Thunderbirds Page #5

Synopsis: The year is 2010. Teenager Alan Tracy, sent off to a distant boarding school, is the youngest of the sons of Jeff Tracy, a retired American astronaut. Jeff, a widower, has formed International Rescue, and raised his sons to act as a secret, volunteer organization which uses highly advanced technology to save lives worldwide. Jeff and his older sons John, Virgil, Scott, and Gordon, who like Alan were named after the Mercury Seven astronauts are joined in this effort by Lady Penelope and her butler/chauffeur Parker. Their futuristic hardware is largely developed by a genius scientist known as Brains, who lives at the International Rescue base on Tracy Island, somewhere in the Pacific.
Director(s): Jonathan Frakes
Production: Universal Pictures
  1 win & 1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
4.2
Metacritic:
36
Rotten Tomatoes:
19%
PG
Year:
2004
95 min
$6,768,055
Website
260 Views


'Begin launch sequence.'

- What is our ETA?

- Under an hour.

Bank of London, here we come!

'Thunderbird 2 preparing for takeoff.'

We've got to be quick. The Hood's getting away.

- In position, milady.

- Here we go.

'Launch sequence, stage two.'

Good shot, milady.

Come on, Parker.

Let's give the bad guys a thrashing!

'Hydraulic systems: green.

Guidance systems: green.

'Launch sequence: stage three.'

This seems to be a six-lever mortise, milady.

- Sometimes your chequered past comes in handy.

- Thank you, milady.

I shall need a piece of wire

to access the mechanism.

(Wire twanging)

Will this suffice, Parker?

Most certainly, milady.

- I didn't actually need it, anyway.

- Of course not, milady.

- Quick!

- Everyone get to the control room.

Hat.

Get in there quick, Fermat, and save my family.

Then we'll get The Hood. Good luck!

'Access to mainframe denied.'

- They slipped a key into the access codes.

- I'll follow your lead, son.

Thunderbird 5, come in.

Thunderbird 5, come in.

- 'How long have they got before re-entry?'

- '90 seconds and counting.'

'Access to mainframe confirmed.'

- I'm in!

- 'Good job, Fermat.'

'l need someone on their end

to confirm the access protocol.'

Thunderbird 5, come in.

- 'Dad, are we coming through?'

- 'Mr Tracy, can you hear me? Come in.'

'Thunderbird 5, come in.'

- Dad, come on!

- Mr Tracy, can you hear me? Come in.

- Dad!

- Thunderbird 5, come in.

- How long have they got?

- 45 seconds until re-entry.

'Damn it, Jeff! Wake up!'

(Slow beeping)

'That's the first time you've called me

by my first name, Brains.'

Thanks for waking me.

- Dad!

- Alan, well done.

Mr Tracy, confirm access protocol.

Confirmed. We're back online.

Gravity is restored. Put Thunderbird...

Your craft into geostational orbit.

FAB, Brains.

- 'Geostationary orbit re-established.'

- Looks like we're good to go.

- Dad, are you all right?

- 'We're fine. We still have a job to do.'

- Where's The Hood?

- In Thunderbird 2, headed for L...L...

- London.

- He's got the Mole on board.

Looks like Thunderbird 3 lost a booster, Dad.

We'll never get there in time.

Let me go after The Hood. He'll destroy everything

the Thunderbirds stand for.

- Negative. It's too risky.

- 'l can do this. You know I can.'

What am I saying? We can do this.

OK, Alan. We'll meet you there.

- Thunderbirds are go!

- FAB.

OK, boys, we are outta here.

Are we really going?

- Yeah.

- Oh, boy!

- Are you ready, Fermat?

- N...

I guess!

'Engine sequence: activated.'

Flight controls are green.

Hydraulic systems are good.

Right. Set primary fuel pumps. Main engine start.

Don't boys just love their toys?

'Engine sequence: complete.

'Launch sequence: initiated.

'Launch sequence: complete.'

And off we go!

Get the bridge up! Get the bridge up!

(Comms bleeping)

- Thunderbird 1, come in.

- Roger, Brains.

- Thunderbird 3 is about to initiate separation.

- FAB.

Boys, Thunderbird 2 is in final approach to London.

I know The Hood's weakness.

I can stop him if we're in time.

Stand by. We're going to maximum thrust.

(All) Whoaaaa!

'Gordon, heat 'em up.'

(Screaming)

We're getting reports of an incident in London

involving the Thunderbirds. Lisa, are you there?

Chuck, Thunderbird 2

has made an impromptu landing,

causing total panic in Central London.

There has been no emergency call,

so it's unclear why Thunderbird 2

would be active here at all.

Thunderbird 2 seems to be unloading

some kind of machine.

Set a course for the vault.

If we continue on our present course,

we'll sever the monorail's supports.

Shall I correct our position?

- Stay on course.

- But we'll cause a major disaster.

No, we won't. The Thunderbirds will.

- Let's get her down, boys.

- lnitiate landing, Fermat.

'Three-point landing sequence: initiated.'

Retros at 75, flaps to 1 6.

FAB.

'Danger. Landing sequence: error.'

- You're going too fast.

- Thanks.

Retros to 90.

Textbook, boys.

Activating electromagnetic pulse

to disable the bank's security systems.

ETA, one minute.

- Parker, meet me at the Bank of London.

- 'Yes, milady.'

Ride it out, boys!

- The Hood's getting away.

- What are we gonna do, Alan?

We're the Thunderbirds.

Our duty is to save those people.

Brains, we're going into the accident zone.

'FAB, Thunderbird 2, and good luck.'

Brains, the monorail is down.

Repeat, the monorail is down.

I'm going underwater in Thunderbird 4.

You have the bridge.

- Me? Fly alone?

- The Thunderbirds need you right now.

I need you.

FAB, Alan.

'Manual control.'

- Brains, what's the situation?

- 'The Hood has caused a disaster.'

The mono...

one-track railway is in the Thames.

- Thunderbird 1?

- On the ground.

- Our kids are in Thunderbird 2.

- FAB. We're right behind 'em.

- Look at all this gold!

- Stay focused. Nine more banks to go.

Fermat, deploying Thunderbird 4

in three...two...one...

Thunderbird 4 is go.

I can see the monorail.

Mummy!

Don't panic, guys.

'Extending magnetic claw.'

Fermat, I'll hold the monorail in place.

- Can you get a line on that stanchion?

- I can't get a fix on the target.

- I might hit the passengers.

- I'll go and fix it myself.

- Swim?

- Get me as close as you can.

How are we doing on that line?

Just look out your window.

Come on, Tintin, come on!

Come on.

Come on, Tintin. You can do this.

Opening the airlock.

'Contact magnets: activated.'

- OK, Fermat, we need a lift.

- 'FAB, Alan.'

Commencing reverse thrust.

- That was amazing, Tintin.

- Thank you.

- 'Nice job, Fermat.'

- Nothing to it, really.

Easy does it.

There they are!

(Cheering)

- Glad you could join us.

- Don't get cocky after one mission.

We still have a dangerous situation.

Close down this accident scene.

Tintin, get Fermat. Meet us at Thunderbird 1.

Alan, you come with me.

We got to get to the Bank of London fast.

- Lady Penelope went after The Hood.

- She may need help.

Ashes to ashes, diamonds to diamonds.

Lady Penelope. What an unpleasant surprise.

Don't be rude.

I can't tell you

what a pleasure it would be to pull this trigger.

- Now, don't move!

- Mullion.

- That's not cricket.

- I'm sorry.

The only part of sport I ever liked was winning.

How ghastly.

Hey, Dad. That stuff The Hood said,

about you leaving him to die.

- He was lying, right?

- No.

See, you can't save everyone, Alan.

It doesn't matter how hard you try

or how brave you are.

It doesn't matter if it's someone you love,

someone you'd give your life to save.

You just can't save everyone.

What was Mom like?

She was a lot like you.

Come on, we've got a job to do.

- Finish her off, Mullion.

- Shame on you.

I always despise a man

who delegates the important jobs.

Oh, dream on, sad act.

(Chuckles)

- Good timing, Parker. Come with us.

- My pleasure, Mr Tracy.

The Thunderbirds.

They're here.

Kill them all.

Alan, stay with Parker.

I'm gonna find Lady Penelope.

But what about The Hood?

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