Under Siege Page #3

Synopsis: The battleship Missouri is about to be decomissioned. Casey Ryback is Captain Adam's personal cook. And Ryback is always butting heads with the ship's XO Commander Krill but the Captain always intercedes. One day, after the President visits the Missouri, which is also the Captain's birthday, the Captain learns that a helicopter has been cleared to land on the ship by Commander Krill, which he was not informed of. When questioned Krill tells the Captain that it's a surprise for his birthday, the Captain then allows it. Later after another one of their scuffles, Krill has Ryback locked in the freezer. During the party, the rock band reveals themselves to be mercenaries, led by William Stranix, a CIA operative, who is in league with Krill to unload all of the ship's nuclear warheads. They lock up all of the crew and make preparations to remove the warheads. And Krill remembers Ryback, Stranix sends two of his men to take care of Ryback, only thing is that Ryback took care of them. Upon di
Genre: Action, Thriller
Director(s): Andrew Davis
Production: Warner Home Video
  Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 3 wins & 1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
6.5
Metacritic:
58
Rotten Tomatoes:
77%
R
Year:
1992
103 min
4,039 Views


Cross your ankles.

Where's the cook?

In the reefer.

Which one?

Son of a b*tch!

We've got an F-18.

They sent an F-18

to look for the chopper.

Heading 315 miles, speed 430,

approximately 8000.

430. 5000 now, into descent.

We're going down now.

Looks like one helo on deck.

Going in for a closer look.

31 to Missouri, over.

Goodbye!

Are you tracking me?

Negative.

He's locked me up! Mayday.

Welcome to the revolution.

Better call the office.

You're in deep kimchi, buddy.

Better have it all

in one sock for this one.

Claims he was a company man

who worked for you.

What's his name?

William Strannix.

Jesus Christ!

Not good.

Not good.

Mr. Breaker...

...you better be candid

with us here tonight.

We need answers,

and we need them now.

Gentlemen, if any ships or aircraft

approach within 100 miles...

... we will kill the crew and

retaliate using the ship's arsenal.

Bill, this is Tom. What's going on?

I have 32 Tomahawks under my thumb...

...and all you can do

is alert the media.

You don't have the launch codes.

Let me guess.

"5-6-6-0-4-9-9-7-8-0?"

This is insane.

Be careful with that word, Tom.

This is Admiral Bates speaking.

Tell us why you're doing this.

Hi, Admiral!

Six months ago, Tom Breaker

canceled Operation Cleopatra.

Shortly thereafter, two young men

from Langley tried to cancel me.

Didn't you receive each man's

forefinger in the mail?

Yes.

Did you expect us

to wait for you to try again?

I know things are a little...

...chaotic for you right now.

- Chaotic!

Wake up!

You and I know that chaos and

bedlam are consuming the entire world.

UV rays are only the beginning.

We have an inch of topsoil left.

Topsoil?

Sexually transmitted diseases,

depletion of the gene pool.

It adds up to oblivion.

Governments will fall.

Anarchy will reign.

It's a brave new world.

What are you planning to do?

Do you realize that whatever I do

is inevitable? Can we agree on that?

Not necessarily.

There you go.

You can't argue with me

or negotiate or attempt a ploy.

You have to reconsider your philosophy.

All right, I'm sorry.

Whatever you decide to do is inevitable.

Look at my life.

The life you tried to take.

There was Annapolis, Vietnam, so on.

I missed the 60s,

and I believe if I had been there...

...to contribute,

everything would've been fine.

Bill, if this is about reliving

the 60s, you can forget it.

The movement is dead.

Hence the name.

It moves a certain distance,

then it stops.

Revolution gets its name by always

coming back around in your face.

You tried to kill me,

you son of a b*tch.

So welcome to the revolution.

There's more to follow.

I'll stay in touch.

He's flipped.

He's completely flipped.

I want a list of everything

on that ship.

General, here's what we know.

The threat is verifiable. It is real.

I repeat, it is real.

Sh*t! You son of a b*tch.

Think they believe you?

They believe I'm crazy, paranoid

or something.

I have a harpoon locked on.

Fire when ready.

Pipe down, men!

Pipe down.

Missile away.

Missile away.

Oh, boy.

Oh, boy, oh, boy.

Bang! You're dead.

- He's taken out satellite relay.

- What doesn't he want us to see?

He wants to blind us.

It's illogical. We can

follow his movement from Pearl.

You can vector an AWACS.

- Or send E-2C from Nimitz.

- Do it.

Wake up the President.

Bring it in.

Keep it coming in.

Cut it fast.

Time is money on this deal.

- They better be competent.

- Get your ass up there!

Watch your heads.

Glad I sent you the blueprints.

I have 4 sections this way,

I'll have it cut and up in an hour.

Time is money, on this job!

Time is money.

This will cut them to the bone.

Right to the bone.

What's that noise?

That's my beloved crew.

Keep trying. Keep pounding.

Someone will hear us.

Shut the music off.

What the hell's going on?

What happened to them?

- Who are you and why are you here?

- My name is Jordan Tate.

I'm Miss July '89.

I was hired to jump

out of the cake...

...but I got airsick

on the way here and so...

...this guy gave me these pills.

- I guess I fell asleep.

- What kind of bullshit is this!

I am an actress, okay?

I did a Hunter episode

and a Wet 'n Wild video.

My agent said I was

going to jump out of the cake.

How many on the chopper?

I don't know.

It was full.

There was a band and caterers.

Where's the crew?

I don't know. I didn't see anything.

You didn't see or hear anything

and don't remember anything?

I've done stupid things in my life...

...but believe me,

I don't know anything.

All right, I believe you.

So who are you? Are you

a special forces guy or something?

I'm just a cook.

A cook?

Just a lowly, lowly cook.

My God, we're going to die.

The ship contains 40,000 rounds

of 20mm CWIZ.

Over 100016-inch projectiles.

We believe there's 15 harpoon

cruise missiles still aboard...

...and 32 Tomahawks.

What kind of Tomahawks?

It's all right. It's okay.

Eight of them are specials.

Nuclear-tipped. 220 kilotons each.

Mr. Breaker, would you explain how

this nut could hold a top position...

...in an intelligence agency?

Would you answer that?

High-level covert operatives

like Strannix are under great stress.

They're creative thinkers

who, by their very nature...

Tom trains everyone

in the CIA who's crazy.

All we want to know

is how he got our battleship.

That's his specialty.

North Korea was refitting a sub

to fire antiship missiles...

...so we sent Strannix in.

You've been financing

this maniac's private army?

You didn't think

it might be a problem?

Once we realized we'd

lost positive control...

...we tried to neutralize him.

We missed.

Excuse me.

This North Korean sub...

How do you know he sunk it?

Oh, we're positive he sunk it.

Positive.

Roadrunner to Tweety Bird.

Do you read me? Come in.

Tweety Bird to Roadrunner.

We're nearby.

- How's it going?

- Sub's up.

- It's all rock and roll to me.

- Any sign of Wile E. Coyote?

No. Meet at the birdcage.

Roadrunner out.

You're the Roadrunner?

Never been caught.

Problem. Cates and Ziggs are missing.

I radioed them repeatedly.

No response.

- The last location?

- The galley.

I told you to send more men.

I told you.

Please don't leave me here alone.

Believe me, this is the safest place

you can be. Understand?

Let me out of here!

Let me out!

Do you understand what'll happen

if anybody hears you?

They'll try to kill us.

Now be quiet.

I hate being alone.

Do you hate being dead?

Clear!

Put those on.

You're coming with me,

you got to be invisible.

If you're by a hatch and see the enemy,

you become the hatch.

I'm giving you this rifle

with a selector switch on it.

One is fully automatic,

one is semiautomatic.

The definition of semiautomatic is,

when you depress the trigger...

...one round will go off.

That's what I want to give you.

Spend one round at a time.

Turn on the lights.

Check the breaker box.

It's happened before.

Man who did this is a professional.

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