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up here.

Now what?

Okay, so few of them

aren't so bad.

I'm gonna set her straight down

in the middle

kamikaze style.

God, I hate flying.

You and me both.

[Talbot]

Get your butts over here.

[Kat]

Now that we've landed,

they aren't going to

just shoot us

in cold blood, are they?

[Serge]

I say 50-50 chance.

All right, come over here.

Now.

Do you not understand that

this is a restricted airspace?

You're lucky to be alive

right now.

So, I'm gonna need you

to explain to me

what the hell is going on here.

All right, sir, we are

about 20 minutes away

from an explosion

the world hasn't seen

since Mt. Vesuvius

destroyed Pompeii.

What?

You know, back in ancient times,

when a bunch of people

were vaporized

in the blink of an eye?

That's what's gonna happen

to the entire city.

[Talbot]

Uh, yeah, call me crazy,

but I'm not buying your story.

[Josh]

All right, listen.

I know this is gonna sound crazy

but we gotta blow up

this entire power plant

so the seawater

can come rushing in...

You need to what-what-what?

Uh-unh, I've heard enough.

Henning, zip-tie these three

until we figure out

what to do with them.

No, listen, we have a sat phone,

give the mayor a call.

He can tell you

what we're doing here.

Oh, oh, so you

a close and personal friend

of the Mayor of Los Angeles.

[Josh]

Of course not.

But he can tell you

why we're here.

[Kat] Genius, Los Angeles

is falling apart.

[Talbot]

And you, big boy,

no sudden moves or else.

Thank you.

I'm a really big fan of yours.

Thank you.

[rumbling]

I'm gonna need

another IV bag over here.

Is the shaking ever gonna stop?

[rumbling]

Let's go, let's go!

Hey, we've been

feelin' those all day.

We're dozens of miles away

from the disaster zone.

- It ain't coming here.

- That's just not true.

As of right now, the lava's

heading straight toward

the natural gas reserve

just south of us.

When it hits, it's gonna be like

an atomic bomb.

Everything will be vaporized.

Okay, I'm getting confused.

You need to-to start

an explosion

to stop an explosion.

Basically.

Look, it only takes a second

to make a phone call.

Please.

Fine.

[Talbot] I'm supposed to be

guarding this facility,

not blowing it up.

Let me ask you something.

Is there still enough

kinetic energy

with the gas reserve explosion

to dissipate this

so-called pressure cooker?

It would have been nice to have

the extra help,

but yes, I do believe

it'll be enough.

Well, I guess we'll find out

if you're right

sooner rather than later.

[sat phone rings]

[Jones sighs]

Oh, is that that little punk?

- I believe it is.

- Right, give me that.

Okay, I don't know who the hell

you think...

Uh, no.

Uh, no, this isn't Mayor Jones,

Lieutenant Talbot, this is...

this is Dr. Robson

of the USGS,

personally appointed

by the mayor

to head the task force

for this disaster.

Oh, is that right?

You have him in custody?

Well, please continue

to keep them there.

He stole that helicopter

and the explosives onboard.

Is that even the mayor?

Let me talk to him.

Don't worry,

I'll keep him confined

until we're all

relieved of duty.

Ask him about the gas reserve.

Oh, yeah, one last thing.

This gas reserve

that he keeps mentioning,

is this something that

we should be concerned about?

The gas reserves.

Wait, the hydro plant

is only 25 miles away.

- We need to warn them.

- Give me that phone.

Lieutenant Talbot it is?

Yes, it's the mayor.

No, no, no. Listen to me.

You need to evacuate

immediately.

How much time?

Half hour.

I know.

Godspeed and good luck.

You better be right.

Yeah.

- Who flew that copter?

- That would be me.

I need you to

get us out of here ASAP.

Listen up, soldier.

If you wanna get out of here,

you're gonna do as I tell you.

We only have 30 minutes.

Yeah,

that's not enough time to escape

unless I fly your butt

out of here.

We're gonna do as you tell us,

and that is?

You're gonna help us

blow the crap

out of this power plant.

What's the difference?

It's gonna get destroyed anyway.

Fine.

We help take this place out

and then

we get the hell out of here.

Now we blow something up.

I have a good idea where

we need to plant the explosive.

Basically,

this plant generate energy

by taking in seawater

which spin turbine

and along with magnets

create electricity.

When finished, seawater gets

pushed back to ocean.

What we have to do...

is overload the turbines.

This should create

enough implosion

that will send the seawater

along fault

straight to lava.

All right,

now how do I find this turbine?

[Serge]

That's easy.

It should be right under those

big giant ball-looking things.

Be very careful.

All you have to do is

push this red button

and you're good to go.

Easy, da?

Yeah.

Good.

Remember...

once you push the red button,

there's no un-pushing.

Good luck.

[Talbot] Okay, great.

You got what you need.

Now, you and the Russian

can go do whatever

and Miss Hollywood

Helicopter Pilot here

can stay with us,

as insurance.

No, no, no, no, this is not

going to happen.

Where she goes, I go.

[Talbot]

Fine.

You can stay with us as well.

I guess that means

you're on your own, buddy boy.

Oh, come on, guys.

We pop in, drop the bomb,

pop out all together like.

I'm not risking my neck t...

[grunts]

Go!

[rumbling]

Come on, let's go.

Sir, should we go after them?

No, we don't,

we wait here for kids

then we all fly out together.

[Henning screams]

Wait by the helicopter.

Yes, you're right.

[Kat]

I guess this is it.

Yeah.

Gotta get lower.

Come on.

Come on.

Come on!

What was that for?

Luck.

Oh, my God.

Oh, my God.

- Oh, my God.

- Hold on!

[grunts]

No one can survive that.

- Can you find that copter?

- Nyet.

Dude, what the hell

are we gonna do then?

[Talbot]

Look out!

[Serge]

We gotta do something

to save all of us!

- It's coming down!.

- Oh, my God.

Oh, my God.

[Josh grunts]

Run!

[rumbling]

Whoa, whoa, hold,

please, please.

Hold on.

All right.

[indistinct chatter]

Come on.

Hang on, ride it out.

You okay?

[device beeping]

Please, Josh, please.

[Kat]

I guess this is it.

[grunts]

Josh.

Josh, are you okay?

That's not the word I would use.

What now?

I guess we place this bomb

and get the hell out of here.

There's a door over here.

Okay.

Here goes nothing.

[Kat]

Five minutes.

That's not very long.

[bomb beeping]

You've got to be kidding me.

[Kat screams]

It's a key card.

Can you turn the bomb off?

Serge said once it's going,

there's...

there's no stopping it.

Well, I guess if I'm gonna

spend my last

few minutes with someone,

you're not so bad.

You're not so bad yourself.

I just hope my sister's

gonna be okay.

She's far enough from here

to be safe.

I'm sure of it.

Yeah.

[thudding]

[Serge grunts]

[panting]

Whoo!

[chuckles]

That was one tough door.

Good thing I'm tougher.

Oh, easy, Kationic.

I'm tough,

but... I'm a little fragile.

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