J"J"
OK.
It's gonna work this time.
Here we go. Here we go.
Polarity condensers at 75%.
Close enough.
I hope it's gonna work.
Come on.
No!
And it overloads again.
How was the last diagnostic?
We still have a 10-second targeting-system delay.
- Acceptable, but barely. - My concern is containment.
If that solar flare's a B class, we'll have to shut it down.
Great. We have an untested system
and we're giving demonstration to the president.
No pressure.
Are we ready, Dr. Whitlow?
I would feel more comfortable if we had another month.
We're over budget and out of time.
This is our one last shot.
Thank you, Brian. Good luck.
Mr. President,
Vice President Crane.
Been looking forward to this, Brian.
- Let's start the show. - Yes, sir.
Please, have a seat.
Today, we unveil the world's most advanced
global defense system:
A space-based interceptor
armed with unlimited energy.
Dr. Jane Whitlow is gonna take us through a demonstration.
Thank you.
In 2010, our high-frequency disruptor program
made an incredible scientific breakthrough.
We discovered how to use high-frequency pulses
to affect the Earth's magnetosphere.
The purpose: to eventually combat
global warming by affecting weather patterns.
But the potential didn't stop there.
We also discovered we could affect the sun's magnetosphere
and use it to harness incredible power.
We will start by sending
an extreme high-frequency pulse into the sun.
How safe is this, Dr. Whitlow?
VEN-
The pulse will disrupt a localized area
in the sun's magnetic field,
releasing an A-class solar flare
with zero threat potential.
Peter?
We're up.
Activating.
Five, four, three, two, one.
The sun's released energy will now be collected
by our satellite and then redirected
as a focused beam to destroy targeted space objects.
Tracking trajectory.
Activating solar array.
We're in position.
Energy collection in five, four,
three, two, one.
We're at maximum capacity. Containment is holding.
Mr. President, the unlimited power of the sun
has now armed us against any oncoming threat,
be it a rogue missile, satellite, or asteroid.
For the purpose of this test,
we've chosen one of our decommissioned communication satellites.
Peter, fire when ready.
Target is locked.
lon beam initialized.
Yes! All right!
That's what I'm talking about.
That's the stuff.
Congratulations. Congratulations.
Ladies and gentlemen,
you've just witnessed the future of global defense.
Stuck my neck out to keep this alive.
I'm glad I did.
Excellent work, Dr. Whitlow.
- Thank you. - Very impressive.
Thank you very much.
We're in the clear.
Well...
We just made history.
And our next round of funding.
So, can I breathe now?
What's happening?
Peter, what just happened?
Massive system failure.
The satellite's emptying its energy banks.
Where? What's it targeting?
The sun.
Shut it down! Now!
What the hell's going on?
Our satellite just triggered a solar storm.
- How big? - Peter, status!
Oh, hell! Looks like the first solar flare is an X-class.
How bad is an X-class?
Satellites, power grids,
electronics, navigation system...
They'll all be affected.
When?
Approximately 10 minutes.
You have the right to remain silent.
Anything you say or do can and will
be held against you in a court of law.
- You have the right to speak to an attorney. - Easy, huh?
If you can't afford one, one will be appointed you. Do you understand?
- Yeah. - Do you wish to call a lawyer?
You'll pay for the legal fees, right?
Ah!
Davis, not a half-bad takedown.
Houston, your pat search was terrible.
You didn't properly handcuff the felon.
So you both fail.
Fail?
Yeah. As in you just screwed up.
Your partner makes a mistake, you both pay the price.
So pack up.
I wanna see you both back at the academy in half an hour.
Yeah.
I guess if that was a real situation,
you probably would've saved my life.
Yeah. But I think I would've preferred a pass.
The dinosaurs were everywhere.
They roamed the land, flew through the air,
and swam in the seas.
But 65 million years ago,
something happened that totally killed them off.
Does anyone know what caused the extinction of dinosaurs?
The ice age. Even my baby brother knows that.
Thank you, Sam.
Extreme climate change is a possibility.
But it also could've been asteroids
or global volcanic eruptions.
Some scientists even think the dinosaurs died off
because of several huge disasters combined.
So where's the guest speaker?
He should be arriving shortly.
Peter, what's our status?
One minute to impact.
Right here is why I volunteer to do this every week.
Now, the 2nd reason? Exercise.
Let's pick up the pace and work those glutes! Come on!
Watch your step.
- I was getting worried. - The traffic was terrible.
I'm not that late anyway, am I?
- You're ten and a half minutes late. - Ten and a half minutes?
Guys, it's my pleasure to introduce acclaimed scientist,
Dr. Michael Ranger.
OK...
I'm here today to talk to you about what it is that I do
and why science is such a great profession.
Did you feel that?
Is that a tremor?
Earthquake!
Whoa!
Get off the street!
We're gonna exit the building,
nice and calm. Stay calm.
Exit the building!
Guys, hang on!
Breathe in through the nose, out through the mouth.
OK.
Call 911!
We'll look for survivors!
Thank you for saving my life.
That's all right.
Don't worry about it.
- Are you all right? - Yeah, I'm OK.
Yeah. OK.
Dad, I can't get a signal.
Neither can I.
That was no ordinary earthquake.
We just got hit by a solar flare.
Guys!
Help me get this off him.
It was a 6.5 magnitude earthquake.
For a Class X.9 solar flare, it could've been worse.
How the hell does a solar flare cause an earthquake?
Its impact on the outer atmosphere
had the energy of 1 billion megatons of TNT.
It literally wobbled the Earth on its axis.
Dr. Whitlow, what exactly have we done?
Like hurricanes, we have categories
for global catastrophic threats.
Category 5: global economic impact.
Six: a breakdown of infrastructure in society.
Seven: the destruction of the human race.
Eight: the destruction of the planet.
This may qualify as a Category 5.
No, we need time to assess this situation.
What happened here today is a matter of national security.
Mr. President, we are the only ones who know
what caused this thing.
And for the good of this country,
I believe it's important that it stay that way.
I agree.
I can't allow this government to be undermined
with an environmental scandal
when we have a population to protect.
Understood?
I am declaring a nationwide state of emergency.
I want all U.S. planes grounded but for military flights.
I want all military sectors on high alert.
Get me FEMA, Homeland Security.
I want the director of Central Intelligence
in the Oval Office in 20 minutes.
(Michael: Listen. I'm sure everybody's family is fine.
As soon as the cell phones start working,
Karen will call your parents and let them know you're OK.
Look! There you go.
- Hello? Michael...
I'm trying to reach Karen. Is she OK?
No, no. She's fine. Don't worry.
Please tell her I'm OK.
Cell signals are totally out of whack.
I think it was a solar storm that caused this.
It must be wreaking havoc on everything electronic,
including cell signals.
Bev, what's wrong?
I just watched a passenger plane
fall out of the sky.
I'm sorry.
It's a mess here. I'm waiting for fire and rescue.
Listen, Bev,
you can handle this.
Just go home.
Karen and I will meet you there as soon as we can.
Thank you, Michael.
I mean that.
All right. Bye.
Is Mom OK?
Yeah. She's just a little shaken up.
OK.
All right?
OK. Let's call your parents first.
All right, go ahead, tell me the number.
There are widespread communications
and power disruptions throughout the country.
Death tolls are trickling in.
At the moment, it stands at 140,
but that does not include the 3 passenger planes
that are currently unaccounted for.
What about the rest of the world?
The solar flare struck the Northern Hemisphere.
Europe should be comparable to us,
same with parts of Central America.
We've been in contact with Canada,
the UK and France, and their damages seem to be
only to their power grids as well.
How long will this last?
This is the largest solar storm we've ever seen.
It could last a couple of days or it could last a week.
The region of the sun that was hit is still very volatile.
That's true, but I think the key here
is to avoid feeding panic.
We're going to have the power grids
up and running in all major cities by tonight.
Military and government communication
has not been affected.
I think it's safe to say that
the worst is behind us.
Well, at least that's something.
Let's work that into the national address.
And what if the worst isn't behind us?
Well, with all due respect, Vice President Crane, it is.
My fellow Americans,
today, at 10:12 a. m. Pacific Time,
the Northern Hemisphere was struck by a Class X solar ﬂare.
This unprecedented event triggered a series
of global earthquakes, disrupted our power grids, communications,
and transport systems.
This solar flare is the first wave of a geomagnetic storm
that will plague our planet for the next 48 hours.
But there is no need to panic.
Our government and military infrastructures
remain unaffected.
Everything is under control.
Yeah, right.
You just know when they say that everything's under control,
the crap has hit the fan.
Texting Tim?
When that earthquake hit, I... I kept seeing his face.
If I ever lost him...
Why don't you like him?
It's not that I don't like him. It's...
Look, I know it's none of my business,
but I've been doing some research.
What kind of research?
Dad? Spit it out.
Statistically,
75% of marriages to police officers end in divorce,
19% in domestic violence.
Are you kidding me?
Well, the stats don't lie.
That means you have a 6% chance
of a successful marriage.
Dad, will you stop with the stats? I love Tim.
And he's the nicest, most respectful man on the planet.
OK. All right.
I just worry about you.
You don't need to worry.
I can take care of myself.
- Are you OK? - Yeah. You?
I'm fine. I couldn't reach your grandfather.
- I'll check out back. - I'll check by the lake.
OK.
Governor?
Governor...
There.
Looks like you cut your head.
Why the heck do you keep calling me Governor?
I haven't been a governor for 20 years.
All right. From now on, I'm gonna call you Willie.
Dad?
He's up here! In the study!
Dad!
- He's gonna be all right. - Oh God!
Don't stand there gawking, help an old man up, huh?
There you go.
All right.
Mr. President, Brian has got a very good reason
to downplay the solar storm.
It was his program that got us into this mess,
and he is simply trying to protect his ass.
I'll take your opinion into consideration.
That's all I ask.
Come in.
Sir, you have a call.
It's the NASA administrator. It's urgent.
President Duncan.
When?
Is this an isolated event?
Thank you.
We may have another situation.
The second you get back, you send all your data to NASA.
Brian, this is spiraling out of control.
The HFD program never should've been rushed.
It was a calculated risk, meant to meet a deadline.
That's it.
A risk without proper simulations.
You forced my team to ignore protocols.
Mistakes were made, but we've gotta move forward.
We're gonna fix this.
I hope we can before more people die.
Did you feel that?
Yeah. We just got hit by another solar flare.
When's this gonna stop?
Hi.
Jack! I'm so glad you're home.
It's gonna be OK.
What's the inside scoop, Jack? It's a solar storm.
A bad one, but we've seen it before.
48 hours tops and everything will be back to normal.
A solar storm that hits that hard and this fast
doesn't disappear in 2 days.
It's being downplayed to avoid panic.
Your ex sounds like a conspiracy nut.
And you sound like a typical senator's lackey.
Whatever it is, hopefully we're through the worst of it.
I'm sorry, William.
This is just getting started.
We got magnetic fields going haywire.
Birds are dying, planes are falling from the sky.
- Conjecture. - Jack, what I saw today was...
Was a terrible tragedy and a horrible coincidence.
If this solar storm is as bad as Michael says it is,
why aren't there hundreds of planes dropping out of the sky?
Because right now, the pockets of electromagnetic pulses
are random and dispersing quickly.
Eventually, the atmosphere will become oversaturated,
affecting everything electrical.
Maybe we're overreacting.
The most important thing is that we're prepared.
We need to stockpile food and water for at least a month.
For a 2-day solar storm?
Seriously? Who should we believe?
The president of the USA, in consultation with
the greatest minds in the world, or a disgraced scientist?
I rest my case.
Come on, Michael. I'll help you get those supplies.
Have fun shopping.
Jack Hillcroft.
Yes, Senator, we're back online.
Jack's a senator's aide.
He knows what's going on.
Yeah, well, my father's a scientist
with a doctorate in solar physics.
I think he knows what he's talking about, Mom.
What's going on?
This keeps getting worse.
DOD just placed us on satellite watch.
The solar flares?
They're knocking satellites out of orbit. Fast.
Five seconds to impact.
An M-class solar flare.
We might feel this one.
Great.
NASA's requesting coordinates for any satellites at risk.
They're desperate.
How many satellites are designed to
burn up completely upon re-entry?
Smaller ones will disintegrate,
but the average communications satellite weighs 5 tons.
The bulk of that will stay intact.
Almost 3,500 satellites are at risk of becoming fireballs?
Over 10,000 if you include non-operational.
Contact the Space Station.
- Let's see what they know. - I'm on it.
What's the trajectory of that one?
It's dropping right above London.
- Dr. Whitlow. You've been updated?
Just now.
We're about to have satellites striking populated areas.
We may have underestimated this thing.
You think we may have overreacted just a little?
Trust me, Governor.
In a couple days, you'll be grateful.
Hi, Governor!
We're making the rounds,
checking on the neighbors after all that chaos.
Greatly appreciate it, Jeffrey.
- But please, call me William. - Of course.
- Edna. - Hello.
What's with all the supplies?
Well, best to be prepared.
That storm's gonna get worse.
Make sure you have a lot of dry goods and water.
Listen to him, Jeffrey. The man's a scientist.
Sounds good. We're gonna check on Miss Swanson.
Let us know if she needs anything.
We're pretty well equipped.
Hey, Dr. Ranger, Governor.
Tim.
Officer Davis.
Uh, what's with all the stuff?
Why don't you make yourself useful?
Sure.
I'm sorry I lost my cool with Michael.
That guy gets under my skin.
Jack, after what I saw today...
It put things into perspective, you know?
Life's too short to be holding grudges.
You gotta let it go.
I know. You're right.
- Hey, Tim. - Hey!
Your folks OK? - Yeah, they're good. Hey.
What's the matter? - I need you all to see this.
It's a clip from London.
- London'? - Yeah.
Oh, my God!
It was some kind of fireball.
It totally destroyed Big Ben.
It's not a fireball, it's a satellite
knocked out of its orbit by the solar storm.
- Is this gonna keep happening? - Yep.
- Why didn't they see it coming? - They should've.
They can forecast these things days in advance.
- Something's happening. - Like what?
I won't know until I analyze the solar data,
but we need to move quick.
Let's unload the truck.
I'll pick up a generator and some more supplies.
I'll get my radio out of the garage
and dig out the emergency kit.
Jack, what do you know about
the special routing arrangement service?
SRAS. It's a secure government communications network.
It uses shielded military satellites.
We're gonna lose Internet and cell phone service soon.
That hardware could keep us connected.
I'll go to the office now and sign out an access key.
- I was so worried. - Me too. You OK?
It's getting scary out there.
I'll protect you.
Tim, what are you doing?
Nothing, I wasn't doing anything.
No, I don't mean that,
I mean what are you doing right now?
- What-whatever you need. - Good.
I need you to help me pick up a generator and more supplies.
Sure. Done.
- I think I've been drafted. - It's OK. He doesn't bite.
Are you sure?
- Hey! We don't have all day! - Yeah.
I just spoke with NASA.
Cloudsat and Terra just went down.
They can't get through to the Space Station.
Any ideas?
Try skipping the signal off a satellite
in the upper orbit.
Anik E1 is still operational.
Contact at the Space Station coming up now.
Well, that's strange. It's a live transmission.
That thing is the only portable
high-frequency disruptor in existence.
High-frequency disruptor?
It sends EHF pulses into the magnetosphere.
- Why? - To manipulate the weather.
Hopefully to reverse global warming.
Is that you?
Karen drew that when she was 5 years old. Give it to me.
Thank you. Gas cans are in the corner.
The generator's in the back next to the manure bags.
- Of course it is. - Mm-hmm.
Oh, my God.
- Son of a... - Is everything OK?
The satellite picked up a high-frequency pulse
that was targeted at the sun.
It triggered the solar storm.
You have your own satellite?
Sort of. Technically, it was decommissioned.
Who would target the sun?
This is bad. This is really, really bad.
It originated at the HFD facility outside of Boston.
Wow. Who else knows about this?
I'm the only civilian monitoring EHF pulses.
This had to be the government. They're covering it up.
Pick up, Jane.
All right, change of plans.
Let's load up. We're going someplace else.
To do what?
You ask a lot of questions.
- I'm a cop. - You're a cadet. Let's go.
London's a mess.
We've got the UN saying it was an isolated incident.
We now have 18 "isolated incidents. "
What about telling the truth?
Cause more mass panic? No thanks.
We're dealing with it.
All the satellites in lower- to mid-orbit
are shutting down, including the Space Station.
It's the size of a football field, Brian.
That should disintegrate upon re-entry.
It was designed to deorbit in a controlled manner,
with its debris shower aimed at the ocean,
but with this compromised electromagnetic field,
it's gonna hit the Earth like a nuclear blast.
Oh! Jack!
Good timing.
We lost cell phone and landline service.
Karen, give this to your father.
- It's the key. - How does it work?
Plug it into a USB port.
- It'll connect automatically. - OK.
My fellow Americans,
the unexpected size and intensity of the solar storm
is disrupting lower orbital satellites.
Some are burning up as they enter the atmosphere.
Some are making their way back to Earth
with destructive results.
Today's devastating strike on central London
has been traced to a malfunction in outer-
Ah, lost him!
I have to get back to the office. It's chaos.
- OK. Be careful. - I will.
Mom...
Where are they?
- Can I see your ID, please? - Yeah.
I'm a civilian scientist.
Dr. Whitlow is a personal friend.
This is my associate.
I'll be right back. - Yeah.
OK. What am I getting myself into?
Just relax.
Dr. Whitlow was my partner when I worked in Alaska.
Isn't that where you sabotaged your own research 3 years ago?
Karen must have said something about that to me.
It was an ethical decision.
Let's just leave it at that.
Thank you.
There are no scheduled appointments with Dr. Whitlow.
What does that mean?
Please leave the premises immediately.
No. You listen to me.
That solar flare is a threat to the entire human race.
Sir, I'm not gonna ask again.
Come on, Dr. Ranger.
Let's go. Come on.
Let's go home. Everyone's expecting us.
I can't just drive away.
I'm the guy that made the HFD program
that created this mess.
You heard him. They're not letting us in.
There must be another way.
If we can just get past those guards.
- W-we? Yeah. - I can't do this alone.
You're asking me to break the law? I'm a police cadet.
Listen, in a few days, there might not be any law.
Do you know how crazy you sound right now?
I do!
But this is getting worse.
And we've gotta do something.
Now!
Come on!
That's it.
See, that wasn't hard.
Till someone gets electrocuted.
What now?
We find Dr. Whitlow.
I can't believe I'm doing this.
You two! Halt! - Oh, crud!
Halt! Hold it right there!
Hands in the air, come on!
Get down!
Down! Down on the ground, come on!
- We're here to see Dr. Whitlow. - On your knees now!
Hands behind your head.
We have 80 incoming satellites.
I need trajectories and impact estimates.
We can't calculate that many.
Then prioritize.
Urban strike zones first. Guesstimate if you have to.
Jane. Two intruders have been captured.
One of them is Michael Ranger.
Tell security to detain them.
I'll deal with Dr. Ranger later.
OK.
Detain them. Dr. Whitlow will be with them later.
We've had reports of falling satellites
hitting Athens, Cairo, Mumbai...
And our own missiles couldn't stop strikes on Maui and Texas.
Can anyone explain that to me?
Anyone?
The solar storm has intensified
to the point that our military systems
have been compromised, sir.
- Did we get China on board? - Yes, sir.
Along with Russia, Great Britain,
France, Canada, Australia.
But their anti-missile arsenals are being affected as well.
How many satellites are gonna drop on us?
Hundreds.
We're at Category 6 threat level.
And we can't stop these things from crashing into us?
I'm sorry, sir.
The Space Station...
It's started re-entry. Where and when?
Tracking.
Come on, Peter, I need the location!
It's gonna fall on Chicago.
I wanna speak with NATO and the UN Security Council.
Brian Lee.
Put her through.
Brian, in 52 minutes,
the Space Station's gonna hit Chicago.
Its blast radius is gonna wipe out the city.
We have to evacuate government officials.
Government officials?
In less than an hour,
2.7 million people are gonna die, Brian.
There's nothing else to do.
It's too late.
I never should've let you talk me into this.
I'm gonna be charged for trespassing,
breaking and entering...
Can't have a record.
They'll kick me out of the academy.
Yeah, you'll be doing yourself a favor.
How could you say that?
This is all I've ever wanted to be!
What have I ever done to piss you off?
I don't want my daughter marrying a cop.
Why do you want to be a cop anyway?
My dad was a police officer for 30 years.
I'll admit it was hard.
He worked long hours, it was dangerous,
but he always had this quote he'd tell me all the time.
"All it takes for bad people to prevail
"is for good people to do nothing. "
Even as a little kid,
I could remember my dad sticking up for the little guy.
There will never be a big parade for him
or the key to the city,
but he helped people any way he could.
And that made a real difference in the world.
And I want to do the same.
That was a big one.
30 seconds to impact.
At 7:00 p. m. eastern time,
a falling satellite
laid waste to several city blocks in Boston.
It comes on the heels of the biggest disaster
ever to be unleashed on American soil,
the total destruction of downtown Chicago.
Mom, it's been 4 hours.
Something must have happened.
Maybe they had engine trouble.
Your father's truck is not exactly reliable.
He's right, and your father drives me insane,
but he's also the most resourceful man I know.
And he's with Tim. Those two can handle anything.
I know.
But still, I can't just wait.
You're exhausted.
Get some sleep. We'll do shifts.
OK... I'll try.
I'll wake you in a few hours.
Jane, this isn't your fault.
Oh no...
What?
Ah... it's the sun.
See that black patch on the sun's surface?
Yeah.
That's the sunspot we created with the ion beam.
It's now 100,000 km from end to end.
Four times bigger than the Earth.
So what's it gonna do?
Emit another X- class solar flare?
No, it's gonna be
a giant cloud of magnetized, radioactive particles.
The biggest coronal mass ejection we've ever seen.
Hey, Grandpa.
Can I come in?
Sure.
Have a seat for a minute.
Ah...
I wanted to give this to you.
Your grandmother gave me this compass
during my very first campaign.
We were still dating at the time, but, you know,
Jen already had me figured out.
She told me it was a reminder to, you know,
always choose the right path and never compromise my beliefs.
I kept this compass with me ever since.
It's been a reminder to always follow my heart.
Because that's our true compass.
Hmm?
Anyhow...
I figured it's time to pass it on.
Think of it as a... as a good luck charm.
Thank you.
We'll get through this.
OK. Try to get some sleep.
I will.
Calculating trajectory.
Direct hit on the Northern Hemisphere,
ETA 7 hours, 22 minutes.
Get out that data now!
And get NASA
working on impact simulations.
How could this possibly be getting worse?
Forget the storm, forget the satellites.
We have a coronal mass ejection heading for Earth.
We're gonna need some response scenarios for the president.
The HFD may be an option.
Peter, bring up Dr. Ranger.
Dr. Ranger?
He's already here.
I swore if that man ever stepped foot
on a government facility, I would have him shot.
He's still the smartest man I know.
Brian, this CME could wipe out all life on this planet.
The brightest minds in the world are trying to figure out
how to stop it.
We do not need Michael Ranger.
Now excuse me,
but I've gotta go contact the president.
Hello, Michael.
You've been busy.
Who's your friend?
My daughter's boyfriend.
Tim Davis.
What are you doing here?
What do you think I'm doing here?
It was the HFD program
that created the solar flare, isn't it?
We're doing everything we can to fix it.
How's that going?
I need your help.
Really? You need my help?
Can you just take a look at this?
That's the largest CME ever recorded.
And it's heading straight for Earth.
That sounds bad.
VEN-
The impact will be catastrophic.
All thanks to Jane and her weapon of mass destruction.
It was a weapon that caused this, right?
I knew it.
You knew why I destroyed that program,
and you went ahead and created a weapon.
- Didn't you? - Are you done?
For now.
Look.
You still know more about this than anybody else.
Help me use it to stop this.
Dr. Ranger has nothing to offer us,
except an admission that he destroyed an HFD facility.
Mr. Secretary, I don't like you,
I don't like what you do,
and I don't like what you represent.
But Jane is right.
You need me.
So I'm at your disposal.
Yes, you are.
Dr. Whitlow, the president needs a briefing.
We have another option.
I'm sorry.
Me too.
Now, Dr. Whitlow.
That went well.
What do we do now?
In 6 hours, the coronal mass ejection will reach Earth.
It will ignite parts of our atmosphere
and burn off our ozone.
Unless we're deep underground, we won't survive.
Mr. President, global threat level is now a Category 7:
the imminent destruction of all human life.
Oh, my God.
There may be a way to stop it before impact, Mr. President.
A deep-space military satellite
with a nuclear reactor, heavily shielded.
We can reposition it in the path of the CME and detonate.
NASA thinks that the blast will disperse the plasma.
Brian, I'm authorizing you to make this happen now.
We'll coordinate that from here, sir. I'll see you shortly.
Get your team to work.
NASA needs that repositioning data immediately.
Dad? Tim?
- Karen, you OK? - Yeah.
Where have you been all night?
I was locked up with your father.
What?
It's a long story. Did Jack get you that SRAS key?
Good. Come on, we've got a lot of work to do.
Detonation in 10 seconds.
Ten, nine, eight,
seven, six, five,
four, three, two, one.
What's the status?
2.4% reduction in mass.
No change in trajectory.
It absorbed the blast.
There must be some other option.
I'm sorry, sir. Nothing in the present time frame.
My fellow Americans,
our world is about to face its greatest threat.
In approximately 3 hours,
our planet will collide with a coronal mass ejection,
which is a massive solar cloud released by our sun.
Its impact could potentially destroy our ozone layer.
Leaving us vulnerable to lethal levels of UV radiation.
I want to assure each and every one of you
that everything possible is being done
to avert this disaster.
At the very best, to minimize its impact.
There are measures you can take to protect yourself
during this unprecedented event.
Seek shelter in basements,
subways, anywhere that's underground.
Take with you as much food and water as you possibly can.
And above all... keep your loved ones close.
We will face this threat together.
We are Americans,
we are brave, we are strong,
and we will prevail.
God bless each and every one of you,
and God bless these United States of America.
Thank you.
If the world's gonna end, let's just do it.
Let's get married.
Are you serious?
Yeah, right now.
- You made it? - Yeah.
I wish it could've been nicer.
I think it's beautiful.
I, Timothy Davis,
hereby take you,
Karen Ranger, for my wife,
to have and to hold, from this moment on...
till death do us part.
I, Karen Ranger,
hereby take you, Timothy Davis,
for my husband, to have and to hold,
from this moment on, till death do us part.
Wow...
We're kinda married.
Operation Haven is a top-secret project,
years in the making, designed for a crisis such as this.
It's a network of underground facilities throughout the US,
connected directly to the White House bunker,
which will also serve as Haven's communication center.
There's only room for 150,000 people -
key government and military personnel,
as well as a select group of professionals and tradespeople
necessary for a society to survive.
If you are in this room, you're on the list.
Gather your families, quickly.
Beverly? Bev?
Beverly!
Pack your bags, fast.
Only the essentials. We're leaving.
What do you mean, "We're leaving"?
- Operation Haven. - What's that?
A network of government underground shelters.
I never thought I would live to see it used.
Go get Karen.
What about our neighbors
and our friends?
They're not on the list.
There's no time to discuss this!
- What about Michael and Tim? - Come on!
Karen!
Karen's gone. We have to go look for her!
Bev, we don't have time!
She's my daughter. I'm not leaving without her!
Go find her! I'll stay here in case she comes back.
40 minutes, if we can't find her in 40 minutes,
we come back here, get William and we leave.
Jack, you find her. You don't come back for me.
- William! - You give my place to Tim! Go!
You were right
about the high-frequency disruptor.
- It can stop this. - It's too late.
The facility's been shut down and evacuated.
No, there's still a chance.
The key is to use the high-frequency disruptor as a shield.
What are you talking about?
I've been running simulations.
The CME are negatively charged particles.
If we use the disruptor to negatively charge
the Earth's magnetic field,
it'll be like 2 similar magnetic poles repelling one another.
The Earth can deflect it!
The HFD can't do that
with a negatively charged frequency pulse!
It's too localized.
Unless it's an uninterrupted beam.
It'll spread exponentially.
The system wasn't designed for that.
- It'd have to be reconfigured. - Well, I'm willing to try.
My system password is Whitlow 2464.
Security code is Alpha 6832.
Got it.
Michael, you only have 2 hours.
Don't worry about it. I'll be fine.
This way!
Load up. We're moving out.
W- what was that?
Tim taught me.
What? She wanted to learn how to handle a weapon.
I don't even wanna know.
Tin]!
Tim, are you home?
Mr. Davis! Mrs. Davis!
We'll try the barn. Maybe she's with Michael.
- Bev! - Do it, Jack!
What the hell was that?
I don't know, but it's getting worse.
There's a solar flare!
That might have been an X-class.
Why are we stopping?
I don't want my spark plugs
to get ruined by that EMP blast.
" What's hap ' .. Hang on! Penmg?
Jack!
Bey!
Bev, Bev, come on.
I think it's over.
Yeah.
You gotta be kidding me!
The solar flare must have killed it.
Or you should have bought a new battery.
We'll have to jump-start it.
Put it in 2nd. Pop the clutch.
There's one coming!
It's gonna be close.
Whoa! Push!
Pop the clutch!
- There's another one! - Pop the clutch! Pop it now!
Almost!
How long has she been like this?
Maybe an hour. We were in a car accident.
All entrants, please proceed
to Station A for processing.
Blast doors will close in one hour.
Pupillary dilation is normal, no swelling from the injury.
Mr. Hillcroft, do you have any more family coming?
Mr. Hillcroft?
No. It's just my wife and I.
Let's go to the DMA.
Thank you, Jane.
Come on, come on!
OK.
That's it, we're in.
How much time before impact?
- I don't wanna know. - 40 minutes.
And hypothetically,
10 minutes to negatively charge the ionosphere.
Hypothetically?
They still have one satellite connected.
It's monitoring the CME.
Headsets!
What do I do?
I want you to keep us posted on the countdown.
All right, I'm setting the target.
Wide dispersal in the ionosphere, 1000 km,
maximum intensity.
OK.
Now...
we override the safety systems,
bypass the polarity condensers.
We'll hardwire the generators together
right into the antennae array.
It'll give us one continuous, negatively charged beam
instead of an oscillating pulse.
How do we hardwire the generators?
Very quickly.
All right. Tim, grab your tool bag.
I really hope you know what you're doing.
Piece of cake.
All right, here's what we're gonna do.
We passed a rack of black cables when we were coming in.
I want you to take them
and daisy-chain each of those generators together.
- Can you do that? - Daisy-chain them?
Yeah. We're gonna connect all the generators
and create one massive generator.
- Got it. - Move!
Operation Haven has been completed.
This bunker's now linked with all of our other facilities.
And the CME?
24 minutes to impact.
Seal the bunker!
How's it going?
We're attached to the array conduit.
Now we just have to hard-wire the generators.
The insulation ring is stuck.
We better get it unstuck pretty quick!
It won't budge.
Come on!
Dad, you have 30 seconds
before the frequency beam starts!
There's too much static! I can't hear you!
Why is it humming?
Because it's already initiated.
It's gonna release a gigawatt of power
whether we're connected or not!
Dad, if you can hear me,
the frequency disruptor has commenced countdown!
Ten, nine, eight, seven, six,
five, four... Quick!
...three, two, one.
Dad! Dad, can you hear me?
Come on, let's go!
Dad, say something!
Come on! Go! Go! Go!
It's working! One continuous beam.
- Can the system sustain that? - Hopefully.
Well, this is it, William, old man.
Come on.
Show me what you got.
The ionosphere is negatively charging.
23%, 42%...
- Please work. - Will it be enough of a shield?
It's gonna be close.
Listen, you two have to get out of here.
What? Why?
The beam needs to be uninterrupted
right till the end.
The impact of the CME will cause
a reverb effect down the beam to its source.
Dad, what are you saying? You mean feedback? A power surge?
It's going to destroy the array.
I'll stay and maintain the beam.
But you two have to get out of here. It's too dangerous.
No way in hell am I leaving you! We're in this together!
Karen, we gotta go.
No! I'm not leaving you!
Listen, Karen,
I'll be right behind you.
I'll make it.
But you never make it on time!
You're always late for everything!
I will, this time. I promise.
You have to leave!
It's been an honor to serve with you, Mr. President.
It's been a pleasure to serve with you.
CME impact in five, four,
three, two, one.
Here it comes.
Wow!
Jack!
Where's Karen?
Dad!
What happened with the CME?
Solar radiation at 12%.
Penetration of the thermosphere holding at 150 km.
Any casualties?
No. The atmosphere is still intact.
Oh my God! We survived!
- We made it! - Thank God!
Hallelujah.
OK.
Dad...
Dad?
You're OK.
Hey... The explosion must've knocked me out.
Help me up.
Yeah.
Whoo-hoo! - Oh!
You did it! You saved the whole world!
Yeah, I kinda did, didn't I?
My calculations worked!
I don't think the Defense Secretary's gonna be too happy.
Yeah, well... better get you home.
You're hurt.
I'm OK. I'm so glad you're home.
You brought our baby home.
Yeah. That's a bad cut. What happened to your head?
We had a close call, but we made it safe and sound.
- Thank God... - Oh! Oh...
Are you OK? You look like you've been through a war!
Oh, it's nothing that a good hot shower can't take care of.
Dad saved the world tonight.
Oh!
Come inside for a drink. Let's celebrate.
Thanks, I gotta get back to the lab.
I couldn't have done it without you.
Both of you.
Thanks.
Good night. Get some rest.
Oh, I'll bring you guys a generator.
Thanks!
Well, let's have that drink.
Yeah, yeah, sure.
- Come on. - Yeah.
- Yes, indeed.
My fellow Americans,
we witnessed a miracle tonight, and disaster was averted.
The coronal mass ejection which threatened our very survival,
was deflected by the Earth's ionosphere.
As our sun settles,
the solar storm will diminish over the next 2 days.
We are safe.
The damage will be repaired. Homes will be rebuilt.
New satellites will be launched.
Our great nation will rise again, stronger than ever.
Together, with our friends and allies,
we will all face a better tomorrow.
I guess we kind of jumped the gun on getting married, huh?
You mean how we skipped the proposal
and went straight to the wedding vows?
We can slow down.
Make it all official.
I would love to make it official.
Get you a proper ring.
This one's growing on me.
Hey...
Check it out. Your compass has gone haywire.
That's weird.
Oh. my God!
- It was you, wasn't it? Listen...
The calculations worked, but when the CME was deflected-
It compromised the integrity of the magnetosphere.
Reports are trickling in but we're still
dealing with the effects of the storm.
We're working with 10% of our normal resources.
I'll analyze what I can on my end. In the meantime-
- Ah! - Michael?
- Get off me! - What's happening?
Michael!
No! What is this?
Let go of me!
Where are you taking me?
Michael?
Michael!
It's still spinning.
I don't like this.
Something's going on.
What the hell is that?
Wow!
It's beautiful.
This is all wrong.
That's a huge aurora borealis.
Tim...
This isn't over.