Thing , The (2011)

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Kate.

sh*t.

Sorry, Kate. These fellas said
that you've been expecting them.

Of course. Thanks, Hank.

Thanks.

Hey.

You forgot, didn't you?

No, no.

I just...

Yeah.

He just wanted to...
Actually, this is him. Okay.

I'm Dr. Sander Halvorson.

Kate Lloyd.

Yes. Do you know who I am?

I do.

Adam told me a little
bit about you as well.

He says you specialize
in vertebrate paleontology.

Primarily, yes.

And obviously you've extracted
specimens from pack ice.

I've worked on
several cold-weather digs.

Good.

Um...

An old friend of mine,
a colleague from Oslo,

runs a geological research
station in Antarctica.

Forty-eight hours ago,
his team found something

quite remarkable.

Really?

What'd they find?

We're flying down there tomorrow
evening to examine the site

and I need a paleontologist.

Doctor, I'm sure
you can understand

that I need to know a little bit

about what it is I'm
being asked to dig up.

There's a structure.

A structure?

Yes. In Antarctica?

And a specimen.

That's all I can tell you.

And I guess I don't have any
time to think about this?

No, I'm sorry. I need
your answer right now.

Well...

I'm in.

Great.

Adam will get you the details
of our departure.

I'll see you in the car.

Yes, of course. Thank you.

Adam.

What the hell is it?

You now officially
know as much as I do.

But I'll tell you one thing. I have
worked for that guy for three years

and I have never
seen him this excited.

Hey.

She US?

Mmm-hmm.

Look at this guy.

How is that even
humanly possible?

I was hoping maybe you could
help me with something.

I can't seem to get a hold of a
newspaper that's not, you know,

three weeks old, and I'm a man in
desperate need of certain information.

Carter, don't do
this to yourself, man.

And what information
would that be?

I wanna know how
the Cavaliers are doing.

Hmm. I don't follow football.

It's a basketball team.

They play basketball.

Barely.

They're the Cavaliers, man.

Sorry I couldn't help you.

That's all right.

Hey, listen, so you guys know,
whatever you all are doing,

you might wanna wrap it up
in a couple of days.

Yeah? Why's that?

There's a storm moving in.

A nasty one.

Good morning, Griggs.

Yeah, he's right.

And the last place
that you wanna be

is cooped up with
a dozen Norwegian guys.

Trust me.

Base in sight at my one o'clock.

This is H3 Sea King inbound for Thule.
Do you copy?

Hello, H3 Sea King.
Please approach from the west.

That path is clear.

Throttle coming back.

Good to go, Griggs.

Dr. Halvorson?

Yes.

Welcome to Thule.

Thank you.

Edvard asked you to go
to the site right now.

Lars is gonna drive you.

Hi. Hi, welcome.

Please go in the Spryte. Thanks.

Edvard!

Yeah, this is Kate Lloyd.

Columbia paleontology.

Welcome.

Adam Finch,
my research assistant.

Welcome. Hi.

This is Edvard, my good friend.

This is some of my team.
This is Karl and Juliette.

Both geologists. Hi.

Welcome.

Okay.

Let me show you why you flew

10,000 miles.

Holy sh*t.

We estimate it's been here
approximately 100,000 years.

We picked up
a signal transmitting.

Some kind of
distress call, perhaps.

Incredible.

We think
the signal got triggered

when the survivor
exited the craft.

Survivor?

My God.

How long will it take to get out?
Do you know, Kate?

Assuming you have the
right equipment, I'd say,

maybe a half a day.

Good.

Uh, the ice,

I should ask you,
how fragile is it?

It's not in the fracture zone, so
there's very little risk of fissuring.

And the ice is quite
dense, so we think

we can get it out in one piece.

Good.

A rough estimate is about six by 12
feet, three and a half feet high.

Probably someplace around
three and a half...

That's good.

Make sure that everyone
stays off the radio.

We don't want any
information out.

And the crane, do we
have something that's

appropriate for this?

Yeah, it's already there.
It's all set up.

I'm Peder, by the way.

Peder. Nice to meet you.

So you've got it
all taken care of.

I don't think
you really need me.

What about him? Is he
completely disinterested or...

Oh, that's Lars.

He doesn't understand English,
but he'll work like a bear.

And as you can
see from the scans,

the ship carved a 200-meter
tunnel into the ice.

Wow.

So let me get this right.

You crash into a glacier,

and then without
enough information,

you leave the cozy
confines of your ship?

Maybe it was hurt and wanted
to find someplace warm.

I guess it didn't find it.

The first night is hard.

I'm sorry.
I don't mean to keep you up.

No, no, it's fine.

We'll never look at
them the same again.

...93 pounds...

...complete pounds, about 1, 190.
Yeah.

What do you need for
a transport weight?

To cut it down to
a portable weight,

we'll have to take
it from here to here.

Start with four inches or so.

I never believed in this sh*t.

I always did.

We all set?

Nearly there.

Good.

But before we do, I'm going
to take a tissue sample.

Do you really think
that's a good idea?

Yes, I do.

The conditions
are so unpredictable

and we don't have
the proper equipment.

Sterilization is an issue.

Edvard, what do you have in the
way of a small diameter drill?

Up to 30 millimeters.

Very good.

I think somewhere around here.

Kate.

Just a second.

In the future,
don't contradict me

in front of those people again.

I just thought I'd...

You're not here to think.

You're here to get this thing
safely out of the ice.

I hope we understand each other.

Here you are.

So, have you ever
tasted this before?

No, I haven't.
It tastes very bad.

Gentlemen, ladies.

After a short but
thorough investigation

of our visitor,

I can say, unequivocally,

that I have never seen
anything on any cellular level

like what we have
in that other room.

And the impact of this find will
be felt for thousands of years.

From this point on,

the world as we know it
has forever been altered.

You, my friends,
will all be immortalized

as the people who
made this discovery.

Thank you.

You think they're gonna pay a
bonus for bringing home an alien

instead of core samples?

You got anything better
than this cough syrup?

Hey, Griggsey. Yeah?

You wanna go out
and get the captain's stash?

Sure. No problem.

I'm on it.

Where'd I put those bottles?

Boo! Jesus!

Screw you, man.

Son of a bitch.

It broke out!

Cuckoo!

It ain't a damn joke, man!

The frigging thing's alive!

I was in the room, man,
looking at the ice,

the frigging thing jumped out!

We will search in
groups of two and three.

The entire camp.

If you find it, call out.

Don't attempt
anything on your own.

And be careful.

We don't know what
condition it's in.

Griggs.

You leave that open?

I don't remember.

sh*t.

Hey, just be careful, man.

That thing jumped
through the f*cking roof.

Jesus Christ.

Shh!

Help! Over here!

Help!

Somebody!

Over here!

Where?

It att*cked Henrik!

Come on!

In there!

Oh, God, somebody do something!

sh**t it! sh**t the fucker!

Hey!

No, no, no, no!

We gotta burn that fucker,
man! Burn it!

Throw it! Throw it!

His blood pressure is low.

Henrik had two small children.

Yes, it's horrible.

It was a horrible tragedy.

We are all shocked at
what happened to Henrik.

But with due respect,
we need to examine

the remains before
it all disintegrates.

Hey, that was a man.
Not remains.

No, I'm talking
about the creature.

And I'm sure we're all aware of
the importance of this discovery.

This may be the first
and only time mankind

has been visited by
an alien life form.

And as scientists,
we're obliged to study it.

Didn't work out so well
the last time, did it?

I think you should destroy it.

Completely.

I think you've contributed
enough to this endeavor.

Really?

Listen, your guy Olav back
there, he's in bad shape.

Now, we're gonna fly him
back to McMurdo at sun up

and take him to
the m*llitary hospital.

And what are you
going to tell them?

I'm gonna tell them the
truth, as crazy as it sounds.

Kate.

Can you help here?

Come on.

Pull that side open.

His face is encased
in some type of amniotic sac.

And the tissue

looks almost new.

What was it doing to him?

It appears it was absorbing him.

Some type of digestion.

It's fascinating.

It is fascinating.

Hey.

What's the matter? Are you okay?
I'm fine.

You sure? Yeah, I'm okay.

You need something?

No, no. I'm okay.

What is this?

It looks like a titanium plate.

It's used to reinforce broken
bones, compound fractures.

Yeah, that's right.

Henrik broke his arm last year.

He had to go to
Argentina to get it set.

So if this was in his arm,
what's it doing out of him now?

That's a good question.

What are you doing?

I took a sample
of Henrik's tissue.

I want to find out what this
thing was doing to him.

I think you should
take a look at this.

These cells aren't dead.

That's not possible.

It looks like the alien
cells are somehow

attacking Henrik's
cells and then they...

What is that? It's like
they're transforming into...

They're imitating his cells.

Okay, I don't know if that's
what I'm seeing, but...

They're imitating him.

Place is giving
me the creeps, man.

No kidding.

We're getting out of here
not a moment too soon.

Hey, yo,
did you get that other thing?

Yeah, all I could carry.

It's going to be okay, Olav.
A doctor will see you at McMurdo.

Okay.

Kate.

Hey.

We're leaving.

If the weather holds up, we'll be
back with help as soon as we can.

Okay.

All right.

Keep him warm. I will.

Come on, let's go.

Sit down there.

There you go.

Let's get the hell out of here.

Carter!

Carter, wait! Come on!

She's flagging us down.

What's wrong?

They shouldn't leave.

Carter.

Let's just get out of here, man.

All right, f*ck it.
We're landing.

sh*t.

Let's take her down.

Is there something wrong?

Uh... No, no, everything's fine.

They probably just
forgot something.

We'll be in the air
in no time. Okay?

Don't worry.

Hang in there.

Something's wrong.

Hailing McMurdo or any
ears on emergency channel,

do you copy? Over.

I repeat, this is Thule Station.

They crashed here, right
behind this ridgeline.

It's impossible to reach them.

This doesn't make any sense.

They had plenty
of visibility, right?

We're not going after them?
Shouldn't we try?

We need our chopper
to even get close to them,

and that's refueling in Halley.

This can't be a coincidence.

Radio's dead. It's f*cking dead.

The incoming storm.

There's too much interference.

Colin, Lars, get your gear.

We'll take a snowcat
to the next base. Lars.

I don't think
that's a good idea.

And why is that?

Because no one
can leave this camp

until we know more
about what's going on here.

I make decisions
about this camp.

I know, Edvard, but...

Why did you flag
down that helicopter?

Because I thought
it was in danger.

Why?

I took a sample
of Henrik's blood.

And I saw that the alien
cells were still alive.

They were alive and they
were copying Henrik's cells.

Replicating them.

Adam saw it, too.

Is that true?

I don't know. I don't
know what we saw.

We saw something.

I don't understand.
What are you saying?

That this thing
can and probably has

replicated a person.

Yeah. Okay, okay. Kate, Kate.

Okay. Kate.

This is not the time
to be yelling, "Fire."

Let's stop, gather our thoughts,

and discuss this in private.

We don't need any
private meetings, Doctor.

We all want
the f*cking information.

There's more.

What are those?

I think they're fillings
from someone's teeth.

I found them by a puddle
of blood in the shower.

A puddle of blood?

It can clone cells,
but not inorganic material.

It couldn't copy these,
so it spit them out.

We've wasted too much
time already. Lars...

Listen.

When I went back to check it,
someone had cleaned up the blood.

Someone had wiped it away.

All right? So whatever it is,

it is still here.

I've heard enough.

Lars, Colin, get your gear.
Ten minutes.

Please, Edvard.

You can't leave.

You can't leave. You don't
know what we're dealing with.

Well done.

Kate.

I don't know if I should
be speaking about this.

I don't wanna get
anyone in trouble, but...

Speaking about what?

You were saying

about someone cleaning up
the blood from the shower,

that someone here
may not be themselves?

Juliette, please.

What did you see?

After the crash, I think I saw
Colin coming from the showers.

He was holding something.

It could have been a towel or
a rag, something to clean up.

Kate, I can't say for sure,
but it's just the...

He's leaving with Edvard.

We can't let him go.

We can't let any of them go.

I know where they keep the
keys for the vehicles.

Okay.

Where are they?

In that drawer.

This one? Yes.

How many am I looking for?

Five.

There's three and four.

You said there were five?

Run!

Kate, what happened?

Karl! It got Karl! It got Karl!

Kate...

Burn it!

What the f*ck's happening to us?

It att*cks its prey,

copies it perfectly,

and then hides inside it,

waiting.

Is it still among us?

It could be any of us.

We've gotta get out of here.

Yeah. Right now.

Then you could be getting
in a vehicle with it.

You'd be alone.

Vulnerable.

That's exactly what it wants.

Not to mention you'd be
giving it a way out of here.

A way to spread.

It's like a virus.

So what do we do with any virus?

Quarantine.

We isolate it and
then we k*ll it.

Yeah.

We have to rely on science.

Exposing our uncontaminated blood
to the cells of the creature

might create
a reaction of some kind.

So we take blood
samples from everybody.

Yeah, and we test
each one of them.

Yes. Adam and I can do that.

Okay.

Lars and I will
disable the vehicles.

We have to trust in this plan.

It's our only chance
of making it through this.

Is that it?

No more vehicles?

Okay.

What?

Is everything all right?

Yes.

Yes, everything's fine.

Good.

Kate, we should go.

The storm is getting worse.

Who is that?

Hurry, they're coming!

The Americans.

It's impossible for a human
to survive that crash.

We should burn them.

Right here, right now.

It could be m*rder.

It could be survival, Kate.

Yes, but we don't have
to k*ll them. All right?

We can just lock them up
until Sander's test is ready.

Please.

So this is a good idea?

Locking us up?

You need our help.

Okay.

Kate.

A bunch of scientists, they can't
handle what we saw in that chopper.

For all we know, you could
be one of those things.

It is pretty hard to believe you
both walked away from that crash.

Yeah, I get that. I do, but...

We're preparing a test,

and then we
figure out who's who.

It's all I can
offer you right now.

Someone sabotaged it.

There's nothing left. Nothing.

Now there's no test.

How could this happen?

It was no accident.

You.

You were in there with it.

You were the last one.

Why are you accusing me?

Why not?

He's got something to hide.

What are you, an assh*le?

I was the one working on the test.
I left for two minutes!

You just don't want us
to know the truth, do ya?

Bullshit! Don't tell
me to f*cking calm down!

Calm down! Calm down!

This is a g*dd*mn
f*cking nightmare!

There might be another way.

I think there might be

another way to tell.

Peder, give me your flashlight.

Now tell Lars to open his mouth.

Huh?

Tell him to open his mouth.

Good.

Lars has fillings.

So he's human. It can't
imitate inorganic material.

See?

Good.

Open.

Okay.

Okay. Good.

Right now it's at
least something.

A way to eliminate some of us.

So I'm gonna get k*lled
because I floss?

Nobody's getting k*lled.

Kate.

Kate, come on.

Kate.

Just do it.

Kate.

Open.

Just go stand over there.

You know as well as I do,
there are too many variables.

Open your mouth.

Open your mouth!

They're porcelain.

Go stand by Adam.

Anyone else with
porcelain fillings?

Or clean teeth?

This is bloody absurd.

This is wrong.

Jonas, you and Lars go out,

get Carter and Jameson
and bring them in here.

We'll check them, too.

But why don't we just leave
them where they are?

They can't do anything.

We need to know.

Yeah.

Lars.

Lars!

Lars! Lars!

Lars!

Peder.

Whatever they're saying,
right now it doesn't matter.

You can't trust them.

Watch them.

Kate!

Come on!

Where are they?
Where are the rest?

They att*cked him!

Who? They got Lars!

Peder!

What happened?
Peder, keep them back.

Stay on them, Peder!

We don't know if
we can trust them!

Stay on them!
Stay on them, Peder!

They're inside.

Hey!

Calm down!
What have you done with Lars?

I said calm down!

Where the f*ck is Lars?

Drop it.

Somebody tell him!

Put it down!

Peder. Peder.

Okay.

I just want to
check my friend, okay?

It's okay.

He was gonna fire.

It's gonna blow! Watch out!

Edvard?

Edvard?

Pick him up.

Okay.

Get down. Get down.

You.

Yeah, you, help him!

All right, show yourselves.

Right f*cking now!

Everybody in the rec room.

Pick him up. Come on.

Sit down.

Not all of us are human.

Just put him over
there on the couch.

Get it off!

What the f*ck is this sh*t, man?

Carter!

Carter, burn it, man!

There's something
wrong with it! f*ck!

God damn it, Carter, burn it!

sh*t! Carter, table!

Carter!

Something's wrong
with the pressure.

It's got air in the pipe!

Watch out!

We gotta get the air out!

No! No!

Burn it!

I'm with you, buddy.

Carter?

Hey.

Are you okay?

Yeah.

Are you?

Not yet I'm not.

We find it and we k*ll it.

I think that was Sander.

Yeah.

Gross. Oh, no!

Get it!

You see it?

Where'd it go?

There!

Get back!

Don't. Don't touch it.

Did you hear that?

Yeah.

Kate.

Sander. Wait.

So what?

It'll freeze out there.

And if it doesn't?

If it makes it out of here,
millions of people could die.

It's got nowhere to go.

Yes, it does.

Come on.

All right.

What?

What happened to Lars?

We didn't k*ll him.

Come on.

Run! Run!

Kate!

Kate!

Kate?

Kate!

Kate!

So what do we do now?

There's a Russian station

about 50 miles from here.

We should have enough gas.

We're gonna make it back, okay?

Okay.

Let's go.

I'll put this in the back.

You know how I knew
you were human

when you showed up back at base?

No.

Your earring.

It was your other ear.

Kate...
Kate, what are you doing?

Let's talk about this.

Talk to me.

Kate.

Kate!

No!

Hello?

Edvard?

Hello!

Hello!

Lars!