"Man:" "Get the hell out of here!" " Stay in the truck, LJ." " You got it, man." "How much time?" " Two minutes." " Quick!" "Quick!" "Hlde back here!" "Man:" "Michelle!" "Come on, baby!" "I know you're in here!" "michelle, don't make me lose my temper!" "I'm gonna count to three!" "One... two..." "AII right, all right, I'm coming out." "Three." "Have you learned nothing?" "When I tell you to do something, you do it!" "Quinn, he's going to kill her." "I have never seen such vermin as what passes itself off as human in this world." " ( screams )" " So who was it?" "!" "Quinn, don't." "Don't get involved in this." "Quinn, this is crazy." "You're going to get hurt." "Who was it, michelle?" "Run!" "I'II keep him back!" "Who's this?" "I never saw him before." "Quit arguing and get out of here!" " ( laughs )" " Stay back!" "Take a swing, punk." "( grunting )" "You laugh at that." "Get up!" "Let's go." "Go!" "Go!" " Where to?" " Wade:" "Overthere." "what's that thing?" "Don't worry about it!" " Let's go, Q-BaII!" " Yeah, I'm right behind you." " I gotta go." " what?" "Wait a minute!" "what about me?" "Thanks to you, he'II probably kill me." "No, no, Mr. MaIIory." "Don't even think about it." "michelle!" " No choice!" " Mr. MaIIory!" "No!" "michelle!" "michelle?" "Quinn:" "what if you could travel to parallel worlds?" "The same year, the same Earth, only different dimensions?" "A world where the Russians rule America?" "Or where your dreams of being a superstar came true?" "Or where San Francisco was a maximum security prison?" "My friends and I found the gateway." "Now the problem is finding a way back home." "( theme music plays )" "Give it up, LJ, it's checkmate in three." "Maybe, maybe not." "You never know." "( portal roars )" " what the hell is that?" " what?" " that." " Watch it!" "( grunting, groaning )" "Professor:" "How much time until we slide?" "Wade:" "26 Hours." "Where are we?" "what is this place?" "Rembrandt:" "welcome to a new world, lady." "( groans )" " ( grunting )" " Sid, don't." "Get off him, man." "You want to get us all in trouble?" "Shut up, LJ." "Let him go!" "I never saw this guy before this morning!" " Thanks, man." " Yeah, no problem." "I told you to stay with the truck." "Wasn't me, pal." "You see any trucks around here?" "Where the hell are we?" "Webb Court." "And there's a custodian around the corner." "So if I were you, I'd stash the gat." "Webb Court?" "I know every inch of San Francisco, and this ain't no Webb Court." "Perhaps I can be of some assistance." "Sid, is it?" "Sid, this is not your San Francisco." "When we entered that... that tunnel, we came to a different San Francisco." "We have, in fact, been to 20 or 30 different ones." "Tomorrow, we'll be going to another." "Everybody, come here." "Come here." "C'mon." "Professor:" "How to explain this?" "Sid, that tunnel is like a door." "Hard as it is to believe, it takes us from one world to another." "Each world is a little different." "what's this one?" "I don't know, but I suspect that we'II find out soon enough." "Woman's voice:" "Please keep moving." "The life you save may be your own." "Come on." "Come on." " what are you doing?" " Buddy bracelets." "what are you talking about?" "These right here." "Great, a street hustler." " Rembrandt:" "Why?" "what are they for?" " Wade: what's the catch?" "It's required." "It's gratis." "It's no hype." "When in Rome..." "Man, I ain't wearing this thing." "It's yourfuneral." "Stay with me." "You're gonna need somebody to show you around here." "Come on." "Wade:" "The air's so clean here." "Professor:" "Yes, and they have electric carts." "I wonder if they've abolished the internal combustion engine." "They certainly have a Iot of rules and regulations." "AII right, here it comes." "It's about time to show the bracelets." "Right here, sir." "( rumbling )" "Earthquake?" "How about that one, sir?" "." "An aftershock?" "Move along." "Rembrandt:" "So, you get a Iot of earthquakes?" "You don't know the half of it." "Let's get in the cab." " You're a cab driver?" "." " Something like that." "could you just take us to the Dominion hotel on HubbeII Street, please?" "HubbeII Street's rubble, darlin'." "The whole section of the city came down in last month's 6.4." "So, you planning on cutting out of here manana, huh?" "You going to be going out the same way you came in?" "Yes, but keep it under your hat." "We'djust as soon no one heard about it." "I understand entirely." "Let me show you around." "Just a reminder, it's not over between us." "Woman's voice:" "Please keep your bracelet visible at all times." "LJ:" "Oh, yeah, this campus is great." "I stayed there myself forthe first couple of months." "No mortars going off." "that's a plus." "Woman's voice:" "This is your home." "Please keep it peaceful and clean." "Professor:" "Now there is a fine example of architectural hubris." "Ageodesic dome built in an earthquake zone." "Just imagine keeping the water out of that surface." "( chuckles )" "Good morning, sweetheart." "These folks need a place to stay." "Minimum hassle." "Think you can accommodate us?" "These haven't been processed yet." "I said, minimum hassle." "How long?" "Uh, just one night." "what'd he do?" "steal a penny?" "Newcomers, Rosie." "They'II be on their way by tomorrow." "Signatures and fingerprints at the "X."" "You're in Annex 7-7-0." "Here's the group therapy schedule." "Ladies at 3:00." "Men in the morning." "Group therapy?" "what is this, a loony bin?" "Uh, LJ," "I'm not sure if we can afford this place." "It's taken care of." "It's "on the G."" "Government housing." "Woman's voice:" "In case oftrouble, lie prone on the ground." "Don't litter." "You'll be very sorry,." "Ahem-- all right." "7-7-0's back there and I'II be with you guys in a few." "So where are you going?" "I gotta smooth things over with the supervisor." "Nothing major." "Oh, keys." "Where do we get a key?" "Key?" "There's no locks." "No one steals in San Francisco." "Look, I know you guys don't belong here." "But everything's gonna be fine, as long as you don't go anywhere ortrust anyone." "Except me." "well come on, get out of here." "Something awfully oily about that guy." "Considering the nature of the sociopath we've launched on this unsuspecting society, we should be grateful we met him." "Um-hm, would you look at this?" "( chuckles )" "Uh-huh." "Wade:" "This is government housing?" "Rembrandt:" "talk about your basic entitlement." "You heard what the man said." "No locks, Sid." "We could be rich in no time." "that's right, baby." "I'm going to take home a bundle." "I don't know about you, but I don't want any part of what that cab driver's throwing out." "Wade:" "Uh-oh." "Excuse me, we were told to stay put." "When I come back, you're gonna take me and her home." "I'm afraid I can't do that, Sid, because we cannot activate our device until tomorrow." "Sid, it's kind of a tricky situation, but we" " Hey!" " Right there." "michelle:" "Sld, don't hurt him." "Wade:" "He didn't mean it." "Sid:" "You shut up!" "( gasping )" "AII I have to do is lean in on you and your windpipe snaps." "Now, you listen to me." "I don't like it here and I wouldn't be here if you didn't stick your face in my business." "Look at me when I'm talking to you." "So, here's yourjob." "Yourjob is to get me home when I want to go." "You got that?" "Sid, think." "He's the only person who can get us home." "Get this?" "Piss me off and you're stuck here forever." "( choking )" "( gasping )" "well, don't expect any sympathy." "If you'd used your brain, we wouldn't be in this mess." "You and your misguided sense of bravado." "will you stop it?" "that's not going to solve anything." "I'm gonna go get some air." "Woman's voice:" "Please keep moving." "The life you save may be your own." "Sorry." "I" " I just wanted to thank you... fortrying to help me." "I mean, I know I caused a Iot of problems and yourfather's all pissed off." "Father?" "." "Anyway, thank you." "( chuckles ) Good morning, again." "Now what?" "These are the forms you have to fill out forthe Board of Registry." "Last will and testaments, donor cards, etc." "Hmm." "Now, I count only five." "Professor:" "Yes, one of our colleagues is napping." "He was exhausted." "that shouldn't be a problem, should it, sir?" "." "Just as long as he fills out the forms." "that's--that's quite all right." "I'm going to have to register your bracelets with the computer log." "So if you'II hold them out, please?" "( faint beeping )" "Now, you and this good gentleman are buddies." "And... you two ladies." "And... that'll put you with the otherfella whom you said is sleeping." "Now, how the "Buddy System" works, is that each of you wiII" "( beeplng )" "hold on." "hello?" "I'm looking at a red bIinker." "Man's voice:" "Curfew violation, 674-C." "Safety check." "No malfunctions reported." "Oh, dear." "what's he doing?" "It'sjust policy." "( beeplng )" "( gunshot )" "Now, where were we?" "Woman's voice:" "Remember, the custodians are yourfriends." "We all live here together." "what are you saying?" "His buddy committed the crime?" "that man didn't do anything?" "that's The Buddy System, ma'am." "Friends do not let friends commit crimes in San Francisco." "They're carting him off like garbage." "Oh, my God" " Sid." "In as much as we shall be leaving shortly, hypothetically, if one of our group was to slip, how much time--?" "Between the bracelets and the Neighborhood Watch, they'II be on you in no time." "Neighborhood Watch?" "Oh, yeah, major perks for reporting a crime." " Wade:" "Where would he go?" " How should I know?" "Think, woman, think!" "I don't know." "Where the money is." "Quinn:" "My "buddy's" out there." "So, what's he gonna do, knock off a bank?" "Yes, I would think that would probably be his first move." " This is unbelievable." " Wait, I'II give you a lift." " Okay." " No, no, no." "You ladies have group therapy at 3:00." " There are no exceptions." " Forget it." "So what?" "You want to end up like that guy on the street?" "Great." "LJ:" "what's your buddy's MO?" "How should I know?" "I just met the guy." "It's bad news." "The whole idea is to keep tabs on each other." "This Buddy System is insane." "Yeah, it sucks." "But the city would self-destruct without it." "Everyone knows that they're gonna die soon." " So how else you gonna keep 'em in line?" " what do you mean?" "A big-ass earthquake's due any day now." "SeismoIogists say the peninsula's gonna drop right into the ocean." "well, if you know it's coming, why don't you leave?" "Like I got a choice." "This is prison, man." "San Francisco national Penitentiary." "Rembrandt:" "Listen, what do we do if we do find this guy?" "Him and his bad temper and that big "Saturday night special" he carries?" "We'II cross that bridge when we come to it." "Assuming he hasn't burned the whole city down." "Hunh." "Mr. Brown, if we get through this, you and I must have a serious talk with the others." "About what, Professor?" "." "AII about this, about the Sids and the MicheIIes and Mr. MaIIory's penchant forthe quixotic rescue." "what choice did he have?" "Let the poor girl get her head beat in?" "No, of course not." "You understand, Mr. Brown, ourtimer was originally set forthree people." "Now it seems to be handling the four of us quite well." "But every time we add an extra body, we increase exponentially the chances of catastrophic failure." "Whoa, whoa-- what are you saying?" "what I'm saying... is we increase the risk that you and I will be spread" "like very finejam across an infinite number of universes." "that is an ugly picture." "Besides, our chances of survival here would be much greater if we didn't have Sid to worry about." "This is one strange world." " Wait." " Come on." "Come on, man." "You know, in some ways, this reminds me of switzerland or Singapore." "clean streets, weII-reguIated citizenry." "Stiff penalties in exchange for quality of Iife." "Yeah, a paradise, if you Iike being caned for littering." "Let's go, c'mon!" "Yo, yo!" "( laughs )" "Hey, Fish, my knife slipped." "Bring it back here for me." "First of all, my name is not "Fish."" "secondly, I am not your slave." "And thirdly, you should know that although I am a man of peace, I am prepared to make an exception in your case." "You should be careful with this." " Give me the knife." " We don't want any trouble." "You give me that damn knife or we'II hang you upside down and see what shakes out." "Attention, please." "I'm with the Neighborhood Watch." "as you know, there are rewards for preventing crimes, and I believe these punks here are contemplating one." "I got a possible problem, sector nine." "Next time, Fish." "We'II be lookin' for ya." "Woman's voice:" "Friends don't let friends commit crimes." "Woman #1:" "We don't have much time before the meeting." "Do you think I have time to go to the ladies'room?" "Woman #2:" "You really want to take a chance?" "Woman #2:" "I wouldn't want to be late." "Remember what happened to Betty last week." "Woman #1:" "Oh, yeah, I do remember." "michelle:" "So tell me again-- why can't we get home?" "Maybe it's not impossible." "what I'm saying is we've been trying for a really long time and haven't been able to." "If I was you I'd try not to have any illusions about going home." "These rehab sessions are a sham." "Then why have 'em?" "It'sjust to keep us busy." "that's all it is." "( chuckles )" "well, one good thing-- if you don't make it home, you don't have to stay with Sid." "No one's making me stay with Sid." "I didn't mean it like that." "well, he doesn't treat you very well." "Sid's okay." "Everyone respects him." "Nobody would dare lay a finger on me as long as I'm with him." "He beats you." "what's the difference?" "Once you're with them, they all do it." "Not on my world." "well, goody for you." "Look, Sid came into my Iife when I was nothing." "I was 15 and my entire family was wiped out with the war." "So don't nag on me about Sid." "Okay." "Forget I said anything." "Woman:" "Ladies, would you all be seated, please?" "Get your coffee and take your seats." "Look, maybe it's different on your world, with guys like Quinn, but on my world there's no choice." "So I do what I gotta do." "that's the point-- we're not on your world anymore." "I'd like to thank you all for being so prompt." "I see a few new faces in the crowd." "welcome." "Before we get started, why don't we have the new members of the Wednesday group stand and introduce themselves?" "My name is GIadys and I'm a convicted felon." "AII:" "Hi, GIadys." "I got 35-to-Iife for poisoning my husband because he cheated on me with the babysitter." "Now, GIadys, we're going to have to stop you." "Step one, ladies, never blame the victim, hmm?" "Okay... why don't you in the back in the red tell us what you were convicted of?" "." "LJ:" "Coming up on another ATM." "So, MaIIory, answer me a question." "You know I studied the physical sciences before I was wrongfully incarcerated." "So let me get this, you never know what the next world is gonna be like until you get there?" " exactly." " You ever hit a world was worse than this?" "Not many." "LJ, overthere." "It's him." "Sid, stop!" "Put that thing away!" "Oh, seriously, man, they're gonna kill you." "Hey, LJ, don't you have something betterto do?" "( gun clicks )" "On thefloor." "Now!" "Don't." "Big mistake, Sid." "You're crazy man, you know that?" " LJ:" "Come on!" " ( grunts )" "No, no, no, don't go anywhere!" "Ship has sailed, baby." "Great." "what is this?" "what is this?" "It's the wrong color." "( grunts )" "( beeping )" "Give me your wrist." "It's okay." "Not for long." "We've got to get you as far away as possible." "Oh man." "You guys back off or I'II blast him." "No firing." "No firing." "He has a hostage, sir, and he wants to negotiate." "Negative." "Use standard." "operating procedure." "I'II be in contact." "Pain in the ass." "( beeplng )" " Get out." " Get out?" "If I'm seen driving with you, my bracelet's gonna light up." "Get out!" "Look, just cover that thing up," "hold up for a little while." "Why?" "I thought it had to be showing." "people don't notice it at dark unless it's glowing." "Just coverthis thing up." "I got to get back to the others." "Okay, but hurry." "Listen, meet me at the BARTstation at Market and Van Ness." "I'II see you there." "Later." "Woman's voice:" "Don't venture too close to the perimeter." "We're watching you." "Oh, no!" "Not again." " I've got a red bIinker." " ATM robbery." "No malfunction reported." "Action approved." "Big trouble." "Sid hit an ATM." "what?" "No time to explain." "We've go to find the professor," "Rembrandt, and leave now." " You better come with us." " Sid told me to stay here." "Sid's not coming back." "Sid's got every cop within 100 miles coming down on him." "You don't know Sid like I do." "He'II make it." "Not with one of these he's not." "Look, it's your choice." "You're sure?" "hold it." "I'm coming." "Rembrandt:" "what do you mean, all of San Francisco is a prison?" "Earthquakes." "The government evacuated the local population and made this place a penal colony for every madman and murderer in the country." "Is there a plan, Mr. MaIIory, or do wejust wander the streets till they catch us?" "AII right, this is the station." "A BARTstation, with all of these earthquakes?" "Another strategic gem." "Hey, Professor, any time you want" "Come on, this way." "Come on!" "Hey, Quinn, on my world," "LJ was a lying, doubIe-crossing son of a bitch." "Now you tell me." "Wade:" "Don't worry, Professor, we're due for a nice luxury hotel any slide now." "Professor:" "Hah!" "I'II believe that when I see it." "Wade:" "Are you okay?" "I'm fine." "There's nothing you can do about it." "There's no point in talking." "You're worried about Sid." "what if he came back for me?" "what if he made it?" "what if he did?" "I can't believe you could ever be happy with him." "what is with you, huh?" "Who the hell gets to be happy?" "Why don't you look around yourself, for God's sakes?" "Do you see any reason why you should be happy?" "Yeah, I do." "I see people I care about who care about me." "people I can count on." "I think I'm pretty lucky." "well, I think you're dreaming 'cause nobody sticks their neck out for nobody." "Quinn stuck his neck out for you." "He didn't even know you." "LJ:" "Watch your step, here." "Watch it." "C'mon, c'mon, they're waiting for us." " Rembrandt:" "Who's waiting?" " LJ:" "The people who're gonna hide us." " You mean people live down here?" " You got it, man." "Right down this way." "LJ:" "Hey, could you speed this up?" "I don't have a life sentence." "AII right, come on." "Let's go." ""Attention, K-Mart shoppers."" "( men's voices )" "LJ:" "Come on." "Yo, Jakey!" "Jake:" "Hey, LJ, you made it." "We've been waiting for you." "Man:" "what took you so long?" "You get lost or something?" "Hey there, Kick." "what is this?" "Look at the fish the cat dragged in." "Later, baby." "Time is of the essence." "Wait a minute." "what the hell's going on here?" "what do you mean, "what the hell's going on?"" "The smarter you play it, the longer you live." " You got the cash?" " I want to see it first." "Go ahead." "Give him the gizmo." "Give him that thing that makes the tunnel in the air." "Give it to him!" "Better do it, Professor." "If you insist, Mr. MaIIory." "But I do believe that I'm making a huge mistake." "This makes a tunnel?" "There won't be any tunnels, Jake." "You can't make it work without us." "I said, "Be smart."" "Now, I'm trying to protect you people." "Okay, I'II do it." " Quinn, no!" " Shut up!" " Let me have it." " I'II hold it." "You just tell me what to push." "what the hell?" "Nobody move." "Hey, Leo, is that you?" "LJ, you should have told me about this if you wanted to stay alive." "( gunshots )" "Wade:" "Where's Quinn?" "Rembrandt:" "He's trying to get the timer." "Professor:" "Quinn--!" "Wade:" "Quinn, be careful!" "Quinn!" "Quinn:" "I got it!" "I got it!" "Go!" "Go!" "Professor:" "You set a mean pace, Mr. Brown." "( bullets ricocheting )" "Come on, hurry." "Go." "Go." "( police radio chatter )" "well, well, look who we have here." "Damn." "Professor:" "The only reason we're in this situation is because you insisted on meddling in a lover's quarrel." "Let it alone, Professor." "We'II get out of this somehow." "Oh yes?" "And how are we going to do that?" "( rumbling )" "( gasps )" "well, good morning, boys and girls." "Let me explain how it works." "It's quite simple, really." "It's called "survival of the fiittest."" "Whoever comes forward first, volunteers to pilot this little baby here, gets to come with us." "If not, we're going to start executing you one by one." "Either I get what I want, or you're all dead." " Great incentive." " You kill us, you'II never get it to work." "We all gotta go sometime, sweetheart." "Think about it, boys and girls." "Think about it." "I saw Sid use that a couple of times." "It's got his paw prints all over it." "Did it work?" "always, once he killed someone to prove he was serious." "He's right." "You should've just let him beat on me." "Don't blame yourself." "what are we gonna do?" "( rumbling )" "Quinn, I hate this." "Rembrandt:" "It'll pass!" "It'll pass!" "I hope to God it'll pass." "Huh." "Damn earthquakes." "relax, would ya?" "Just play the waiting game." "You're a cocky little son of a bitch, aren't you?" "You're damn right." "If I wasn't, LJ would be getting out of here, not you and me." "( knocking )" "Stay there." "Stay outside." "A guard found this outside the door." "what is it?" "We got one." "( laughs )" "Okay, Professor, come on, let's go." "Get yourthings." "Professor?" "." "what's going on?" "You, too, my dear." "You sold us out." "Professor, you can't be serious?" "Oh, grow up, Miss wells." "As the man says, "survival of the fiittest."" "It's betterthat one of us should survive, than all of us perish." "You can't mean this." "what are you going to do, Professor, steal the idea?" "Wait till I'm out of the way and call sliding your own?" "No, Mr. MaIIory, I am going to go home and perfect it." "Which is what you should've done before you imperiIed all our lives." "When I've done that, I will have every right to call sliding my own." "We'II die here!" "I'm truly sorry." "I'II get you forthis!" "I swear I will, you bastard!" "This isn't over!" "You hear me?" "!" "Yourfriends seem pretty pissed off." "that's their problem." "Give me the timer, hurry." " what's happened here?" " what do you mean?" "This timer has been completely reconfigured." "I'm going to have to take it to Quinn." " It's a trick." " It is not." " You're lying." " I am not." "It is his invention." "He understands it betterthan I do." "Look, Sid, I abandoned my companions in orderto save my Iife." "Now I can't do that without his help." "Drop it!" " ( gun clicks )" " No more, Sid." "I will kill you." "I guess it didn't work." "We're gonna miss the slide, I know it." "( rumbling )" "Keys!" "It's about time." "well, it didn't go exactly according to hoyle, but let's not quibble." " Rembrandt:" "Hurry, up." " 30 seconds." "Patience now." "( grunting )" "If I had time, I'd kill you." "Yeah, when I get free, you'II wish you had." "( laughs )" "Come on, Iet's go!" "( grunting )" "You're mine, pretty boy." "( laughs )" "Get off him, Sid." "what are you going to do, Michelle?" "Huh?" "Think you're going to shoot me?" "Give me the gun, bitch." "No!" "Michelle--!" "( coughs )" "Wade:" "We're running out oftime." "It'II be okay." "I promise." "Come on, Iet's get out of here!" "Trust me, michelle, we have to go, now."