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00:00Oh
00:30I don't get it.
00:34Thompson's Creek.
00:35Cutter said there'd be animals all through here, herds of them.
00:38Yeah, he also said that we have a jeep that works.
00:41Neither is true.
00:43Ants.
00:44I hate them.
00:46You know, I did not spend $6,000 and come all this way to take pictures of trees.
00:51There's one.
00:57Boy, he's moving.
00:58Camera, camera, camera.
01:04It's too far. We missed him.
01:06All right, let's drive deeper into La Mista.
01:08There's bound to be more animals in there.
01:18You know, I'm really starting to hate this place.
01:20I wouldn't be surprised if that bozo rented us a jeep without any gas.
01:23Oh, you fellas want gas? That'll be extra.
01:26The gate says full.
01:27Maybe there's something wrong under the hood.
01:29Hamster died. I don't know.
01:31Why don't you see if you can get that swindler on the radio?
01:32We'll see if, uh, see if he can tell us where the animals are.
01:40Because evidently we took a wrong turn somewhere.
01:42The only wrong turn we took was coming here to begin with.
01:45Mendelsohn, is that really necessary?
01:56Yep.
01:58Who's winning?
02:03Lamb.
02:05Cutter, are you there?
02:05Cutter Unlimited. Cutter speaking.
02:09Cutter, where are the animals?
02:12What animals?
02:13That's what we'd like to know.
02:16Where are you guys?
02:18Well, we're near the La Mista's.
02:20On the map where you showed us.
02:22Thompson's Creek.
02:23Yeah, well, there's got to be animals up there.
02:29Well, there's not a sign of life anywhere.
02:31Even the car batteries die.
02:37Holy...
02:39Oh, my God, they're everywhere!
02:41Come quick!
02:44What's going on out there?
02:46What's your location?
02:47Near Thompson's Creek.
02:48Weren't you listening?
02:49Hold on, the fort.
02:54Remember the Alamo.
02:59Yeah!
03:19You're sure in a hurry.
03:25Jeez.
03:26Where the heck did you come from?
03:28It's not as important as where you're going.
03:31What's the problem?
03:32I don't know.
03:33Rented a jeep to a couple of tourists.
03:35They went up to Thompson's Creek,
03:36got this frantic call from them,
03:38and then nothing.
03:40A little worried.
03:42Worried that their check might not clear?
03:43Okay.
03:49Oh, this is serious.
03:52It sounded bad?
03:54Very bad.
03:55Cut through the frost shed over here.
03:57There's a flat where you can cross the creek.
04:16Is that the jeep?
04:17Yeah, that's it.
04:32I don't see him.
04:47Cutter.
04:52They're all around here.
04:55All around us?
04:58What's all around us?
05:06The ants.
05:12The marabunta.
05:13We're trapped.
05:21We're trapped.
05:21Let's go.
05:51Let's go.
06:21Let's go.
06:51I would, if I could.
07:03Go!
07:03Where do they come from?
07:13The Marabunta moves like a tidal wave, engulfing everything.
07:18Their sting is poisonous, but individually, they're nothing.
07:21But as an army, they...
07:25They grab and they won't let go.
07:29They crawl into your eyes, your nose.
07:32You can't get away from them.
07:34They sting you until you fall down.
07:36And once you fall down, it's...
07:40Jeez.
07:54Jeez.
07:54Come on, don't tell me they can eat through wires.
08:05Get out.
08:06What, out there?
08:08Yes.
08:09Move.
08:10If we stay here, we're dead.
08:11Wait, whoa, whoa.
08:12Let me think.
08:13All right, where can we...
08:14Where can we hide from these things?
08:18All right, there's an old mining camp near here.
08:20Should be right through those trees.
08:22I don't know what's there, but...
08:23Well, we know what's here.
08:25Then when we get out, just run.
08:28Whatever you do, don't fall down.
08:31Yeah, look, I already got that message.
08:33Is there anything else you want me to think about?
08:34Yeah.
08:36Step on as many as you can.
08:50Ah!
08:53No, pardon me.
09:00Oh, my ankle.
09:01Come on, we've got to keep moving.
09:07Oh, God.
09:08Well, I can almost get used to this.
09:10Come on.
09:10Let's go.
09:11What, not for the pain?
09:12Ant's near death, apparently.
09:23Well, I think we've got a good thing.
09:37Got any ideas?
09:38Take your clothes off.
09:49Just so I don't get my hopes up, this is ant-related, isn't it?
09:53Take them off.
09:54You're covered.
09:54Oh, God.
09:56Oh, man.
10:05At least they aren't biting anymore.
10:09They are.
10:09You just can't feel it.
10:11The poison's made your skin numb.
10:14What about you?
10:15Still feeling every bite.
10:17Yeah.
10:19Oh, yeah.
10:20Lots of light creeping through.
10:21Where there's light, there's cracks.
10:24Yeah, we're going to have to do something about that.
10:27Yeah.
10:28Yeah.
10:30Oh, no.
10:31Ah, my ankle.
10:33Hey, that's a good sign.
10:34You can still feel the pain in your ankle.
10:36That means the poison hasn't worked itself too far in.
10:39Oh, man.
10:41Incredible.
10:43Something this small could be so dangerous.
10:49You ever seen those puppies before?
10:50Yeah.
10:52About 17 years ago.
10:55I was just a little girl.
10:58We were in a field.
11:01Kali and I.
11:02We were headed back to the village and it was like the ground just erupted in front of us.
11:12So we headed back to the river and swam across to the other side.
11:18Gave us some time to get away.
11:20But the others in the village, they didn't make it.
11:27Where do they come from?
11:30Nobody knows.
11:32Every few years, they come out like locusts.
11:37They hide in the ground, building their numbers.
11:42Then they come out and wipe the land clean.
11:48Should we be looking for anything?
11:53Anything in particular?
11:54Anything that might help.
11:55We won't know.
11:56We won't know until we look.
11:59There are chemicals.
12:02Nitrates.
12:08Sulfur.
12:09Sulfur.
12:11Yeah.
12:13He's in sulfa drugs.
12:15He's done.
12:17Prevents infection.
12:19Used a lot on battlefields.
12:20We have a different name for it.
12:25We have a different name for it.
12:29But this is perfect.
12:33We can put our clothes back on.
12:35It will give us some protection.
12:38Not a lot, but a little.
12:39I was just getting used to the alfresco feeling.
12:49Yeah, it's like the ground is a lie about there.
12:58How soon before they go back to where they came from?
13:03Well, they only leave when there's nothing else to eat.
13:09Well, they already know we're here.
13:12That's right.
13:34Well, if it gets cold, I can always fire this puppy up.
13:38Still got a full tank of kerosene.
13:42Hey.
13:42It wouldn't work.
13:44The fire would only delay them.
13:45We'd never make it back to the truck.
13:48Well, I'll just keep coming up with ideas.
13:51You just keep shooting them down.
13:54Oh.
13:57Hey.
14:01Are you okay?
14:02Yeah.
14:02Yeah, just some heartburn.
14:07I've never had heartburn before.
14:10At least not without a relationship.
14:12How come they haven't tried to come in yet?
14:21They will.
14:22As soon as they're done with everything else out there.
14:24There's got to be some more useful stuff in here.
14:40Well, most of this stuff has been here for a while.
14:42The miners were run off five years ago.
14:45Really?
14:46Run off by...
14:47Darachna?
14:49Darachna?
14:51Tell me something.
14:52How long have you been doing this Darachna thing anyway?
14:55About ten years.
14:57Collie once told me that all men have secret fears.
15:01If they can identify what they're afraid of, they can conquer it.
15:04But if they can't identify it, well, then the fear within takes on its own life.
15:11Yeah, I can understand that.
15:13So the myth of the Darachna was born to create men's fear in the Lamistas.
15:18And the name?
15:20Darachna?
15:22It's Kaya.
15:24It means...
15:26It's hard to translate it.
15:28In English, it's, uh, shadow.
15:32Okay, shadow.
15:33That makes sense.
15:34Hey.
15:38Hey, my old friend.
15:40What do you think?
15:42Oh, about as useless as the kerosene.
15:46Well, I'm just taking inventory.
15:47You never know when a bunch of dynamite might come in handy against a horde of ants.
15:53Hey.
15:55Did you see that generator outside?
15:57Yeah, it wasn't running.
15:58Yeah, yeah, I know.
15:59It, um, could have been used to recharge batteries.
16:02I wonder if they have lights.
16:04There's lights in here.
16:09It's a good thing?
16:14They're incredibly poisonous.
16:16That's a good thing.
16:18I'm sorry, you have to, you have to walk me through this one.
16:22Well, the poison can be diluted with water and the sulfur.
16:25It creates a type of ant killer.
16:28Here, here's some of the poison.
16:31Oh.
16:31Oh, Feezy, Feezy.
16:33Careful.
16:34Got it.
16:36Got it?
16:37Yep.
16:41You telling me this, uh, little bit of poison's gonna get us out of here?
16:46No.
16:46But it will keep them from coming in here.
16:53Okay.
16:54Thanks.
16:58This will help.
17:01It's not much.
17:03But it will help patch up some of these holes.
17:06It will help.
17:10It will help.
17:11It will help.
17:19For my own bill.
17:20Hey, you open?
17:34Nope. Barn door's all shut.
17:37I meant the air service. I gotta get to Uhuru, quick.
17:41You wanna hire us to fly you to Uhuru?
17:44It's only two hours away you could drive in the time I could get the plane ready.
17:47I can't drive it. The rangers have closed off the road near the east end of the Lomistas.
17:53Marabunta outbreak.
17:55Marabunta? Ants?
18:02Like these ants?
18:03Yeah, it's a major outbreak near Thompson's Creek.
18:07So, I gotta get to Uhuru, quick.
18:11I'll offer top dollar. I'll pay double.
18:14The pilot's not here.
18:15Well, find him. I'll pay major money.
18:25I'll go get him.
18:28Where is he?
18:31Thompson's Creek.
18:32Now we have most of the cracks filled.
18:52Then we can keep the rest of the poison for what we missed.
18:56Hey.
19:03How's your heartburn?
19:04Oh, heartburn's doing great.
19:08Just about worked its way up to my throat.
19:12That supposed to mean anything?
19:13You know, one of the things that gets me is when people don't tell me things that I have a right to know.
19:25My ex-wife used to do that to me all the time.
19:27Of course, with her, it didn't involve poison ants.
19:32Open your mouth.
19:33How does it look, Doc?
19:40The poison is drying out your system.
19:43Your throat is raw.
19:46That's what's causing your heartburn.
19:49Wonderful.
19:51So, what's the next step?
19:53We get you to Kali or a hospital.
19:55Well, it's curable.
19:58That's good.
19:59But assuming we don't get on the next train, what's the next step?
20:12Hey, Amanda.
20:15Who's Amanda?
20:17My ex-wife.
20:18You know, the one that didn't tell me things.
20:20Next, it'll start to bleed from your throat, and your nose, and your eyes.
20:31That is, if you don't drown in your own blood.
20:35Sharing time is over.
20:37I got the message.
20:40Hey, we're going to get out of here.
20:43Hey, I'm up for a move.
20:46Got any ideas?
20:46Well, we can see what's down below.
20:51Well, it's an old mining cabin.
20:53You never know what's down there.
20:56What do you think?
20:57Maybe it's a way out.
21:01Yeah, maybe.
21:03Let's move some of these boxes.
21:05Here we go.
21:16Hey, Rashid.
21:20I got to get through here.
21:22No one is allowed in here, and so the man Abruxel has run its course.
21:25Two villagers were attacked last night.
21:27Many casualties.
21:28Yeah, but I got a paying customer back at the bar, and...
21:32Cutter's out there somewhere.
21:34Out here?
21:36That can't be.
21:37Afraid so.
21:40You stay here.
21:42Come on.
21:43Where are we going?
21:43Come on.
21:43Come on.
21:43Come on.
21:46How's it look down there?
22:13Oh, what's that?
22:19Pull the torch over there so I can see it.
22:29I didn't need to see that.
22:31It's like someone else tried to hide out from the aeroporto.
22:35Etsy.
22:35The other guy I rented the jeep too.
22:38Found him.
22:39Oh, well, that means they're still down there somewhere.
22:44Get back up here.
22:45Now.
22:45Wait.
22:46Come on.
22:46Wait, there's a big roll of canvas.
22:49Sheena.
22:49This might come in handy.
22:50No.
22:51Okay, hurry it up.
22:52Help me, sir.
22:53Hurry it up.
22:54Hurry it up.
22:54You got it.
22:55Yeah, I got it.
22:57It's stuck on something.
23:02Hurry, Cutter.
23:03I hope you will.
23:04I'm not going down here.
23:05Okay, I got it.
23:06Now we're out of poison.
23:35Any chance we could milk some more out of your friend over there?
23:39No.
23:40It'll be hours before she's ready for that again.
23:45Oh.
23:46Oh.
23:50Okay.
23:53Okay, I'm just feeling a little woozy.
23:57A little tired.
23:58Cutter.
24:00Focus.
24:01Your body can't fight the poison if you're asleep.
24:04I'm awake.
24:06I'm awake.
24:08Keep talking to me.
24:10Okay?
24:11Don't stop talking.
24:12Hey, you know me.
24:14Mr. Chatter.
24:16So, what do you want to know?
24:17The last time the Maribouta came through, it took months for the land to recover.
24:27It's amazing how such small creatures can create such havoc.
24:31It's their Napoleonic complex.
24:34Excuse me?
24:35Napoleon, as in short.
24:38Short people have to compensate for their size in other ways.
24:41We're talking about ants.
24:44I know.
24:45Millions and millions of little Napoleons charging their way over land and sea.
24:51Devouring anything that's smug enough to think bigger is better.
24:54Cutter, you can't relate because you're tall.
24:59But believe me, I understand exactly where they're coming from.
25:18Cutter.
25:21Cutter!
25:21All right.
25:26Right with you.
25:28I might have an idea.
25:30I'm looking down this hill at the river.
25:33If we can make it across, I think we could do it.
25:38That if word, that's always a problem.
25:42If.
25:43And that's assuming that they're not already there, too.
25:47Hey, if we, if we knock out this wall, we could, we could ride it like a, what is it called?
25:57A sled?
25:58Yes.
25:59Yes, we could ride it like a sled down to the river.
26:02Or as close as we could get to it.
26:05I'm sorry, I'm, I'm a little confused here.
26:08I'm the one who's delusional.
26:10Yeah.
26:10I think we can do this.
26:13But the slope is steep enough.
26:18Yeah.
26:21There's that shed.
26:24Oh, watch it.
26:28Oh, right in the way.
26:30Okay, that's, that's out.
26:32No.
26:34Not completely.
26:36Oh, oh, you go out there, they're gonna eat you alive.
26:39I'll move fast.
26:41If it doesn't work, it changes nothing.
26:47Okay.
26:49Wait a minute, we're gonna rent a chopper from Cy?
26:52It's the fastest way to look for Cutter.
26:54Cy hates Cutter.
26:56We're the competition.
26:58No way he's gonna rent a chopper to us.
27:00Surely he's not gonna let the small business rivalry come before man's life.
27:06You've never met Cy, huh?
27:10I would rather cut off my right arm than help that scheming, conniving, low-down piece of garbage.
27:16Do you know how much business that dirtbag has cost me?
27:20It's not Cutter's fault if tourists choose his service over yours.
27:23It is when he tells them that my number of casualties per trip has gone down.
27:30Hey, he could just as easily said your numbers went up.
27:34I never had any casualties.
27:38Look, Cy, you know I'm a good mechanic, right?
27:41You're the best.
27:43So you should be working for me instead of that scoundrel.
27:45Look, if he dies, you've got yourself a job.
27:49You're missing my point.
27:50See, if I can keep a chopper running, I also know how to make it fall apart.
27:57At night, in the dark, when you're asleep.
28:03See where I'm going with this?
28:05You know, Mendelsohn, I never thought you'd go that far to help Cutter.
28:17As I recall, the last time he was in trouble, you were more concerned about the boat he was in.
28:22What's changed?
28:23He owes me $100.
28:26Otherwise, I'd take Cy up on his offer.
28:28Wait a minute.
28:39This will help a bit.
28:43You'll get back here as soon as possible.
28:48Hey.
28:51See you back here in less than a minute, right?
28:54Hurry up.
29:14When in the world is that?
29:15Come on, Sheena, hurry up!
29:42Come on, Sheena, hurry up!
29:45Don't.
30:06Don't come back, Sheena.
30:09Just keep running to the river.
30:11Come on.
30:15They're all over the roof.
30:17Don't go to the water.
30:20Don't be capable of spreading this next to her fucking master HQ.
30:21We'll get in.
30:31Let's do it.
30:33Wait a minute.
30:36I remember moving to the archaids.
30:41I remember moving along, by their way.
30:43Let's go through this area, huh?
30:45I'll try Aberda.
30:45You were dying to go.
30:46Cutter. Cutter, are you okay?
31:01Oh, God.
31:07It doesn't look good.
31:09No, it doesn't.
31:11I'm sorry.
31:13Hey, it's the luck of the draw.
31:15But let's keep looking.
31:31Cutter.
31:33Can you hear me?
31:35Yeah.
31:37Yeah, I can hear you. Just... just fine.
31:40Yeah, just keep talking, okay?
31:42Keep talking.
31:44You talk about what?
31:46What?
31:48It was a mistake, okay?
31:53Look.
31:55I said I was sorry.
31:59Please.
32:00Please.
32:02Can you just... just let it go?
32:07Cutter.
32:12Mandy, I slipped up.
32:14Don't.
32:16You can't walk out because of one screw-up.
32:21I said... I said... I said... I said I was sorry.
32:26I'm sorry.
32:29I'm sorry.
32:30I'm sorry.
32:31Cutter.
32:33Wake up.
32:37What?
32:41Hey.
32:42Hey.
32:43How are you feeling?
32:44Are you feeling all right?
32:46Are you feeling all right?
32:48Can you see me?
32:50Yeah.
32:53You know, my eyes are real blurry.
32:55You really need a makeover.
32:59Your eyes are drying out.
33:01It's the poison.
33:02It's the poison.
33:05Got an idea.
33:07You change into an anteater.
33:11You can buffet them to death.
33:13I don't know why I didn't think of it earlier.
33:17I wish I could.
33:20I could use a snack right now.
33:23So could I.
33:30Oh, my throat hurts.
33:32You know, I always pictured I'd go out John Wayne style,
33:37guns blazing, taking as many with me as I could.
33:41Just never figured on ants.
33:46It's a hell of a way to go.
33:50I wonder what the Duke would have done.
33:54Enough of that.
33:56We're gonna get out of here.
33:59I have a plan.
34:00You had a plan a few hours ago.
34:05Still do.
34:07We're gonna get out of here.
34:10As soon as the sun goes down,
34:12the Marabunta,
34:13they slow down at night.
34:15Yeah.
34:19Yeah, I guess we're not in a hurry anymore.
34:23At least my ankle doesn't hurt now.
34:25So, what do you need me to do?
34:32Are we still doing that slide for life?
34:35Yeah.
34:37Yeah.
34:38When we get ready to go,
34:40we're gonna wrap ourselves in canvas.
34:44We're gonna push ourselves into the wall.
34:47And when we...
34:49when we jump...
34:52We'll either slide or we won't.
34:54And if we don't?
34:58Well, then...
34:59we probably won't make it to the river.
35:07Any point in asking if there's a...
35:09backup plan?
35:13You can...
35:14you can ask, but, uh...
35:17it really does no good.
35:18Wait.
35:23Wait.
35:26Do you hear something?
35:29Yeah.
35:38There, look over there.
35:40Can you see anyone inside it?
35:42No, it looks like they tried to get away on foot.
35:45That's not good.
35:47No.
35:49Fly over to the river.
35:51Maybe we try to cross the air.
35:56It's a helicopter.
35:58Yeah.
35:59Yeah.
36:04It's going away.
36:10What's the matter?
36:11Is it...
36:11is it coming back?
36:14No, it's...
36:15it's something else.
36:18We can't wait.
36:19We've...
36:19we've got to go now.
36:21Oh, we're never going to make it.
36:25Oh...
36:25Let's just rather do, okay.
36:41Okay.
36:49Later.
36:50This isn't working.
37:15Well, I'm listening for a better idea.
37:18Oh, come on, go.
37:21Perfect.
37:23Okay, turn to the camera.
37:30Okay.
37:32Right there.
37:34Ready?
37:34Yeah.
37:35Okay.
37:38Okay.
37:39Yeah, if this doesn't work, it's been fun trying.
37:43Yeah.
37:45Ready?
37:45Ready?
37:48Hey, he's having the cookout.
37:56It's worth that.
37:57Cutter.
38:13Cutter.
38:15Hey.
38:16Hey.
38:16I'm tired.
38:17Come on.
38:18Let's just rest.
38:19No.
38:20No, it actually feels pretty good right now.
38:21No, it's the poison.
38:23Fight it.
38:23Oh, shit.
38:24Come on.
38:24Come on.
38:25No.
38:26In the water.
38:27Oh.
38:39Are we okay now?
38:42Yeah.
38:43Yeah.
38:44We're okay.
38:45We're okay.
38:56Just float, okay?
38:58Sure.
38:59Floating's easy.
39:01I just...
39:02I just want to sleep.
39:04Yeah.
39:05I...
39:05I know.
39:08Hey, Cutter.
39:09Hmm?
39:09Just sleep, okay?
39:12Okay.
39:13Close your eyes and we'll let the current take us wherever it wants to.
39:19Okay.
39:21Okay.
39:22Okay.
39:22There they are.
39:35Blow us.
39:40Cutter.
39:41Cutter, wake up.
39:44Mendelsohn, get the ladder ready.
39:48We're gonna make it!
39:52Cutter!
40:16Cutter!
40:18Fifteen people died during the three-day outbreak which scientists are still studying.
40:37But for now, the Marabunta have returned to where they came from.
40:42Dateline Johannesburg.
40:44Well, at least they're all gone.
40:46Yeah, until the next time, or until we have a picnic.
40:52They really are everywhere.
40:56We just don't care until they make us notice them.
41:04Like I said, it's amazing.
41:07Something so small can do so much damage.
41:10Sometimes we eat the bear, sometimes the bear eats you.
41:16Sometimes the bear gets eaten by the ants, and the ants eat you.
41:22Sometimes...
41:23We got it.
41:24I'm still a little woozy from all the poison they pumped in me.
41:41Yeah, me too.
41:42But it will wear off.
41:45Itching?
41:46It may take a while.
41:47I was pretty much in and out of it for a while there.
41:57I hope I didn't say something I shouldn't have.
42:01You know?
42:04Not a word.
42:06Yeah.
42:07I guess if I had, you would have left me there, right?
42:12No.
42:14I wouldn't have left you.
42:16Yeah, I know.
42:28You're gonna go.
42:29Yeah.
42:32You know?
42:39You're dead.
42:47You're dead.
42:49You're dead.
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