Deep Blue Sea Page #3

They're after us.

It's obvious we don't know

what they're doing.

What the hell did you do to those sharks?

Their brains weren't large enough to

harvest sufficient amounts of the protein.

So we violated the Harvard Compact.

Jim and I used gene therapies

to increase their brain mass.

Larger brain means more protein.

As a side effect, the sharks got smarter.

You stupid b*tch!

I didn't want this to happen...

...but with this research, we could

wipe out degenerative brain disease.

Think of the generations

that would be saved.

How much dynamite do you have to set off

in your ears before your head clears?

You wouldn't understand.

I wouldn't?

Dumb old Carter wouldn't understand

that you used us?

That you used me?

Someone on the water

who wouldn't make waves.

Someone who wouldn't ask

too many questions.

Because he had something to lose.

You don't see what we've done here.

You've taken God's oldest killing machine

and given it will and desire.

You've knocked us to the bottom

of the goddamn food chain.

It's not a great leap forward, in my book.

The people we'll save...

Jim? Brenda?

Us?

All right, people.

These sharks are thinking hard and clear.

So here's the riddle.

What does an 8,000-pound mako shark...

...with a brain the size of a V8 engine

and no natural predators, think about?

I'm not waiting around here to find out.

Now you see how that works?

She screwed with the sharks

and now the sharks are screwing with us.

Please let me get out of here.

What if the sharks get through the fence

and into the ocean?

It's okay. The fence

on the ocean side is titanium.

And it gives, so it works just like a net.

Let's get to the sub.

We'll discuss it on the way to the top.

Eat me, a**hole.

Careful, now.

Come on, bird. Come on.

Please, baby.

D*ckhead.

See Daddy smiling?

Come on.

Bring your feathery ass here. Come on.

- Explosion caused that?

- No.

Nothing in here could've blown

with enough force to move that damn sub.

Whatever. It's junk.

We could all just dive in

and see who makes it to the top.

Isn't that the old Aquatica spirit, Dr. Susie?

Just dive in.

You could go first, to lead by example.

He was my best friend, Janice.

I'm not going in the water.

- No way, man! The sharks are in there.

- Listen!

We put these on. They help

fight hypothermia. That's a start.

And unless someone's got a better idea...

...we're going to have to swim out of here.

This isn't happening.

I'm not Daniel when he faced the lion!

So I appreciate the irony, Lord!

"Cook dies in his own oven!"

But I've got other plans!

You ate my bird.

Was that the surface?

No, the vibrations are too deep.

That was from inside.

I wouldn't get that close.

Just a suggestion.

Water's murky. We might make it.

No way! No, we won't!

It's 230 feet...

...from the lagoon floor

to the lagoon surface!

The average human swims

two feet per second.

The average shark swims

50 feet per second.

There's no way I'm getting into that pool!

What we have here is

your basic maintenance ladder.

This leads up to the surface.

I love you, Scoggs. I really do!

Why do I feel a "but" coming on?

But we don't know what shape

the surface level is in.

The shaft is air-locked.

But if the explosion breached the shaft

at surface level...

...we won't have enough pressure

to stabilize the wet pool.

If the pool isn't stabilized,

there's tons of ocean dying to get in.

You'll bring the whole facility down.

We're better off with the sharks.

You want to swim with your fishes?

Go ahead!

I'm opening this door

and climbing out of here!

- The hell you are!

- I don't work for you anymore!

- I don't have to take orders!

- Enough!

That's enough now, from all of you!

You think water's fast?

You should see ice.

It moves like it has a mind.

Like it knows it killed the world once.

It got a taste for murder.

When the avalanche came...

...it took us a week to climb out.

And somewhere we lost hope.

I don't know when we turned

on each other.

I just know...

...that seven of us survived the slide...

...and only five made it out.

Now, we took an oath

that I'm breaking now.

Swore that we'd say it was the snow

that killed the other two.

But it wasn't.

Nature can be lethal.

But it doesn't hold a candle to man.

You've seen how bad things can get

and how quick they can get that way.

Well, they can get a whole lot worse.

So we're not going to fight anymore!

We're going to pull together

and find a way to get out of here!

First, we're going to seal off this pool!

Oh, my God.

It just ate him.

It just ate him. Christ!

I'm not moving.

I'm not moving. Someone will come.

They'll come and they'll get us,

and we'll be fine.

No. I'm not moving.

Listen, Tom, what is the precise

structural failure limit for Aquatica?

3,200 tons.

What happens when we get more

than 3,200 tons of water in this rig?

The support struts go first.

Their tolerance is about seven tons.

They'll crack like toothpicks.

The walls will buckle. They can't handle

more than 10 tons of pressure.

You want to be here for that?

Hell, no.

The moment of truth. Again.

Go! Go! Go!

I got you.

It's burning!

The elevator's blocking the top.

If we make it to Level 1,

we can take the stairs out.

Let's get out of here!

Go! Go!

What are you doing?

If they break through,

water will bring them right to us.

Level 2 is only partially flooded.

If I can get that door open...

...the water will run off there,

buy us some time.

Big, real big.

- What's that?

- The size of your brass balls.

Be careful.

Go!

Jan, stay there!

Get me out of here, Carter!

I don't want to die!

Grab my hand! Come on!

I can't!

I can't reach!

- Take it!

- I can't reach!

Can you reach that door above you?

It's too high.

It's too high.

Sharks probably flooded that level too.

Good thing you came to this side.

The other side's underwater.

- We didn't exactly plan it.

- Yeah, it wasn't planned.

Are you all that made it?

We did it.

We're on Level 1.

We can take the stairs to the surface.

The stairs are flooded. Trust me, I know.

Are you sure?

Give us a goddamn break, can't You?

He always answers.

Sometimes, the answer you get

isn't the answer you want.

We're 60 feet from the surface.

There's an emergency hatch

on this level, right?

This level has bilge pumps on it

for storm runoff.

If we re-route the emergency generators,

we could drain a stairway.

You sure?

Who you going to trust?

- You.

- That's right.

You trust me.

We had poker here tomorrow night.

She'd always draw to the inside straight

when she could've stuck with a pair.

Big dreams.

Even in death:
Standards.

Jan was a healthy girl.

Something in here has to run on batteries.

- Nice.

- Where would a girl keep her...

...thing?

What's the matter with you?

My skin's starting to hemorrhage.

The sharks smell the blood.

This'll coat it with oil.

Look, Carter, what you said down there...

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