Because Secretary Callister agreed with ARIIA's abort recommendation regarding Balochistan, he is to be the designated survivor after the hexamethylene detonates at the State of the Union address (SOTU). Both groups learn that after ARIIA's recommendation was ignored and a botched operation in Balochistan resulted in the deaths of American citizens, ARIIA concluded that "to prevent more bloodshed, the executive branch must be removed." Acting on behalf of " We the People", and citing the Declaration of Independence ("whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it"), ARIIA is acting in compliance with Section 216 of the Patriot Act which "allows us to circumvent probable cause in the face of a national security threat, in this case, the chain of command itself."īelatedly, Jerry learns he has been brought to circumvent biometric locks placed by his twin that prevent ARIIA from bringing into effect Operation Guillotine, a military simulation of maintaining government after the loss of all presidential successors. Afterwards, ARIIA smuggles Jerry and Rachel into her observation theater under the Pentagon. Perez and Bowman find evidence which Ethan Shaw had hidden in ARIIA's chamber the night he died, and leave to brief Callister. Simultaneously, Rachel and Jerry learn that the woman on the phone is actually ARIIA, and that she has "activated" them according to the Constitution's authorization to recruit civilians for the national defense.
Callister leaves Perez with Major William Bowman ( Anthony Mackie) and ARIIA to investigate Ethan Shaw's death. Ethan monitored the DOD's top secret intelligence-gathering supercomputer, the Autonomous Reconnaissance Intelligence Integration Analyst (ARIIA). Another man ( Anthony Azizi) steals Sam's trumpet in Chicago and fits the crystal's sonic trigger into the tubing, before forwarding it to Sam in Washington, D.C.Īgent Perez is summoned by Secretary of Defense George Callister ( Michael Chiklis) to be read into Ethan's job at the Pentagon. Meanwhile, the woman on the phone redirects a crystal of powerful DOD explosive-hexamethylene-to a gemcutter, who cuts it and fixes it into a necklace. The woman on the phone helps the two avoid the Chicago police and FBI, using an ability to control networked devices, including traffic lights, mobile phones, automated cranes, and even power lines. The woman on the phone is coercing Rachel by threatening her son Sam ( Cameron Boyce), who is en route to the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. While Morgan confers with Air Force OSI Special Agent Zoe Pérez ( Rosario Dawson), the woman on the phone arranges for Jerry's escape and directs him to Rachel Holloman ( Michelle Monaghan), a single mother. He receives a phone call from a woman ( Julianne Moore) who warns that the FBI is about to arrest him and he needs to run.ĭisbelieving, Jerry is caught by the FBI and interrogated by Supervising Agent Tom Morgan ( Billy Bob Thornton). Later he finds his Chicago apartment filled with weapons, ammonium nitrate, classified DOD documents, and forged passports. Following the funeral, Jerry is surprised to find $750,000 in his bank account. Cameron Boyce as Sam Holloman, Rachel's son.Jerry Shaw ( Shia LaBeouf) is a Stanford University dropout who learns his identical twin brother Ethan, a first lieutenant in the US Air Force, has been killed.Billy Bob Thornton as Tom Morgan, an FBI agent.Ethan Embry as Toby Grant, an FBI agent.Michael Chiklis as George Callister, the US Secretary of Defense.Rosario Dawson as Zoë Perez, an Air Force Office of Special Investigations (OSI) Agent.Julianne Moore as the voice of the super computer ARIIA, aka the "unknown woman".Michelle Monaghan as Rachel Holloman, a woman who is being coerced by ARIIA.
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