Mimic (1997)

Post by **bunniefuu** » 09/24/23 19:21

[ Man On Radio, Indistinct ]

[ Woman On Radio ] An eight-year-old boy from Manhattan...

was delivered dead on arrival today...

[ Man On Radio ] The Centers for Disease Control.

[ Man #2 On Radio ] Are we dealing with an epidemic?

[ Man #1 On Radio ] Whatever the carrier, we know that it's not the water.

We don't believe that it's airborne.

[ Children ] One, two, three, four...

[ Siren Wailing ]

[ Girl Gasping, Sobbing ]

[ Man ] Strickler's Disease was first diagnosed two years ago.

We're no better off now.

[ Child Coughing ]

[ Man Continues ] I needed you to see this foryourself, Dr. Tyler.

It's the same at every hospital in the city.

For the lucky ones, it's a lifetime in leg braces.

- [ Labored Breathing ] - [ Crying ]

Most of these kids won't make it.

[ Child Coughing ]

[ Labored Breathing ]

We need your help.

[ Hydraulics Hissing ]

[ Wind Howling ]

[ Heavy Breathing ]

[ Clicking ]

[ Hissing ]

[ Chirping ]

[ Flapping ]

[ Man ] Strickler's Disease came to New York...

like a thief in the night, threatening to steal...

an entire generation ofour children from before our eyes.

[ Man On TV ] Dr. Peter Mann, Deputy Director of the Centers for Disease Control...

[ Man ] The k*ller was cunning. It was deadly.

Neither a cure nor a vaccine could be found.

We at the CDC had to contain it...

before it could spread beyond Manhattan Island.

So we went after its carrier, the common c*ck.

Or rather she did.

Dr. Susan Tyler is the reason that there hasn't been...

a new case ofStrickler's in this city for six months.

- Dr. Susan Tyler. - [ Audience Applauding ]

[ Woman Reporter] Dr. Susan Tyler, Professor of Entomology...

at the New York State Univeesity.

- [ Reporter Continues, Indistinct ] - Thank you, Peter.

I don't think I need to tell you New Yorkersjust how resilient...

- the common c*ck is. - [ Audience Laughing ]

Since it has proven to be virtually immune to chemical control,

we had to find a new avenue of attack.

So, with the aid of genetics labs across the country,

we recombined termite and mantid DNA to create a biological counteragent,

a new species to be our six-legged ally...

in wiping out the roach population.

We call it the "Judas" breed.

Once in contact with theJudas' secretions,

the common roaches were infected with an enzyme...

- which caused their metabolism to go into overdrive. - Come on, Susan!

- [ Peter ] You're missing it. - No matter how much the common roaches ate,

every last member of the nest...

starved to death within a matter of houes.

- [ Audience On TV Applauding ] - I hope someone's taping this.

[ Man On TV ] This announcement's been a long time coming,

- ladies and gentlemen. - Coming home.

The Strickler's outbreak has officially been contained.

- The epidemic is over. - [ Audience Applauding ]

Hey, Susan. Honey.

- Any other questions? - Dr. Mann, what did this victory mean to you personally?

[ Peter On TV ] It means that I can move on to other projects with the, uh...

- Our 15 minutes are gone. - [ Peter Continues Indistinct ]

And personally, um, it's where I met my wife.

What is this? Is this some kind of Catholic guilt thing?

We don't even know what the impact is of what we did.

- The impact is that... - [ Splashing ]

a lot of kids will be running around next year because of you.

A lot of kids.

- Hey! - Maybe we get lucky.

[ Sighs ] Maybe a couple ofthem'll be oues someday.

- Oh, a couple, huh? - Mm-hmm.

Oh, okay. We're not rushing things.

[ Peter] I didn't want to overtaxyou. It's been a hard year.

[ Susan Laughing ] It's been a great year.

[ Thunder Rumbling ]

[ Rain Falling ]

[ Thunderclap ]

- [ Pounding ] - [ Speaking In Foreign Dialect ]

[ Pounding Continues ]

[ Panting ]

[ Speaking In Foreign Dialect ]

[ Panicked Grunts ]

[ Screaming ]

[ Child Humming ]

[ Humming ]

Oxfords. Seven and a half.

Black. Leather soles.

[ Thunder Rumbling ]

[ Rustling, Clicking Noises ]

[ Rustling, Clicking Noises Continue ]

[ Bones Cracking ]

[ Rustling, Clicking Noises Stop ]

[ Spoons Drop ]

Funny, funny shoes.

Funny...

Can you raise it a little bit on the left?

It's sort of drooping. Don't you think?

Husband, incoming, 6:00.

I'm sorry I was late. Everything crazy out there today?

I got T.B. breaking out all over the city...

and the mayor's in my face about scaring off another convention.

[ Beeping ] It's Bruce.

I'll call him later.

So- [ Chuckles ] Nice lunch, huh?

Very nice lunch. Choose.

- What's this? - Come on, choose.

[ Chuckles ]

Oh, honey, why'd you get this?

Baby in a bottle.

It's ours.

Dr. Chadwick said if you take that twice a we...

Do you know where this comes from? Sure.

It comes from the urine of Italian menopausal nuns.

So? Monks bottle their own wine, so...

Not natural, Peter.

Um, would you at least think about this?

For the last six months,

I've been the one running around with ice in my underwear.

And that's not natural.

[ Beeping ]

I really got to go.

See you.

[ Indistinct Chattering ]

[ Man ] Hold it right there, sir.

CDC.

Hey, Boss, welcome to disease land.

Tuck it in. All right. All right.

[ Siren Wailing ] We sure this is yellow fever?

What, are you ignoring your pages now? Listen, I...

Okay, these two cops saw the broken scaffold, and then the paint mess here.

And then they looked through that cellar window.

Go ahead. Take a look.

- [ Gasps ] - [ Indistinct Chatter ]

Pleasant, isn't it?

Couldn't let 'em out until you gave me the okay, so...

This piece of sh*t chapel here is a front for the Triads.

Chinese mob.

The snake had people in from UNAD. sl*ve labor.

How long have they been operating?

I don't know. Five, six years. Too long.

Oh, have you had lunch? Uh-huh.

Try to keep it down when you see this, okay?

[ Knocks ]

Roughly three dozen people were trapped in here.

One toilet, no paper.

We got bacterial samples reading off the scale, though nothing's airborne.

Uh, we got a Reverend Harry Ping. Preacher?

Yeah. Preacher, if you can imagine that. He ran this place.

But there's no sign of him.

So what do you say, boss?

Quarantine 'em. Quarantine the cops that found it.

Quarantine anybody who touched anything.

Immigration's gonna love you.

Tell 'em to send the flowers to the usual address.

You got it.

[ Person Coughing ]

Piece of sh*t on the ceiling. Hmm?

Figure that one out. Here you go, Josh.

[ Train Passing Beneath ] The subway?

You know what? I-I- This is what I love about my job.

I get to travel, see the world...

and meet new exotic cultures.

It's- It's all bacterial, but hey, what the f*ck, right?

[ Woman Speaking Chinese ]

You're gonna be okay. We'll take care of you.

Hey, she doesn't speak English.

Uh, you tell her, please.

[ Speaks Chinese ]

[ Woman Continues ]

Man, she's delirious.

[ Woman Continues ]

What's she saying? I don't know.

She, uh, keeps saying something like the dark angels.

She says they're coming to get her.

Chinese people, man. They come up with some pretty wild stuff.

Thanks a lot, Miguel. Board up every exit.

If this leads to the subways, I don't want anything to spread.

Quarantine everybody.

[ Elevator Whirs ]

But, um, in the middle of the third date, he tells me that he wears women's underwear.

[ Chuckles ] What a pervert.

This city is full of perverts.

[ Chuckles ] Some of your fans.

- You're the bug lady, right? - That's me.

We're here to deal.

[ Electrical Buzzing ]

When you pick them up, you should pick 'em up by this front vein on the wing,

'cause it's the strongest part of the wing.

See, that way you don't break it.

Now, let's see what else you have in here. Oh, look.

- What do we have here? - Swallowtail?

- Excellent. - How come you like bugs so much?

Just imagine that you're one of them.

What, eating furniture and stuff? That's gotta suck.

No, no, no. Now, don'tjudge them too quickly.

These guys were building castles while dinosaurs were still wimpy little lizards.

Now, sayyou're him. He's what we call a soldier.

Now, there is no way that you would ever quit fighting,

no matter how badly injured you were.

It would be a battle to the death.

[ Insects Chirping ] But most insects don't k*ll...

unless their territory is invaded.

You'd just stun your prey up here.

And then you drag it all the way down through here to there,

into what is kind of like a pantry.

[ Insects Chirping ] We eat it alive?

Yeah. You're not really squeamish about those kind of things.

This is the nest. It's the heart of the colony.

The big enchilada.

Why? Well, if anything were to happen to the nest,

the entire colony would die out.

I'd just bail and start my own.

Well, you couldn't do that.

See... that big guy there? Next to the queen?

Wait. Look over there.

He's the king. And out of all the nest, he's the only fertile male.

He got a good deal.

[ Laughs ] Yeah.

It's a simple structure designed for their survival.

It's perfectly balanced, and it's very beautiful.

Whatever peels your banana, lady.

So, you wanna buy the butterflies, orwhat?

[ Chirping ] [ Susan ] You know what?

You guys have done a really good job. So, how about five bucks?

[ Boy ] That's your best?

- I'm gonna show her the weird bug. - Costs a dollarjust to look.

[ Boy With Cap ] It's a really great bug. Got it on the subway.

- We kind of broke it a little. - Okay. My best offer.

Ten bucks for everything, plus a specimen jar, some tweezers and some mounts.

Deal.

Are you crazy? This is the best. This is our meal ticket.

Come on. Bug's almost dead anyway.

[ Blows ]

It's yours.

[ Woman ] You gave 'em ten bucks. They're from Alphabet City.

There's much worse things they could be selling.

Oh, no. Your papers. Help me get the window.

Susan. Push. [ Wind Howling ]

Oh, come on. Oh, I hate this window.

[ Woman ] Okay, on three. One, two, three.

[ Chirping, Clicking ]

[ Man On Police Radio ] Who the hell do you thinkyou are,

putting my two officers on quarantine?

[ Peter] Listen to me, Captain. Those two, they go home,

they kiss their wives, they kiss their kids,

and I'm the one with a full-blown epidemic...

[ Chattering ] Come on, Chuy. We have to make dinner.

Dinner. [ Man On Radio ] I don't care.

[ Peter] Well, I do care! Jesus, God, I hate cops.

They make the worst coffee. [ Siren Wailing ]

Shiny wire. Don't stare. People look back if you stare.

I've had limited success with this combination of pheromones...

because it tends to wear off.

But now, watch this male when I add sound.

[ Recording of Bugs Chirping ]

[ Woman Laughs ] See, this is a female I recorded in the field.

Look at him go. It's like the Donna Summer ofcricketdom.

Wow. He wants it bad. [ Chuckles ]

Siren song.

If we put these speakers in fields that are overinfested,

we can collect the males, save the crops...

and restore the balance of the ecosystem.

All without putting harmful chemicals in food.

[ Clicking, Tapping ]

What the hell? [ Clicking ]

[ Clicking, Hissing ]

[ Squeaks ]

sh*t!

Those kids, we've gotta find them. [ Insect Buzzing ]

[ Siren Wailing ]

- I can't believe this. - What?

I spend an hour in the field. I get a weekend's worth of crap.

[Josh ] Oh, speaking of that. That turd that I took to the lab?

I found these in it.

[ Clears Throat ] What are they?

- Buttons. - Buttons?

Maybe they needed fiber.

[ Laughs ]

[ Insect Chirping ]

Wow.

Oh, my God. You'rejust a baby.

[ Chirping ]

[ Grunts ]

[ Flapping ]

[ Sighs ]

[ Squeals ]

[ Rustling Noise ]

Oh, my God.

[ Susan On Tape Recorder] The transfer of recombinant genetic material...

from termites and mantids intoJudas breed will allow rapid enzymatic change...

[ Tape Recorder Fast-Forwarding ]

insuring 100% sterility in allJudas females...

[ Fast-Forwarding Continues ]

utilization of a suicide gene...

[ Fast-Forwarding Continues ]

leading to a life expectancy of 120 to 180 days.

[ Thunderclap ]

[ Chirping ]

[ Raindrops Splattering ]

[ Rustling, Chirping Noises ]

[ Glass Shatters ]

[ Thunderclap ]

[ Wind Blowing ]

[ Thunderclap ]

Hmm.

[ Rustling ]

[ Growling ]

[ Thunder Rumbling ]

[ Dog Whimpering ]

[ Chirping Noises ]

[ Man On TV in Italian ] [ Humming ]

[ Humming Continues ]

Not too little...

and not too much.

You rub it in.

Around and around.

Like this, huh?

Let the leather take it. [ Humming ]

[ Chirping Noise ]

Funny shoes.

Aieee. Mr. Funny Shoes.

No one is there.

It's empty.

Chuy, listen to me.

They haveJesus on the cross,

but that is not a holy place.

Can you call me back tonight?

Thanks, Officer.

Cops are on it.

♪♪ [ Piano ] Good.

Well, they said- ♪♪ [ Stops ]

Can you do me a favor and hold off working at night for awhile?

I can't do that. I was actually thinking I had to get back...

Susan, someone broke into your office, okay?

I'm sorry about you losing your specimen, [ Siren Wailing ]

but let's try and get our priorities straight. This is not just a specimen.

I did a pH test, and there are only two species... ♪♪ [ Piano Continues ]

that match what I found.

Now, one of them is a leaf cutter ant in the Amazon.

The other one we released here three years ago.

♪♪ [ Stops ]

You said...

Y-Y-You said the ones we released only had a life span ofsix months.

We engineered them to be sterile adults.

TheJudases were not supposed to last past one generation.

- So what happened? - The one I examined today was a baby.

They were designed to die. They are breeding.

- I shine them good. - [ Indistinct Chattering ]

Chuy, Black Lincoln. Chuy?

Black Lincoln. This one.

Chuy,

pay attention, please.

This is where you found the bug?

Yeah, man. But they changed the lock.

You sure you haven't seen one of those?

No. What is it?

It's an ootheca. It's kind of a fancy name for an egg case.

There's probably more, like, weird bugs inside of it.

No way. I see one of those, I puke.

Here you go.

- Here. - Hold on.

Is there money to be made on this egg thing?

Sorry. Dealing days are over. Vámonos.

These egg things look nasty.

Thought you liked finding nasty things.

Well, what if we go find these things. She'll pay us, right?

[ Woman ] Is that all you think about?

Come on.

[ Coughs ]

[ Peter] This bug. What does it look like?

[ Electrical Buzzing ]

[ Rumbling, Rattling ]

Did you hear that?

- How deep does this go? - Let's see.

[ Beads Clinking, Echoing Below ]

Let's take a look.

- You see anything? - Not yet.

[ Hissing ]

sh*t.

[ Groans ] I dropped it.

[ Groaning ] I can't reach it.

Let me try. My hands are smaller.

[ Rustling Noise ]

- Just leave it. - Well, no. Wait. I think I'm almost there.

[ Door Banging ]

[ Peter] I already told you this is CDC business.

And I'm telling you that those lockers are MTA business.

Okay, we'll- we'll pay for the lock that we broke, Officer.

I mean, whateverwe can do- Lady, who am I talking to now?

You or him? You're talking to me, okay? You're talking to me.

All we wanna see is...

[ Officer ] See what? That's the old maintenance bridge, buddy.

[ Peter] This insect that we are looking for...

[ Officer ] Look, man. Your lady want a bug...

or its eggs, orwhatever she wants, that's fine by me.

But it's like Swiss cheese down there.

Tunnels in, tunnels out, old tracks.

You go messing around, breakyour neck, and it's my a*s on the line.

[ Continues Indistinct ] Lace-up shoes. Black. Nine West.

Chuy, finish your sandwich.

It's good. It's chicken.

- [ Spoons Clicking ] - [ Chuy ] Penny loafers. Eleven.

Double E.

Hey.

He's really good at that. Oh, yes.

He imitates anything.

Doesn't he go to school?

[ Train Horn Honking ] He doesn't need school. He's special.

What you making there? Is that a superhero?

Mr. Funny Shoes.

He knows everything about shoes.

[ Peter] Hey, I'm talking to you. [ Officer ] No, you're talking at me!

You come back with the proper permits. Maybe we'll have a conversation.

Great. We'll do lunch. Yeah, I look forward to it.

Uptown.

What happened? Napoleon is alive and well and working for the MTA.

We have to get down there.

He wants a permit? I'll give him a real special one.

[ Squishing Noise ] Ew!

[ Boy With Cap ] Ah, what's that?

Is that the egg thing?

[ Grunts ] Give me a hand.

[ Boy Coughs ] Oh, man, that smells.

[ Chirping, Scurrying ]

[ Whispering ] I can hear the bugs inside.

Come on. Cut it. She's gonna give us at least 40 bucks.

[ Rattling Noise ]

What's up?

I think there's a guy down there.

[ Guttural Growling ]

Oh, sh*t. Oh, sh*t. Oh, sh*t.

Oh, sh*t! It's got me!

[ Gasping ]

Help! Oh, God, please! Please, help me!

- [ Screeching ] - [ Screaming ]

- Alex! - [ Flesh Ripping, Bones Cracking ]

[ Screaming ]

[ Screaming Continues ]

[ Man ] A philosopher named Hobbes once wrote that,

"Life, by its very nature, is nasty, brutish and short."

An ant would put it more succinctly:

Can I eat it orwill it eat me?

[ Laughing ] It's this kind of simplicity...

that governs the phylum Insecta. [ Telephone Ringing ]

[ Continues Indistinct ] Hello?

[ Peter ] It's me. I got the permits. You did?

We're going down first thing tomorrow. Okay, that's great.

Listen, honey, I-I gotta go right now. I'll call you later.

Or of cellular phones, Okay.

As my distinguished colleague can tell you.

So, you thinkyour little Frankenstein has got the better of you?

I was hoping you could tell me.

I really need to find some answers, Walter.

Dear Susan,

is it answers you want from me, or is it absolution?

You still think making theJudases was wrong?

Three years ago, I would've called it unforgivable.

But I have two grandchildren who are alive today probably because of you.

It would be a tad hypocritical for me to passjudgement.

That's not an answer, Walter.

[ Whispering ] It's not an easy question.

But as to theJudases,

I think it's likely some survived.

Evolution has a way of keeping things alive.

But they all died in the lab.

Yes, Susan. But you let them out... into the world.

The world's a much bigger lab.

[ Siren Wailing ]

[ Humming ]

[ Clicking, Chirping Noises ]

[ Grunts ]

- [ Rattling ] - [ Grunts ]

[ Clicking Noises ]

[ Chirping, Clicking Noises ]

[ Spoons Clicking ]

[ Grunts ]

[ Spoons Clicking ]

[ Clicking, Chirping ]

Funny shoes.

[ Hissing, Chirping ]

[ Rattling ]

Hold on. Something's blocking filter "D."

Something's blocking filter "D"!

[ Metal Clunking ]

[ Whirring Slows ]

Jules, come on, man. Hurry it up.

f*ck off.

It's not a date.

Oh, God.

What's the problem?

I think it's a kid.

[ Telephone Ringing ]

[ Ringing Stops ]

Yeah. Hi, Peter. It's Remy.

Yeah, hi. Is Susan there? I need to talk to her.

How you doin'? Fine.

Huh? It's really important.

Yeah, sure.

[ Ticking Rapidly ]

What are you doing? [ Gasps, Laughs ]

What do you got there?

Where? Right down there. In your hand.

Nothing. Oh, are we testing it?

Maybe. Mm-hmm.

Are we testing it? Uh-huh, maybe. I don't know. Could be.

It's Remy. Oh, good. Okay. So give me the phone.

Come on. Come here. [ Laughing ]

Give me the phone. [ Indistinct ]

Are we testing it? Yes.

Can you hold on, Remy?

[ Yells ]

Hey. What's up?

[ Remy, Indistinct ]

- They found what? - At the water filtration plant.

What's going on? Okay, I'll be there in, in about 20 minutes.

- [ Remy ] Okay. Bye. - Okay. Bye.

[ Clears Throat ] How long you got?

Patience.

[ Ticking Stops, Timer Bell Rings ]

[ Whispers ] We'll just try again.

Try again.

You know, sometimes these things can be wrong.

That's okay. I gotta go, okay? Bye, babe.

Susan, we got the subway thing today.

Yeah, I know. I-I'm just gonna have to meet you there when I'm done.

Wait.

When you're done from what?

♪♪ [ Rock, Indistinct ]

[ Indistinct Chattering ]

[ Man ] Uh, boots, toys, uh, beer bottles,

body parts, cocaine-filled condoms,

uh, little baby alligators.

sh*t, you wouldn't believe the stuff I'd seen.

[ Grunting ] Yep.

They flush 'em down. We fish 'em out.

But this thing. We didn't know what this was.

We were thinking about throwing it away, but then I remembered Remy.

- Jeremy plays bass in my band. - [ Imitating Guitar ]

- Ah. - Anyway. So, uh...

[ Coughs ] [ Groans ]

[ Insects Buzzing ]

Yep. I remember Remy says to me,

"If it's got more than four legs, it's not a mammal."

It's a lobster, right?

My father saw me stay in bed,

he'd go get the pitcher of cold water, and whoosh!

I tell you, that's some alarm clock.

[ Electrical Buzzing ]

Wow.

How big did you say these bugs are? Come on. Hurry up.

You know, my shift's almost over. I need my beauty sleep.

Man, if I'm blowing off my Saturday, then so are you.

Yeah. It looks like somebody requested you for overtime.

[ Peter] Come on. Hurry up. Let's find these things.

We've got a long way to go.

[ Mouths Word ]

All right. Watch your step there.

We've got burrows going down seven stories here.

[Josh ] No sh*t? Oh, yeah.

It's five stories down, partner.

You fall, I don't wanna come back and pickyou up.

Okay, it's all youes. Go ahead.

[ Man On Telephone ] It's 48 hours anyway. [ Shoeshine Man ] I can't wait that long.

[ On Phone ] It's 48 hours. Now listen, you got something to write with?

Yes, yes. I write it. You gotta write this down.

Come on. Here's the case number. It's two-seven...

Wait a sec. Two, seven. Yes, two-seven...

Eight-three. Eight-three.

All right. You got that? What does this mean, case number?

It means I deal with you in 48 hours, okay?

[ Dial Tone ]

[ Speaking In Italian ]

Mr. Funny Shoes.

[ Siren Wailing ]

[ Thunderclap ]

[ Grunts ]

Chuy!

[ Panting ]

People actually do live down here?

Yeah, man. The mole people.

This section was pretty popular all the way to Fulton Street.

Tweeked-out crackheads, dopeheads, shitheads, mental cases.

Then suddenly, poof! All gone.

Rumors got started. Someone found a couple of stiffs.

They make up some crap about a k*ller.

Overcoat Slim, LongJohn.

[ Laughing ] Now, down here is the land of talk.

The wildest version goes the farthest.

This is mole speak, man. Hobo language.

Most of'em, they can't read or write.

They mark out an area with a sign or drawing, and it's as good as closed.

Here, here. See? This one.

This one says, "Go away.

Man with g*n." That's me.

[ Telephone Ringing ]

Yeah? [ Susan ] Hey, it's me again.

Susan? Yeah.

Hey, Susan. Peter?

Yeah. Susan?

Can you hear me? Barely.

I haven't found a thing yet.

Okay, I have. I have to talk to you right away in person.

How long would it take to get back to the platform?

About 30 minutes, you knock off the sightseeing.

Susan...

[ Breaking Up ] I'll meet you at the platform at a quarter to 12:00.

Honey, did you say quarter to 12:00?

[ Flash Clicking ] Peter?

[ Static On Telephone ]

Susan, the test was positive.

[ Breaking Up ] The test was positive. Peter?

[ Unintelligible ] Peter, I can't hearyou!

[ Dial Tone ] Oh, damn it.

The test was...

Susan! sh*t. Susan?

[ Hangs Up ]

She didn't wait long enough.

[ Panting ]

[ Gasps ] Chuy?

Chuy?

[ Footsteps Approaching ]

[ Whispering ] Chuy?

[ Clicking Noises ] Chuy?

Chuy?

♪♪ [ Opera ]

[ Remy ] Hi, Doc. Susan sent you some homework.

I see...

What's this? Look!

The organs are... perfectly formed.

They were functional.

I'm guessing here, and, of course,

they don't have a, uh, a complete specimen, but...

What do you think it is?

This thing... is not just some random mutation.

It's a highly evolved soldier caste,

formidable k*ller.

It couldn't have developed in a vacuum.

It's part of a colony.

[ Indistinct Chattering ]

[ Officer ] This way, this way.

[Josh ] Should have stayed at the office.

How much longer do we have to go? [ Peter ] Keep looking around.

It's the size of your palm.

[ Sneezes ] Aw, man. Take a whiff. [ Groaning ]

[Josh ] God, it smells like acid. [ Peter ] No. It's ammonia.

Hey, guys.

[ Peter ] Huh?

There's some weird sh*t here.

[ Peter ] What kind of weird sh*t?

Lots of it.

[ Peter] Oh, Jesus.

[ Sniffing, Gasping ]

[Josh ] God! [ Coughs ]

Man!

Go ahead and ask him. Ask.

[ Peter ] Uh, you seen anything like this before?

Why're you asking me if I've ever seen some sh*t like this before?

Do I look like I've seen some sh*t like this before?

Hell, no, I ain't never seen no sh*t like this before!

Who the f*ck would wanna climb up these walls and hang one of these?

Must've been a big elephant-a*s m*therf*cker. I don't know who the f*ck...

[ Man On P.A. ] The Delancey Street station will be closing in five minutes.

Please find alternate routes to your destination.

[ Indistinct Chattering ]

- [ Man ] Carlito? - [ Man #2 ] Yeah?

[ Man #1, Indistinct ]

[ Train Rumbles Loudly ]

Oh, come on, Peter. Hurry up.

Um, do you have the time?

Sir, the time?

- [ Screams ] - [ Squealing ]

[ Screaming ]

[ Flare Whooshes ]

Oh.

You know, my father always wanted me to become a dentist.

I said, "No way.

I'm not gonna spend my life looking into people's open mouths."

What could be worse than that, right? [ Groans ]

Oh, man, I've never been this deep.

This is the old Armory Station.

Hey, they built it around the turn of the century.

It's been closed for decades.

Yeah, I guess we covered everything. [ Officer ] Hey, look.

You got your sh*t. I'm happy for you.

Let's get the hell outta here, huh?

Okay, Josh, I want a full team in here by 6:00 tonight.

All right. [ Chirping Noise ]

Oh, sh*t!

What the f*ck? No, don't!

Look what the f*ck you did, man!

You see the size of that thing?

[ Creaking Noise ]

[ Creaking Noise Continues ]

Whoa, whoa.

[ Screaming ]

[ Groaning ]

Peter, are you all right?

[ Peter] It's okay, Josh.

It's okay. I think I'm okay.

Get the hell off me. Yeah, I think he's okay too.

How am I gonna get you back up?

I don't know.

See a way up?

No. sh*t.

There is no way up.

[ Cracks Back, Groans ]

[ Officer Chuckles ]

- Oh, man, that's gonna work! - Do you know a better way up?

Hey,

show that to the station manager.

Tell him Leonard said he's gonna have his bubble-butt if he don't have someone down here in ten...

Wait a second. I can't find my way back alone.

Look, look, look. Just go back the same way we came.

Wait, wait.

- All right. - Take the first tunnel to the left.

Then go to the fourth, right? Then right, right, left, right?

Left, fourth- Peter, can I just stay here and help you guys back up?

Toss the glow-sticks down and just go, Josh, please.

Just keep headin' up. You're gonna get there.

[ Peter] Hurry! All right, all right! I got it.

[ Scraping Noise ]

[ Breathing Noise ]

[ Screeching Noise ]

[ Rustling Noise ]

[ Chirping Noise ]

[ Panting ]

[ Insects Buzzing ]

[ Train Passing Overhead ]

Help me!

Help! Please, help!

Help! Please!

Help!

Please! Please! Somebody, please help me!

[ Rustling Noise ]

[ Guttural Growl ]

Aah!

[ Grunting ]

[ Screeching ]

[ Groans ]

[ Scurrying Noise ]

[ Grunting ]

[ Metal Grate Creaking ]

[ Panting ]

[ Guttural Growl ]

[ Panting ]

[ Rustling Noise ]

[ Grunting ]

[ Rustling Noise ]

[ Chirping Noise ]

[ Breathing Noise ]

[ Grunting ]

[ Chirping Noise ]

[ Flapping Noise ]

[ Panting ]

- [ Groans ] - [ Chirping Noise ]

- [ Chirping Noise ] - [ Grunting ]

Aah!

[ Panting ]

[ Chewing Noise ]

[ Scraping Noise ]

[ Scraping Noise Continues ]

[ Leonard ] ♪ There were four brothers ♪

[ Continues Indistinct ]

[ Whispering ] Piece of sh*t.

This is really weird.

We should've seen some track bunnies by now.

What are they? Track bunnies. Rats.

They're usually around.

They big? You damn right.

[ Flares Whoosh ]

♪ Yeah, yeah Got a telegram this mornin' ♪

♪ Sayin' my wife was dead ♪

♪ Show it to Mr. Moore He said, Might as you know, boy ♪

♪ You gotta plow ol' Red ♪

♪ That white man says, "It's rainin' and I'm way behind ♪

♪ I may let you bury that woman, Sam one of these old dinner times ♪

♪ I told him, "No, Mr. Moore ♪

♪ I dropped what I was doin' ♪

♪ Whoa, I cried till my eyes was red ♪

♪ You know I love that woman ♪

♪ And now she's gone ♪

Could you just knock it off, please? Knock it off.

Hey, I sing when I'm nervous. Yeah.

Turn these lights back on.

What? You said the cables are still alive.

Oh, man. Maybe we can rewire them.

There you go again.

What? How are you gonna rewire all of this?

You need a whole crew down here to do that. What is your problem, man?

Do you need a memo every time you take a sh*t? Oh, don't go there.

Hmm?

You better be careful howyou speak to people.

[ Clanking Noise ]

[ Thudding Noise ] [ Peter ] Josh?

He wouldn't be comin' from there.

Manny, what the hell are you doin' here?

Hurry.

The lady needs help.

Hey, honey, we're coming!

Oh, Jesus, please hurry.

Please. Come on!

- [ Screeching ] - Oh, no! It's coming!

What the f*ck is that? Come on. Get her, man!

Get her! What the f*ck is that?

- What the f*ck- - [ Peter ] Go!

Look there! There! There! The car! The car!

[ Flapping Noise ]

- [ Flapping Noise ] - Close the door!

- Close the f*ck' door! - [ g*nf*re ]

- [ Screeching ] - [ g*nf*re ]

[ Screeching ]

[ Rapid g*nf*re ]

[ Screeching ]

- [ Howling ] - Whoa!

[ Cans Clanking ] What the f*ck was that?

[ All Panting ]

Come on. Here. Here, here, here! Just wait a minute!

f*ck it! You wait a minute! I wanna make sure! It's not dead.

Yeah, well, it's gonna be! Very soon, lady!

[ Panting ]

[ Stick Clanking ]

- There it is. - Drag it out.

- There it is! - Drag it out!

[ Cans Clanking ]

You better tell me...

what the hell's goin' on around here.

Aah!

[ Rapid g*nf*re ]

[ Leonard ] Aah!

[ Grunting ]

[ Leonard ] Oh, man.

[ Leonard Groaning ]

Okay, Leonard. Okay. [ Groaning ]

It's gonna be fine. You'll be fine.

[ Groaning ] Okay.

You just stay calm.

Okay, there we go.

Everything's gonna be okay.

[ Sobbing ] Ah, Christ.

[ Leonard Groaning ]

[ Peter ] Josh will be here soon. He'll bring us some help. You're dreamin', man.

If your boy was comin' back, he'd have been here by now.

They got his a*s, man. They ate his a*s, man. We don't know that.

And if you think there's not another one of those things out there,

what has been puttin' that sh*t all over the walls?

Listen, Leonard. If you keep on screaming like that,

we're gonna meet the rest of its family.

Manny? Manny, be careful.

It-It's dead. No, no, no.

I emptied two clips into that thing and it kept comin'.

[ Susan ] Wait, wait a second. Help me turn it over.

Peter, these are lungs.

What the hell is she talkin' about?

Biology 101 . You know, insects don't have lungs.

That's what limits their size. The secretions are the same.

[ Panting ] Oh, God.

[ Susan ] When I increased theJudas's metabolism, I must have sped up its breeding cycle.

I mean, we're talking tens, hundreds of thousands of generations.

I mean, who knows how many mutations. Listen, I...

I just don't f*ck' get this. How could the...

How could theJudas evolve into this?

[ Susan ] Think generations, not years, okay?

It took only 40,000 generations for apes to turn into humans. So?

We changed its DNA, Peter. I mean, we don't know what we did!

Wait a minute! Wait a minute! Wait a minute! Hold on!

If that thing has been around, how come- How come nobody's ever seen it?

I think we have.

[ Flare Whooshes ]

Sometimes an insect will evolve to mimic its predator.

A fly can look like a spider.

A caterpillar can look like a snake.

TheJudas evolved to mimic its predator.

Us.

[ Peter] Nobody up there knows about this?

[ Susan ] Nobody would. Not until it's too late.

These things can imitate us.

They can infiltrate us and breed a legion before anyone would even notice.

How- How could you do this?

You-You take something and you-you make it like a man.

A man who's not a man, he's a- Manny!

He's a thing! Manny!

That steals my child!

Manny, you tell her, 'cause she don't give a g*dd*mn. Hey, hey, hey.

- Your kid's gone. - Hey, shut up.

- My leg's chewed to the bone! - Shut up, will ya? Shut the f*ck up!

- And they're both talkin' about insects with lungs! - Shut up!

[ Crashing Noise ]

[ Flapping Noise ]

Oh, sh*t! They're everywhere!

- [ Clanking Noise ] - [ Groans ]

[ Peter] Manny, get over here!

[ Screeching ]

Aah!

It's the blood!

[ Susan ] The smell of the blood is driving them crazy! Oh, sh*t!

[ Banging ]

[ Susan ] We have to cover the scent!

Manny, give me your razor. Give me your razor!

[ Banging, Glass Shattering ]

[ Glass Shattering ]

[ Sloshing Noise ]

Here. Take it. Rub it on the windows.

Anywhere where there's a crack. Wha...

- Just do it! - Come on!

[ Banging ]

Oh! What the- Ah! What is it?

Scent glands. Insects use them to identify themselves.

Here. Rub it all overyourself.

They won't attackyou if they thinkyou're one of them.

Me!

[ Banging, Crashing ]

[ Groans ]

[ Noises Stop ]

[ Panting ]

[ Groans ] Phew!

It worked.

[ Whispering ] Do you mind if...

Go ahead.

[ Leonard Whispering ] Manny, give me your lighter.

Look. This is where we are.

Now, these tunnels may lead to the surface.

Yes. If we can get...

this car moving, we might be able to make it.

[ Loudly ] What...

[ Whispering ] What do you mean, might?

I mean, probably.

But even if they do,

th-this thing's been down here rotting for halfa century.

How do you know it'll move? Listen to me. Listen.

This car is a CR-17 from Coney Island.

Believe me, it was made to last.

Now, Manny,

there's a track relay switch in this room here.

You switch the tracks. That'll get us going. Yes, I'll try.

- [ Manny ] I'll try. - Do.

There's a fuse box down the tracks.

If I can rewire it, I can juice up the whole system.

Leonard, man.

Look at yourself, I- I'll do it.

- Hey, if you talk me through it, I'll go out there. - All you've gotta do is...

No, no, no, no. I'll go.

I'll go. Why?

I know much more about what's out there than you do.

[ Peter Sighing ] You're right.

You understand the creature, and, uh,

Leonard knows the subway, so...

so this is the way it's gotta be.

Whatever happens, it's Manny and me. Why?

[ Peter] You two have gotta stay on this car.

You gotta get back up.

You gotta undo this.

So, I'll go.

We'll go.

Yes.

I have to put this on you now.

They mimic us. We mimic them.

Ah, Peter, Peter. Peter, look.

You'll find two wires...

one green, the other blue.

Okay.

Man, this-this sh*t can't be sanitary.

Take it off.

No, man. Leave it on. Leave it on.

[ Banging, Creaking ]

[ Creaking Continues ]

Don't touch it.

Try not to sweat.

They sense chemical changes.

Oh, okay.

Okay, I'll-I'll try not to sweat.

[ Clicking Noise ]

Chuy!

Susan, he's in.

He just needs to find the switch.

Good.

Green. Blue.

Green, blue. Green, blue.

[ Clicks Lighter Shut ]

sh*t.

[ Panting ]

[ Breathing Noise ]

[ Grating Closes ]

[ Gasping ] Oh, God. Oh, God. Oh...

Oh, sh*t. Oh, sh*t.

Oh, sh*t.

[ Panting ]

[ Creaking Noise ]

[ Footsteps ]

[ Clacking Noise ]

[ Groaning ]

Chuy! Chuy!

[ Groaning ]

Chuy, it's me.

Come on, Manny. What's takin' you so long?

Do these subway tracks lead to the regular train tunnels...

at Grand Central and Penn Station?

Yeah, yeah.

Well, they'll use them to migrate out of the city.

After that, they'll set up colonies anywhere they can.

[ Electricity Crackles ] [ Peter] f*ck.

- [ Panting ] - [ Crackles ]

[ Susan ] Now, every specimen we've seen has been female...

because a male would be a lighter color and it would have no wings.

And if they are holding true to theJudas's spawning pattern,

the nest will have only one fertile male.

Now, if we could catch that male and k*ll him,

then the females won't be able to breed...

and the whole generation could die out.

Where the hell is the male?

Chuy. Chuy.

Chuy, come here.

- [ Clicking ] - Come here. Come here.

[ Chuckles ]

Friends.

Come here, please.

- [ Guttural Growl ] - Aah!

[ Groaning ]

[ Panting ]

[ Bones Breaking, Manny Screaming ]

Oh, g*dd*mn it! He must be in trouble!

He must be in trouble! Shh, shh. Wait. Listen.

[ Chuy Whimpering ]

Oh, Jesus! I'm goin' out there.

[ Panting ]

You stay here.

Listen. If the car starts,

I'll meet you at the end of the platform.

Chuy?

[ Crackling ]

Oh, my God.

Oh, Manny.

[ Footsteps ]

Chuy.

[ Train Passing Overhead ]

[ Train Horn Honks ]

Yes! Yes! CR-17 from Coney Island! g*dd*mn it!

[ Wheels Whine On Tracks ]

Aah!

Oh, sh*t! g*dd*mn it!

g*dd*mn! sh*t!

[ Groaning ]

[ Pounding ] Leonard!

[ Pounding ]

Get away! Go away! I'm bleeding!

Found a way out, on a dumbwaiter. Go away!

Peter, I'm bleeding. Go away!

I can't stop it.

I can't stop it. They'll be here soon. Where's my wife?

Go away. Where's Susan?

Where's Susan? She went to get Manny.

[ Screeching Noise ]

[ Spoons Clacking ]

Susan. Shh.

They haven't seen us yet. Don't move.

[ Scurrying Noise ]

Peter, go!

[ Panting ]

♪♪ [ Begins Humming ]

[ Leonard ] ♪ At an old general station ♪ Oh, my God.

♪ Please send a train ♪

Leonard?

♪ You see My health is failin' me ♪

♪ And I ain't got too much time ♪♪

[ Panting ]

Oh!

[ Panting ]

Oh!

Aah!

Aah! Aah!

- [ g*nf*re ] - Aah! Aah!

Come on, Chuy. Hurry!

All right, come on in. That's all right. That's a good boy.

[ Sobbing ] No, no, it's all right. Shh. Stop. Stop it.

- [ Sobbing ] - It's okay. It's okay. All right, Peter.

Come on. Get in. Get in, Peter. Come on. Chuy, shh! Stop it!

Stop it! Shh!

- [ Sobbing ] - [ Screeching ]

Get in, get in, get in.

Peter, what are you doing? I gotta stop them here.

Oh, no. Peter, don't do this!

Peter! No! No!

Oh, Jesus! Don't! No!

- [ Sobbing ] - Chuy! Chuy! Stop it. Stop it.

[ Screeching ]

- [ Train Horn Honks ] - Train! Oh!

We're here! Help!

- [ Screeching ] - [ Flapping ]

Oh, Jesus.

[ Grunting ]

[ Banging ]

Go on, Chuy. Go on.

Get out! Hurry! Go!

Aah!

[ Groans ]

[ Grunting ]

- [ Groaning ] - [ Screeching ]

f*ck!

[ Screeching ]

[ Banging ]

[ Banging Stops ]

[ Sloshing Noise ]

[ Chirping Noise ]

[ Banging ]

[ Hissing Noise ]

[ Grunts ]

[ Hissing ]

[ Banging ]

- [ Grunting ] - [ Hissing ]

[ Banging ]

[ Screeching ]

[ Clicks ]

[ Groans ]

- [ Clicking ] - [ Creaking ]

Aah!

[ Groaning, Panting ]

[ Groans ]

[ Screaming ]

[ Man ] Look out!

[ Screaming ]

[ Tires Screeching ]

[ Screaming, Shouting ]

[ Distant Shouting ]

[ Choking ]

[ Panting ]

Chuy?

[ Grunts ]

[ Distant Train Passing ]

Chuy?

[ Guttural Growl ]

Oh, my God.

It's the male.

[ Panting ] [ Guttural Growl ]

No!

You will not hurt him! No! Turn around!

- [ Chuy Panting ] - Turn around!

Aah!

[ Panting ]

- [ Panting ] - [ Guttural Growl ]

[ Groans ]

[ Guttural Growl ]

[ Hissing ]

[ Train Horn Honking ]

[ Guttural Growl ]

Come on. Come on. Come on.

[ Guttural Growl ]

[ Panting ]

[ Screeching ]

[ Panting ]

[ Distant Siren Wailing ]

[ Sirens Wailing ]

[ Woman ] Police and emergency crews continue their work...

in the aftermath of tonight's explosions on the Lower East Side.

[ Man ] Hustle up! Teams leader!

We swept the area twice.

It's burned.

Nothing could have survived down there.

What about one of us?

I'm sorry, Susan.

I really am.

Shiny wire.

[ Siren Wailing ]

Mountain boots. Ten.

Brown.

We're gonna have a baby. We're gonna have a baby.