In the seventeen years since the nuclear war
all human survivors were herded into cities
now run like prisons by a computer system
imbued with an artificial intelligence
rather than eliminate the infertile survivors.
This system let them live out their lives until extinction.
The cybernetic organism once designed to work
for the human creators now worked for the system
as enforcers of the new order.
Proceed on your beat. Remember your orders.
Seek out any human rebel. Eliminate on sight.
I repeat, eliminate on sight. End.
Please help me.
Please…mercy.
I haven't eaten in days.
I need food.
Uh.
- You got him. - Yeah.
- Got an RZ tab. Come on. - No, thanks.
- This way, come on. - No.
Hey, looking for a good time?
Hey, baby.
'Hey, new boy! Come on out and right up by.'
It's real good nice and warm here.
Come on in, under the brim.
'Bulletin 3372. The last of the insurgents were executed today.'
'Before they died, each said..'
'End bulletin 3372.'
- Phil, where is Dr. Buckley? - He's in with Mary in back lab.
Dr. Buckley, it's all set.
I just got the radio transmission.
The boat will meet us in 37 hours at the harbor.
Good work, go tell the others.
Hey Mary, look. I found two patches of them.
You'll see when we get to the beach.
Thank you.
How are you feeling, Mary?
I am excited, Ben but I'm a little nervous too.
This isn't just another supply run, you know.
You know, we've been planning this for months.
I can't help it. I may not be carrying him.
But he's still my baby.
That's why we cant afford to raise him here.
Look, maybe one day, we'll beat the system.
But right now, the safest place for you to be is Europe.
You're the only source of all what we have.
And as far as we know
this is the only living fetus on this infertile planet.
You're a Godsent, Mary.
Relax now. Time to feed your baby.
Identification confirmed. Message, rebel mass detected.
End result, genetic breeding program. Destroy facility.
I need the location.
'Location 1709, Martin Luther King Boulevard.'
Terminate with extreme prejudice. End.
- Let's go. - Right.
Alright everybody, synchronize your timers.
You've got exactly 36 hours to cross the city
and get to the port.
Let me remind you that the fetus cant survive
any longer than that in the temporary capsule.
The European artificial womb is on the boat.
If the fetus gets to it on time
it can develop there safely until birth.
Until then, Mary will be feeding him every few hours.
'Is everyone clear on the route?'
The course has been clouded to avoid the danger zones.
These three areas are unsafe now.
'During burn time tomorrow, we'll go underground'.
I have also set an alternate course here
in case of unforeseen difficulties.
- Like the Cyborg patrol. - Like anything that comes up.
What about the Ozzie blocker tablets?
These are only a blocking agent against radio activity.
Ideally, you've gotta avoid all contaminated substances.
- Dr. Buckley. - What is it?
'We got a problem'.
What the hell's wrong with this?
'Something's overridden our security directive.'
It's the system, there's no doubt about it.
They probably tapped into your damn modem.
What does this mean?
'Take cover.'
'Quick, get the fetus outta here, now.'
Ben.
Come on, Mary, let's go.
Mary, as fast as you can.
Run!
Damn it.
Mary, you first.
A-a-h.
Argh.
Ah.
A-ah.
No.
- Ah ha, who do we have here? - Yes-s-s-s-s, pretty face.
- Some competition. - Oh, yes.
Hmm, you can keep..
Heavens be praised.
God's are smiling down on me tonight.
There's somebody trying to kill me and he'll kill you too,
so if you're smart you're gonna let me go.
Really? Is that so?
Well I think the smart thing to do
is to have a look inside your nifty bag here.
I wouldn't be surprised if you were hiding something
- really yummy in there. - Hm. Yummy, yummy.
Argh.
Alright. You've got two choices. You wanna talk?
What's my other choice, asshole?
Shut up.
Who are you?
Nobody in particular.
Just taking back what's rightfully mine.
You got a problem with that?
- Excuse me. - What?
I was wondering if you could show me the way to the port.
The port? What are you, crazy?
It's all the way across the city. Fenced off at sides.
Try a nice trip to the zoo, instead?
But it's a matter of life and death.
These days everything is a matter of life and death.
But..
Pardon me, lady. I got business to do.
'Bulletin 5-1-3-7-8.'
'Remember, the system is your friend.'
'You help us, and we'll help you.'
'Report suspicious behavior.'
'Don't let the traitors steal from you'
'what is rightfully yours.'
'End Bulletin 5-1-3-7-8.'
Back again, Austin?
- How you doin'? - I'll take that.
Yeah.
Go ahead.
Well, well, well.
If it isn't my dear old friend, Austin.
Tell me. How is life treating you?
Same as everyone. Like a turd in a toilet.
Got something for you, I think you're gonna like, Akmir.
- Where did you find this? - Just gotta know where to look.
You must look for a fresh cigar.
For this I will trade handsomely.
In the meanwhile…what do you wish for these batteries?
Three RZB sounds fair.
Fair?
I tell you fair. Four batteries for one RZB.
Alright, Akmir. Three for two.
And next time we'll talk about the cigar.
Three for one. My final offer.
I'll give you all the RZB you want.
- Who is this bitch? - You got me.
How dare you come into Akmir's place to trade?
What is in this deal, for Mr.Akmir?
Take cover.
I want the female.
You are not alone, my friend. Many people want a girl.
She is an exquisite creature, yes?
But tell me. What you offer in trade. Huh?
Get the hell outta here!
Aa-h-h.
Argh.
Identify yourself.
Whoa.
Why didn't you tell there was a cyborg chasing you?
Didn't have a chance. Tried to tell someone was after me.
Not just someone. A killing machine. Their newest model.
Please. I need to get to the port.
Alright. So what's the story? Why is he chasing you?
I've got something he wants.
Keep talking.
RZ blocker tablets.
Where the hell did you get those?
I work in an underground lab nearby.
Bullshit. No cyborg is comin' after eight tabs. Try again.
There's a shipment coming in from Europe.
That's why I'm going to the port.
Europe. Nobody talks to Europe.
We did with ham radio.
You want me to believe they'd send you out here by yourself.
Listen. There isn't any time. Here's a down payment.
When we get to the port, you can have as many as you can carry.
- How soon you gotta be there? - About thirty hours.
- My name is Austin. - Mary.
Let's go.
What's this?
Sewer system. Straightest shot I know to the ocean.
Ladies first.
Alright.
Careful where you step. There's mines planted everywhere.
How far is it?
Ten miles. If we hurry, we'll make it with a day to spare.
How many times have you been there?
- Just once. - What was it like?
It was big and blue. That's all I remember.
- Why didn't you ever go back? - I don't got a death wish.
The ports on the other side of the barrier.
You get caught there, you're eliminated.
Not gonna die just to get my feet wet.
Oh, But you'd die for RZB?
I said I'd get you to the port. I didn't say I'd swim with you.
Watch your step. These mines are deadly.
Come on.
Hurry.
Uh, huh!
This way.
Come on.
A-a-h!
Huh, huh!
No leave it!
- I can't. - Leave it. It's on a mine.
'Come on.'
I can't!
You're nuts!
Here.
Aahh!
Careful.
Here.
Go on.
Ugh-h-h!
- Ugh! - Are you alright?
Yeah.
If that doesn't stop him. Nothing will.
Let's hope so. Come on.
Hey, Austin, honey..
…feeling lonely, tonight?
'Warning 100787. Because you have not been instated.'
'You have five minutes to clear the streets or be eliminated.'
This way. I know a safe place.
You should eat something. It's a long day tomorrow.
All I need is RZB.
'You need real food.'
- I'm not hungry. - You will be.
Look we should get going.
We're safe here.
It's too dangerous to go on now.
The cyborg's following our heat tracks.
We'll have better luck after sunrise.
'Why then?'
Because during the day, we don't leave heat tracks.
It's too hot.
Look, we're running out of time.
We will make it on time. I promise.
God! I don't know how people even get up in the morning.
'I mean, what do they have to live for?'
Most of them are probably, holding on to some crazy hope
that uh…just maybe somebody or something's gonna save em'.
I take it, you don't believe in anything like that.
I'm what you call, a realist. The only thing real is me.
That's all I can afford to believe in.
Everything else is just like some uh…bad dream.
Yeah well..
If you're not going to eat. I'd at least get some rest, Mary.
The sun will be up in an hour or so.
- I'm not tired. - Suit yourself.
Mary.
- Goodnight. - Goodnight.
You can sleep here.
Don't worry, baby. Everything's going to be alright.
Come on.
Go. Go.
Ugh.
Ow.
Aah.
Austin.
Go.
Oh.
Ugh.
Come on.
Come on, let's go.
We have to go.
After I take care of your forehead.
We don't have any more bullets. My nearest ammo supplies are ways away.
What difference does it make? That cyborg has been shot
a million times already.
Cyborg is only one of our enemies.
And we still have to go through Leech territory.
- Leeches? - Radioactive cannibals
and believe me you don't wanna meet up with them unarmed.
So, how much time will we lose?
About 45 minutes. That's if we hurry.
- Are you finished yet? - Almost.
Look at his hand.
He can regenerate.
Come on. Let's get the hell out of here.
Hold on.
Look. You better stay here, alright?
Take the gun.
What good is it with no bullets?
Nobody else knows that.
Now, you keep an eye out. I'll be right back.
Be careful.
Thanks.
Don't move.
My…aren't we pretty?
Give me your piece.
Now. Ooh, Tuesday is usually my shopping day, but..
…beggars can't be choosers now, can they?
- Give me your bag. - No.
Give me your fucking bag, bitch.
Now…while you're at it
why don't you just…slip out of those pants?
'I could use some summer pants. '
Leather gets so sticky this time of the year. Don't it?
You want me to take off my pants?
Oh no. Mind I climb in there with you
and we'll enter in three legged race?Drop your drawers, bitch.
Hello, Carp.
Didn't know you were into women.
I could say the same thing about you.
- Hand it over, Carpi. - Why?
I know you don't got any ammo left.
That's the only reason you ever come around anymore.
If you think you're right, take your chances.
I knew it. The gun's empty, ain't it?
Should've taken your chances.
You're a real piece of work. You know that Austin?
And to think, I was actually starting to miss you.
You're the only one who knows about my stash. Now where is it?
So, this is your new squeeze, huh?
Like she's gonna last a day out there on the streets.
Mary, this is Carp. I'm taking Mary to the port.
What, are you nuts?
She's getting a shipment of RZB. Giving me all I can carry.
Oh. So now you're mister Big Shot?
If you'd shut up a minute, I was gonna tell you
I'll be back tomorrow. There'll be plenty to have us go around.
So what? You're cutting me in?
Just thinking about it. Yeah.
Well, this changes everything.
Knew it would.
Here you go, kid. Those are my lucky specs.
You wear them well.
Austin, we should go.
- So, see you tomorrow, Carp. - Yeah, don't forget.
That's what you said last time. How long was that?
Two-three weeks? I ain't waiting around this time.
Son of a bitch.
- This Carp. - What about her?
She seems a little strange.
Yeah, she's been through a lot of shit.
- Are you two.. - What?
Well, you two just seem very close.
Yeah, you could say that.
How close are you two, exactly?
What do you mean?
Are you in love with her?
Me, with her?
No…she's a friend.
Probably the closest thing I've got to family.
So, you're like brother and sister.
Yeah.
Can we go now?
Ahh.
What the hell is this?
I asked you a question.
You wouldn't understand.
Try me.
It's a fetus, a human fetus.
It's not alive, is it?
Yes, and it's up to me to keep him alive.
What kind of bullshit were those lab people feeding you?
Don't you know that women can't get pregnant anymore?
Well, they found one who can. Isn't this proof enough?
Explain.
I don't have time to explain it right now.
You believe this is gonna stay alive?
Yes, if I get it to the port on time.
What's at the port?
I told you. I'm meeting a boat there.
And you're trading this-this fetus for the RZB?
There is no RZB.
What?
This baby is going to Europe to start a new race of humans
genetically healthy humans.
'It's our last hope, Austin'.
Don't be mad.
Mad? Why should I be mad?
I'm risking my life, taking you across the city
and when we make it, if we make it, I get nothing.
No RZB, nothing.
Sounds like a real square deal to me.
I trusted you, Mary.
You really had me going.
'Ship load RZB. What the hell was I thinking?'
- Austin, listen… - No. You listen.
You lied to me.
You asked me to die for nothing.
It's not for nothing. This baby could save the human race.
It's nothing to me.
I don't care what bullshit science fiction you buy into
but I'm not gonna risk my life saving some lab women's baby.
It's my baby.
'I was desperate.'
The cyborg killed the people who were supposed to take me.
What was I supposed to do?
Could have told me the truth.
Oh, and you would've agreed.
Let me explain something to you.
Seventeen years ago, there was a nuclear war.
The lucky ones were killed.
You and me, and the rest of us
are just the broken leftovers.
What you gonna do?
Raise your kid in a country with fresh and clean radio-activity?
It's different in Europe.
What could be different there?
'There's a rebellion. People are fighting the machines.'
They're growing food again.
Things are getting better and this baby
is the most important part of it.
Sorry. I'm going back.
You can come with me if you want.
Goodbye, then.
Gr-r. Ga-ah!
'Food, food, food, food!'
Food, food…
You remind me of a painting I once saw..
…of woman.
From sometime..
…long since dead.
I do not recall now, the artist.
But it struck me, it strikes me now..
…that such beauty is wasted on such a faulty sense as sight.
You see..
…I believe beauty can only truly be appreciated
through taste.
Through taste!
Yeah, yeah..
So, in honor to your divine image..
…tonight we shall not merely behold you with our eyes.
Tonight, we feast!
Feast!
'Food, food, food, food.'
'Food, food, food, food, food, food.'
'Food, food, food..'
- Let her go! - Kill that bastard.
A-ah!
Argh!
A-ah!
'Kill him Kill him!'
- Kill him! - Look out!
'Kill him!'
Give it back!
Oh, you..
Give it back to me!
Austin, he took my baby.
Get him, hurry!
- Give it back! - Fuck you.
A-argh!
What are you going to name him?
I don't know.
I was thinking about naming him after my dad.
Is he still alive?
No, both my parents were killed.
In the blast?
No, it was later.
We were living in a shelter.
One night, someone was banging down the doors.
My mother kept screaming, "Cyborgs, cyborgs!"
'She hid me in a storage bin.'
I heard some scuffling..
…some screams and shouts..
…gunshots.
And after, only silence.
How did you survive?
Sometime later, these two scientists came by the shelter.
I was only five years old.
They took me to this underground lab they were building.
Over the years, more people joined in.
It was like a family.
I don't remember anything about my family.
I always dreamt about having one.
- Sounds stupid, I know. - It's not stupid.
Without dreams, there's just reality
and what kind of reality is it out there?
It's a nightmare.
My God, Austin, your wound..
'…it's all healed.'
Must be the RZB.
Maybe you're just a good nurse, Mary.
Earlier, when you were taking care of me..
…I wanted to kiss you.
I've never been kissed before.
Come on.
Mary..
…here, take the gun.
Keep running!
Come on. Over here.
Hurry, come on.
Come on!
Get down, get down!
A-ah!
- Austin, are you okay? - Yeah, let's go.
A-ah!
Ow!
No…no, no!
No! No! No!
Oh, God!
Austin?
Oh..
Oh, my God, what did he do to you?
- Hold on, let me see. - No.
I'll be alright, you go ahead. You've got to get to the port.
Mary.
You're a cyborg. You lied to me.
Mary, no…no, I…
Shut up!
Mary, listen to me, I didn't know.
Shut the fuck up, you're one of them!
I was protecting you.
You told that I was going to the port.
No.
No, I didn't.
I didn't, Mary.
I trusted you. I was counting on you.
I'm not what you think.
Someone lied to me.
But they don't control me.
This is all a big plot to kill my baby.
Just like your kind slaughtered my parents.
But this time, I'm not gonna let you do it.
No one's gonna touch my baby!
- Ain't this acid rain a bitch? - Why are you following me?
I'm not following you, I heard you scream.
I figured you're in trouble.
What, lost or something?
How far is it to the ocean?
About a mile.
- So, where's Mr. Reliable? - I don't know, he left.
Sounds like the Austin I know.
I've got to go.
You go that way, you'll burn your ass.
Come on, I'll show you the right way.
You're not like him, are you?
Hey, I don't need to be like Austin.
I think these are yours.
My lucky specs.
They got me this far.
Yeah, I hated parting with 'em..
…but like Austin says..
…"There's shit you won't do for your friends."
Now, we better get going before it starts raining again.
Now, you go down and then you keep to your right.
And then you take the second left.
- Are you listening to me? - Yes.
Second left..
…and then you go straight.
And then it's about a mile to the ocean.
Thanks.
A-ah.
A-ah!
No!
Austin, the baby!
'Hurry!'
Ah.
It's okay.
Austin!
I'm sorry.
I was just so scared and confused.
It's okay. I know.
I didn't know either.
They must've screwed up when they made me.
Imagine a machine feeling compassion for humans.
Come with me.
I can't.
The baby's gonna need a father.
He'll have a great mother.
Please, Austin.
We both have a job to do.
I know the system. I can beat them.
All those people back in the city need hope.
I can be their hope.
I'm gonna name the baby Austin.
And as he grows up, I'm gonna tell him all about you.
Goodbye, Mary.