Virtual Combat (1995) Movie Script
You have chosen well, David Quarry.
Will you proceed?
Advance me to level six.
You have chosen well once again.
Will you proceed to level seven?
Yes.
Hi-yah!
Yah!
You have chosen will.
Will you proceed to level eight?
No, advance me to level ten.
So, we meet again, little man.
Are you prepared to lose?
I am Lethal Combat.
Come, give me your rage!
You can't beat me a my own game.
I don't play by your rules.
I can read your every thought.
You have chosen poorly, David Quarry.
Everyone loses to Dante!
Warning, warning.
Engage manual override.
It is not safe to exit program.
Lose on level ten again?
You can't win, Quarry.
Everyone loses on level ten.
I'm telling you, you gotta try cybersex.
You always win, even if
you're not an expert.
No thanks.
What's wrong with cybersex?
It's guilt free, disease free
sex with a perfect woman.
It's a computer program, John.
You're having sex with a machine.
Ah, but a beautiful machine.
One with big microchips.
Stay at the luxurious Rivera Hotel,
the finest in gaming and entertainment.
Around the clock gambling
and all the alcoholic beverages you can.
Oh, the Riviera offers rooms
special to qualified guests,
of course, like you.
No Las Vegas great
vacation would be complete
without visiting the Burtech
Virtual Reality Arcade.
Oh, play the forbidden games.
Full body cybersex, Lethal Combat
and western gunslinger body
experience of a lifetime!
Oh!
May I help you?
Ready to play the forbidden games?
Yeah, two singles, my wife and I.
May I suggest the everything ticket?
Two days of unlimited play
for only 20 thousand credits.
A significant savings over...
No, no, just two singles please.
Hmm, well, choose your game.
Welcome to Cybersex
by Burtech Industries.
Press any key to continue.
I'm Greta and I'll
give you some discipline.
I'm Bambi.
I'm Debbie and I'm lonely.
Wanna play with me?
Thank you for your selection.
Please press any key to continue.
Oh baby.
I want you, so choose me.
Thank you for your selection
and for experiencing
Cybersex by Burtech.
I want Ken.
You naughty girl.
Well, that'll be five thousand credits.
75 hundred including tax.
Here's your card.
Your tickets.
Door is to your right.
Enjoy.
Take me to Ken's world.
Give me Debbie.
Stop me at level five.
I don't think so.
I've been dying to meet you.
I've heard so much about you.
Yeah?
Yeah.
Like what?
Oh, you're so modest.
You're just my type.
Oh, what a big boy you are.
Oh, Fred.
Take me!
Oh, Debbie.
Oh!
Oh, Debbie!
Prepare to engage.
Link accepted.
Pornography select.
Mind Expanders select.
Unauthorized entry.
Further access denied.
Downloading.
Warning!
Software robbery in progress.
Warning!
Sir, data bank robbery in progress
in sector 7-0-9.
Put in Sheckly and Smith.
Yes, sir.
Officers on route.
Hold it!
Los Angeles Police!
Officer down.
Officer down.
Check in on Smith and Hendricks.
Call paramedics.
Mobilize Grid Runner Unit.
Right away, sir.
Station command to
all Grid Runner Units.
There's been a security
breach in Sector 7-0-9.
Be on the lookout for male suspects
at all border checkpoints.
We're at the dam, Mary.
Five suspects from data bank robbery
are proceeding south,
attempting to cross the boarder
at Sector 15-07.
Caution.
Suspects are armed and dangerous.
We're all over it.
Got this one.
You don't wanna do this.
Looks like I saved your butt again, man.
Never let a guy have any fun, do you?
How many times do I gotta tell you?
Wear the taser.
Mary, tell command we
need a wagon out here
and make sure they know there
isn't any uniform for miles.
Yes, David.
Dr. Lawrence Cameron
for Mr. Burroughs.
I know who you are, Dr. Cameron.
You know the routine.
No weapons.
Clear for entry.
Access accepted, proceed.
Dr. Cameron.
I have something I think you should see.
Another cloning experiment.
Down in my lab.
It will only take 15 minutes or so.
I'll give you 10.
Hello, handsome.
I'm Liana.
I've been waiting to meet you.
Waiting to please you.
I'll do anything that you want.
So play me.
Well, what do you think of her?
She's perfect, of course.
But I've seen her program before.
What if she wasn't just a program?
What if I could make her real?
You see,
this is my protoplasm tank.
It's filled with a complex...
In English, Cameron, please.
We're not all experts in
cyber plasma theory, you know.
There are no cells used in cloning.
Manufactured cells
that become anything
with DNA engineering.
Behold.
Damn.
She's real.
Of course I am.
I've been waiting to meet you.
I've heard so much about you.
You see, this Liana
is a duplicate program.
Dimensionalized from
virtual reality to reality
by copying a program
from MD-Rom to disc.
Only I have copied a program
to living cells
and this is the result.
Can you make more than one?
No.
The configuration of the
artificial intelligence circuits
of the Los Angeles mainframe
allow for only one Liana
to exist at a time.
But there are thousands of
other cybersex programs.
Come here.
There are people who will pay millions
for a black market Liana VR program.
I wonder how much they'd
pay for the real Liana.
It's artificial life.
It's A-life.
And replenishable.
There's one problem, sir.
Even though she's been programed
to serve whoever plays her,
she's also been programmed to learn
which may present some
difficulty in controlling her.
That's why I've invented this.
Any constant pressure over 500 PSI
will cause deterioration.
A slight jolt will cause pain.
She's all yours.
Ruby, make appointments with
all our overseas customers.
They must meet me in person,
Los Angeles headquarters,
Burtech, on Tuesday.
Make sure they understand that
anybody who does not attend
will be frozen out of all
future Burtech properties.
Yes, Mr. Burroughs.
Cameron,
how much does each unit cost?
Millions of cells involved.
Have an analysis on my
desk on Monday at noon.
Who is the second most
popular cybersex program?
Greta, the dominatrix.
Make one for me.
Parness?
Yes, Mr. Burroughs.
I'd like to see you here in
the lab, immediately please.
Access accepted.
Tank activated.
Absolutely fabulous.
Parness, I need to
transport these two samples
into the Los Angeles Grid
without going through
security checkpoints.
Well, the Bullet Train
requires ident-o-credit,
I could cross the boarder at
Arizona and take the old I-40.
Have a plan on my desk at five o'clock.
Right.
Cameron, you've outdone yourself.
There will be a bonus on your desk
at the end of the month.
Well done.
You gotta lighten up, David.
Start using your credit for
something other than training.
Hell, that's half the reason
I became a Grid Runner.
Unlimited use of VR.
All work, no play.
It's gonna get me past level 10 someday.
Oh, you're a poet.
By the way, what does
Cathy think about cybersex?
What do you mean?
Does she do it?
She did before we were married.
And now?
Well, it just so happens we discussed it.
So I made her this, check it out.
It's my virtual self.
That way, when she's having cybersex,
it won't be with a stranger.
Of course, I made some improvements.
Some things a little smaller
and other things a little
bigger, if you know what I mean?
You mean, he's not
a quick draw like you.
Tank activated.
Tank shut down.
What do you want?
I have friends trapped
in your mainframe prison.
Get them out, now!
Access accepted.
Tank activated.
Con from level seven.
Welcome.
System abort!
Mainframe override.
May not be restarted from this location.
What have you done?
The tank is completely shut down.
Start it!
I can't.
The only way to reactivate the tank
is through the mainframe
of the Los Angeles Grid.
Hey, hey helmet!
No one beats Dante!
We'll wait until nightfall.
When the boarder guards all leave,
we'll have about five minutes to cross.
Aren't there surveillance satellites?
A section of the grid will be blacked out
for two hours due to a
computer malfunction.
Gentlemen, what can I get you?
Beer!
Coffee.
Coming right up.
You might as well work
at the LA Grid or New York.
Keep up the goody two-shoes routine
and they're gonna ship
you off to the Ohio Grid.
I hear you have to be married
to even look at a naked woman there.
Here you go, gentlemen.
Come on, what's up with you?
You've been acting weird
for the past six months.
I've been training.
For what, the tight-ass Olympics?
I wanna get passed level 10.
Dante.
It's a computer program.
You can't beat a computer
at a computer game.
It's impossible.
I'm worried about you, Quarry.
I mean, if you stopped
drinking for a good reason,
like her over there,
at least I could understand.
To change your whole
lifestyle for a computer game?
And you think I'm weird for
wasting my credits on cybersex.
Holt!
Holt right there!
Just step out of the vehicle, sir.
Do you know who I am?
Just step out.
I'm John Carter Burroughs,
president of Burtech Industries.
I'm sorry, sir, I didn't recognize you.
You see, we've had a
Code Red in the area.
Well, if you'd like,
I can arrange for an officer for an escort.
No, that won't be necessary.
No sir, really, it's no problem at all.
I'll be right back.
Greta?
Hey!
Hey, just a minute.
Liana.
Liana.
Liana, where are you?
Let me see into your mind.
Let me see where you are.
Who is with you?
Come here.
Get on your knees, baby.
Ah, Greta.
Who is the intruder?
The human male?
Remember that move, Greta.
Now get in.
Liana?
Who is he?
Burroughs.
Liana?!
Now, come on!
Escape.
I can't.
Why are you crossing at that sector?
Satellite security down for two hours.
Come on, now, damn it!
The guards are on their way!
Go!
Liana, let's go now!
Who are these people?
Everyone loses to Dante.
Code Red! Code Red!
Sector 23-019, officer down!
Available unites respond!
One more.
I think you've had enough.
Hey, let's go check out that Code Red.
Forget it, John, we're off the clock.
Yeah.
You're right.
All that's left is the paperwork.
Come on.
We've got an early day tomorrow
and Cathy's probably waiting up for you.
No, I already called her.
She's in bed.
No action tonight.
So you sure you don't want a ride home?
No, I'm fine man, go ahead.
You sure?
Please, go home, mother.
I'll catch you tomorrow.
Max, what's the status
on that Code Red emergency?
False alarm.
What's the satellite recon show?
Satellite recon was negative.
Max, punch me up a map of that sector.
All right, now highlight the sectors
where the border patrol
left a pulse to respond.
What are you doing here, Grid Runner?
Just getting a little
fresh air, how're you doing?
Hey, Max, taking a few notes here.
I think I got like three sets of footprints.
Two female, one male.
Looks like they crossed
the line at sector...
23-019.
Just passed the dam.
23-019.
Las Vegas Grid Patrol, freeze!
I said, freeze!
That's a warning!
Stop where you are!
Damn it, freeze!
Max, looks like we're gonna
need an ambulance out here
at Hoover Dam.
You've gotta be kidding me.
Mayday! Mayday!
Officer needs assistance.
Mayday! Mayday!
Mayday! Mayday!
Officer needs assistance!
Everyone loses to Dante.
That's it.
We analyzed the black
box chip form his pippin.
He was chasing two women and a man
who crossed illegally into LA Grid.
I'd like a copy of that, sir.
Sorry.
We sent the description to LAPD.
It's their baby now.
He was my partner.
It's not your case and not
your place, don't push me.
Sir, I don't trust the LAPD!
As long as you're in
this department, Quarry,
you follow orders and procedure!
You'll have my
resignation in the morning.
Pick up that badge.
Pick it up!
You're throwing your life
away, boy, your future!
Jobs like this aren't easy to find.
You go out there and get yourself killed.
You don't know what you're doing!
Yes I do.
Look, Quarry, you get
out there anywhere near
these three people, you call me.
I'll arrange for back up,
clear it with the LAPD.
You got that?
I get a call before you move, not after!
You understand?
Does Cathy know?
No.
Cathy.
Get out of my way!
Just get out of my way.
I'm sorry.
Just go away.
Go away!
If you leave now, none of
this has to happen, okay?
Just walk out that door
and take that bag with you
and John will come home and
everything will be just fine.
I'm sorry, Cathy.
John is just out drinking.
You know how he gets.
He starts having a good
time and he forgets to call
and dinner gets cold
and I get upset
but then he comes home and
we work everything out.
He's not coming home.
That's because you got him killed!
No, I wasn't there.
I wish I had been.
I wish to God I had been.
I don't know what to say.
I don't know what to do.
I already have his anniversary present
and now...
I think you should call your sister.
Ask her to come over
and stay for awhile.
Okay.
Do you want me to do it?
No.
No, I can handle it.
Look,
I'm gonna take care of this.
You need to be strong.
You know he loved you.
I know.
David?
Get the bastards.
Hey, Grid Runner!
Hey, Grid Runner, I'm talking to you.
I heard you got fired.
Couldn't follow orders.
I'm just here to check
out the crime scene.
Police personnel only.
Three questions and I'll let you go.
Did you find any abandoned vehicles?
No!
Did you check the Bullet Train to LA?
Yeah. Nothing.
Check the roads?
Waste of time.
They'd need a vehicle.
Hey!
It's true what they
say about Grid Runners.
You're just scum chasing scum.
I don't know, John.
Would you go after them?
Or just get on with your life?
Mary, play this back for me.
Mayday! Mayday!
Officer needs assistance!
Mayday! Mayday!
Mary, who programmed
the Lethal Combat game?
Checking.
Information unavailable.
Who pulled the file?
Doctor Lawrence Cameron.
Check his recent credit purchases.
Purchased ticket on Bullet
Train last night, 11:03.
Destination, Los Angeles.
Welcome to the Los Angeles Grid.
A violence-free community.
We hope you enjoy your stay.
Ladies.
Welcome home, Mr. Burroughs.
The entire staff of the Los Angeles Grid
sends its greetings, sir.
Well thank them for me, Parness.
Ruby,
have our offshore clients confirm
our little auction tomorrow?
Yes, all but the People's
Republic of England.
Well, God save the King.
Mr. Parness,
see them to their rooms.
I think they'll be most comfortable
in the old Burtech warehouse.
See that they're well protected.
Ruby?
Yes, Mr. Burroughs.
People's Republic of
England, their Prime Minister,
I'd like to speak to him right away.
Yes, Mr. Burroughs.
I'm sure you'll feel at home.
I want you here, two at the
front, two down the hall.
You come with me.
To the point,
please, I'm a very busy man.
I'm sorry, sir,
there's a Nevada Grid Runner.
He's on his way to Los Angeles.
He might be chasing you.
His partner was killed at the boarder.
You should've stopped him.
That's right, sir, but he's gone renegade.
He turned in his badge.
They say he's a top
man in his department.
I want his file, I want his photograph
and I want it now!
Parness!
This renegade border cop is
on his way here from Vegas.
I'd like for you to stop him.
Permanently.
Take your best men.
He's supposed to be good.
Last call.
Bullet train to the Las Vegas Grid
departing from track nine.
Welcome to the Los Angeles Grid.
A violence-free community.
We hope you enjoy your stay.
Excuse me.
You ain't going nowhere.
Ha!
Just a minute, just a minute.
He's mine.
Should've stayed in Vegas, Quarry.
Do I know you?
Let me introduce myself.
Los Angeles Police Department!
Everyone remain where they are!
Hold it right there, buddy!
Hold it! Hold it!
Hold it, get back here!
Just a minute, officer,
I'm sure you'll find everything in order.
Hold it! Hold it! Hold it!
Go get him.
Sorry for the
inconvenience, Mr. Parness.
It's quite all right, officer.
Have a good day.
Thank you.
You're mine now, sucker!
Prison bar code.
Liana.
Greta.
Where are you?
Greta.
Dante.
Where are you?
They took us to a building
where we were created.
The Mainframe?
It's near there.
You must escape and come to me.
I'm not programmed for strategy.
Let me see the room.
Good.
Very good, Greta.
Now listen to me carefully.
Here's what you do.
Commander, they were all ex-cons.
I saw a bar code on one of them.
But when the police stopped them,
the leader showed his
ID and they let him go.
That would take political pull, Quarry.
Someone very powerful's involved in this.
Right.
How'd they know I was coming to LA?
They must have someone
in the department.
Until I find out who the leak is,
don't talk to anyone except me.
It's gonna be light soon.
I gotta find a place to hide out.
What hotel are you staying in?
I don't know.
I gotta go.
Mary,
get me the address for
Burtech Industries.
Mary, get me a bio on Dr. Cameron.
Tracking.
Dr. Lawrence Cameron.
Born, Vienna, Austria.
Specialist in cyber plasmic theory.
Studied cloning technology at Stanford.
Wait.
What's cyber plasmic theory?
Cloning from a computer program.
Dr. Cameron, in his latest paper,
theorizes that in the near future,
we will be able to maintain
a central data bank
of computer encoded
specifications for replacement limbs.
What'd you see out there, John?
Bring me the keys.
Do it!
Hey! Hey!
We've gotta find Dante.
I'm not going with him.
Mr. Burroughs!
Mr. Burroughs!
They've escaped, sir.
They won't get far.
Track them.
I can always kill them.
Yes, sir.
Let's go!
Try it?
Here you go.
Apart and take your middle finger.
Perfect.
Here you go, you got it.
Please, don't.
Don't!
Stop!
Ew!
She said no!
Are you okay?
Yes.
I'm Quarry.
I'm Liana.
Who are you hiding from?
I'm just here helping a friend.
You're on the run?
No, I just need some place to stay.
That's probably got a tracking chip in it.
They'll find you.
Come on.
We'll get it off.
Mary, give me a systems analysis
on this tracking device.
Tracking.
Tonco Pressure Band.
Just tell me how to remove it.
After disengaging tamper system,
both halves must be
removed simultaneously
or band will activate and
crush the neck of wearer
at 500 PSI.
How do I deactivate the tamper system?
I can scramble the system
for you for 1.743 seconds.
If you have not removed
the band within that time,
you will receive a lethal
jolt of electrical current.
I can not recommend this, David.
Hold this.
Ready?
Mary, scramble it.
Scrambling now.
Are you all right?
Yes.
What a strong man you are.
Why don't you help me
off with my clothes?
What's wrong?
I hardly know you.
But you could get to know me.
Come on, Quarry.
Why don't you help me
off with my clothes?
What's wrong?
You don't like me?
Is there something wrong with me?
I thought I was appealing.
It's not that.
It's just...
What am I doing wrong, Quarry?
I try to do everything that men want.
You should try to do what you want.
I don't know what I want.
I'm not allowed to think like that.
Don't.
Don't cry.
Cry?
It's strange, I've never cried before.
It's okay.
Please hold me.
Mmmm.
How'd they find me?
Those men are after me.
Go!
Let's go!
Yes, Mr. Parness?
I'm sorry, sir, I've lost them.
Find them.
This way!
Why are those men chasing you?
I'm a Las Vegas Grid Runner.
My partner was tracking
two women and a man.
They killed him when
they crossed the border.
I'm after them and I
must be getting close.
The three that you're after
didn't kill your partner.
How do you know?
Because I'm one of the women.
Then you're with Cameron.
Dr. Cameron's dead.
Dr. Cameron was killed
right after I was created.
Created you?
What are you talking about?
Dr. Cameron cloned me from
a virtual reality program
with Greta, another artificial life.
Artificial life?
It's true.
I am a program.
What's wrong?
Then who killed my partner?
The killer from Lethal Combat.
Lethal Combat?
What level?
Who is it?
Dante.
He killed Dr. Cameron and your partner.
Now he's here and he wants
to reactivate the tank.
All the killers from virtual reality,
he's gonna bring them back to life.
Let's go.
We have to find Dante.
Can you help?
No, I'm not programmed to...
You're not a computer program anymore.
You understand?
Yes.
I should do whatever I want to do.
But maybe I can help.
What's the matter?
She's calling me.
Can't you hear her?
Someone's with her.
I can feel him.
Can you see where she is?
Yes.
Bright colored signs.
Japan Town.
I think it worked.
Great, let's go.
Mr. Burroughs.
We found one of the A-lifers.
Little Tokyo, we're headed there now.
What's wrong?
I can feel him.
There he is.
Dante.
You are mine.
We were created for each
other like light and darkness.
Mary, analyze.
What killed her?
Solid hits to precisely the same location
compress the A-lifer's
molecular structure
causing a breakdown
in electrical impulses
at 500 PSI against solid matter.
500 PSI.
Solid matter.
Liana.
Liana!
We got her, Mr. Burroughs.
We should be to you in
approximately 20 minutes.
Mr. Burroughs is very upset with you.
Commander Doyle on the line.
Quarry?
Sir, I know who killed Gibson.
It was an A-lifer.
How can a computer
program kill someone?
A scientist name
Cameron was experimenting
with cloning from computer data.
He cloned three VR characters.
Cameron was murdered.
I know that but remember
when you said powerful
might be involved in this?
Yes.
There's a major corporation.
Not another word.
This isn't a secure line.
Where are you?
Hotel Terioshi, Little Tokyo.
Hold tight, I'll be there
in an hour and a half.
Whatever you do, don't talk to the LAPD.
We don't know if they're in this or not.
What about the other one?
No reading on her at all.
This will keep you on your best behavior.
You don't own me!
Well, my, my, my.
You've forgotten your programming.
You're supposed to do what you're told.
Now find the other one and
kill that damn border cop.
It's no big deal, just do it.
Yes, sir.
Cloning A-lifers, that's amazing.
Look, Dante's trying
to get to the mainframe.
If he does,
he can dimensionalize every
VR character in the data bank.
We have to shut down the mainframe.
We can't.
The city uses that
computer for code red calls
and emergency services.
How do you know Mr.
Burroughs is involved?
This is on one of the female A-lifers.
What happened to her?
She's gone.
This is too big for us.
We can't go barging in
and arresting someone
like .C. Burroughs
without a ton of evidence!
This is not enough.
I think we should turn it over to the Feds.
There isn't enough time.
Those are my orders, Quarry!
Drop it and turn it over to the Feds!
I don't take orders from you anymore.
Access is accepted.
Mary,
pull up Commander Doyle's hand print.
Yes.
Processing.
Complete.
Access is excepted.
Hey!
No, no.
Yes, David?
Sorry, Mary, this is where we split up.
It's been a pleasure
working with you, David.
Mr. Parness,
what am I gonna do with you?
We keep Liana from escaping
and you retrieve Greta from Japan Town.
The Grid Runner, I'd like
to deal with him personally.
So get him here, understood?
Here's that nosy cop!
I understand you're not very good
at following orders, Mr. Quarry.
I guess sometimes I just go over the line.
Who's this?
My partner, John Gibson.
Your boss got him killed.
Well maybe he'll do the same for you.
Well, I've been saving
something very special.
And now
it seems like
the perfect occasion.
Now, there's only one bullet
but that's all it takes.
You can shoot me but
what're you gonna do
about the third A-lifer?
What third A-lifer?
Dante from Lethal Combat.
He killed Dr. Cameron
and escaped when you
left the Vegas Grid.
Now he's coming here.
Good try.
So Dante did escape.
More power to him.
He wants to free other
killers from the mainframe.
We'll take care of them.
Well,
you're a lucky man, Mr. Quarry.
Any final prayers before
you meet your maker?
Hail Mary,
full of grace.
Open up, FBI!
We have you surrounded!
Bad choice, scumbag.
Liana!
Guard!
I want the helicopter and
I want it in the plaza now!
Yes, sir, Mr. Burroughs.
Move!
You do as your told or I'll
destroy you, understand?
Move!
The door!
Burroughs!
Back off or she's dead!
Let her go and I'll let you live!
Go back to Vegas, cop!
You're out of your league!
I'll do it.
Go ahead.
Kill her.
She's just a computer program anyway.
Quarry, that's far enough.
No!
No!
Are you all right?
Dante, he's in the building.
He's headed towards the Mainframe.
Hold it right there!
Intruder in hallway 7-B.
All units respond!
Computer control room's
just around the corner.
Quarry!
You don't want me to hurt her, do you?
Let her go.
Leave, little man.
Leave and I'll let her live.
That's not gonna happen.
You should have listened.
Then watch her die.
Access accepted.
Power supply
for Dr. Cameron's lab in Las Vegas.
Lab power reactivated.
Soon, my friends,
soon you will all be free.
Re-engage power to protoplasm tank.
Protoplasm power engaged.
Tank activated.
Artificial life creation
sequence countdown has begun.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Dante!
You're too late, little man.
It has already begun.
And only this can stop it.
My friends from the games will be free.
Are you prepared to lose again?
I'm not gonna lose.
This time
it's not a game.
You can't win.
You helped make me stronger.
Every time you fought me, I got better.
You've had my power until I became
the very champion of darkness,
your darkness.
Your evil.
Is this what you want?
The power?
My power?
I was created in your image
but I do not play by your rules.
I can read your thoughts, little man.
I can anticipate your every move.
You can't kill me.
I learned my best moves from you
and you're so predictable.
That's why you can't kill me.
It would be like killing a part of yourself.
Game over.
Program abort.
Program abort.
System shutdown.
Tank deactivated.
He made this for you.
Thank you, David.
Thank you for everything.
Quarry?
You know which program.
Mhmm.
I'm so glad you came.
You're crying.
Are you sad?
No, I'm very happy.
Will you proceed?
Advance me to level six.
You have chosen well once again.
Will you proceed to level seven?
Yes.
Hi-yah!
Yah!
You have chosen will.
Will you proceed to level eight?
No, advance me to level ten.
So, we meet again, little man.
Are you prepared to lose?
I am Lethal Combat.
Come, give me your rage!
You can't beat me a my own game.
I don't play by your rules.
I can read your every thought.
You have chosen poorly, David Quarry.
Everyone loses to Dante!
Warning, warning.
Engage manual override.
It is not safe to exit program.
Lose on level ten again?
You can't win, Quarry.
Everyone loses on level ten.
I'm telling you, you gotta try cybersex.
You always win, even if
you're not an expert.
No thanks.
What's wrong with cybersex?
It's guilt free, disease free
sex with a perfect woman.
It's a computer program, John.
You're having sex with a machine.
Ah, but a beautiful machine.
One with big microchips.
Stay at the luxurious Rivera Hotel,
the finest in gaming and entertainment.
Around the clock gambling
and all the alcoholic beverages you can.
Oh, the Riviera offers rooms
special to qualified guests,
of course, like you.
No Las Vegas great
vacation would be complete
without visiting the Burtech
Virtual Reality Arcade.
Oh, play the forbidden games.
Full body cybersex, Lethal Combat
and western gunslinger body
experience of a lifetime!
Oh!
May I help you?
Ready to play the forbidden games?
Yeah, two singles, my wife and I.
May I suggest the everything ticket?
Two days of unlimited play
for only 20 thousand credits.
A significant savings over...
No, no, just two singles please.
Hmm, well, choose your game.
Welcome to Cybersex
by Burtech Industries.
Press any key to continue.
I'm Greta and I'll
give you some discipline.
I'm Bambi.
I'm Debbie and I'm lonely.
Wanna play with me?
Thank you for your selection.
Please press any key to continue.
Oh baby.
I want you, so choose me.
Thank you for your selection
and for experiencing
Cybersex by Burtech.
I want Ken.
You naughty girl.
Well, that'll be five thousand credits.
75 hundred including tax.
Here's your card.
Your tickets.
Door is to your right.
Enjoy.
Take me to Ken's world.
Give me Debbie.
Stop me at level five.
I don't think so.
I've been dying to meet you.
I've heard so much about you.
Yeah?
Yeah.
Like what?
Oh, you're so modest.
You're just my type.
Oh, what a big boy you are.
Oh, Fred.
Take me!
Oh, Debbie.
Oh!
Oh, Debbie!
Prepare to engage.
Link accepted.
Pornography select.
Mind Expanders select.
Unauthorized entry.
Further access denied.
Downloading.
Warning!
Software robbery in progress.
Warning!
Sir, data bank robbery in progress
in sector 7-0-9.
Put in Sheckly and Smith.
Yes, sir.
Officers on route.
Hold it!
Los Angeles Police!
Officer down.
Officer down.
Check in on Smith and Hendricks.
Call paramedics.
Mobilize Grid Runner Unit.
Right away, sir.
Station command to
all Grid Runner Units.
There's been a security
breach in Sector 7-0-9.
Be on the lookout for male suspects
at all border checkpoints.
We're at the dam, Mary.
Five suspects from data bank robbery
are proceeding south,
attempting to cross the boarder
at Sector 15-07.
Caution.
Suspects are armed and dangerous.
We're all over it.
Got this one.
You don't wanna do this.
Looks like I saved your butt again, man.
Never let a guy have any fun, do you?
How many times do I gotta tell you?
Wear the taser.
Mary, tell command we
need a wagon out here
and make sure they know there
isn't any uniform for miles.
Yes, David.
Dr. Lawrence Cameron
for Mr. Burroughs.
I know who you are, Dr. Cameron.
You know the routine.
No weapons.
Clear for entry.
Access accepted, proceed.
Dr. Cameron.
I have something I think you should see.
Another cloning experiment.
Down in my lab.
It will only take 15 minutes or so.
I'll give you 10.
Hello, handsome.
I'm Liana.
I've been waiting to meet you.
Waiting to please you.
I'll do anything that you want.
So play me.
Well, what do you think of her?
She's perfect, of course.
But I've seen her program before.
What if she wasn't just a program?
What if I could make her real?
You see,
this is my protoplasm tank.
It's filled with a complex...
In English, Cameron, please.
We're not all experts in
cyber plasma theory, you know.
There are no cells used in cloning.
Manufactured cells
that become anything
with DNA engineering.
Behold.
Damn.
She's real.
Of course I am.
I've been waiting to meet you.
I've heard so much about you.
You see, this Liana
is a duplicate program.
Dimensionalized from
virtual reality to reality
by copying a program
from MD-Rom to disc.
Only I have copied a program
to living cells
and this is the result.
Can you make more than one?
No.
The configuration of the
artificial intelligence circuits
of the Los Angeles mainframe
allow for only one Liana
to exist at a time.
But there are thousands of
other cybersex programs.
Come here.
There are people who will pay millions
for a black market Liana VR program.
I wonder how much they'd
pay for the real Liana.
It's artificial life.
It's A-life.
And replenishable.
There's one problem, sir.
Even though she's been programed
to serve whoever plays her,
she's also been programmed to learn
which may present some
difficulty in controlling her.
That's why I've invented this.
Any constant pressure over 500 PSI
will cause deterioration.
A slight jolt will cause pain.
She's all yours.
Ruby, make appointments with
all our overseas customers.
They must meet me in person,
Los Angeles headquarters,
Burtech, on Tuesday.
Make sure they understand that
anybody who does not attend
will be frozen out of all
future Burtech properties.
Yes, Mr. Burroughs.
Cameron,
how much does each unit cost?
Millions of cells involved.
Have an analysis on my
desk on Monday at noon.
Who is the second most
popular cybersex program?
Greta, the dominatrix.
Make one for me.
Parness?
Yes, Mr. Burroughs.
I'd like to see you here in
the lab, immediately please.
Access accepted.
Tank activated.
Absolutely fabulous.
Parness, I need to
transport these two samples
into the Los Angeles Grid
without going through
security checkpoints.
Well, the Bullet Train
requires ident-o-credit,
I could cross the boarder at
Arizona and take the old I-40.
Have a plan on my desk at five o'clock.
Right.
Cameron, you've outdone yourself.
There will be a bonus on your desk
at the end of the month.
Well done.
You gotta lighten up, David.
Start using your credit for
something other than training.
Hell, that's half the reason
I became a Grid Runner.
Unlimited use of VR.
All work, no play.
It's gonna get me past level 10 someday.
Oh, you're a poet.
By the way, what does
Cathy think about cybersex?
What do you mean?
Does she do it?
She did before we were married.
And now?
Well, it just so happens we discussed it.
So I made her this, check it out.
It's my virtual self.
That way, when she's having cybersex,
it won't be with a stranger.
Of course, I made some improvements.
Some things a little smaller
and other things a little
bigger, if you know what I mean?
You mean, he's not
a quick draw like you.
Tank activated.
Tank shut down.
What do you want?
I have friends trapped
in your mainframe prison.
Get them out, now!
Access accepted.
Tank activated.
Con from level seven.
Welcome.
System abort!
Mainframe override.
May not be restarted from this location.
What have you done?
The tank is completely shut down.
Start it!
I can't.
The only way to reactivate the tank
is through the mainframe
of the Los Angeles Grid.
Hey, hey helmet!
No one beats Dante!
We'll wait until nightfall.
When the boarder guards all leave,
we'll have about five minutes to cross.
Aren't there surveillance satellites?
A section of the grid will be blacked out
for two hours due to a
computer malfunction.
Gentlemen, what can I get you?
Beer!
Coffee.
Coming right up.
You might as well work
at the LA Grid or New York.
Keep up the goody two-shoes routine
and they're gonna ship
you off to the Ohio Grid.
I hear you have to be married
to even look at a naked woman there.
Here you go, gentlemen.
Come on, what's up with you?
You've been acting weird
for the past six months.
I've been training.
For what, the tight-ass Olympics?
I wanna get passed level 10.
Dante.
It's a computer program.
You can't beat a computer
at a computer game.
It's impossible.
I'm worried about you, Quarry.
I mean, if you stopped
drinking for a good reason,
like her over there,
at least I could understand.
To change your whole
lifestyle for a computer game?
And you think I'm weird for
wasting my credits on cybersex.
Holt!
Holt right there!
Just step out of the vehicle, sir.
Do you know who I am?
Just step out.
I'm John Carter Burroughs,
president of Burtech Industries.
I'm sorry, sir, I didn't recognize you.
You see, we've had a
Code Red in the area.
Well, if you'd like,
I can arrange for an officer for an escort.
No, that won't be necessary.
No sir, really, it's no problem at all.
I'll be right back.
Greta?
Hey!
Hey, just a minute.
Liana.
Liana.
Liana, where are you?
Let me see into your mind.
Let me see where you are.
Who is with you?
Come here.
Get on your knees, baby.
Ah, Greta.
Who is the intruder?
The human male?
Remember that move, Greta.
Now get in.
Liana?
Who is he?
Burroughs.
Liana?!
Now, come on!
Escape.
I can't.
Why are you crossing at that sector?
Satellite security down for two hours.
Come on, now, damn it!
The guards are on their way!
Go!
Liana, let's go now!
Who are these people?
Everyone loses to Dante.
Code Red! Code Red!
Sector 23-019, officer down!
Available unites respond!
One more.
I think you've had enough.
Hey, let's go check out that Code Red.
Forget it, John, we're off the clock.
Yeah.
You're right.
All that's left is the paperwork.
Come on.
We've got an early day tomorrow
and Cathy's probably waiting up for you.
No, I already called her.
She's in bed.
No action tonight.
So you sure you don't want a ride home?
No, I'm fine man, go ahead.
You sure?
Please, go home, mother.
I'll catch you tomorrow.
Max, what's the status
on that Code Red emergency?
False alarm.
What's the satellite recon show?
Satellite recon was negative.
Max, punch me up a map of that sector.
All right, now highlight the sectors
where the border patrol
left a pulse to respond.
What are you doing here, Grid Runner?
Just getting a little
fresh air, how're you doing?
Hey, Max, taking a few notes here.
I think I got like three sets of footprints.
Two female, one male.
Looks like they crossed
the line at sector...
23-019.
Just passed the dam.
23-019.
Las Vegas Grid Patrol, freeze!
I said, freeze!
That's a warning!
Stop where you are!
Damn it, freeze!
Max, looks like we're gonna
need an ambulance out here
at Hoover Dam.
You've gotta be kidding me.
Mayday! Mayday!
Officer needs assistance.
Mayday! Mayday!
Mayday! Mayday!
Officer needs assistance!
Everyone loses to Dante.
That's it.
We analyzed the black
box chip form his pippin.
He was chasing two women and a man
who crossed illegally into LA Grid.
I'd like a copy of that, sir.
Sorry.
We sent the description to LAPD.
It's their baby now.
He was my partner.
It's not your case and not
your place, don't push me.
Sir, I don't trust the LAPD!
As long as you're in
this department, Quarry,
you follow orders and procedure!
You'll have my
resignation in the morning.
Pick up that badge.
Pick it up!
You're throwing your life
away, boy, your future!
Jobs like this aren't easy to find.
You go out there and get yourself killed.
You don't know what you're doing!
Yes I do.
Look, Quarry, you get
out there anywhere near
these three people, you call me.
I'll arrange for back up,
clear it with the LAPD.
You got that?
I get a call before you move, not after!
You understand?
Does Cathy know?
No.
Cathy.
Get out of my way!
Just get out of my way.
I'm sorry.
Just go away.
Go away!
If you leave now, none of
this has to happen, okay?
Just walk out that door
and take that bag with you
and John will come home and
everything will be just fine.
I'm sorry, Cathy.
John is just out drinking.
You know how he gets.
He starts having a good
time and he forgets to call
and dinner gets cold
and I get upset
but then he comes home and
we work everything out.
He's not coming home.
That's because you got him killed!
No, I wasn't there.
I wish I had been.
I wish to God I had been.
I don't know what to say.
I don't know what to do.
I already have his anniversary present
and now...
I think you should call your sister.
Ask her to come over
and stay for awhile.
Okay.
Do you want me to do it?
No.
No, I can handle it.
Look,
I'm gonna take care of this.
You need to be strong.
You know he loved you.
I know.
David?
Get the bastards.
Hey, Grid Runner!
Hey, Grid Runner, I'm talking to you.
I heard you got fired.
Couldn't follow orders.
I'm just here to check
out the crime scene.
Police personnel only.
Three questions and I'll let you go.
Did you find any abandoned vehicles?
No!
Did you check the Bullet Train to LA?
Yeah. Nothing.
Check the roads?
Waste of time.
They'd need a vehicle.
Hey!
It's true what they
say about Grid Runners.
You're just scum chasing scum.
I don't know, John.
Would you go after them?
Or just get on with your life?
Mary, play this back for me.
Mayday! Mayday!
Officer needs assistance!
Mayday! Mayday!
Mary, who programmed
the Lethal Combat game?
Checking.
Information unavailable.
Who pulled the file?
Doctor Lawrence Cameron.
Check his recent credit purchases.
Purchased ticket on Bullet
Train last night, 11:03.
Destination, Los Angeles.
Welcome to the Los Angeles Grid.
A violence-free community.
We hope you enjoy your stay.
Ladies.
Welcome home, Mr. Burroughs.
The entire staff of the Los Angeles Grid
sends its greetings, sir.
Well thank them for me, Parness.
Ruby,
have our offshore clients confirm
our little auction tomorrow?
Yes, all but the People's
Republic of England.
Well, God save the King.
Mr. Parness,
see them to their rooms.
I think they'll be most comfortable
in the old Burtech warehouse.
See that they're well protected.
Ruby?
Yes, Mr. Burroughs.
People's Republic of
England, their Prime Minister,
I'd like to speak to him right away.
Yes, Mr. Burroughs.
I'm sure you'll feel at home.
I want you here, two at the
front, two down the hall.
You come with me.
To the point,
please, I'm a very busy man.
I'm sorry, sir,
there's a Nevada Grid Runner.
He's on his way to Los Angeles.
He might be chasing you.
His partner was killed at the boarder.
You should've stopped him.
That's right, sir, but he's gone renegade.
He turned in his badge.
They say he's a top
man in his department.
I want his file, I want his photograph
and I want it now!
Parness!
This renegade border cop is
on his way here from Vegas.
I'd like for you to stop him.
Permanently.
Take your best men.
He's supposed to be good.
Last call.
Bullet train to the Las Vegas Grid
departing from track nine.
Welcome to the Los Angeles Grid.
A violence-free community.
We hope you enjoy your stay.
Excuse me.
You ain't going nowhere.
Ha!
Just a minute, just a minute.
He's mine.
Should've stayed in Vegas, Quarry.
Do I know you?
Let me introduce myself.
Los Angeles Police Department!
Everyone remain where they are!
Hold it right there, buddy!
Hold it! Hold it!
Hold it, get back here!
Just a minute, officer,
I'm sure you'll find everything in order.
Hold it! Hold it! Hold it!
Go get him.
Sorry for the
inconvenience, Mr. Parness.
It's quite all right, officer.
Have a good day.
Thank you.
You're mine now, sucker!
Prison bar code.
Liana.
Greta.
Where are you?
Greta.
Dante.
Where are you?
They took us to a building
where we were created.
The Mainframe?
It's near there.
You must escape and come to me.
I'm not programmed for strategy.
Let me see the room.
Good.
Very good, Greta.
Now listen to me carefully.
Here's what you do.
Commander, they were all ex-cons.
I saw a bar code on one of them.
But when the police stopped them,
the leader showed his
ID and they let him go.
That would take political pull, Quarry.
Someone very powerful's involved in this.
Right.
How'd they know I was coming to LA?
They must have someone
in the department.
Until I find out who the leak is,
don't talk to anyone except me.
It's gonna be light soon.
I gotta find a place to hide out.
What hotel are you staying in?
I don't know.
I gotta go.
Mary,
get me the address for
Burtech Industries.
Mary, get me a bio on Dr. Cameron.
Tracking.
Dr. Lawrence Cameron.
Born, Vienna, Austria.
Specialist in cyber plasmic theory.
Studied cloning technology at Stanford.
Wait.
What's cyber plasmic theory?
Cloning from a computer program.
Dr. Cameron, in his latest paper,
theorizes that in the near future,
we will be able to maintain
a central data bank
of computer encoded
specifications for replacement limbs.
What'd you see out there, John?
Bring me the keys.
Do it!
Hey! Hey!
We've gotta find Dante.
I'm not going with him.
Mr. Burroughs!
Mr. Burroughs!
They've escaped, sir.
They won't get far.
Track them.
I can always kill them.
Yes, sir.
Let's go!
Try it?
Here you go.
Apart and take your middle finger.
Perfect.
Here you go, you got it.
Please, don't.
Don't!
Stop!
Ew!
She said no!
Are you okay?
Yes.
I'm Quarry.
I'm Liana.
Who are you hiding from?
I'm just here helping a friend.
You're on the run?
No, I just need some place to stay.
That's probably got a tracking chip in it.
They'll find you.
Come on.
We'll get it off.
Mary, give me a systems analysis
on this tracking device.
Tracking.
Tonco Pressure Band.
Just tell me how to remove it.
After disengaging tamper system,
both halves must be
removed simultaneously
or band will activate and
crush the neck of wearer
at 500 PSI.
How do I deactivate the tamper system?
I can scramble the system
for you for 1.743 seconds.
If you have not removed
the band within that time,
you will receive a lethal
jolt of electrical current.
I can not recommend this, David.
Hold this.
Ready?
Mary, scramble it.
Scrambling now.
Are you all right?
Yes.
What a strong man you are.
Why don't you help me
off with my clothes?
What's wrong?
I hardly know you.
But you could get to know me.
Come on, Quarry.
Why don't you help me
off with my clothes?
What's wrong?
You don't like me?
Is there something wrong with me?
I thought I was appealing.
It's not that.
It's just...
What am I doing wrong, Quarry?
I try to do everything that men want.
You should try to do what you want.
I don't know what I want.
I'm not allowed to think like that.
Don't.
Don't cry.
Cry?
It's strange, I've never cried before.
It's okay.
Please hold me.
Mmmm.
How'd they find me?
Those men are after me.
Go!
Let's go!
Yes, Mr. Parness?
I'm sorry, sir, I've lost them.
Find them.
This way!
Why are those men chasing you?
I'm a Las Vegas Grid Runner.
My partner was tracking
two women and a man.
They killed him when
they crossed the border.
I'm after them and I
must be getting close.
The three that you're after
didn't kill your partner.
How do you know?
Because I'm one of the women.
Then you're with Cameron.
Dr. Cameron's dead.
Dr. Cameron was killed
right after I was created.
Created you?
What are you talking about?
Dr. Cameron cloned me from
a virtual reality program
with Greta, another artificial life.
Artificial life?
It's true.
I am a program.
What's wrong?
Then who killed my partner?
The killer from Lethal Combat.
Lethal Combat?
What level?
Who is it?
Dante.
He killed Dr. Cameron and your partner.
Now he's here and he wants
to reactivate the tank.
All the killers from virtual reality,
he's gonna bring them back to life.
Let's go.
We have to find Dante.
Can you help?
No, I'm not programmed to...
You're not a computer program anymore.
You understand?
Yes.
I should do whatever I want to do.
But maybe I can help.
What's the matter?
She's calling me.
Can't you hear her?
Someone's with her.
I can feel him.
Can you see where she is?
Yes.
Bright colored signs.
Japan Town.
I think it worked.
Great, let's go.
Mr. Burroughs.
We found one of the A-lifers.
Little Tokyo, we're headed there now.
What's wrong?
I can feel him.
There he is.
Dante.
You are mine.
We were created for each
other like light and darkness.
Mary, analyze.
What killed her?
Solid hits to precisely the same location
compress the A-lifer's
molecular structure
causing a breakdown
in electrical impulses
at 500 PSI against solid matter.
500 PSI.
Solid matter.
Liana.
Liana!
We got her, Mr. Burroughs.
We should be to you in
approximately 20 minutes.
Mr. Burroughs is very upset with you.
Commander Doyle on the line.
Quarry?
Sir, I know who killed Gibson.
It was an A-lifer.
How can a computer
program kill someone?
A scientist name
Cameron was experimenting
with cloning from computer data.
He cloned three VR characters.
Cameron was murdered.
I know that but remember
when you said powerful
might be involved in this?
Yes.
There's a major corporation.
Not another word.
This isn't a secure line.
Where are you?
Hotel Terioshi, Little Tokyo.
Hold tight, I'll be there
in an hour and a half.
Whatever you do, don't talk to the LAPD.
We don't know if they're in this or not.
What about the other one?
No reading on her at all.
This will keep you on your best behavior.
You don't own me!
Well, my, my, my.
You've forgotten your programming.
You're supposed to do what you're told.
Now find the other one and
kill that damn border cop.
It's no big deal, just do it.
Yes, sir.
Cloning A-lifers, that's amazing.
Look, Dante's trying
to get to the mainframe.
If he does,
he can dimensionalize every
VR character in the data bank.
We have to shut down the mainframe.
We can't.
The city uses that
computer for code red calls
and emergency services.
How do you know Mr.
Burroughs is involved?
This is on one of the female A-lifers.
What happened to her?
She's gone.
This is too big for us.
We can't go barging in
and arresting someone
like .C. Burroughs
without a ton of evidence!
This is not enough.
I think we should turn it over to the Feds.
There isn't enough time.
Those are my orders, Quarry!
Drop it and turn it over to the Feds!
I don't take orders from you anymore.
Access is accepted.
Mary,
pull up Commander Doyle's hand print.
Yes.
Processing.
Complete.
Access is excepted.
Hey!
No, no.
Yes, David?
Sorry, Mary, this is where we split up.
It's been a pleasure
working with you, David.
Mr. Parness,
what am I gonna do with you?
We keep Liana from escaping
and you retrieve Greta from Japan Town.
The Grid Runner, I'd like
to deal with him personally.
So get him here, understood?
Here's that nosy cop!
I understand you're not very good
at following orders, Mr. Quarry.
I guess sometimes I just go over the line.
Who's this?
My partner, John Gibson.
Your boss got him killed.
Well maybe he'll do the same for you.
Well, I've been saving
something very special.
And now
it seems like
the perfect occasion.
Now, there's only one bullet
but that's all it takes.
You can shoot me but
what're you gonna do
about the third A-lifer?
What third A-lifer?
Dante from Lethal Combat.
He killed Dr. Cameron
and escaped when you
left the Vegas Grid.
Now he's coming here.
Good try.
So Dante did escape.
More power to him.
He wants to free other
killers from the mainframe.
We'll take care of them.
Well,
you're a lucky man, Mr. Quarry.
Any final prayers before
you meet your maker?
Hail Mary,
full of grace.
Open up, FBI!
We have you surrounded!
Bad choice, scumbag.
Liana!
Guard!
I want the helicopter and
I want it in the plaza now!
Yes, sir, Mr. Burroughs.
Move!
You do as your told or I'll
destroy you, understand?
Move!
The door!
Burroughs!
Back off or she's dead!
Let her go and I'll let you live!
Go back to Vegas, cop!
You're out of your league!
I'll do it.
Go ahead.
Kill her.
She's just a computer program anyway.
Quarry, that's far enough.
No!
No!
Are you all right?
Dante, he's in the building.
He's headed towards the Mainframe.
Hold it right there!
Intruder in hallway 7-B.
All units respond!
Computer control room's
just around the corner.
Quarry!
You don't want me to hurt her, do you?
Let her go.
Leave, little man.
Leave and I'll let her live.
That's not gonna happen.
You should have listened.
Then watch her die.
Access accepted.
Power supply
for Dr. Cameron's lab in Las Vegas.
Lab power reactivated.
Soon, my friends,
soon you will all be free.
Re-engage power to protoplasm tank.
Protoplasm power engaged.
Tank activated.
Artificial life creation
sequence countdown has begun.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Dante!
You're too late, little man.
It has already begun.
And only this can stop it.
My friends from the games will be free.
Are you prepared to lose again?
I'm not gonna lose.
This time
it's not a game.
You can't win.
You helped make me stronger.
Every time you fought me, I got better.
You've had my power until I became
the very champion of darkness,
your darkness.
Your evil.
Is this what you want?
The power?
My power?
I was created in your image
but I do not play by your rules.
I can read your thoughts, little man.
I can anticipate your every move.
You can't kill me.
I learned my best moves from you
and you're so predictable.
That's why you can't kill me.
It would be like killing a part of yourself.
Game over.
Program abort.
Program abort.
System shutdown.
Tank deactivated.
He made this for you.
Thank you, David.
Thank you for everything.
Quarry?
You know which program.
Mhmm.
I'm so glad you came.
You're crying.
Are you sad?
No, I'm very happy.