Original subtitles

Sorry, Captain. - It's all right, son, just keep moving.

That's the future in your hands.

Starboard guns ready, Captain. - Lieutenant.

Fire...

Prepare to take us into the channel. Ahead a half. Speed, five knots.

Range, 150 yards. - 150 yards.

Fire!

All ahead full.

Stop engines. - Captain? Stop engines! Run silent.

Cease firing. Close the gun ports. Hold still.

Close the gun ports.

Naval Historian's fanatical search for Phantom Battleship.

From Navy SEALS to salvage kings: Sandecker, Pitt and Giordino profiled

NUMA DIG DEEP IN KURILE TRENCH

NUMA searching for long lost Bateen

Mrs. Nwokolo? Eva Rojas, World Health Organization. This is Doctor Hopper.

Please come with me.

Sorry about the dark. The light hurts his eyes.

What's his name? - Azikiwe. Most call him Kiwe.

Hi, Kiwe. My name is Eva. I need to have a little look at that, ok?

How long has he been sick? - For 2 days.

Has he travelled anywhere recently? - In Mali last week. With his father.

Where is his father now? - At the lighthouse. Where he works.

Blood pressure 80/50. Circulatory failure. - Drawing blood.

Easy, son. Sedative, Eva. - What dose?

2 mils. Easy son. It's ok. You're gonna be all right.

Just trying to help you. - It's ok, Kiwe. Your mama's here.

Kiwe, it's ok.

You'll right? - Mali. Just like the others.

Yeah, I know. - This is an outbreak, Frank.

We got 6 cases. That's not enough. - Oh, how many do we need?

60? 6,000?

When does it start to matter?

We have to find the source, Frank.

You wanna go to Mali. It's not gonna happen.

W.H.O. Isn't gonna lose any more staff to a civil war.

Here, finish your report. - Good.

Just in time for the autopsy.

I'll do what I can do. I'll re-present to the Board.

And maybe they'll listen this time. - Thank you.

We need blood samples from his father. - I'll find the father.

Hello?

Mr. Nwokolo?

Mr. Nwokolo?

Hey!

Help.

You have no business being here.

Quick, get her bag.

Are you ok?

RIVER SUCCESS FOR SCIENTISTS

Guys, quit screwin' around.

All right, stop. Hold it there.

Report any variances over 2 feet.

Here, hold on to these. Come on, grab it.

All right, give me a wrench, I need the wrench.

Wrench! Anybody there?

All right, oil. I need the oil. Thank you.

All right, we're done. We're go...

Sorry, here.

Hi, Al Giordino. - Eva Rojas.

Nice work. Welcome aboard.

All right, turn it on.

Go down. - Hi. How are you?

Feeling better? I'm Rudi. - Yes, thank you. Sorry, where are we?

This is the Martha Ann. It's a NUMA boat. Ship. We didn't know who you were

so we kind of patched you up ourselves. You had an oedema of the upper...

I'm waiting 2 months for this moment. Don't mess it up by letting him drop.

Yes, Admiral. - Diver up in 5...

4, 3, 2, 1.

Ladies and gentlemen, may I introduce to you after a 772 year engagement

on the bottom of the ocean... King Bateen.

Nice job, everyone. Except you, Al. What the hell. It's a 10 ton-rated winch,

not a fly-fishing rod. - You're thinking of the Thompson 12-91.

Whereas you're astride a 12-93. Not that you could operate either one.

Boys. - Sir?

The king meets the people in 5 hours. - Don't worry, sir. He'll be there.

He better be there.

Hey. Look who's on her feet. - Thanks to you, I guess.

You were lucky to just lose your bag. Dangerous city.

Damn it, I did lose my bag. - Nothing worth dying for, I hope?

Well that's a tough question. - Nothing worth you dying for.

Hey, Dirk. Get you butt up here so we can scrape some of the crap of this thing.

Excuse me. The wife. - Come on, ladies, get Mr. Bateen unhooked

and clean, we've a party to go to. - Admiral?

Retired. Jim Sandecker. - Eva Rojas with the W.H.O.

You look like you could use a cup of coffee.

Dirk, I need your help. Is it left over right or is it right over left?

I can't remember. It's driving me nuts. Is there something about a rabbit

going around a tree or something? - I'll be there in an hour.

What, Dirk? - That was Oshodi.

He thinks he might have found something. - Oh, that's great.

That is fantastic. - Thank you very much.

No. Fantastic for me. I can't wait to tell Sandecker that you're not gonna be

at the museum tonight because one of your contacts from the Nigerian underworld

has found evidence of a Civil war Ironclad shipwrecked in a storm

off Africa. Yeah, right. That's what you're talking about, right?

Sandecker's gonna freak. And I'll be there.

He'll turn all red. - Fox chases the rabbit around the tree

and down the hole. That's how tie works. Don't you worry, I'll be there.

Thank you. Thank you very much.

First, I'd like to thank the Lagos museum for this magnificent reception.

I would also like to thank our primary benefactor on this project,

Yves Massarde. - Thank you.

We are NUMA, the National Underwater and Marine Agency

and this, ladies and gentlemen, is what we do.

King Bateen.

Where is he? - He's not at the buffet.

Damn it. - With help of museums and governments,

private organisations like ours can work in partnership to make sure

that history that has been lost to the tides of time

can be returned to its people. Thank you so much. Have a lovely evening.

Do you have a CD burner on your ship? - Yes. The same one I bought from you

last month. - I have a wonderful piece.

Straight from the Iraqi National Museum. - Don't show things like that Oshodi.

We're no that friendly. - Ah, now, here it is.

A very special piece. The one I spoke to you about.

It breaks my heart just to show it to you.

Where did you get this? - Cash, please,

we are not that friendly.

This is a great party.

Thank you for inviting us, Admiral. - It's alright. Yves, this is the woman

I was telling you about, Doctor Eva Rojas. - I'm delighted to make your acquaintance.

I'm Yves Massarde. - Nice to meet you. Doctor Frank Hopper.

How do you do? Yves does a lot of business in Africa.

Some even in Mali. Will you excuse me?

I understand you believe there is some sort of plague coming out of Mali?

We don't like to say "plague". - What then?

A plague. So you do business in Mali?

Do you know anyone there who could help us by pressuring the W.H.O. To send a team.

Much of Mali is controlled by a warlord. - General Kazim. Do you know him?

Yes. He used to be a Colonel in the Malian Army, and gave himself an upgrade

the day he shot the President. He put the "war" back into the world.

And he controls the country? - Half of it, and the other half no one.

But I must warn you it is very dangerous for foreigners right now.

It's probably more dangerous for locals. - Yes, but your death

would look very bad in the papers. - So does the word "plague".

All right. I will call some people but at the end of the day I'm just...

a businessman. So, be patient. - Oh, yes, she's good at that.

He's not gonna help us. Waste of time. - Eva, we can't just wander

into the middle of a Malian Civil war. Fighting with the Tuaregs is too severe,

you know that. - We should go back to the hospital.

Admiral. Have you ever seen a Confederate gold dollar?

The Confederacy never made a gold dollar. The mine was destroyed near the end...

Dirk, I be you. - But not before Jefferson Davis

had 5 samples made. He gave 4 of those samples to his top Generals,

Lee, Jackson, Stuart and Johnson. - Every time we come to Africa,

out comes that stupid ship mode. Out come the old port journals.

We are leaving for Australia tomorrow. - 4 of those samples have been found.

But the 5th never was. That one was given to an old family friend

of Davis. A brilliant young sea captain named Mason Tombs.

Captain of the CSS Ironclad Texas.

Where in the hell did you get this? - Oshodi. And he from a man named Indigwe.

But the important thing is that Indigwe found this in Labbezanga, Mali.

Now that coin and the Texas were on the Niger River.

Texas couldn't make it with her draught. - Let me take the calliope.

You can't have my boat, Dirk. - 3 days, Admiral. Just 3 days.

Imagine. Imagine!

All right, if I strike out, you'll never hear another word about this.

You got 72 hours. And not a nano-second more.

You fellas bought yourself a boat trip. - You're a gentleman, Admiral.

I don't care what they say about you. - I got a bottle says we never find it.

Make it a case. - All right. You're on.

Buenos Dias. - You're late.

I was told 8 o'clock departure. - 8 o'clock? I said 9.

It's after 10. - Who said 8?

Admiral Sandecker. - Give him a call if you had any problems.

A problem? With what? - He wants you to take us up the river

to Mali. - What?

No, no, no. Taking you to Mali?

Wait. There's been an outbreak in Mali. It's going to become an epidemic.

And you wanna hitch a ride, Doctor? What, W. H. O. 's making budgetary cut backs?

Please. It's important. - You guys got enough gear?

Probably not.

Small boat. No privacy. - I'm not shy.

So where do you call home? - In Monterey, but I'm never there.

There's great diving in Monterey. - That's all you ever think about? Diving?

No. Sometimes I think about Petricola Pholadiformis.

The angel wing clam. - Beautiful.

Yeah. This river's the only place on earth they're found.

Underwater, they glow in the dark. But the modern science cannot explain why.

There must be a reason. - Till then my theory is

that they do it because they can. - Dirk. That's it. Let's go.

Angel wings. World would be a lot cooler place if more of us were like that?

This is the centre of the cluster. Here. Asselar. That's where we have to go.

Right in the middle of Kazim's civil war. - Hey, you ever been after marlins?

Oh, non, no the marlin story gain, Al. - 733 pounds.

5 and a half hours in the fighting chair. - I though it was 600 pounds?

Hey, what did you catch that day? I can't remember. Anything at all?

How long you guys been together? - Since kindergarten. College.

Navy. NUMA. Poor guy's always been in my shadow.

Always the Al's maid, never the Al. Right?

Nice, Doc. You're pulling your weight.

My watch, chief. - All right, my man. Thanks.

Your friend Al told me all about your Captain Tombs and his boat.

Oh, he did, did he? - He also said ironclads

were not made to cross the ocean. - No, neither was man. Tequila?

And you found a coin?

Not just a coin.

That coin. Now I also have a letter from the Captain's widow

alluding to her husband's urgent Eastern voyage. I have a sailor's log

on an Atlantic clipper who swears on a stack of Bibles he saw a great iron beast

steaming 2 miles off the African coast. Now what kind of man

tires to tale a ship like that across the ocean?

Why? How? I don't know.

But I plan on finding out.

Al loves it when people ask me that. Thinks it makes me look a bit...

This must be nice...

to have this as your office.

Hell, every great thing that's ever happened to me, happened in the water.

Every one.

Hey, Rudi, come on, help me out with this.

Oumar. You got it? - How long to Asselar?

6, 8 hours. No problem. You stay for long? - No, not long.

All right, this one too. - Think it'll be safe?

It's ok. Where we go now, no fighting, no problem.

Yeah, no problem. - No Tuareg.

Listen. I've been thinking. When this is over,

there's a place I know. It's called Monterey.

Never heard of it. - No? It's got a beautiful beach.

Golden sands, blue durf. The paradise. - Sounds good.

Yeah. I also happen to know a women who has a house there.

And because she's a workaholic, she's never at home. I haven't asked her,

but I'm pretty sure that she wouldn't mind if you dropped by.

Can I bring a friend? - You'd have to ask her.

I already did. - You did?

You, me, and the Bay of Monterey.

Thank you for everything. And good luck to you.

And you as well. Bon route, Doctor.

Bonjour, madame. Ca Va. Mr. Indigwe, he lives...

Un moment, un moment. Indigwe.

He find this one week before, yes? - Indigwe est Mort. Il y a une semaine.

You know, I'm not too much of a linguist but...

that didn't sound too good. - Indigwe is dead.

Hey, the check. What is the check? L'addition.

Hey, you know my dad collected ancient coins from Rome, China,

Siam, Persia. Somehow they all ended up in a shoebox in New Jersey.

Meaning? - Coins travel, Dirk.

Even if that poor guy was still alive, it could have been nothing.

But the coin travelled from somewhere, Al, and unless it hitched a ride on the back

of a dolphin I'm gonna guess that its jumping-off point was a little bit closer

to where we're sitting. - Really, you can see that Ironclad

steaming up the river? Isn't it more likely that we missed it

somewhere off the coast of Virginia? Hm? Right?

Hello?

Dirk?

I'll meet you at the boat.

No, I got the check. Don't worry about it. I'm serious.

I know, I get it all the time. Sit down, I'll get the check. L'addition.

Salaam alaikum. - Alaikum Salaam.

Ya-Sheikh. My name is Dirk.

I'm looking for a boat.

And when would we have seen this boat? - About 140 years ago,

in 1866. Back when Labbezanga was one of the greatest ports in Africa.

Do you know anything else? We use events to find dates, not dates to find events.

Well, there was a storm. There was a great storm.

One that would have raised the depths of the Niger enough to allow

the boat to get here, yes.

It is written here. 6 days after the great storm

a dark ship rode without sails under the banner of a single star.

It was driven up river, never to return.

Bearing death.

It brought a sickness from here up to Gao and bore over...

300 souls to heaven. It was believed a damnation fro Allah.

A ghost ship. A cursed ship.

Safinat al maut.

Safinat al maut. What does that mean?

Safinat al maut. That's Arabic, Al. - Yeah. Sounds poetic.

What's it mean? - The ship of death.

Great. Shall we call Sandecker? - What ship? Whose death?

He'd just tell us to come home. - Yeah. Then I'd get a case of tequila.

So, boys, we're going up the river to Gao. - All right. Rudi, you gonna run the sonar

on the river bed? - Guys, come on. I was hoping

to meet a girl on the Australia trip. - No, African war zone. Ship of death.

Got a profile. - Another truck bumper? Bicycle?

VCR? - 16 degrees, 20,0 minutes north.

It's just some interference with the buoy. - Yeah, I got it.

When's the last time you checked that? - I had it out of the water 3 hours ago.

Right. Anything, Al? - Hey, guys, take a look at this.

It's red algae. That doesn't make any sense,

this is fresh water. - I'd better get a sample.

It's ok, they're just looking for Tuareg fighters.

Bon apetite, Mon General. - Massarde, comment allez-vous?

Very well, thank you. For you.

Join me. - Thank you.

These belonged to General Mayenne.

Then one of them actually killed the Comte de Vezelay.

Isn't that fascinating?

Beads for the natives, Yves. What do you want?

Well, you know the doctors I was telling you about?

I'm afraid they're on their way to Mali. - I thought your man was going

to take care of them in Lagos? - Well, we had a problem.

And now the problem is mine.

And another thing, General, if I may say, I'm slightly concerned

your measures of containment are losing their effectiveness.

Why? Because 5 or 6 poor souls escaped from Mali and died in their beds?

The disease spreads quickly. - And luckily it kills quickly too.

General. I think you should control the movements of your population.

What's that? Are you trying to tell me how to run my country?

You take care of your business, Yves. I'll take care of mine.

Of course.

Rocks? - No.

River. Radio? - No.

Radar? - Rudi.

That's not... you can't even... - It is. Here we go again.

All right, something I might get. - I spy

with my little eye. - Guys.

Company. - This is the Malian Civil Authority.

Prepare to be boarded. You are trespassing in Malian waters.

Hi, this is Al Giordino speaking. - Al, Sandecker. I presume

you're on your way home with my boat? - It's for you.

Do you wanna tell me what's going on? I'm gonna have to put you on hold.

What do you mean, put me on hold? This isn't a normal shakedown, Al.

If you don't shut off your engine you run the risk of being fired upon.

We are looking for the doctors. - I'm sorry. I don't speak English!

You are speaking English now. - No. I only know how to say

"I don't speak English" in English.

Al. - Hi. Hold on!

Stop the engines now before we open fire!

Hat!

That's my favourite hat!

Are you ok? - Yeah.

Where's Dirk? - I think he's...

Hold on!

Dirk. Dirk!

I'm gonna come in. You jump on the front.

You want me to jump? - Get on the front of the boat. Got it?

Really?

Here, flare gun. Shoot them!

Sorry.

Come a little closer, babe, come on.

Oh. yeah!

That is what I'm talking about.

Are you all right? - That was close.

How are you? - Will somebody pick up the phone!

Rudi, what the hell's going on? - I shot a guy with a flare gun.

Cool. - What did you say?

Did you say you shot someone with a flare gun? Who?

Rudi, who did you shoot with a flare gun? Don't put the... Rudi? Who's shooting?

Al, Dirk, is someone shooting at you? You better not hurt my boat.

Engine 2 is out! Fourth and long, man! What do you wanna do?

I think we need to pull a Panama. - A Panama? A Panama!

Panama? - You think? Really?

Rudi, no Panama. Somebody pick up... They're ignoring me.

Everybody's ignoring me. - Take it. We're doing a Panama.

I didn't know you were in Panama. - Weren't. We were in Nicaragua.

So why do you call it Panama? - We thought we were in Panama.

What are you looking for?

Al, Al, I'm really confused.

How are we doing, Al? - So help Dirk.

What do I do with this? - Just go!

Down!

Open the engine hatch.

Let's go, All

Got it! Here, light this!

Aren't these Admiral's? - Just light it!

Whenever you're ready, Al.

Come on! - What are we doing? I don't think

you should be doing that. - Ok. Drop it. We're good.

Right, hold on. - Hold on.

Hey, I need a life jacket.

Crap.

Is that how it worked the first time? - Well,

it didn't really work the first time.

I lost my hat. - Again?

Man, is Sandecker gonna be mad when you tell him you lost his satellite phone?

Yes and Rudi tells him the rest. - Wait. Why me?

Because we're not going back. Right, Dirk? - No. We're going to Asselar.

Ironclad's on hold for a while, guys. Those soldiers weren't after us.

They were after the doctors. I've got a feeling whatever bug

Eva's chasing, it must be a doosy. - Ok, I'm going with you guys, right?

No, you gotta tell Sandecker. - How am I gonna get across the border?

I never took survival training. - It's kinda pass-fail.

Look, Rudi, lay up here till dark, then make your move.

Al, you remember that time in Morocco? - Yeah, where you made me ride

that damn camel that bit my ass?

Yeah, that's the time. - Why?

What is this secret to this thing? - Just wrap it around your nugget.

What part? Here? This? - Yeah.

Well, how come yours stays on? - Maybe you got a small head.

I don't think so. Somebody would have told me.

Thank you.

World Health Organization. Hello?

Is anyone here?

Frank. Look at this.

Anyone here?

Hello?

Hello?

Oh my God.

You're leaving the Republic of Mali. Thanks for your visit. Safe Journey.

This well was filled in recently. I think people here knew

the water was making them sick. - I still say we should let Oumar go down.

Oumar, would you going down? - It's ok. I'll go down.

Frank. I'll be fine.

There you go.

All right, you're looking good. Give her a little more rope.

Be careful, please. Just take your time.

Eva, hold on. Hold on, we've got you.

You got it? - It's ok.

Bring her up. - No, I'm fine. Give me more rope.

Got it. I made it.

Got water. - All right, great. Get what we need,

let's get you out of there. Hey, looks like we've got company.

Don't go anywhere. I'll be right back. - Ok.

I'm Doctor Hopper with the W.H.O! - You have no authority to be here.

Frank? - Charlie, please, don't shoot me!

Whoa, whoa. You hear that?

This is all of them? - Yes, sir.

The UN knows that we're here. This is a United Nations

sanctioned mission.

Where's your colleague?

No, no, no. I mean the women.

She didn't come. She's ill.

This pistol, it belonged to General Sir Henry Watkins.

455 calibre. Very rare.

Hard to find the rounds.

I have them made by Holland and Holland of London.

27 pounds each.

You should put the money to better use. Like...

containing this plague.

I will give you some advice. Tell me where Doctor Rojas is.

She's not here. - Have it your own way.

Make it look like a horde of Tuareg swine just come through here.

And find the women.

She's here.

You men, set up a perimeter. I want you to search the whole town.

Hey, Salim, come over here. - Yes, sir.

Open up a few rounds just to be sure.

All A little help here!

Oh, man.

Whoa, whoa. Eva. Come on.

Are you ok? - Yeah.

We gotta go.

Wait. Wait.

Frank! Frank!

We're done here.

We're in Tuareg country now. We're gonna drive north

about 3 hours till we hit the flat lands.

From there it should be a relatively easy drive to the Algerian border.

Sorry. - Eva.

Eva! We'll get through, hm? This way.

Will you tell me what I am doing here? - 5 men. Shot dead in cold blood.

What do you think about that? - Hardly my responsibility.

No, you sit. You are a very brave man. The only survivor.

Crawled all the way from Asselar to bring me the news.

Caught in a classic Tuareg ambush, wouldn't you say?

Possibly. - One problem. There were no Tuareg.

Why didn't you tell me the doctors had American military support?

- Because they didn't. The 2 unarmed men who did this

they were no amateurs, Yves. Nor where the ones on the boat.

They are the same men, I think. - They're treasure hunters, General.

Hardly your military elite. - Don't underestimate them.

Watch out. And if you find them, bring them to me.

What is it?

Get out of the jeep, keep your hands up,

move slowly.

What?

Three o'clock.

Tuaregs! Hi. How are you?

Al, did you see that? No, hang on a minute.

Who are you, and why are you here?

We are enemies of Kazim. - You are American?

Yes.

CIA? - No.

I'm a doctor from the World Health Organization.

I'm investigating the source of a disease.

Come with me.

This is the disease you are looking for?

I believe it is.

All right, ready to go, Big D, Big D.

It's not a plague. - What?

It's a poison. There are toxins in the water here and in Asselar.

That's what's making these people sick.

Can you treat it? - No.

Admiral, what can I do for you? - What do you hear from Mali?

It's a beautiful country. - Oh, kiss my ass!

I hear about a couple of American boys and their fancy yacht getting

in some trouble on the Niger. - Does the agency have a presence there?

No, it's strictly hands off. - Carl. I gotta get my boys out.

No. They're private citizens. Now, if they choose to go down there

and get shot up over some sunken treasure, that is not a company problem.

I'm not asking the company. - You've got some nerve.

Come down here compromising my cover. And now you're gonna ask me to risk

my whole career over this nonsense? - Well, since you put it that way,

yes, I am. - Because I'm not gonna do it.

I'm not gonna do it.

October 27th, 1982.

Yeah, I knew you'd bring that up. - And now I have.

If I do this, we are even. - The slate's clean.

I'll see what I can do. - Always a pleasure,

my friend.

Benzine, heavy metal, nitrates, basically the water's toxic.

I understand.

But Kazim's men followed your trail. You must leave

tomorrow at first light.

Modibo. Eva found the same poison in the wells at Asselar.

It's over 300 miles from here. - Africa will find a place for us.

Modibo, we have to find the source.

That is for you. My duty is here with my people.

We leave in the morning. - I've heard

that my car pleases your eyes.

It's a 1936 Avions Voisin.

6 cylinders, sleeve valve engine. There was only 6 of these ever made?

How the hell did you get it? - We borrowed it.

From Kazim.

Bye. Thank you.

Ok, ready? I'll do it, I'll do it. Ok, here we go. Come on.

New Al record, right here.

I got something you gotta see. - Yeah? All right, give me a minute.

That is your Texas we're looking at? - Sure, the hell looks like that.

Sitting in the middle of the desert. Hey, I am not paying off the tequila

on a picture, ok? Ship of the desert is a camel, not an Ironclad battleship.

That couldn't get across the desert. - At one time much of this desert

was green farmland, and there were rivers everywhere.

Now the Ironclad obviously came up this river and stopped at this structure.

Which is a fort, a castle. I don't know. So the climate changed,

so let's say the water level dropped and the boat became stranded.

Or sailed away. - Or the soil turned to dust.

The sands blew in, and the ship is still buried to this day.

Right here, next to the structure. - Ok, great. So all we have to do is wait

for the river to fill up again and sail the Texas home.

That's how it's spreading. - The toxins.

What, in the dried up, non existent river? - No. The same river that was

on the surface 150 years ago still exists. It's beneath our feet, sunk in the sand

running along the rock strata. The toxins are leeching from their source

into the underground river system, - Spreading from well to well.

Exactly. - So we find your Texas,

we find the underground river. - We find the source of the toxins.

Admiral. - Not now.

Rudi? - Admiral.

I have some bad news about your boat.

Whoa.

According to the cave painting, this is the place.

You know, Al, if we were here 150 years ago,

we'd be swimming right now.

You know how it is when you seen someone that you haven't seen since high school?

And they got some dead end job, and they're married to some woman

that hates them. They got like 3 kids who think he's a joke?

Isn't there some point where he stood back and said: "Bob, don't take that job.

Bob, don't marry that harpy", you know. - Your point?

We're in the middle of a desert looking for the source of a river pollutant

using as our map a cave drawing of a civil war gunship

which is also in the desert. I was wondering

when we were gonna re-evaluate

our decision-making paradigm? - I dunno.

Working so far.

Hey, Al. Let me see the 'scope. - Sure.

What do you see? - I dunno.

It looks like a solar energy plant. That's strange.

There's a collecting tower but no out-going

transmission lines.

Massarde Enterprises. - Yves Massarde?

Well, whoever it is, they've got heavy security.

Let's check it out.

Come on, Eva, kick him, let's go.

One, two, three.

I got you.

You ok? - Yes.

Nice job, Doc. How are we doing, Al? - Great. Get in the hole.

Admiral! - Not now, Rudi. I don't have time.

Yes, sir... you do.

That's not possible.

Yellow Five reports to station three.

Loading procedure commencing. Extraction protocol complete.

Please ensure all active materials are securely stored.

What the hell is this place? - Good question.

These barrels here are probably full of chemical waste.

They are going in that chamber

and they're coming out the other side empty.

They are using the solar power to superheat and vaporise the toxins.

Looks clean too. - What about those barrels?

Hi. How are you?

Oh my God.

Well, I think we found your source.

Tuareg prisoners. These must be the soldiers captured

from Modibo's village. He thought they were dead.

This Massarde starting to piss me off. - Well, it's time to call the cavalry.

Let's go.

Well, Doctor Rojas, I do wish you had stayed in Lagos.

So, I go your report. Kind of dense, hm?

Ok, my understanding is, there's a problem with the water.

Am I right? - Rudi?

The water in the Niger River is being poisoned. Right now, it's in Mali,

but it's headed towards us, fast. If we don't do something, within one week,

it's gonna hit the Atlantic. And, when that interacts with the salt water,

that growth rate is gonna explode.

The oxygen levels in the affected waters will decrease by 40 to 60 per cent,

killing all plant and animal life. - If it gets to the ocean

it's half way to New York within 6 months, then there's nothing we can do.

Is that all?

Do you have any independent confirmation? - Nope.

Granted I'm only in the job a couple of months I'm pretty sure that's gonna be

tough to get an okay for. - I need to try.

I'm gonna pass this on to the State Department. Get their take on this.

I think that's the best way to proceed. Thank you, gentlemen.

Al.

Where the hell are we?

I don't know. Where's Eva?

So, the 2 Americans, they're on their way, General.

The doctor, well, I'm afraid there has been an incident, General,

an exchange of gunfire, most unfortunate.

She's dead. Yes, General.

I'm sorry I...

You know, Doctor Rojas you're lucky I'm such a gentleman.

Enabling program, phase 2.

Who else knows you are here?

This facility is a miracle of modern science.

State-of-the-art technology. Solar energy harnessed to destroy the...

world's contaminants. Not such a bad idea. - It's a toxic waste dump.

It's not so simple. You see, all new technology has enemies.

Sandstorms, for example, they chip away at the mirrors. Productivity falls

and the waste needs to be stored underground. So, we have developed new

laminate coating to protect the mirrors.

And with this new approach our problems should now be in the past.

You're poisoning a river system underground. It's spreading

across Western Africa.

You're wrong. That's impossible.

Who else knows you're here? - The Nigerian Government.

The W.H.O.

No one else knows you're here, do they?

What are you doing?

I got it.

Die!

Live!

You got it?

Clear? - Got it.

Ready? 1, 2, 3.

1,2,3.

Wait! Not good! Not good! New plan. - I like it.

Well, that's a new one. - Yeah.

We're home-free now.

Massarde, your packages have not arrived. Apparently they were lost in the desert.

Yes, I heard. - Tell me, Yves, the doctor?

Promise me she is dead. Be a shame to fall out over a women, no?

General, I think we should suspend waste shipments to the plant

for the time being. - Nonsense. The borders are all closed.

The sick are either quarantined or dead. I did not expend all these resources

only to see my profits shrink. - Yes, but I have good reasons to believe

the toxins are in the Niger River. - The problem is now our neighbours'

They will find out. The Americans did. - Ok, Yves, as you please.

Close the plant. But your payments to me

will continue. Ok. Don't worry.

It's Africa. Nobody cares bout Africa.

This photo was taken 24 hours ago. Normally, Kazim likes to keep

his tanks where he can see them. In this case, the people get frisky.

This one taken 4 hours ago shows the tanks mobilizing north

to the desert. And my guess

and intelligence supports this, they're looking for your boys.

Well, we'll have to find them first. - We already did.

Yesterday they showed up in a Tuareg village about 200 miles North West of Gao.

That's within range. You could get choppers in there.

But your boys already left. - Left? Going where?

Well, based on their behaviour so far

I have no idea.

Dirk? - Yeah, yeah, yeah, I see it.

Well, you don't see that every day.

I bet you a hundred there's a tool kit in there.

I don't wanna rain on your crazy parade, buddy, but...

I don't think we can fix this thing.

A little more to the left, Al. - Left.

Yeah, that's it, right there. We're dialed in, baby.

Hello? - Hey, Admiral. How you doin'

Dirk, thank God! Where the hell are you? - That's a damn good question.

I've got some bad news. Your buddy, Massarde, he's got an industrial factory

that's dumping deadly toxins into the Niger.

I think he's got Eva at his plant, which hopefully

is gonna be our next stop. - I've got something for you.

Rudi's got chemistry here that says if that leak's not shut down ASAP,

it's gonna reach the ocean. And when it does, that'll be ground zero

for the Atlantic's version of Chernobyl. Kazim has mobilised his troops

and is heading across the desert. - We could use some serious muscle.

You're not gonna get it. Not fast enough. I'm getting the DC two-step big time.

And this has to be done... ...Yesterday. I got.

I can't ask you boys to go this alone.

Well, that's the great part, sir. You know you never have to.

There is no more time, Modibo. Now is your chance to hit Kazim

where it really hurts. - We only have small arms. They are no use

against concrete and heavy machine-guns. - But you have power in numbers.

We attack when he does not expect it. We have to try.

Do you know what Kazim's war with us has cost my people lives

in the poverty and disease it causes? - Then come with us.

And let's finish it.

I cannot afford to have my men slaughtered in a full frontal attack.

We cannot go with you. - I understand.

I've got another idea.

Can I borrow your car?

Kazim. Kazim.

Had you going there, didn't we? You? - Hi. How are you?

Zakara, to get the doctor.

Move on ahead, let's go.

Where is everybody? - I don't know, corporate retreat?

Go.

Something's wrong here, Al. This place is completely deserted.

Modibo.

Nobody home. Hey, Al? - Yeah.

What would you do if you were about to be exposed as the worst polluter of century?

I don't know. Run for President? - You'd hide the evidence, right?

How do you hide 50 tones of industrial waste

without anybody noticing it?

You don't. He's gonna blow the place, Al.

That's not exactly subtle. - That's what he's gonna do.

That's why it's abandoned. Make it look like an industrial accident, and he walks.

That's a good idea. - No, not really. The toxins will...

be sealed underground and there'll be no way o contain them, Al.

Okay. To bring this place down, he'd need 20 or 30 military grade devices

all wired for simultaneous detonation. It would never look like an accident.

Unless one centrally placed device diverted all the plant's stored energy

into one massive explosion. - Which would look like an accident?

We've got to get that bomb, Al. - I'll find the bomb, you get the girl.

That's it. Got it. Bomb in a barrel.

Come on.

Get in. Get us out of here. Now! Come on, let's go!

Out, out! - Don't shoot!

Back off. Back off! Move! I apologize, Mr. Pitt.

This is not what it appears. - Did I miss something?

I've seen you toxic dump, I've seen the sick Tuareg women and kids,

and I saw the dead in Asselar. Did I leave something out?

Get this thing out of here, quick! Stay here, don't move.

Take us out 1000 meters and circle the plant.

Remote system activated. All personnel please move to

designated safety areas.

Initiate mirror positioning.

Temperature threshold 10%.

In 5, 4, 3,

2... 1.

Warning. Malfunction detected. Initiate emergency shutdown.

Thank you and have a nice day.

Get us out of here. Quick.

Eva. How many times am I gonna have to save your ass?

Well, in case, I actually saved yours. - I wasn't in any danger.

Oh, no? - No. I'd have thought of something.

We gotta go.

What's with the costumers? - Uniforms? It's his idea.

Hey, by the way, with this plan of yours, do we have enough gas?

Stop being so negative, Al.

It's coming round on our 6.

It's Kazim. Maybe he wants his car back.

Al, did you bring any of the explosives? - Couldn't find them. I didn't have time.

Of course I brought the explosives! - Eva, I hope

you don't throw like a girl.

He's coming round!

I need a door right now!

Oh, my hat.

Here's he plan. Eva, get in the back seat behind me.

Al, give her that bag of explosives. Right. Hold on!

Eva, throw a bundle of the dynamite into that hillside every time I say.

Comprende?

Now!

Get us out!

We need cover! - I'm working on it!

Oh my God.

Come on, Eva, let's go! Come on!

Move, move!

Eva, help me dig. Come on, let's go!

How we looking, Al? - Great. Dig faster!

Need a little help, Al.

You didn't ' see any extra fuel tanks on that bird, did you?

No, I didn't see any. - That means he only has 30 minutes left

of flight time. These walls are about 2 ft thick with a double steel coating.

So there's no way his bullets can get to us. We just wait him out.

Eva, down!

Say, Dirk. - Yeah.

You wanna talk me through that again? - Armour piercing rounds?

Yeah. Are you ok? - Yeah, I'm fine.

Hey, Al. - No, Dirk.

It'll never work. - Why not?

It's 150 years old! It's probably blow us to bits!

But at least we'll die fighting. We need to open that gun port.

What the hell are we doing, guys?

Nada! - I've gotta go outside.

Civil war piece of...

That's it, Al.

Are you ok? - Yeah. Next time, you go.

What the hell took us so long? - I stopped for coffee.

Get a receipt? - Yeah. I got one too.

I'll even get you the money from Sandecker. - Guys!

What?

Great. No we're really in trouble.

Incoming! Down!

If we bring down Kazim, the Army will surrender.

Cut the head off the snake... ...body dies.

Gonna need cannonball, powder and fuses. I need you to find the fuses.

They're gonna be in a box, this size, they look something like carrot sticks.

150 yards! - I got them!

Incoming!

Jefferson Davis had how many samples made?

Let's get that cannon out the porthole.

On the count of three we're gonna pull. Ready, Al? One, two, three.

Bring me up 30 degrees, Al.

I'm so tired of being shot at! - Hold your positions. Secure the area.

I will finish this.

No!

Get it! Get it out!

Yeah!

Look, look.

Looks like you killed the snake.

There's no way that that should... ...have worked, right?

You know, from our point of view, the great thing is e caped the plant.

The river is safe. And I also understand the W.H.O.

Is administering an anti-toxin in the villages, formulated from

Doctor Rojas's samples. - Better late than never.

Absolutely. So, I trust your work

on the Texas is going well? - Giordono's on the job,

making sure everything gets where it's supposed to go.

Say, probably not true, but did I hear a rumour

there's some American gold on board, on the Texas?

Be nice if it were true. I can assure you there's no gold there

belonging to the US.

The Administration was highly impresse with the way you expedited all

the red tape down here. They'd like to fold NUMA into...

I'll never work in Government again. - Which is exactly what they said

you'd say. Look, they're offering full funding in exchange

for the occasional side job for the good guys.

Who decides who the good guys are? - You only do the jobs you want.

I need a new yacht. - You got it.

And Rudi needs new computers. - Done.

There's one more thing.

Negligence is grey area of the law, Yves. If the right people are approached

and handled in the right manner, I think we avoid prosecution completely.

Not bad, hm? You, me, the Bay of Monterey.

You know, I was thinking. Remember that day in the desert?

With the car, dynamite. Kazim is chasing us in the helicopter?

Yeah. - There's something I wanted to say

to you that I never go a chance to. - What's that?

You do throw like a girl.