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Synopsis: When a typhoon cripples their boat, the crew sails into the eye of the storm, where they discover a high-tech Russian communications and research vessel adrift. Only one Russian crew member is still alive, raving about "intelligent lightning." They soon discover that an alien life form has taken over the ship's computers and is churning out mechanical warriors. With their own boat destroyed, the crew must battle the creature as the ship reenters the storm.
Director(s): John Bruno
Production: Universal
 
IMDB:
4.9
Metacritic:
19
Rotten Tomatoes:
9%
R
Year:
1999
99 min
Website
745 Views


Squeak, que pasa, buddy ?

Where the hell are you, man ?

Sh*t.

Richie, Woods, come back.

Steve, this ship's got a missile rome.

I don't give a damn about any missiles !

I left Squeaky in the engine room|and he's not answering,|so get the hell down there.

- Yeah, yeah. We hear you.|- We've got a crew member up here|who just unloaded an Uzi on us,

- so you better watch your ass.|- Yeah, copy that.

- I'm goin' to the engine room.|- We'll see you on the bridge.

Steve ? Watch your back.

Hey, Woods, you comprehend|this Cyrillic crap ?

It's like chicken scratches to me.

Oh ! Richie, Richie, help me !

Here, Woods.

Oh !

That thing smells|Iike dog sh*t, Richie.

Ugh ! What is it ?

It's robotic, Woodsy.|High-tech robotics.

Where'd you learn how to sew ?

- My grandfather.|- Yeah ?

It's all right. It's okay.|We're not going to hurt you.

Power. Turn off the power.|Shut down the ship.

- You're all in danger.|- What's she going on about ?

I don't know.|I don't know.

Captain, please.

What's your name ?

What's happened on this ship ?|Where're the rest of your crew ?

- Dead.|- Dead ?

Good.

You must turn off the power.|It needs power to move through the ship.

What... needs... power ?

- It. From the MIR.|- The MIR space station ?

- Yes.|- She's a fruitcake.

- Come on, Captain.|- She's a nutter, which is perfect.

Hiko, come on !

- Drop it.

Drop it !

- It's okay.|- You don't understand.

Look. I'm not gonna hurt you.

My name's Kelly Foster.|I'm a navigator.

I'm Nadia.

Nadia Vinogradova,|Chief Science Officer.

Nadia, what happened ?|Where's your crew ?

I told you.|Dead or deserted.

Three hundred crew members are gone ?

What happened ?

Eight days ago, during a transmission|from the MIR space station,

something came onto the ship.

We thought our transmitters|and receivers were malfunctioning,|so we shut them down.

lt took control|of computers, scanned all information.

Language, encyclopedias,|medical data. It was learning.

Learning what ?

How to kill us.

My captain, Alexi, and me|were the last to survive.

We cut their cables,|smashed them--

Wait a minute.|You just said "them."

Before you said "it."|Who's "them" ?

Mm. Machine.|Uh, machines.

Machines. Ah.

- I'm telling you the truth.|- I-I know. I--

- Foster ?|- Yeah, I'm in here.

It's okay. Nobody's going to hurt you.|It's okay. It's okay.

She's nuts.

But something scared|the hell out of her.

I say we get her|up to the bridge. Hiko.

- Mm-hmm.|- Give me the flashlight.

You're gonna be okay. It's okay.|We're gonna get you something to eat.

Come on. Come on.|Watch your head. It's okay.

- Are you okay ?|- Yes.

- Go !|- No !

- You got her ? Okay, go.|- I'm not a threat !

I'm not a threat !

I used to go turkey huntin',|you know, with my dad.

- It beats the sh*t outta this, man.|- Shh.

- You hear that ?

lt sounds like|somebody's working down there.

What-- uh--

Hey ! Anybody in here ?

Shh ! Quiet, man. Be quiet.

Stay down.|There might be somebody.

- Hey, Woodsy, there's|another one of those things, man.

- Let's go, man !

- Shh.|- I'm outta here.

Richie, Woods,|where the hell are you two ?

Hey, Steve, listen. There's|a machine shop down here with, uh,

- state-of-the-art robotics.|- I already told you twice|to get your asses to the engine room !

- You hear me ?|- Yeah, yeah.

We're comin'.

Come on, Woodsy.

I'm not--|I'm not comin'.

Hey, little buddy.

- Richie, let's go.|- Hey, hey, Woodsy.|Did the other one bother you ?

Huh ? No, it didn't.

Richie.

Richie ?

- Hey !

Goddamn, Richie !

I'm sick of this !

- Oh, God.|- Steve, this is Richie.|There's another Russian down here.

The son of a b*tch shot at us !|And Woods is hurt.

- So watch your ass. You copy ?|- Copy that. How is he ?

- Just tell him it's bad. Ow !

- Bad !|- He'll live,|but he ain't in a good mood, man.

Just get him to the damn engine room.|And no more sightseeing, all right ?

Yeah. Copy, copy, copy.|All right.

- Get up. Get up.

Squeaky ? Squeak ?

Holy sh*t. What the hell ?

Oh, my God.

Jesus Christ ! Squeak ?

Squeak ? Open up !

- Don't shoot ! It's us !|- Where the hell have you two been ?

Back from your holiday ?

- Jesus Christ. Woods, you're a mess.|- Thank you.

-You said a Russian did this ?|-No, a machine did that with a nail gun.

Yeah, that's right. You're not|gonna believe it till you see it.

There's some really weird sh*t|goin' down on this ship, man.

- Weird ain't the word.|- I'm in need of some|proper medical attention.

- Shut the f*** up !|- I don't belong on this ship.

- Somebody just welded|the engine room door shut.|- It's welded ?

- Squeaky's still missing.|- Weird.

R-Richie ?

Richie, it's that smell again.

- Squeak ?|- Hey, Squeaky !

- Squeak, man.|- Is that you ?

Sh*t !

- Go !|- That bastard shot at us !

You're all going to die.

You hear that, Foster ?

We're all going to die,|because there are aliens on this ship.

That's all the grounds I need.

One of my men is missing.|And I want some answers !

And no more|of this Twilight Zone stuff.

I don't know anything|about your man.

Rubbish.|I'm gonna give you five seconds,

and then I'm gonna|blow your brains out.

- One--|- She couldn't possibly know|where Squeaky is.

- She was hiding in sick bay.|- She knows. She dropped|an anchor on my tug.

She fired at us. Two.

Captain !|Hiko, come on !

- That anchor nearly killed me.|I'm not feeling too sympathetic.|- Me neither.

- Three.|- Shoot me. I don't care.|Just shut down the power to the ship.

Captain, she's not gonna|tell you what you wanna hear.

Hey, Captain. I'd like to hear|what she has to say about this.

Up here on the chart table, Richie.

Fake bastard !

What the bloody hell is that ?

It beats the hell out of us.

It's Alexi, my captain.

Hell, whatever it is,|it tried to kill us.

Squeaky's still AWOL, and somebody|welded the engine room door shut.

We're not alone here.

She's got another friend down there.

Can someone explain|what the hell is goin' on ?

Finish your story, Nadia.

The energy that came|from the MIR...

infested all of the ship's|electrical systems.

Mainframe computer,|the labs, the machine shops.

It activated fire extinguishers.

Sixty-seven died|from halon gas poisoning.

Quarter of the crew.

It cut us off from machine shops|and started building.

The little ones first--|the gatherers.

Yeah. We saw a whole room full of them.|That's what nailed Woods.

Then came something...|more dangerous.

Half man, half machine.

A biomechanism. Engineering|beyond our comprehensions.

The rest of the crew deserted,|taking their chances in the sea.

Only Alexi and me stayed,|cutting cables.

What does cutting cables|have to do with it ?

The machines are controlled by|the electrical energy in the computer.

If we can cut their source|of power, they'll die.

We cut these to get him here.|What the hell are you talking about ?

What is this thing that's|inside the computer, huh ?

It's a life-form|unlike anything we know.

Not cellular but electrical in nature.|Extremely intelligent.

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Charles Patrick "Chuck" Pfarrer, III is an American novelist, screenwriter, and former U.S. Navy SEAL from Biloxi, Mississippi, USA. more…

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