7 Guardians of the Tomb

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[boy shouts, indistinct]

[laughs]

- What are you doing here?

- I'm sorry.

I did try to call.

Jia, we need to talk.

I have nothing to say to you.

I didn't ask you in.

It's your brother.

He's missing.

What?

Are you kidding me?

He called from

the research site in China.

[Man on video]

Were you there too?

What was that?

- Go take a look.

- Ethan!

- Whoa!

- [men shouting]

Luke.

Luke!

[rattling]

[men shouting, screaming]

[audio stops]

I will find Luke.

But I need your help.

I have a team on the ground

in China.

We fly out tonight.

[beeping]

[gasps]

[rattling]

[chittering]

[chittering]

[rock music playing]

Could be in Shanghai

drinking beer.

Oh, come on. You should

take pride in your work.

Work? We might as well

be looking for Bigfoot.

Yeah. That's what

makes it fun.

Fun? A wild weekend

in Bangkok... that's fun.

You need to get out more,

mate.

- [phone rings]

- Get my phone.

Righto.

Whoa-ho!

Who's Jia?

- Oh, Jesus.

- [phone ringing]

She just doesn't give up.

Are you nuts?

She's smoking hot.

Hey, if you're not interested,

I could...

Hey. She's my sister.

[woman] The taipan.

One of the deadliest reptiles

in the world.

They are also

the most aggressive.

But I am an expert

in venomous animals,

so if anyone who says

the snakes are more afraid

of you then you are of them,

has never met

one of these.

[hissing]

[all gasping]

One bite can paralyze

your entire

central nervous system,

shutting down your major organs

and killing you in hours.

But don't worry,

we can play with this one...

it's fake.

- You want to play?

- Hmm.

Be careful.

It's gonna... bite you!

[kids laugh]

Don't worry,

I have a little brother too.

I bet one day

you'll be just like him.

He's a super-brave adventurer.

[Mason]

The rosy periwinkle...

long rumored

in its native Madagascar

for precious healing powers.

Nobody else believed it,

but our investors took a risk.

Together we've saved the lives

of over 12 million children

who would have otherwise died

of lymphocytic leukemia.

That, and it's the best

investment they ever made.

This is all very educational,

Dr. Kitteridge,

but if you want us to commit,

we need details.

And you'll have them.

We have a team in the field

due to report back any minute.

Gentlemen, I have a reputation

for achieving the impossible.

I'd like you to trust that.

Thanks for coming.

Lisa, will you please

see our friends out?

It'll be my pleasure.

[Lisa] So, are you

flying out tonight?

[conversation continues,

inaudible]

- There's other investors.

- Mason, we're almost broke.

- We need money.

- I know.

- I'll get it.

- When?

Every big pharma company

on the planet

is looking for a breakthrough,

and you've got guys

chasing a fairy tale.

It's not a fairy tale.

We're on the cusp of something

no one has ever seen before.

Something that would

bring Biotech back

as a leader in life extension

pharmaceuticals.

[driver]

Here. Let's have a look.

You sure this is the place?

[phone beeps]

Here is where the locals

put the last sighting.

The northern edge.

Man, it smells

like someone died.

What the hell's that?

Gas build-up from

the old mine, I bet.

Probably methane mixed

with hydrogen sulfide.

It's only dangerous

if you strike a match.

Wasting your time.

The sooner we look around,

the sooner you'll get your beer.

Aaah!

- Luke! Luke!

- [groaning]

Luke, talk to me!

You okay?

[groaning]

- Yeah, I'm okay.

- What the hell's going on?

Answer!

Luke!

- Aaah!

- What?

What is it?

Luke, you're freaking me out,

man. Say something.

I can't believe it.

Ethan, get down here!

- What? No way!

- Now, Ethan.

[Mason's voice] I have

air transport waiting in Beijing

to take us to the rescue camp.

I'm... so sorry, Jia.

Especially after

what happened to your parents.

[man on TV]

Authorities have confirmed

they've found the wreckage

of a light plane

which disappeared

from radar screens

over three weeks ago

near the northern border.

It is believed to be

the plane of Biotech CEO

John Lee,

and his wife Catherine Lee.

You come to my house...

my parents' house...

and you tell me the same thing

that happened to my parents

has happened to my brother.

It's not the same.

He's alive.

- I know he is.

- Shut up.

You were my father's partner.

You're nothing to me.

[man on TV] Lee, who founded the

Biotech pharmaceuticals empire

with Dr. Mason Kitteridge,

was 52 years old.

They leave behind

two young children.

[no audible speech]

[speaking Chinese]

[shouting, indistinct]

Jia...

[young Jia shouting]

[continues shouting]

Oh, don't land there.

Got all the room in the world,

and lands beside the car.

Watch your head.

- Looks like a big one, huh?

- Oh, yeah.

Jia, this is Chen Xhu,

our archeologist.

- [Jia] Hi.

- Hi.

- Milly Piper. Logistics.

- Milly.

So, she's your consultant, huh?

Consultant on what, exactly?

It's need-to-know only.

You don't need to know.

Oh, well, that cleared

everything right the hell up.

Earlier today

we picked up a signal.

It's patchy,

but it could be

a real-time beep

from Luke's GPS.

But we have a problem.

It started about eight hours ago

out of the Gobi Desert.

This one's a monster.

Surface winds

at about 20 knots,

the pressure dropped,

the speed started picking up.

- What's that?

- The last coordinates of Luke and Ethan.

And the signal's still moving.

It'll be a category 4

dust storm

by the time

it hits this valley.

[Milly] We'll be looking

for a needle in a haystack.

- How long?

- Hard to know.

With the air this dry,

the storm could hit

any time in the next 24 hours.

We got two choices.

We wait, we lose

whatever life's left on the GPS.

We go,

and we get caught in this,

then I'm putting

all your lives at risk.

Where did you come from?

[Mason] This is our search

and rescue specialist,

Jack Ridley.

Jack, thanks for coming.

Good to see ya.

Dr. Jia Lee.

One of the men

we're looking for

is her brother.

You serious?

- Can I just explain something?

- Emotion clouds judgment,

and bad judgment

is how people end up dead.

Actually, I asked her

to join us.

She has skills that could

be very helpful to us.

All right.

Have it your way.

But you do what I say...

when I say it.

Deal?

- Okay.

- Now, have a four-hour drive

into the mountains,

and that is a long way,

especially with the dust storm

breathing down our ass.

[speaking Chinese]

[replies in Chinese]

Let's go!

[Jack] You know

that's bad for you.

[Gary] Eh, not if you

only eat ten a day.

[Mason] Hey, Jack.

I want to put my bag back there.

Jia, go ahead.

[Jack] All right.

- Do you know him?

- Ridley?

He came here

about two years ago,

after his last rescue mission

in Nepal.

The boy wonder.

Used to be a first-responder

for International Rescue.

They had him set

to run emergency response

back in New York.

What's he doing here?

Something bad went down

on his watch.

He won't talk about it.

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