want you on the next boat off the island.
Don't tell anybody about this.
I won't. Steve, good luck.
Nice to meet you.
Are you trying to tell
me that thing's an alien?
No, no way.
It's some kind of practical joke.
This is bloody unbelievable.
Tough hide. Like Kevlar.
Very little insulation underneath.
So they like it hot.
Guess we know why it came here then.
I gotta this figure this thing
killed Maleko and Kala.
How many people on this island?
Couple of hundred.
You thinking evacuation?
Could be more of these
bastards out there.
I know there's more.
This one's got all its claws.
Right. Every boat you've got. Now!
What? Hang on. H-Hang on, hang on.
Volcano.
Still there? Okay. Don't blab it.
We got volcanologists here saying
Palaloa is gonna erupt any minute.
Bigger than '75.
You know what this means.
CNN. Leno. Cover of "Time."
We're gonna be famous.
Yeah, in about a hundred years
after they declassify it.
Next island's sending boats
for the evacuations.
Sheriff's rounding up the civilians.
See what it had for breakfast. Must we?
Ah. It liked bugs.
So they didn't come here for
the heat of the Tao Seven, but the chow.
It's the island of super-sized insects.
Must have been glad they found it.
Or the other way around.
The bugs didn't get big 'til they
got here. Same thing with the heat.
The temperature didn't go up until
the volcano erupted in '75. Now, what if...
these bastards made it erupt?
Steve? Steve.
Oh, nothing. I just, I, uh...
So why would they want
to turn up the heat?
Maybe to turn this island into their own
private bug farm.
They came all the way to Earth just
to grow a few bugs. Makes no sense.
Hey, Jill. Clip me off a
piece of that hide, would ya?
Want a souvenir or something?
Souvenir, my ass.
I gotta find a way to take
these bastards down. All right.
Armor-piercing, Teflon-coating,
maybe a bit of Thermit.
You need anything, babe?
Ham sandwich. I'm starving.
Yeah? Some mustard maybe?
Maybe some guacamole.
Guacamole, yeah. All right.
Al. Al?
Relax. You're tense.
Sure. It's not like aliens are invading
Earth or anything.
We'll get 'em. I got one, didn't I?
What if there are a hundred more?
Or a thousand? I'm scared, Al.
Now I'm scared. And I want you.
But that's enough for now.
I gotta get back to work.
Great. Now I'm tense.
At ease, Captain. I'm on duty.
Here comes the cavalry.
Captain, good to see you.
Where are those cell sample?
Got anything yet?
Oh, yeah.
I've got some stuff to show you.
Captain O'Bannon.
Nightmares ever clear up?
Nope. No, sir.
No, sir.
So, what have you got now? Blurry photos?
Anal probing?
Major, that's uncalled for.
For someone who can't sleep,
you look well-rested.
Enjoying your tropical vacation?
Best vacation I ever had.
Managed to do some hunting.
Wait 'til you see what I bagged, sir.
Lieutenant, take charge.
All right, guys. Fall out. Get your gear inside.
- Yes, sir.
What's this supposed to be?
Some sort of extraterrestrial?
Oh, it clearly didn't evolve on Earth.
How do you know?
It could be some sort of mutant lizard.
A mutation would have recognizable DNA.
This doesn't.
Can't have evolved on Earth. Look at it.
Why did you kill it?
It attacked us. It's hostile.
Killed at least three people.
No, no, no. It can't be hostile.
It's been here thirty-two years, hidden.
We didn't provoke it.
Oh, it doesn't matter now.
We have to communicate with them.
You're assuming it's intelligent?
You see any evidence of this?
Language? Technology?
We'll do a full recon.
To provoke them further?
To see what we're up against.
Numbers, deployment, weaponry.
Oh, and then what are you gonna do?
You're gonna start a war?
You see any Klingons here?
All I see is one dumb animal with sharp claws.
This dumb animal was fast,
mean and a bitch to bring down.
Yeah, and all the more reason
to evaluate the threat.
Moon sets at 0126. We move at 0130.
Steve. You awake? Always.
Where was