1 IMS Subtitles www.able.co.nz Captions were made possible with funding from NZ On Air. Able 2016 1 9 9 No-one would have believed in the early years of the 21st century... that our world was being watched by intelligences greater than our own,... ..that as men busied themselves about their various concerns, they observed and studied,... ..the way a man with a microscope might scrutinise the creatures that swarm and multiply in a drop of water. With infinite complacency, men went to and fro about the globe, confident of our empire over this world. Yet, across the gulf of space, intellects vast and cool and unsympathetic regarded our planet with envious eyes, and slowly and surely... drew their plans against us. (MACHINERY HUMS AND WHINES) (CLUNKING) (WHIRRING) (WHOOSHING) Ray! Ferrier! Whoa! I need you back in four, not 12. I got half of Korea coming in. No, no. I'm on a 12-hour blow. Call Tedesco. Come on! Tedesco can't move 40 containers in an hour! I need somebody who can do double picks. I wish I could help you. The goddamn union regulations. Come on, I'm in a position here. You remember union regulations? You know what your problem is?! I can think of a couple of women who'll be happy to tell you. (CAR HORN) 8:30? Did we say that? We said eight o'clock. Hey, this is... one safe-looking new vehicle you got, Tim. Congratulations. Thank you. Eight o'clock, huh? Mm-hm. We'll be back by 9:30 on Sunday, depending on the traffic. (TINNY MUSIC BLARES FROM HEADPHONES) There he is! Get a hug? Freezing handshake? Kick in the teeth? The door's locked. Still working on those manners? Hello, Dad. Hello, Rachel. Here, honey. Let me give you a hand getting that inside. Door's locked. Sweetheart, let me get it. I don't mind. Hey, she said she could get it. It's heavy. It's got rollers. Just roll it. We can't roll it up the stairs, can we? I got it from here, OK? 302 V8. It's... It's going to be out of here next week. Better get going. You want to beat the traffic. You're out of milk. And everything else. Yeah. Close the door, please, cos it's MY refrigerator. I'm gonna... go wait outside. OK, sweetheart. See you in a few days. Bye, Tim. I'd better get this upstairs. Let me... Let me... Mom, Mom... OK, OK, OK. Mom... They're a little old to be sharing. I don't hear any complaints. No. But I do. (TINNY MUSIC FROM HEADPHONES) (MUSIC STOPS) Robbie's got a paper on the French occupation of Algeria due Monday, which he's yet to begin. It'd be nice if he were done when we got back so I don't have to keep him up on Sunday. I just got to type it up. You just got to start writing it. I love you. I love you. Listen to your father. Oh, no shoes on the bed! We'll be at my parents' in Boston. But don't call the house line... Well, I've got my cell phone, so if anything comes up, just call me. Believe it or not, I can handle it. I'll leave the phone on. Mary Ann,... it's... It's a good look for you. You think? Yeah. Take care of our kids. Mary Ann, you got nothing to worry about. Listen, you tell your mom that Ray sends his love and kisses. Thanks. She'll love that! "The Ukraine, with 52 million people, is in almost total blackness after a series of freakish lightning storms of catastrophic proportion which struck at approximately 4am local time." "EMP, or electromagnetic pulse, causes a temporary interruption of electrical current in its field." "As in the Ukraine, there are reports that the EMP here was followed by seismic activity on the scale of an earthquake, measuring 6.5 on the Richter scale." (TV CLICKS OFF) Baseball season's over. Five minutes. It's not going to kill you. There he is... Boston? That's how it is? That's how it's gonna be? Careful with that throw. Whatever, Ray. Mom says you've got a report due. You work on that when we're done here. I just got to type it up. Bullshit. Yeah? What d'you know, right? Everything. Between me and my brother, we know everything. What's the capital of Australia? That's one my brother knows. OK with you, but I laughed the first 500 times you told that one. Just do your report. I don't send you to school so you can flunk out. You don't pay for it. Tim does. That's half what I got. You're an asshole. I hate coming here. That why you act like such a dick? What? It's not how to get through to him. You want him to listen - What are you? Your mother? Or mine? Where are you going? To sleep. I work for a living. What are we supposed to eat? You know, order. (CARTOONS ON TV IN BACKGROUND) (TV) "Three and two and..." "..storm." "The storms were tracked..." "I'll have my own secret!" "Good idea!" "No!" "What do you know? You're snail." (SIGHS) Ow. What's the matter? Got a splinter. Oh. Where'd you get it? Come here. From the porch railing. You need me to... like...? You want me to...? You want me to take that out? Absolutely not! Come here. Let me see it. Let me see. Dad... Just look. Don't touch it. Dad! I can't. You're moving around. OK, but don't touch it. Just look at it. It's going to get infected. No, it won't. Yes, it's going to get infected. No, it won't. When it's ready, my body will just push it out. Push it out? I read that. You should get TiVo. Tim got it for my room. TiVo... It's awesome. I can watch all my shows after homework. Yeah, I'll just put it on my platinum card(!) Robbie! Robbie? Wh...What is that? Hummus. Hummus? From the health-food place. Kept one of their menus the last time we were here. You said order! I meant order food! Where is Robbie? He went out. Out where? I don't know. He just took your car and left. (MUSIC BLARES FROM CAR RADIO) (PEOPLE CHATTER / MAN WHISTLES) Look at this! Check it out! You ever see something like that? Springtime maybe, but not this time of year. Come on. You'll see better from the back yard. (WIND BLOWING) You gotta come see this! That is so weird! What? The wind is blowing toward the storm. That is weird. Rachel! You want to see something cool? (WIND DIES DOWN INTO SILENCE) (WHOOSH) It's OK. I want to go inside. It's OK. I want to go inside. OK, you go ahead. (WHOOSHING / BABY CRIES) That's enough wonder for me! I don't want to go by myself. (THUD) (THUDDING) It's kinda fun, isn't it? No. Come on, like the Fourth of July. No, it's not. # O say... (THUDDING) (WHOOSHING / RACHEL SHRIEKS) It's OK. You're fine. It hit right behind our house. It's not going to hit there again. Lightning doesn't strike twice in the same place. (WHOOSH) Shit! Where's Robbie? I don't know. (WHOOSHING AND THUDDING) Is Robbie OK? Are YOU OK? Where is the thunder? Why won't it stop? (SILENCE) Is it over? (BOTH BREATH HEAVILY) Where are you going? Just... Just checking things out. Just wait there. Are we going to be OK? I don't know. You don't know? I meant just... Rachel, please! Just stop asking so many questions. Wait here. (CLICKING) (FAINT SHOUTS OF CONFUSION) Do you believe this, Ray? Every single car. Jesus. Jesus, Jesus, Jesus... The car just stopped... You're OK? The lightning - You OK? You alright? You alright? Me and this guy... Where the hell did you go? Over on Lincoln Avenue. Did you see? You saw the lightning? Yeah. 26 times we counted! The lightning hit. It opened this hole. 26 times? Yeah. OK. You're OK? Yeah. Good. Your sister is in the house. I want you to go in and I want you to stay with her. OK? Next time you take my car with no licence or permission, I'll call the cops. You'd better be there when I get back. OK. Robbie? Manny! Manny! What is it? Dead? All of 'em. Everything. Look at this. The starter's fried. Lightning hit it? Not even close. I thought if I changed it... You know what's going on? I'm on my way to find out. Change the solenoid. The... That's what I said. I told you that. The solenoid. What the hell is going on around here? Let us through. Hey! Let us through! Hey, Ray. I shoulda known you were behind this! God's pissed off at this neighbourhood. You see it? Yeah. You got power where you are? No, nothing. It's the cars, though. That's the thing. Solar flare, this guy told me. Solar flare? Yeah, the sun shoots out this plasma... Can I say something? It can kill all the electronic stuff. Can I say something? What? The sun does not cause lightning. I'm saying what the guy said. I understand, but it sounds dumb. (SIZZLING) I never seen anything like it - that many lightning strikes. Is this the only place? Come on, put that down. Step back, please! Step back! Get back! Back up, people! Back up! Move back! Everybody, back up! Is it hot? No. It's freezing. (RUMBLING) Feel that? Feel that? Yeah, I feel it. What, is it the subway? No subway here. Train, maybe? Can't be the water main. Nothing else down there. It doesn't run here. There's something there, and it's moving. (GRINDING / RUMBLING) Everybody, move back! Let's go! Come on, folks. Back, now. Get back. (ROCK CRUMBLES) (WINDOWS SMASH) Move, move! Get out of the way! Back up! Everyone, clear the intersection! Get out of the way! Back up! Back up! Get out of the way! (CRASHING) (PEOPLE SHOUTING) (RUMBLING) Get back! (CRACKING) (PEOPLE SCREAM) We gotta clear this area now! (CHURCH GROANS AND CRACKS) (CRACKING / RUMBLING) (BANG!) (ROARING AND WHIRRING) Come on, people, let's go. Back up, people! Move back! Look! (WHIRRING) (PEOPLE SHOUT AND SCREAM) (PANTS HEAVILY) Watch it! Oh, my God! Ray, no! Stay, man. (MACHINE GIVES A LONG, BOOMING HOOT) (CLUNK) (CLUNK / WHIRR) (WHIRRING) (FIZZ!) (RAYS FIZZING) (MACHINES CLUNK / GROUND RUMBLES) (PANTS QUIETLY) # Cos you know just what to say, # I sometimes see you pass outside my door. TEXT MESSAGE DINGS # Hello? TEXT MESSAGE CHIMES # ...you're looking for? # I can see it in your eyes, # I can see it in your smile. TEXT MESSAGE DINGS # You're all I've ever wanted, # and my arms are open wide. TEXT MESSAGE CHIMES # Cos you know just what to say, # and you know just what to do. # And I want to tell you so much # I love you. # 1 (FOOTSTEPS) (DOOR CLICKS OPEN) What happened? What's going on? Dad, what's the matter? What's all this stuff all over you? Ray... What's all this stuff? Hello... Ray? (TAP RUNS) We're leaving this house in 60 seconds. What? What's going on?! All the food from the refrigerator in here. What's going on? Tell me. Just do it. Rachel... Dad, you're scaring me. I want you to get your suitcase and bring it to me, OK? Can you just do that for me? OK? (PEOPLE TALKING ON THE STREET) What's happening? Shh-Shh. I can't tell you now. We've-We've only got about another minute. Please... Please. (WOMAN SCREAMS) Ray, I'm beside you. Can you please answer me? Get in the front seat. Whose car is this? Just get in. Whose car is this? Hey, Ray, you were absolutely right! I had to change the sole... Ray? Hey! Hey, Ray? Ray! Ray? Come on, open up. Open the door! Come on! Open the door, Ray! What do you...? Get in, Manny. Funny. You gotta get out of the car. Get in the car. Listen to me, pal. Please! Manny, shut up! Get in, Manny. The guy's gonna come back. Manny! I don't have time to explain. I got a shop to run. Get out. No way. Get in, Manny, or you're gonna die! What do you mean? OK... Alright, get out of the truck. I'm not kidding. Get out of the car! I'm not going to do that. (HALF-SUPPRESSED WAIL) I'm not fooling! Close the door. Close it! (FIZZ!) Get down, get down! Get down! Is it the terrorists?! Just get down! Get down! Holy shit! Get down! (BLASTS AND EXPLOSIONS ALL AROUND) (TYRES SQUEAL) (CAR HORN) (CAR HORN) Where are we going? We gotta go. We got maybe the only working car. I can't stop till we're clear. Clear of what?! (HORN) What the hell is going on?! You saw! We're under attack! By who?! Who is attacking us?! (SCREAMS) Rachel, keep it down. Rachel, shut up, Rachel! You're freaking her out! I'm driving. Do something! OK, put 'em up, Rache. Make the arms. This space is yours. This is yours. This belongs to you. Yes. You're safe in your space. I'm safe. Nothing can happen in the space. I'm really scared! I'm gonna go to talk to Dad. No! I'm two feet away, OK? OK. Will you hold my hand? Yes. Hold my hand. You're gonna be OK? Yes. I want to know everything you know. This... This thing, this machine crawled out of the ground, started torching everything. It was killing everybody. What is it? Is it terrorists? This came from someplace else. What d'you mean? Like Europe? No, Robbie! Not like Europe! That machine was already here. Buried. Maybe it... it... came down in the lightning storm. What do you mean, came down? You just said it was buried. No, the machine I'm talking about was buried, but... what-what came down in the lightning storm, what operates it, that's the,... you know. The what? That's the... Why aren't there any helicopters or airplanes? The what? Hey, Rache. How you doing there? How's she doing? How you doing? Fine. She's good. What was that thing you did with her? She gets claustrophobic. Hey, Rachel? I want Mom. I know. You feel better? I want Mom. Yeah. Tell me about it, you know. I want Mom. What I need you to do is, I need you to hold it together for me. (SHRIEKS) I want Mom! When you start screaming, I can't... Take me there! That's where we're going now! Rachel - Take me there! I know! Hurry up, Dad. Come on. Robbie, the door. Mom! Mom! Mom! Mom! Mom! Tim! Mom! Tim! Mom! Mom! Tim! Tim? Tim? Mom! They're gone. Is she dead? She's not dead. Alright? She's just not here, OK? They were never here. How d'you know? They're on their way to Boston. I guess they kept on going to Boston. They're probably at your Grandma's. I'm gonna call her. How come the lights are on here and not at yours? Because... nothing bad happened here. We're safe here. OK, Rachel. This is your area - Dad, that's not how it goes. OK. Are you hungry? Huh? I'll get you some food. I'm gonna feed you, get something to eat. What do we have? Busy signal. Ketchup, mustard... You think all the circuits are down? Tabasco, barbecue sauce. This is good(!) Vinaigrette. I said, pack food. What is this?! That's all that was in your kitchen. OK... It's alright. Alright. Er... Food... Er, bread. OK. We're gonna have... Let's get some sandwiches. You ever seen me deal? You seen me deal? Here we go. Two for you, there's two for Robbie, there's two for me, one for the house. Hey, after we've eaten, I'll show you guys how to play some poker or five-card stud, maybe blackjack - I'm allergic to peanut butter. (LAUGHS) Since when? Birth. OK. Here... You can eat the bread, OK? I'm not hungry. OK, well... Robbie and I are eating peanut-butter sandwiches. Want jelly on this sandwich? I'm not hungry either. You're not hungry either? OK, OK. That's fine. (SIGHS) I... Everybody just... relax, OK? We're here now, we're safe, and we're gonna stay here. And in the morning Mom and Tim are gonna be here. Everything's going to be fine, OK? OK... If everything's fine, why sleep in the basement? We've got beds. Hey, it's like a slumber party. What are you afraid will happen? Nice basement. I want to sleep in my bed. Got back problems. OK. Well, you know on the Weather Channel when there's a tornado and they say to go to the basement for safety, it's like that. There's going to be tornados? OK, Rachel, hey! No more talking. Can you be nicer to me? God! (ROBBIE AND RACHEL TALK QUIETLY) Love you. Love you, Rachel. (SIGHS) 9 (TWIGS RUSTLE AGAINST WINDOW) (CLATTERING) (CLATTERING INCREASES) (WHOOSH) (BANGING) (FAINT THUDS) (WHOOSHING) (FIZZING) Is the lightning back? No. This is something else. (RACHEL SHRIEKS / RUMBLING) (ROARING) (WHOOSHING AND THUDDING) (MASSIVE ROAR) What's that sound?! I never heard that before! Is it them?! (EXPLOSIONS) We gotta go! Where do we go? This is your house! Where do we go?! Oh! (HIGH-PITCHED WHIRRING) (ROARING BUILDS IN INTENSITY) Wait, wait! (RACHEL SCREAMS) (ROARING SUBSIDES A LITTLE) (RAY PANTS) (RACHEL) Are we still alive? (ENGINE WHIRRS FAINTLY) (MAN PANTS) Down here! You were on this plane? Are you... Are you a passenger? How you doing? You wanna help me open this? Are you a passenger? He's deaf. The show went off right beside him. Camera on his shoulder saved his life. You hear that, Max? Your stupid camera saved your stupid life. Where were you? Out there in the Pine Barrens. We were attached to a National Guard unit. 83rd Mechanised. They moved on one of those things. Got some kind of shield around 'em. You can't see it, but everything we fire at them detonates too early before we can cause any damage. When they flash that thing, everything lights up like Hiroshima. There's more than one? You gotta be kidding me, right? We were feeding New York, but New York went dark. So we patched over to DC. They went down. LA, Chicago, uplink to London. Called the affiliates to get them to catch the feed but nobody answers. It's the same everywhere. Once the tripods start to move, no more news comes out of that area. My God... You ain't seen nothing yet. I saw that storm. I was right... in the middle of one of those. You didn't see it like this. Those machines come up from underground. So that means they must have been buried here a long time ago. So who's driving the goddamn things? Watch the lightning. Watch it. Watch the lightning. Keep watching the lightning. What is that? That... is them. They come down in capsules, riding the lightning into the machines. (LONG, BOOMING HOOT) You hear that? We're getting the hell out of here. Get in, get in, get in! Hey! Were you on that plane? That's too bad. It would've been a really great story. Look at me. Keep your eyes only on me, you understand? Don't look down, don't look around me. I'm taking you to the car. You're gonna want to look but you're not going to. Are you? No. You're doing good. Keep your eyes on me. We're going right to Boston. We're going to see your mom. I'm not going to look. That's my girl. Listen, I want you to close your eyes. You got 'em closed? There you go. Keep 'em closed. (ENGINE STARTS) Robbie, get in. Robbie, get in! Why are you yelling? It's OK. Get in. 9 Why are we on the turnpike? I don't want people to see we've got a car. We stay along the Hudson till we find a bridge or ferry, then we cross it and take the back roads across Connecticut all the way to Boston. Where is everybody? I don't know. Running, hiding, in their basements. If we had balls we'd go find one of those things and kill it. Good, good. Why don't you let me make the big decisions, OK? Which will be when? Never, Ray? Stop it. OK, enough of the "Ray" shit! Alright? It's Dad, Sir, or, if you want, Mr Ferrier! That sounds a little weird to me, but you decide. Dad? Yes, Rachel. Gotta go to the bathroom. Really? Come on. I gotta go! Not so fast. There's two things to watch out for. The second is people who might want our car. There's nobody around! I gotta go. Rachel? Rachel! It's good right there! I'm not going in front of you guys! Alright. Just go where I can see you! Are you crazy?! Don't look! I'm not gonna look. Just stay in sight! That's looking! OK, every time you guys don't listen to me, I'm... telling your mother. I'm making a list. I'm making a list! (PANTING) I told you to stay where I could see you! Stop, stop! Wait, stop! Let me on! Let me on! Give me a hand! Wait! Stop! Stop! Give me a hand! Watch it, kid! You're gonna get run over! Do you have room? Do you have room?! Robbie, do you want to go in that direction? Stop! There's nothing living in that direction! What do you care?! You never gave a shit before! OK, hard-ass, what's your plan?! You tell me what we're doing! We catch up with these soldiers and we get back at them! We get... We get back at them! That's what we do! Now try one that doesn't involve your little sister joining the army! You have anything like that?! You have anything like that?! You have no idea which way to go! You want to come over all wise, but you only chose Boston cos you hope Mom's there and you can dump us on her! You can dump us and then you'll only have to care about yourself, which is exactly the way you like it! Robbie! Where are you trying to go?! What are you trying to do?! Who's gonna take care of me if you go?! (RADIO) "This is a test of the emergency alert system." "If this had been an actual emergency, official messages from federal, state or local authorities would have followed the alert tone." "This concludes the test of the emergency alert -" (RADIO OFF) I want to close my eyes. Why don't you drive for a bit? I don't have a licence. Since when has that stopped you? (WINDSCREEN WIPERS THUD RHYTHMICALLY) Ray... Ray! Dad! (PEOPLE SHOUTING) I think you... Think you could...? OK. Don't stop. Don't take your foot off. OK? I got it. Keep your foot on. I got it, I got it. Where is everybody going? I don't know, Rache. But we do, right? Yeah, we do. (HORN TOOTS) (PEOPLE BANG ON CAR) (HORN) Why'd he do that? Why is he doing that? He wants a ride. Everybody does. Can we give him one? No. Sit back, put on your seatbelt. Put on your seatbelt. Put on your seatbelt, Rachel! Be careful. (MAN) I can fix the car. (SHOUTING AND BANGING) I'm sorry. I can't... I can't. Please get away from the car. Hey, stop the car! Stop the car! Get off the car! (HORN) You could get 20 people in there! Stop the car! Get out! (ENGINE REVS) (HORN) (SCREAMS) Hold on! Wait, look out! Hold on! (CROWD ERUPTS) Are you OK? (SCREAMS) Robbie! You alright?! Just wait, stop! Stop! Rachel! Get out of here! Daddy! Argh! Get in the car! Help! Get out of the car! Rachel, get out of the car! Get out! Help! (SHOTS) Take it easy! Get off the car! Get off! Get off the car. Move! Move! Where's my son? Where's my son?! Cool down, man. Robbie! Put the gun down. Robbie! Robbie! (SCREAMS) OK, man, listen. Put down the gun. I'm taking the car. My daughter's in the car. Put down the gun. I'm taking it. Please. I want - Put down the goddamn gun! I'm taking the car. Please, I just want my daughter. Let me just take my daughter. All I want is my daughter. Yeah, go ahead, take her, take her. Robbie? (LIGHTS HUM) (SHOTS OUTSIDE) (SCREAMING) (SHOT) (SHOT / SCREAMS) (SOBS) 1 (RAIN FALLS / PEOPLE PLEADING) We got it the worst, that's what I heard. The US mostly, South America and Asia. There's nothing going on in Europe. Europe got the worst of it. Completely wiped out some of 'em. I don't give a shit who it is. I got up close to one of 'em. If they're all over the place, we're dead. The power's still on here. Yeah, the power's still on. Cos nothing bad's come out of the ground. (BELL DINGS REPEATEDLY) (ROARING) (RECORD OVER TANNOY) # If I ruled the world # Every day would be the first day of spring... (TANNOY) Unless you are O-positive and RH negative, thank you, but we already have more blood than we can use. # And we'd sing of the joy every morning would bring... # Let's go, folks. This way, this way. Keep it moving. Keep it moving. This way. Let's go, folks. Keep it moving. Please move forward calmly. The boat can make more than one trip. Please move forward calmly. Take your time. Ray! Don't rush. Ray, Ray! Sheryl? Yeah, hey! Oh, gosh. Are these your kids? This is Rachel. Hi, I'm Sheryl. This is my daughter Nora. Hi. Hi. (CACOPHONY OF BIRDS SQUAWKING) It's good to see you both. The trees are funny. We want to move a few cars out of the way to make some more space. You'll have to give us a few minutes. Oh... Don't worry. There'll be room for everybody. (THUD AND CRASH AS THE MACHINE MOVES) (LONG, BOOMING HOOT) (THUDDING AS MACHINE APPROACHES) (SHOUTING AND SCREAMING) Cast off! Get that ramp up! Cast off now! Get that ramp up! Cast off! No more people! We're taking the ramp up. (LONG, BOOMING HOOT) Wait, wait! Just... Stay back! Sir, there's no more room, no more room! Just listen to me. There's three of us. No, five! There's only five! Don't push me! There's no room! There's plenty of room! There's room for hundreds! You just stay with me. OK! Grab my jacket! (PEOPLE SHOUTING) I got you, Ferrier! Oh, Jesus! You OK? Yeah. Come on! Jesus! Come on! My God! (WINCH GRINDS) Come on! Move, move, move! Ow! Ray! Ray! No, I want to go with him! Stay back! No! Ray! Sheryl? Sheryl! There's room on the boat! Goddammit! There's still room on the boat! Everybody can get on. There's still room on the boat! (SHOUTS) (WAILS) Robbie! Just stay with me! Stay with me, Robbie. Robbie! (ENGINE ROARS) (FAINT SCREAMING AND SHOUTING) Robbie, Robbie! Robbie! Robbie! Robbie! Here, grab my hand! Hold on! I got you. Hold on! Take my hand! Take it! Take my hand! Here! Oh, my God... (LONG, BOOMING HOOT) Robbie! (SCREAMING) (PEOPLE IN CAR SCREAM) (PROPELLER ROARS) (FAINT CALLS FOR HELP) (SCREAMS) (THEY PANT AND COUGH) Robbie, help me with her. Here, Rachel. (SIREN) Don't stop, don't stop! Argh! (SIRENS / FAINT SCREAMS) Oh, my God... (RAYS FIZZ) (RUMBLING / GRINDING) (SIRENS) (RUSTLING) 1 (DULL THUDS OF DISTANT GUNFIRE) Robbie, slow down! (EXPLOSIONS) Robbie, slow down! Robbie? We gotta stay together, Robbie. Robbie? Stay together! Robbie! (THUD / WHOOSH) Get back here! Robbie! No, Robbie! Come back! (EXPLOSIONS) Robbie! Don't move! Don't move! For God's sake, stay right here! I'm coming right back! Robbie! Robbie! (EXPLOSIONS) Robbie! Robbie! Why are you doing this?! No effect on target! No effect! No effect. We have to delay their advance so the refugees get away. Keep firing! (EXPLOSIONS / GUNFIRE) Listen. I want you to listen to me! Listen to me! (SIRENS / HELICOPTERS) Don't do this! I want to be here. I know. I need to see this! I know it seems like that, but you don't! Let me go! OK, wait, wait! What are you doing here by yourself? Sweetie, come with us. Come on! My dad's getting my brother. You can't stay here! Let's go! I'm not leaving her! I'm not letting you do this! You can hate me! Let me go! But I love you! Let me go! I'm not letting you do this! Dad! (WOMAN PLEADING) It's gonna be OK. Come with us. He told me to stay. I can't go! My dad's right there! Listen to me! I need to be here. I want to see this. Stay for Rachel. Stay for your sister. Please let me go. You need to let me go. Dad! Dad! No! Dad! Dad! Dad! (EXPLOSIONS / GUNFIRE) Attack, attack, attack! Stop! I'm her father! I'm her father! I'm sorry. We thought she was alone. She was by the tree! (EXPLOSIONS) Robbie! Robbie! (MAN) Over here! Over here! Hurry! (EXPLOSIONS CONTINUE ABOVE) Are you alright? Hey? What about you, huh? There you go. Is that comfortable? Close your eyes now, OK? You need some sleep. Dad... He's going to meet us. OK? Robbie's going to meet us, Rache, in Boston, at your grandmother's. What do you think Mom's doing right this minute? Mom? Boston. Just waiting. I know she's not sleeping cos she is so worried about you. And she's in Grandma's kitchen and she's... She's making that awful tea she makes. And they're all just... They're all just counting the minutes till they see you again. (SNIFFS) What is this? I won it. What? For walk, trot and canter. Third place. Sing me Lullaby and Goodnight. I don't know that one. Sing me Hushabye Mountain? I'm sorry, Rachel. I don't know that one either. # I'm not braggin', baby, so don't put me down # Cos I got the fastest set of wheels in town # Something comes up to me, they don't even try # Cos if I had a set of wings, man, you know she can fly # She's my little deuce coupe (VOICE CRACKS) # You don't know what I got # Just my little deuce coupe # You don't know what I got # (GLASS CLINKS) Peach schnaps. Disgusting, I know it. Found a whole case of this shit. Thank you. Sorry about your son. We got separated. He's gonna meet us, er, in Boston. Did you... Did you lose anybody? All of them. Harlan Ogilvy. Ray Ferrier. I got water, food enough for weeks. You're welcome to stay, both of yous. Sorry. (SIGHS) I gotta get some sleep. Those machines, those... tripods they got... They buried 'em. Right under our feet. Since before there... there were even people here. They've been planning this for a million years. We're beat to shit. Please. My daughter - Think about it. They defeated the greatest power in the world in a couple of days. Walked right over us. And these are only the first. They'll keep coming. This is not a war, any more than there's a war between men and maggots. This is an extermination. You're afraid? Of course I am. I've been around death plenty. I drive an ambulance in the city. DROVE an ambulance in the city. It's all over now, huh? You know the people that make it, Ray? The ones that don't flatline before the hospital? It's the ones that keep their eyes open, keep looking at you, keep thinking. They're the ones that survive. Can't lose our heads, Ray. Runnin', that's what'll kill you. And I'm dead set on living. (HALF-LAUGHS) Dead set on living... (LAUGHS) Thank you for taking us in. Not going to be exterminated. (ROARING OUTSIDE) (CRASH) It's OK. Come on, I want to show you something. We're gonna fight 'em, Ray. They've got to have a weakness. Take a look. (WHIRRING / GRINDING) Somehow they killed a few of these things in Osaka, so I heard. You saying the Japanese can figure it out, but we can't? We can do this, Ray. We can do it. We can get 'em. We can figure it out. Stay right there. (ROARING / SCAMPERING) I have a daughter. Why did you bring us here? To fight 'em together, Ray. Now we'll be the ones coming up from underground. When the time is right, we take 'em by surprise, the way they took us. Take 'em by surprise. We're right under their feet, Ray. Right here, under their feet. (RHYTHMIC THUDS OF MACHINES) Or you work from home, so drive mostly on the weekend. You might only drive short distances to work each day. You might not drive your car to work at all. You might park securely at work. Or these days, everybody travels to you. Maybe you only do school runs. Or you work from home, so drive mostly on the weekend. At Youi, we get that everyone's not the same, so we tailor your insurance premium to how you use or don't use your car. Call: Or go to youi.co.nz today. 1 (MACHINES THUDDING FAINTLY) (SCAMPERING) (CLATTERING) (WHIRRING) You miss your mommy? I had a little girl, nearly your age. You know, if anything happens to your daddy, I'll take care of you. Rachel? You don't have anything to say to her. Do you understand? If you want to talk to somebody, want to ask a question, ask me. What exactly is your plan, Ray? I know what I'm gonna do. How about you? You gonna sit here, wait for them to come and get you? Is that your plan? Maybe you want to get caught. Couple of days hiding in a basement too much for you, I bet. Probably turn yourself right in! (THUDDING STOPS / RAIN DRIPPING) Listen. It's stopped. Maybe you'll be OK. You'll get lucky and they'll train you as their pet. You know, feed you, train you to do tricks! Just shut up and listen! (CLATTERING / RAIN FALLING) (CLATTERING) (HUM / WHIZZ) (REGULAR PANTING BREATHS) (TENTACLE BUZZES) (BREATHES QUIETLY) (RAT SQUEAKS) (CLUNK) (BREATHES HEAVILY) (MOUTHS SILENTLY) (PANTS) (No...) (CRASH!) (WATER DRIPPING) (ALL BREATH OUT) (WATER GURGLES AND SWOOSHES) (CLATTERING) (FOOTSTEPS SPLASH IN WATER) (LOW GROWL) (GROWLS) (WATER DRIPPING) (GROWL) (GROWL) (THUDDING AND CLANKING) (GASPS) (GROWLS) (THUD) (FAINT GASPS OF EXERTION) (LONG, BOOMING HOOT) (LONG, BOOMING HOOT) You and me... I don't think we're on the same page. (MACHINES WHIRRING AND THUDDING) (WHIRRING INCREASES) Ray! Ray! Ray! Ray! Ray! Ray! Keep your voice down! Quiet! (RHYTHMICAL THUDDING OF MACHINES) (MAN SHOUTS) (WHOOSHING) (SUCKING SOUND) Not my blood! Not my blood! (HARLAN FAINTLY) Not my blood... Not my blood... Not my blood... Not my blood... (THUDDING OF MACHINES STOPS) Not my blood! Not my blood! Not my blood! Not my blood! Not my blood! Stop it... Stop it. Not my blood! Be quiet. They drink us! They drink us! Please, they'll hear you. Then they spray us out like fertiliser. You gotta be quiet. They drink us and... You better come back down. ..spit us out all over the goddamn red weeds! Do you understand what I have to do? I can't have my daughter die because of you. This tunnel will get us to the city. We have tunnels there already! Stop it. Subways! We can hide an army there! Stop it! We'll go underground! Stop it! You stop it! We're the resistance. They can't occupy this country. Occupations always fail. History taught us that 1,000 times! This is our land. We eat it, we breathe it. Only we can live on it. That's how I feel. We're built for it. They're gonna kill you, brother! What are you doing? Not my blood! What are you doing, Daddy? Whatever you hear, don't take this off. Dad... Rache... What was that song? That lullaby that I didn't know? Not my blood! Hushabye Mountain? Sing it. They can take you! Please, will you sing it? # A gentle breeze... Don't stop. # ..from Hushabye Mountain They're gonna kill you! Not me! # Softly blows over Lullaby Bay # It fills the sails of boats that are waiting # Waiting to sail... # your worries away... (QUAVERING) # So close your eyes (SOUND OF STRUGGLE) (MEN GRUNT / ONE CRIES OUT) # On Hushabye Mountain # Wave goodbye to cares of the day (SILENCE NEXT DOOR) # And watch your boat from Hushabye Mountain # Sail far away from Lullaby Bay # (SILENCE, EXCEPT FOR DRIPPING WATER) (DOOR CREAKS) (BREATHES QUIETLY) 9 (FAINT NOISE) (WHOOSH) (SCREAMS) Rachel? Rachel! (SCREAMS) Oh, my God, no! Rachel? Rachel! Rachel? Rachel? Make some noise, baby. Rachel? Rachel? Rachel! Talk to me, baby, come on! Rachel! Rachel! Rachel! Rachel! (WHIRRING) Argh! (SCREAMS) No, no, no! No! Hey! (GASPS) (PEOPLE SCREAMING) (WOMAN SOBS) (WOMAN SCREAMS) (CHILD SCREAMS) Rachel! (LONG, BOOMING HOOT) (PEOPLE SCREAM) Argh! Rachel? Rachel? Rachel... Rachel... Rachel... Rachel... Dad... (CLUNK / PEOPLE SCREAM) (LONG, BOOMING HOOT) (GRUNTS) Pull me! Pull me! (GROANS) Pull! Pull! Pull me! Come on! Pull! One, two, three! Again! Again! Keep pulling! Pull! Everybody down! (EXPLOSIONS) (SCREAMING) 1 Keep it moving, folks. (BIRDS CAWING) Let's go, folks. Keep moving. Right this way, thank you. To the left there, ma'am. Just to your left. Thank you. What happened to it? It's dying. Keep moving! Move along! What happened? I don't know. Something's happening to them. Let's go! Pull out! Something's happening. Go, go. Just keep moving. Let's go. Don't stop. Keep moving! Excuse me. Did you take it down? No. It was behaving erratically, walking in circles. It went down on its own about an hour ago. Please, keep moving! Come on, don't stop! Do not stop! Thank you! How is it dead all by itself? Rachel, I'm not sure. Coming through, coming through. Make a hole. Coming through. (ROARING / CLUNKING) (MACHINE-GUN FIRE) Calm down. Calm down. Get in the tunnel. (BIRDS CAWING) Everybody, calm down. Get in the tunnel. Everybody, on the other side of the track! (LONG, BOOMING HOOT) Look at the birds! I can't hear you! Look at the goddamn birds! (BIRDS CAWING / MACHINE HOOTS) No shield! I can't hear you! No shield! The Javelin's the key! Load the two! It'll be a tough kill. Let's go! It's safer here! Let's go! Clear! Clear! (SCREAMS) Try again! Try again! You got a lock? I got a lock! Fire the Javelin! (EXPLOSION) No luck! Fire the Javelin! It's OK. I love you. It's OK. Let's go! It'll be OK. Get those civilians out of there! Back! Stay back! Come on, folks, back up! (MACHINE FIZZES AND SPARKS) Stay right here. Hold on right there. (WHIZZ) (CLUNK / WHOOSH) Clear! Keep back, keep back! Stay back. (SLOW, RASPING GROWL) Mom! Oh! (BOTH SOB) Thank you. Robbie? Hi, Dad. Hi, Dad... Hi, Dad. From the moment the invaders arrived, breathed our air, ate and drank, they were doomed. They were undone, destroyed, after all of man's weapons and devices had failed, by the tiniest creatures that God, in his wisdom, put upon this earth. By the toll of a billion deaths, man had earned his immunity, his right to survive among this planet's infinite organisms. And that right is ours against all challengers. For neither do men live, nor die, in vain. IMS Subtitles www.able.co.nz Captions were made possible with funding from NZ On Air. Able 2016