burtech Industries.
Press any key to continue.
- I'm Greta and I'll
give you some discipline.
(woman moaning)
- [Chainsaw Woman] I'm Bambi.
- I'm Debbie and I'm lonely.
Wanna play with me?
(computer chiming)
- [Female Computer Voice]
Thank you for your selection.
Please press any
key to continue.
(computer chiming)
(yelling)
(grunting)
- [Man] Oh baby.
(man moaning)
I want you, so choose me.
- [Female Computer Voice]
Thank you for your selection
and for experiencing
Cybersex by Burtech.
- I want Ken.
- You naughty girl.
Well, that'll be five
thousand credits.
75 hundred including tax.
Here's your card.
Your tickets.
Door is to your right.
Enjoy.
- Take me to Ken's world.
- Give me Debbie.
Stop me at level five.
(chuckling)
- I don't think so.
(computer beeping)
(whooshing)
- I've been dying to meet you.
I've heard so much about you.
- Yeah?
- Yeah.
Like what?
- Oh, you're so modest.
You're just my type.
Oh, what a big boy you are.
Oh, Fred.
Take me!
- [Fred] Oh, Debbie.
Oh!
Oh, Debbie!
(ominous music)
(computer beeping)
(foreboding music)
- [Male Computer Voice]
Prepare to engage.
(phones ringing)
Link accepted.
Pornography select.
Mind Expanders select.
- [Woman Computer Voice]
Unauthorized entry.
Further access denied.
- [Male Computer
Voice] Downloading.
(alarm beeping)
Warning!
Software robbery in progress.
Warning!
- Sir, data bank
robbery in progress
in sector 7-0-9.
(ominous music)
- Put in Sheckly and Smith.
- Yes, sir.
- [Male Computer Voice]
Officers on route.
(suspenseful music)
- [Officer] Hold it!
Los Angeles Police!
(thudding)
(foreboding music)
(thudding)
(groaning)
(cracking)
(ominous beat music)
- [Male Computer
Voice] Officer down.
Officer down.
- Check in on Smith
and Hendricks.
Call paramedics.
Mobilize Grid Runner Unit.
- Right away, sir.
(ominous music)
Station command to
all Grid Runner Units.
There's been a security
breach in Sector 7-0-9.
Be on the lookout
for male suspects
at all border checkpoints.
(somber beat music)
- We're at the dam, Mary.
- Five suspects from
data bank robbery
are proceeding south,
attempting to cross the boarder
at Sector 15-07.
Caution.
Suspects are armed
and dangerous.
- We're all over it.
(whooshing)
(suspenseful music)
(police siren alarming)
(tires screeching)
- Got this one.
(thudding)
(men groaning)
You don't wanna do this.
(thudding)
(cracking)
(groaning)
(suspenseful music)
(fizzling)
Looks like I saved
your butt again, man.
- Never let a guy
have any fun, do you?
- How many times do
I gotta tell you?
Wear the taser.
(computer chiming)
- Mary, tell command we
need a wagon out here
and make sure they know there
isn't any uniform for miles.
- Yes, David.
- Dr. Lawrence Cameron
for Mr. Burroughs.
- I know who you
are, Dr. Cameron.
You know the routine.
(beeping)
- [Male Computer
Voice] No weapons.
Clear for entry.
- Access accepted, proceed.
(dramatic organ music)
(clapping)
- Dr. Cameron.
- I have something I
think you should see.
- Another cloning experiment.
- Down in my lab.
It will only take
15 minutes or so.
- I'll give you 10.
(pleasant music)
- Hello, handsome.
I'm Liana.
I've been waiting to meet you.
Waiting to please you.
I'll do anything that you want.
So play me.
- Well, what do
you think of her?
(chuckling)
- She's perfect, of course.
But I've seen her
program before.
- What if she wasn't
just a program?
What if I could make her real?
You see,
this is my protoplasm tank.
It's filled with a complex--
- In English, Cameron, please.
We're not all experts in
cyber plasma theory, you know.
- There are no cells
used in cloning.
Manufactured cells
that become anything
with DNA engineering.
Behold.
(pleasant music)
- Damn.
She's real.
- Of course I am.
I've been waiting to meet you.
I've heard so much about you.
- You see, this Liana
is a duplicate program.
Dimensionalized from
virtual reality to reality
by copying a program
from MD-Rom to disc.
Only I have copied a program
to living cells
and this is the result.
- Can you make more than one?
- No.
The configuration of the
artificial intelligence circuits
of the Los Angeles mainframe
allow for only one Liana
to exist at a time.
But there are thousands of
other cybersex programs.
- Come here.
There are people who
will pay millions
for a black market
Liana VR program.
I wonder how much they'd
pay for the real Liana.
It's artificial life.
It's A-life.
- And replenishable.
- There's one problem, sir.
Even though she's been programed
to serve whoever plays her,
she's also been
programmed to learn
which may present some
difficulty in controlling her.
That's why I've invented this.
Any constant
pressure over 500 PSI
will cause deterioration.
A slight jolt will cause pain.
She's all yours.
(buzzing)
(gasping)
- Ruby, make appointments with
all our overseas customers.
They must meet me in person,
Los Angeles headquarters,
Burtech, on Tuesday.
Make sure they understand that
anybody who does not attend
will be frozen out of all
future Burtech properties.
- Yes, Mr. Burroughs.
- Cameron,
how much does each unit cost?
- Millions of cells involved.
- Have an analysis on my
desk on Monday at noon.
Who is the second most
popular cybersex program?
- Greta, the dominatrix.
- Make one for me.
- Parness?
- [Parness] Yes, Mr. Burroughs.
I'd like to see you here in
the lab, immediately please.
(ominous music)
(computer chiming)
- [Female Computer
Voice] Access accepted.
(bubbling)
Tank activated.
(tank bubbling)
(dramatic music)
- Absolutely fabulous.
Parness, I need to
transport these two samples
into the Los Angeles Grid
without going through
security checkpoints.
- Well, the Bullet Train
requires ident-o-credit,
I could cross the boarder at
Arizona and take the old I-40.
- Have a plan on my
desk at five o'clock.
- Right.
- Cameron, you've
outdone yourself.
There will be a
bonus on your desk
at the end of the month.
Well done.
- You gotta lighten up, David.
Start using your credit for
something other than training.
Hell, that's half the reason
I became a Grid Runner.
Unlimited use of VR.
All work, no play.
- It's gonna get me
past level 10 someday.
- Oh, you're a poet.
- By the way, what does
Cathy think about cybersex?
- What do you mean?
- Does she do it?
- She did before
we were married.
- And now?
- Well, it just so
happens we discussed it.
So I made her
this, check it out.
It's my virtual self.
That way, when she's
having cybersex,
it won't be with a stranger.
Of course, I made
some improvements.
Some things a little smaller
and other things a little
bigger, if you know what I mean?
- You mean, he's not
a quick draw like you.
(laughing)
(ominous music)
- [Female Computer
Voice] Tank activated.
(tank bubbling)
(foreboding music)
Tank shut down.
(computer chiming)
(gasping)
- What do you want?
- [Dante Voiceover] I
have friends trapped
in your mainframe prison.
Get them out, now!
(computer chiming)
- [Female Computer
Voice] Access accepted.
Tank activated.
(bubbling)
- [Dante Voiceover]
Con from level seven.
Welcome.
- [Female Computer
Voice] System abort!
Mainframe override.
May not be restarted
from this location.
- [Dante Voiceover]
What have you done?
- The tank is
completely shut down.
- [Dante Voiceover] Start it!
- I can't.
The only way to
reactivate the tank
is through the mainframe
of the Los Angeles Grid.
(groaning)
(cracking)
(thudding)
(men grunting)
(suspenseful music)
- [Guard] Hey, hey helmet!
(groaning)
(cracking)
- [Dante Voiceover]
No one beats Dante!
(yelling)
(groaning)
(foreboding music)
(electrical fizzling)
- We'll wait until nightfall.
When the boarder
guards all leave,
we'll have about five
minutes to cross.
- Aren't there
surveillance satellites?
- A section of the grid
will be blacked out
for two hours due to a
computer malfunction.
(traffic commotion)
- Gentlemen, what can I get you?
- Beer!
- Coffee.
- Coming right up.
- You might as well work
at the LA Grid or New York.
Keep up the goody
two-shoes routine
and they're gonna ship
you off to the Ohio Grid.
I hear you have to be married
to even look at a
naked woman there.
- Here you go, gentlemen.
- Come on, what's up with you?
You've been acting weird
for the past six months.
- I've been training.
- For what, the
tight-ass Olympics?
- I wanna get passed level 10.
- Dante.
It's a computer program.
You can't beat a computer
at a computer game.
It's impossible.
I'm worried about you, Quarry.
I mean, if you stopped
drinking for a good reason,
like her over there,
at least I could understand.
To change your whole
lifestyle for a computer game?
And you think I'm weird for
wasting my credits on cybersex.
(ominous music)
- [Officer] Holt!
Holt right there!
Just step out of
the vehicle, sir.
- Do you know who I am?
- Just step out.
- I'm John Carter Burroughs,
president of Burtech Industries.
- I'm sorry, sir, I
didn't recognize you.
You see, we've had a
Code Red in the area.
Well, if you'd like,
I can arrange for an
officer for an escort.
- No, that won't be necessary.
- No sir, really, it's
no problem at all.
I'll be right back.
- Greta?
(ominous music)
- [Greta] Hey!
Hey, just a minute.
(officer groaning)
(whip cracking)
(suspenseful music)
(whip cracking)
(officer groaning)
(electrical fizzling)
(officer groaning)
- [Dante Voiceover] Liana.
Liana.
Liana, where are you?
Let me see into your mind.
Let me see where you are.
(fighting commotion)
Who is with you?
(gagging)
- [Greta] Come here.
Get on your knees, baby.
- [Dante Voiceover] Ah, Greta.
(cracking)
Who is the intruder?
The human male?
- Remember that move, Greta.
Now get in.
Liana?
- [Dante Voiceover] Who is he?
- Burroughs.
- Liana?!
Now, come on!
- [Dante Voiceover] Escape.
- I can't.
- [Dante Voiceover] Why are
you crossing at that sector?
- Satellite security
down for two hours.
- Come on, now, damn it!
The guards are on their way!
- [Dante Voiceover] Go!
- [Burroughs]
Liana, let's go now!
(guards marching)
(tires screeching)
- [Guard] Who are these people?
- [Dante Voiceover]
Everyone loses to Dante.
- [Guard On Radio]
Code Red! Code Red!
Sector 23-019, officer down!
Available unites respond!
- One more.
- I think you've had enough.
- Hey, let's go check
out that Code Red.
- Forget it, John,
we're off the clock.
- Yeah.
You're right.
All that's left
is the paperwork.
- Come on.
We've got an early day tomorrow
and Cathy's probably
waiting up for you.
- No, I already called her.
She's in bed.
No action tonight.
(laughing)
- So you sure you
don't want a ride home?
- No, I'm fine man, go ahead.
- You sure?
- Please, go home, mother.
(chuckling)
I'll catch you tomorrow.
(somber music)
- Max, what's the status
on that Code Red emergency?
- False alarm.
- What's the
satellite recon show?
- Satellite recon was negative.
- Max, punch me up a
map of that sector.
All right, now
highlight the sectors
where the border patrol
left a pulse to respond.
(beeping)
(ominous music)
- [Guard] What are you
doing here, Grid Runner?
- Just getting a little
fresh air, how're you doing?
(chuckling)
(ominous music)
(beeping)
Hey, Max, taking
a few notes here.
I think I got like three
sets of footprints.
Two female, one male.
Looks like they crossed
the line at sector...
23-019.
Just passed the dam.
- [Max] 23-019.
(man groaning)
(foreboding music)
- Las Vegas Grid Patrol, freeze!
(menacing music)
I said, freeze!
(fizzling)
That's a warning!
Stop where you are!
Damn it, freeze!
(fizzling)
(menacing music)
(thudding)
(communicator chiming)
Max, looks like we're gonna
need an ambulance out here
at Hoover Dam.
(ominous music)
You've gotta be kidding me.
(thudding)
(groaning)
(crunching)
(swishing)
(grunting)
(dramatic music)
Mayday! Mayday!
Officer needs assistance.
Mayday! Mayday!
- Mayday! Mayday!
Officer needs assistance!
(crunching)
(menacing music)
(groaning)
- [Dante Voiceover]
Everyone loses to Dante.
(crunching)
(laughing)
- That's it.
We analyzed the black
box chip form his pippin.
He was chasing two
women and a man
who crossed illegally
into LA Grid.
- I'd like a copy of that, sir.
- Sorry.
We sent the description to LAPD.
It's their baby now.
- He was my partner.
- It's not your case and not
your place, don't push me.
- Sir, I don't trust the LAPD!
- As long as you're in
this department, Quarry,
you follow orders and procedure!
(ominous music)
- You'll have my
resignation in the morning.
- Pick up that badge.
Pick it up!
You're throwing your life
away, boy, your future!
Jobs like this
aren't easy to find.
You go out there and
get yourself killed.
You don't know
what you're doing!
- Yes I do.
- Look, Quarry, you get
out there anywhere near
these three people, you call me.
I'll arrange for back up,
clear it with the LAPD.
You got that?
I get a call before
you move, not after!
You understand?
(ominous music)
- Does Cathy know?
- No.
(dramatic music)
(buzzing)
- Cathy.
- Get out of my way!
Just get out of my way.
- I'm sorry.
- Just go away.
Go away!
(baby cooing)
If you leave now, none of
this has to happen, okay?
Just walk out that door
and take that bag with you
and John will come home and
everything will be just fine.
- I'm sorry, Cathy.
- John is just out drinking.
You know how he gets.
He starts having a good
time and he forgets to call
and dinner gets cold
and I get upset
but then he comes home and
we work everything out.
- He's not coming home.
- That's because
you got him killed!
(crying)
- No, I wasn't there.
I wish I had been.
I wish to God I had been.
I don't know what to say.
- I don't know what to do.
I already have his
anniversary present
and now...
- I think you should
call your sister.
Ask her to come over
and stay for awhile.
- Okay.
- Do you want me to do it?
- No.
No, I can handle it.
(dramatic music)
- Look,
I'm gonna take care of this.
You need to be strong.
You know he loved you.
- I know.
(baby cooing)
David?
Get the bastards.
(dramatic music)
(ominous music)
- Hey, Grid Runner!
Hey, Grid Runner,
I'm talking to you.
I heard you got fired.
Couldn't follow orders.
- I'm just here to check
out the crime scene.
- Police personnel only.
(suspenseful music)
- Three questions
and I'll let you go.
Did you find any
abandoned vehicles?
- No!
- Did you check the
Bullet Train to LA?
- Yeah.
Nothing.
- Check the roads?
- Waste of time.
They'd need a vehicle.
Hey!
It's true what they
say about Grid Runners.
You're just scum chasing scum.
(dramatic music)
- I don't know, John.
Would you go after them?
Or just get on with your life?
(chiming)
Mary, play this back for me.
(fizzling)
(beeping)
- [John] Mayday! Mayday!
Officer needs assistance!
Mayday! Mayday!
(Dante laughing)
(fizzling)
- Mary, who programmed
the Lethal Combat game?
- [Mary] Checking.
Information unavailable.
- Who pulled the file?
- Doctor Lawrence Cameron.
- Check his recent
credit purchases.
- Purchased ticket on Bullet
Train last night, 11:03.
Destination, Los Angeles.
(ominous music)
(whooshing)
(suspenseful music)
- [Announcer] Welcome
to the Los Angeles Grid.
A violence-free community.
We hope you enjoy your stay.
(electronic beeping)
- Ladies.
- Welcome home, Mr. Burroughs.
The entire staff of
the Los Angeles Grid
sends its greetings, sir.
- Well thank them
for me, Parness.
Ruby,
have our offshore
clients confirm
our little auction tomorrow?
- Yes, all but the People's
Republic of England.
- Well, God save the King.
Mr. Parness,
see them to their rooms.
I think they'll be
most comfortable
in the old Burtech warehouse.
See that they're well protected.
Ruby?
- Yes, Mr. Burroughs.
- People's Republic of
England, their Prime Minister,
I'd like to speak
to him right away.
- [Ruby] Yes, Mr. Burroughs.
(foreboding music)
- I'm sure you'll feel at home.
I want you here, two at the
front, two down the hall.
You come with me.
- [Burroughs] To the point,
please, I'm a very busy man.
- [Man] I'm sorry, sir,
there's a Nevada Grid Runner.
He's on his way to Los Angeles.
He might be chasing you.
His partner was
killed at the boarder.
- You should've stopped him.
- [Man] That's right, sir,
but he's gone renegade.
He turned in his badge.
They say he's a top
man in his department.
- I want his file, I
want his photograph
and I want it now!
(ominous music)
(printer beeping)
Parness!
This renegade border cop is
on his way here from Vegas.
I'd like for you to stop him.
Permanently.
Take your best men.
He's supposed to be good.
(beeping)
(suspenseful music)
- [Female Announcer] Last call.
Bullet train to
the Las Vegas Grid
departing from track nine.
- [Male Announcer] Welcome
to the Los Angeles Grid.
A violence-free community.
We hope you enjoy your stay.
(police sirens alarming)
(ominous music)
- Excuse me.
- You ain't going nowhere.
- Ha!
(suspenseful music)
(groaning)
- Just a minute, just a minute.
He's mine.
Should've stayed
in Vegas, Quarry.
- [David] Do I know you?
- [Parness] Let me
introduce myself.
(thudding)
(suspenseful beat music)
(thudding)
(police siren alarming)
(car tires screeching)
- Los Angeles Police Department!
Everyone remain where they are!
Hold it right there, buddy!
Hold it! Hold it!
Hold it, get back here!
- Just a minute, officer,
I'm sure you'll find
everything in order.
Hold it! Hold it! Hold it!
Go get him.
- Sorry for the
inconvenience, Mr. Parness.
- It's quite all right, officer.
- Have a good day.
- Thank you.
(suspenseful music)
- You're mine now, sucker!
(thudding)
(ominous music)
- [David] Prison barcode.
- [Dante Voiceover] Liana.
Greta.
Where are you?
Greta.
- Dante.
- [Dante Voiceover]
Where are you?
- They took us to a building
where we were created.
- [Dante Voiceover]
The Mainframe?
- [Greta Voiceover]
It's near there.
- [Dante Voiceover] You
must escape and come to me.
- [Greta Voiceover] I'm not
programmed for strategy.
- [Dante Voiceover]
Let me see the room.
(ominous music)
Good.
Very good, Greta.
Now listen to me carefully.
Here's what you do.
- Commander, they
were all ex-cons.
I saw a barcode on one of them.
But when the police
stopped them,
the leader showed his
ID and they let him go.
- [Doyle] That would take
political pull, Quarry.
Someone very powerful's
involved in this.
- Right.
How'd they know I
was coming to LA?
- They must have someone
in the department.
Until I find out
who the leak is,
don't talk to anyone except me.
- It's gonna be light soon.
I gotta find a
place to hide out.
- What hotel are you staying in?
- I don't know.
(police radio commotion)
I gotta go.
(ominous music)
(communicator chiming)
Mary,
get me the address for
Burtech Industries.
(foreboding music)
(somber beat music)
(communicator chiming)
Mary, get me a bio
on Dr. Cameron.
- Tracking.
Dr. Lawrence Cameron.
Born, Vienna, Austria.
Specialist in cyber
plasmic theory.
Studied cloning
technology at Stanford.
- Wait.
What's cyber plasmic theory?
- Cloning from a
computer program.
Dr. Cameron, in
his latest paper,
theorizes that in
the near future,
we will be able to maintain
a central data bank
of computer encoded
specifications for
replacement limbs.
(communicator chiming)
- What'd you see
out there, John?
(shushing)
(foreboding music)
(whipping)
(groaning)
- Bring me the keys.
(gagging)
Do it!
(thudding)
(suspenseful music)
- [Guard] Hey! Hey!
(thudding)
- We've gotta find Dante.
- I'm not going with him.
- Mr. Burroughs!
Mr. Burroughs!
They've escaped, sir.
- They won't get far.
Track them.
I can always kill them.
- Yes, sir.
Let's go!
(ominous music)
(dramatic beat music)
(swishing)
(Dante laughing)
(people chattering)
(somber music)
- Try it?
Here you go.
Apart and take
your middle finger.
Perfect.
Here you go, you got it.
(chuckling)
Please, don't.
Don't!
Stop!
Ew!
- She said no!
(whimpering)
(thudding)
(groaning)
Are you okay?
- Yes.
- I'm Quarry.
- I'm Liana.
(clanking)
Who are you hiding from?
- I'm just here
helping a friend.
You're on the run?
- No, I just need
some place to stay.
- That's probably got
a tracking chip in it.
They'll find you.
Come on.
We'll get it off.
(somber music)
(door creaking)
(communicator chiming)
Mary, give me a systems analysis
on this tracking device.
- [Mary] Tracking.
(beeping)
Tonco Pressure Band.
- Just tell me how to remove it.
- [Mary] After
disengaging tamper system,
both halves must be
removed simultaneously
or band will activate and
crush the neck of wearer
at 500 PSI.
- How do I deactivate
the tamper system?
- I can scramble the system
for you for 1.743 seconds.
If you have not removed
the band within that time,
you will receive a lethal
jolt of electrical current.
I can not recommend this, David.
- Hold this.
(dramatic music)
Ready?
Mary, scramble it.
- [Mary] Scrambling now.
(fizzling)
(gasping)
- Are you all right?
- Yes.
What a strong man you are.
Why don't you help me
off with my clothes?
(somber music)
What's wrong?
- [David] I hardly know you.
- But you could get to know me.
Come on, Quarry.
Why don't you help me
off with my clothes?
What's wrong?
You don't like me?
Is there something
wrong with me?
I thought I was appealing.
- It's not that.
It's just--
- What am I doing wrong, Quarry?
I try to do everything
that men want.
- You should try to
do what you want.
- I don't know what I want.
I'm not allowed to
think like that.
- Don't.
Don't cry.
- Cry?
It's strange, I've
never cried before.
- It's okay.
- Please hold me.
(somber music)
(dramatic music)
Mmmm.
(dramatic music)
(footsteps thumping)
- How'd they find me?
- Those men are after me.
(ominous music)
- Go!
(suspenseful music)
(groaning)
(swishing)
(thudding)
(suspenseful music)
(crunching)
(groaning)
(yelling)
(thudding)
(ominous music)
(taser buzzing)
Let's go!
(suspenseful music)
(booming)
(tasers fizzling)
(fire crackling)
- [Burroughs] Yes, Mr. Parness?
- I'm sorry, sir,
I've lost them.
- [Burroughs] Find them.
(suspenseful music)
(helicopter buzzing)
- [David] This way!
(helicopter buzzing)
- Why are those men chasing you?
- I'm a Las Vegas Grid Runner.
My partner was tracking
two women and a man.
They killed him when
they crossed the border.
I'm after them and I
must be getting close.
- [Liana] The three
that you're after
didn't kill your partner.
- [David] How do you know?
- [Liana] Because
I'm one of the women.
- Then you're with Cameron.
- Dr. Cameron's dead.
Dr. Cameron was killed
right after I was created.
- Created you?
What are you talking about?
- Dr. Cameron cloned me from
a virtual reality program
with Greta, another
artificial life.
- [David] Artificial life?
- It's true.
I am a program.
(dramatic music)
What's wrong?
- Then who killed my partner?
- [Liana] The killer
from Lethal Combat.
- Lethal Combat?
What level?
Who is it?
- Dante.
He killed Dr. Cameron
and your partner.
Now he's here and he wants
to reactivate the tank.
All the killers from
virtual reality,
he's gonna bring
them back to life.
(ominous music)
- Let's go.
(dramatic beat music)
(train horn blowing)
We have to find Dante.
Can you help?
- No, I'm not programmed to--
- You're not a computer
program anymore.
You understand?
- Yes.
I should do whatever
I want to do.
But maybe I can help.
(dramatic beat music)
(huffing)
- What's the matter?
- [Dante Voiceover]
She's calling me.
Can't you hear her?
Someone's with her.
I can feel him.
- Can you see where she is?
- [Dante Voiceover] Yes.
Bright colored signs.
Japan Town.
(ominous music)
- I think it worked.
- Great, let's go.
- Mr. Burroughs.
We found one of the A-lifers.
Little Tokyo, we're
headed there now.
(somber beat music)
- What's wrong?
- I can feel him.
(somber beat music)
There he is.
- Dante.
(Dante grunting)
(thudding)
- [Dante Voiceover]
You are mine.
We were created for each
other like light and darkness.
(ominous music)
(thudding)
(suspenseful music)
(thudding)
(yelling)
(whooshing)
(communicator chiming)
- Mary, analyze.
What killed her?
- Solid hits to precisely
the same location
compress the A-lifer's
molecular structure
causing a breakdown
in electrical impulses
at 500 PSI against solid matter.
- 500 PSI.
Solid matter.
(foreboding beat music)
(thudding)
(fizzling)
(fighting commotion)
- [Dante Voiceover] Liana.
Liana!
(ominous music)
(banging)
- We got her, Mr. Burroughs.
We should be to you in
approximately 20 minutes.
Mr. Burroughs is
very upset with you.
- [Mary] Commander
Doyle on the line.
(communicator chiming)
- [Doyle] Quarry?
- Sir, I know who killed Gibson.
It was an A-lifer.
- How can a computer
program kill someone?
- A scientist name
Cameron was experimenting
with cloning from computer data.
He cloned three VR characters.
- Cameron was murdered.
- I know that but remember
when you said powerful
might be involved in this?
- Yes.
- There's a major corporation.
- Not another word.
This isn't a secure line.
Where are you?
- Hotel Terioshi, Little Tokyo.
- Hold tight, I'll be there
in an hour and a half.
Whatever you do, don't
talk to the LAPD.
We don't know if
they're in this or not.
(chiming)
(ominous music)
- What about the other one?
- No reading on her at all.
- This will keep you
on your best behavior.
- You don't own me!
(buzzing)
- Well, my, my, my.
You've forgotten
your programming.
You're supposed to
do what you're told.
Now find the other one and
kill that damn border cop.
It's no big deal, just do it.
- Yes, sir.
(ominous music)
- Cloning A-lifers,
that's amazing.
- Look, Dante's trying
to get to the mainframe.
If he does,
he can dimensionalize every
VR character in the data bank.
We have to shut
down the mainframe.
- We can't.
The city uses that
computer for code red calls
and emergency services.
How do you know Mr.
Burroughs is involved?
- This is on one of
the female A-lifers.
- What happened to her?
- She's gone.
- This is too big for us.
We can't go barging in
and arresting someone
like J.C. Burroughs
without a ton of evidence!
This is not enough.
I think we should turn
it over to the Feds.
- There isn't enough time.
- Those are my orders, Quarry!
Drop it and turn it
over to the Feds!
- I don't take orders
from you anymore.
(foreboding music)
(yelling)
(thudding)
(glass shattering)
(ominous music)
(suspenseful music)
(swishing)
(fizzling)
- [Male Computer Voice]
Access is accepted.
(somber beat music)
(chiming)
- Mary,
pull up Commander
Doyle's hand print.
- [Mary] Yes.
Processing.
Complete.
(fizzling)
- [Male Computer Voice]
Access is excepted.
(suspenseful beat music)
- Hey!
(thudding)
- No, no.
(shushing)
(sighing)
- [Mary] Yes, David?
- Sorry, Mary, this
is where we split up.
- It's been a pleasure
working with you, David.
(doors humming)
- [Burroughs] Mr. Parness,
what am I gonna do with you?
We keep Liana from escaping
and you retrieve
Greta from Japan Town.
The Grid Runner, I'd like
to deal with him personally.
So get him here, understood?
(fizzling)
(grunting)
- Here's that nosy cop!
- I understand
you're not very good
at following orders, Mr. Quarry.
- I guess sometimes I
just go over the line.
- Who's this?
- My partner, John Gibson.
Your boss got him killed.
- Well maybe he'll
do the same for you.
- Well, I've been saving
something very special.
And now
it seems like
the perfect occasion.
Now, there's only one bullet
but that's all it takes.
- You can shoot me but
what're you gonna do
about the third A-lifer?
(gun clicking)
(chuckling)
- What third A-lifer?
- Dante from Lethal Combat.
He killed Dr. Cameron
and escaped when you
left the Vegas Grid.
(chuckling)
Now he's coming here.
- Good try.
(gun clicking)
So Dante did escape.
More power to him.
(gun clicking)
- He wants to free other
killers from the mainframe.
- We'll take care of them.
(gun clicking)
Well,
you're a lucky man, Mr. Quarry.
Any final prayers before
you meet your maker?
- Hail Mary,
(computer chiming)
full of grace.
- [Mary With Male's
Voice] Open up, FBI!
We have you surrounded!
(booming)
(thudding)
(alarm buzzing)
- Bad choice, scumbag.
(beeping)
(booming)
(fighting commotion)
(yelling)
(suspenseful music)
(laughing)
(yelling)
(thudding)
(swishing)
(alarm buzzing)
- Liana!
(suspenseful music)
- Guard!
I want the helicopter and
I want it in the plaza now!
- Yes, sir, Mr. Burroughs.
- Move!
(fizzling)
(gagging)
You do as your told or I'll
destroy you, understand?
Move!
(suspenseful music)
The door!
(helicopter whizzing)
(ominous music)
- Burroughs!
- [Burroughs] Back
off or she's dead!
- Let her go and
I'll let you live!
- Go back to Vegas, cop!
You're out of your league!
I'll do it.
- Go ahead.
Kill her.
She's just a computer
program anyway.
(swishing)
(yelling)
(suspenseful music)
(gunshots booming)
- Quarry, that's far enough.
(beeping)
(beeping)
No!
No!
(cracking)
(gagging)
(crunching)
(menacing music)
(taser fizzing)
(dramatic music)
(gunshots booming)
(explosion rumbling)
- Are you all right?
- Dante, he's in the building.
He's headed towards
the Mainframe.
(suspenseful music)
- Hold it right there!
(taser fizzing)
Intruder in hallway 7-B.
All units respond!
(groaning)
(suspenseful music)
(thudding)
(gagging)
(thudding)
(groaning)
- Computer control room's
just around the corner.
Quarry!
- [Dante Voiceover] You don't
want me to hurt her, do you?
- Let her go.
- [Dante Voiceover]
Leave, little man.
(Dante laughing)
Leave and I'll let her live.
- That's not gonna happen.
- [Dante Voiceover] You
should have listened.
Then watch her die.
(crunching)
(dramatic music)
(fizzling)
(computer beeping)
(ominous music)
- [Female Computer
Voice] Access accepted.
- [Dante Voiceover] Power supply
for Dr. Cameron's
lab in Las Vegas.
- [Male Computer Voice]
Lab power reactivated.
- [Dante Voiceover]
Soon, my friends,
soon you will all be free.
Re-engage power to
protoplasm tank.
- [Male Computer Voice]
Protoplasm power engaged.
- [Female Computer
Voice] Tank activated.
Artificial life creation
sequence countdown has begun.
- [Dante Voiceover] Excellent.
Excellent.
- Dante!
- [Dante Voiceover] You're
too late, little man.
It has already begun.
And only this can stop it.
My friends from the
games will be free.
Are you prepared to lose again?
- I'm not gonna lose.
This time
it's not a game.
(Dante laughing)
(dramatic music)
(thudding)
- [Dante Voiceover]
You can't win.
You helped make me stronger.
Every time you fought
me, I got better.
(groaning)
(dramatic music)
(suspenseful music)
(groaning)
You've had my power
until I became
the very champion of darkness,
your darkness.
Your evil.
(yelling)
(swishing)
(groaning)
(suspenseful music)
(yelling)
(grunting)
(booming)
(suspenseful music)
(booming)
(ominous beat music)
(beeping)
(Dante laughing)
Is this what you want?
The power?
My power?
(Dante laughing)
(beeping)
(suspenseful music)
(ominous beat music)
(steam hissing)
I was created in your image
but I do not play by your rules.
(fizzling)
(ominous beat music)
(fizzling)
(swishing)
(yelling)
(metal clinking)
(suspenseful music)
(grunting)
(glass shattering)
(groaning)
(menacing music)
(swishing)
(squelching)
(whooshing)
(thudding)
(laughing)
(dramatic music)
I can read your
thoughts, little man.
I can anticipate
your every move.
You can't kill me.
I learned my best moves from you
and you're so predictable.
(suspenseful music)
(thudding)
(Dante groaning)
(growling)
(David yelling)
That's why you can't kill me.
It would be like killing
a part of yourself.
(thudding)
(yelling)
(thudding)
(yelling)
(groaning)
(fizzling)
- Game over.
(ominous music)
(alarm buzzing)
(beeping)
(suspenseful music)
- [Female Computer
Voice] Program abort.
Program abort.
System shutdown.
Tank deactivated.
(bubbling)
(dramatic beat music)
- [David] He made this for you.
- Thank you, David.
Thank you for everything.
(baby cooing)
- Quarry?
- You know which program.
- Mhmm.
(computer chiming)
(pleasant music)
- I'm so glad you came.
- You're crying.
Are you sad?
- No, I'm very happy.
(dramatic beat music)
(somber beat music)
(exciting beat music)
(ominous music)
(man breathing)
(mechanical humming)
(dramatic beat music)
(fizzling)
(thudding)
(groaning)
(yelling)
- [Male Computer Voice] You
have chosen well, David Quarry.
Will you proceed?
- [David] Advance
me to level six.
(mechanical humming)
(dramatic beat music)
(stomping)
(ominous music)
(grunting)
(suspenseful music)
(thudding)
(groaning)
(yelling)
- [Male Computer Voice] You
have chosen well once again.
Will you proceed to level seven?
- [David] Yes.
(ominous music)
(swishing)
(suspenseful music)
(thudding)
(groaning)
- Hi-yah!
(swishing)
(thudding)
Yah!
(groaning)
(suspenseful music)
(yelling)
(groaning)
(squelching)
- [Male Computer Voice]
You have chosen will.
Will you proceed to level eight?
- No, advance me to level ten.
(wind howling)
(somber music)
(fizzling)
(foreboding beat music)
- [Demon Voiceover] So,
we meet again, little man.
Are you prepared to lose?
(swishing)
(groaning)
(thudding)
(suspenseful music)
(laughing)
I am Lethal Combat.
Come, give me your rage!
(thudding)
(groaning)
You can't beat me a my own game.
I don't play by your rules.
I can read your every thought.
(thudding)
(groaning)
(yelling)
(crunching)
(slicing)
(gasping)
You have chosen
poorly, David Quarry.
Everyone loses to Dante!
(screaming)
(evil laughing)
(David groaning)
(computer beeping)
- [Male Computer Voice]
Warning, warning.
Engage manual override.
(gasping)
It is not safe to exit program.
(computer chiming)
- Lose on level ten again?
You can't win, Quarry.
Everyone loses on level ten.
I'm telling you, you
gotta try cybersex.
You always win, even if
you're not an expert.
- No thanks.
- What's wrong with cybersex?
It's guilt free, disease free
sex with a perfect woman.
- It's a computer program, John.
You're having sex
with a machine.
- Ah, but a beautiful machine.
One with big microchips.
(somber beat music)
- Stay at the
luxurious Rivera Hotel,
the finest in gaming
and entertainment.
Around the clock gambling
and all the alcoholic
beverages you can.
Oh, the Riviera offers rooms
special to qualified guests,
of course, like you.
No Las Vegas great
vacation would be complete
without visiting the Burtech
Virtual Reality Arcade.
Oh, play the forbidden games.
Full body cybersex,
Lethal Combat
and western gunslinger body
experience of a lifetime!
Oh!
- May I help you?
Ready to play the
forbidden games?
- Yeah, two singles,
my wife and I.
- May I suggest the
everything ticket?
Two days of unlimited play
for only 20 thousand credits.
A significant savings over--
- No, no, just two
singles please.
- Hmm, well, choose your game.
(cash register beeping)
- [Female Computer Voice]
Welcome to Cybersex
by Burtech Industries.
Press any key to continue.
- I'm Greta and I'll
give you some discipline.
(woman moaning)
- [Chainsaw Woman] I'm Bambi.
- I'm Debbie and I'm lonely.
Wanna play with me?
(computer chiming)
- [Female Computer Voice]
Thank you for your selection.
Please press any
key to continue.
(computer chiming)
(yelling)
(grunting)
- [Man] Oh baby.
(man moaning)
I want you, so choose me.
- [Female Computer Voice]
Thank you for your selection
and for experiencing
Cybersex by Burtech.
- I want Ken.
- You naughty girl.
Well, that'll be five
thousand credits.
75 hundred including tax.
Here's your card.
Your tickets.
Door is to your right.
Enjoy.
- Take me to Ken's world.
- Give me Debbie.
Stop me at level five.
(chuckling)
- I don't think so.
(computer beeping)
(whooshing)
- I've been dying to meet you.
I've heard so much about you.
- Yeah?
- Yeah.
Like what?
- Oh, you're so modest.
You're just my type.
Oh, what a big boy you are.
Oh, Fred.
Take me!
- [Fred] Oh, Debbie.
Oh!
Oh, Debbie!
(ominous music)
(computer beeping)
(foreboding music)
- [Male Computer Voice]
Prepare to engage.
(phones ringing)
Link accepted.
Pornography select.
Mind Expanders select.
- [Woman Computer Voice]
Unauthorized entry.
Further access denied.
- [Male Computer
Voice] Downloading.
(alarm beeping)
Warning!
Software robbery in progress.
Warning!
- Sir, data bank
robbery in progress
in sector 7-0-9.
(ominous music)
- Put in Sheckly and Smith.
- Yes, sir.
- [Male Computer Voice]
Officers on route.
(suspenseful music)
- [Officer] Hold it!
Los Angeles Police!
(thudding)
(foreboding music)
(thudding)
(groaning)
(cracking)
(ominous beat music)
- [Male Computer
Voice] Officer down.
Officer down.
- Check in on Smith
and Hendricks.
Call paramedics.
Mobilize Grid Runner Unit.
- Right away, sir.
(ominous music)
Station command to
all Grid Runner Units.
There's been a security
breach in Sector 7-0-9.
Be on the lookout
for male suspects
at all border checkpoints.
(somber beat music)
- We're at the dam, Mary.
- Five suspects from
data bank robbery
are proceeding south,
attempting to cross the boarder
at Sector 15-07.
Caution.
Suspects are armed
and dangerous.
- We're all over it.
(whooshing)
(suspenseful music)
(police siren alarming)
(tires screeching)
- Got this one.
(thudding)
(men groaning)
You don't wanna do this.
(thudding)
(cracking)
(groaning)
(suspenseful music)
(fizzling)
Looks like I saved
your butt again, man.
- Never let a guy
have any fun, do you?
- How many times do
I gotta tell you?
Wear the taser.
(computer chiming)
- Mary, tell command we
need a wagon out here
and make sure they know there
isn't any uniform for miles.
- Yes, David.
- Dr. Lawrence Cameron
for Mr. Burroughs.
- I know who you
are, Dr. Cameron.
You know the routine.
(beeping)
- [Male Computer
Voice] No weapons.
Clear for entry.
- Access accepted, proceed.
(dramatic organ music)
(clapping)
- Dr. Cameron.
- I have something I
think you should see.
- Another cloning experiment.
- Down in my lab.
It will only take
15 minutes or so.
- I'll give you 10.
(pleasant music)
- Hello, handsome.
I'm Liana.
I've been waiting to meet you.
Waiting to please you.
I'll do anything that you want.
So play me.
- Well, what do
you think of her?
(chuckling)
- She's perfect, of course.
But I've seen her
program before.
- What if she wasn't
just a program?
What if I could make her real?
You see,
this is my protoplasm tank.
It's filled with a complex--
- In English, Cameron, please.
We're not all experts in
cyber plasma theory, you know.
- There are no cells
used in cloning.
Manufactured cells
that become anything
with DNA engineering.
Behold.
(pleasant music)
- Damn.
She's real.
- Of course I am.
I've been waiting to meet you.
I've heard so much about you.
- You see, this Liana
is a duplicate program.
Dimensionalized from
virtual reality to reality
by copying a program
from MD-Rom to disc.
Only I have copied a program
to living cells
and this is the result.
- Can you make more than one?
- No.
The configuration of the
artificial intelligence circuits
of the Los Angeles mainframe
allow for only one Liana
to exist at a time.
But there are thousands of
other cybersex programs.
- Come here.
There are people who
will pay millions
for a black market
Liana VR program.
I wonder how much they'd
pay for the real Liana.
It's artificial life.
It's A-life.
- And replenishable.
- There's one problem, sir.
Even though she's been programed
to serve whoever plays her,
she's also been
programmed to learn
which may present some
difficulty in controlling her.
That's why I've invented this.
Any constant
pressure over 500 PSI
will cause deterioration.
A slight jolt will cause pain.
She's all yours.
(buzzing)
(gasping)
- Ruby, make appointments with
all our overseas customers.
They must meet me in person,
Los Angeles headquarters,
Burtech, on Tuesday.
Make sure they understand that
anybody who does not attend
will be frozen out of all
future Burtech properties.
- Yes, Mr. Burroughs.
- Cameron,
how much does each unit cost?
- Millions of cells involved.
- Have an analysis on my
desk on Monday at noon.
Who is the second most
popular cybersex program?
- Greta, the dominatrix.
- Make one for me.
- Parness?
- [Parness] Yes, Mr. Burroughs.
I'd like to see you here in
the lab, immediately please.
(ominous music)
(computer chiming)
- [Female Computer
Voice] Access accepted.
(bubbling)
Tank activated.
(tank bubbling)
(dramatic music)
- Absolutely fabulous.
Parness, I need to
transport these two samples
into the Los Angeles Grid
without going through
security checkpoints.
- Well, the Bullet Train
requires ident-o-credit,
I could cross the boarder at
Arizona and take the old I-40.
- Have a plan on my
desk at five o'clock.
- Right.
- Cameron, you've
outdone yourself.
There will be a
bonus on your desk
at the end of the month.
Well done.
- You gotta lighten up, David.
Start using your credit for
something other than training.
Hell, that's half the reason
I became a Grid Runner.
Unlimited use of VR.
All work, no play.
- It's gonna get me
past level 10 someday.
- Oh, you're a poet.
- By the way, what does
Cathy think about cybersex?
- What do you mean?
- Does she do it?
- She did before
we were married.
- And now?
- Well, it just so
happens we discussed it.
So I made her
this, check it out.
It's my virtual self.
That way, when she's
having cybersex,
it won't be with a stranger.
Of course, I made
some improvements.
Some things a little smaller
and other things a little
bigger, if you know what I mean?
- You mean, he's not
a quick draw like you.
(laughing)
(ominous music)
- [Female Computer
Voice] Tank activated.
(tank bubbling)
(foreboding music)
Tank shut down.
(computer chiming)
(gasping)
- What do you want?
- [Dante Voiceover] I
have friends trapped
in your mainframe prison.
Get them out, now!
(computer chiming)
- [Female Computer
Voice] Access accepted.
Tank activated.
(bubbling)
- [Dante Voiceover]
Con from level seven.
Welcome.
- [Female Computer
Voice] System abort!
Mainframe override.
May not be restarted
from this location.
- [Dante Voiceover]
What have you done?
- The tank is
completely shut down.
- [Dante Voiceover] Start it!
- I can't.
The only way to
reactivate the tank
is through the mainframe
of the Los Angeles Grid.
(groaning)
(cracking)
(thudding)
(men grunting)
(suspenseful music)
- [Guard] Hey, hey helmet!
(groaning)
(cracking)
- [Dante Voiceover]
No one beats Dante!
(yelling)
(groaning)
(foreboding music)
(electrical fizzling)
- We'll wait until nightfall.
When the boarder
guards all leave,
we'll have about five
minutes to cross.
- Aren't there
surveillance satellites?
- A section of the grid
will be blacked out
for two hours due to a
computer malfunction.
(traffic commotion)
- Gentlemen, what can I get you?
- Beer!
- Coffee.
- Coming right up.
- You might as well work
at the LA Grid or New York.
Keep up the goody
two-shoes routine
and they're gonna ship
you off to the Ohio Grid.
I hear you have to be married
to even look at a
naked woman there.
- Here you go, gentlemen.
- Come on, what's up with you?
You've been acting weird
for the past six months.
- I've been training.
- For what, the
tight-ass Olympics?
- I wanna get passed level 10.
- Dante.
It's a computer program.
You can't beat a computer
at a computer game.
It's impossible.
I'm worried about you, Quarry.
I mean, if you stopped
drinking for a good reason,
like her over there,
at least I could understand.
To change your whole
lifestyle for a computer game?
And you think I'm weird for
wasting my credits on cybersex.
(ominous music)
- [Officer] Holt!
Holt right there!
Just step out of
the vehicle, sir.
- Do you know who I am?
- Just step out.
- I'm John Carter Burroughs,
president of Burtech Industries.
- I'm sorry, sir, I
didn't recognize you.
You see, we've had a
Code Red in the area.
Well, if you'd like,
I can arrange for an
officer for an escort.
- No, that won't be necessary.
- No sir, really, it's
no problem at all.
I'll be right back.
- Greta?
(ominous music)
- [Greta] Hey!
Hey, just a minute.
(officer groaning)
(whip cracking)
(suspenseful music)
(whip cracking)
(officer groaning)
(electrical fizzling)
(officer groaning)
- [Dante Voiceover] Liana.
Liana.
Liana, where are you?
Let me see into your mind.
Let me see where you are.
(fighting commotion)
Who is with you?
(gagging)
- [Greta] Come here.
Get on your knees, baby.
- [Dante Voiceover] Ah, Greta.
(cracking)
Who is the intruder?
The human male?
- Remember that move, Greta.
Now get in.
Liana?
- [Dante Voiceover] Who is he?
- Burroughs.
- Liana?!
Now, come on!
- [Dante Voiceover] Escape.
- I can't.
- [Dante Voiceover] Why are
you crossing at that sector?
- Satellite security
down for two hours.
- Come on, now, damn it!
The guards are on their way!
- [Dante Voiceover] Go!
- [Burroughs]
Liana, let's go now!
(guards marching)
(tires screeching)
- [Guard] Who are these people?
- [Dante Voiceover]
Everyone loses to Dante.
- [Guard On Radio]
Code Red! Code Red!
Sector 23-019, officer down!
Available unites respond!
- One more.
- I think you've had enough.
- Hey, let's go check
out that Code Red.
- Forget it, John,
we're off the clock.
- Yeah.
You're right.
All that's left
is the paperwork.
- Come on.
We've got an early day tomorrow
and Cathy's probably
waiting up for you.
- No, I already called her.
She's in bed.
No action tonight.
(laughing)
- So you sure you
don't want a ride home?
- No, I'm fine man, go ahead.
- You sure?
- Please, go home, mother.
(chuckling)
I'll catch you tomorrow.
(somber music)
- Max, what's the status
on that Code Red emergency?
- False alarm.
- What's the
satellite recon show?
- Satellite recon was negative.
- Max, punch me up a
map of that sector.
All right, now
highlight the sectors
where the border patrol
left a pulse to respond.
(beeping)
(ominous music)
- [Guard] What are you
doing here, Grid Runner?
- Just getting a little
fresh air, how're you doing?
(chuckling)
(ominous music)
(beeping)
Hey, Max, taking
a few notes here.
I think I got like three
sets of footprints.
Two female, one male.
Looks like they crossed
the line at sector...
23-019.
Just passed the dam.
- [Max] 23-019.
(man groaning)
(foreboding music)
- Las Vegas Grid Patrol, freeze!
(menacing music)
I said, freeze!
(fizzling)
That's a warning!
Stop where you are!
Damn it, freeze!
(fizzling)
(menacing music)
(thudding)
(communicator chiming)
Max, looks like we're gonna
need an ambulance out here
at Hoover Dam.
(ominous music)
You've gotta be kidding me.
(thudding)
(groaning)
(crunching)
(swishing)
(grunting)
(dramatic music)
Mayday! Mayday!
Officer needs assistance.
Mayday! Mayday!
- Mayday! Mayday!
Officer needs assistance!
(crunching)
(menacing music)
(groaning)
- [Dante Voiceover]
Everyone loses to Dante.
(crunching)
(laughing)
- That's it.
We analyzed the black
box chip form his pippin.
He was chasing two
women and a man
who crossed illegally
into LA Grid.
- I'd like a copy of that, sir.
- Sorry.
We sent the description to LAPD.
It's their baby now.
- He was my partner.
- It's not your case and not
your place, don't push me.
- Sir, I don't trust the LAPD!
- As long as you're in
this department, Quarry,
you follow orders and procedure!
(ominous music)
- You'll have my
resignation in the morning.
- Pick up that badge.
Pick it up!
You're throwing your life
away, boy, your future!
Jobs like this
aren't easy to find.
You go out there and
get yourself killed.
You don't know
what you're doing!
- Yes I do.
- Look, Quarry, you get
out there anywhere near
these three people, you call me.
I'll arrange for back up,
clear it with the LAPD.
You got that?
I get a call before
you move, not after!
You understand?
(ominous music)
- Does Cathy know?
- No.
(dramatic music)
(buzzing)
- Cathy.
- Get out of my way!
Just get out of my way.
- I'm sorry.
- Just go away.
Go away!
(baby cooing)
If you leave now, none of
this has to happen, okay?
Just walk out that door
and take that bag with you
and John will come home and
everything will be just fine.
- I'm sorry, Cathy.
- John is just out drinking.
You know how he gets.
He starts having a good
time and he forgets to call
and dinner gets cold
and I get upset
but then he comes home and
we work everything out.
- He's not coming home.
- That's because
you got him killed!
(crying)
- No, I wasn't there.
I wish I had been.
I wish to God I had been.
I don't know what to say.
- I don't know what to do.
I already have his
anniversary present
and now...
- I think you should
call your sister.
Ask her to come over
and stay for awhile.
- Okay.
- Do you want me to do it?
- No.
No, I can handle it.
(dramatic music)
- Look,
I'm gonna take care of this.
You need to be strong.
You know he loved you.
- I know.
(baby cooing)
David?
Get the bastards.
(dramatic music)
(ominous music)
- Hey, Grid Runner!
Hey, Grid Runner,
I'm talking to you.
I heard you got fired.
Couldn't follow orders.
- I'm just here to check
out the crime scene.
- Police personnel only.
(suspenseful music)
- Three questions
and I'll let you go.
Did you find any
abandoned vehicles?
- No!
- Did you check the
Bullet Train to LA?
- Yeah.
Nothing.
- Check the roads?
- Waste of time.
They'd need a vehicle.
Hey!
It's true what they
say about Grid Runners.
You're just scum chasing scum.
(dramatic music)
- I don't know, John.
Would you go after them?
Or just get on with your life?
(chiming)
Mary, play this back for me.
(fizzling)
(beeping)
- [John] Mayday! Mayday!
Officer needs assistance!
Mayday! Mayday!
(Dante laughing)
(fizzling)
- Mary, who programmed
the Lethal Combat game?
- [Mary] Checking.
Information unavailable.
- Who pulled the file?
- Doctor Lawrence Cameron.
- Check his recent
credit purchases.
- Purchased ticket on Bullet
Train last night, 11:03.
Destination, Los Angeles.
(ominous music)
(whooshing)
(suspenseful music)
- [Announcer] Welcome
to the Los Angeles Grid.
A violence-free community.
We hope you enjoy your stay.
(electronic beeping)
- Ladies.
- Welcome home, Mr. Burroughs.
The entire staff of
the Los Angeles Grid
sends its greetings, sir.
- Well thank them
for me, Parness.
Ruby,
have our offshore
clients confirm
our little auction tomorrow?
- Yes, all but the People's
Republic of England.
- Well, God save the King.
Mr. Parness,
see them to their rooms.
I think they'll be
most comfortable
in the old Burtech warehouse.
See that they're well protected.
Ruby?
- Yes, Mr. Burroughs.
- People's Republic of
England, their Prime Minister,
I'd like to speak
to him right away.
- [Ruby] Yes, Mr. Burroughs.
(foreboding music)
- I'm sure you'll feel at home.
I want you here, two at the
front, two down the hall.
You come with me.
- [Burroughs] To the point,
please, I'm a very busy man.
- [Man] I'm sorry, sir,
there's a Nevada Grid Runner.
He's on his way to Los Angeles.
He might be chasing you.
His partner was
killed at the boarder.
- You should've stopped him.
- [Man] That's right, sir,
but he's gone renegade.
He turned in his badge.
They say he's a top
man in his department.
- I want his file, I
want his photograph
and I want it now!
(ominous music)
(printer beeping)
Parness!
This renegade border cop is
on his way here from Vegas.
I'd like for you to stop him.
Permanently.
Take your best men.
He's supposed to be good.
(beeping)
(suspenseful music)
- [Female Announcer] Last call.
Bullet train to
the Las Vegas Grid
departing from track nine.
- [Male Announcer] Welcome
to the Los Angeles Grid.
A violence-free community.
We hope you enjoy your stay.
(police sirens alarming)
(ominous music)
- Excuse me.
- You ain't going nowhere.
- Ha!
(suspenseful music)
(groaning)
- Just a minute, just a minute.
He's mine.
Should've stayed
in Vegas, Quarry.
- [David] Do I know you?
- [Parness] Let me
introduce myself.
(thudding)
(suspenseful beat music)
(thudding)
(police siren alarming)
(car tires screeching)
- Los Angeles Police Department!
Everyone remain where they are!
Hold it right there, buddy!
Hold it! Hold it!
Hold it, get back here!
- Just a minute, officer,
I'm sure you'll find
everything in order.
Hold it! Hold it! Hold it!
Go get him.
- Sorry for the
inconvenience, Mr. Parness.
- It's quite all right, officer.
- Have a good day.
- Thank you.
(suspenseful music)
- You're mine now, sucker!
(thudding)
(ominous music)
- [David] Prison barcode.
- [Dante Voiceover] Liana.
Greta.
Where are you?
Greta.
- Dante.
- [Dante Voiceover]
Where are you?
- They took us to a building
where we were created.
- [Dante Voiceover]
The Mainframe?
- [Greta Voiceover]
It's near there.
- [Dante Voiceover] You
must escape and come to me.
- [Greta Voiceover] I'm not
programmed for strategy.
- [Dante Voiceover]
Let me see the room.
(ominous music)
Good.
Very good, Greta.
Now listen to me carefully.
Here's what you do.
- Commander, they
were all ex-cons.
I saw a barcode on one of them.
But when the police
stopped them,
the leader showed his
ID and they let him go.
- [Doyle] That would take
political pull, Quarry.
Someone very powerful's
involved in this.
- Right.
How'd they know I
was coming to LA?
- They must have someone
in the department.
Until I find out
who the leak is,
don't talk to anyone except me.
- It's gonna be light soon.
I gotta find a
place to hide out.
- What hotel are you staying in?
- I don't know.
(police radio commotion)
I gotta go.
(ominous music)
(communicator chiming)
Mary,
get me the address for
Burtech Industries.
(foreboding music)
(somber beat music)
(communicator chiming)
Mary, get me a bio
on Dr. Cameron.
- Tracking.
Dr. Lawrence Cameron.
Born, Vienna, Austria.
Specialist in cyber
plasmic theory.
Studied cloning
technology at Stanford.
- Wait.
What's cyber plasmic theory?
- Cloning from a
computer program.
Dr. Cameron, in
his latest paper,
theorizes that in
the near future,
we will be able to maintain
a central data bank
of computer encoded
specifications for
replacement limbs.
(communicator chiming)
- What'd you see
out there, John?
(shushing)
(foreboding music)
(whipping)
(groaning)
- Bring me the keys.
(gagging)
Do it!
(thudding)
(suspenseful music)
- [Guard] Hey! Hey!
(thudding)
- We've gotta find Dante.
- I'm not going with him.
- Mr. Burroughs!
Mr. Burroughs!
They've escaped, sir.
- They won't get far.
Track them.
I can always kill them.
- Yes, sir.
Let's go!
(ominous music)
(dramatic beat music)
(swishing)
(Dante laughing)
(people chattering)
(somber music)
- Try it?
Here you go.
Apart and take
your middle finger.
Perfect.
Here you go, you got it.
(chuckling)
Please, don't.
Don't!
Stop!
Ew!
- She said no!
(whimpering)
(thudding)
(groaning)
Are you okay?
- Yes.
- I'm Quarry.
- I'm Liana.
(clanking)
Who are you hiding from?
- I'm just here
helping a friend.
You're on the run?
- No, I just need
some place to stay.
- That's probably got
a tracking chip in it.
They'll find you.
Come on.
We'll get it off.
(somber music)
(door creaking)
(communicator chiming)
Mary, give me a systems analysis
on this tracking device.
- [Mary] Tracking.
(beeping)
Tonco Pressure Band.
- Just tell me how to remove it.
- [Mary] After
disengaging tamper system,
both halves must be
removed simultaneously
or band will activate and
crush the neck of wearer
at 500 PSI.
- How do I deactivate
the tamper system?
- I can scramble the system
for you for 1.743 seconds.
If you have not removed
the band within that time,
you will receive a lethal
jolt of electrical current.
I can not recommend this, David.
- Hold this.
(dramatic music)
Ready?
Mary, scramble it.
- [Mary] Scrambling now.
(fizzling)
(gasping)
- Are you all right?
- Yes.
What a strong man you are.
Why don't you help me
off with my clothes?
(somber music)
What's wrong?
- [David] I hardly know you.
- But you could get to know me.
Come on, Quarry.
Why don't you help me
off with my clothes?
What's wrong?
You don't like me?
Is there something
wrong with me?
I thought I was appealing.
- It's not that.
It's just--
- What am I doing wrong, Quarry?
I try to do everything
that men want.
- You should try to
do what you want.
- I don't know what I want.
I'm not allowed to
think like that.
- Don't.
Don't cry.
- Cry?
It's strange, I've
never cried before.
- It's okay.
- Please hold me.
(somber music)
(dramatic music)
Mmmm.
(dramatic music)
(footsteps thumping)
- How'd they find me?
- Those men are after me.
(ominous music)
- Go!
(suspenseful music)
(groaning)
(swishing)
(thudding)
(suspenseful music)
(crunching)
(groaning)
(yelling)
(thudding)
(ominous music)
(taser buzzing)
Let's go!
(suspenseful music)
(booming)
(tasers fizzling)
(fire crackling)
- [Burroughs] Yes, Mr. Parness?
- I'm sorry, sir,
I've lost them.
- [Burroughs] Find them.
(suspenseful music)
(helicopter buzzing)
- [David] This way!
(helicopter buzzing)
- Why are those men chasing you?
- I'm a Las Vegas Grid Runner.
My partner was tracking
two women and a man.
They killed him when
they crossed the border.
I'm after them and I
must be getting close.
- [Liana] The three
that you're after
didn't kill your partner.
- [David] How do you know?
- [Liana] Because
I'm one of the women.
- Then you're with Cameron.
- Dr. Cameron's dead.
Dr. Cameron was killed
right after I was created.
- Created you?
What are you talking about?
- Dr. Cameron cloned me from
a virtual reality program
with Greta, another
artificial life.
- [David] Artificial life?
- It's true.
I am a program.
(dramatic music)
What's wrong?
- Then who killed my partner?
- [Liana] The killer
from Lethal Combat.
- Lethal Combat?
What level?
Who is it?
- Dante.
He killed Dr. Cameron
and your partner.
Now he's here and he wants
to reactivate the tank.
All the killers from
virtual reality,
he's gonna bring
them back to life.
(ominous music)
- Let's go.
(dramatic beat music)
(train horn blowing)
We have to find Dante.
Can you help?
- No, I'm not programmed to--
- You're not a computer
program anymore.
You understand?
- Yes.
I should do whatever
I want to do.
But maybe I can help.
(dramatic beat music)
(huffing)
- What's the matter?
- [Dante Voiceover]
She's calling me.
Can't you hear her?
Someone's with her.
I can feel him.
- Can you see where she is?
- [Dante Voiceover] Yes.
Bright colored signs.
Japan Town.
(ominous music)
- I think it worked.
- Great, let's go.
- Mr. Burroughs.
We found one of the A-lifers.
Little Tokyo, we're
headed there now.
(somber beat music)
- What's wrong?
- I can feel him.
(somber beat music)
There he is.
- Dante.
(Dante grunting)
(thudding)
- [Dante Voiceover]
You are mine.
We were created for each
other like light and darkness.
(ominous music)
(thudding)
(suspenseful music)
(thudding)
(yelling)
(whooshing)
(communicator chiming)
- Mary, analyze.
What killed her?
- Solid hits to precisely
the same location
compress the A-lifer's
molecular structure
causing a breakdown
in electrical impulses
at 500 PSI against solid matter.
- 500 PSI.
Solid matter.
(foreboding beat music)
(thudding)
(fizzling)
(fighting commotion)
- [Dante Voiceover] Liana.
Liana!
(ominous music)
(banging)
- We got her, Mr. Burroughs.
We should be to you in
approximately 20 minutes.
Mr. Burroughs is
very upset with you.
- [Mary] Commander
Doyle on the line.
(communicator chiming)
- [Doyle] Quarry?
- Sir, I know who killed Gibson.
It was an A-lifer.
- How can a computer
program kill someone?
- A scientist name
Cameron was experimenting
with cloning from computer data.
He cloned three VR characters.
- Cameron was murdered.
- I know that but remember
when you said powerful
might be involved in this?
- Yes.
- There's a major corporation.
- Not another word.
This isn't a secure line.
Where are you?
- Hotel Terioshi, Little Tokyo.
- Hold tight, I'll be there
in an hour and a half.
Whatever you do, don't
talk to the LAPD.
We don't know if
they're in this or not.
(chiming)
(ominous music)
- What about the other one?
- No reading on her at all.
- This will keep you
on your best behavior.
- You don't own me!
(buzzing)
- Well, my, my, my.
You've forgotten
your programming.
You're supposed to
do what you're told.
Now find the other one and
kill that damn border cop.
It's no big deal, just do it.
- Yes, sir.
(ominous music)
- Cloning A-lifers,
that's amazing.
- Look, Dante's trying
to get to the mainframe.
If he does,
he can dimensionalize every
VR character in the data bank.
We have to shut
down the mainframe.
- We can't.
The city uses that
computer for code red calls
and emergency services.
How do you know Mr.
Burroughs is involved?
- This is on one of
the female A-lifers.
- What happened to her?
- She's gone.
- This is too big for us.
We can't go barging in
and arresting someone
like J.C. Burroughs
without a ton of evidence!
This is not enough.
I think we should turn
it over to the Feds.
- There isn't enough time.
- Those are my orders, Quarry!
Drop it and turn it
over to the Feds!
- I don't take orders
from you anymore.
(foreboding music)
(yelling)
(thudding)
(glass shattering)
(ominous music)
(suspenseful music)
(swishing)
(fizzling)
- [Male Computer Voice]
Access is accepted.
(somber beat music)
(chiming)
- Mary,
pull up Commander
Doyle's hand print.
- [Mary] Yes.
Processing.
Complete.
(fizzling)
- [Male Computer Voice]
Access is excepted.
(suspenseful beat music)
- Hey!
(thudding)
- No, no.
(shushing)
(sighing)
- [Mary] Yes, David?
- Sorry, Mary, this
is where we split up.
- It's been a pleasure
working with you, David.
(doors humming)
- [Burroughs] Mr. Parness,
what am I gonna do with you?
We keep Liana from escaping
and you retrieve
Greta from Japan Town.
The Grid Runner, I'd like
to deal with him personally.
So get him here, understood?
(fizzling)
(grunting)
- Here's that nosy cop!
- I understand
you're not very good
at following orders, Mr. Quarry.
- I guess sometimes I
just go over the line.
- Who's this?
- My partner, John Gibson.
Your boss got him killed.
- Well maybe he'll
do the same for you.
- Well, I've been saving
something very special.
And now
it seems like
the perfect occasion.
Now, there's only one bullet
but that's all it takes.
- You can shoot me but
what're you gonna do
about the third A-lifer?
(gun clicking)
(chuckling)
- What third A-lifer?
- Dante from Lethal Combat.
He killed Dr. Cameron
and escaped when you
left the Vegas Grid.
(chuckling)
Now he's coming here.
- Good try.
(gun clicking)
So Dante did escape.
More power to him.
(gun clicking)
- He wants to free other
killers from the mainframe.
- We'll take care of them.
(gun clicking)
Well,
you're a lucky man, Mr. Quarry.
Any final prayers before
you meet your maker?
- Hail Mary,
(computer chiming)
full of grace.
- [Mary With Male's
Voice] Open up, FBI!
We have you surrounded!
(booming)
(thudding)
(alarm buzzing)
- Bad choice, scumbag.
(beeping)
(booming)
(fighting commotion)
(yelling)
(suspenseful music)
(laughing)
(yelling)
(thudding)
(swishing)
(alarm buzzing)
- Liana!
(suspenseful music)
- Guard!
I want the helicopter and
I want it in the plaza now!
- Yes, sir, Mr. Burroughs.
- Move!
(fizzling)
(gagging)
You do as your told or I'll
destroy you, understand?
Move!
(suspenseful music)
The door!
(helicopter whizzing)
(ominous music)
- Burroughs!
- [Burroughs] Back
off or she's dead!
- Let her go and
I'll let you live!
- Go back to Vegas, cop!
You're out of your league!
I'll do it.
- Go ahead.
Kill her.
She's just a computer
program anyway.
(swishing)
(yelling)
(suspenseful music)
(gunshots booming)
- Quarry, that's far enough.
(beeping)
(beeping)
No!
No!
(cracking)
(gagging)
(crunching)
(menacing music)
(taser fizzing)
(dramatic music)
(gunshots booming)
(explosion rumbling)
- Are you all right?
- Dante, he's in the building.
He's headed towards
the Mainframe.
(suspenseful music)
- Hold it right there!
(taser fizzing)
Intruder in hallway 7-B.
All units respond!
(groaning)
(suspenseful music)
(thudding)
(gagging)
(thudding)
(groaning)
- Computer control room's
just around the corner.
Quarry!
- [Dante Voiceover] You don't
want me to hurt her, do you?
- Let her go.
- [Dante Voiceover]
Leave, little man.
(Dante laughing)
Leave and I'll let her live.
- That's not gonna happen.
- [Dante Voiceover] You
should have listened.
Then watch her die.
(crunching)
(dramatic music)
(fizzling)
(computer beeping)
(ominous music)
- [Female Computer
Voice] Access accepted.
- [Dante Voiceover] Power supply
for Dr. Cameron's
lab in Las Vegas.
- [Male Computer Voice]
Lab power reactivated.
- [Dante Voiceover]
Soon, my friends,
soon you will all be free.
Re-engage power to
protoplasm tank.
- [Male Computer Voice]
Protoplasm power engaged.
- [Female Computer
Voice] Tank activated.
Artificial life creation
sequence countdown has begun.
- [Dante Voiceover] Excellent.
Excellent.
- Dante!
- [Dante Voiceover] You're
too late, little man.
It has already begun.
And only this can stop it.
My friends from the
games will be free.
Are you prepared to lose again?
- I'm not gonna lose.
This time
it's not a game.
(Dante laughing)
(dramatic music)
(thudding)
- [Dante Voiceover]
You can't win.
You helped make me stronger.
Every time you fought
me, I got better.
(groaning)
(dramatic music)
(suspenseful music)
(groaning)
You've had my power
until I became
the very champion of darkness,
your darkness.
Your evil.
(yelling)
(swishing)
(groaning)
(suspenseful music)
(yelling)
(grunting)
(booming)
(suspenseful music)
(booming)
(ominous beat music)
(beeping)
(Dante laughing)
Is this what you want?
The power?
My power?
(Dante laughing)
(beeping)
(suspenseful music)
(ominous beat music)
(steam hissing)
I was created in your image
but I do not play by your rules.
(fizzling)
(ominous beat music)
(fizzling)
(swishing)
(yelling)
(metal clinking)
(suspenseful music)
(grunting)
(glass shattering)
(groaning)
(menacing music)
(swishing)
(squelching)
(whooshing)
(thudding)
(laughing)
(dramatic music)
I can read your
thoughts, little man.
I can anticipate
your every move.
You can't kill me.
I learned my best moves from you
and you're so predictable.
(suspenseful music)
(thudding)
(Dante groaning)
(growling)
(David yelling)
That's why you can't kill me.
It would be like killing
a part of yourself.
(thudding)
(yelling)
(thudding)
(yelling)
(groaning)
(fizzling)
- Game over.
(ominous music)
(alarm buzzing)
(beeping)
(suspenseful music)
- [Female Computer
Voice] Program abort.
Program abort.
System shutdown.
Tank deactivated.
(bubbling)
(dramatic beat music)
- [David] He made this for you.
- Thank you, David.
Thank you for everything.
(baby cooing)
- Quarry?
- You know which program.
- Mhmm.
(computer chiming)
(pleasant music)
- I'm so glad you came.
- You're crying.
Are you sad?
- No, I'm very happy.
(dramatic beat music)
(somber beat music)
(exciting beat music)