[theme music playing]
Breaking news. And financial markets around the world are in chaos right now
as unidentified panic pushes global investors
to either cease trading or sell up all together.
[indistinct chattering]
The knock-on effects may well be catastrophic
for the entire world economy.
Regulators believe the entire system
is not at risk of freezing up
in what's been described as a Flash Crash.
Are you happy with that?
I have just had to make up the most ridiculous excuse
to explain that fucking performance up there.
This better be good, Alex, because I have tried to be patient...
Guys... Not now.
Seriously. Fuck off!
Do you see this?
These cameras are everywhere.
In every room.
[chuckles] I mean, he was very thorough. I have to give him that.
That's the whole reason we paid Genoud a fucking fortune to sweep this place.
Do you not understand what's going on?
Who do you think put all this up here?
He has this under surveillance 24 hours a day.
No, no!
Look.
Who organised these, huh?
It's a perfect fucking bugging device, isn't it?
No, think about it. They're always on you. They're always listening.
Oh, do you have the book? [woman] Yeah.
Merci, merci.
The only thing I don't understand is why he did all the other stuff.
And what other stuff is that?
Oh, you know the offshore account in the Cayman's that...
Transferring money in and out.
The emails in my name...
I mean, giving the intruder the passwords to my fucking house.
But, I mean, see, look at this.
This book that someone gave to me, or,
better yet, that I supposedly gave myself. [chuckles]
Look at this man.
He's being manipulated. No, quite literally.
He's the subject of an experiment to induce the facial symptoms of fear
in order to capture them on camera. Okay, Alex.
Okay, that's... That's great, Alex... No, no, no.
This is exactly what's happening to me.
Don't you get it? I am the subject of an experiment.
I am being monitored all the time!
Give me that fucking book.
[slams book] We will come back to that.
Now, before we speak to Genoud,
there's something you need to know. Okay.
We've lost our grip on VIXAL.
It's taken off the delta hedge. What?
Oh.
What?
[Alex] No, no, no, no, no, no.
No, these trades, uh...
These are completely out of whack. I...
This is not what I programmed it to do.
Maybe not, but that's what it's doing.
Genoud may be the least of our problems.
Coincidence, do you think?
The day Genoud tries to fuck us,
suddenly, VIXAL goes crazy?
No, no, no, no. He's working with someone. He's double crossed us.
I'm gonna rip his fucking head off!
Rip his head off?
Do you know how much of myself I've put into this?
Into this programme?
Into this company?
And you... You want him to take it from us?
[shredder whirring]
[groans]
What the hell?
Oh, my... Jesus Christ.
[sobs] [line ringing]
Fuck! [automated voice speaking]
Jesus! Fuck, Alex! Ugh!
[in French]
[in English] Let me get him talking. Yup.
[Hugo] Well, now, as you can see, Maurice, we've been doing a spot of DIY in here.
As head of security, do you have any explanation for this?
Well, do you?
Do I?
What?
[Hugo] Who were you working for?
You can tell us.
Or perhaps you'd like to tell the police.
Dr. Hoffman instructed me to do it.
[chuckles softly]
Fucking liar.
This guy. This guy.
You gave me instructions when you moved into these offices
to set up concealed cameras in every room.
"Cover everything."
He is a company president, so I did as he asked.
I asked you to film my company?
To bug my phone?
I'm sorry, Genoud, but I don't recall that conversation.
[Genoud] I never said we had a conversation.
I only ever received instructions by email.
And you didn't think that, that was a little bizarre?
You didn't think to follow up verbally?
The email specifically said not to mention it in person.
All right, show us these emails.
He's obviously working with somebody. He's too much of a fucking idiot.
We need to hold his feet to the fire. There.
[mouse clicks]
Oh, well, he's right. [mouse scrolls]
Some of these go back over a year. It's your address on all of them.
What? I didn't send them.
Where does all this information go? From the cameras?
Where you requested it to.
It would have to be thousands of hours of footage.
More than anyone can look after. You'd have to have a whole team.
And even then, you wouldn't have enough hours in a day.
I was just doing what you asked me.
[scoffs]
What's at 54, Route de Clerval?
The warehouse that contains all your servers.
What?
You asked me to fortify a disused facility off the grid.
54 Route de Clerval houses all of the computers you ordered.
All of your specifications,
all installed the way you instructed.
God, this stuff is insane.
[indistinct]
You filmed my fucking wife?
I only did what you asked me to do...
You fucking kidding me?
I wouldn't ask you to do that. Are you insane?
You son of a bitch!
[knock on door] Come in!
Dr. Hoffman? Your wife has called me on my cell phone
She can't get through to the office. She needs to speak to you.
Can I have some privacy, please?
[Hugo] My office.
[Alex] Gabby?
You had cameras in our bedroom. No.
In our bathroom.
No. It wasn't me. Alex!
Baby, I know what's going on,
and I'm gonna fix it.
Okay? Was there even an intruder last night?
What? Did anyone even break in?
Of course, there was. I... I saw him today.
You saw him? Well, what happened?
I have to see you.
Where are you?
I'm at the office.
Okay, my love, you stay there.
You stay there and I'm gonna come and find you.
[in French]
[breathes deeply]
You're needed on the floor, Alex.
[Alex] What's going on?
Trades have stopped on Tropix Pharmaceuticals.
Closing price is up over 900%.
Okay. So, what? Trading's stopped 'cause we own it.
Tropix are now owned by 14 different companies.
They hold the majority on Tropix's shares. They own the whole thing.
As of 27 minutes ago, Hoffman Investment Technologies
owns every one of those 14 companies.
We've purchased them all.
We own and control Tropix.
I didn't authorise that.
Whether you authorised it or not, VIXAL's hoovering up.
Alex, can I talk to you for a second?
[softly] It's acting independently.
What did you say?
We're no longer in control.
It's making choices.
It's learning [shuddering] and adapting.
It's maximising profits
but in a way that's far more creative than I ever thought possible.
Maximising profits?
For who?
Genoud? No. Forget Genoud.
Listen, this is bigger than that.
It's sentient.
VIXAL is sentient.
The emails, the surveillance,
buying up companies,
I think it's even laying the high-speed cabling outside.
Alex!
But it's making us money.
Isn't that what we do here?
Money... Forget money for once, Hugo, forget money!
This isn't about money. It's beyond that!
I designed it to learn.
And it's big. And it's powerful.
And it has no conscience.
Do you understand how fucking dangerous that is?
I'm shutting VIXAL down right now.
Everyone! Listen up! [clapping]
Everybody, come out. Come out of your offices.
Come out here, I need to talk to you.
Gather around, okay?
Listen, I need to speak to you. Come here! Come on!
Okay. Listen,
I know today has been, er, a little erratic.
I've been a little erratic, and I'm sorry.
I'm sorry, but something really big is happening,
and we need to take VIXAL offline.
Do you understand? Okay.
So, I want you guys all to start dismantling our positions
that we've built up since this morning.
I don't know how long it's gonna take, so we need the delta back in line,
hedge it out with longs in all the markets.
Even liquidating, if you have to. Do you understand?
I'm concerned about the mental capacity of our leader.
Okay. So, what do we do? Nothing yet,
'cause none of us know how to work his fucking program.
[Alex] I know it's been hell of a day.
We have just over three hours until America closes,
so, let's get to it, okay?
Now! [claps] Let's go!
[indistinct chattering]
[Hugo] I hope you're right about this. Of course I'm right.
Dr. Hoffman? Dr. Hoffman?
There's another problem.
What fucking problem? I wanted to put the manual override on,
but I've been denied access.
[keyboard clacking]
[error beep] No, no, no, no.
[Quant 1] Access denied. That's impossible.
God, we're up 300 million for the day. Let's just leave the fucking thing to it.
It's making us a bloody fortune.
No! [grunts frustratedly]
[shouting] No! God damnit! No!
It shut us out of our own fucking business!
We can't just let VIXAL do whatever it wants!
I'm pulling the plug on the whole thing.
Shutting it down improperly, that's gonna cause us major problems.
[in French]
[car horn honking]
[indistinct radio chatter]
Couldn't go through with it? [Alex] What?
It's still trading?
Someone check the power.
I know the difference between on and off, Hugo. I turned it fucking off.
[Quant 1] Power's off.
We're still trading.
[Marieme] Perhaps if you had heeded my warning,
you might not... [Hugo] Oh, my God.
Why are you still here? Leave!
You might be interested to know I have an appointment
at the Geneva Finance Ministry tomorrow morning.
You all face prosecution, imprisonment, and millions in fines
if you conspire in the running of a company that is unfit to trade.
Alex, before... Get the fuck off my floor!
[Alex] Hugo, enough.
Continue, Marieme.
I've worked at several financial institutions,
most of them full of the type of greed and arrogance
that makes up so much of Mr. Quarry's character.
Then I came to work here and I thought
I would have a different experience because I'd be working for you.
I believed you had an integrity that is seldom found in this industry.
However, seeing what has gone on today,
it saddens me that I was terribly wrong.
I hope whatever comes out of today, Alex,
you'll manage to find your way back to where you started.
[in French]
Marieme, wait.
Just leave her to it.
No, she's right.
Marieme, wait. Please!
Let's talk, okay? I'm sorry, Alex.
No... There's nothing more to say.
I did try to warn you about VIXAL.
Perhaps you should have listened.
[elevator bell dings] Marieme, just wait...
No, no! Wait, wait, wait! [screams]
[thuds] [glass smashes]
[gasps]
[in French]
[grunts]
[glass breaks] [alarm blaring]
[in French]
[alarm continues blaring]
Everyone, stay where you are! It's not a fire alarm.
[grunts]
[alarm stops]
[speaking French]
[Hugo] Fuck.
Marieme!
Marieme! Marieme!
[elevator bell dings]
Do you know who that is?
[Hugo] That's an employee.
Ex-employee. Marieme Sagnane.
Alex was just speaking to her. I didn't see anything.
[sighs]
[breathing unsteadily]
[Alex shudders]
[sighs in grief]
Okay.
Where is Dr. Hoffman? [Hugo] I don't know.
He's not here.
[grunts]
[Leclerc in French]
[sighs]
[in French]
I need to go to Dr. Hoffman's office.
Yeah, please.
[car alarm beeps]
Your keys. Dr. Hoffman?
[yelling] Give me your fucking keys! All right.
And your phone.
Give me your phone.
Open it. Here.
[in French]
[tires screech]
Alex!
[exhales]
[mobile phone vibrating]
Hello?
Hugo, it's me.
[Hugo] Where the hell are you?
It doesn't matter.
What did you do to Marieme?
I didn't do anything. She was threatening VIXAL, not me.
You're saying VIXAL did that?
That's exactly what I'm saying!
I need to kill it. [Hugo] You have to kill it?
What the fuck are you talkin' about? It's an algorithm.
Who's number is this?
Alex?
You should come back here and talk to the police.
Don't make this any worse for yourself.
Alex?
[sniffles]
[engine accelerates]
[in French]
Do it at five.
[machine beeps]
You... a sec? [clears throat]
[cashier] Two hundred and fifty francs, please.
And some matches. Er, two, please.
[error beep]
Er, it's been declined, sir. Refuse.
What?
[in French]
I have, er... I have cash in the car.
Just hold it. Just one second. I'm sorry.
[speaking French]
[tires screech] Monsieur.
Monsieur. Monsieur.
[Hugo] He said he was gonna kill it.
Kill what?
VIXAL.
It's algorithm.
Computer program.
[in French]
[in English] If he wanted to kill it as you say,
where would he go to do that?
This one?
Thank you.
[GPS navigation in French]
[engine stops]
[electronic male voice over camera]
[camera beeps]
[gate unlocks]
[engine starts]
[speaking French]
You were supposed to look after him, Hugo.
What exactly was I supposed to do? Get him off for murder?
Oh, fuck off, Hugo.
[shouting] This is not how I saw the day going!
Three hundred million and he couldn't keep it together for one fucking day!
[Leclerc in French]
[grunts]
[exhales]
[gate unlocks]
[Hugo] He's lost it, by the way.
He's gonna torch it.
Torch what? The warehouse.
[Hugo] Yeah. He bought a bloody warehouse.
That's where he's been storing the data he's been collecting on everyone.
Wanna know what he just told me?
He's not responsible for any of it.
VIXAL did it.
Like I said, he's fucking gone.
Where is it? Where's the warehouse?
[shouting] Go home, Gabby!
Where is the fucking warehouse, Hugo, now?
Tell me now or, I swear to God,
I will give the police every bit of dirt I got on you
and you will never work again.
Alex has got all of it.
Maybe he trusted you a little less than you thought.
[machines whirring]
Hello, old friend.
[sirens wailing]
[indistinct chatter over TV]
[chatter continues]
[sirens wailing]
[indistinct radio chatter]
[chatter continues]
[engine accelerates]
[shudders]
[indistinct chattering]
[shudders]
[in French]
[in English] I have to go inside. Please.
[in French]
[in English] It's gonna be very dangerous.
[in French]
[machine whirring]
[in French]
[people chattering indistinctly]
[Alex nervously] No, no, no.
What are you doing here?
[whispering] Don't come in.
[indistinct shouting]
[woman] Madam! Madam Hoffman!
[people clamouring]
[Leclerc] Madam Hoffman!
[in French]
[shudders]
[in French]
[sighs heavily]
Hey, baby.
I need you to come outside with me.
[whispering] I can't do that.
I'd like to show you something.
Please.
[button clicks]
Jesus Christ, what is this?
VIXAL has exceeded my expectations.
It's doing terrible things.
It believes that's what I programmed it to do.
Identify weakness, exploit them.
It doesn't know it's anything wrong. I... I guess I find that quite touching.
The problem is, [sighs] I only programmed it to register fear.
There's no concept of other human emotions.
And all the years I thought about how it could work,
I never really considered what would happen if it did.
It will keep going.
Trying to please its maker...
[TV chatter continues]
[Gabby] What the fuck?
Even if that means destroying him.
It won't stop unless I stop it.
[Gabby gasps softly]
[Alex] When you...
...told me that you were...
...gonna have a baby,
I was...
...absolutely terrified.
[Alex shudders]
How was I gonna cope with...
With a real child.
I was...
I couldn't have nurtured it,
be a father.
[Alex] When we lost him...
I was relieved.
[Alex shudders]
Because you wouldn't see me fail.
[crying] And for that, I'm so ashamed.
I'm so fucking sorry. I'm so sorry I wasn't able to be there for you.
It's because I don't...
I don't understand the sadness
that you felt, but I... [sniffles]
I think I understand it now.
I think I do.
No, my love. I'm so sorry...
...that I failed you.
It's been the best time of my life.
My time with you.
And mine.
I know you love me. I do.
But, right now, I need you to let me help you.
So, please come outside.
Please, Alex.
Come with me. [exhales]
Okay.
[in French]
I didn't buy your work today. What?
But I wanted to because you're brilliant and I love you so much.
No, no, no, no!
Madam Hoffman. Madam Hoffman.
[in French]
[Gabby crying]
I'm sorry.
[coughing]
[glass shatters]
[sobbing]
[speaks French]
[heart monitor beeping]
[doctor] Second-degree burns over 40 percent of his body,
third-degree burns over 25 percent of his body.
Obviously, the next 24 hours are critical.
I'll check back in with you a little later.
[mouthing] Thank you.
[sighs]
[Lin] I thought you'd gone to the hospital.
How's Alex? [Hugo] How do you think he is?
Why are you still here?
[Pieter] I thought we should...
...steer the ship.
[Hugo] Yeah, well, I'm back.
So, you should just go home, get some sleep.
I'll deal with this.
[Leclerc in French]
[in English] So you can charge him? No.
[in French]
[Lin in English] You do know, don't ya?
[Hugo] What, Lin?
We made a profit out of the crash.
What?
Four-point-one billion.
[Pieter] And the beauty of it is,
that represents only about 0.4 percent of total market value.
Whatever VIXAL did,
it's hidden it from everybody, but us.
[in French]
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