
In 1974 scientists used the world&s largest radio telescope to send messages into outer space Twenty years later they receive a message giving instructions on how to mix human & alien DNA to form & Sil& a new species The scientists create & Sil&
- in the shape of a beautiful young woman (Natasha Henstridge)
- who escapes from the observation facility She must be stopped before she mates with a human male & creates a new species which could overwhelm mankind A team is assembled to destroy & Sil& led by scientist Xavier Fitch (Ben Kingsley) & containing an assassin (Michael Madsen) a biologist (Marg Helgenberger) an anthropologist (Alfred Molina) & an empath (Forest Whitaker)