Oh, my God.
Come on, Dylan. We gotta go.
Come on, Boomer.
Boomer!
Reports are unclear
as to the extent of the devastation,
but, from all accounts, Los Angeles, Washington,
and New York have been left in ruins...
Good God!
I been saying it.
I been saying it for 10 damn years.
Ain't I been saying it, Miguel?
Huh? I been saying it.
Dad, I'm sick. I don't feel good.
Pull it over, man.
We're going to be all right, Troy.
Leave me alone, man. I got it.
Miguel.
Look at all that.
We could have evacuated the cities hours ago.
That's the advantage of being a fighter pilot.
In the Gulf War,
we knew what we had to do.
It's just... not simple anymore.
A lot of people died today.
How many didn't have to?
Any news on my wife yet?
The helicopter never made it to Nellis.
No radio contact.
Come on, Dylan. Stay close.
Here it is.
What happened, Mommy?
I don't know, baby.
You men will be
the first wave in our counterattack.
Our target is to the north
centered above what remains of downtown Los Angeles...
You scared, man?
No.
You?
Nope.
We will fix on our target positions...
Hold me.
Hey, pay attention.
Something you want to add to this briefing,
Captain Hiller?
No, sir. I'm just a little anxious to get up there
and whup E.T.'s ass, that's all.
And you'll get your chance.
You'll all get your chance.
Good hunting.
Dismissed.
Let's kick the tires and light the fires,
big daddy.
Let's bring it home.
Let's bring that bad boy home, Captain.
You loose?
Yes, sir.
You got your victory dance?
Well, I got it right heeere.
Yeah!
Hey, hey. Don't get premature on me, soldier.
We don't light up till the fat lady sings.
I'm all ears, brother.
You the man!
All right, gentlemen, we're on.
General, it's NORAD.
General Grey here.
Al?
All satellite, microwave, and ground communications
with the cities are down.
All systems go.
We believe we're looking at a total loss.
How about our boys? Where are they?
ETA to target, four minutes.
I shouldn't have left her.
Don't worry about it, big man.
I'm sure she got out of here before it happened.
Or, as the good reverend would say,
"Why we're on this particular mission we'll never know.
But I do know, here today, that the Black Knights
will emerge victorious once again."
Amen, man.
Amen, Reverend.
Holy God.
Lock and load.
Roger that.
Los Angeles Attack Squadron
has Amraam missiles locked on target.
Washington and New York squadrons reporting lock on.
Fire at will.
Knights, we are red and free.
Knight 1, Fox 3.
Knight 3, Fox 3.
Knight 7, Fox 3.
Missiles have been fired.
Are they not getting through?
No, sir. Not one.
Command, Knight 1. Command, Knight 1.
Switching to sidewinders. Moving in.
Knight 3, Love 50. Notch reference 1-2-0.
Knight 7. 1-2-0.
Knight 1. Sweet luck.
Echo, Fox 2.
Knight 7, Fox 2.
Come on. Come on.
They must have some kind of protective shield
over their hull.
Knights! Pull up! Pull up!
Knight 3, pull up!
Controls are showing complete failure of the stats.
Pull up!
Aah!
Blow through! Blow through!
There's so many of them!
Aah!
They got another one, sir.
Oh, no. You did not shoot that green shit at me.
I've got you covered, big daddy.
Damn. They got shields, too.
Let's go, Knights. Move, Knights, move!
Aah!
Jesus.
They got another one, sir. Two more just went down.
They're dropping like flies.
We're losing them.
All right. Get them out of there.
Squadron leaders, retreat to fallback positions.
Abort mission right away. Do you read me?
Do you copy?
We're going to have to make a run for this one here.
Let's get low. Let's get fast.
I got you, big daddy. Let's get them.
Whoo!
Watch the deck.
Squadron Leader, do you read?
This isn't happening fast enough.
Get them out of there!
What's with the monitor? Where's the picture?
We've lost the satellite.
We got two R-6, Jimmy. Check them.
Roger.
Come on, come on. Move, move, move!
He's on me like white on rice, big daddy.
They ain't got nothing for us.
Let's push it. We've got to go.
I can't shake him. I can't shake him.
Yes, you can. Just the way I showed you.
Check me out. I'm going to try something.
Don't do nothing stupid over there.
You know me.
That's what I'm talking about.
Jimmy, what are you doing? You can't bank at that speed.
Jimmy, he's closing on you!
Put your mask back on! That's an order!
I can't breathe!
Jimmy!
Jimmy! No!
That's affirmative. We have incoming.
Let me have it, son.
You got it.
Friendly?
Sergeant?
I don't think so.
Go! Go! Go! Go!
Come on and get me! Come and get me!
Oh, what are you shooting at?
Where you at, baby? Come on! Come on!
Aw, you can't hit nothing!
Aah!
Ha! Ha!
Whoa! Low bridge!
See if you can fly that thing undercover.
Ha ha. Hope you got an air bag.
Whoa!
Aah! Unh!
Son of a bitch.
Aah!
That's right! That's right!
Get off of me! Get off of me!
That's what you get!
Ha ha! Look at you!
Ship all banged up!
Who's the man?
Huh? Who's the man?
Wait until I get another plane!
I'm lining all your friends up right beside you!
Where you at, huh?
Huh? Where you at?
Welcome to Earth.
Now, that's what I call a close encounter.
Baby, stay right here.
Stay right here with Boomer.
Keys.
Come on. Keys.
Yes!
Come on, baby. Come on.
Yes!
Reports indicate that this battle
has repeated itself all over the world
with the exact same results.
You're just like your mother, you know that?
She was stubborn, too.
Had to twist her arm
to get her to take her medicine.
You're gonna be all right.
You're gonna be fine.
See, Troy? You're feeling better already.
I couldn't find anything.
Everyone's packing up. They're leaving.
They said there's a spaceship heading this way.
We'd better leave, too, then.
Penicillin.
At least it'll help keep his fever down.
Oh, thank you.
It's really nice of you to help us.
I wish I could do more, but we're moving out.
I-I'm going with you.
Um... Well, I... I just...
I mean, that... that we're going, too.
Cool.
Tell that punk to shut the door. We're outta here.
Go sniff around somewhere else.
- Bye. - Bye.
Uhh...
It's Air Force One, for crying out loud.
Still he gets sick.
Oh, boy. I don't feel so good.
Look at me, huh? Like a rock.
Could be bad weather, could be good weather.
It doesn't matter.
We could go up. We could go down.
We can go back. We can go forward.
We can go side to side...
What'd I say?
He still gets airsick, huh?
Yeah.
Julius, with all of this, I, uh...
I didn't get a chance to thank you two.
All he could think of was getting to you.
There's still love there, I think.
Love was never our problem.
"All you need is love."
John Lennon.
Smart man.
Shot in the back. Very sad.
We've moved as many of our forces
away from our bases as possible,
but we've already sustained heavy losses.
I spoke with the joint chiefs when they arrived at NORAD.
They agree we must launch a counteroffensive
with a full nuclear strike.
Over American soil?
You're saying, at this point,
we should sacrifice more innocent
American civilians? Is that right?
Sir, if we don't strike soon
there may not be much of an America left to defend.
Sir, they've taken out NORAD.
What?
It's gone, sir.
My God.
The vice president, joint chiefs.
Mr. President,
we must launch.
A delay now would be more costly
than when you waited to evacuate the cities.
No, no. You're not going to launch nuclear weapons.
You're going to kill them and us at the same time.
If we fire nukes,
then everybody else is going to fire them.
You are a guest here.
Ever hear of nuclear winter?
It's the end of life as we know it.
Do you hear what they're talking about?
Don't even think about it.
I don't have to go.
It can't be allowed.
Shut up! Captain, get him out of here!
Hey, don't tell him to shut up!
You'd all be dead now if it wasn't for my David.
None of you did anything to prevent this.
There was nothing we could do.
We were totally unprepared for this.
Aw! Don't give me unprepared.
Come on, Julius.
It was in the 1950s. You had that spaceship.
Dad.
Yeah, that thing that you found in New Mexico.
Dad, no. Not the spaceship.
Roswell. Roswell, New Mexico. Yeah.
You had the spaceship, and you had the bodies.
They were all locked up in a bunker.
Where was that?
David? In Area 51, right?
Area 51.
You knew then, and you did nothing.
Sir, regardless of what
you may have read in the tabloids,
there have never been any spacecraft
recovered by our government.
Take my word for it, there's no Area 51.
There's no recovered spaceship.
Uh, excuse me, Mr. President?
That's not entirely accurate.
What? Which part?
Hold on, everybody! Hold on!
Sorry.
The end hath come!
He spaketh His word, and the end hath come!
Hop on!
We're heading out to El Toro.
You cannot defy what hath come.
It is the end!
El Toro?!
Can you give me a hand?
Yeah, sure.
Oh, my God.
OK, OK. Let's... Let's get this off.
Here. Let me help you.
She's hurt pretty badly.
You know, this was supposed to be my weekend off.
But no.
You got me out here dragging your heavy ass
through the burning desert,
with your dreadlocks
sticking out the back of my parachute.
You've got to come down here with an attitude,
acting all big and bad.
And what the hell is that smell?!
Aah!
I could've been at a barbecue!
But I ain't mad.
It's all right.
That is all right.
Hey!
You need a lift, soldier?
When I flew overhead,
I saw a base not too far from here.
It ain't on the map.
Trust me. It's there.
Ten-hut!
Mr. President. General.
Welcome to Area 51.
Please follow me.
We're now 24 floors beneath the surface,
and here's our main research facility.
Let's see it.
I'm sorry, sir. It's a clean room.
We have to keep it static-free.
If we'll all go to decontamination...
Open the door.
Yes, sir.
My God. Why the hell wasn't I told about this place?
Two words, Mr. President:
plausible deniability.
I don't understand.
Where does all this come from?
How do you get funding for something like this?
You don't actually think
they spend $20,000 on a hammer,
$30,000 on a toilet seat, do you?
Mr. President, this is Dr. Okun.
He's been heading up the research department
on this project for the last 15 years.
How do you do.
Mr. President.
Wow.
This... What a pleasure.
As you can imagine,
they don't let us out much.
I can understand that.
Well, I guess you'd like to see
the big tamale, huh?
Follow me.
She's a beaut, ain't she?
As you can see from the repairs,
we've been trying to put her back together
since the late 1960s.
Don't tell me
you've had this for 40 years,
and you don't know anything about them?
Oh, hell, no. No, no.
We know tons about them.
But the neatest stuff... the neatest stuff
has only happened in the last few days.
See, we can't duplicate their type of power,
so we've never been able to experiment.
But since these guys started showing up,
all the little gizmos inside turned on.
The last 24 hours have been really exciting.
Exciting? People are dying out there.
I don't think "exciting"
is the word I'd choose to describe it.
You guys are hoping to fly this thing, huh?
You said you can repair their technology.
Can you tell us anything useful about them?
Oh, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Well, I mean,
they're not all that dissimilar from us.
Breathes oxygen.
Comparable tolerances to heat, cold.
Probably why they're interested
in our planet.
Hey.
You guys want to see them?
Hmm?
This is... This is the vault,
or as some of us have come to call it,
"The Freak Show."
Ha ha ha ha ha.
"The..."
When we found them,
they were wearing some sort of biomechanical suits,
but once we got them off,
we learned a great deal about their anatomy.
Eyes, ears, no vocal chords.
We're assuming they communicate with each other
through some other means.
You're obviously not thinking about
hand signals and body language.
It's some kind of
extrasensory perception.
Telepathy.
So...
It's an organic life form.
Can they be killed?
Their bodies are just as frail as ours.
These two died in the crash.
This one, a few weeks later.
You just...
You have to get through their technology,
which is, I'm sorry to say,
far more advanced.
David, you unlocked part of that technology.
You cracked the code.
Oh, no, no.
All I did was stumble onto their signal.
I don't know how helpful I can be.
Why don't you show them what you've discovered so far,
figure out what they haven't thought of yet,
and we'll see
if you're as smart as we all hope you are.
What code?
Captain Steven Hiller,
United States Marine Corps.
I'm sorry, Captain. This is a restricted area.
I can't let you pass without clearance.
OK. Come here.
You want to see my clearance?
Maybe I'll just leave this here with you.
Let them pass.
Get the hell out of the way.
Did you see that?
Come on down.
Watch your step.
Well, obviously, this cockpit was designed to seat three,
though how they sat on that, I don't know.
Gently.
Uh, you see these gizmos flashing?
Yeah.
We've been working around the clock
trying to get a fix on all this crap.
Some stuff we figured out right away.
Uh, this, we're pretty sure,
is the life support system for the cabin.
And, uh,
this doohickey is connected to...
Oh... Well, it was
connected to the engine.
Here. Take that, will ya?
Uh, these configurations, uh...
Well, to be honest,
we... we... we don't know what the hell this crap is.
But this is clearly what they use
to guide and navigate their craft.
Ha ha. Neat, huh?
That's very good. Somebody grab my laptop there?
Dr. Isaacs, can I just have the computer inside there?
See these patterns here? They're repeating sequentially,
just like their countdown signal.
They're using that frequency for computer communications.
Huh?
See? That's how they're coordinating their ships.
Huh. Ya know...
you're really starting to make us look bad.
They got one!
They got one alive!
They got one. Alive.
Jesus! Look, will you be OK by yourself, Dave?
Fine, Dr. Okun.
Yeah... Uh, don't touch anything.
Why is he always telling me not to touch anything?
Yeah. There.
Oh... that's why.
Right here. We got her in the back of the pickup.
How you doin', sir.
Captain Steven Hiller, United States Marine Corps.
Guess who's comin' to dinner.
I need a doctor!
Oh, boy.
How long has it been unconscious?
About three hours.
Let's get him into containment, stat.
My son, he's very sick.
He needs immediate attention.
He's drying out.
I want him sprayed down with saline.
He has a problem with his adrenal cortex.
Please!
If you don't do something about it right now,
my son will die!
OK! Just help him!
OK. O'Haver, Miller, you come with us.
You take us to him, OK?
Let's go.
OK. Move it! Move it! Move it!
As the former head of the C.I.A.,
you knew about this place.
When were you planning on informing the rest of us?
It had been deemed classified.
You should have told us about this
when they first arrived.
You should have warned us
before we launched a counterattack
that cost us the lives of hundreds of American pilots!
There was no way
we could have known that our fighters
would have been that ineffective
against their attackers.
Mr. President.
The little bit of information that we have
comes directly into this room, Mr. President.
Atlanta, Chicago, and Philadelphia...
destroyed.
We've learned that NATO
and Western Allied Installations
were the first to be taken out.
Then we were hit.
They knew exactly where and how to hit us.
And our forces?
We're down to 15%.
If you calculate the time it takes
to destroy a city and move on,
we're looking at the worldwide destruction
of every major city...
in the next 36 hours.
We're being exterminated.
Mr. President.
This is Captain Steven Hiller.
Captain.
Mr. President.
Well done.
Where is it now?
We have it isolated
down in the containment lab, sir.
I'd like to go see it.
General, I'm really anxious to get back to El Toro.
Hasn't anyone told you?
El Toro has been completely destroyed.
Oh, no.
We were lucky.
Today was the first time I used the subway.
Thank God for the metro rail.
These should last us a while.
Don't move. I'll get it for you.
Stay still.
He's your son?
He's my angel.
Was his father stationed here?
Nah, he, uh...
he wasn't his father.
But I was kind of hoping
he wanted the job, though.
So what do you do for a living?
I'm a dancer.
Ah.
Ballet?
No.
Exotic.
Oh.
Sorry.
Don't be.
I'm not.
It's good money.
Besides,
my baby's worth it.
Dylan.
Come here.
I want you to meet the first lady.
Ohh.
Hello.
Hi.
I didn't know that you'd recognized me.
Well, I didn't want to say nothing.
I voted for the other guy.
All right,
life support monitors recording.
So if we screw up, it's all on tape.
OK, come on, come on.
Let's get this biomechanical suit off him.
Put the spreader right here.
Right along the ridge.
Microprobe thingamajig goes right here,
pick there. Good.
All right, now spread it very, very gently.
Let me get in.
Uh-huh.
Gentle, gentle. That's it.
That's right... easy.
All right. OK.
Let's proceed.
Now comes the, uh,
the really icky part.
Ugh.
Oh, boy.
This is one smelly,
disgusting...
Oh, look at it.
It doesn't look alive, does it?
The arm is moving.
Aah!
Doctor!
Aah!
Doctor! Doctor!
Get it off!
Don't move! Don't move!
Help me! Help me!
Aah!
Open up that door!
My God!
Dr. Okun.
Release... me.
Open the door. Get him out of there.
No, wait.
Release me.
Now!
I know there is much
we can learn from each other
if we can negotiate a truce.
We can find a way to coexist.
Can there be a peace between us?
Peace?
No peace.
What is it you want us to do?
Die.
Die...
Uh! Uh!
Uh! Aah!
Mr. President...
Is that glass bulletproof?
No, sir.
Ah!
Are you all right?
I saw his thoughts.
I saw what they're planning to do.
They're like locusts.
They're moving from planet to planet,
their whole civilization.
After they've consumed every natural resource,
they move on.
And we're next.
Nuke 'em.
Let's nuke the bastards.
Just my luck. No ice.
I take it you've heard.
Hey, a toast.
To the end of the world.
He didn't come to this decision lightly.
He didn't have any other choice.
Yeah.
You still believe in him.
Yeah. Well, he's a good man.
Whoa... ha ha.
He better be.
You left me for him.
Or, you know, for your... career.
You know, it wasn't just my... career.
It was the biggest opportunity of my life.
I wanted my life to make a difference.
I wanted my life to mean something.
Yeah, and, um, hmm,
I wasn't, um...
ambitious enough for you?
David, you could have done anything that you wanted.
Research,
development...
Oh, honey, I was happy where I was.
Haven't you ever wanted
to be part of something special?
I was part of something special.
Well, if it makes any difference,
I never stopped loving you.
But that wasn't enough, was it?
Let's pick it up, men.
We're on a tight schedule, now. Let's go.
Let's pick it up, men.
We're working on a tight schedule. Let's go!
Pick it up, man! Pick it up!
What the hell are you doing?
Get out of there!
Look, I got something I got to handle.
I'm just borrowing it.
No, you're not, sir.
Do you really want to shoot me?
Just tell them I hit you.
Command, this is Retel Op.
The squadron is in the air.
We are on station and awaiting instructions.
Roger. Break formation, head to targets.
Sir...
they're breaking formation.
Mr. President, we're initiating sequence code.
Verification,
Alpha Zulu 6-8-9er.
Which city will be reached first?
Houston, Texas.
ETA six minutes and counting down.
Houston.
The major cities have been deserted.
Civilian casualties should be down to a minimum.
Command, this is Neighborhood Watch.
We are in position.
Tracking monitors are locked on.
We are going to visual recon.
Roger that, TCW.
They have confirmation.
Launch code confirmed.
Alpha Zulu 6-8-9er.
Standing by.
Laser targeting.
Locked on.
We're locked on, sir.
Do you wish to deploy?
Mr. President, if you wish to deploy,
the time is now.
Mr. President.
Deploy.
That's a go.
Alpha Zulu 6-8-9er, that is a go.
Here we go.
Bird's away.
We have visual confirmation of the missile.
It's on target...
approaching...
May our children forgive us.
5 seconds to impact.
3...
2...
1...
Oh, yeah, it's a hit!
Lock it down!
I said lock it down!
Can I confirm that the target was destroyed?
Get the tank commander on the line.
I want confirmation that the target was destroyed.
Yes, sir. Red Arrow Alpha 9er 7-2-3,
can you read?
Repeat, Commander, you're breaking up.
We have lost visual.
Roger that.
We're looking for confirmation.
We got the bastards.
Yeah! Good job, everyone.
Congratulations.
Commander, do you have visual?
I repeat, we need visual confirmation.
Has the target been destroyed?
Negative.
Target remains.
I repeat...
target remains.
Call the other planes back.
One of the bombers might have more luck.
Sir, we shouldn't just give up on this!
I said call them back.
Abort.
All right, abort mission.
Issue the abort codes right away.
This is an abort. Full abort.
Do you read? Abort mission right away.