No, um, I'm ticklish.
( Groans )
This is no ordinary garden.
No, it's certainly not.
Can you smell the air? It's so fresh, so pure.
(voices in distance)
No time to smell the roses. Let's go.
Datsun: Sir, you need to see this.
- What's happening? - Movement.
It's coming at us fast.
(ground rumbling)
What are you talking about?
I thought we were safe at this elevation.
Not anymore, sir.
Root growth just erupted around Lake Tahoe.
The disaster's really picking up steam. It's spreading everywhere.
How long before transport arrives?
I'm unable to make contact with them.
Okay, what do you mean you can't make contact?
( Computer beeping )
Man: Whoa, whoa.
We need to evacuate right now.
- Let's go. - You guys get out of here!
Soldier: Move, move, move, people!
Datsun: I don't see it following us yet.
- Look out! ( ground explodes )
( brakes screech )
Reverse. Reverse! Get us out of here!
Datsun: I can't. It's behind us.
(yelling )
Kate: I don't see him.
All right, come on.
( Liquids bubbling )
Whoa.
( Beeps )
What do you think's going on here?
I don't know.
Joe: But this has got to be where those roots came from.
Look at that.
- Are those seeds? - Yeah.
That's cold.
They're keeping these seeds dormant.
- Why? - I have no idea.
( Door rattles )
Go, go, go, go.
(door unlocks)
You people better pray this area we're going to hasn't been affected.
'Cause no way can I land this thing anywhere else.
And depending on how fast those roots spread,
we may not have enough fuel to get clear.
Let's pray for a miracle.
Good luck with that.
You don't believe in miracles?
Six months ago, my wife and daughter were involved in a car accident.
My wife died instantly.
My daughter was in a coma for four weeks.
I prayed by her bedside every night
to any god who would listen.
Then my child died.
So, no.
I don't believe anybody's looking after us.
( Beeping, bubbling )
( beeping rapidly )
( computer beeping )
What was that?
The world needs to see this footage, Joe.
Yeah.
We got enough evidence to nail them.
Let's go.
Tompkins: These seeds Frame is using in his experiments,
if they're in fact from the Garden of Eden,
what exactly is it we're gonna find down there?
If Frame did recreate the garden and we find it,
it'll be miraculous.
It's been said "He who walks among the garden
shall have the healing power of gods."
I just don't know that my belief system's ready
to take that big of a leap.
Well, regardless of the seeds' origin,
do you have any idea what this means if we find them?
The miraculous good they can do for the earth?
Are you nuts?
These seeds need to be destroyed immediately.
- Destroyed? - Yes.
I don't think so, Agent Tompkins.
These seeds are the greatest find in history.
Everything you've ever read in a science hook
is going to change.
These seeds are the single greatest threat
mankind has ever seen.
That's because the roots are out of control.
If we can modify the seeds,
they have the power to revitalize the earth,
the power to regrow rain forests
and areas inflicted with droughts.
Nothing on earth has such powers.
Tompkins: They're too dangerous, Doctor.
All I see is my country being destroyed.
The irony is, we started it.
What are you talking about?
SCOPE was involved in a covert op that went bad.
That's how the seeds got out.
Federal agents were trying to get their hands on them.
Why didn't you tell me this before?
I didn't know about it until Bob told me a half an hour ago.
The roots stem from an original embryonic root.
The taproot.
If he knows exactly where the seeds began growing,
we might be able to stop them by killing the taproot.
Contact SCOPE.
I need to talk to Director Wilson.
Yes, sir.
Good news, Noel.
I created a serum that can lower the metabolism of the roots.
Does that mean we can stop the overgrowth?
If we can find the original embryonic root,
we can put it to sleep and bring it here.
Analysis of the taproot can tell us
what went wrong, how it mutated,
and how we can prevent such a catastrophe from happening again.
Come on, come on.
( Walkie-talkie static )
- Guard: Hey! - Go! Run, run!
(gunshots)
( gasping )
- Sir? - Yeah.
I've just learned SCOPE'S mobile unit
was taken out just after we left.
- Are they sure? - Pilot: Yes.
Pilot: Reports are the whole Tahoe area has been destroyed.
Guard on walkie-talkie: Intruders are northwest of me.
Shoot on sight. Shoot on sight.
Oh, God.
- ( Gunfire) - ( yelling )
(grunts)
Don't-- don't stop. Go, go, go, go, go
How much further?
I think I see it up ahead.
That's incredible.
That forest is like an oasis.
It's completely untouched.
Any idea what would've kept it so insulated?
Stein: If it's Frame's property,
he's certain to have modified the plants.
But I'll have no way of knowing until we get down there and investigate.
( Panting )
- You okay? - I can't run anymore.
Okay, that's okay. I think we lost them.
I can't believe I lost that damn camera.
We have to go back and get that video, Joe.
The-- that video is the only proof we have.
No, no way. It's too risky.
Besides, they probably found it.
Maybe they didn't. Maybe it's just lying there on the ground.
( Helicopter blades whirring )
You hear that?
Yeah.
Hide. Hide.
Man, these guys just don't give up.
Maybe it's not the same guys shooting at us.
They might be someone who could help.
- Only one way to find out. - Okay.
Tell security they are not to let that aircraft land on the grounds.
Frame: My work is at too critical a stage for interruption.
Yes, sir.
- And tell them to mind the clocks. - Yes, sir.
Security...
There's an open area to land in near that dome.
Gonna take her down there.
- ( Bullets ricocheting ) - Get down!
- I'm taking fire! - No kidding! Get us out of here!
- ( Glass breaking ) - ( Stein screams)
We're going down. Hang on.
Oh, my God.
Joe: They hit it.
This is not gonna be a soft landing.
(metal crunching)
( screams )
Check for survivors.
( Panting )
Are you okay?
For God's sake. Who's shooting at us?
Somebody who doesn't want us here.
What are we gonna do?
I mean, these guys are ruthless.
Why would they shoot down a helicopter?
Well, the same reason they're shooting at us.
Well, should we check if there are survivors?
No. No, I guarantee those gunslingers
are on their way to that wreckage right now.
There's nothing we can do to help them.
We need that video, right?
Okay, let's go back and look for it while those guys are distracted
and then we'll get the heck out of here.
Okay.
Is he alive?
No.
(Tompkins cocks gun )
You ever use one of these?
Me?
No, no, no. I don't do guns.
( Bird chirping )
( panting )
Oh!
( Birds chirping )
Oh, my-
Jack, look at this.
- Yeah, this is the spot. - Yeah?
- Yeah. - Where's the camera?
- You see it? - No.
Joe.
You found it?
Bag's empty
They took the camera.
Newscaster: Moments ago, we received this stunning footage
from our affiliate in Sacramento
showing enormous roots growing out of
the Sierra Nevada Mountains of Central California, heading west.
Tens of millions of people are in its path.
Chaotic evacuations have jammed the roads and trains,
bringing the transportation system to a standstill.
- Just as alarming... -( knock on door)
- ( door opens) - ...the growth is accelerating...
It was a government helicopter.
They only found the pilot dead.
Have them sweep the grounds.
Someone else had to be aboard.
One of the guards found this.
(whispering ) Here, come here.
Oh, my God.
Tetracentron.
It's an extinct plant genus.
This is the garden, Jack.
So this is Frame's property.
That's no coincidence it's remained unscathed.
I can't believe that bastard's trying to kill us.
Those roots-- those monster roots,
they just can't seem to get in here, right?
So there's gotta be something here that's stopping them.
Something in the plants?
Something in the soil.
How's that?
Some plants have pesticidal abilities.
They excrete an antitoxin into the soil
to protect against invasive vegetation.
I'll bet you anything this garden has enriched
the surrounding soil with antitoxins.
Like an antibody.
It has to be what's keeping the roots out.
These antitoxins are the key.
You need to get to work making a--
what is it-- serum or something, right?
How? I don't have the equipment.
I need a lab to extract the antitoxin.
It's that facility. I bet there's a lab in it.
And if there is, I know I can get us inside.
Let's go.
SCOPE agent on video: The sooner you show me the product,
the sooner we can get out of here.
Kyle on video: Is that the money? Show me.
SCOPE agent on video: Now you show me something.
Come on, come on. This way.
( Footsteps approaching )
(grunting )
Don't hurt him, please.
Who are you?
We didn't mean anything. We're only trying to save lives.
- Who are you? - We're environmentalists, okay?
- Who are you? - Were you in that chopper
they shot down?
What are you doing here?
We're trying to prove that these guys started this disaster.
- Who? - They're like some kind of
fringe scientists or something.
We've been to their lab.
They have, like, test tubes with roots and seeds in them.
Get up.
You need to take us to the lab now.
No-- no way. It's too dangerous.
- Now. - They're trying to kill us.
Do you have any idea what's going on out there?
This country is being destroyed.
If we don't stop it, there'll be nothing left.
What?
Well, then we need to get to our families.
You can't. There's nowhere to go.
We're surrounded by destruction.
This area's the only part of the region that's been spared.
Oh, my God.
Wh-- why do you need to go to the lab?
To make an antitoxin to kill the roots.
You wanna see your family again or not?
Your call.
Joe's voice on video: Was that a gunshot?
Kate's voice: Oh, my God. They shot him.
What's happening?
Joe's voice on video: An earthquake.
What is that?
Kate's voice: Oh, my God. What? Okay.
The taproot.
So we were watching an illegal hazardous waste dump.
A man in a van showed up with some other men.
They shot him. He dropped something,
and then those giant roots grew like crazy.
No wonder the roots grew so fast.
The seeds were released in a hazardous waste site.
The roots had the same reaction to the bombs.
They mutated as a defensive measure, right?
To cleanse the earth of all toxins.
Jack, they can show us where the taproot is.
( Noel cocks gun ) Freeze!
Put your hands in the air!
This is Noel. I've captured trespassers in the northern woods.
Need security here now.
Guard on walkie-talkie: Roger that.
Noel is it?
I'm a federal agent.
We need to use your lab, okay?
- Put your gun down. - Can't do that.
Noel, it's me, Dr. Stein.
We've talked on the phone.
Frame hired me to find the seeds.
I said don't move.
Stay right there.
Easy! All right, I'm gonna drop to a knee,
okay, guys?
When I do, I want you to run right back the way we came.
- Okay? - Yep,
- Everybody good? - Mm-hmm.
In position.
Go.
- Get down! - ( gunshots)
(gunfire)
(groaning )
Come on. We'll take you to the lab.
This way.
Come on.
Oh, my God.
Guard: We've got him pinned down!
Wallace, circle around!
I was right.
There's some kind of chemical compound in the soil.
The antitoxin you were talking about?
I have to extract it.
Can you get me some water?
(gas hissing )
- Do you have a lighter? - Yeah. Here.
So you think this stuff can stop the roots?
- (door handle juggles ) - ( knock on door )
Frame: Who's in there?
Frame: There is critical work in there that can't be disturbed!
I warned you there was a danger
to releasing a prehistoric plant
in this toxic world!
What, you know this guy?
Frame: Jocelyn, is that you?
There's no need for this, Jocelyn.
Open the door.
Frame: Kyle betrayed me.
He released a seed before it was ready.
It caused the metabolism of the roots to go wild.
That's why I've contained my work
to soils that were pure.
That magnificent garden out there that the seeds have spawned.
That's my vision.
Not the horrible destruction that was unleashed on the world.
I don't want that any more than you do.
I've found a way to stop it.
Frame: Then we must work together.
In a matter of hours, the roots will reach the coastline.
This will cause an explosion of new growth
as they consume the polluted ocean waters.
The whole world will be threatened.
You already tried to kill me once.
What guarantee do I have that you're telling the truth?
I was defending my life's work.
I had no idea it was you.
I would never harm you, Jocelyn.
You know that. Please.
Open the door.
We need to work together to solve this crisis
before it's too late.
You're not really gonna open that door, are you?
We can turn this around.
The mutated roots are purifying the earth.
They're destroying man's pollutants.
So imagine what they can do if we--
if we can control them.
(door unlocks)
Good to see you, Jocelyn.
I've extracted an anti-toxin from your garden soil.
If we inject it in the taproot,
it will kill it.
That's going to be difficult without knowing
the exact location of the taproot.
They know the location of ground zero.
- Noel. - ( 93595 )
You shouldn't play with guns.
They can go off.
That's it. Get up.
Let's go.
Frame: Noel.
Jack, we don't have as much time as we thought.
Within hours, the roots will hit the Pacific
and this crisis will go global.
Agent Tompkins, I'm Jeremy Frame.
Yeah, I know who you are.
My apologies for the aggressive nature of our defense.
Surely you understand how high the stakes have become,
given my property's the only sanctuary.
Jack, I extracted the antitoxin from the soil.
Is it strong enough to kill the roots?
Yes. inoculate it directly into the taproot,
it should circulate through the system
- and kill all the roots. - You concur with that?
Dr. Stein has never disappointed.
Well, there is one problem.
Once the taproot realizes its limbs are dying,
it could regenerate new ones the way it did after it was bombed.
It would start the whole disaster all over again.
So we'll just blow it up after we poison the roots.
Tompkins: But how do we even get to the damn thing?
I don't believe that the aircraft you arrived in
sustained any mechanical damages.
No, but you killed my pilot.
- Who's gonna fly it? - Frame: I will.
I have a Class One pilot certificate.
Okay, you kids sure you remember where ground zero is?
- Yeah. Kemble Mines, near Lovelock. - Mm-hmm.
Good. Let's move.
Are you sure you want to go through with their plan, sir?
Isn't the taproot the key to learning what went wrong?
You guys are crazy, you know that?
Are you really gonna trust this lunatic?
- You wanna fly this thing? - Yeah, this guy gives me the creeps.
We don't have a choice. Hop in.
- ( Alarm blaring ) - ( yelling )
(ground shaking )
Frame: We've reached the coordinates of the mine.
Either one of you recognize anything?
It all looks so different.
Hey, hey. Over there.
I can see the entrance to the mine.
See those cluster roots? That's where the taproot is.
Well, if that's ground zero, it means the roots are cutting
right through the mine shaft.
- Right here. - Where can you land?
I see a level area
just above the mine entrance.
We can land there.
All right. You two kids stay in the chopper.
What, are you kidding me?
We didn't come all this way just to sit here.
You did your part. Now let us do ours.
Tompkins: Watch your step.
No telling what's down here.
Besides hazardous waste?
Could be anything.
Bats...
rusted metals...
rattlesnakes.
I've trekked through tropical jungles,
waded through infectious waters,
and I meet my demise on a rusty nail.
( Static )
(woman's voice, faint)
...from Sacramento have been cut off
as aerial footage shows massive destruction
and possibly thousands dead
as the anomaly spreads west.
Whoa.
Good God.
Tompkins: So that's the taproot.
I've never seen a taproot anything close
to this kind of structure.
(dirt, debris pattering )
Magnificent.
Shame we have to destroy it.
I could spend the rest of my life studying this thing.
That thing is a killing machine.
I can't tell you how much sleep I'm not gonna lose
once I blow it to kingdom come.
First we need to poison the root system
before the roots reach the coast.
( Cocks gun )
(Tompkins reloads gun )
( hissing )
(liquid bubbling)
How long before the poison kills all the roots?
With a taproot this size,
it could take a while.
(ground creaking )
- ( groaning ) - What's happening?
Stein: Incredible.
It's already starting to regenerate.
It knows the roots are being poisoned.
Why is the ground shaking?
Kate: Something's wrong.
I don't know.
Joe: But it can't be good.
-( Beeping ) - I'm gonna set this detonator
for one minute, before this thing has a chance to regenerate.
- Tompkins: Get ready to run. - Not so fast.
I think we should go see if they need help.
Let's go.
Whoa.
Come on, Frame.
What are you gonna do, shoot me?
- Yes. - ( screams )
( panting )
( groans )
What are you doing? We have to stop this.
The root, yes.
There's no need to destroy the taproot.
Yes, there is. It will regenerate a new root system if we don't.
( Groans )
Open the case.
I won't ask again.
( Groans )
- What is this? - Take it out.
It's a serum.
It will put the taproot into a dormant state
so it can be studied.
Frame: You said yourself it would be a shame to destroy it.
Inoculate the root.
You're insane.
This thing is way too dangerous to preserve.
If I can train the taproot to grow normally
in polluted environments,
it will cleanse the world.
We can start anew in a purified Earth.
The Earth that God intended it to be.
God never would've intended this.
- ( groans) - No!
Ah
(groaning )
Jack!Jack! Jack.
Oh, my God. Hang on, Kate!
Come on.
We don't have much time.
Kate: They're all around us. What do we do?
Joe: Just hang on to something.
( Metal creaking )
You okay?
We need to get you to a doctor.
Good luck with that.
( Footsteps echoing )
Oh, my God. You guys okay?
He's been shot.
We have to get him out of here.
No, no, no, no. We can help him.
You're doctors?
( Chuckles ) Yeah, I wish.
Leaves from the garden?
Yes.
(coughing )
This I gotta see.
Hey, don't knock it, man.
These saved my ass today.
(coughing continues)
(Tompkins groans)
Oh. "W"
How?
They secrete a resin
with extraordinary healing powers.
No kidding.
You're right. We're all gonna have to buy new science books.
Yeah.
( Bubbling )
( beeping )
I think I got it.
(squeaking )
Look how tame this one is.
How'd you do that?
Frame's research and some
good old-fashioned genetic modification.
"Good old-fashioned genetic modification."
Good thing about these seeds having accelerated metabolic rates
is that you can alter their genomes in a matter of hours.
Well, yeah, you know...
'Course.
This is how Frame created his garden.
This plant is a miracle.
Yes, it is.
Go on.
I still don't trust it.
Have faith, Jack.
(sighs)
( inhales deeply )
Will you-- will you look at that?
What-- what do you know?
Wow.
( Music playing )