Man: And we're rolling, sir.
Note that this time, the XO-359 had a spontaneous reaction
to the impurities released by the cigarette smoke.
This is- this is very good.
This is a very good sign of progress.
My God.
Carbon monoxide, zero.
Ammonia, zero.
Nitrogen dioxide, zero.
All airborne impurities were completely eliminated
in a matter of seconds.
This is...
This is astonishing.
The plant has created pure air.
I don'! know, okay?
It doesn't look like anyone's dumping today.
I thought you were committed to catching these polluters,
Mr. Not-Gonna-Happen-On-My-Watch.
Yeah, I am. I am.
But that was before my leg fell asleep
and my obsessive girlfriend deprived me of food.
Some bastard is egregiously polluting
this mine with toxic waste.
Look, if we don't catch them in the act, Joe,
they're gonna ruin this whole area.
There'll be acidic seepage in the drinking water,
and wildlife will start dying off, and-
I know, I know. Okay.
I'm sorry.
Joe: I don't know what I was thinking.
Hey, we've got company.
Joe: We got you now, buddy.
Woman: He looks nervous.
Here, come on.
Kyle.
It's good to see you again.
Joe: Aguy in a suit coming out of a mine?
You gotta be kidding me.
Something's wrong with this picture, all right.
You came alone, right?
What does it look like?
Keep focused, Kyle.
The sooner you show me the product, the sooner we can get out of here.
- That the money? - 'Course.
Show me.
This guy's definitely not dumping waste.
Well, whatever's going on doesn't look kosher.
You think it's drugs?
We'll see soon enough.
Now you show me something.
Relax.
It's a demonstration.
Why'd that guy cut himself?
M- maybe this is, like,
some secret cult gathering or something.
I doubt that.
That guy in a suit looks like a federal agent.
I'm impressed.
Do you have the seed?
Wait here.
Whoa.
- There's a sniper up there. - Where?
Right there on the platform.
- Oh, my God. - What?
He spotted us.
Man on radio: Sir, I've got eyes on two bogeys.
- Where? - 10:00, behind the concrete block.
Who are your friends, Kyle?
Oh, my Revs-
You trying to set us up?
What are you talking about?
- You wearing a wire? - No.
Let me go.
Give me the seed.
Joe: He's not looking.
Whoa. All right, let's get out of here.
Man on radio: Sir, they're on the move.
Do I take them out?
KY leg
Man on radio: Take out primary target.
Was that a gunshot?
Oh, my God. They shot him.
What is that?
Joe: An earthquake.
What?
Woman: Let's get out of here!
Ah- slower, please.
You might damage the specimen.
There you are.
Aren't you remarkably well-preserved?
Specimen 37 is bell-shaped. Slightly charred.
With signs of extensive hydrolysis.
Preliminary analysis leads me to believe
it's Helianthus annuus.
Another sunflower seed.
Look, I don't see anything.
Oh, my God. That was crazy.
Joe, what the heck was that?
I don't know. I've never seen anything like that before.
It looked like some kind of giant root, right?
I don't know.
But whatever just happened, people have to know about it.
Well, it looks like someone's on it.
You gotta be kidding me.
Joe: Watch out. Get in the car.
Joe: Kate!
Joe: Kate, get in the car!
Kate, get in the car. Now!
Sir...
Noel, I've asked you to move slowly
when you're in the garden.
Plants are very sensitive.
Sir, you need to see the news.
Newscaster: You are seeing live footage
of what appear to be gigantic roots
devastating the remote deserts of Nevada.
I just verified one of the seed stock is missing.
And I couldn't find Kyle.
He's not on the premises.
Damn him.
Those seeds weren't ready to be released
into an uncontrolled environment.
Woman: Who are these guys?
Where do they think they're going?
Woman: Hey, buddy. No, stop!
Man: Hey, what are you doing?
Slop!
What do you think you're doing?
You just trampled over a prehistoric refuse pit.
Isn't it an old garbage dump?
Very old.
Dr. Stein, I'm Special Agent Jack Tompkins.
We need you to come with us. It's a matter of national security.
National security? Are you kidding?
- Did I do something wrong? - Please get in the car.
We don't have much time to waste.
Are you sure you have the right Dr. Stein?
I study plant remains.
You may have knowledge pertaining to a geological catastrophe
unfolding in Nevada.
Now will you please get in the car?
Jeremy Frame and Matthew Kyle.
When's the last time you had contact
with either one of these gentlemen?
Three years ago.
Dr. Frame hired Kyle and I to work on
a seed excavation in Turkey.
What kind of seeds?
I don't understand. What does this have to do
with a geological disaster?
We have reason to believe this disaster could be man-made.
Well, which is it? Geological or man-made?
Could be both.
What kind of seeds?
Seeds from the Garden of Eden.
As in...
- the Garden of Eden. - That's right.
You seriously believe such seeds can exist?
I wouldn't have spent my time looking for them if I didn't.
Okay.
Frame found lost passages in the Dead Sea Scrolls
indicating that, after Adam and Eve
were banished from the garden,
Adam stole seeds in an urn to replant a new garden.
But a flood hit and the seeds were lost.
Stein: So Frame got funding for me to dig
in an unmapped area below the 11,000-year-old site
of Gobekli Tepe,
the prehistoric temple believed to be the location of Eden.
I think we found something.
Kyle: An intact Neolithic vessel.
This is amazing.
Aren't you dying to take a quick peek?
Don't even think about it, Kyle.
This can only be opened in an airtight lab.
Unbelievable.
Stern: One week later, I got a call from Frame.
Frame: Jocelyn, I'm afraid we have some bad news.
We've lost our funding.
Why? What about the urn?
Frame: The um was empty. There was nothing inside.
But there was. I heard something.
It was just...
chipped pottery.
Frame: I'm truly sorry.
Where's Frame now?
I have no idea. He's a bit of a recluse.
I never knew where he was based.
Do you know what Frame was planning on doing with these seeds?
Recreate the Garden of Eden.
Oh, man. This isn't good.
No.
Now what?
Joe.
You're in danger!
Go! Get out of here now!
Get in, get in. Hold on.
- What are you doing? - Just hold on.
Kate: Joe, where are you going?
This is crazy.
What agency is this?
- Welcome to SCOPE. - SCOPE?
- Never heard of it. - We keep a low profile.
Our mandate is to investigate threats
that fall outside the scope of known science.
Hence the catchy name.
Man: Got new data from Skynet 2 and Skynet 3.
You're gonna have to put that away.
Got real-time satellite imagery.
Tompkins: You're looking at infrared of Pershing County, Nevada.
This is what's going on right now?
Stein: What is it?
Tompkins: Our recon discovered massive root growth,
spreading at a rate of up to 30 miles per hour,
destroying everything in its path as we speak.
And you think Kyle and Frame are responsible for this?
Yes, we do.
Dr. Stein, I'm Director Wilson.
We picked up information that Frame was conducting
what sounded like a preposterous experiment.
Recreating the Garden of Eden using prehistoric seeds
from the original garden in order to sanitize the planet.
How did you get this information?
Our intel picked up correspondence
between Kyle and an interested party.
Seems your buddy's trying to sell those ancient seeds
on the black market.
Well, that's impossible. We never found the seeds.
Unless-
Tompkins: So Frame lied to you.
Any idea why he'd want you off the project?
I don't know.
Where's Kyle?
We don't know where he is.
But we are pursuing leads to his whereabouts.
And what about Frame?
Well, we haven't found him yet.
His so-called Garden of Eden
was being developed in a secret location
somewhere in Nevada.
Joe's voice: Kate, get in the car.
Oh, my God. This...
This is surreal.
- What are those things? - I don't know.
I don't know. I can't believe we just saw all those people get killed.
We need to go to the authorities and tell them
what we saw happen at the mine.
Look.
We're not going to the authorities, okay?
Those guys we saw at the mine, they looked like Feds.
So what if this is some
government test gone haywire?
I mean, what happens to us when powerful people
try to cover their tracks?
A lot of people are getting killed.
So until we know who's involved,
we don't know who we can trust.
Okay.
If we do this, we go all the way.
- Whatever it takes. - Yep.
All right, the first thing we need to do
is we need to figure out where that van came from.
Kate: I have an idea.
What do you want from me?
I'm not saying we buy into this whole
"Garden of Eden" thing.
But if these seeds, in fact, are prehistoric
and have something to do with it,
we need to know.
And right now you are our only lead.
Incredible.
I've never seen a root system develop
on such a massive scale before.
Yeah, well, you're not alone.
At least the outbreak is in a remote area.
Now, break it down for me.
Give it to me in science-ese.
Tompkins: Talk to me like I'm five.
A scientific explanation for what's happening.
I warned Frame there was a danger
to awakening a prehistoric plant
in today's toxic world.
Stein: I don't have an explanation yet, but...
you can't ignore the warnings in the Bible.
And I can't formulate a game plan
for fighting a disaster based on a fable.
The Bible may be a fable to you, Agent Tompkins,
but archeologists have found evidence that events it depicts
have actually occurred throughout history.
Jack, there's a new development.
You need to see this.
G- L-9-4-3-X.
- What's that? - License plate.
- Kate: On the van. - Yeah? Really?
Okay, well...
now we need someone to hack into the DMV.
Both: Spit.
Wilson: We were lucky until now,
but the growth just picked up speed near Pyramid Lake.
In less than three hours, this disaster's gonna hit
its first major city.
Bob, Reno needs to be evacuated.
- That's not your call, Jack. - Well, then call the President.
This thing is destroying everything in its path.
The fatalities are gonna be staggering, Bob.
Okay, we're talking about evacuating
half a million people in a matter of hours.
Wilson: It can't be done.
You wanna save these people?
Stop the damn roots.
I:Pit! Pit!
- Spit, buddy. You in there? - You there?
Hope the air in there is breathable this time.
Yeah, don't count on it. Spit.
HEY-
Hey, man. What are you guys doing here?
Don't you know what's going on? Have you seen the freakin' news?
Yeah, yeah. We know, man. We need your help.
We need you to track a plate for us.
Tompkins: Listen, we're running out of time.
This thing is effectively still just a plant, right?
So why don't we kill it like you would a weed?
Dump a bunch of herbicide on it?
Herbicides work too slowly.
The feeder roots are growing too fast and we'd need
thousands of gallons immediately.
What's a feeder root?
It's the root tip, where the growth occurs.
So if we cut the root tips leading to this thing,
we can stop its growth.
It could cripple the entire system.
That's what we'll do.
Sever the root tip. We'd launch a surgical air strike,
- we knock this thing out. - There's a catch.
If the root recovers, you risk having it regrow...
and multiply.
We don't have a choice.
Get me the President.
We don't have much time here, Spit. You in yet?
Give me a minute, man.
Oh, my God.
Kate: Joe, you feel that, right?
Okay, come on, Spit, man. Let's go. It's coming.
I'm offline.
I lost connection.
- Well, we gotta go now. - No, we need that address.
Can you get back on?
- Oh- cable got knocked out. - Yes.
Okay, we have to leave right now.
Seconds away.
Come on. We're running out of time.
- I'm in. - Here.
The plate number.
G- L-9-4-3-X. Come on.
Kate: Hurry, Spit.
Spit: Almost there, Katie. Just a few seconds.
Come on, come on.
There's your registrant and address.
- Alamut Corp Industries. - Got it.
- Let's take my truck. - Go.
Wait.
I've got to get my cat, man.
- No, no, no! No! - No!
- Whoa. - Spit!
Whoa!
Spit.
- Get in the truck. - Kate: Okay.
This is Ace One.
We're 10 miles out and coming in low with 3-6-0.
Joe, look.
Joe: Oh, my God.
I think they're gonna bomb it.
We gotta get out of here.
Pilot on radio: Approaching targets. ETA 60 seconds.
Initiating separation.
Kate: This doesn't look good.
We're right in their line of fire.
We have visual confirmation on target.
Going weapons hot. Engaging in 20 seconds.
Can't this thing go any faster?
This thing's an old piece of crap.
Joe: I'm flooring it already.
I have missile lock.
Pilot: Firing in five, four,
three, two, one.
Engage.
Oh, my God. They've fired.
- Drive faster! - I'm trying to!
Pilot: Command, we have a direct hit.
Waiting for debris to clear to verify destruction of targets.
Have visual verification.
Targets destroyed. I repeat, targets destroyed.
Wilson: Okay, that's a kill.
Good work, everyone.
- Nicely done. - Nice work, Jack.
Poor Spit.
All right. We're gonna get these bastards.
All right?
Joe: Whoever caused this.
Jack?
Look at the screen.
Patch me through to the lead pilot.
Here, sir.
- This is Director Wilson speaking. - Pilot: Yes, sir.
I need another visual confirmation of the target's destruction.
Roger, sir. Give us a moment to double back.
Slow down, Joe. There's a driveway ahead.
Joe: Is this it? I don't see an address.
That's got to be it, Joe.
There's nothing else around here.
All right, well, let's go down the road.
See if we can find a way to sneak in.
Approaching visual range.
Pilot: Target remains.
I repeat, target remains.
Sir, I've got eyes on multiple targets now.
Pilot: This thing is spreading.
Stein: It's been burrowing.
It's regenerating exponentially.
Not only that. Look at where it's headed.
Right here.
Sir, confirming new target inbound on Carson City.
Okay, engage target.
I repeat, you blast that monstrosity with everything you've got.
Roger, sir. Changing vector.
Pilot: ETA one minute to new target.
The bombing isn't working. It's only making it worse.
Stern: You have to stop them.
Pilot: Going weapons hot.
45 seconds out.
Baker and Charlie, follow my lead to picking targets.
Pilot #2: Roger.
Target confirmed.
You gotta cancel this, Bob.
- Are you questioning me? - Nope.
But she's right.
If we bomb this thing again, it's just gonna get bigger.
We gotta think this thing through.
This thing is headed here.
I don't know how much time we've got to think it through.
Pilot: Eagle flight. Entering debris cloud.
- Pilot: Visibility near zero. - Bob...
We've got multiple bogeys on radar.
Command, Eagle Baker is down!
I repeat, Eagle Baker is down!
Eagle One, clarify.
It's this debris cloud, sir.
Sir, the roots are erupting all around us
and they are massive.
Command, Eagle Charlie is down.
I repeat, Eagle Charlie is down!
Pilot: Command, I've got too many bogeys to complete the mission.
Okay, abort mission. I repeat, abort mission.
Roger. I'm getting out of here.
Oh, my God. No!
Woman: Eagle One, come in.
Woman: Eagle One, confirm status.
All right, we gotta get out of harm's way.
Is there any way to predict this thing's movement?
Growing roots usually take the path of least resistance.
We'd be safer at a higher elevation.
All right, let's move.
Okay, people. Pack it up.
I'm calling a full evacuation. Head for the transports.
We're moving out.
This has to be it.
They really don't want visitors, do they?
- Yeah. That's barbed wire. - Here.
Here we go. Here, I'll lift you up.
Okay, ready? One, two, three.
Noel, we have trespassers at the northwest perimeter.
Frame: At C Gate.
I'll get security on it right away, sir.
Oh, my God.
Wha-.
Joe?
God. All right, go! Go!
Get off the fence!
Get off!
Okay. Okay.
Watch out.
Man on P.A.: Please evacuate the facility.
Follow the exit path.
Get down!
Kate: Joe!
Kate: Joe, it's coming.
Wilson: Jack!
Joe, hurry!
Kate: Get up there!
Joe!
Kate, get out of here.
Go! Kate, go!
I'm not leaving you. Hang on, Joe.
Jack!
Follow Datsun and stay low.
- Datsun! - Dr. Stein, come on!
Kate: Joe, Joe!
Kate: You gotta get up there, now.
Joe, are you okay?
Yeah. Yeah.
That's weird. It just suddenly stopped.
Yeah.
What do you think that means?
I don't know.
But let's not stick around in case it starts again.
Okay.
- What happened? - Incredible.
The growth was diverted.
Our garden has repelled the hostile roots.
Held them back.
- Noel: But they're still spreading. - Frame: Yes.
They're in a hypermetabolic state.
If I can find a way to reduce the rate of cell division,
I can slow them down, control them.
Like the plants in our garden.
Frame: This work must not be disturbed,
so you must be sure to secure the grounds.
It's only a matter of time before others discover
this is the only safe haven in the country.
Woman on radio: Remote base should be up and running in 20 minutes.
Copy that. ETA 20 minutes.
Mobile unit's waiting for us 40 miles north up the mountain.
Is that elevation gonna be high enough?
It should be.
- Any idea what our casualties were? - Tompkins: Substantial.
Doctor, I need to know everything you know about these seeds.
Is there anything in the Bible, the Dead Sea Scrolls,
anything at all that can help us fight this disaster?
There is a warning in the Bible.
From the Book of Isaiah.
"The earth mourns and withers,
befouled by its inhabitants.
Hence a curse devours the earth,
and those who live upon it. "
How does that apply to us? What does that mean exactly?
Are you starting to get your faith back, Jack?
I don't hear our science agencies coming up with any answers.
The seeds are from Eden, a time when the earth was pure.
Stein: Before pollution.
I think the Bible was warning us to take care of Mother Earth
or face her wrath.
What are you saying?
That's why they regenerated into something bigger
after we bombed them.
Right. The more toxins we throw at it, the bigger it's gonna get.
To cleanse the earth.
We're not gonna beat this thing by fighting it head-on.
We gotta find an angle.
Well, the answers we need are in there.
You see an entrance?
Joe: Bingo.
Guard on walkie-talkie: Copy that, Team 2.
- Come here, come here. - What?
There's someone out there.
Guard on walkie-talkie: Team one, check in.
- Team, go on to zone five. - Kate: He's got a gun.
- He's coming this way. - Really?
Yeah.
Go, go. Now!
- Whoa! Go, go, go, go!
Why are they shooting at us?
I don't know. You wanna stop and ask them?
Doctor, the chopper will be here soon.
That'll give us a better look than that satellite imagery.
They just confirmed, sir.
Man: Reno's being devastated.
Jack, look.
The root growth has been destroying everything in its path.
Except here.
Why would it skip this area?
It's the same elevation as everything else it's destroyed, right?
Good question.
- We need to go there and find out. - Right.
I think we've got something here.
Understood.
Doesn't matter. We're moving on.
- Changing course. - Changing course?
Operation Safeguard's in effect.
- Sir? - What is Operation Safeguard?
It's the evacuation of all Cabinet personnel
to a fallout shelter in the Colorado mountains.
Don't you think that's a bit premature? This crisis has just begun.
The President's science advisors ran computer simulations.
In one week, the whole country will be consumed.
And in 24 hours, Cheyenne Mountain
and Colorado will be inaccessible.
Okay, that gives us 24 hours to fight it.
That's exactly what I and the Administration will be doing.
But from the safety of the shelter.
We need to protect the executive branch of government.
- You know that. - Look.
The destruction has skipped this entire area for some reason.
We need to get there, find out why.
It might hold the answer on how to stop this thing.
And what if it doesn't?
What then?
It's a waste of precious time.
Hiding in the mountains. That's a better use of our time.
The plan is to get out of harm's way until we can come up with a solution.
That's absurd. On whose orders?
The President's.
We've been assigned to join the team at Cheyenne Mountain.
Military transport will be here in 30 minutes.
You can choose to be on it or you can risk your life on a hunch.
Your choice.
Dr. Stein, you're more than welcome to join us.
After all, we need to protect great minds.
- You okay? - Yeah.
Joe, what...
Whoa.
Kate: It's beautiful.
What- what is this place?
What do you think they're hiding?
Something they don'! want us to find.
Not if they're shooting at us.
Maybe we should leave, Joe.
This is getting dangerous.
You're bleeding.
Oh, my God. You're shot.
It's just a graze. Don't worry about it.
No, that looks serious, Joe. You need medical attention.
Yeah, well, that's not gonna happen.
Besides, I'm not leaving until we get proof to nail these guys.
Okay?
Okay.
Try to stop the bleeding with this.
- Okay. - You're no good to me if you're dead.
Okay, we gotta lose these guys. Let's go.
You want to explain to me what's going on, Bob?
As far as I know, our responsibility is to protect this country,
regardless of the risks.
We were trying to protect this country.
What are you talking about?
- We screwed up today, Jack. - What do you mean "we"?
SCOPE had a covert team in the field
when this thing went haywire.
What were they doing out there?
Securing the seeds from Kyle.
You're kidding me.
Those seeds are a security threat.
Once we had credible evidence of their existence,
we had no choice but to pursue possession of them.
Why wasn't I told about this?
I couldn't talk about it. It was top secret.
Top secret? Screw top secret.
You hid a vital piece of intel
when millions of people's lives were at stake.
Bob.
That's how the game's played, Jack. You know that.
It's not a game.
There's real people out here losing their lives.
Transport will be here in 10 minutes.
You can still join us.
Give the President my regards.
- Where are you going? - To clean up the mess you made.
There's an answer here.
We just have to find out what it is.
Couldn't agree more.
Where exactly are we going?
You're not coming.
This could be a one-way ticket.
I want you to stay here and wait for the transport, okay?
- All right. - You take care of your family, Datsun.
Thank you. Good luck, Jack.
- Doctor. - Be safe.
Tompkins: Keep your head down.
This is where we're going.
Put your headset on.
Pilot: Stand by for lift off.
Tompkins: Copy that.
Joe!
Hey, look. We need to get you help.
Yeah, from who?
From those trigger-happy lunatics?
Okay, maybe we can find a first-aid kit somewhere.
Kate...
What's happening to me?
You're healing.
This doesn't make any sense. How?
It's the leaf.
Something in the leaf healed you.
- I can't believe it. - Would you stop that?
Sorry. It hurts?
No, um, I'm ticklish.
This is no ordinary garden.
No, it's certainly not.
Can you smell the air? It's so fresh, so pure.
No time to smell the roses. Let's go.
Datsun: Sir, you need to see this.
- What's happening? - Movement.
It's coming at us fast.
What are you talking about?
I thought we were safe at this elevation.
Not anymore, sir.
Root growth just erupted around Lake Tahoe.
The disaster's really picking up steam. It's spreading everywhere.
How long before transport arrives?
I'm unable to make contact with them.
Okay, what do you mean you can't make contact?
Man: Whoa, whoa.
We need to evacuate right now.
- Let's go. - You guys get out of here!
Soldier: Move, move, move, people!
Datsun: I don't see it following us yet.
Look out!
Reverse. Reverse! Get us out of here!
Datsun: I can't. It's behind us.
Kate: I don't see him.
All right, come on.
Whoa.
What do you think's going on here?
I don't know.
Joe: But this has got to be where those roots came from.
Look at that.
- Are those seeds? - Yeah.
That's cold.
They're keeping these seeds dormant.
- Why? - I have no idea.
Go, go, go, go.
You people better pray this area we're going to hasn't been affected.
'Cause no way can I land this thing anywhere else.
And depending on how fast those roots spread,
we may not have enough fuel to get clear.
Let's pray for a miracle.
Good luck with that.
You don't believe in miracles?
Six months ago, my wife and daughter were involved in a car accident.
My wife died instantly.
My daughter was in a coma for four weeks.
I prayed by her bedside every night
to any god who would listen.
Then my child died.
So, no.
I don't believe anybody's looking after us.
What was that?
The world needs to see this footage, Joe.
Yeah.
We got enough evidence to nail them.
Let's go.
Tompkins: These seeds Frame is using in his experiments,
if they're in fact from the Garden of Eden,
what exactly is it we're gonna find down there?
If Frame did recreate the garden and we find it,
it'll be miraculous.
It's been said "He who walks among the garden
shall have the healing power of gods. "
I just don't know that my belief system's ready
to take that big of a leap.
Well, regardless of the seeds' origin,
do you have any idea what this means if we find them?
The miraculous good they can do for the earth?
Are you nuts?
These seeds need to be destroyed immediately.
- Destroyed? - Yes.
I don't think so, Agent Tompkins.
These seeds are the greatest find in history.
Everything you've ever read in a science hook
is going to change.
These seeds are the single greatest threat
mankind has ever seen.
That's because the roots are out of control.
If we can modify the seeds,
they have the power to revitalize the earth,
the power to regrow rain forests
and areas inflicted with droughts.
Nothing on earth has such powers.
Tompkins: They're too dangerous, Doctor.
All I see is my country being destroyed.
The irony is, we started it.
What are you talking about?
SCOPE was involved in a covert op that went bad.
That's how the seeds got out.
Federal agents were trying to get their hands on them.
Why didn't you tell me this before?
I didn't know about it until Bob told me a half an hour ago.
The roots stem from an original embryonic root.
The taproot.
If he knows exactly where the seeds began growing,
we might be able to stop them by killing the taproot.
Contact SCOPE.
I need to talk to Director Wilson.
Yes, sir.
Good news, Noel.
I created a serum that can lower the metabolism of the roots.
Does that mean we can stop the overgrowth?
If we can find the original embryonic root,
we can put it to sleep and bring it here.
Analysis of the taproot can tell us
what went wrong, how it mutated,
and how we can prevent such a catastrophe from happening again.
Come on, come on.
- Guard: Hey! - Go! Run, run!
- Sir? - Yeah.
I've just learned SCOPE'S mobile unit
was taken out just after we left.
- Are they sure? - Pilot: Yes.
Pilot: Reports are the whole Tahoe area has been destroyed.
Guard on walkie-talkie: Intruders are northwest of me.
Shoot on sight. Shoot on sight.
Oh, God.
Don't- don't stop. Go, go, go, go, go
How much further?
I think I see it up ahead.
That's incredible.
That forest is like an oasis.
It's completely untouched.
Any idea what would've kept it so insulated?
Stein: If it's Frame's property,
he's certain to have modified the plants.
But I'll have no way of knowing until we get down there and investigate.
- You okay? - I can't run anymore.
Okay, that's okay. I think we lost them.
I can't believe I lost that damn camera.
We have to go back and get that video, Joe.
The- that video is the only proof we have.
No, no way. It's too risky.
Besides, they probably found it.
Maybe they didn't. Maybe it's just lying there on the ground.
You hear that?
Yeah.
Hide. Hide.
Man, these guys just don't give up.
Maybe it's not the same guys shooting at us.
They might be someone who could help.
- Only one way to find out. - Okay.
Tell security they are not to let that aircraft land on the grounds.
Frame: My work is at too critical a stage for interruption.
Yes, sir.
- And tell them to mind the clocks. - Yes, sir.
Security...
There's an open area to land in near that dome.
Gonna take her down there.
Get down!
- I'm taking fire! - No kidding! Get us out of here!
We're going down. Hang on.
Oh, my God.
Joe: They hit it.
This is not gonna be a soft landing.
Check for survivors.
Are you okay?
For God's sake. Who's shooting at us?
Somebody who doesn't want us here.
What are we gonna do?
I mean, these guys are ruthless.
Why would they shoot down a helicopter?
Well, the same reason they're shooting at us.
Well, should we check if there are survivors?
No. No, I guarantee those gunslingers
are on their way to that wreckage right now.
There's nothing we can do to help them.
We need that video, right?
Okay, let's go back and look for it while those guys are distracted
and then we'll get the heck out of here.
Okay.
Is he alive?
No.
You ever use one of these?
Me?
No, no, no. I don't do guns.
Oh!
Oh, my-
Jack, look at this.
- Yeah, this is the spot. - Yeah?
- Yeah. - Where's the camera?
- You see it? - No.
Joe.
You found it?
Bag's empty
They took the camera.
Newscaster: Moments ago, we received this stunning footage
from our affiliate in Sacramento
showing enormous roots growing out of
the Sierra Nevada Mountains of Central California, heading west.
Tens of millions of people are in its path.
Chaotic evacuations have jammed the roads and trains,
bringing the transportation system to a standstill.
Just as alarming...
...the growth is accelerating...
It was a government helicopter.
They only found the pilot dead.
Have them sweep the grounds.
Someone else had to be aboard.
One of the guards found this.
Here, come here.
Oh, my God.
Tetracentron.
It's an extinct plant genus.
This is the garden, Jack.
So this is Frame's property.
That's no coincidence it's remained unscathed.
I can't believe that bastard's trying to kill us.
Those roots- those monster roots,
they just can't seem to get in here, right?
So there's gotta be something here that's stopping them.
Something in the plants?
Something in the soil.
How's that?
Some plants have pesticidal abilities.
They excrete an antitoxin into the soil
to protect against invasive vegetation.
I'll bet you anything this garden has enriched
the surrounding soil with antitoxins.
Like an antibody.
It has to be what's keeping the roots out.
These antitoxins are the key.
You need to get to work making a-
what is it- serum or something, right?
How? I don't have the equipment.
I need a lab to extract the antitoxin.
It's that facility. I bet there's a lab in it.
And if there is, I know I can get us inside.
Let's go.
SCOPE agent on video: The sooner you show me the product,
the sooner we can get out of here.
Kyle on video: Is that the money? Show me.
SCOPE agent on video: Now you show me something.
Come on, come on. This way.
Don't hurt him, please.
Who are you?
We didn't mean anything. We're only trying to save lives.
- Who are you? - We're environmentalists, okay?
- Who are you? - Were you in that chopper
they shot down?
What are you doing here?
We're trying to prove that these guys started this disaster.
- Who? - They're like some kind of
fringe scientists or something.
We've been to their lab.
They have, like, test tubes with roots and seeds in them.
Get up.
You need to take us to the lab now.
No- no way. It's too dangerous.
- Now. - They're trying to kill us.
Do you have any idea what's going on out there?
This country is being destroyed.
If we don't stop it, there'll be nothing left.
What?
Well, then we need to get to our families.
You can't. There's nowhere to go.
We're surrounded by destruction.
This area's the only part of the region that's been spared.
Oh, my God.
Wh- why do you need to go to the lab?
To make an antitoxin to kill the roots.
You wanna see your family again or not?
Your call.
Joe's voice on video: Was that a gunshot?
Kate's voice: Oh, my God. They shot him.
What's happening?
Joe's voice on video: An earthquake.
What is that?
Kate's voice: Oh, my God. What? Okay.
The taproot.
So we were watching an illegal hazardous waste dump.
A man in a van showed up with some other men.
They shot him. He dropped something,
and then those giant roots grew like crazy.
No wonder the roots grew so fast.
The seeds were released in a hazardous waste site.
The roots had the same reaction to the bombs.
They mutated as a defensive measure, right?
To cleanse the earth of all toxins.
Jack, they can show us where the taproot is.
Freeze!
Put your hands in the air!
This is Noel. I've captured trespassers in the northern woods.
Need security here now.
Guard on walkie-talkie: Roger that.
Noel is it?
I'm a federal agent.
We need to use your lab, okay?
- Put your gun down. - Can't do that.
Noel, it's me, Dr. Stein.
We've talked on the phone.
Frame hired me to find the seeds.
I said don't move.
Stay right there.
Easy! All right, I'm gonna drop to a knee,
okay, guys?
When I do, I want you to run right back the way we came.
- Okay? - Yep,
- Everybody good? - Mm-hmm.
In position.
Go.
Get down!
Come on. We'll take you to the lab.
This way.
Come on.
Oh, my God.
Guard: We've got him pinned down!
Wallace, circle around!
I was right.
There's some kind of chemical compound in the soil.
The antitoxin you were talking about?
I have to extract it.
Can you get me some water?
- Do you have a lighter? - Yeah. Here.
So you think this stuff can stop the roots?
Frame: Who's in there?
Frame: There is critical work in there that can't be disturbed!
I warned you there was a danger
to releasing a prehistoric plant
in this toxic world!
What, you know this guy?
Frame: Jocelyn, is that you?
There's no need for this, Jocelyn.
Open the door.
Frame: Kyle betrayed me.
He released a seed before it was ready.
It caused the metabolism of the roots to go wild.
That's why I've contained my work
to soils that were pure.
That magnificent garden out there that the seeds have spawned.
That's my vision.
Not the horrible destruction that was unleashed on the world.
I don't want that any more than you do.
I've found a way to stop it.
Frame: Then we must work together.
In a matter of hours, the roots will reach the coastline.
This will cause an explosion of new growth
as they consume the polluted ocean waters.
The whole world will be threatened.
You already tried to kill me once.
What guarantee do I have that you're telling the truth?
I was defending my life's work.
I had no idea it was you.
I would never harm you, Jocelyn.
You know that. Please.
Open the door.
We need to work together to solve this crisis
before it's too late.
You're not really gonna open that door, are you?
We can turn this around.
The mutated roots are purifying the earth.
They're destroying man's pollutants.
So imagine what they can do if we-
if we can control them.
Good to see you, Jocelyn.
I've extracted an anti-toxin from your garden soil.
If we inject it in the taproot,
it will kill it.
That's going to be difficult without knowing
the exact location of the taproot.
They know the location of ground zero.
Noel.
You shouldn't play with guns.
They can go off.
That's it. Get up.
Let's go.
Frame: Noel.
Jack, we don't have as much time as we thought.
Within hours, the roots will hit the Pacific
and this crisis will go global.
Agent Tompkins, I'm Jeremy Frame.
Yeah, I know who you are.
My apologies for the aggressive nature of our defense.
Surely you understand how high the stakes have become,
given my property's the only sanctuary.
Jack, I extracted the antitoxin from the soil.
Is it strong enough to kill the roots?
Yes. inoculate it directly into the taproot,
it should circulate through the system
- and kill all the roots. - You concur with that?
Dr. Stein has never disappointed.
Well, there is one problem.
Once the taproot realizes its limbs are dying,
it could regenerate new ones the way it did after it was bombed.
It would start the whole disaster all over again.
So we'll just blow it up after we poison the roots.
Tompkins: But how do we even get to the damn thing?
I don't believe that the aircraft you arrived in
sustained any mechanical damages.
No, but you killed my pilot.
- Who's gonna fly it? - Frame: I will.
I have a Class One pilot certificate.
Okay, you kids sure you remember where ground zero is?
- Yeah. Kemble Mines, near Lovelock. - Mm-hmm.
Good. Let's move.
Are you sure you want to go through with their plan, sir?
Isn't the taproot the key to learning what went wrong?
You guys are crazy, you know that?
Are you really gonna trust this lunatic?
- You wanna fly this thing? - Yeah, this guy gives me the creeps.
We don't have a choice. Hop in.
Frame: We've reached the coordinates of the mine.
Either one of you recognize anything?
It all looks so different.
Hey, hey. Over there.
I can see the entrance to the mine.
See those cluster roots? That's where the taproot is.
Well, if that's ground zero, it means the roots are cutting
right through the mine shaft.
- Right here. - Where can you land?
I see a level area
just above the mine entrance.
We can land there.
All right. You two kids stay in the chopper.
What, are you kidding me?
We didn't come all this way just to sit here.
You did your part. Now let us do ours.
Tompkins: Watch your step.
No telling what's down here.
Besides hazardous waste?
Could be anything.
Bats...
rusted metals...
rattlesnakes.
I've trekked through tropical jungles,
waded through infectious waters,
and I meet my demise on a rusty nail.
...from Sacramento have been cut off
as aerial footage shows massive destruction
and possibly thousands dead
as the anomaly spreads west.
Whoa.
Good God.
Tompkins: So that's the taproot.
I've never seen a taproot anything close
to this kind of structure.
Magnificent.
Shame we have to destroy it.
I could spend the rest of my life studying this thing.
That thing is a killing machine.
I can't tell you how much sleep I'm not gonna lose
once I blow it to kingdom come.
First we need to poison the root system
before the roots reach the coast.
How long before the poison kills all the roots?
With a taproot this size,
it could take a while.
What's happening?
Stein: Incredible.
It's already starting to regenerate.
It knows the roots are being poisoned.
Why is the ground shaking?
Kate: Something's wrong.
I don't know.
Joe: But it can't be good.
I'm gonna set this detonator
for one minute, before this thing has a chance to regenerate.
- Tompkins: Get ready to run. - Not so fast.
I think we should go see if they need help.
Let's go.
Whoa.
Come on, Frame.
What are you gonna do, shoot me?
Yes.
What are you doing? We have to stop this.
The root, yes.
There's no need to destroy the taproot.
Yes, there is. It will regenerate a new root system if we don't.
Open the case.
I won't ask again.
- What is this? - Take it out.
It's a serum.
It will put the taproot into a dormant state
so it can be studied.
Frame: You said yourself it would be a shame to destroy it.
Inoculate the root.
You're insane.
This thing is way too dangerous to preserve.
If I can train the taproot to grow normally
in polluted environments,
it will cleanse the world.
We can start anew in a purified Earth.
The Earth that God intended it to be.
God never would've intended this.
No!
Ah
Jack!Jack! Jack.
Oh, my God. Hang on, Kate!
Come on.
We don't have much time.
Kate: They're all around us. What do we do?
Joe: Just hang on to something.
You okay?
We need to get you to a doctor.
Good luck with that.
Oh, my God. You guys okay?
He's been shot.
We have to get him out of here.
No, no, no, no. We can help him.
You're doctors?
Yeah, I wish.
Leaves from the garden?
Yes.
This I gotta see.
Hey, don't knock it, man.
These saved my ass today.
Oh. "W"
How?
They secrete a resin
with extraordinary healing powers.
No kidding.
You're right. We're all gonna have to buy new science books.
Yeah.
I think I got it.
Look how tame this one is.
How'd you do that?
Frame's research and some
good old-fashioned genetic modification.
"Good old-fashioned genetic modification. "
Good thing about these seeds having accelerated metabolic rates
is that you can alter their genomes in a matter of hours.
Well, yeah, you know...
'Course.
This is how Frame created his garden.
This plant is a miracle.
Yes, it is.
Go on.
I still don't trust it.
Have faith, Jack.
Will you- will you look at that?
What- what do you know?
Wow.