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Synopsis: Trouble strikes when runaway robbers in a getaway car hit truck full of explosives in the tunnel connecting Manhattan and New Jersey. Survivors are left in a weakened tunnel blocked at both exits. As Kit Latura approaches the tunnel, he sees the impact and knows he gotta take action. With time running out, he enters the tunnel through a system of maintenance walkways. Can he get the survivors out before the tunnel fills up?
Director(s): Rob Cohen
Production: MCA Universal Home Video
  Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 1 win & 3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.8
Rotten Tomatoes:
26%
PG-13
Year:
1996
114 min
698 Views


Linda's history.

We're a family again.

That's all that counts.

[ Horn Honking,

Tires Squealing ]

- Aaah !

- Christ !

- [ Beeping ]

- What the hell is that ?

Oh, we got a live one here.

- Get a crew ready.

- All Jersey units,

requesting north tube roadblock.

- Black Cadillac now passing

through station seven.

- I want you, putz !

What'd we get ?

Come on. What'd we get ?

What's in there ?

Oh, that's a big one !

[ Horn Honking ]

Move it, jerk !

- Oh !

- You stupid b*tch !

Pick 'em up !

- Oh, look what you did !

- Sh*t !

Now it's your fault !

[ Engine Revving ]

Heidi, it's helicopter skiing.

Think of it as a cordless chair lift.

[ Engine Revving,

Tires Squealing ]

Breaker, breaker !

We got a smoker ! We got a smoker !

- [ Honking ]

- Up yours, buddy !

# Start spreadin' the news #

# I'm leavin' tonight #

# I'm up to here

with all your sh*t #

# New York, New York #

[ Tires Squealing ]

Pass him, man !

- Ass !

- Take 'em !

[ Honking ]

- Get off my leg !

- I can't !

No !

Aaah !

Jesus Christ !

Here I am in the tunnel.

[ Tires Squealing ]

Aaah !

Aaah !

[ Panting ]

[ Panting ]

[ Tires Skidding ]

[ Groaning, Screaming ]

Aaah !

Aaah !

You're doctors !

Come on !

Get down ! Get down !

Somebody get him down !

Get him on the ground !

[ Screaming ]

Down !

Roll ! Roll !

Roll ! Roll !

- Roll !

- [ Moaning ]

Get over here !

[ Siren Wailing ]

I got him !

- We're gonna need some C-collars !

- Sh*t !

Let me see that arm.

You're gonna be okay.

Keep going.

There's emergency workers that way.

My father,

he's trapped in the car !

I can't get him out !

There's blood everywhere !

Can you help him out ?

- Help !

- We're comin' for you.

Don't worry about it.

- [ Groaning ]

- Look at me. Look at me.

I'm gonna try to move you

on the count of three.

I want you to help me out.

- Okay, one, two--

- Aaah !

Aaah !

Aaah !

- What's your name ?

- Susan.

- It'll be okay.

- He's severed an artery.

I'm gonna tie this off, and I want you

to hold it as tight as you can.

- You got that ?

- Yeah.

[ Woman Screaming ]

- All right, how is he ?

- He's dead.

I got a second-degree burn

over there. Get to it.

You, I've got an arterial bleeder

that needs an I.V.

- What are you still doin' here ?

- I thought you were a cab driver.

I am a driver.

Come on. Move !

- Give me a B.P. cuff.

- Sure, I got it !

[ Police Radio Indistinct,

People Shouting ]

Latura.

Jesus Christ.

Latura !

- Weller, right ?

- Get the hell outta here

before somebody sees you !

-Was it a bomb ?

-Accident, something about a toxic dump.

What's the status

on the Jersey side ?

Oh, man,

it's sealed up tight.

- It's a wipeout clear up

to the tollbooths.

- Where's the chief ?

- Standin' in front of me,

as far as I'm concerned.

- I'm talkin' about the new chief.

The dispatcher said Mr. California's

headed for the mid-river passage.

- Mid-river ?

- Yeah.

Hey, Latura,

watch your back.

[ Fire Engine Horn Honking ]

[ Shouting ]

George !

George, come in, please !

Are you there ?

This is Grace. George !

- [ Radio Static ]

- Oh, God, please be there.

George, come in.

George, are you there ?

George !

[ George ] Can anybody

hear me out there ? Come back.

We got a toxic fire.

It's burning toward the New Jersey side.

[ Coughing ]

Can anybody hear me ?

The ventilation system doesn't seem

to be pulling the smoke through.

Is anybody out there ?

Come back !

The New Jersey side

has completely collapsed !

[ Coughing ]

Oh, God, Jesus !

Oh, God, we got

fatalities down here !

Can anybody hear me ?

[ Horns Honking,

Sirens Wailing ]

[ Helicopter Blades Whirring ]

[ Sirens Blaring ]

[ People Shouting ]

Hey, you can't

go in there !

[ Screaming ]

[ Cops, Rescue Workers

Shouting Orders ]

No, no, no !

We're working the mid-river !

We got some wormholes here.

We'll find a way through.

- It will work in the mid-river !

- Thompson needs you !

- What ?

- Thompson !

- I'll be with you in a second.

- Okay.

- What's the ratio ? All right.

- [ Radio:
Indistinct ]

Frank, you got any hope

on the New Jersey side ?

Fifty-yard cave-in, minimum.

Whatever's burning in there

is toxic as Trenton. They got samples.

Demo ! Demo !

Come on, people, speak to me !

- Give me another reading, Bob.

- I would if I had time,

but we're running out of it.

If you wanna buy some time,

you gotta blow the tunnel shut.

- What are you doin' here, Kit ?

- You're not part of this.

I know that,

but just listen to me.

We ran a terrorist hypothetical

in '94.

The only way to fix the fire

is to blow the roof in and seal

the survivors from the fumes.

Where I come from, we don't blow up

a tunnel that's already been blown up.

- Chief wants to go through mid-river.

- No, wait a minute.

Frank, you don't have to

rationalize my actions to this guy !

I know you know your job,

but we did a simulation.

You'll all be dead

before you get through.

I know you ran a drill in '94,

but right now you're not

running a goddamn thing.

Copy that.

- You're right. I just wanna help.

- You don't get it, do you ?

You don't work here anymore.

You understand that ?

Wilson, if I could just talk--

Come on, Kit.

He's gonna have you arrested !

You gotta blow the tunnel shut.

Talk to him.

You owe me that, Frank.

Talk to him.

[ Man On P.A. ]

Your attention, please.

We've decided to evacuate

the south tube.

Please collect your valuables,

lock your cars...

and proceed in an orderly fashion

back to New Jersey.

[ Shouting ]

[ Man On P.A. Continues:

Indistinct ]

- [ Gasping, Coughing ]

- What do you got ?

Sorry, Chief.

It's blocked about 20 feet in.

That structure's so shaky,

I wouldn't even risk a firecracker.

- What about hydraulics ?

We brace up as we go.

- It can't be done !

The person who says it can't

be done is always interrupted

by the one who just did it !

Feed him the line !

[ Woman ]

Wilson !

Jesus Christ !

Wilson !

Watch the metal.

It's hot.

Aaah !

[ Coughing ]

What are you doing ?

Ashley, no, this way.

No, no, no, Ashley,

you don't have to take pictures now.

[ Ashley Sobbing ]

- Ashley, look at me. Look, honey.

- It's okay.

I'm gonna get you out of here.

- Hey ! Hey !

- What's happened ?

- I don't know. You're alive.

- [ Coughing ]

I'm gonna go on up

through the tunnel.

Stay here with your family so I'll know

where you are when I come back.

- How do we get out of here ?

- It's sealed at both ends.

[ Coughing ]

Jonno ?

[ Coughing ]

Jonno ?

Oh, sh*t !

[ Coughing ]

- Officer, over here.

You raise anybody on that walkie ?

- Hey !

Nothin' but static.

But you got a phone.

- $2000. It doesn't even work in here.

- "Territory:
Beyond."

- Man, I know you.

- Roy Nord.

George Tyrell.

I got a pair of your shoes.

- Good, good. You like 'em ?

- Yeah, they're great !

I wear 'em on Saturdays

on my day off.

Bet you wish it was Saturday now, huh ?

What are we gonna do ?

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Leslie "Les" Bohem (born 1951) is an American screenwriter and television writer. more…

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