In seven days' time, I wanna be right here when Feathered Serpent 2 launches
and we change the world.
Every penny from every copy sold is gonna go straight to help the war on drugs.
Uncle Charlie! What are you doing here?
You know you asked me to keep an eye on that journalist, Ed Pleasance.
I just found out where he was getting his information.
[Cray] It's two days until the launch,
and the programming team is expecting you in Amsterdam.
- I want you to come with me. - I thought you wanted me here.
Right now, I wanna keep you close, Charlie.
We need protection against Damian Cray.
SCORPIA are targeting the president of the United States.
Because Damian Cray wants them to.
[♪ dramatic music playing]
[Jones] The CIA and Secret Service will take perimeter positions.
The usual security detail will be on the president herself.
They also want our agents inside the house
covering the dinner in case of any chatter.
Cray's happy with this?
- Joe Byrne didn't give him much choice. - Nor us.
Well, we're all on the same side. Right?
Tell Crawley to take care of security arrangements.
Mrs. Jones.
Alex Rider.
Have you spoken to him?
Yes, I have. And since then, he's gone missing.
He seems to have got wind of the fact that we were tracking him.
Right. Well, perhaps he's a better agent than we give him credit for.
Don't let your sympathy get the better of your judgment.
The last thing we need is Alex Rider blundering into the middle of this one.
I thought I'd made that clear to him, but, uh...
if he does happen to get in touch, let me know.
Of course.
[♪ ominous music playing]
Did you tell him?
About what?
About Alex in Amsterdam.
He asked me to let him know if he got in touch, not where he was.
Our focus now is the president,
and the president is coming to London, not Amsterdam.
So, wherever Alex is, whatever Alex is doing,
he can handle himself.
[♪ theme music playing]
[♪ dramatic music playing]
I'm guessing this is the part of town they don't put on the postcards.
It was cheap, and we're not here to look at the view.
Yeah, just as well, 'cause...
This is us.
[♪ distant music playing]
Nice.
Is it just the one room?
It's cash, it's not traceable, and it's what we can afford.
Yeah, no, it's good. Really. It's got character.
So how... how are we gonna do this?
Do what?
You know, the boys and the...
Boys and the girls thing.
"Boys and the girls"?
Seriously, he has a girlfriend?
No, I don't mean it like that.
And it's not my problem. I'm-I'm fine. I'm fine.
I'm just saying that, you know, we're all in one room,
and there's three of us, and there's...
- No, I'm fine. - [Kyra] Okay.
This side is boys. This side is girls.
Everyone try to contain their hormones,
and maybe we'll get through this ordeal okay.
Yeah.
Yeah, don't worry. We're not gonna be here long.
[inaudible dialogue]
- Is the plane ready? - Yes.
I want you to fly to Amsterdam.
Check the code over, make sure it's ready.
I'll come later, once we're set up here.
What about Charlie?
He's traveling with me.
That's not what I meant.
He already talked to a journalist. He already got some boy to steal evidence.
- There was no evidence on the game drive. - That's not the point.
Charlie clearly thought there was. Where was he going to take it?
What next? We can't just ignore this.
We're not going to.
I'll talk to him.
He deserves that much.
[Alex] Cray's research facility is here,
right in the middle of nowhere.
The missing parts of the game code are in there somewhere,
hidden on his computer servers.
We need to get in, find the missing data, and get out without being caught.
- And make a copy so we can prove it. - Yeah.
Okay, so how do we get in? Cut the fence?
There isn't a fence. Look.
There's one road in and out.
No wall, no fence, no razor wire, nothing.
No way it's that easy.
That's what I'm thinking.
So there is something, but we don't know what.
How do you plan for that?
We should check it out before we go in to find out what we're dealing with.
I'd like to see this guardhouse up close.
And I'd like to know what's in these fields.
Then we regroup, decide on a plan.
You know what this is, right?
It's a heist movie.
Assemble the team, scope out the target,
plan the heist, practice until we're a well-oiled machine.
But instead of, like, stealing diamonds or casino takings or priceless art,
it's Damian Cray's game code.
Okay. Heist movie it is.
It looks like we're in the home stretch of Cray's charity acquisition.
I had the chair of the East London Rehab Center on the phone,
saying that they are prepared to go ahead.
Obviously, this means due diligence on our part,
trolling through a ton of paperwork.
Cray's people are very keen for us to get this finished by the end of the day.
- Why the rush? - It comes from the top.
There are several of these charity acquisitions happening,
and Mr. Cray wants them all concluded
before he has his dinner with the president.
So, they'll be expecting you at his headquarters
first thing this afternoon.
- This after... - Don't let us down.
[Jones] We're still coordinating the details with Cray's team.
But this is what we have right now.
Two teams, as you agreed,
plus Cray's staff, plus the president's own detail.
Good. Nobody's getting through there.
By the time we're done,
Cray's house will be locked down tighter than Camp David.
[Blunt] Mm.
There's an inherent fallacy in believing
because you've barred all the windows and locked all the doors that you're safe.
It assumes your enemy's on the outside.
SCORPIA have extraordinary resources, reach, determination.
They can compromise, they can coerce.
The personnel have been cleared by our State Department.
Yes, you'll forgive me if I'm not entirely satisfied.
We'll do our own background checks.
Personal contacts, finance,
phone records, online activity, everything, from top to bottom.
[♪ ominous music playing]
There it is.
[Tom] That's it.
I don't know. Looks a bit freaky, right?
[Kyra] Looks like you could walk right in.
Yeah, we're not falling for that.
Me and Kyra. You sure that's the best way to do this?
Suck it up.
You guys will do fine.
See you on the other side.
Mrs. Jones, Mr. Crawley, good morning.
Has someone offered you some tea, coffee, breakfast?
- We're fine, thank you, Mr. Cray. - Good.
- May we have access to your roof? - Uh...
Yeah, sure. What are you worried about? Sniper? Is that very likely?
Between the president leaving the car and entering the building,
there could be maybe five or six seconds.
A trained sniper would have a chance.
It's an awkward shot but, uh... you could do it.
Sean Palmer, head of security.
Good to meet you.
I'd like to talk to you about your staff.
What about them?
We'd like to run further background checks just to rule out all contingencies.
My people are sound. I picked them myself.
Don't worry. Sean will give you everything you need.
In fact, he'll be liaising directly with you while I'm in Amsterdam.
Amsterdam?
Briefly, yes.
When will you be back?
Uh, 24 hours.
Don't worry, I'll be back in plenty of time to meet and greet the guests.
It's just the usual checks ahead of a big software launch.
Your new game is coming out the same night you have dinner with the president?
Well, it's all part of the same initiative.
The sales of the game help fund the war on drugs,
and the charity dinner helps focus the minds of the world's elite.
Now if you'll excuse me, Sean'll take it from here.
Shall we?
[♪ ominous music playing]
Um...
Goedemorgen. We're a little bit lost, mate.
- [horn honks] - Move, please.
- Oh, yeah, sure. No worries. - [vehicle approaching]
[♪ suspenseful music playing]
[men speaking Dutch]
Perfect.
You need to go.
This is private land. You and your girlfriend need to leave.
- She's not my girlfriend. - I'm really not.
Look, we're not really lost.
We wanted to see where Feathered Serpent's made.
You know, where the magic happens.
Wait right there.
There you go. Now leave.
Yep.
Danke.
"An awkward shot," you said.
Special Forces?
Eight years in F Squadron.
SAS?
What happened?
Invalided out.
There was an IED, I caught some of the fragments.
I'm sorry.
Don't be. The money's a lot better.
And I never have to eat another MRE pack in my life.
And you?
Where were you?
I wasn't anywhere. I just work, uh, in an office.
If you say so.
[Crawley] And these are all your people?
Whatever you're looking for, you won't find it here.
I trust my team with my life. You should too.
[♪ ominous music playing]
[Cray] I expected scrutiny, but not this level of scrutiny.
MI6 have agents everywhere.
In the house, in the grounds,
surface-to-air missile on the roof.
They're looking into everything.
I need a smooth run with the game launch and the charity supper,
but they're getting in my way.
[Yassen] They're not MI6.
They work for a man called Alan Blunt.
His department is separate.
MI6 keep him in a back room and only let him out when they're scared.
I have no room for interference, no room for error.
The president arrives tomorrow. Everything has to be perfect.
That is why you engaged SCORPIA.
To make sure.
Proceed as planned.
Go to Amsterdam.
Leave the department to me.
[Byrne] A word?
[Blunt] Of course.
You said SCORPIA can compromise and coerce.
That they have incredible reach.
And I can't help wondering if this comes from personal experience.
Was the department compromised by SCORPIA?
You can't possibly expect an answer to that question.
Well, I thought we were being honest with each other.
To a point.
The fact is...
my department has been on the frontline of this fight from the very beginning.
We have a unique insight.
At what cost?
So, what'd you guys get?
Mainly weirded out. Gate guard thought we were a couple.
Why is it weirding you out? You should be so lucky.
Actually, I am so lucky.
You sure Steph's actually your girlfriend?
- She didn't just lose a bet? - Guys.
We got baseball caps.
I was kind of hoping for something a little bit more useful.
- Let's see, shall we? - Nice.
Good stuff. Cool.
[Charlie] Why exactly do you need me in Amsterdam?
[Cray] I wanted a chance to talk to you.
I owe you an apology, Charlie.
I had no idea that you and the journalist were so close.
Ed Pleasance. The man in the gas explosion.
I know you knew him. You don't have to hide it from me.
Look, I know he was writing something critical about me.
I'm a billionaire. Comes with the territory.
But that doesn't mean I wouldn't have cared
if I knew that a friend of yours had been hurt.
He used to be my friend. We lost touch.
Then you got back in touch, didn't you?
You talked to him.
Instead of talking to me.
And, uh, I don't know, maybe he...
filled your head with conspiracy theories.
And you wanted to see for yourself, so you hired some kid to steal the game.
I didn't.
I never hired the kid. Uh, I don't even know him.
It doesn't matter.
What matters is...
that you felt that you had to go behind my back.
You felt that I was hiding something from you.
And I truly am sorry for that
because it means that I lost your trust somewhere along the way.
Look...
I never wanted to work for a games company.
I wanted to work for you. Because you're different.
You wanted to make the world a better place.
- Is that still what you want? - Yes.
Yes, it is.
And I'm gonna prove it to you.
And then you can decide for yourself whether you wanna stay with me
or whether you wanna walk.
It's your call.
This is private land. You and...
To the right.
So there's laser mesh all around the place.
If we try to walk in, they're gonna know about it as soon as we cross the beams.
And there's nowhere to hide.
Plus, there's cameras on the outside of the facility walls.
Maybe infrared for night.
They don't have a fence 'cause they don't need a fence.
So how do we get in?
They have keycards.
The delivery driver used one.
What, you think any delivery guy
could just card his way to all the secrets Cray's keeping in there?
No, because that would be stupid. But the cards will be on a system.
Level one grunt opens a few areas through to boss level,
which opens everything.
We're gonna need boss-level access.
So you guys get to be bosses, running around Cray's facility,
and I get to, what now, sit outside and watch?
I wouldn't have either of you in there if I didn't have to.
Computers are kind of Kyra's thing.
Yeah, I get that.
My thing is waiting in a field.
You're gonna need to have our backs.
None of this is gonna matter
if we can't get through the front door in the first place.
Let's go back.
[man speaking Dutch on video]
What does he say there, after "okay"?
[man speaks Dutch]
"See you this afternoon."
[♪ techno music playing over headphones]
- [speaking Dutch] - How much are the phones?
Ah... thirty euros each.
- Uh, do you take card? - Sure.
Can I have three?
[speaking Dutch]
Actually, I think I have enough cash.
Yeah.
- I love your hair, by the way. - Thanks.
[♪ "Keep This Fire Burning" plays]
[speaking indistinctly]
All right?
All good?
Travel card. Four euros on it, apparently.
Nice. These are for you.
Numbers are in already. But that was the last of the cash.
- What about boss-level access? - Cheat codes.
Cool. Then we're all set.
No, the next step is to practice until we're a well-oiled machine.
There's no time. Whatever's gonna happen happens tomorrow, remember?
This is not a funny movie, not a cool game with your friend.
You're safe outside. We're not. Don't screw this up.
Yeah, I wasn't planning on it.
[♪ rock music playing over stereo]
[complains in Dutch]
[horn honking]
[complains in Dutch]
[tires screeching]
Oh, oh, oh.
You okay?
[Tom] Yeah. Yeah.
Engels? What happened? You need a doctor?
[Tom] No, no, I just...
These are quite hard to get used to, aren't they?
What are you doing?
You need to watch where you're going with this.
You just came out of nowhere.
[man] What is this? I'm nowhere near you.
[Tom] Yeah, well, all I'm saying is
I didn't just fall off my bike for no reason, did I?
Yeah, and all I'm saying is you're weaving all over the road.
You fall over. It's nothing to do with me.
Yeah? Well, maybe you're right. Maybe you're wrong.
Maybe I call the police.
No, no, no! No need to involve the police.
I remember now. It's all coming back.
I was cycling, and you're right, I didn't-- I just fell. I just fell.
You were miles away. You were nowhere near me, I was gonna say.
But, you know, anyway, my arms are all working, legs are good.
I'm good, you're good.
- [man] You're sure you're fine? - Yeah.
Everything all right in the head? The marbles okay?
Yeah. That's why I wear my helmet, yeah.
- [man] You're certainly fine? - [Tom] Yeah, all good.
- [man] All over, you're fine? - I'm good.
[man] You're fine.
- I teach you a Dutch word. - Okay.
[speaking Dutch]
- Dwas? - Yeah, it means "fool."
- Oh. - That means you.
- [Tom] Okay. - [man] You won't forget this word.
- Okay. - Pick up your bike.
- Be on your way. - Okay, mate.
- [man] Yeah. Stay to the side. - [Tom] Yes.
- Don't fall in the canal. - Yes, I will-- I won't. I won't.
Nutcase.
Silly bugger.
[♪ suspenseful music playing]
[horn toots]
- Hey, Mickey, pickup. - What are you thinking, eh?
Looking very professional.
Feeling very professional.
- Mr. Williams. - [Dan] Hey.
And you must be Miss Starbright. I'm Julia Moss.
Pleased to meet you.
I was told you needed to go over the files for the Rehab Center acquisition?
That's right.
I should warn you, there's a lot of boxes.
And I know the pressure's on to get this completed today.
- The sooner we get started, the better. - Okay.
[indistinct chatter]
[beeps]
[elevator bell dings]
What do you think all this stuff is?
I don't know. Whatever they're shipping out. Copies of the game?
[Alex] Says it's going to London.
Priority mail, arriving this evening.
Kyra?
What is that?
A hazmat suit. Like, for radiation and chemical spills.
There's a lot of them.
Why does a software company need something for chemicals and radiation?
Yeah.
- [alarm blaring] - Alex, card.
[automated voice] Commencing server throughput test.
Boss level.
Commencing server throughput test.
[elevator bell dings]
[automated voice continues in Dutch]
[♪ ominous music playing]
- [distorted voice] Report. - I need to activate an identity.
Thomas Ashton.
Flight documents, passport. And I need funds.
What amount?
6.5 million, sterling.
- What purpose? - Payment.
For killing the president of the United States.
[Smithers] We can't find any links between Cray's security staff and SCORPIA.
There's nothing in the phone records or the text messages.
What about bank accounts?
Cray pays well enough, but everything's clean, above-board.
No hidden accounts that I could find.
Then we need to reverse-engineer it.
What else do we have on SCORPIA?
Well...
back in the day, there were anti-money laundering traces
on a bunch of suspicious accounts.
But they've been dormant for years.
Wake them up.
[♪ suspenseful music playing]
There's no cameras in here.
Maybe all the security's on the outside.
[woman speaking Dutch]
Okay. We need to find a terminal with server access.
That's something a programmer would use, right?
Right.
So we follow the programmers.
[Evelyn] You. Wait.
What's the latest on the transfer rates?
Fourteen percent improvement over the previous order.
Fourteen percent? I want 20.
We can't manage 20.
Run it again and again and again until we can.
Go get the whole team in the programming suite. Everyone.
- [Kyra] Programming suite, shit. - [Alex] What is that?
Stupid open-plan trendy software bullshit.
Everyone in one big room with foosball tables and hot-desks.
No way we can get in there without being seen.
So somewhere else.
Cray would have a terminal, right?
- Yeah, I'd say so. - Let's find Cray's office.
Anything?
No, nothing yet.
Of course, it's possible there's nothing to find.
Uh...
I'm concerned.
- About what? - Your boss.
Alan knew months ago that SCORPIA were active again.
He didn't tell us.
Then I discovered the department itself was compromised.
We're supposed to be on the same team here.
So I'm asking myself, why am I always so late to the party?
As I understand it,
Britain and America have a special relationship.
And relationships are sometimes complicated.
But they don't have to be, Mrs. Jones.
And they tend to work better when they're not.
[computer beeping]
Guys, I think I've got something.
[indistinct chatter]
Kyra? Kyra.
[♪ suspenseful music playing]
[speaking Dutch]
Hell is this?
Is it a flight simulator?
More like a flight plan.
AF1.
AF1. Air Force One.
The president's plane.
Blunt said SCORPIA were targeting the president of the United States.
Blunt thinks they're planning an assassination.
Of the president?
It doesn't make sense. Why would he need Feathered Serpent?
If he wants to kill the president, he can just do it.
Yeah, you're right.
Which means whatever Cray's planning, it's bigger than an assassination.
We looked into Cray's personnel, as you requested.
Everybody up here is squeaky clean.
So, we tried the other side of the equation.
Working backwards from SCORPIA.
Exactly. We reactivated flags on dormant accounts worldwide.
Anyone who we believe has ties
or had ties in the past to SCORPIA's activities.
We found an AML alert on this one, right here.
Mothballed for 12 years.
But someone just shuttled six and a half million pounds through it.
And that money came right here, to London.
To someone named Thomas Ashton.
We found a property rented in that name not far from Cray's house.
[Blunt] Go.
Go.
Unique insight.
Yes, it came at a cost.
But we may just have found your assassin.
Terminal.
- Can we use this to crack the game code? - Let's find out.
This is set up for someone called Evelyn Anders.
She's Cray's chief programmer. Bet she's got good password security.
Not for long.
[cell phone buzzing]
In your own time, mate.
Kyra's just hacking the chief programmer's account.
We're gonna try and get access that way.
I'm taking all her security settings off.
When you say, "all her security settings"...?
Everything. Globally. Passwords, software, firewalls.
If you want to start posting
on Evelyn Anders' timeline, now's your chance.
Awesome.
Game drive.
[Alex] Can you unlock it?
Come on, come on, come on.
Yes, this is it. This is the hidden code.
Okay? So come on out.
[Kyra] Whoa, there's a lot of it.
Like... like a whole new program hidden inside.
What does it do?
Uh, this, it's way complex.
It's a whole totally different instruction set.
It looks like it's made for all different kinds of computers.
There's old code and new code. This could take hours to make sense of.
- Yeah, we don't have hours. - Uh, I know.
Um, I can copy it and look at it properly when we're out of here.
Do that.
[♪ suspenseful music playing]
- How long? - There's a lot of data.
- Kyra, how long? - Uh, maybe 20 minutes.
Thomas Ashton, armed police!
- Show yourself. Armed police! - [officer 1] Armed police!
Armed police! Show yourself!
[officer 2] All clear!
Upstairs, clear!
- Search everywhere. - Yes, sir.
[officer 3] Boss?
Item of interest downstairs.
Firearm, sir.
[Crawley] Good.
Result.
Come on, come on, come on.
[alarm beeping]
[♪ suspenseful music playing]
Alex?
Alex, can you hear me, Alex?
Yeah. What's up?
Someone's coming.
- Uh, company. We've gotta go. - We can't. It's not finished.
- [Alex] How long? - Fourteen minutes.
[Alex] We don't have 14 minutes.
Can you leave it copying but turn off the screen?
- Yeah. - Let's do that. Hide your laptop.
Get out of there, now.
It's Cray!
We're just copying the game code. It's gonna take some time.
- [Tom] He's in the building. - Yeah, I know. We need the game data.
Fourteen minutes and we're out of here, okay?
[♪ suspenseful music playing]
[Kyra] Oh, God.
- [beeps] - [automated voice] Welcome, Mr. Cray.
I want you to understand, Charlie.
I really do.
[Charlie] What is this?
Years of work.
Years of planning.
It's what lies behind the curtain.
I should have been honest with you sooner.
But we can start now.
You wanna be honest?
I know you employed Smoking Mirror.
And I know he's dead.
I saw what you did to that kid in London.
Tell me the truth.
Did you hurt Ed?
Did you put him in a coma?
No. I didn't.
But I paid the man who did.
Mr. Crawley.
I wasn't expecting you.
We found the assassin.
Who?
Thomas Ashton.
And Thomas Ashton is you.
[Taser crackling]
[♪ dramatic music playing]
My brother's death could have been prevented.
So could countless others, if people in power had the will.
Where government fails,
people of good conscience have not only the right,
but the duty to step in.
Damian, come on.
Some things are bigger than one man.
No matter how decent, no matter how good,
if hurting one man saves a hundred...
it's worth it, isn't it?
Life isn't like that.
- You don't get to make those decisions. - Someone has to.
One man's life weighed against a hundred.
How about...
one million people weighed against a hundred million?
Look...
hacking computers, stealing data, that's one thing.
But this is so far beyond that.
Now you're talking like you're reducing people
to numbers in some kind of equation. No.
No way.
People aren't maths. We're human beings.
And I want no part of it, no part at all.
Whatever this is, whatever you're planning, I'm out.
I understand.
I wish you felt differently, but...
I understand.
[Charlie] You said I had a choice.
I choose to walk away.
Goodbye, Charlie.
- No! Don't shoot him! - Alex!
[Cray] You!
Damian, please.
Think about this.
They're just kids.
This isn't who you are.
You have no idea who I am.
No!
[♪ dramatic music playing]
[Cray] No escape this time.
[♪ menacing electronic music playing]