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YOU CAN'T GO IN THERE!

OH, THEY'RE HERE!

THERE WERE MILLIONS,

MILLIONS!

RUN FOR OUR LIFE!

I'M NOT GOING BACK, NOT UNTIL

WE KNOW THEY ARE ALL GONE!

THEY'RE COMING TO GET US.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

OVER TO OUR SATELLITE LINK

WHERE WE CAN TALK WITH

DR. CLAIRE DUBOIS OF STANFORD,

AN EXPERT IN ANT BEHAVIOR.

TELL US, DOCTOR,

WHAT IS HAPPENING?

WELL, IT'S PROBABLY BECAUSE

THESE ANTS HAVE BEEN SUBJECTED

TO SOME KIND OF DISTURBANCE,

MINING OR EXCAVATION WORK.

BASICALLY THEY'RE TERRITORIAL

AND THEY WILL REACT

WITH AGGRESSION IF THEY FEEL

LIKE THEY'RE BEING ATTACKED.

ANTS COMMUNICATE BY TRADING

CHEMICAL SIGNALS CALLED

PHEROMONES BETWEEN

THE TOUCHES OF THEIR ANTENNAE.

THEIR EYESIGHT IS POOR

BUT ALL INTRUDERS

TO THE COLONY ARE IMMEDIATELY

DETECTIBLE BY THEIR SMELL.

SO THESE GUYS ARE SMART?

YEAH, I MEAN,

THE CHEMICAL LANGUAGE

THEY USE, IT'S REMARKABLE.

IN THE CASE OF

ECITON BURCHELLII,

ON A FEEDING RAID,

IT'S RESPONSIBILITY

FOR COORDINATING THE BEHAVIOR

OF UP TO

A MILLION INDIVIDUALS.

IT HAS BEEN ESTIMATED

THAT AN ANT BRAIN

HAS A PROCESSING POWER

OF A SMALL COMPUTER.

IT MAKES YOU WONDER

WHAT WE COULD LEARN

IF WE COULD SOMEHOW STRIP AWAY

OUR OWN TECHNOLOGY

AND MEET WITH THEM

ON EQUAL GROUND.

WE HUMAN BEINGS STRUGGLE TO

UNDERSTAND THE MOTIVES OF EVEN

A SINGLE SUICIDE BOMBER.

WHAT THE HELL DOES

SHE KNOW ABOUT SUICIDE BOMBERS?

HERE WE SEE THOUSANDS OF ANTS

DELIBERATELY DROWNING THEMSELVES

TO BUILD THE FOUNDATIONS

FOR WHAT CAN ONLY

BE CALLED A BRIDGE.

YOU GONNA LET HER

GET AWAY WITH THAT CRAP?

MAY I INTRODUCE

THE MAN BROUGHT HERE TO DEAL

WITH THE SITUATION?

THANK YOU. THAT WAS A VERY

INTERESTING PRESENTATION,

DR. DUBOIS, BUT WE DO

PART COMPANY WHEN YOU

FANTASIZE THAT A SWARM

OF ARMY ANTS IS SOME KIND

OF MARDI GRAS MARCHING SOCIETY.

IT'S NOT.

IT'S JUST A BIG BALL

OF INSTINCT.

DR. HORACE LEONARD,

CEO OF THORAX INDUSTRIES,

FORMER COLLEAGUE--

NOW WORLD LEADER IN

THE WHOLESALE SLAUGHTER

OF INSECTS.

YOU'RE TELLING

THESE PEOPLE BEDTIME STORIES.

DO YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENS WHEN

WE STRIP AWAY OUR TECHNOLOGY

AND MEET ON EQUAL GROUND?

THEY EAT US.

AND IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE ME,

PLEASE, COME TO BANTOUNG

AND SEE FOR YOURSELF.

SPRAY GUN IN HAND.

DON'T LEAVE CAMP WITHOUT IT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WELL, THANK YOU, DR. LEONARD.

THANK YOU.

AND WE'RE OUT.

THANK YOU.

EXCUSE ME.

SO DID YOU HAVE YOUR FUN?

DR. CLAIRE DUBOIS.

WHEN DID YOU ARRIVE?

FLEW IN YESTERDAY,

DEPLOYING TOMORROW.

HOW'S IT LOOK?

MOSTLY RAINFOREST,

RUBBER PLANTATIONS

PLUS A FEW CAUSALITIES.

YOU KNOW, I COULD ALWAYS

USE THE WORLD'S LEADING

HYMENOPTERIST IN MY TRUCK.

SOMEHOW I DON'T THINK

I'D FIT IN WITH YOUR CREW.

COME ON, MY CREW'S

LIKE A FAMILY.

THEY'D LOVE YOU ALMOST

AS MUCH AS I LOVE YOU ALREADY.

MAYBE WE CAN HAVE

DINNER SOMETIME.

SURE.

I'LL SPEAK TO YOU SOON.

OKAY.

OKAY, PEOPLE, LET'S

LIQUEFY SOME ENDOSKELETONS.

LET'S GO, PEOPLE.

CRY HAVOC!

AND LET SLIP THE DOGS OF WAR!

MOVE OUT, MOVE OUT!

LET'S GO, LET'S GO!

GET BACK. NOW!

GO!

OKAY, GUYS.

WE HAVE TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM.

ALL OF OUR INDUSTRY ARE ON HOLD.

WE CANNOT ALLOW TOURISTS

ON THE ISLAND.

THIS TIME THERE ARE EVEN MORE

OF THEM THEN OUR FIRST ESTIMATE.

LARGER THAN 2001?

LARGER THAN 2001.

THAT SWARM IN 2001 DESTROYED

THIS ISLAND ECONOMICALLY

FOR TWO YEARS.

THE LOCALS ARE SAYING

THIS TIME ANTS ARE DIFFERENT.

DIFFERENT

MORE AGGRESSIVE?

YEAH, MORE AGGRESSIVE.

ANTS KILLING HUMANS

IN LARGE NUMBERS

IS ALMOST UNHEARD OF.

THE NUMBER OF CASUALTIES HERE

PROBABLY EXCEEDS THE TOTAL

FROM ALL PREVIOUSLY

RECORDED INCIDENTS.

YEAH, MORE AGGRESSIVE.

BUT ALSO PICKING

THEIR BATTLES, OKAY.

LET ME SHOW YOU.

TODAY WHEN THEY RETREATED

ACROSS THE FIRE DITCH,

USUALLY THE ANTS JUST

KEEP COMING UNTIL WE LIGHT IT

BUT TODAY THEY STOPPED SHORT

ALMOST LIKE THEY KNEW

THE FIRE WAS COMING.

DO YOU SEE WHAT I MEAN?

WE SET OUT A PRETTY

GOOD LINE OF DEFENSE.

THIS PLANTATION HERE,

IT'S BEEN STRIPPED?

EVERYTHING IS GONE.

OKAY, WELL, WE'RE GOING

TO HAVE TO FORCE THEM BACK ONTO

THIS BARREN GROUND, SO CORTEZ,

YOU AND THE ARMY ARE GONNA HEAD

STRAIGHT RIGHT UP THE MIDDLE.

BILL AND I WILL DO

A RIGHT FLANK

AND WE'LL FORCE THEM

INTO A PINCER.

YOU HIRED THE RIGHT GUYS, SIR.

WE'RE GONNA GET THIS DONE NOW.

LORD, I HATE THESE THINGS.

DEBS, COMMUNICATION CHECK.

THIS IS BILL, YOU READ ME?

GOOD HELM IMAGE,

SWITCH TO P.O.V.

P.O.V. IMAGE IS GOOD

ACROSS THE BOARD.

HEY, CORTEZ, YOUR GPS IS DOWN.

I THINK IT WOULD HELP

IF I TURNED IT ON.

TELEMETRIC SHOWS LOCKED

AND LOADED.

LET'S ROLL, PEOPLE.

SO WHILE YOU AND CORTEZ

ARE MOVING UP NORTH,

WE'RE GONNA SOFTEN UP

THAT CENTRAL MASS WITH AERIALS.

EVERY ANT POISONED KILLS EVERY

ANT IT TOUCHES AND SO ON.

DOMINO EFFECT.

ALL SET?

ANY QUESTIONS?

LET'S GO.

TEAM CORTEZ, FIRST CONTACT,

KILL RATIO AS PREDICTED.

PROCEEDING DUE NORTH.

TEAM CORTEZ, CONTROL,

SPRAY THEM DOWN.

HOW'S IT LOOKING

OUT THERE, DEB?

IMAGERY IS GOOD.

RECORDERS ARE RUNNING.

GO AGAIN, YOU'RE BREAKING UP.

CORTEZ STILL GOT

HIS HANDS FULL.

I OUGHT TO BE THERE WITH HIM.

STICK TO THE PLAN, BILL.

WE CAN THINK AHEAD.

IT'S ONE OF OUR ADVANTAGES.

DEBS?

HEY, LENNY, HOW'S YOUR COM

WITH BASECAMP? MINE'S CRAP.

YEAH, DEB?

WE NEAR A POWER AERIAL

OR SOMETHING?

THERE'S A NEW CELL TOWER

HALF MILE FROM YOU

BUT IT'S NOT

OPERATIONAL YET.

LEN, DID YOU COPY THAT?

IT'S NOT OPERATIONAL YET.

COPY.

WHAT IS THAT?

LEN, THERE'S SOMETHING

WEIRD NEAR YOU.

I'M LOSING TELEMETRY LINK.

LEN, DID YOU COPY ANY OF THAT?

LEN

DEB

DOES THIS SEEM A LITTLE BIT

WEIRD TO YOU, BUDDY?

WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

I DON'T KNOW.

THIS ALL SEEMS

A LITTLE TOO QUIET.

YEAH, WELL, WEIRD ME OUT

A LITTLE BIT, TOO.

DEB?

LEN, REPORT.

WHAT'S WITH THIS COMLINK?

LEN!

WHAT IS THAT?

IT'S MADE ENTIRELY OF ANTS!

DO WE CONTAIN OR DESTROY?

DON'T MOVE!

DEB, YOU GETTING THIS?

DEB!

DAMN COM IS DOWN.

HEY, LOOK.

LET'S SEE WHERE IT GOES.

HELL, I'M GAME.

WOW, IS THAT WEIRD!

THIS IS INCREDIBLE, LENNY!

THESE ANT CABLES CROSS

BUT THEY REMAIN DISCREET.

I DON'T SEE ANY FOOD

BEING TRANSPORTED.

CALL ME CRAZY BUT IT

LOOKS LIKE COM CABLE TO ME.

BILL!

WOW! LOOK AT THEM ALL!

THEY LOOK LIKE THEY'RE NESTING!

THEY NEVER NEST AND SWARM

AT THE SAME TIME.

I KNOW THAT.

LOOK OUT!

OH, GOD THERE'S MILLIONS

OF THEM!

LENNY, LENNY, HELP ME! AH!

BILL!

LENNY, GET THIS

BRANCH OFF ME.

BILL.

LENNY!

LENNY, OPEN IT.

OH, GOD, STOP IT!

AH! OH, IT'S INSIDE.

BILL!

THEY NEVER GOT IN, BILL.

THEY NEVER GOT IN.

BILL! BUDDY!

THEY NEVER GOT IN.

CORTEZ, GET OVER HERE!

THERE'S SOMETHING

WRONG WITH BILL.

WHAT'S UP?

NOTHING. I'M FINE.

JUST HELP ME GET HIM

OUT OF HIS SUIT.

THERE YOU ARE.

WHAT'S GOING ON?

YOU'VE GOT CLASSIC

RETREAT PATTERNS

ACROSS THE INFEST ZONE.

OKAY, YOU GUYS

CAN STAND DOWN.

GOOD JOB.

HEY, IS HE GONNA BE OKAY?

I DON'T KNOW.

DID YOU GUYS GET VIDEO FEED

WHEN THAT BRANCH CAME DOWN?

NO, YOU GUYS CUT OUT

WAY BEFORE THAT.

SO YOU DIDN'T SEE IT?

SEE WHAT?

NOTHING.

JUST DO A STANDARD

DOCUMENTATION SWEEP

AND I'LL CHECK IN WITH YOU.

OKAY.

WHAT'S THAT?

NOTHING.

YOU NEED TO COME SEE THIS.

WHAT, CROP FIELDS

DESTROYED BY AN ANT SWARM.

I'VE SEEN THAT BEFORE.

YEAH, BUT NOW I

PUT A FILTER ON IT.

IS THIS FOR REAL?

YEAH, THIS ONE

AND THIS ONE AND THIS,

THIS IS JUST

A MUDFLAT ON THE RIVER.

OKAY, YOU NEED TO MAKE

HARDCOPIES OF THESE QUIETLY.

WHAT DO YOU THINK IT MEANS?

I DON'T KNOW

BUT WE NEED TO FIND OUT.

ATTENTION, PLEASE.

MINISTER ZING WOULD LIKE

TO ADDRESS YOU, THANK YOU.

I RISE TO OFFER OUR

THANKS TO DR. HORACE LEONARD

AND THE THORAX INDUSTRY'S TEAM

FOR HELPING US DEFEAT

THE INSECT PLAGUE.

THIS ONGOING PARTNERSHIP

BETWEEN OUR BRAVE ARMED FORCES

AND THE EXPERTISE

OF AMERICAN SCIENCE

HAS MADE OUR VAST

ARCHIPELAGO SAFER

AND A MORE PRODUCTIVE PART

OF THE NATION.

SOME DAY WE MAY RID OURSELVES

OF THIS MENACE ALTOGETHER

OR EVEN SOME DAY DR. LEONARD

MAY EVEN SHARE HIS

SECRET FORMULA WITH US.

I RAISE MY GLASS TO

DR. LEONARD AND HIS TEAM.

HERE!

CHEERS, CHEERS, CHEERS.

EXCUSE ME.

WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG

WITH THIS JOINT?

HEY, HOW ARE YOU

DOING, BUDDY?

THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE

THE BEST PART OF TOWN.

THERE'S ANTS ALL OVER THE PLACE,

THEY'RE ALL OVER THE COUNTER.

THEY KEEP FALLING IN MY DRINK.

I DON'T SEE ANY ANTS, BILL.

WELL, I SEEM THEM, LEN, AND

I FEEL THEM ALL OVER ME, TOO.

LISTEN TO ME, YOU'RE

JUST HAVING A DELAYED

SENSORY REACTION

OF WHAT HAPPENED.

IT'S TOTALLY NORMAL.

IT'S NOT NORMAL, LEN.

IT'S NOT NORMAL WHAT HAPPENED

TO US TODAY.

THEY WAY THEY PULLED

THAT TREE DOWN ON TOP OF US.

THEY PLANNED THAT.

HOW ARE YOU GUYS DOING?

YOU KNOW YOU GUYS

DIDN'T DO SUCH A GREAT JOB

OUT THERE TODAY.

NO, SIR. LOOK!

THERE'S STILL ONE LEFT.

YOU MISSED ONE.

GO, GO.

MAN, I HATE TO SEE THAT.

WHAT?

BILLY, MESSED UP IN HIS HEAD.

NOT GOOD.

LEN WILL PULL HIM TOGETHER.

SURE, IF ANYBODY CAN

BUT I JUST WORRY, YOU KNOW?

WORRY ABOUT WHAT?

BILLY, OR RATHER

WILLIAM RUTLEDGE

P.H.D. B.S.E.

ET CETERA, ET CETERA WAS

LENNY'S PROFESSOR AT COLLEGE.

REALLY STRUNG OUT ON BOOZE

WHEN LEN FIRST MET HIM,

GOT HIM CLEANED UP,

GAVE HIM THIS JOB,

GAVE HIM HIS LIFE BACK,

CLEARED HIS GAMBLING DEBTS.

BUT THAT WAS WHAT,

FIVE YEARS AGO?

RIGHT, SO IF HE'S IN TROUBLE

AGAIN LEN WILL SORT IT OUT.

SURE, THEY'D DO ANYTHING

FOR EACH OTHER.

EXCUSE ME.

STOP THE MUSIC, PLEASE!

STOP THE MUSIC! STOP, PLEASE!

ATTENTION EVERYONE,

ATTENTION PLEASE!

ALL LEAVE ARE CANCELLED.

ALL MILITARY PERSONNEL'S REPORT

TO THEIR UNIT IMMEDIATELY.

THORAX TEAM,

ASSEMBLE WITH ME, PLEASE!

WHAT IS IT?

A NEW SWARM ON BANTOUNG.

THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE!

THEY NEVER SWARM

TWICE IN A SEASON.

YES, THEY ARE THIS YEAR

AND THEY HAVE PUSHED

US PAST THE RIVER.

WELL, THIS CAN'T BE RIGHT.

ESTIMATED SIZE,

THAT'S THREE TIMES THE SIZE

OF THE FIRST SWARM.

IT'S GOT TO BE WRONG.

THERE AIN'T THAT MANY ANTS

ON THAT ISLAND.

CAN I USE YOUR PHONE?

YEAH.

EXCUSE ME.

ALL RIGHT, LISTEN, YOU GUYS.

WE HAVE TO RE-DEPLOY EVERYTHING

THAT WE PULLED OUT OF THERE,

ALL RIGHT?

CLAIRE, IT'S LEN.

THE TEXT I SENT SHOULD

EXPLAIN EVERYTHING.

JUST GET YOURSELF

TO BANTOUNG AIRPORT

AND I'LL PICK YOU UP.

I'LL TELL YOU MORE THEN.

HEY, CLAIRE.

WELL, DOCTOR,

HOW TIMES HAVE CHANGED.

WELL, WE'RE NOT BACKPACKING

THROUGH EUROPE ANYMORE.

NO, WE'RE NOT UNFORTUNATELY.

THAT'S SWEET.

WE WERE SWEET.

SO I SAW THE FORBES ARTICLE,

NOT MANY MULTI-MILLIONAIRES

UNDER THE AGE OF 35,

CONGRATULATIONS.

IT'S NOT AS GRAND

AS IT SOUNDS.

THE PROFITS GO BACK INTO

THE BUSINESS AND I'M LIVING

IN A TRAILER.

SOCIALLY, I HAVEN'T EVOLVED

MUCH BEYOND

THE BACKPACKER STAGE

I'M AFRAID.

BACKPACKER WITH MILLIONS.

THAT'S A TRULY

FRIGHTENING PROSPECT.

SO WHAT ABOUT YOU, PROFESSOR?

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR.

ASSOCIATE?

WITH ALL YOUR SCHOLARLY

ARTICLES AND YOUR BOOK?

WHICH WAS TREMENDOUS BY THE WAY.

I DON'T THINK

I EVER TOLD YOU THAT.

YOU READ IT?

COVER TO COVER.

CAN'T BELIEVE YOU'RE

STILL CHASING TENURE.

WELL, YOU KNOW,

YOU READ THE BOOK.

SPECULATING ABOUT

MASS INTELLIGENCE

IN INSECT SWARMS IS NOT

EXACTLY MAINSTREAM STUFF.

WELL, NOW WE'VE GOT

SOMETHING IN COMMON.

OH, YEAH?

WHAT'S THAT?

WELL, BOTH OF US ARE

ACADEMIC PARIAHS NOW.

ME BECAUSE I KILL INSECTS

AND YOU BECAUSE YOU THINK

THEY'RE INTELLIGENT.

LEN, THAT'S A GROSS

OVERSTATEMENT TO MY THESIS.

WHAT?

SUPPOSE SOME GUY CAME UP

TO YOU OFF THE STREET

AND SHOWED YOU EVIDENCE

THAT YOUR THESIS WAS CORRECT?

YOU TALKING ABOUT THAT TEXT

AND PHOTO YOU FORWARDED ME?

WHAT COULD SUCH A GUY EXPECT?

A KISS?

A HUGE, SLOPPY KISS?

WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?

THESE WERE TAKEN AFTER

THE BANTOUNG SWARM.

BUT THESE ARE

MOLECULAR STRUCTURES.

THESE WERE FABRICATED BY ANTS?

IT APPEARS SO, YES.

BUT THAT WOULD

REQUIRE INTELLIGENCE.

ISN'T THAT WHAT YOU'VE

BEEN SAYING ALL ALONG?

WELL, I NEVER SAID THEY KNEW

CHEMISTRY, PHYSICS AND GEOMETRY.

I SAW OTHER THINGS, TOO.

LIKE WHAT?

TAKE A LOOK AT THIS.

IT'S A TENTACLE.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE

TO CALL IT REALLY MADE

ENTIRELY OUT OF ANTS.

ROSE UP OUT OF THE MAIN SWARM

LIKE A COBRA AND ON THE TOP

OF THE THING A COUPLE

OF DOZEN ECITON WITH THEIR EYES

PUSHED FORWARD

AND THEIR ANTENNA PRESSED BACK

AND I SWEAR TO YOU,

THEY WERE WATCHING ME.

STUDYING ME.

THEY EVEN DELIBERATELY

KNOCKED A TREE DOWN ON TOP

OF MY PARTNER AND I.

THEY COULD HAVE KILLED US

AT ANY MOMENT.

ONCE THIS THING HAD

LOOKED US OVER,

THEY LET US GO.

THAT'S QUITE A STORY.

SO WHAT DO YOU THINK?

A SUPER COLONY OF INSECTS

HAS BECOME SELF-AWARE.

DO YOU KNOW WHAT THIS IS?

WHERE DID YOU GET THIS?

IS IT RIGHT?

WHERE DID YOU GET IT?

A GRAD STUDENT OF MINE

FIRST NOTICED SOMETHING

IN THE LOCAL POPULATIONS,

SO WE TESTED ANT SPECIMENS

FROM AROUND THE WORLD,

AFRICA, THE AMAZON, PLACES

WHERE THEY SWARM, YOU KNOW.

SOMETHING LIKE 70% OF ALL

THE ANTS SAMPLED

HAD METABOLITES OF THAT

IN THEIR SYSTEMS.

SO WE REVERSE ENGINEERED IT.

HOW MANY YEARS HAVE YOU BEEN

SPRAYING THAT STUFF

AROUND THE WORLD?

ABOUT EIGHT.

WELL, IT'S NOW PART OF

THE GLOBAL ECOSYSTEM.

CLAIRE, I DON'T SIT AROUND

MY LAB LIKE SOME KIND OF

MAD SCIENTIST DREAMING UP WAYS

OF DESTROYING INSECTS

FOR LAUGHS.

OKAY, MY TEAM AND I GO

WHERE WE'RE ASKED.

WE SAVE LIVES.

PEOPLE ARE GRATEFUL

FOR WHAT WE DO.

OH, MY GOD!

ALL RIGHT, THAT OUGHT

TO HOLD THEM FOR NOW.

SANCHEZ, YOU AND JACOBSON

YOU WATCH THEM, OKAY,

MONITOR THIS.

CORTEZ, YOU'RE IN CHARGE, OKAY?

I GOT YOU, BILLY.

WHERE THE HELL HAVE YOU BEEN?

WE ARE BARELY

IN CONTROL OF THIS.

WHAT YOU TWO BEEN HAVING

A BIG TIME, IS THAT IT?

DROP IT, BILL.

WE GOT BIGGER PROBLEMS NOW.

I NEVER SEEN ANT BEHAVIOR

LIKE THIS BEFORE.

THERE AIN'T THAT MANY ANTS

IN THE WORLD.

LET'S FIGURE OUT

WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO. COME ON.

I'M GLAD YOU'RE HERE.

WE HAVE NEVER SEEN

ANYTHING LIKE THIS.

WE ESTIMATE THE SWARM

POPULATION AT 200 MILLION.

200 MILLION?

THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE.

I BET THERE'S MORE THAN THAT.

OH, THAT'S POSSIBLE.

WE HAVE ALREADY LOST 20 MEN

AND IF THE ANTS CROSS THE RIVER

WHAT IS GOING TO STOP THEM?

BESIDES, WHAT THE HELL DO YOU

KNOW ABOUT IT, PROFESSOR DUBOIS?

THEY DON'T HAVE THIS KIND

OF CRAP AT STANFORD, DO THEY?

BILL, WHAT THE HELL

IS THE MATTER WITH YOU?

WOULD YOU JUST SHUT UP

AND LISTEN?

THE LOCALS TOOK THESE SAMPLES

FROM THE LEADING EDGE.

WELL, THERE ARE A HALF DOZEN

DIFFERENT SPECIES IN THERE.

WHEN WE FIRST GOT THIS JAR,

THERE WERE SWARMED TOGETHER,

COOPERATING.

CROSS

NO, THAT CAN'T BE.

A SWARM IS ONE SPECIES.

ONE NEST OF A SINGLE SPECIES.

THEY DON'T TOLERATE OUTSIDERS.

THEY DETECT THE DIFFERENCE

IN THE PHEROMONE

AND THEY KILL THEM.

OH, JUST LIKE THESE GUYS

ARE DOING.

EXACTLY. BUT ONCE THEY WERE

INSIDE THIS CONTAINER,

SEVERED FROM THE SWARM

FOR A WHILE,

THEY WENT BACK TO THEIR

NORMAL MUTUAL HOSTILITY.

WHILE THEY WERE WITH

THE SWARM...

IT'S ONE PHEROMONE.

ONE PHEROMONE AND

THEY WORK TOGETHER.

SINGLE COMMON PURPOSE.

WHAT'S THIS OVER HERE?

LET ME SHOW YOU.

OKAY, GUYS, LISTEN UP.

EAST BANTOUNG,

THE VILLAGE ON THE ISLAND.

EVERY RECON SHOWS

ABOUT 50 PEOPLE STILL THERE.

ANTS HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE

TO GET ACROSS YET.

OKAY, WE GOT TO RESCUE

THESE PEOPLE RIGHT AWAY.

CAN WE GET BOATS HERE?

NO PROBLEM.

OKAY, WELL, FOR THE MOMENT

WE GOT TO JUST FOCUS ON

KEEPING THE ANTS ON

THE FAR END OF THE EMBANKMENT.

SET UP DEFENSIVE POSITIONS

AT THE NARROWS HERE AND HERE.

MR. CHANGE, MAY I TAKE

THAT JAR AWAY WITH ME, PLEASE,

I'D LIKE TO EXAMINE IT

MORE CLOSELY.

LET'S GO.

HOW'S THAT FIT?

I'LL GET USED TO IT.

WELL, IT WAS MADE

FOR A GUY ABOUT THIS MUCH

TALLER THAN YOU, SO.

YEAH, I GUESS.

WHERE THE HELL?

OH, THERE IT IS.

MAN, ARE YOU GOOD TO GO?

TANK LEVELS ARE OKAY.

WE DO THIS FOR THE TEAM,

YEAH?

YEAH, OF COURSE WE DO, RIGHT.

RIGHT.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN,

AM I GOOD TO GO?

OF COURSE I'M GOOD TO GO.

WHY YOU ASK ME THAT?

TEST FIRE THE WEAPON, PLEASE.

LEN, I TOLD YOU I WON'T

BE USING YOUR DEATH SPRAY.

MAN, YOU JUST DON'T SEEM FIT.

I DON'T SEEM FIT, HUH?

HEY, MAN I BEEN DOING--

I TAUGHT YOU HOW TO DO THIS.

I'LL TELL YOU WHAT,

YOU CAN LEAVE IT DANGLING

AROUND YOUR NECK

IF YOU LIKE BUT I CAN

GUARANTEE YOU IT WON'T

STAY THERE FOR LONG.

YOU JUST WATCH YOUR OWN BUTT,

BIG BOY.

MY EYES ARE UP.

RECORDERS ARE RUNNING.

THIS IS YOUR RESCUE BOAT.

THEY'RE GONNA TAKE YOU

TO SAFETY.

GET IN! GET IN!

GET IN!

OKAY, LET'S GO.

GET ON! GET ON!

LET'S GO! LET'S GO!

HEAD TO THE RIVER

AS FAST AS YOU CAN.

GO! GO!

TEST FIRE YOUR WEAPON.

LEN, I TOLD YOU I WON'T

BE USING YOUR DEATH SPRAY.

FIRE THE WEAPON,

FIRE THE WEAPON,

FIRE, FIRE, FIRE THE WEAPON.

HELP! HELP!

HONEY, GO.

RUN!

COME ON, COME ON! GO!

GE TO THE RAFT.

BILL, WHAT'S YOUR STATUS?

I'M IN THE MIDDLE OF

AN OLD PLANTATION.

IT LOOKS LIKE WE'VE GOT

AN OPENING HERE.

LET ME TAKE A LOOK.

YOU USED YOUR WEAPON I SEE.

YES, TO SAVE HER.

I HAD NO CHOICE.

DON'T EXPECT ME TO DO IT AGAIN.

IF CORTEZ AND I HEAD

TOWARDS THAT OLD FACTORY

MAYBE WE CAN FLANK THEM

AND IMPROVE OUR ODDS.

LEN SAID TO STAY PUT.

YOU'RE NOT THINKING

STRAIGHT, BILL.

HEY, LEN'S NOT HERE.

YOU GET HIM ON THE COM.

THIS OPENING MAY NOT LAST LONG.

COM IS ALL SCREWED UP.

HE HASN'T REPORTED IN.

I'M GONNA GIVE CORTEZ

YOUR POSITION.

STAY WHERE YOU ARE.

YOU DO WHAT YOU WANT, DEBS,

I'M HEADING OUT.

WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU?

BILL, STAY THERE!

HER NAME IS YING.

SHE'S AN ORPHAN.

SHE USED TO LIVE WITH HER

BROTHER BUT HE WENT HUNTING

IN THE BUSH TWO DAYS AGO

AND HE NEVER CAME BACK.

GOD, LEN, I'M SCARED.

CORTEZ! CORTEZ!

COME IN, CORTEZ!

CORTEZ!

CORTEZ, CONVERGE ON

BILL'S POSITION.

RIGHT.

CLAIRE, YOU LOOK AT

THE THING YOU'VE LOVED

AND STUDIED YOUR WHOLE LIFE

AND IN ONE INSTANT,

ONE MOMENT OF CLARITY,

YOU SEE THE DANGEROUS SIDE.

THE KILLER SIDE.

AND YOU REACH FOR THE PISTOL

INSTEAD OF THE CHAIR.

THAT HAPPENED TO ME ABOUT

TEN YEARS AGO.

CORTEZ, IF YOU CAN HEAR ME

ON THIS CRAPPY COM,

I'M ABOUT 20 YARDS NORTH EAST

OF THE FACTORY.

COME AND FIND ME.

BILL!

GLAD TO SEE YOU, MAN.

RIGHT, RIGHT.

BILLY, DON'T MOVE.

DON'T LOOK UP.

DEB! DEB!

YEAH, WHAT?

ANT APPROACHING YOU FAST.

GET OUT NOW.

I DON'T HAVE MY GEAR!

DEB! DEB!

GET OUT! GET OUT!

CORTEZ!

CORTEZ? CORTEZ!

MAYDAY, BILL, DEB, CORTEZ!

ANYBODY! BILL!

CORTEZ!

WAIT!

THIS IS WHAT I WAS

TALKING ABOUT,

WHAT BILL AND I SAW.

WHAT ARE THEY DOING?

IT'S AN INVITATION.

COME ON.

OH, MY GOD, DO YOU KNOW

WHAT THIS IS?

A NEST.

NO. WELL, YES, BUT LOOK

AT THIS STRUCTURE.

IMAGINE EACH ANT AS A SWITCH

CAPABLE OF SAYING YES OR NO,

LIKE BINARY CODE?

THEY'RE USING ELECTRICAL

SIGNALS AS WELL AS CHEMICAL.

YOU'RE SAYING THIS IS

A COMPUTER?

THAT'S CRAZY.

HEY, MAYBE THIS IS AS FAR

AS WE SHOULD GO.

I DON'T THINK

WE HAVE MUCH CHOICE.

OVER HERE.

I THINK WE'RE HERE.

WHAT ARE THEY DOING?

THESE ARE THE SAME IMAGES

WE'VE BEEN SEEING.

IS IT A LANGUAGE FOR THEM

AND US?

THE FRONT LINE.

DNA, THAT'S WHAT THEY'VE BEEN

TRYING TO FORMULATE.

IF THEY KILL US,

THEY KILL EACH OTHER.

WHAT?

WHAT WAS THAT AGAIN?

YES, IT'S BANTOUNG.

AMAZING.

SHE'S RIGHT.

THEY WANT THIS ISLAND.

WE CAN'T LEAVE HER.

GET BACK! GET BACK!

SHE'S THE HOSTAGE.

SHE'S GONNA BE OKAY.

WE'VE GOT TO DELIVER

THE MESSAGE.

WE'LL BE BACK, YING!

COMING BACK.

WE'RE COMING BACK, YING!

WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO?

I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT IT IS

WE JUST SAW.

BUT WE GOT TO GET HER BACK.

HOW DID THEY LEARN

TO DO THAT?

ANTS JUST BECAME SELF-AWARE.

WHAT, IN ONE

EVOLUTIONARY LEAP?

EVOLUTION DOESN'T

WORK LIKE THAT.

WELL, SPORADIC SPURTS

OF ADAPTATION--

CLAIRE, PLEASE, COME ON.

THERE'S SOMETHING NEW HERE.

CRUELTY, DECEPTION.

EVOLUTION DOESN'T

JUST SPAWN THAT STUFF.

WELL, HOW ABOUT

THE INTRODUCTION OF

A FOREIGN SUBSTANCE

INTO THEIR NERVOUS SYSTEMS?

IF THAT'S IT WE KNOW WHO'S

TO BLAME, DON'T WE?

HERE.

OH, THANKS.

WILL THEY COME AFTER US?

I DON'T THINK SO.

YOU KNOW I LOOKED AT ANTS

GOING TWO WAYS AROUND A ROCK

AND RHAPSODIZED ABOUT

HOW INTELLIGENT THEY WERE.

I NEVER DREAMED I'D EVER SEE

ANT T.V.

NOTHING I'VE EVER SEEN,

BELIEVE ME.

DO YOU THINK WHAT

YING SAID IS TRUE?

THAT THE ANTS THINK OF

THIS ISLAND AS THEIR SANCTUARY?

IT'S MORE LIKE

WE'RE TAKING IT OVER.

AT LEAST THAT'S HOW

CHANG'S GOING TO SEE IT.

WELL, YOU KNOW

THAT WE CAN'T TELL HIM.

I'M STILL UNDER

CONTRACT, CLAIRE.

SCREW YOUR CONTRACT.

YOU TELL HIM ABOUT THIS

HE'S GONNA GO IN THERE AND

BLOW THAT PLACE TO KINGDOM COME.

I HAVE NO CHOICE.

WE HAVE TO TELL THEM.

LEN, I--

THEY'LL LISTEN TO US.

US?

YEAH, US.

I MEAN, WE'RE GONNA HAVE

TO DO THIS TOGETHER.

WE MAY NEED CHANG

TO GET YING BACK.

YOU ALL RIGHT?

AWFUL.

THE SUITS?

YEAH, YEAH.

SORRY ABOUT THAT.

NO, THAT'S OKAY.

OH!

MM, THAT'S BETTER.

THANKS.

HEY, DOES THIS REMIND

YOU OF ANYTHING?

IT'S A FAR CRY FROM VENICE.

YEAH.

IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU,

DR. DUBOIS.

IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU,

DR. LEONARD.

HEY! ARE YOU OKAY!

OVER HERE, ARE YOU OKAY?

ARE YOU OKAY?

YEAH, WE'RE FINE, WE'RE FINE!

HOLD ON, WE'RE COMING.

OKAY. YOU ALL RIGHT?

YEAH.

WE'RE OKAY.

THANKS.

MA'AM.

IT'S CORTEZ.

HUP!

LEN?

YOU MADE IT!

HEY, GOOD TO SEE YOU.

LEN, WE WERE SURE

YOU WERE DEAD.

WE SHOULD BE DEAD.

SO WHAT HAPPENED?

WE ARE FACE TO FACE WITH

ANOTHER INTELLIGENT SPECIES

ONLY THEY'RE NOT HUMAN.

THEY'RE INSECTOID.

THEY DON'T MAKE TOOLS

TO MANIPULATE THEIR ENVIRONMENT.

THEY USE SPECIFIC SUB-SPECIES

TO MEET SPECIFIC NEEDS.

MILLIONS OF INDIVIDUALS

HAVE CREATED A MATRIX

LIKE A COMPUTER

WITH DATA PROCESSING.

IT DEMONSTRATED AN ABILITY

TO NOT JUST COMPREHEND IDEAS

OR CONCEPTS OR INTELLIGENCE.

THEY CAN ACTUALLY PROJECT

THESE THINGS,

VISUALIZE THEM IN

THREE DIMENSIONS.

MOST IMPORTANT OF ALL

THEY WANT

TO COMMUNICATE WITH US.

AND THEY HAVE

A YOUNG GIRL HOSTAGE?

LEN, YOU ACTUALLY BUY THIS?

WE SAW WHAT WE SAW.

SO WHAT DO YOU THINK

IT MEANS, LEN?

THEY ACTUALLY LAID CLAIM

TO ONE OF OUR ISLANDS.

AND I'M HERE TO SAY

THAT WILL NEVER HAPPEN.

THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE DEAD,

KNOWN DEAD, TOWNS DESTROYED,

PLANTATIONS SHUT DOWN,

LIVESTOCK DEAD, LAND WASTED,

TOURISTS GONE.

AND WE DIDN'T STOP THEM.

WE DIDN'T STOP THEM?

NO, THEY JUST RETREATED.

AND WHY DO YOU THINK

THEY DID THAT?

BECAUSE YOU HAVE

TALKED THEM INTO IT.

NO, BECAUSE

WE STOPPED KILLING THEM.

NO, WE ARE NOT GOING

TO NEGOTIATE WITH ANTS.

DR. LEONARD,

WHAT DO YOU ADVISE?

I'LL TELL YOU

WHAT I'D ADVISE.

I SAY WE GO IN AND NUKE THEM.

BILL, PLEASE! PLEASE.

LOOK, WE HAVE TO GET YING BACK.

JUST LET DR. DUBOIS

AND I TRY AND NEGOTIATE.

OH, GOOD, GOOD.

DR. LEONARD, RIGHT NOW

NUKE THEM SOUND PRETTY GOOD,

HUH

SOUND PRETTY GOOD, HUH, YEAH?

HA!

GOOD, GOOD.

HMM

SO DR. LEONARD.

HOW ARE YOU GONNA MAKE

THEM BELIEVE OUR DESIRE

TO STOP THE FIGHTING

OR WE CAN JUST GIVE THEM PART

OF THE ISLAND LIKE SOMEWHERE

WEST OF THE RIVER.

THAT'S LESS THAN

HALF THE ISLAND.

THAT'S THE OFFER OR

I WILL, INDEED, NUKE THEM.

RIGHT? NUKE THEM.

YOU HAVE UNTIL TOMORROW MORNING.

THANK YOU, MINISTER.

LET'S GO.

IT'S JUST LIKE YOU SAID, LEN.

STRIP AWAY THE TECHNOLOGY,

MEET ON EQUAL TERMS THEY EAT US.

THERE'S NOTHING I COULD DO

HE WAS A GOOD MAN,

BILL, AND A FRIEND.

I MEAN, WASN'T SO MUCH

THAT THEY KILLED THEM.

I MEAN, I EXPECT THEM

TO KILL THEM BUT

IT'S THE WAY THEY KILLED HIM.

I MEAN, ALWAYS BEFORE

IT WAS MINDLESS KILLING

BUT THIS IS ANYTHING BUT.

THEY LAID A TRAP FOR US.

WE WALKED RIGHT INTO IT.

YOU DID YOUR BEST, BILL.

IT'S LIKE EVERY TIME

WE HIT THEM WITH SOMETHING

THEY JUST GET SMARTER.

IT'S LIKE THEY'RE LEARNING.

THEY'RE LEARNING.

BUT IF THEY'RE LEARNING,

THEY CAN BE TAUGHT.

YEAH, YEAH, WE CAN TEACH

THESE CLEVER LITTLE BASTARDS

A LESSON.

WE CAN TEACH THEM NOT

TO SCREW AROUND WITH US.

BILL! LISTEN TO ME,

I GET YOU'RE UPSET ABOUT CORTEZ.

WE ALL ARE.

CLAIRE AND I ARE

WORKING OUT A PLAN.

THEY STILL GOT YING.

TRYING TO GET HER BACK.

COUNT ME IN.

IS HE OKAY?

CLAIRE, CAN I

SHOW YOU SOMETHING?

YEAH, SURE.

I'VE BEEN TRYING

TO FIGURE OUT

WHAT MAKES THESE ANTS

COOPERATE SO WELL TOGETHER,

HOW DIFFERENT SPECIES

ARE WORKING TOGETHER.

I JUST CAN'T MAKE IT OUT.

WILL YOU HELP?

SURE, SHOW ME WHAT YOU GOT.

SO I PUT THIS ONE...

OKAY.

WITH THIS ONE.

AND WHAT'S IN HERE?

OKAY, LET'S TAKE A LOOK.

I STARTED WITH THIS.

AND THEN IT CAME OUT LIKE THIS.

I DON'T KNOW, I MIGHT HAVE

FOUND SOMETHING CRUCIAL.

CAN YOU ADD THAT?

AND I'LL BE BACK.

OKAY.

OKAY.

BILLY, DON'T MOVE.

STAY THERE!

WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU?

HE NEVER HAD A CHANCE.

ANTS, ANTS,

NEVER HAD A CHANCE.

YOU OKAY, BILL?

YEAH, YEAH, I'M FINE.

LOOK, I KNOW

WE'VE NEVER REALLY SEEN

EYE-TO-EYE.

BUT I JUST WANTED TO SAY

HOW SORRY I AM

ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED TO CORTEZ.

IT WAS HORRIBLE.

AND IF THERE'S ANYTHING

I CAN DO TO HELP...

WELL...

WELL.

CLAIRE.

WHEN I WAS TEACHING

AT CAL

I MEAN, DID YOU THINK

I WAS ANY GOOD?

WELL, SEWINSKY WOULD

TESTIFY TO THAT.

PAUL VERDOF FROM THE U.N.

IT JUST SEEMS

LIKE NOBODY EVER SAYS

IF YOU'RE ANY GOOD.

WELL, YOU GOT LEN

AND ME THROUGH.

YOU TAKE CARE OF LEN.

YOU GUYS TAKE CARE

OF EACH OTHER.

I JUST--

I DIDN'T--

YOU SLEEP WELL, BILL.

BILL?

WHAT?

WHERE IS HE?

I'M SORRY I'M LATE, YOU GUYS.

I HAD TO GET ALL GEARED UP.

WE'RE NOT TAKING THEM, BILL.

WE'RE NOT?

NO.

WE'RE LEAVING THE SUITS

IN THE BARN THIS TIME, BUDDY.

YOU'RE SERIOUS?

YOU'RE GOING BACK IN

THAT CAVE WITHOUT SKINS?

YOU'RE OUT OF YOUR MINDS!

THEY'D EAT US ALIVE

JUST LIKE CORTEZ WAS.

IT'S A GESTURE OF GOODWILL.

GOODWILL

YES.

LENNY.

BILL, IT'S JUST CLAIRE

AND ME THIS TIME, BUDDY.

WHA--

YEAH, SURE, I MEAN,

IF THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT, MAN,

YOU'RE THE BOSS.

LEN, CAN I TALK TO YOU

A SECOND, COME HERE.

LENNY, YOU GOT

TO LET ME DO THIS.

YOU GOT TO LET ME DO THIS!

I GOT TO!

CORTEZ, MAN.

BESIDES YOU GET IN A JAM,

WHO DO YOU WANT

AT YOUR BACK, HUH?

HER OR ME?

PLEASE, LEN.

ALL RIGHT.

NO HAVOC, NO SUITS.

LET ME GUESS

YEAH, WE THINK SO.

CLEVER BASTARDS.

YOU ALL RIGHT, BILL?

YEAH, FINE.

COME ON.

LET'S GO.

YING?

IT'S OKAY.

IT'S OKAY.

IT'S OKAY.

IT'S OKAY.

GET THAT THING AWAY FROM ME!

IT'S NOT HURTING YOU.

DON'T START ANYTHING.

KEEP IT AWAY!

LEN.

FOUR ANTS, ONE MAN.

THAT'S AN OFFER.

NOW WE'RE NEGOTIATING.

WE'RE TALKING TO THEM.

CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS?

DON'T LOOK UP!

ARE WE DONE HERE YET?

NOT YET, BILL.

STILL NEGOTIATING.

GOT TO GET OUT NOW.

NOT NOW!

YES!

OH, YEAH, LEN, NOW!

BILL?

BILL?

WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

IT'S TIME TO END IT WITH

THESE CLEVER LITTLE BASTARDS.

GRAB THE KID AND GO!

CRY HAVOC!

I SAY WE GO IN AND NUKE THEM!

YEAH, NUKE THEM.

SOUNDS PRETTY GOOD, HUH?

JUST WAIT!

WHAT THE HELL DOES

SHE KNOW ABOUT SUICIDE BOMBERS?

BILL!

BILL.

I CAN'T WAIT ANYMORE.

GO!

THREE MINUTES.

FROM NOW.

BILL!

LEN!

WHAT IS THAT?

CONCENTRATED PHEROMONE

OF A DIFFERENT QUEEN ANT,

IT'S A DIFFERENT SMELL!

THROW IT!

GO!

ALL RIGHT. RUN!

RUN.

COME ON.

IN HERE! IN HERE!

I'M GOING BACK FOR BILL.

BE CAREFUL.

BILL?

GO!

GO! I'M FINE.

GO!

CRY HAVOC.

CRY HAVOC!

HUP!

WE PAY YOU MILLIONS

AND MILLIONS

AND THIS IS ALL WE GOT?

ANTS

SPACE CRAFT AND A GIANT ANT?

BECAUSE NOBODY CAN EXPLAIN

WHAT HAS HAPPENED HERE,

NOTHING HAS HAPPENED HERE.

DO YOU UNDERSTAND?

NO ALIEN, NO SPACESHIP.

NOTHING.

WE WILL PROTECT THE PEOPLE

BY TELLING THEM NOTHING.

NOTHING.

HEY.

HEY.

THANK YOU.

HEY.

I'M ALL RIGHT.

I LOVE THIS PLACE.