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You have to find them.

You have to save them somehow.

You must.

Look, I can't lose both my sister and my father. I couldn't survive.

Teak told you to contact us.

Yeah, he said he would meet us there.

He and my father have been close for a long time.

You say they went into some sort of high -tech virtual reality type game.

Yeah, my father has always been a big -time game player.

He lived to play the biggest and most dangerous games man can invent.

Somebody actually invented a game you could disappear into.

Sounds far -fetched to me.

He went in first.

And when he started shouting for trouble, someone was chasing him.

And then my sister went in. She made me promise to get tea.

Or in this case, you.

And when you looked inside the building, it was totally empty.

Only one way in or out.

Yet they were gone.

This newest game, it moves from city to city by special invitation.

To only the most powerful, most influential people.

This is the key that gets you into the warehouse.

I don't know how to get into the game.

There's one thing I have to warn you about.

If you play the game and lose, you're lost forever.

And if you play to win?

My father says your life will never be the same.

And he took that to mean fulfilled.

You stay in the car till we check this out.

Playing a high -tech game here?

You, uh, want to do the honors?

Yeah.

Oil the hinges, why don't you?

What's this doing inside of a warehouse?

It looks like a castle.

What did you expect it to be?

I don't know. She said a game. I expected a football field or a

or a gym or something.

Look, look.

These symbols in the floor.

This is the game.

The Zodiac and the dragon.

And the night, these are all from the games. I used to play these games in

college. We'd stay up all night playing these things. We even had tournaments.

Do you know how to play this game?

Well, no, not this game specifically.

It's not D &D or Myst, but they're all kind of similar.

And people always disappear in these games.

No, now that's new.

The history of these games dates all the way back to the knights returning from

the Second Crusade in the 1100s.

Really?

Knights from the Crusades?

Absolutely.

Once they returned to England or France or wherever, they were bored. So they

created these games for their amusement.

And they'd take one of their guys, and they'd make him the master, and he would

make up all the challenges.

Today, they use computers. It's sort of a combination of... A romance, war, and

amusement meets new high tech.

Cool.

All right. So, we know how to play the game.

What do we do now?

I don't know.

Who are you?

Who's talking?

You show yourself.

Will you show yourself?

How say you?

I say we're here to find a man and his daughter.

Why don't you just show yourself?

You know what, Mitch?

There's no...

Body there.

Usually where there's a voice, there's a body, Ryan.

Not in this.

That voice is computer generated.

How the game starts.

With this.

Come on, let's play.

A game you've never played and know nothing about.

Well, it's the only way we're going to find him.

How. Day.

You.

We'll play.

Thank you.

Okay.

Ready? Yep.

Nine.

Okay. Come with me. One, two, three, four,

five.

Wheel or practice?

I don't think the guy was here to practice. I think he was here for real.

should go for real.

Okay. Here we go.

No, wait.

Novice or expert?

His daughter said he would be ultimate thrill seeker.

Expert.

Seven, eight, nine.

We're in the imagination of the computer.

Like a computer -generated image of the game.

Like a hologram, right?

No, no, no. It's much more than that.

Touch it. Feel it.

It has substance. It has mass.

Do we need those 3D glasses?

Virtual reality headsets or something?

Apparently not.

Somehow we're in the computer.

Terrific.

When Mary Ellen said that her father was involved in state -of -the -art, it's

amazing.

I knew they were talking about doing this. I just didn't think it was

It's so real.

Lathered.

It means electricity.

Now what?

Well, we go through it.

How can you be so sure? I mean, how do you understand all this stuff?

Well, I don't understand it.

Not really. But in this one CD -ROM game that we played in college, there was

always electricity.

Oh, it totally reminds me of this one guy that we played with. He had one of

those wind -up gag things, those buzzers that you wear in the palm of your hand,

and he would shock you. And every time we played, he would zap me.

Every single time. Ryan, we're not here to play a game. We're here to find the

man and his daughter.

I know.

Thank you. All right. Wait!

You need to know what we're dealing with here.

We use these.

Ready?

is too dangerous.

Yeah.

Uh, the wall's moving.

The wall's alive.

Wait.

Oh, it's waiting for me.

Or novice.

Yeah,

go, go, go.

What's this?

Okay.

See?

Every time you beat an obstacle, you get something you need for a future

challenge. A light, three coins, and a key.

Yeah, but these are old, and this is new.

Right, well, that's what you have to figure out.

That's part of the mystery.

Your reasoning, your deduction, basically how smart you are.

How do you win?

Well,

in the games I played, there was never actually any winning.

You just measured your success by how long you survived.

But you always die.

Always. Yeah, where's the part where Mary Ellen said you could win?

Oh, um, I don't know.

I guess that's just a trap to lure her father and the others inside.

For what reason?

Uh, well, only one person knows that, and that's the person who created the

game. He's called the Master.

How are these going to help us find Mr. Davis and his daughter?

Well, that's part of the game. That's the mystery.

This way, huh?

Ryan, this is no game.

This guy is really dead.

Life will never be the same.

Old watch.

Ring.

This wallet's full of $100 bills.

Must be thousands in cash here.

The online ticket.

Tokyo, L .A., Tokyo.

Turns tomorrow morning. It's less than 24 hours.

What's that?

It's an invitation.

He was here to play the game just like Mr. Davis.

That's what this is. It's the ultimate challenge. It's the greatest thrill for

all the thrill -seekers.

So how do we win?

Not by dying, but by staying alive?

Well, it's like I told you. In all the games that I played, you get to the

highest level and then you die.

That doesn't make any sense. There's got to be some way to quit.

Yeah, we'd press Alt -F4 on the computer.

That's what we do.

We find a way to press Alt -F4 in here.

I'll save you. Enough!

The killing game is over!

We're not playing Where

are we

I'm guessing We're at another level in the game. He went

you're successful. You move to the next level Oh

You smell that?

It stinks like the Middle Ages. How'd they pull that off?

Beats me.

That's a bolt. It's an arrow used in a medieval crossbow.

Used in your games?

Uh, no. A character called the Archer.

He's a monk.

dangerous killer in a group called The Assassins.

I would assume that it's safe to say that he's after us now.

You've got to be close.

Mitch,

no!

He's the best there is at this.

Don't even think you can take this guy.

In the games that I've played, whenever you're under attack by the archer, the

archer causes you to find a defensive weapon and you use it to defend

Like what?

Like, um... Like a shield.

That's the challenge.

That's the game, the danger that you have to overcome.

Once we get the shield, we can use it to ward off the bolts and get close enough

to the archer to kill him.

The archer, he can't run. He can't escape once he's cornered.

Okay.

We'll use this as a diversion, okay?

I'm going three.

Ready?

Three.

You made it.

You win.

I win what?

You win the prize.

You win me.

Oh, would you forgive me?

Mitch, she's gonna die!

And all done within the rules.

Excellent.

Who's this guy?

That's the master.

He's the one who decides on all the rules and creates all the adventures.

Is he for real?

What do you mean, is he real?

I mean, can he kill you? Yes, he can kill you. Is he real real?

No, he's a computer image.

When are you going to get this?

Well, if the purpose of these games is to raise your anxiety level, it's

working, pal. It's working.

I was just thinking out loud. Okay.

In return...

You have won the honor to raise one skill level.

Sir, no.

That's really, really not necessary.

What's he talking about?

He's going to raise the level of the game.

Now the stakes are even higher because he thinks we're great players.

He respects that.

Well, it's kind of hard to accept a compliment when you're fighting for your

life.

Listen up, pal. Look, we're not here to play the game, all right? We're here to

get a couple of other players out of here. As soon as we find them, we're

We're out of here, okay?

To do that, you must win.

But there is only one measure of winning.

Survival.

All right.

There's only one arrow left, and we're going to need it.

With the stakes of the game getting higher, the adversaries are going to be

and more formidable.

Like what?

Well, like if we defeat a wild dog, then comes a bear. And if we defeat the

bear, then comes a lion. And if we defeat the lion, then there's no

There's probably a dinosaur walking around in here.

One arrow's not going to be much good, is it?

I haven't seen any place like this before.

It's like water.

But you said everything is supposed to be computer generated.

Well, it is.

What was that?

I don't like these games anymore.

Yeah, but you're the game freak, okay?

Which way do we go and what do we do? Come on, tell me.

I don't know. I don't see anything anymore. Well, see a little harder, will

Don't yell at me. I'm not yelling.

You are yelling. I'm not yelling!

You are now.

Okay. All right, Mitch.

This is how we play the game, okay?

It's all about risk and reward.

It's a leap of faith. You've got to believe.

I want you to take a step.

No, the other way.

There.

You've got to take a step forward, Mitch. You've got to believe.

Are you kidding me? No, just do it. We don't have any choice.

to make a trade, are you?

The finest gold mail to protect the damsel, good sir.

Only one gold coin.

A mere pittance to save one so beautiful.

Oh, come on.

The batteries are almost gone.

We'll make it.

Pedestal. How's it one gold coin?

It's too obvious.

All right.

We got three doors here. Which one do we choose?

Okay. One is usually sure death.

Another could be an exit, sending us back to the beginning.

A third?

A third could be anything.

Let's check out door number three.

Okay.

Wait, listen.

You have to remember we can only use everything once.

Right.

Well, door number three?

Yeah, door number three.

Wait for me.

No, planes are always one of those.

Oh, my God.

Thank God somebody... Debbie?

Okay, you're the reason we're here. Your sister came to us.

Do you know if your father is anywhere near here?

I don't know.

I was walking down a hall, a corridor.

I was following my father, and then my father got trapped.

And then he thought he'd won the game, but all it was was another trap.

And then all of a sudden there was a flash, and I was here.

Please, you've got to do something.

You've got to get her down. I'm really scared.

Okay, fine.

You take this. Anybody gets close, you use it. Where are you going? I've got an

idea. I'll be right back.

All right.

Debbie, he's going to go get something to get you down. Just hang on, okay?

Please. Please, just hurry. Hurry, please.

Oh, my God.

Excuse me.

One gold coin, remember?

Only one gold coin.

anybody yet.

I'm Ryan. This is Mitch. And you actually met my sister when she came up

Yeah.

Thank God. Then at least she's safe. I didn't know if she got caught in here or

if she was left in here or what. I didn't know.

How did you get here?

My father told me to wait outside for him when he entered.

It's a CD -ROM and a virtual reality all combined to the nth degree.

He lives for this kind of challenge.

He was so happy.

I heard him so happy when he shouted, I won.

I won.

But all it was was another trap.

That's why I came in myself.

I wanted to find him.

All right, let's just not find ourselves in the same trap. Come on.

We'll talk on the move.

I just can't believe he's dead.

Hey, nobody said he's dead yet, okay?

Keep it back here.

Oh! Oh!

Remember what you said?

One player's loss, another player's gain.

No more darkness, right?

We got headlights.

Wonderful.

Congratulations.

You have survived the tests.

Pay the toll and you are free to go.

One gold coin for each person.

Sure, because you know we only have two coins left.

Then a choice must be made, mustn't it?

It's my choice.

I'm not making that.

Two coins, two people.

Step across the line. The choice is yours.

So, how say you?

All right, you two, I'll find another way.

Mitch, listen, I know the game better. I can play it better, okay? No!

Not anymore, you can't.

I was going to die just like my father.

Mitch, remember, sometimes to go forward, you have to go back.

So true.

And this shall help you focus your attention.

It is the remaining time.

in your game, bitch.

Remaining time.

No!

There has to be a chance. The rules are you have to give him a chance.

There's always a chance or it's not a game.

Of course, there is always a way out.

Find the lever.

Find the lever and freeze the game.

Good luck.

And goodbye.

Yeah, yeah, that's the room.

Mitch, that room is Alt -F4. That's the room that'll get you out. Go, hurry!

computer generated guy, right?

And you got a sonar motion.

Feet one.

There's got to be something else.

Okay. Find everything you get along the way. You need.

You can use.

Find the lever.

Find the lever. And freeze the game.

Shut this game down. Make sure nobody else gets trapped inside.

Mitch,

it's gone.

Look, the Zodiac, the dragon, all of it's gone.

Mary Ellen said they moved the game from city to city.

How could they pack up everything so fast?

Well, if the computers are that advanced to create what we just live through,

anything's possible.

This game isn't going to go away. It's too attractive.

Yeah, I don't think it's going to go away either.

More and more people are going to want to play the ultimate deadly game.