ATOLL DE MORUROA NUCLEAR SITE - KEEP OUT
Damn! How do you say ""permit""? I have a permit.
- Dr. Niko Tapopopolis? - Tatopoulos.
Kyle Terrington, l"m with the U.S. State Department.
- What are they doing? - You"re being reassigned.
- But my work here isn"t finished. - It is now.
What did you see, old man?
Gojira.
That"s affirmative.
Hey, where are you going with my stuff?
Hello. Hello... That"s very delicate.
- Dr. Niko Topodopeless? - Tatopoulos.
Get these people off of the pier.
- Sir, what am I doing here? - Just watch your step.
Get them off the pier!
- Is this some kind of spill? - Something like that.
I work for the N.R.C., but accidents and spills aren"t my field.
We know.
- You interrupted my worm project. - Yeah, you"re the worm guy, right?
The spill in Chernobyl has mutated the earthworm"s DNA.
- You know what that means? - I think l"m about to find out.
Because of the accident, the worms are now 17% larger than normal.
- Sounds pretty big. - They" re enormous.
I"m a biologist. I take radioactive samples and study them.
- Here"s your sample. Study it. - What sample?
- You"re standing in it. - I don"t see it.
Where is it?
I don"t see it.
Colonel!
I was standing inside a footprint!
That"s right.
There"s no animal in the world that makes footprints that big, is there?
I told them this isn"t your field, but they never listen to genius.
This is Elsie Chapman, the paleontologist. She"s your boss.
Those were footprints, right? Did anybody see what made them?
Actually... no such luck.
Nobody knew what hit them until it was over.
The tape"s in. The French finally released it.
This is a Japanese cannery ship that was sunk near French Polynesia.
We believe it"s connected. Dr. Craven, this is the worm guy.
Sorry. Summer cold.
Gojira...
- Come on! - Have a nice day.
Wait!
- They say it" ll rain all week. - What"s with the bags?
- Caiman"s groceries. - Speak of the devil...
This is the midget version. Can we put this on the five, please?
- You think I should ask him? - No! Audrey...
- Did you talk with Humphries? - Not now.
- Did you? - lt"s between you and Rodriguez.
He"s considering me for the job? What else did he say?
Let"s talk about it over dinner. Your place.
- You" re married. - Yes. And you" re very beautiful.
I"ve done research for you after hours for over three years.
This is a very important job to me.
I"m too old to be your assistant anymore. It"s time to move on.
- So have dinner with me tonight. - I can"t.
It"s your choice.
Say hello to your new co-anchor, Desireé Pon.
Welcome aboard.
Can I have a pillow, phone book, or something?
Hello, New York. Today at five we"ll ask Fat Pat when the rain will end.
So, three years digging up worms in Chernobyl...
- How did Mrs. Tatapolis handle it? - Tatopoulos. I"m not married.
- A girlfriend, or..? - No. Perhaps I work too much.
So there"s no one who holds a special place in your heart?
No. Not for a long time now.
You may be the wrong man for the job, but I think you" re cute.
Thank you.
She thinks l"m cute.
Who the hell are they?
- Get those people out of there. - They" re with me.
- Is that right? Who are you? - La Rochelle lnsurance.
- We" re preparing our report. - You" re pretty damn fast.
- But you" re getting in our way. - What could have done this?
Mr. Roach, get your people out of here, or I will.
The captain"s getting some coffee. Then he"s gonna kick your asses.
What the hell is that dope-head doing?
Artie, what the hell"s wrong? Why are we slowing down?
She"s at full throttle. Maybe she"s heavy in the net.
- How come we stopped? Net full? - I don"t think so.
We must be caught on something.
Bring in the nets.
- What"s going on? - We" re bringing them in.
- Should I shut down the engines? - No, keep pulling.
Cut them loose!
Look out!
Cut them loose! Hurry!
She"s going down!
Did you hear that?
We just got a report of three fishing trawlers going down.
- What makes you think it"s related? - They were pulled under, sir.
This thing"s only 200 miles away, and we don"t even know what it is.
Theropoda allosaurus. We thought it died out in the Cretaceous Period.
- So where"s it been hiding so long? - What about the radiation?
It"s a clue.
- lt"s too big to be a dinosaur. - Then what the hell is it?
What do we know?
It was first sighted off of the French Polynesian Pacific.
That area has been exposed to dozens of nuclear tests.
- Hence the radiation. - More than that...
I believe it"s a mutated abberation.
- A hybrid caused by fallout. - Like your earthworms?
Yes.
We" re looking at an incipient creature. The dawn of a new species.
The first of its kind.
- My life sucks. - Oh, please...
- His life sucks. - Because l"m married to you.
- Think, he put the moves on me. - He is scum.
To him, you"re just a pair of breasts that talk.
- Hey, there"s an image. - l"m telling you, he"s dirt.
- He"s gutter slime, dog crap. - Don"t you see l"m eating?
You"re too damn nice. Nice gets you nothing in this town.
You"ve got to be a killer to get ahead.
You just don"t got what it takes.
- Do you think that"s true? - Pretty much. You"re a nice person.
Nice guys finish last.
- I can be tough if I want. - Yeah, sure.
I can.
- No, yeah... - Whatever. My God!
Could you turn that up?
- lt"s Nick. - Who is he?
He was my college sweetie. He looks so handsome on TV.
There is tight security around the crash site...
... possibly due to the sensitive military cargo on the plane.
Unload this thing. I"m getting soaked here.
- Gonna catch one of the small fish? - I hope so.
But you never know.
- Today could be my lucky day. - You" ll probably just catch a cold.
I got a bite.
Boy, do I have a bite!
- You got a big one, Joe. - You want to fight?
Here he is, the man you"ve all been waiting for:
Mayor Ebert!
Thank you.
I want to thank you all for coming out on this beautiful day.
Four years ago, people didn"t think I would reduce crime.
But I did!
I"m grateful that we"re getting a new set. But listen...
We"re the only station that doesn"t have the Korean hold-up as our lead.
- What"s our lead? Rain, again! - Mom?
I know, we" re classy.
But I don"t give a rat"s ass about some country I can"t even pronounce.
How about a real story?
I think your story just walked by the window.
What?
Get in the Korean"s hospital room.
- What was Romeo"s name? - Nick Tatopoulos.
- Is that why you dumped him? - No.
- How long did you go out for? - Nearly four years.
- Why didn"t he propose to you? - Well, that"s the problem.
He did.
Tell me that"s not another parade...
I don"t think that"s a parade.
What the hell is that?
Are you all right?
Victor! Don"t be stupid.
Jesus, Mary and Joseph! That is really...
... Iarge.
Come on, you bastard.
Victor, get back here, you retard.
Come on!
- Sergeant O"Neal, sir. - Any word from the mayor's office?
Yes, sir. They"ve agreed to evacuate the city.
Evacuate Manhattan? That"s over three million people.
- Where is he now? - We lost sight of it, sir.
Run that by me again.
After its initial attack... he disappeared.
Secretary of Defence Burk is on the phone.
- Can something so big disappear? - We" re not sure...
- He probably returned to the river. - I don"t think so.
This is perfect. An island, water on all sides.
A place where he can easily hide. He"s in there someplace.
Channel 12 caught it on tape.
I'm Charles Caiman, WIDF.
Wee New Yorkers think weve seen it all, -
- but what you will see now will shock you.
This is footage we have that indicates -
- a dinosaur is loose in Manhattn.
This footage was shot half an hour ago.
The cameraman, Victor "Animal" Palotti, survived unharmed.
- Weren"t you scared? - Yes. I thought Lucy would ki I l me.
Damn right, you crazy wop.
We have to relocate to the New Jersey station.
You" re riding in the chopper with Caiman.
- Are you going to be all right? - Yeah. Audrey" ll spend the night.
A threesome. I"m a little tired...
Dozens of people are reported killed.
Civil defence stations are being set up throughout Manhattn.
The military is setting up a command post in New Jersey...
- My bag! - Mr. Caiman...
I have a connection in the mi I itary.
- I can get inside information. - Leave that to the big boys.
The bag.
- This is crazy. Let"s go. - Wait up.
Wait.
- Can we get a cab? - Audrey, what are you thinking?
The worst act of destruction since the Weorld Trade Centre bombing.
Thousands have jammed the streets in a mass evacuation.
And many people are not happy about it.
Among them, the managers of the stores on 5th and Madison Ave.
The Wearner Bros. and Disney stores have been looted.
The streets are jammed, leaving emergency vehicles without access.
There 's a stream out of the city, -
- as if Long Island or New Jersey were any refuge.
If l" m wrong about this, they" I l hang me from the Liberty torch.
We agreed, no sweets unti I after the election.
Back off, Gene.
- Who the hel I are they? - A contingent of business people.
- I don"t have time for this. - Campaign contributors.
I share your concerns.
I want to get this city back in business as soon as possible.
La Rochelle lnsurance. We represent 13% of the buildings in this city.
- You can count on our support. - Thank you.
What do you plan to do?
- Where"s your lD? - Don"t you watch TV?
I had a badge on my bag.
- I don"t know, Lucy... - What? You stole it.
- Finally you got a little chutzpah. - What if Caiman finds out?
How often will you have an ex-boyfriend inside a major story?
It"s a once in a lifetime opportunity.
Stick this thing...
- Have you got any glue? - My forgery kit"s at the office.
Coffee.
- No croissant? - No, monsieur.
- You call this coffee? - No, I call this America.
- That's where we are at this point. - Hold on.
I evacuated the city for nothing in an election month?
Do you realize what it" ll cost?
We"ve monitored the waters. As far as we can tell, it"s still here.
We believe it may be hiding in a building in the restricted area.
- But you don"t know for sure. - Mr. Mayor!
We have to check each building.
- What is it? - That may be difficult to do.
Terrific! More good news!
We"ve run in to a problem.
- Do you believe this? - I don"t know what"s going on.
Right here, sir. Let"s go, fall in downstairs.
We found this, this afternoon.
The floor was gone in the building above.
When we discovered he could burrow through the tunnels, we realized...
... he could be outside the zone.
- How many lead off the island? - 14. He hasn"t used any of them.
- Have them all sealed up. - Yes, sir.
How?
Fill them up with cement, put landmines in them. I don"t care.
Make sure it doesn"t leave the island.
He"s not an enemy trying to evade you. He"s just an animal.
What are you suggesting?
When I had to catch earthworms, the best way was to draw them out.
We only need to find out what he needs, and he" ll come to you.
- Where are they now? - Delta Niner, where is the convoy?
They just entered the city.
I have no radio contact with the convoy.
- Convoy ETA is ten minutes. - We"ve got to hurry.
Man your positions. Ten minutes ETA.
- Is it good? - Yes.
Let"s go! Let"s go!
- You said this was French Roast! - Yeah, well, look.
More cream.
Bring them in.
- I hope this plan of yours works. - l"m hoping that myself.
Did you approve this? 12 of the city"s dump trucks...
- Would you tell me what"s going on? - No. And don"t touch anything.
- So? - Everything is on schedule, sir.
- Sure you didn"t know about this? - No one told me anything.
Dump!
- Very strange, no? - No. Very clever.
Pile it on, and let"s get out of here.
That"s a lot of fish.
Come on, you bastard, it"s supper time.
Is this going to work?
Get the manholes uncovered. We want him to smell the bait.
Come on.
Let"s go!
- Get those lids off. - What the hell is he doing?
This way.
This one.
Give me the crowbar.
Set up here. I"ve got a shot.
This is Six Alpha Charlie. Weeve got to move.
We need bigger guns.
- We"ve lost communications. - Fire at will!
Fire!
What"s going on?
He"s gone. Echo unit is in pursuit.
Follow my lead.
All systems armed.
He's pulling away.
Locked on.
- Target is locked on. - Fire the damn missile.
- Fire at will. - Fire sidewinders.
Damn! That is a negative impact. Repeat, negative impact.
- Negative impact, sir. - That"s the damn Chrysler Building.
- You told me he was locked on. - We had you locked on.
They" re heat-seekers. He"s colder than the buildings.
Freddie!
- What? - Let"s go, before we get caught.
I"ve got that feeling that something really bad is going to happen.
- Descend to 300 feet. Lasers on. - Target at 1 1 o"clock.
Where"d he go?
Get it together, guys.
- Echo 4, ready. - Echo 2, ready.
Fire!
We got him.
- We"ve lost Echo 1 and 2. - Where is the target?
He"s right on my tail.
I don"t think I can shake him.
I think I lost him.
We"ve lost Echo 4, sir.
What"s the matter with you people? You caused more damage than he did.
- Calm down. Have some candy. - Leave me alone!
I can"t believe it.
He did all of this, and we did nothing to him.
That"s not true. We fed him.
Here at the command centre there is nothing new to report.
The military has clamped a media blackout on whatever is going on.
They will not comment on their attempts to contain this creature.
The situation is under control. We have containment.
- Can I help you? - Do you have any pregnancy tests?
The ones that look for gonadotropic hormones.
I don"t know...
- This is all we"ve got. - l" ll take all of them.
You must have quite some harem.
Audrey, is that you? What are you doing here?
- Wow! How much is that? - $46.
God, you look... How have you been?
It"s good to see you, Nick.
So you made it... You" re a reporter.
That"s what you always wanted. I"m happy for you. Really, I am.
You" re still mad at me?
You left without a phone call, a letter, nothing. All this time.
Yeah, I guess l"m still a little mad.
That was eight years ago. Some people change.
Most people don"t.
I"m sorry you feel that way.
Audrey...
You"re right. Eight years is a long time.
- Can I make you a cup of tea? - Sure, that"d be nice.
Why is an anti-nuke activist working for the Nuclear Regulatory people?
When you and I went to rallies, we helped to create awareness.
But now, from the inside, l"m able to effect real change.
- What changes? - l"m preparing a census.
I"m cataloging new species that were created by nuclear contamination.
- That"s what created this thing? - Yes. I found a blood sample today.
- How close did you get to it? - Pretty close.
- What else did you find out? - We know he eats tons of fish.
He"s amphibious. He"s a burrower. And...
... he"s pregnant.
- He is? - He"s a very unusual he.
These tests weren"t designed for this, -
- but they look for the same hormonal patterns.
If he"s the first of his kind, how can he be pregnant?
- He reproduces asexually. - Where"s the fun in that?
I kept thinking, why would he travel so far?
Lots of animals travel great distances for reproduction.
That"s what he"s doing in New York. He"s nesting.
Did you know a lizard can lay up to 12 eggs at a time?
- lmagine. - I didn"t know that.
I have to get this to the lab and see if I can confirm all this.
I"ll be right back.
Gojira...
- Joey, there"s nothing down here. - I heard... something.
You heard nothing. It"s a dead end.
- Anything? - No. Nothing down here.
All the king's horses and men cannot put the city together again.
Audrey Timmonds, WIDF News.
- You owe me a beer. - I should"ve worn my hai r back.
How did you get hold of this?
Li ke you said, nice guys finish last.
- Thank you. I love you. - What..?
Murray! Come here a second.
Hold on. What is it?
There are other places this thing has attacked.
- Whose story is that? - Mine!
If we can lure him into Central Park, we can take him down.
- Last time, you didn"t scratch it. - That"s not true.
- Dr. Tatopoulos has found blood. - Yes, I did.
We get him into the open, and use weapons that aren"t heat-seeking.
The situation has become more complicated.
The blood I collected revealed that it is about to lay eggs.
- There"s another of those things? - No, I don"t believe so.
Then how can it be pregnant? What is this, the Virgin Lizard?
No, it reproduces asexually. We have to find the nest quickly.
Or we"ll have a dozen of them, each capable of laying eggs on its own.
- Their population may grow quickly. - We" ll kill the creature first.
That may be too late. The eggs are going to hatch very quickly.
- How do you know that? - The fish we found on the subway.
It wasn"t just for himself. He"s preparing to feed his young.
Stay tuned for a special report.
Where have you been? Your spot is up right after this.
- Turn it up. - Can you turn it up, please?
If Dr. Tatopoulos is right, we must act quickly.
You want to divide our efforts based on some wild theory?
- Nick"s come through for us before. - Come through?
You weren"t even able to keep this thing out of Manhattan.
Gentlemen, I think we should see this.
More on Manhattn 's newest pest.
Gojira...
Godzilla is what Japanese sailors called a mythological sea dragon -
- who filled their hearts with fear.
- He stole my report! - That myth has become reality.
- I don"t bel ieve it! - Who is this Godzilla?
It"s Goj i ra, you moron!
A path can be traced from Manhattn to French Polynesia, -
- and nuclear tests sites.
Dr. Tapadopoulos believes the creature may be nesting, -
- using Manhattn as ground zero to cultivate the species.
The military has been unable...
- You went to the press with this? - No.
- They mentioned you by name! - Yeah.
- You gave them the tape? - No, it"s in my tent.
Oh, my God! She took it.
Pack your stuff. You" re off this project.
We" re leaving.
I"m so sorry about all this.
Make sure that Hicks finds that nest before it"s too late.
I" ll try.
He"s not there? A second ago you said he was on the other line.
It"s urgent. Yes. Nick Tatopoulos.
You" re leaving? Why?
Is it because of my story?
- What did you think would happen? - You never said not to print it.
I shouldn"t have to, Audrey. I trusted you.
I have to tell you...
I lied to you. I"m not a reporter.
When I came here to New York, I was so sure l"d make it.
But I haven"t. That"s why I needed the story so bad.
I just couldn"t tell you l"m a failure.
- So it was okay to steal my tapes? - No. I shouldn"t have done that.
Good luck with your new career. I think you have what it takes.
Newark Airport.
I"m sorry...
Give her a break.
Is this the best way to the airport?
Sir, where are you going? Hey, hello!
Stop the car, right now.
- Let me out of here! - l"m afraid I can"t do that.
I know you, don"t l?
- You" re that insurance guy. - Agent Philippe Roaché.
D. G.S.E. Direction Générale de la Securité Extérieure.
Sounds big.
The French Secret Service.
Your American friends decided not to look for the creature"s nest.
- What? How do you know that? - We know.