Plot:
What does a movie hold up when it starts out with a quote from Dr. Stephen Hawking? The quote is about how computer viruses should be considered a form
of life and purely destructive made in the image of their creators: man. Prepare yourself to discover the truth.
We see an air bus flying through a hologram into a futuristic city.
A police car is chasing a motorcycle. The biker is throwing smoke grenades at the car. Street Hawk has really hit the skids. The chase leads into an abandoned
industrial area. The biker runs off. The cops follow him. Nick and his female partner are talking about the home team, the Neptunes. Nassim grabs the partner. He
demands Nick to drop his gun or she dies. Nick lowers his guns. When the gun hits the ground, Nassim shoots the partner.
Nick awakes from the same nightmare. He�s a tortured soul who has fallen into a bottle. The loan shark calls demanding his money. Nick sees a police car drive
by. Oh, he is still tortured by the death of his partner.
Nick goes to work. This ex-cop is now a janitor for a computer research company. We meet the obligatory love interest for Nick. Dr Alexandra Royce is the
hot brainy computer programmer.
In Alex�s computer lab, a sentient computer virus that is contained in a neurological protoplasm is being developed. The idea is the virus will be able to find all the
security faults in a computer network and remove them. Alex has doubts about the safety of the virus. A random element can cause major damage. Jervis, the
business guy, thinks the virus can be handled easily. Alex still has her doubts about it.
Later, as Nick is leaving; he notices that Alex�s car won�t start. He takes her home. Painful small talk ensues that devolves into chatting about the
Neptunes. Alex is a Neptune fan, too. She is definitely the obligatory love interest that will be imperiled.
Nick heads home to his trailer. The loan shark and his several leg-breakers are waiting. Nick manages to escape.
Alex�s aide, Ken is working late. Well, he�s trying to get a little somethin-somethin� on the phone with some woman who works at Skynet. Somehow, a hacker
breaks into Skynet and erases the aerial guidance system. The airbus crashes into a building.
A news report talks about the crash. Alex is positive that the virus somehow got out and did it. Her father and Jervis are sure the virus has nothing to do with the
crash. Alex is distraught over the crash. Her father is so close to fame and success after years of work�
In the lab, Alex and Ken are talking. Nick is there doing some custodial engineering. He offers her a hit from his hip flask.
Later, Security guard, Johnny sneaks Nick into a closed lab. Nick needs a place to crash to evade the loan shark.
Alex, her father, Ken, and Jervis are researching the virus.
Nick is listening to the radio of the Neptune game.
A van pulls up in front of the building. A cleaning crew is let out.
Nick accidentally activates the belly dancer program.
The cleaners kill Johnny.
Ales heads to the powder room.
The cleaners are packing heat. They take finish off the rest of security. The other terrorists are let in. They are a motley crew: an Amazon, a cowboy,
etc�The terrorists corral the scientists.
A maniacal slaughter of computer ensues by a Rob Halford, Judas Priest�s lead singer, impersonator.
Nick enjoys the dance of the seven veils that is down to one veil.
Cowboy, Travis, and Amazon, Megan, rig a hologram of Johnny to make everything look normal. Nassim finally enters the building.
The scientists are imprisoned. The poor man�s Rob Halford terrifies the captured scientists. Nassim has Billy Idol like hair by the way.
Motley terrorists storm the virus lab. Alex is still in the can while this is going on. Rob Halford is able to catch her.
Nick is still oblivious to what is going on elsewhere in the building. He is enjoying the dance down to no veils when the program restarts. Nick leaves the
lab.
Rob brings Alex to Nassim.
Nick heads to the can.
Nassim wants the virus and allows him to control the world. Apparently, the virus can�t survive without a biological host.
Nick has yet to be found. He heads to pay a visit to Johnny when discovering the real body of Johnny. The force fields are activated. Nick can�t get out of the
building.
Alex�s dad realizes Alex was right all along. He manages to activate the self-destruct on the virus. Nassim shoots him. Alex is to prevent the virus from being
terminated.
Nick is finally spotted. He is being chased and can�t contact anyone on the outside. One of the crew manages to graze Nick who dives down a trash chute. In
the basement, he grabs some tools and chemicals. Are we going to get some low budget MacGuyverisms? He escapes into a vent. The goons search the basement
to no avail.
Alex is working on cracking the self-destruct program. Rob tells his story about lobotomies and self mutilation.
The goons start searching the vents for Nick.
Nick crawling about in the vents. He manages to get Alex to notice him. She manages to convince Rob to take her to the can. In there, Alex tells him about
the guy who wants the virus. Nick recognizes the guy as who killed his partner. He warns her not to anger this guy. Nick is the only guy who can stop Nassim.
Devon the goon and Dakishi guy are crawling after Nick. Cat and mouse ensues. Evasion fu ensues, too. Nick is able to firebomb some guy. BBQ bad
guy ensues�
Nick gets back to his hidey hole.
Nassim orders his right hand man, Devon, after Nick. He also sends Megan the Amazon with him.
Some cops pull up outside. They�ve got some donuts to share with Johnny. Travis manages to manipulate the hologram to fool the cops. As they leave, they
realize that something is wrong when elsewhere Nick is able to blow the power for a couple of seconds. The cops see hologram Johnny flicker out. Travis is able
to use the laser cannon to nail both cops. One manages to call for help before dying.
Devon is hunting for Nick who is hiding in the strobe chamber. He escapes and grabs his replicators that were made from going through the chamber. Devon
follows after him.
Alex is working on the last segment of the self-destruct sequence.
Nick sets the replicators up. Devon is right behind him. Holograms of Nick are running all over the place. Dakishi guy is after Nick, too. After numerous
shots that should have gotten Nick. Megan realizes it is a bunch of holograms. The goons leave. Devon ignores a hologram of Nick that runs up to him and knocks
him out.
The cops are heading to the call for assistance.
Megan kills the wounded Devon.
Nick has a machine gun. Ho-ho-ho�
Megan and Nick fight.
The cops arrive outside.
Nick is able to knock her out and ties her into a gyroscope of doom. I�m hoping this isn�t some Lawnmower Man reference. Nick uses a radio to call
Nassim who doesn�t recognize him.
Nick is still listening to the Neptune game.
Nassim learns that Nick took out another man. He asks Alex about janitor Nick. We get a flashback to when Nassim kills Nick�s partner before shooting
him.
The cops ready a drone to survey inside the building. Laser cannoning a drone ensues.
Nassim calls Nick to surrender or the hostages die. Unfortunately, Nick refuses. Nassim shoots another scientist to feel better.
Dakishi guy is still searching for Nick. Repetitive destruction of glass walls ensue. Nick perforates Dakishi guy.
The drone breaks inside the building.
Nassim sends Rob after Nick who is heading towards the virus lab. The drone spots Nick. Rob and Nick have a gunfight. Rob manages to get the drop on
Nick. A Kung Fu beating of Judas� Priest�s lead singer ensues�Nick isn�t doing too well. He finishes Rob off with a bit of grenade fu.
Travis, the hacker cowboy, decides to go after Nick, now�The police drone orders Nick to surrender. Nick is able to kill Travis. Goodbye, chap wearing
hacker, we hardly knew ye�
The drone transmitter gets damaged. The police don�t see any more inside the building after it looks like Nick shot at the drone.
Nick evades the drone that is hell-bent to kill him.
Megan escapes the gyroscope of doom.
Continued running from the drone ensues. The drone manages to knock the elevator car Nick is in loose. It falls several floors before stopping.
Alex keeps working on the virus destruct. She manages to cancel the destruct sequence. Nassim moves on to the next phase of his plan.
The drone is searching for Nick. Alex manages to contact Nick.
Captain realizes that Nick is an ex-cop. Apparently, Nick�s partner committed suicide after shooting Nick. He became a drunk and was thrown off the
force. The captain is sure Nick is behind whatever is going on in the building. The SWAT team readies to storm the building.
The drone keeps battering Nick�s elevator cart.
Megan inserts a syringe into Nassim�Why am I reminded of Plughead from Circuitry Man? The virus will be downloaded into a computer chip
already implanted in his brain. This will allow him to control the virus.
The SWAT team manages to get inside.
Nassim has a seizure after the virus is downloaded. His eyes get this post production glowing green twinge.
Nick is still trapped in the elevator. Drone begins cutting into the car. Nick is somehow able to destroy the stone.
The SWAT team manages to shut down the defenses.
Nick grabs a gun, ready for bear again.
Nassim grabs Alex as Nick gets in the lab. He ahs to contend with Megan as Nassim escapes. The SWAT team runs into Nassim who scrambles the
cops� brains. The radio transmitters on their necks apparently tie into their brains. The SWAT team mows down the regular cops with them. Nassim takes Alex
away.
Captain and the other cops find Nick surrounded by dead cops. He thinks Nick did it. They finally catch Nick. He gets trounced thoroughly, too.
Nassim gets outside.
The SWAT team opens fire on the cops outside. The Captain realizes Nick was telling the truth.
As Nassim escapes, Nick manages to get away in a police car and chase after him.
The cops are still battling the mind controlled SWAT team.
Nassim takes Alex to another computer lab. He will interface with every person in the world through computers, television, etc�Nations will bow down to him
or else�.Bwa-ha-ha-ha�.
Nick arrives. Nassim has Alex like he was holding Nick�s partner at the beginning of the movie. Nick is guilty over the death of his partner. Nassim claims
Nick has a clear shot. The maniacal Nassim demands that Nick surrender. Nick lowers his gun before putting a bullet between Nassim�s eyes.
Nick consoles Alex. The virus leaves Nassim and enters the computer to transmit itself globally.
Alex has a plan. She retrieves a program she wrote. A digitized Nassim ensues claiming to be the Messiah. Alex activates her anti-virus program which kills
Nassim.
Cops arrive to see the digitized death of Nassim. Captain apologizes to Nick for everything. Being a rugged man, Nick slugs the captain one. Another cop
welcomes Nick back.
Nick and Alex talk about how the Neptunes winning the game will break the slump they�re in. They talk about it on an airbus as the movie ends�
