(ELEVATOR BELL DINGING)
So, I guess I ain't getting a phone call?
MAN: (ON PA SYSTEM) We are now 20 minutes to lockdown.
SR1 and all departments confirm.
We are 20 minutes to lockdown.
(ENGINES HUMMING)
RICH: You guys going somewhere? Huh?
Come on, I saw your little train down there, going down the tunnel. Huh?
What's the last stop?
Come on, where you going?
SUPERVISOR: Sector T needs to lock down now.
In 30 minutes, this is a ghost town.
Sir?
All techs need to be boarding. Let's go.
What do I do with him?
You know the protocol.
Ask ASI. Talk to a comptroller.
Yes, sir. I tried. They're not answering.
Then lock him up.
Roger that. Where?
Put him up in the floor command.
The computers are gone, it's secure for now.
Sir, that's an official ASI override protocol.
Look, I got a damn tsunami coming.
Do what I'm telling you and get your ass back
to the terminal floor ASAP.
Yes, sir.
(COMPUTER BEEPING)
RICH: What do you mean, tsunami? Hey.
MAN: If we get on, I'll call you from the plane, okay?
AIRLINE AGENT: I understand why you're upset.
I do understand why you're upset.
...I'm supposed to be on in the first place...
Please, sir, try to be patient.
This is an emergency evacuation.
I'll be with you in a moment.
Where I have to get to... Sir, this is an emergency evacuation.
We're trying to help everyone.
(CELL PHONE RINGING)
REPORTER: (ON TV) For more on these images,
we go to our science correspondent, Jamie Kirshner, who is standing by.
What the hell is going on here?
MAN: You don't know? No, I just got off a plane.
I don't understand. I'm surprised you weren't diverted.
No, they need that plane for more evacuees. Evacuees?
What are you talking... Tsunami, honey, headed this way.
A tsunami is... MAN: Yeah, A tidal wave.
Yeah, I know what a tsunami is, okay?
MAN 2: It's already knocked the hell out of the Caribbean.
MAN: It's landfall in about 45 minutes.
MAN 2: Gonna roll in as far as Summerville.
MAN 2: I think we need to find high ground.
All right.
Excuse me, I need a car, please.
Yes, ma'am, you and everybody else.
No, no. I mean, I really need a car. I'm sorry.
They're not paying me enough to stick around here.
I understand that, but please can you... Sorry.
MAN: (ON PA SYSTEM) Operate on emergency frequencies only.
Round all codes to emergency frequencies. Check records.
Hey, wait, wait, wait. Wait, wait, wait.
That's Jackson! That's Jackson!
Hey, hey, wait a minute, man! That's my friend!
That's my friend, Jackson!
20 minutes to lockdown.
How'd you make out?
Well, the damn gas line is a mile long.
The car's on empty, Ron.
I know, honey, we're doing the best we can.
Where's Miles? Where's Savannah?
Savannah's already got her car loaded. She's headed to your mother's.
Miles is trying to call Caitlin, I think.
Doesn't he understand we have to get out of here?
Yes. MILES: Siphon.
We could siphon the gas out of the Mercedes.
Good. Good thinking.
REPORTER: (ON TV) ...and it's barely moving.
What's this?
In breaking news, all eastbound lanes on l-40
will be reversed shortly.
Oh, my God. Look at the freeway.
...on l-40 will be reversed shortly.
That's why we've gotta hurry.
Come on, Miles.
Yeah.
OPERATOR: All circuits are busy now.
Please try your call again later. Thank you for using...
Well, what are you doing on the phone?
I was just trying to call...
We've got 40 minutes, honey! Now listen to me
and do exactly what I tell you, okay?
I want you to get your Vespa and start now for the ferry.
Alone?
Jared and I are just gonna enable the backup generators
and then hightail it out of here ourselves.
I want you to get a head start, drive up to Uncle Eddie's.
Daddy, I...
Caitlin, you can do it.
You're a big girl. Now, get on your scooter and go.
We'll meet up on the mainland, I promise.
I... I can't get a hold of Miles.
Miles is long gone with his family.
Now get going. And no detours.
I know that look.
Miles is fine.
Just go.
SEAN: (ON ANSWERING MACHINE) This is Sean. Leave a message, please.
Sean. Hi, it's Laura.
You know, I know you're probably seeing
what's happening on the East Coast right now
and, go figure, that's where I am.
I'm on... I'm in North Carolina on
the East Coast and I just want you to tell Jesse
that I love him so much.
Quite simply, he means everything to me
and I need you to tell him that, even if I've made the stupidest choices,
and I love you for being a great dad,
always and forever and I guess I don't tell you that enough.
Gotta go. Bye-bye.
(CAR HORNS BLARING)
What are you doing, lady? Turn this car around! I'm going eastbound.
No, you're not. No, you're not. I understand that.
I understand, sir, but I just... I have to get through.
Lady, turn this car around and get out of here now.
All lanes have been reversed, this is a mandatory evacuation.
I understand that. Turn the car around now.
But my friend is on...
Lady, turn the car around and get out of here now!
Fine. I understand.
Turn the car around.
(TIRES SCREECHING)
DEPUTY: Hey! Hey!
SYLVIA: Are you almost done?
Who is that guy?
Ron, we gotta go. Let's go.
I'm coming, I'm coming, I'm coming.
I just don't like the looks of that character.
SYLVIA: Don't worry. Nim will be okay.
REPORTER: (ON TV) If you're just joining us, we're broadcasting
directly from Raleigh. All of us in the news offices have left.
About an hour ago, Perry and I were brought here by helicopter,
broadcasting along the way. Our helicopters are still there.
They're getting some good shots of cars everywhere.
People just fleeing, trying to get away any way they can.
And it's not easy, 'cause these roads are jammed.
It's grim out there. The countdown continues.
Nobody knows what it's going to be like
when this thing hits our shores.
You got everything?
We've seen tsunami images... Yeah.
...from a year and a half ago...
Okay, this is it. Let's go.
Everyone is trying to get out. But there's not that much that can be done.
Except for patience...
Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, now, guys. Hang on.
You don't have to do this, huh?
You got a tsunami coming, you can't leave a dude in here to die, huh?
Hey, hey, wait, wait, wait. Wait, y'all.
Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, come on!
Hey, man, come on, please. Please, now...
(COMPUTER BEEPING)
Hey! Wait a minute, now! Wait, wait, wait! Hey, hey!
MAN: (ON PA SYSTEM) 15 minutes to lockdown.
Hey!
Hey, you can't leave me in here with that thing coming!
15 minutes to...
Miles?
REPORTER: (ON TV) Reporting from the air...
Hello?
When the tsunami hits...
Miles?
...a wall of water three stories high...
Miles!
(SCOOTER ENGINE REVVING)
Hey!
Stop!
OPERATOR: All circuits are busy now.
Any luck?
Please try your call again later.
Still nothing.
RON: Cell towers are overwhelmed.
I'm sure she's fine.
MAN: (ON RADIO) Repeat, Highway 17 drawbridge has been temporarily closed.
You can expect at least a one-hour delay.
Ron, Savannah.
Don't worry. I'm sure she made it out.
An hour to clear? We don't have an hour.
Ferry. It's the only way off.
Ron, that ferry's so tiny. It barely holds a couple hundred people.
It doesn't matter. It's the only way off the island.
Hey, hey, man! Hey, hey, wait, wait, wait!
Come on, man! MAN: (ON PA SYSTEM) Tower Nine. Turbo lift 6.
East-west passage closed on all levels.
ASI...
Hey, hey, hey! Hey, wait, wait, wait, wait!
WOMAN: (ON PA SYSTEM) Airlock malfunction.
Come here, come here. Can you open the door?
Can you open that door?
(SPEAKING FRENCH)
Can you open...
Yes! Yeah! Yeah, yeah, yeah! It's okay.
(ALARM SOUNDING)
That thing. Right, right, right.
Hey! Get away from there!
No, no, no. No, no, wait, wait, stop! No, no, please, please!
Come on! I'm a human being!
TECH: Brighton deployed. Durban deployed.
Patagonia deployed.
Sub phylum Tigris accounted for. The big cats. Ship it.
SECURITY CHIEF: What do you want to do with him?
COMPTROLLER: That's the least of my issues. We're 23 minutes out.
He's seen a lot of the facility. He is locked up on a floor
that's meant to withstand the wave.
Then do what you have to. I got work to do.
(PEOPLE CHATTERING)
SYLVIA: God, look at this mess.
That ferry only runs once an hour.
RON: I'm sure they're on it, sweetheart. Come on, let's go.
(CELL PHONE RINGING)
RON: Let's go, Miles. Oh, it's Savannah!
Good! Hey, sweetheart. Where are you?
Could someone else try to call Caitlin... Are you okay?
...on their phone please?
I'm trying to concentrate.
All right, the number is 555...
No, no, no, let's focus on our own situation here for a minute, can we?
All right, bye-bye. Can we do that for a minute?
Okay. Okay, that was Savannah. She's on her way to Raleigh.
She said that the traffic opens up right after Elizabethtown.
All right, then we'll meet her on the other side.
Just stay with me. Excuse us. Excuse us.
Stay together.
Sorry, sorry.
FERRY HAND: Everybody stay calm! Just keep on moving!
WOMAN: (ON PA SYSTEM) Alert.
Alert. Alert.
Cancel common codes.
Operate on emergency frequency.
(BOTH GRUNTING)
(YELLING)
(GRUNTING)
MAN: (ON PA SYSTEM) Final call for transport.
All sectors must... Steer clear!
Warning. Warning.
GUARD 2: Come on, Naibors! Let's go! Everybody, out!
All personnel, evacuate.
This is not a test.
RON: You okay? Are you all right there? Miles, you okay?
MAN: (ON PA SYSTEM) Remain calm and proceed
in an orderly fashion. RON: Easy. Let's just stay together.
Stay together. Everybody just stay together.
Stop! Bags. Why? Why? There's three of us.
Give me your bags! Why?
So they can hold a room for you. Fine. Fine.
All right. Okay. All right. Easy!
MAN: (ON P.A.) Please remain calm.
Dr. Blum! Dr. Blum!
Hey! Dr. Blum!
Miles!
Dr. Blum!
SYLVIA: Miles!
Sorry.
Dr. Blum!
Excuse me, sorry. Dr. Blum!
Miles.
Hey! Where's Caitlin?
She went ahead on her scooter.
How? The bridge is out.
What?
What...
(SCOOTER ENGINE REVVING)
BLUM: Miles, that scooter.
Isn't that...
FERRY HAND: Hey! What are you doing? You can't leave that there.
WOMAN: Hey!
FERRY HAND: Forget it, forget it.
(PEOPLE EXCLAIMING)
(ALARM SOUNDING)
(CLEARING THROAT)
TRACY: (ON ANSWERING MACHINE) This is Tracy Connelly.
Please leave a message after the beep.
(BEEPING)
Hey.
It's me.
(CLEARING THROAT)
I got myself into kind of a bad situation here.
And
really wish I could just be with you right now.
I don't know what's gonna happen,
and I know what... That we didn't really leave it on a very good note.
So I just want you to know that I love you,
that I've always loved you.
And I love the girls,
and I'm sorry I made you upset.
Bye.
WOMAN: (ON PA SYSTEM) Ladies and gentlemen, passengers have been boarded
in several of our vehicle storage areas
in an attempt to assist the departure
of as many people as possible.
At the gate, buses are standing by to transport
the evacuees farther inland once we disembark.
Hey! Where is she?
What are you talking about, little man?
Where is she?
BLUM: Miles, don't!
Where is she?
Miles, don't!
Tell me!
The beach. Seaside Lane.
Miles! Miles!
Miles. Miles!
What did you do to her?
Nothing, man. I took her machine, that's all.
RON: Let me... Miles! SYLVIA: Miles!
What's going on?
Miles? Miles?
She went back there.
SYLVIA: Caitlin? Back where?
At the house. She's at the house.
Miles, Miles, Miles! No, don't! Hey!
(FERRY HORN BLARING)
(CAR HORNS BLARING)
(CELL PHONE RINGING)
Hello? Hello?
Hey, Laura.
Rich!
Hey, God. Okay, where are you?
Tell me where you are.
Look,
I just wanted to talk to you for a second, in case I
never see you again.
Stop it. Just... Would you shut up with that, please?
Just tell me where you are.
Laura, it doesn't matter. Just listen.
It does matter, because I'm here. I'm in Wilmington.
What? Yeah.
You're here?
What do you mean? You're here? I mean,
I'm almost at Iderdex.
You came out here in the middle
of a tsunami to get me? Yeah.
Oh, attagirl!
Attagirl!
(CAR HORN BLARING)
Caitlin!
WOMAN: (ON TV) Broadcasting from Raleigh.
Caitlin! Look at the number of people
Caitlin? still trying to leave the city.
It's a zoo out there. The roads are just jammed.
(NIM WHINING) MILES: Nim!
It is a rough road ahead of us. We're expecting the tsunami...
Caitlin!
(NIM GRUNTING)
Caitlin. Caitlin!
Wake up. Caitlin, wake up.
Come on, we don't have much time.
Wake up.
(WHISPERING) Miles.
I found you.
Come on.
Let's go.
LAURA: All right, Rich, I'm pulling up.
I'm outside Iderdex. Where are...
Where are you exactly? RICH: I have no idea.
(STUTTERING) They brought me down in an elevator. You gotta get down.
You gotta go many, many floors down.
This place is huge, boy, I'm telling you. Huge!
I gotta put the phone down for a second.
For what?
'Cause I gotta use my hands.
All right. I'm in.
All right, well, find me. Come on.
Listen. Here's the deal, okay?
You need to get in an elevator,
and if that elevator ain't going down 20 floors,
then you ain't in the right one, all right?
Okay, okay, I'm looking.
MAN: (ON PA SYSTEM) Eight minutes to power generator off.
Okay, I'm at the elevator.
Eight minutes to power generator off.
(ELEVATOR BELL DINGING)
All right, there's 12 lower levels, Rich. You gotta pick one, okay?
We've got 15 minutes to get to higher ground.
Oh, gosh. All right, Level 5.
Okay, Sub Level 5. Here we go.
GUARD: Hey, stop!
You know what? Start yelling and maybe...
Maybe I'll be able to hear you, okay?
(RICH YELLING)
(ALARM SOUNDING)
(YELLING)
WOMAN: (ON PA SYSTEM) Take immediate action.
Okay, Rich! Rich! Okay, I'm in a security room.
There's, like, monitors everywhere.
Try to... Can you unlock me? Can you get me out of here?
MAN: (ON PA SYSTEM) Attention. Reserve generators will suspend operation
in three minutes.
RICH: Come on, come on.
Laura!
Oh, my God.
What? What is it?
There's a monorail.
Yes, I know. I saw it!
But it's going down into this huge hole.
This... It's like, bigger than the Holland frigging Tunnel.
It's huge. Have you seen this?
Are you anywhere near this?
I'm not there. I'm not in that part. I'm not in that part!
"Marianas Trench."
It's going to the bottom of the world.
Laura, you still there?
I'm here. I'm here.
I'm sorry. Yes, I'm here, Rich. I'm here.
Can you wave your arm?
Can you wave your arms for me, please?
Rich, are you waving your arms?
I don't see you.
All right. All right, all right, all right.
Oh, jeez, there's like... There's a master lock
right here on a console.
What? A lock? Can you get me out of here? Can you unlock it?
Okay. Wait a second.
It's not... It's not a retina scanner. It works on biometrics.
(WHISPERING) Of course, it does.
What?
Okay.
Okay, access denied, okay. But that's okay. That's...
Access granted, Rich! I see the doors opening!
Hey, wait a minute.
(EXCLAIMING IN DELIGHT)
You did it! You did it!
All right, go to Level 10. I'll meet you at the elevator.
Okay, I'm coming. I'm coming right now.
I'm coming. I can see where you are.
Just hang in there, okay?
MAN: (ON PA SYSTEM) Effective...
Okay!
Okay, I'm coming. I'm coming. Come on.
MAN: (ON PA SYSTEM) Reserve generators off grid... Going up?
...in three, two, one.
No!
All right, come on. There's a stairway over here.
RICH: Hey, I gotta tell you, I think I saw Jackson. LAURA: What?
Yeah. Come on, come on! Jackson? My Jackson? Here?
Wait! Hold on, you saw him? He's alive?
Yeah, yeah. Where did you...
I was being locked in my cell,
and I think I saw him on one of the monitors.
Well, should we go back and get him?
No, no, no, no, no, no. Right, but...
It don't matter. There's nobody here, trust me. Everybody's gone from here.
We gotta go, come on. All right.
CAITLIN: What are you looking for?
The boat key.
These them?
Yeah, good.
Where's Nim? We gotta go. We gotta get out of here.
REPORTER: (ON TV) ...according to our correspondent,
John Weem, on the ground.
John, what's the latest?
(NIM GRUNTING)
Thanks, Bill. To call this city a ghost town
would be a grave understatement.
In fact, the only people that remain are news crews such as ourselves.
Bill, I don't have the best vantage point to see, but what I can tell you is,
there is something big moving through the streets.
In fact, I think we might be able to catch a glimpse of it just over my right...
Oh, my God!
MAN: (ON TV) John, are you there? It's him.
They look just like Nim.
What are these things, Miles? Are they doing this?
MILES: I don't know.
All right, come on. Come on, let's go.
Where's all the water?
It's receded.
The wave,
it's coming.
Come on.
(PANTING)
RICH: I don't know if this is the best way to go.
LAURA: Well, we have to make a decision. Let's go that way.
What? Wait a minute. You feel that?
What? You feel that wind?
So? So?
Haven't you ever been lost in a cave?
No.
RICH: Follow the wind, baby.
All right! Fine.
Come on. This way. Come on.
(MAN WAILING)
What in hell?
What is it? What is it?
(MAN LAUGHING)
It's okay, it's okay. It's okay. It's a person.
Hey, man. Where's the exit? Do you know?
No exit's going to help you.
What? What are you talking about?
Hey! Snap out of it, pal! Don't you know what's getting ready to happen here?
I know exactly what's going to happen here.
Why do you think the IC created it?
Oh, and the future,
nothing can compare to what the future will hold.
Hey, listen. Hey, come on, man. Put the key in the lock!
No exit will help you!
Well, let me be the judge of that! You just tell me where it is!
Where is it?
We don't have time for this! Seriously, Rich, come on.
Hey!
Follow the water.
Drip, drip, drip, drip.
RICH: Follow the water, follow the water.
LAURA: Yeah. Wait...
Wait, wait! We gotta go up! We gotta go up! We have to turn.
Come on, come on, come on. Okay.
RICH: Come on!
So where can we go? The house?
The house isn't going to be here three minutes from now.
So where, then?
Up. The top of the drawbridge. It's stuck open.
We'll never make it.
Yes, we will.
My dad's car.
You're going really fast.
Yeah, well, we gotta get there.
I know, just be careful, okay?
Yeah.
You're sure you can drive?
I did steal a car once.
RICH: Come on!
Go. Come on!
The sports car. Think we'll get lucky?
(CAR ALARM SOUNDING)
No, no, that one.
RICH: Come on! Be lucky, baby, be lucky.
Rich! Hey!
Hey! RICH: Hey!
Hey!
RICH: Hey, help!
Hey, you son of a bitch!
How about a little help, man?
What kind of jerk doesn't stop?
Okay. All right, it's all right. We're gonna be okay.
Okay.
(CAR TIRES SCREECHING)
There's a car. There's a car.
Hey! Hey!
Please stop. Stop.
Caitlin, I think there's people up ahead.
I know. Do they want a ride?
Yeah, if they want a ride, well, should we pick them up?
No. We don't have time to stop.
Well, we should pick them up. I thought we should pick them up.
They need a ride. No, we don't have time to stop!
Please. Please, stop!
Hey, they're not moving, she's not moving!
Get out of the way!
They're stopping! They're gonna stop.
Get out of the way!
(CAR ENGINE STALLING)
It's not starting.
I think they're angry.
We're trying to get a ride, you stupid son of a bitch!
What are you trying to do, kill us?
LAURA: What's the matter with you!
I'm sorry! I'm sorry!
How old are you?
I'm 14.
All right, you're forgiven. Get in the back.
What? Get in the back, now!
LAURA: In the back, in the back. MILES: The car isn't starting.
RICH: Don't worry, I got it. MILES: The car isn't starting.
I heard you.
Is it starting?
(CAR ENGINE STARTING)
Misspent youth.
WOMAN: (ON RADIO): hit just north of Savannah in the last hour
and we just lost contact with our station affiliate in Hilton Head.
So we know that Hilton Head has been hit.
It's been reported that the wave is as high
as 30 feet in some locations.
(NIM PURRING) It's still moving at a speed of over 200 miles an hour.
Rich.
What is that thing? Hey, it's cool.
What do you mean, "It's cool"? It's cool. It won't hurt you.
What are you talking about? What's it doing in this car?
MILES: Just drive! Just drive the car!
He's a pet.
He's got six feet.
It's a pet? It's my pet.
A pet? Yeah, he's my pet.
It's got six feet. I mean... Where did you get that? Where did you find that?
(STUTTERING) I raised it from an egg that I found in the bay.
It's got six... It's got the claws just like...
It's just like the big ones.
It's just... It is. I mean this is remarkable that he's sitting in this car.
I don't care. Get it out of here.
You know about these things?
Yeah, I know about those things. But a lot bigger than that.
You know about them! Yes! The adult versions.
We've seen the adult ones.
I told you, Miles! Those things we saw on TV in Puerto Rico.
What are you talking about, you saw them on TV?
They're all over Puerto Rico.
What?
One ate a reporter.
...terrible wave.
And it continues to roll.
It's happening.
Landfall expected in Wilmington, North Carolina in a matter of moments
as unprecedented destruction continues up the coast of the United States.
What's going on? MILES: Oh, no.
Why has the car stopped? Turn it on!
I don't know! I'm trying!
No gas. What?
No gas. What do you mean, no gas?
We siphoned it. We siphoned the gas.
Siphoned it? No.
Is there a reserve tank in this thing?
LAURA: Rich, you gotta think of something. You guys?
Oh, my God. You guys. You guys!
(RUMBLING)
Higher ground! The steeple!
RICH: Run, run, run, run, run!
Come on, come on, come on! Caitlin!
RICH: Come on! Keep going! MILES: Caitlin! Come on!
RICH: She's coming. MILES: Caitlin! Come on!
Come on! Go, run! Run!
Go, go, go, go!
Keep going!
Go! Go! Go! Go! Go!
RICH: Come on, come on!
RICH: Come on, come on! Go!
I need something heavy, something heavy!
We need to bang something against it.
RICH: Anything, anything! Hey, hey.
LAURA: That'll work. That'll work.
(RUMBLING STOPS)
(SOBBING)
Stop that, honey...
(SOBBING) I want to see my dad.
Stop it. You are gonna see your dad.
You're gonna see your dad, I'm gonna see my son.
You don't know that, you don't know.
You don't know what happened to them.
You don't know.
You don't know what's happened.
I do know that. No, you don't!
You gotta believe that.
CAITLIN: You don't know.
MILES: Hey,
I think it's over.
LAURA: No, it's not.
Tsunamis come in sets.
(SOBBING)
There's gonna be one wave and there's gonna be another, then another.
Oh, my God.
What?
Hold on. What?
(RUMBLING)
Rich!
I'm banging as hard as I can.
RICH: Come on!
(SCREAMING)
RICH: Hang on! Hang on!
RICH: All right.
RICH: Okay, okay.
All right, all right.
You okay?
MILES: Nim.
(NIM GRUNTING)
He cool?
Huh?
Good boy, good boy.
(PURRING)
LAURA: It is a new world.