Have you checked your e-mail this morning?
Good God.
This storm we've been tracking for the last few days...
l need everything on it.
lt's got to be a mistake.
l do think we need to listen to what your father has to say.
l don't care what he has to say.
He's been wrong from the very start and he won't accept it!
My figures indicate that this storm, will overwhelm the Thames Barrier.
Are you saying that central London is now at risk?
l'm afraid l am.
l've been trying Mum all morning and she's not picking up.
Muumm!
No population movement on this scale,
in this time frame has ever been attempted.
We're dealing with millions of people.
Please evacuate and make your way to the nearest emergency exit.
l'm declaring a State of Emergency.
There's water coming in here mate.
Well what d'you think is above your head son?
-l don't know. -The Thames.
Run.
-Open your door! -l can't! lt won't open!
Run!
lt's Professor Morrison.
We need that man here.
He's the only one who can tell us now if we have a chance to stop this.
Rob.
Rob!
This is turning into one
of the worst natural disasters ever recorded.
More than two hundred thousand
people are still unaccounted for,
and emergency services are stretched to breaking point.
The scale of the disaster is a reminder of what the citizens
of New Orleans faced two years ago.
Londoners were taken almost entirely by surprise
as the storm surge hit the Thames estuary.
The White House pledged support
from all US military personnel based here...
where are they?
Ten US Chinooks are being sent to us from Mildenhall, mum.
Why is it taking so long?
What are our helicopters doing?
All in the field l'm afraid... evacuees...
transporting medics to field hospitals...
and currently we're airlifting six hundred inmates
from Belmarsh Prison.
Prisoners...
just make it fast.
Rob!
Help us!
Hurry!
Come on!
Help! Help!
Help...
My hand's stuck! l can't...
l'll take you out. lt's okay. We'll help you!
The Dow dropped to five hundred points before the close.
What?
The Nikkei's in free fall. Everyone's dumping the pound.
Half a million trades in the last hour alone.
Yeah but how is this happening? Get me the treasury.
Communication with the treasury
is intermittent at the moment.
Aghh...
Moyes from the US Federal Bank is on hold.
You need to take it here.
Arthur? l'm here now.
How are you bearing up?
Well on top of everything else, the pound is taking a beating.
Arthur, we need your help.
Unfortunately, we're all in the same boat.
The Dow's been hammered and the dollar has dropped
three percent in two hours...
our first responsibility has to be to stabilise our
own currency and markets.
Yeah but you can't isolate the US economy like that.
When the River Thames overflows it just doesn't affect London,
it floods Wall Street too.
Point taken. But restoring confidence
in the currency market isn't going to be easy...
we need time.
Yeah, and time is something neither of us have,
and l don't need to remind you that the United States
has major financial interests in this country,
and if we go under, l assure you the impact
will be felt all the way across the Atlantic...
-Get me the Treasury... -Treasury...
Whatever it takes!
Rob! Are you okay?
l'm fine. Just get in. Quick.
l was so scared...
What happened... your leg okay?
l'm good. l'm OK.
Pull... Pull... Pull... Pull... Pull...
Okay...
Dad!
Hold on!
Help me...
She's going underwater dad...
l'm coming.
Dad! Come on! ls everything alright?
Hang on.
The water's rising! Quick dad!
Hold on tight.
Professor, Are you alright?
Patricia Nash.
Why have you brought me here?
We need your help, sir.
lf l'd been listened to when it mattered,
this catastrophe might never have happened.
lt's not too late.
l'm sorry, l can't help you. l need to find my son.
There's not much you can do for him out there.
Your best chance to help him is to help us...
Your Barrier Breach model... we need access to it.
Your projections for collateral damage in the flood plain.
They.. They may not be relevant anymore.
Of course they're relevant.
There are millions of lives still at risk.
l... l'll need access to my database on the University server.
lf it's still up and running...
ls there anything else we can get you Professor?
Yes. l need to find my son Rob.
He's the best marine engineer in the country.
His company's under contract to the Barrier.
Samantha Morrison...
... is in charge of Barrier operations. Yes sir.
l think he'd head for Defiant.
Defiant?
Ah, Defiant Engineering. Rob's company.
lt's not far from the Barrier but it's on higher ground...
there's just a chance they might...
lf there's a chance we'll find them.
Commissioner... this may all be too late.
But we have to try.
Hold on Sam!
l can't hold it! l can't hold on!
arrggg...
Sam. Hang on!
Hang on!
Do something!
lt's ok. lt's ok. l won't let you go.
Breath...l won't let you go.
Please hurry up, Daddy.
Don't let her die!
-Hurry up! -Please...
Please! Dad!
Please...don't let me go!
l promise. l won't let you go!
Promise...
Come on Dad!
Please don't let me die!
You're gonna be okay!
Please?
Dad! l can't hold her! She's slipping!
Noooo! Nooo!
l let go Dad!
-lt's okay. -l let go dad...
Look! Up there!
Sam.
You can't stay here!
The only way out is up that way!
l'm gonna stay here!
lf you don't move you're gonna die!
We'll be rescued if we stay put.
Come this way... quickly!
Nobody's gonna rescue us. You have to come!
Please come with us! Please come!
-Hey... Hey... Hey... -Help!
-Get us outta here! -Help!
Hang on.
Go on...
Come on.
Go on.
Come on.
l can't...
Come on.
Come on. You can do it!
Hold on.
That's it! Dad!
Come on Dad! You can do it!
Thank you very much. Thank you very much.
Thank you.
Come on!
We gotta go now! Look up there!
You're gonna die if you stay here.
l'd rather stay... We can't do it!
Come along.
You gotta get out now!
No! l can't swim.
Hurry. Swim now!
No!
Sam! Sam! Keep going!
Keep going! The water's rising!
How long do you reckon?
About twenty seconds?
Make that ten.
Hurry up.
We made it. We made it.
We made it.
lt's a dead end.
What are we going to do?
Let's sit here and just rest for a while, okay?
No. No.
l can't... l have to get out...
You can't come out this way.
l can't die in here.
No. Calm down.
-Please, please... Please... -Nobody's gonna die.
Hang on. Hang on. Hang on.
We're gonna stay calm...
and we're gonna figure something to do.
Mel...
Hi Christine. This is me! l'm with Mel.
We're okay, we're safe.
ls that Mom?
We're in Canary Wharf. We're heading for Greenwich.
We've heard there's a safety point there,
and we heard about what happened to Wick,
and if you can send a message back to us,
please call back cause...
cause we're... worried about you.
Managed to get a signal for a minute...
l left a message...
Hey... you were dead brave.
No, l wasn't.
You... you were you were braver than me.
There was nothing we could have done love...
Nothing at all.
Come on...quickly come on... come on... come on...
Zak... Zak...
Open the door... open the door...
Keys...
Here you go.
Come on... come on...
Just one second.
Sorry. This can't wait.
Mum, l'm afraid we have to shut down
all civilian mobile phone services.
Networks are overloaded.
lt's beginning to interfere with Command and Control procedures.
Alright.
lt may take a few minutes Mum.
Thank you.
What are you doing? What are you doing?
Calm down. Calm down... What are you doing?
We'll find another way out. We'll find a way out.
Hi Mum.
Claire, is that you?
Of course it's me.
Thank God. Wh... where are you?
Mum, l can hardly hear you. Mum?
Claire, is Emma with you?
Yeah. Yeah. She's here with me.
Claire listen to me.
You have to get to high ground.
Do you understand?
You're breaking up.
Please don't worry, we're okay.
We need everyone out of the cab now.
Come on girls.
l have to get out of the cab.
What's happening?
l don't know what's going on.
Come on. Let's go.
Mum, there's water everywhere. Mum?
Claire?
Mum? The streets are completely...
Just... Claire just stay together...
hold on to Emma... just stay together.
Mum... l'm really scared. Mum?
Stay together...
Mobile phone service will be restored as soon as possible.
Find the key!
Bill!
Zak! Zak!
Bill! Bill!
Zak! Zak!
Rob, come look at this.
lt's soft.
This way.
Zak! Zak!
lt's soft.
This way.
Easy. Careful... That way.
...you all right?
You okay?
Where'd you lot come from?
lt's a long story.
lt was like a tidal wave come right through the roof!
l'm afraid a tunnel's collapsed or something!
l'm afraid it's a lot worse than that!
Come on we have to go! Come on!
Get move. We need to go! Let's go!
Are you all right Dad?
Yeah, l'm fine.
You took your inhaler didn't you?
Yeah, a while back. l don't need it yet.
Listenning. The worst is over, l promise.
They're going to come and get us, ok, they are.
How do you know that?
They're going to come and get us
and then we'll gonna go and fine Mum.
What makes you so sure she's even alive?
Because the alternative is more than l think l can bare.
You okay?
Okay now.
Listen, somebody is coming.
Mind yourself now.
They're workers?
Two workers. Maybe they'll help us.
You okay?
Yeah. Which way out?
l don't know. l don't know.
l'll go and have a look. Okay.
Remind me to look up there. You stay here.
Sam. Sam, wait up... Wait up.
The first service guys have scoffed all
the biscuits as usual, so l brought you these.
Tea. Coffee.
They're damn smart girls, Mum.
l was thinking of all the times over the years
when l sat with worried parents,
not knowing where their kids are, if they're hurt or...
l had no idea what they were going through.
After losing John...
the girls...
if anyth...
Mum, no ifs... not with Claire and Emma.
no ifs.
Just one variable can throw off an entire forecast.
Keith...
Worst storm in our history and l got it wrong.
Keith, don't torture yourself.
We all got it wrong.
People make mistakes everyday but mine's gonna cost lives.
Maybe thousands of them.
You musn't do this to yourself.
Nobody could've predicted this, nobody.
Keep it together. We've gotta do what we can now.
You never told me if its serious...
especially someone called Duncan.
So is it serious or what?
l don't do serious anymore.
What happened to us Sam?
ltjust didn't work out.
What?
l'm doing it again.
So many things l want to say,
and l don't have the courage to say it.
l miss Tony.
l thought l could speak to Tony for the rest of my life
and now he's gone
and that...
he's lived with what's happening today,
his whole career
and l've spent years hating him for it.
l got it wrong Sam.
About so many things.
The water's pouring in up there...
there's no way out from here. All right.
l think l've got a bit of a plan.
lf memory serves me,
about one hundred and fifty metres down there,
on the other side, there's an air shaft.
lf it's not flooded we could perhaps
get to ground level that way.
During the Blitz, hundreds of people would come down
here and use these tunnels as shelters.
Government put up these massive
steel blast doors, closed them in.
Sealed them in from the explosive side.
There's gotta be one from this station.
Down the concourse there's a cue map or something,
if we can find it, get it closed,
to buy us enough time to get
in that air shaft and get out of here.
Yeah.
All right... All right.
Run!
This way, come on!
Keep going through there.
This is it!
We've gotta find a handle or something!
That's it!
Give me a hand! Come on! That's it!
You gotta use all your weight! Seal it off!
Go.. Go... go... Go on mate!...
Get it closed! lt's comin again!
Comin again!
Bill!
Hold my hand! Bill!
Hi, are you all right?
Yeah.
-l think l found a way out. -Okay.
This must be what Bill's talking about.
Where is Bill?
You all right?
lt's too high!
You're gonna have to climb.
You're only safe here for five minutes.
l really don't think l can make it!
You can... She can...
Yeah, you'll be fine.
Look you will follow me and you'll be fine.
This is crazy. lf one of us slips, we all go.
No one's gonna fall.
Just keep looking up.
Go on Zak.
l'm not going mate!
You sure?
Go on mate, l'm a bit rusty.
Lieutenant Nash.
The latest indications are that the storm has turned.
Moving away, heading south.
That's not the point.
The crucial issue is when will the surge lose momentum.
That's what l'm saying. No storm, no surge.
A surge this powerful will maintain it's own momentum,
and for a long time.
What do you mean?
lt could take out the rest of the city.
Are you saying we haven't seen the worst of it?
All of those people at the safety points,
including your rescue teams, are at high risk.
Do you see that Mr. Hopkins, sir.
That's just two people.
There are countless others depending on their next
breath on the accuracy of your forecast, as are we.
Keith...
Hey! Keep your eyes on me.
Just keep looking at me. You can do it.
Keep moving. Keep...
There you go. Keep looking at me.
There you go.
We're doing well.
l see the end.
Okay now.
Zak! Zak! Gimme your hand!
Take my hand! Grab on!
-You okay? -Rob, what's going on?
We're all right... we're all right...
All right... All right.
l'm gonna look around.
Oh God!
By my calculations the water
will be six to eight feet deep here...
here... but only one or two feet deep here...
here... here...
So these are the roads
your people should be using to get survivors
to Greenwich Park and other safety points.
So these are our key evacuation corridors...
But if these are our only access routes,
land based search and rescue in these other areas could be
well nigh impossible. l need more air support.
All our air support is already deployed...
Our pilots are massively overstretched.
They're already flying longer than is safe or legal.
My guys aren't overstretched.
They're fighting a monster out there.
You can't expect miracles from us if this
is all we've got to work with.
My firemen are dying out there!
Excuse me a moment.
Juse, take off.
How's it looking down there?
Not good. Water's still rising.
You didn't take your inhaler...
You don't have it do you?
l lost it earlier on down there. But l'll find it, honestly.
Dad...
All right. Not so honestly...
but l'll manage.
Are you gonna be all right? We're gonna get through this.
Yeah.
Don't tell me l'm in a no smoking area.
l don't need to. You know it is.
l'm sorry there's no excuse for whatjust happened in there.
No, but there's usually a pretty good reason.
l had a team go into a Care Home...
the residents were abandoned by the carers.
We were too late...
The team are a mess...
and if l'm honest with myself,
l don't know what to say to them.
Well just tell them they tried
and that no one could ask any more
and you thank them for their courage...
and then you move on... fix next problem...all of us.
Phone.
l tried, the phone lines are down.
Got a line.
Oh shit!
How could anyone survive this?
Hello... hello.
Could you put me through to Cobra. Yeah.
Can you repeat that?
Yea, that's right. Put them straight through.
She wants to talk to them. Mum.
Yes.
l think you'll want to take this call.
ls it Claire and Emma?
Claire... Yes that's fantastic news!
Wait there's someone here you should speak to.
l'll pass you over.
Morrison here.
Dad it's you!
Rob! Oh thank God.
l thought... l thought you were...
You're nuts...
l'm still here. l just can't believe it's you!
Where are you?
Central London... or what's left of it.
We? ls Sam with you?
Yeah. Yeah. She's here
Rob, l may need your help.
l'll make sure you're both picked up as soon as possible.
l... l... can't tell you how how relieved l am.
Now Rob l need to speak to Sam.
Can you put her on?
Yeah, Sam.
-Leonard. -Sam.
Oh God it's so good to hear your voice!
Listen Sam, about the barrier.
What?
Do you think it's still operational?
Uh... Oh God, well l can't imagine
the Barrier is in very good shape.
ls there any way we can open the gates manually?
Well yes. No... No...You could override the auto setup.
But l think access would be an issue.
Sam, l think the barrier is our answer.
What's he spoke?
l don't know.
But we need to rendezvous at Defiant first.
Okay.
Mum, we're redirecting four Chinooks
to these safety points here... -Commissioner...
Do you have a miracle for us professor?
l... l don't know about a miracle...
tides ebb and flow like clockwork.
We can tell from the timing of high and low tide
on the river a hundred years from now.
And?
Right. Although the surge is still plowing
it's way up river, the water level here,
down river of the barrier is beginning
to fall with the outgoing tide.
The... the closed barrier you see is acting like a dam,
keeping the water level high on the city side.
lf we lower the barrier then the water
up river can drain into the estuary.
What we then need is a force which in effect
increases the rate at which the tide ebbs.
ls that something we can actually create?
There may be a way.
Zak...
Yeah.
We gotta go now.
Why?
l have to find something for this leg before it picks up.
l want you to stay and look after the others, okay.
-Okay. -You'll be safe here.
Someone will come soon.
All right?
Yeah.
Thank you.
No... thank you.
Sam, let's go.
The storm's dumped nearly four inches of rain upstream
and of course that's swollen the river massively.
These locks, they're all at breaking point.
To stop the surge plowing it's way any further up river,
l think we should open these sleuce gates
and let the whole lot flush downstream.
We need exact timings from the MET office of course,
so that the whole operation coincides
with the ebbing of the tide.
Richardson. Get me manpower availability
estimates in these areas.
l'll check that mum.
That... that... that.
But if we open the sleuce gates
wouldn't we just be releasing even more water into the flood plain.
Of course, but if you get the timing right
with the barrier open, we'll have the water from
the sleuce gates counter-acting the surge,
and the outgoing tide pulling it back down the estuary.
Hopkins. Where the hell's Hopkins?
l need him here.
Get me the Water Waste Manager.
lt's Commissioner Nash.
Has the danger passed? Yes or no?
l believe so.
lt's heading straight for us.
Sir. Safety points are filling up.
We're running out of fresh drinking water
and you need to requisition more transport
within the next thirty minutes.
Right but make sure you coordinate with Ashcroft.
Oh... and do you speak to the PM shortly.
Do we know yet how many people didn't get out?
The latest estimate is two hundred thousand sir.
...and so we ask for your understanding
and prayers for those who are braving terrible
conditions in a bid to save lives.
This is just the start of a terrible day
of reckoning for London.
Rescue services are tightly stretched
and we have to face the consequences...
And preparing us for the worst.
Loss of life on this scale is something
we've never experienced before in this city.
l believe London will survive and we will recover.
Thank you.
Jesus, they don't think anyone made it...
they won't even be looking for us.
May l join you?
Our only reason for being here is to save lives.
God knows how many we've lost out there.
We failed, or l did.
You've done everything humanly possible.
Countless people owe their lives to you, including me.
You've seen the pictures.
Who could have survived that?
My girls are out there.
And l don't even know where they are.
What are their names?
Claire and Emma.
Claire's the tricky one, always rowing with me.
Emma's the peacemaker just like her dad was.
Sound like a pretty unbeatable combination to me.
This thing isn't over, not by a long shot.
lf we can lower the barrier, we'll force this thing back.
Sounds like the old Leonard Morrison
who liked to cause trouble all those years ago.
Trouble? Me?
Any um luck finding Sam and Rob Morrison?
Still trying to locate them Mum.
Look at this place.
This is unreal!
lt could be dangerous.
-Let's go. -OK.
lnside quickly!
Sam we don't have time for this.
Just one minute.
lt's Hopkins.
What about him?
His body's just been found.
What? How could...
l should have seen this coming.
Oh no.
l'm sorry.
Oh.
See if you can trace his next of kin.
Mum.
-lt looks so awful. -lt's infected.
No, it doesn't really hurt.
Listen this is...
Don't say this is going to sting a bit.
Let me see.
Ahhh! God Bloody hell.
Did Duncan make you laugh?
Oh yeah, all the time.
Does that hurt?
lt bloody does now!
You'll need to get this looked at properly.
l really miss you.
Now you're supposed to say it.
Don't.
Don't what?
You know what l'm saying.
Don't you remember. There's reasons.
No. No. l gave you them.
lt's the stupidest thing
l've ever done in my life and l'm sorry.
My biggest regret.
Come on.
lt isn't safe here. We better get going.
Army Police, stand still.
We're not looters.
No, he's injured.
That's... We just broke in for medicine.
l wouldn't mention today about breaking in.
Look, get in touch with Commissioner Nash at Cobra.
She can vouch for us.
Mr. & Mrs. Morrison?
Yeah.
You're a hard team to track down.
We've got instructions to take you to the Defiant Engineering.
Come with me.
This all looks great but in real life we're dealing
with massive unpredictable forces.
l don't care what your model says.
There's no way we can guage or predict what's gonna happen
when these two bodies of water come together.
lt's a hell of a risk Mum.
And the chances of it working out the way the professor
thinks it will,must be a million to one.
Leonard?
l've taken all known variables
into consideration including the issue of timing.
l think my plan will work.
Crossley, have you and your
Waterways Team looked at these figures.
Yes and l concur with the professor.
They're as accurate as we can hope for at this stage.
We have to get out of here.
l've got an idea.
Be back in a minute.
Come on dad. Can you come help?
And you.
Blind faith in computer models
is what got us into this mess in the first place.
lgnoring computer models...
Please, what are the timing issues?
Low tide at the barrier is ten forty-five AM.
For this to work we have to open the
sleuce gates at precisely nine fifteen.
The barrier gates will have to be lowered before
the sleuce gate waters reach them.
The barrier is not currently operational
as you well know professor.
Yeah indeed but l've spoken with Samantha Morrison.
There is a way of lowering
the barrier but we don't have much time.
lf the barrier gate can't be lowered
then the plan with the sleuce gates won't work.
No. No.
We'd be gambling with millions of lives.
So you're asking me to open
the sleuce gates unleashing millions of gallons
of water before we know for sure whether
we can lower the barrier. How sure are you?
l'm sending my son and daughter-in-law to the barrier.
Does that answer your question?
l need to brief the DPM before we do this.
Richardson
Mum.
Dad.
They found us!
Come on...here
Come on.
Makeshift messages on rooftops like this
one here at Canary Wharf are starting
to appear all over London.
Mum, this outlines manpower in the key positions on the sleuce gates.
... Over two hundred thousand people were still
in the flood zone when the Thames reached it's banks.
And just when we thought that no one could have survived,
thousands of people are holding up
signs telling us they're alive.
There are people still alive.
Thank God.
Sir. l need the go ahead.
We're running out of time.
But l've already spoken to the Prime Minister about it,
but l need to know, is this our only option.
l'm afraid so, or we do nothing.
l'm damn sure you'll agree that is not an optionl.
But this plan hinges on the barrier gates
opening when we know the electronics have
already been wiped out completely.
This backup system may not be operational either.
How sure are you it'll work?
The mechanized override facility is designed
to operate the gates in the event
of an electronics system failure.
But you don't sound too certain about it.
There are no guarantees that this will work Minister,
but this is our only hope.
But the key thing is...
We need a decision
With the high risk of failure sir, we cannot take this action.
Sir, we're out of options. We need to do this.
Minister, l'll go to the barrier myself.
Go ahead.
How's it going?
All set.
Are you sure you're okay to do this?
Yeah, l'm fine.
Anyway, l kind of don't want us to be apart anymore.
Let's go.
What's the matter?
The girls have been picked up
by a mobile search and rescue unit.
They're safe.
Thank you.
l haven't lost my kids.
They're all that matter.
lt's good to see you Dad.
Do you really think he's up to it?
Do you remember ever being able to talk your son out of anything?
He's so stubborn.
l wonder why?
Sir. We're opening the sleuce gates.
We need to get airborne.
Jump. Jump. Let's go. Let's go.
Come on. Get the lead out.
Put your back into it lads!
Dad, look at all those pictures.
Do you think that they're all...
What? Well l...
No, l mean l expect they'll all be rescued,
you know, like we were.
l'm sure they will.
Commander Bryant, if we don't open the Barrier in time,
our ability to manage this disaster will be non-existent.
Within two hours this control center will be taken out.
l understand Mum.
Give me Professor Morrison.
Certainly Mum. Professor...
Commissioner...
Professor Morrison. The surge is moving further inland.
Are you absolutely sure?
lt shows no sign of stopping.
Has Fuller downloaded the latest projections?
Yes.
We're counting on you Leonard.
Understood.
l always hoped that we might work together.
Not likely this time.
What we're trying to do is very dangerous.
l'll take the risk Dad.
No one knows the Barrier like me.
lt's my job.
Even if it kills you?
l won't let anyone else take my place.
Rob, l know l haven't been much of a father.
No no Dad, don't.
l wasn't much of a husband either.
l'm sorry l doubted you.
lt's obvious now why the work meant so much.
This is where we are in the back-up control room.
This is the room we need to get to.
lt houses the manual override which will allow
us to drain the latch room.
The problem is that this room will be flooded
and there's a good chance that
all these access routes are also under water.
So what are you suggesting?
All the sleuce gates up river have been opened.
We're on a clock here.
We need to drain the latch room in order
to operate the hydraulics that will open the Barrier.
Now, even if we do make it as far as the override room,
the Barrier's anti-terrorist motors will activate
and there will no way back out.
The drainage system is only operable when the room
is sealed from the inside.
Whoever goes into this room is gonna run out
of air before the door can be re-opened from the other side.
This is a death sentence.
This is madness!
We need a contingency if they don't succeed.
What do you suggest?
There is only one option Mum.
The Barrier Gate must be destroyed.
We don't have the authority.
l'll get it.
Sam. l can't let you do this.
Whatever happens on this Barrier is my responsibility.
l have to.
Sam listen...
This is no longer a civilian responsibility.
As senior officer here it's my duty.
l need you both here to operate the latch release.
l've made my decision.
Commander.
You're a brave man but we both know it can't be you.
You don't know this Barrier well enough.
lt makes sense.
Sam.
No.
Listen.
No. l won't... Why?
You know why.
He doesn't know enough to go down there.
Rob, l'm asking you...
lt's our only chance.
Prime Minister all our aircraft are fully armed and fueled.
l must reiterate, time is of the essence.
l don't need to be reminded of that, Major General.
What is the status of the rescue operation at the Barrier?
Well that's difficult to tell at the moment.
We're still having communication
problems with the team on the ground.
That's all we need right now.
l don't want our handling of this crisis
to come under any more question.
We are monitoring it minute by minute.
Major General, you're aircraft are to remain
on the ground at the present time.
Deputy Prime Minister, get me a reason to delay this.
No don't.
Dad.
Dad open the door. Open the door.
Dad.
Yes of course Sir.
Commissioner, the Prime Minister calling.
Prime Minister.
Commissioner, l need an update.
Surge waters are continuing to work their way up stream.
Their momentum has slowed but we have major damage
and further potential loss of life at Chelsea,
Clapham, Hammersmith and Putney.
And the sleuce gate waters
that have been released to combat the surge?
Current estimates suggest the confluence between
the sleuce gate waters and the surge
in less than thirty minutes.
lt's not enough Commissioner.
You're giving me very few options.
Mum Commander Bryant's on the line from the Barrier.
Good.
Signal's been patched here.
Commissioner Nash, are you receiving me?
Yes. Yes.
Commander Bryant, a situation has arisen.
We're under pressure from the Prime Minister and the Military...
unless you give me something concrete,
we have less than ten minutes before aircraft
are ordered to take off and destroy the Barrier.
Mum. Professor Morrison is currently trying
to engage the manual override system.
He may need more than ten minutes.
l need an exact time.
l can't be more precise.
You don't know when he'll be back?
Buy me all the time you can Mum.
Professor Morrison won't be coming back.
The lower latch room will drain in two minutes.
You should be able to access the pump room now.
Okay let's go.
Help me pry these gates. You take that one.
Commander Bryant.
This is Sam Morrison.
Put me through to Commissioner Nash please.
We've begun priming the gates.
As soon as it's completed l can open the Barrier.
Sam believe me...
No l just need two more minutes.
Get the Prime Minister.
Hang on one moment.
l'm through to the Barrier.
They only have to prime the gate before it can open.
Prime Minister we need to get
the aircraft to the Barrier now.
We're running out of time.
Good God!
Prime Minister we need a decision.
Major General you have my authority to destroy the Barrier.
We have a go. You're clear for takeoff.
We're clear for takeoff.
Sam you all have to get out of there now.
lt's too late Mam. We're going to finish this.
Come on.
lt's only a matter of minutes Mum.
That's it.
This way out. Follow me.
Quickly, get those transformers working.
Cobra 2 we're minutes away from the Barrier.
Sir any minute now those sleuce gates
waters are going to meet the sight...
l know that dammit.
Commissioner Nash, status report.
lf you'll just bear with me a few moments Prime Minister.
Murray.
Sam.
They've done it.
The gates are opening! They've done it.
The gates are opening.
Stand them down Ashcroft.
Abort. l repeat, abort.
Disengage! Abort! Abort now!
Dad! Dad look.
She's here.
She's gotta be here.
l'm gonna go find her.
Mom! Mom! Mom!
Thank you.
He left you this.
He loved you.
l'm sorry Dad.
Take my father out.