All language subtitles for The Objective (2008)25

My name is Benjamin Keynes.

I work for the directorate
of operations within the..

Central Intelligence Agency.

Three days after 9/11,

reconnaissance satellites picked
up a radioactive heat signature..

in a remote tribal
region of Afghanistan.

The Agency feared that Al-Qaeda may have
finally got their hands on a nuclear weapon.

However, I was told by a local source
with a high degree of confidence..

that it was maybe something
much more powerful..

It has been more than ten
years, since I left this place.

I forgot how brutal it could be.

I feel like every time we enter this
country, it tries to spit us back out.

Almost everyone here at the TO
is too busy fighting a war,

to pay much attention to me.
Which is a good thing.

Sir, Agent Keynes.

I finally met the CO
and the teamleader,

Sergeant Wallis Hamer.

I gave them the official line, as if I
read it from the memo back at Langley.

Major Keynes, this may be your show,
but these are my boys, understand?

Absolutely.

No doubt they assumed
I was lying.

My first order of business was to reconnect
with my local source, Mohammed Aban.

He asked me come, therefore I hope that
he is there, when we knock at his door.

Sir, the men are
ready for you now.

Major Keynes, let me
introduce you to the guys.

This is my team daddy, Master-Sergeant
Tanner, he's also our fox, intel.

He helped me put the group
together back in the day.

- Our senior medic, Sergeant Degetau.
- What's up, man.

Demolitions, Sergeant Trinoski. The
on the floor there is Sergeant Cole.

And last but not least, Sergeant Sadler,
he's weapons and resident Afghan expert.

392 is a shit-hot team. You
won't find any better.

That's why I'm here.

Gentlemen, thank you for coming
together on such short notice.

My orders are to make contact
with an HVT called Mohammed Aban.

A cleric, living in the
Southern provinces.

We're to get his
recorded statement,

in which he supports the
American mission here.

This is our man.

Everybody take a look.

Aban is highly respected
by the local population.

He's considered the spiritual force, that
helped the Mujahadin defeat the Soviets.

I thought the CIA was the spiritual force
that helped them defeat the Soviets.

That depends of your definition
of spiritual, sergeant.

Aban has kept a very low
profile under the Taliban,

so it is crucial that
we make contact,

as soon as we have a
fix on his position.

Remember, when we hit the ground,
this is a meet and greet.

To smile at the locals,
we hand out pens,

we win hearts and minds.
No kicking in doors, okay?

The mission starts
at 1400 hours.

0130 inspections.

- 0230 we are wheels up.
- Let's move out.

Remember nothing's routine.

Special Forces Team 392. I'd
actually heard of them.

They worked with the Zagran. Smart
men, men good with secrets.

But that goes without saying.

Nice camera.

I gave my wife one for our anniversary.
Still don't know how to use the damn thing.

That's because you never
let her use it, Ski.

What kind of a man gives his wife a
video camera for their anniversary?

- Very romantic, ski.
- I'll use it to film the baby when it comes.

Your wife's gonna
spread her legs,

let you put the camera right here
and film the head coming out?

My sister's gonna
do the recording,

I still don't know how
to use the damn thing.

All I'm saying is don't be surprised
if your baby's born with a suntan.

Two minutes!

Get ready!

When I stepped off the chopper, I had
an overwhelming sense of relief.

The time for
second-guessing is over.

The objective is
all that matters.

I have no choice now
but to find it.

- It's pretty quiet from here.
- Those are the ones I worry about most.

I say we set an overwatch.

Yeah, you and Pete set up
down there on that hill.

Let us know when
it's good to go.

Everyone else, Keynes and I are the
welcome wagon. We go in first.

- Keynes, are you ready?
- Yeah, let's do it.

Everybody keep your eyes open. The
place could be crawlin' with bad guys.

Hello.

Let me talk to her.

Nothing has changed
since I was here last.

The only way you can tell
which decade you're in..

is the colour of the
soldiers' uniforms.

Aban contacted me a week before I
received orders to come out here.

He was barely coherent at the time and
I thought he'd finally lost his mind.

That was until we saw
it for ourselves.

My grandfather says, he has gone because
the Taliban would have murdered him.

What d'you want? You
want some chocolate?

Got some special stuff. I got
that from New York. For you.

You're a smart, little kid.

Looks like we're gonna
be ghostbustin' again.

Yeah, well, that's what
Spooks do, isn't it?

Hey, any of you guys get a
close look at that camera?

No, what's wrong with it?

He didn't pick that shit up at
the PX, I'll tell you that much.

Need to use the radio.

Serpent 76. Serpent 76.
This is Beast 92, over.

Serpent 76, we're at the location.
The package is not here.

Request immediate
extraction, over.

We found Aban's house,
but we can't tell..

if we're finding clues
or breadcrumbs.

I wonder what these
people would do..

if they had suddenly the
power to destroy nations.

The rest of us can only pray that
they have become weary of fighting.

My grandfather says that no-one
can liberate Afghanistan.

Only Allah can free
us from the Taliban.

Yes, I know. My father took
me there a few years ago..

He showed me the place where
he wanted to be buried,

But it's too late now.

He was kidnapped by the Taliban last year.
I fear he's dead now.

How did you know this?

What'd he say?

I think he can help us.

You have up to 0300, then we're
moving out for extraction.

- I have to make a call.
- Cole, the sat-phone.

- I have my own.
- Got his own.

- Fuckin' James Bond.
- You know James Bond?

Yeah, I know James Bind. He
washed out of basic training.

I told headquarters I was
moving on to phase two.

They told me that our
footprint was fading.

That's what they called the heat trace
that was seen by the satellite.

Chief.

- Good way to get killed.
- We need to talk. A change of plan.

This had better be good!

I have new orders to continue
searching for Aban..

now that we have updated
intel on his whereabouts.

Intel? What, that
crap Obi-Wan told us?

We suspected that Aban was in the
mountains by now..we had to check
here first.

We're talking 2 days, 3 max. All we need
to do is get our hands on a vehicle.

Well, excuse me if I wanna
check with the TOC..

Little does he know, we don't
have much of a choice.

Man, there's no place
to shit around here.

Any of you guys got
any more chocolate?

- No man, I gave you all I had yesterday.
- I got some stale cigars.

- Hearts and minds, man.
- Whatever. Get in the truck.

Sorry, kids.

What's he doing here?

- He offered to be our guide.
- We have a full boat.

Someone who knows the area can
get us in and out much faster.

I understand that, but this place
is crawling with bad guys.

Any time we gain, is gonna be lost
by our having to babysit him.

I fought with my father. I
can take care of myself.

Good. You can feed
him your rations.

Go.

She is just my mother.
Keep going.

Where we're going, technology
means very little.

50 bucks to a local guide can render
a multi-million dollar GPS obsolete,

as soon as you lose your connection
or your batteries go dead.

The stakes were too high
to take that chance.

Chief, I know that we have our orders, but
we are pretty fuckin' exposed out here.

I don't like it any more than you do, but
I ain't the one in charge right now.

As far as we're
concerned you are.

Everything looks the
same to me out here.

At least back home, you had a
Quick-Stop every now and again.

- Where're you from, Cole?
- Tampa, Florida, born and raised.

- How about you?
- Chicago.

Cole, Stop the truck.

- What's he stopped the truck for?
- No idea.

What the hell's he doin'?

Why in the hell are we stopping?

- That's why,
- Son-of-a-bitch.

- Fox said this road was clear.
- It probably was..

Look, see that hole?

Looks like somebody's been
doing some transplanting..

Guess so.

Good call, Keynes. You may have just
saved us from having a very bad day.

Let me guess, we're gonna be
going through that canyon.

Yes, we are.

There are few places on Earth, that
are as unforgiving as this desert.

Whole armies, from
Alexander to the Soviets..

have paid the price for wanting
to make it their own..

I can only hope we
aren't as foolish.

Ah shit. Not good.

- Gotta be booby-trapped.
- Cole, back us the fuck outa here.

- Hold on, I'll go check it out.
- No, hold on.

RPG!

Ski's down.

Let me look at this. Chief,
Ski's bleedin' pretty bad.

Hold that right there, okay?

Chief, keep firing
on that ridge, man!

Cole, get your ass over here!

When he's reloading, you're gonna
go and take those fuckers out!

Let's go!

Reload.

- Pete, Keynes, cover them.
- Okay.

Let's go.

I gotta bag you, baby.

You guys okay?

Let's go check the RPG position,
see who these guys are.

Are you sure this
is the spot, Pete?

Yes, I sighted the first one
just left of the gully here.

- Maybe you just wounded him.
- No way.

I saw him pop one
right in the melon.

One was a headshot, the
other was in the chest.

I saw 'em go down.

- Then where are the bodies?
- That's a good question.

These guys aren't known for
carrying off their dead.

I got you, okay..

I got you.

Fuck!

He took a frag to the heart, I
couldn't stop the bleeding.

You did everything you could. We
need to get him in the truck.

The only body from that entire
firefight was one of our own.

It doesn't make sense.

As far as I know, ghosts
don't shoot real rounds.

Serpent 76, slang 76.
Beast 92, over.

I say again Beast 92
requesting extract, break.

Reporting KIA, break.

How's it look?

Not good. Radiator
took some hits.

- Can you fix it?
- Small holes maybe,
but not these big ones.

This took a hit as well.

Okay, Abdul says that there's a road
that will take us round this mountain.

So it should be about half a day's
drive to our next checkpoint.

Checkpoint? Maybe you haven't heard,
Keynes, but we need to extract.

Okay, look, I'm sorry about Trinoski, but
cancelling this mission is not an option.

We have more than enough
assets to reach our objective.

- Assets?
- Hey, Wally.

I think Ski would have
wanted us to finish.

If we don't complete this mission,
then Ski died for nothing.

Cole, change it to a resupply.

Serpent 76, Serpent
76, Beast 92, over.

Morale is low. Understandable.

We just have to stay focused, that's
what these guys are trained to do.

Any one of them would tell
you that they would..

rather die than be the last
one picked for a mission..

Where the hell is
that bloody chopper?

I don't know. They should've
called in by now.

I hope they didn't get taken down
on the other side of that canyon..

- by that ratpack we ran into.
- That would be a pile of suck.

Hold up. I think I hear it.

I don't hear anything.

I know I didn't just imagine it.

Hey, we got headlights.
Two o'clock.

Looks like a single vehicle.
And he's headed this way.

It can't be one of ours. It
wouldn't have the headlights on.

- It's probably enemy reinforcements.
- Alright, we need to get outta here.

- Hold on, wait. They're splitting up.
- What?

God-damn!

What just happened?

Must be Taliban
ordnance or something.

- Rockets maybe.
- I don't give a rat's ass what it was,

because in an hour or two
it's gonna be light,

and we need to be on the
other side of that mountain.

When we're there, we can
recon for an alternate LZ..

and try and figure where
the hell the bird is.

Come on. Let's mount up..

Those must have been the intelligent lights
Aban mentioned when he contacted me.

At least I know we're headed
in the right direction

- We should have taken horses.
- It's a little late for that now.

Goddammit. We're
overheating again.

This mountain is making the engine work
about 10 times harder than it's supposed to.

Pull off up here and
we'll let it cool down.

- We're overheating again.
- I'll pop the hood. Let it ventilate.

How are we doing on time?

We have to pick it up if we want to
make it off this mountain by dark.

- Look, we still have a ways to go.
- My kingdom for some donkeys.

What's wrong with him?

You see something?

We shouldn't have driven
across the valley.

- Our tracks are erased.
- What's up with our trusty guide?

Must be car sick.

Hey, Chief. I'm getting
no satellite reception.

The mountains are blocking us.

I can try again once we
get through the pass.

Wally, if you want this bitch to go any place,
you're gonna have to put some water in it.

How are we doing on water?

Jug and a half.

Twin dust devils. Unusual,
but not an Act of God.

Superstition is the real enemy.

It obscures the truth and
that's what we need right now.

Our water supply is low.

What was left after the firefight went
into the truck to get us this far.

I didn't count on having to wait for
a resupply, but we have no choice.

Serpent 76, Serpent 76,
Beast 92, come in.

Serpent 76, Serpent 76,
Beast 92, come in.

It must be these rock walls or something.
I'm not getting a damn thing on the radio.

Shouldn't be too much longer now.
The weather's good.

When's his wife due?

I think sometime in January.

What's he up to?

Picked a strange time
to be stargazing.

Maybe he wants to show the boys back
home what a full moon in Afghanistan
looks like.

Hey..

You guys hear that?

Yeah..

- Looks like it's showtime.
- Let's go.

See anything, chief?

No, not yet.

It sounds pretty close.

Get on the horn, Cole.

Dust-off 01, Dust-off 01,
Beast 92, radio check.

Dust-off 01, be advised.
You're coming in broken..

I think it's behind that ridge.

- I think he's over there.
- These canyon walls.

Dust-off 01, be advised.
You're coming in broken..

and unreadable. Say
again your last, over.

Goddamn!

I'm getting some kind
of interference.

Sounds like he's right above us.

KT, pop a flare.

What the fuck just happened?

Dust-off 01, Dust-off
01, Beast 92.

Hey, he couldn't have crashed, we'd have
seen a fireball or heard something.

Dust-off 01, Dust-off 01,
Beast 92, are you guys okay?

Dammit!

Why the hell are they
on our frequency?

- I don't know.
- Hey! What's he sayin'? What'd he say?

- Abdul, do you understand this?
- No, I do not know.

It doesn't really matter at
the moment, that chopper
has compromised our position.

- Yeah? He fuckin' disappeared.
- Cole, we don't know that.

We gotta keep moving. We can
set up camp up the mountain.

I don't think so. How're we supposed
to carry Ski's body up the mountain
in the dark?

We don't. We cache his body and
call the TOC with another report.

- We can check on him in the morning.
- I don't know about that.

What would you like
to do then, Degs?

We can't exactly sit here and
wait for the bus, can we?

We need to get up that hill and set
up a good, defensive position..

And if we have to engage these pricks,
I wanna be shooting down, not up.

The team is rattled, though
they don't admit it.

No point talking about,
what you can't control.

It's not possible, chief.
It's not fucking possible.

I've never given a
bad grid in my life.

Then why would they say they were
there and we were a no-show?

I don't know why they'd
say that, chief.

I checked and double-checked and
tripled-checked those numbers.

Well, someone fucked up.

Fuck!

Jesus Fuckin' Christ!

Guys get up here,
check this out!

- Who was on first watch?
- I was.

- You see anything, hear anything?
- No, nothing.

I was on second. I didn't see
or hear anything either.

- This is some messed-up shit, chief.
- Somebody's trying to fuck with us.

Degs, Cole, I want you down that site.
See if you can find Ski's body.

Watch your asses and
get back here ASAP.

KT, I want us out of
here in 15 mikes.

Abdul, you know where
there's water around here?

Now would be the time.

Because if we don't get some in the next
24 hours, we're gonna be in deep shit.

Fuck!

Fuckin' savages.

Sydney, Sydney, this is Bucks.

Sydney, Sydney, this is Bucks.

Chief! KT!

- Take a look at that.
- You gotta be kiddin' me.

- What'd you think that is?
- I have no idea.

I don't think we wanna
stick around to find out..

what's behind door number one.
Let's get outta here.

I get the feeling they
knew we would be coming.

Keynes, let's go.

The longer I'm out here, the
more I'm convinced that..

I won't find the loose nuke
when this is all over.

That little voice in my head is
just waiting to say I told you so.

Everybody hydrate. Don't
try saving that shit.

How far is this watering hole?

Using those two peaks
as a refence..

I would say about.. 10 or 12
miles according to the map.

- I hope you're sure about this, Abdul.
- I'm sure.

It is a small oasis. Farmers
water their animals..

when taking them
to the highlands.

Chief, you better
have a look at this.

My compass is telling
me that that's north,

but unless the Sun started rising in
the south & nobody told me about it..

I'd say we're being hit by some pretty
heavy magnetic interference here.

Must be the iron in these rocks.

- How about the sat-phone?
- Still nothing.

Pete, you got
anything on the GPS?

Got nothing.

Well, Abdul, I guess
you're driving.

- Pete,
- Yep.

- Point.
- Okay.

Move out.

These guys don't wanna admit it
but Abdul is the most valuable man
on our team right now

We might as well be
on another planet.

Any movement?

- No.
- Alright. We're gonna clear it.

Chief, we may be best
advised not to engage.

Our mission here is to kill terrorists.
Anything else is fuckin' paperwork.

Hello?

He can't speak.

Hello!

What'd he say?

I think something about being a
warrior, like you, it's hard..

some of the words I can
make out, not others..

Does he know Mohammed Aban?

No he don't.

Try and thank him for the water.
For filling our canteens.

You see what he's
wearing under his robe?

Looks like some kind of uniform..
Soviet?

It's British.. from the
44th Regiment a Foot.

- I wonder where he got that?
- More like when.

The 44th Regiment
no longer exists.

- The "Hill of Bone".
- What's the "Hill of Bone"?

In 1842 the British decided..

to move four and half thousend
troops through a pass near here,

along with thousands of women and
children and any merchant that was
willing to go along.

The 44th week out..

Legend has it that 16,000
people went into that pass.

Only one man came back.

He claimed to have
witnessed Satan's Miracle.

It's just a legend.

So you're saying.. that
uniform is from that unit?

- I don't see how that's possible.
- Is the insignia of that period?

They certainly match.

I'm gonna have a look
inside that cave.

Aban told me about a guardian.
Could this be him?

If so, who is he guarding?
Or what?

He's sitting right in the
middle of a hotspot.

Low levels of the signature
radiation everywhere.

He's been near it,
that I know for sure.

The boys back at home,
gonna want to see this.

Old bastard.

Jesus Christ!

Contact. Contact!

Contact. Contact!

Holy shit.. Jesus, Cole,
you ripped this guy up.

Cole.. Cole! What happened?

I saw fighters.

5.. maybe 6.. He was
talking to 'em right here.

Fuckin' swords and black pyjamas.
They're fuckin' comin' right at me.

- Cole, tell me exactly what you saw.
- When I put my goggles on, I could see'm.

He was talking to a group of them.. and
they were right here and they were armed.

They were armed.. I swear.

There's nothing we can do now.

We need to beat feet. If he's got any friends,
we need to be gone when they get here.

Come on, let's shake it up!
Let's go!

Cole, let's go.

You believe me right?

- You believe me right?
- Yeah.

What are you doing? You
can't let him there.

Keynes, take care of that.

Abdul we have to go.
It's too dangerous.

- Come on.
- How can you do this?

You Americans just kill
him, for no reason.

We didn't mean to.
It was an accident.

We have to bury him. It
is a bad luck for us..

we have to bury him.

Abdul, please listen, we have to go.
There could be enemies around, oaky?

Please, let's leave, come on.

An unsettled silence has fallen
over the group since we broke camp,

It's hard to determine if the
guys are more concerned..

about what Cole did..
or what he saw.

Hey.. Pete! Take five.

Oh fuck. My stomach feels
like shit right now.

Wipe your face, there
you go, wipe your face.

You're just dehydrated.

- Here, start drinking this.
- Don't worry about it, Degs.

What the fuck? What're you doin'?
That's not funny, man.

I didn't do anything, man, I filled
this thing up with water last night.

Fuck, man.

What the hell's going on here?

- What the fuck?
- We filled this shit up.

- We have been cursed. I tell you.
- Abdul take us to the oasis, now.

No one likes to admit that
they may be losing control.

But it's even harder when you feel
that everyone around you, is too.

Fuck, this thing is worthless.
It's not even tracking.

That's fucked up, man?

We should be getting really a
good reading up here, right?

Maybe that thing
got shook to dead?

- Something is wrong.
- What? What is it, Abdul?

This is wrong. I don't
remember this valley.

Don't fuck with us, Abdul. You
said there was a spring up here.

Yes, but the terrain
has changed.

So what's the deal?

- Abdul here is lost.
- Why am I not surprised?

This is.. that peak..
which puts us on..

- on this ledge.
- Okay.. okay, I'll buy that.

So, where is that?

- You got a bad map?
- It may not be 100 %.

But I find it hard to believe, they
lost an entire terrain feature.

This is.. it makes no sense.
I'm sorry.

You shouldn't have paid
this guy up front, Keynes?

- No shit, man.
- He's going off memory, okay?

Yeah, I know, but we're paying
this guy to be our guide..

and we end up on
the fuckin' moon.

Chief, we may be dealing with some
sunspot interference or something
like that.

It could take a day
or two to clear up.

Sunspots don't explain
sand in the canteens, man.

Alright. We're gonna find
somewhere to hunker down.

We got no business humping around
here in the daytime anyway. Let's go.

Maybe this is what it takes.

Getting completely lost first, before
you can find what you're looking for.

- You alright, man?
- No, man.

My stomach feels like it's eating
itself from the inside out.

Can you hand me my Cipro? In the
front bottom pocket in my bag.

- These?
- Yeah, thank you, man.

You think we're cursed?

No problem.

How'd you smoke that
shit with no water, man?

Easy.. it's one of those
new-fangled waterwick cigars.

What're you doing, documenting
our demise, Agent Keynes?

Why, sergeant? Do you
plan on dying out here?

No soldier plans on dying.

Ain't this the shit? Stuck
out here in the middle..

of the Devil's Asshole,
working for the CIA.

So, what exactly is our
objective, Agent Keynes, huh?

Or should I say,
was our objective?

I explained this to you at
the briefing, sergeant.

Alright.. Top secret.

Must be pretty fuckin' top secret for the
CIA to send one of their own out here, huh?

I mean, usually you boys just phone
in these clusterfuck operations..

and we come in afterwards
and clean up your mess.

I know a cover story
when I see one.

So whatever the real mission is here,
it had better damn well be worth it.

Because you don't wanna know
what I'm gonna do to you..

if I find out, Ski died just to
make you a better pay grade.

He died for his
country, not for me.

Kenny.. lighten up, mate. We're
all in this shit together.

How d'you like that? You can always
count on an Aussie to watch your back.

Degs.

Degs, wake up.

- Degs!
- Let me go! Let me go! No!

No! Let go! Get off me!
Get off of me!

He's dreaming!

You're dreamin'!

- Jesus.
- Yeah, you alright?

Yeah?

Sit up.

- I'm okay.. okay.
- You alright?

- Yeah, I'm okay.. I'm okay.
- Cole, take care of him.

- Think it's dysentery?
- No, I'm shitting all by myself right now.

If you've got anything up your
sleeve, now would be the time.

I'm as thirsty as
you are, chief.

Maybe this place is cursed.

Cover!

Go, go, go!

What the fuck is that?

- Too high to be a truck.
- Too quiet to be a helo.

Where's he going?

I don't see any bad guys.
KT, take Cole..

flank around these guys,
and see what's going on.

Check.

Pete, watch on six, to make
sure this isn't a diversion.

We don't want anybody
coming up our ass.

Okay, got it.

Stand by. Go.

Motherfuckers!

Cease fire! Cease fire!

Everybody stay down. Stay down!

Did you see that shit, chief?

That voice in my
head just cashed in.

Now, it's more important than
ever to document everything.

The Hill of Bones only
had one man's story.

But we'll have verifiable proof.

Look.

O-ring.

Jesus.. is that all that's left?

What'd you think it was?

I'm not sure.

It's definitely something
we haven't seen before.

The Taliban, they don't
have anything like that.

Had to be the Soviets.
Some experiment.

Chief, it's not a good place to be.
We should break camp.

Who knows when this
thing's coming back.

If we don't find water soon,
it ain't gonna matter..

- Hey, Degs
- Hey, Wally.

- We gotta move. You
gonna be good to walk?
- Yeah, I'm good.

- What about him, though?
- Abdul, let's go. We're movin' out.

God dammit!

Abdul, did you not hear, me?
I said we're leaving.

We are going to die. My
grandfather was right.

- We should not have come here.
- Well, it's a little late for that now.

- Get your shit and let's go.
- I'm not going with you.

Don't be an idiot, Abdul, you break
with us now, you'll die out here.

- We are already dead.
- I'm so sick and tired of this shit.

Nihilism may be a way of
life for you people, but..

I'm not gonna put up with
it, when your with my team.

- Hamer!.. What's wrong?
- You need to talk to your man, Keynes.

- He said he was..
- Abdul, no!

Crazy son-of-a-bitch

- It's not like he was doing us much good.
- We needed him!

For what? he's been leading
us on a wild goose chase..

- I'm telling you, we needed him.
- Oh, really?

Well it certainly
wasn't to find water.

Or Aban for that matter.

It's more than that.

Why don't you tell us just
what the fuck 'more' means.

- It's on a need-to-know basis, chief.
- You gotta be fucking joking me.

Who needs to know
more than we do?

Hey, motherfucker! I just lost three men
on this goddamned goose chase of yours!

I wanna know what the
fuck is going on.

Tell us what's happening. What
was that thing last night?

- We don't know.
- We?

- What, you & those pinheads at Langley?
- Look.. chief..

all I can tell you is that I'm working
for a special group inside the Company.

That's fuckin' beautiful. If I
find out we're out here dying,

while you go on a little ghost hunt,
I'll put a round in you myself.

- We all have our orders to follow, chief.
- Well, maybe you haven't heard..

dead men don't follow orders.

I wanna tell them. In a
way, I need to tell them.

I search my mind through all the
protocol, all the secrets..

and ask myself, what good does it do
to die with this locked in my head?

What will the powers that be do with
the information I'm sending them?

Mohammed Aban knows.
He's always known.

And is he alive?

Keynes, what is it?

Stand by.

What is it? You see something?

- I saw Mohammed Aban.
- You kidding me?

Look.

- What the hell is that thing?
- I don't know.

But I think it's what killed your men, chief.
It's what I've been looking for.

It's why I'm here.

I don't understand. Is
it some kind of weapon?

We don't know.

Something Soviet?

Hey.. we can't fight this thing
if you don't tell us what it is.

Okay, sergeant. Get your guys.

How long have you been keeping
an eye out for this thing?

Since we were here in the 80's, when
we were training the Mujahadeen.

We.. huh, tried to use this area, to..
set up training camps.

But we found that
most of it was dead.

- What d'you mean, dead?
- Nothing worked.

Radios, compasses, anything with
an electromagnetic transmission.

So my group began to study it.
But we couldn't figure it out.

Then in 2000.. we saw..
something, an image..

- a satellite image.
- What did you see?

- Have you ever heard of the Vimaanas?
- No, I haven't.

I have. Quite common in East Asian
folklore.. especially in India.

It's kinda like a.. UFO, but
in the shape of a triangle.

Alexander the Great even documented
seeing them attacking his troops here.

- He referred to them as Flaming Shields.
- So this is a fuckin' UFO hunt!

No, no, chief. This was identified.
There is evidence.

We believe it to be a weapon
of unimaginable power..

and that is why you and
your men were recruited.

What good is it going to do if we find
the thing and get killed in the process?

Not exactly a stellar
recon, is it?

Okay, look.. this is my
connection to the outside world.

What?.. Your camera? What are
you talking about, Keynes?

I've been relaying video optically during
our mission, using this laser uplink.

Terrific. Now you tell us.

So you people have been following
us through this entire thing.

You probably know where
we are right now.

Chief, it's the only way we can
obtain verifiable evidence.

We had no way of knowing
if any of us would return.

- This is insane.
- This is a fuckin' suicide mission!

There's a big difference
between suicide and sacrifice.

Truth! That's the fuckin'
difference, you piece of shit!

This is bigger than you and me, okay?
Just relax.

I should put a fuckin' round in you
for what you've done to my men!

- Your men were patriots, chief.
- They were my friends!

Fuck!

That's enough!

It doesn't have to be like this, chief.
I'm not the enemy.

You might as well be..

I'm sorry, sergeant. I'm sorry.

I'm willing to die for
my country, but this..

I don't know if this
is life or death.

Maybe it's something in-between.

- Keynes? Keynes, get up!
- What is it?

- The chief.. he's gone.
- How long?

I don't know. He left his rifle.
I don't know why he'd do that.

Well, we have to assume
he's not coming back.

- How's Degetau?
- He's not good.

Look, can you at least
use your uplink..

to tell whoever's at the other
end to come and get him?

- They won't come.
- Take a look at him!

It's not like he's of any
use on this mission.

We are the mission, sergeant.

Don't you see that? Our objective
is to find these Vimaanas..

their objective, is to see
what happens when we do.

- The end justifies the means.
- Yeah? Well, that's the problem, isn't it?

Is that we never seem
to reach the end.

We gotta keep going.

- Is that what I think it is?
- It's the Hill of Bones.

Unbelievable.

- Feels like we're in Hell out here.
- Close enough.

I have no doubt that this is the
footprint we saw from space.

Man's fate piled up in an
ancient heap in front of us.

Is this a message, a warning?
Am I the messenger?

- What's wrong?
- Look.

My God.. It's them!

Oh God! Oh, fuck!

We gotta get outta here.

How are we supposed to
fight something like that?

Well, we don't.

I gotta go, okay?

Before it gets too dark.

You late for a meeting?

Motherfucker.

- I can't carry you, Vince.
- You better get goin' then.

You're a good soldier. Your
country will be proud.

My country will never
know who I am.

Goodbye.

Something is telling
me to keep walking.

The search for water,
or something else.

I really don't know any more.

I seem to know the direction,
but not the destination.

Am I being led here, or is it a
pitiful attempt to die with dignity?

Is there even such
a thing any more?

Go to your God like a soldier.

He will save us all.

Okay, Stacey, let's start
with when your husband left.

Can you tell us anything about
this mission he was on?

Um..

It was a just little over a year ago..
last November.

He didn't tell me much about his
missions, as he was in the CIA.

But.. um, I do know that
he was in Afghanistan..

and he was looking for one
person in particular.

Your husband was part of a special
group within the CIA, correct?

Yes, that's what he told me.

Do you know of anyone else
who is part of that group?

Well, I know he was meeting a..
a team out there..

and.. that they were going to
help him look for Mohammed.

But I don't know who they are.

Nobody seems to know anything.

I don't get it. How can they
just forget about him like this?

He dedicated his
life to his country.

That journal you're holding..

is that the only evidence you
have of him during this time?

Yes.. It was sent to me a
few weeks after he left.

I know it's his. Even though most of
it's in code, I recognize his writing.

I just wanna know if
he's still alive.