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Alexander: My fellow Americans, I am Alexander Kessel, son of trust fund billionaire, Alexander Kessel Senior, who you may also know is the current utterly unqualified US ambassador to the United Nations. Now, my associates in Russia control 16 nuclear missiles, and I control the only interceptor missiles that are capable of stopping them. Sixteen American cities have been targeted. 300 million of you will die. One city will be destroyed first so that the rest of you can watch in horror. Missile team one... fire.
[First Russian missile is launched]
Computer voice: Missile launch detected. Missile launch detected. Missile launch detected. Intercept launch expires in 12 minutes.
Alexander: Now in 12 minutes, that missile I just launched, will pass over my head, at which point, it will be too late for this interceptor to catch it. But which city has been chosen? Is it yours? Wherever it lands, there's no time to run. You can't flee. If you guessed Los Angeles, congratulations. The City of Angels has 23 minutes left to live.
TV Salesman: [panicked chatter] Wait a second.
Alexander: Once Los Angeles is gone, and the fear of every American is at its peak...
TV Salesman: Wait, wh- we're not closing yet.
Alexander: I will launch a second wave of 15 nuclear missiles. San Francisco, Seattle, Las Vegas, Cincinnati, Dallas, Denver, Memphis, Chicago, St. Louis, Atlanta, Boston, Philadelphia, Miami, New York. And of course, Washington DC.
[the missile is on a direct course towards L.A.]
Alexander: Today... America dies in a paroxysm of fear. America is the greatest lie ever told. American exceptionalism? Maybe once. When the founders got rid of kings. When they declared that all men are created equal. Now they say ours are United States, but when was that true? Was it true during the Civil War? Or Jim Crow? Hell, is it true now? You know, this national lie, it's a festering wound, and it's fatal. There's no Band-Aid to patch it. No, the only way to save our nation and the promise it once held is to erase it. Start over. So maybe then, when we are staring at each other from across the rubble, we will all agree that this time we're going to get America right
[First Russian missile is launched]
Computer voice: Missile launch detected. Missile launch detected. Missile launch detected. Intercept launch expires in 12 minutes.
Alexander: Now in 12 minutes, that missile I just launched, will pass over my head, at which point, it will be too late for this interceptor to catch it. But which city has been chosen? Is it yours? Wherever it lands, there's no time to run. You can't flee. If you guessed Los Angeles, congratulations. The City of Angels has 23 minutes left to live.
TV Salesman: [panicked chatter] Wait a second.
Alexander: Once Los Angeles is gone, and the fear of every American is at its peak...
TV Salesman: Wait, wh- we're not closing yet.
Alexander: I will launch a second wave of 15 nuclear missiles. San Francisco, Seattle, Las Vegas, Cincinnati, Dallas, Denver, Memphis, Chicago, St. Louis, Atlanta, Boston, Philadelphia, Miami, New York. And of course, Washington DC.
[the missile is on a direct course towards L.A.]
Alexander: Today... America dies in a paroxysm of fear. America is the greatest lie ever told. American exceptionalism? Maybe once. When the founders got rid of kings. When they declared that all men are created equal. Now they say ours are United States, but when was that true? Was it true during the Civil War? Or Jim Crow? Hell, is it true now? You know, this national lie, it's a festering wound, and it's fatal. There's no Band-Aid to patch it. No, the only way to save our nation and the promise it once held is to erase it. Start over. So maybe then, when we are staring at each other from across the rubble, we will all agree that this time we're going to get America right
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My fellow Americans
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I am Alexander Kessel
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son of trust fund billionaire Alexander Kessel Senior
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who you may also know
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is the current utterly unqualified US ambassador to the United Nations
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Now my associates in Russia control 16 nuclear missiles
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and I control the only interceptor missiles
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that are capable of stopping them
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Sixteen American cities have been targeted
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300 million of you will die
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One city will be destroyed first
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so that the rest of you can watch in horror
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Missile team one
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Fire
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Missile launch detected Missile launch detected
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Missile launch detected
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an8 Intercept launch expires in 12 minutes
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Now in 12 minutes that missile I just launched
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will pass over my head
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at which point it will be too late for this interceptor to catch it
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But which city has been chosen
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Is it yours
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Wherever it lands there's no time to run
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You can't flee
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If you guessed Los Angeles
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congratulations
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The City of Angels has 23 minutes left to live
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Wait a second
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Once Los Angeles is gone
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And the fear of every American is at its peak
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We're not closing yet
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I will launch a second wave
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of 15 nuclear missiles
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San Francisco Seattle Las Vegas
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Cincinnati Dallas Denver Memphis Chicago St Louis Atlanta Boston
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Philadelphia Miami New York
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And of course Washington DC
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Today
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America dies
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in a paroxysm of fear
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America is the greatest lie ever told
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American exceptionalism
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Movie Summary
One Army captain must use her years of tactical training and military expertise when a simultaneous coordinated attack threatens the remote missile interceptor station she is in command of.
