Attack the Block Page #12

---

MOSES hides his eyes beneath his hat brim in shame.

MOSES:

Wasn’t just me.

Attack The Block - FINAL SCRIPT (Inc. Reshoots) 10.11.10 64

84 CONTINUED:
(2) 84

PEST:

And afterwards she fixed my leg

up and we saved her from the

monsters so we’re mates now and

it’s all sweet. We’re heroes

innit?

PEST musters his sincerest face. Offers his hand for

SAM to shake. SAM stares daggers.

SAM:

Heroes? Five of you and a knife

against one woman? F*** off.

PEST retracts his hand, scalded.

PEST:

Rah! Cold.

DENNIS:

Don’t build it up love, it

wasn’t all that. We never

touched you.

JEROME:

That blade was to get it over

fast. We was as scared as you.

TIA:

Blade? You’re such a waste.

Why’s it always trouble with

you? Why’s it always someone

gettin’ robbed or beaten up or

someone gettin’ arrested?

TIA walks away from MOSES, joins the other girls, arms

folded. MOSES’ eyes flick up. We register hurt.

SAM:

Listen, we can’t deal with this

on our own. We have to call the

police. You can trust me. I’ll

tell them what really happened.

TIA turns on her angrily.

TIA:

You think the police is gonna

help them? They might not arrest

you but they’ll arrest them.

DENNIS:

Yeah. For murder of two police

officers, vehicle theft,

resisting arrest, everything

that happened everywhere in the

ends tonight.

Attack The Block - FINAL SCRIPT (Inc. Reshoots) 10.11.10 65

84 CONTINUED:
(3) 84

PEST:

They arrest us for nothing

already.

MOSES speaks, Everyone listens.

MOSES:

You know what I reckon yeah? I

reckon the feds probably sent

them anyway. Government probably

bred them creatures to kill

black boys. First they sent

drugs to the ends. Then they

sent guns. Now they sent

monsters to get us. They don’t

care man. We’re not killin’ each

other fast enough so they

decided to speed up the process.

PEST lights his spliff. On the inhale:

PEST:

The GIRLS burst out LAUGHING. TIA reacts to PEST,

stands up angrily.

Believe.

TIA:

Pest! I told you not to do that!

Do it out the window!

PEST:

It’s pain relief! Ask the nurse!

TIA goes to the window, pulls back the net curtain,

revealing a SHAPE outside.

TIA:

Excuse me, but what is that?

MOSES stands. TIA backs away. A FIREWORK flashes and a

clear candy coloured silhouette is momentarily visible:

TWO CREATURES clinging to the balcony outside. One

sideways, the other upside-down. GLORIA and DIONNE

SCREAM. The GANG raise their weapons.

DIMPLES:

Oh my days.

Everyone takes cover. Everyone except DENNIS and MOSES.

DENNIS pulls on his crash helmet and aims the pistol.

MOSES:

You can’t take two fam.

Attack The Block - FINAL SCRIPT (Inc. Reshoots) 10.11.10 66

84 CONTINUED:
(4) 84

DENNIS:

Watch me.

DENNIS pulls the trigger. SNAP! SNAP! The noise is

feeble. The glass hasn’t broken.

DENNIS:

Sh*t. It is a toy.

Next moment, the CREATURES violently SMASH HEADFIRST

THROUGH the WINDOWS. The following happens FAST:

The FIRST CREATURE LEAPS onto DENNIS! It overshoots his

body, whips around then -

Tries to BITE into his moped helmet. Its teeth SLIDE

OFF, like a dog biting at a bowling ball.

The second CREATURE tries to climb in across the

CEILING, but twists and DROPS onto DENNIS’ torso.

The FIRST CREATURE traps its upper teeth in the window

of DENNIS’ helmet, an INCH AWAY from his eyes.

Both CREATURES writhe and pull in OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS.

Next moment, a sickening SNAP and:

DENNIS’ HEAD, complete with helmet, hurtles across the

room like a cannonball, towards TIA.

She DUCKS! It RICOCHETS off her bedroom door and SLAMS

into the room beyond!

INT. TIA’S FLAT. BEDROOM - THAT MOMENT

DIMPLES and TIA turn, see the BIKE HELMET settling on

the bedspread, DENNIS’ face present and correct inside.

In unison they SCREAM!

86

EXT. WALKWAYS - NIGHT 86

FIREWORKS SCREAM through the sky above the ESTATE.

PROBS and MAYHEM stare up at the commotion, bathed in

coloured flashes. A VOICE sounds behind them.

HI-HATZ

Yo, youngers, wagwan?

They turn to face BEATS, PATRICK and HI-HATZ.

HI-HATZ

Nice weapons. Who you fightin’?

Attack The Block - FINAL SCRIPT (Inc. Reshoots) 10.11.10 67

86 CONTINUED:
86

MAYHEM:

Aliens.

HI-HATZ

Is it?

HI-HATZ kneels.

HI-HATZ

You seen that youth Moses

lately?

PROBS:

Who wants to know?

HI-HATZ

He called us for back up. Help

him fight the aliens off.

(mimes shooting)

Brap, brap, brap!

(beat)

So, where’s he at?

The GUN points lazily at PROBS. MAYHEM points up at the

block, towards the billowing curtains and broken

windows of TIA’S FLAT.

INT. TIA’S FLAT. FRONT ROOM - THAT MOMENT

Wind SURGES inside, blowing the ceiling light crazily.

Beneath, the CREATURES survey the room, heads sweeping

left and right, tasting the air, then settling on:

An ARMCHAIR. Behind it, MOSES. He slowly stands up to

face the creature, back to the wall behind.

TIA watches. She grabs a nearby standard lamp. THROWS

off the shade, SMASHES the bulb against the wall.

TIA:

Oi! Fuckface!

She steps out and JAMS the live end into the nearest

CREATURE! It SHRIEKS, turns and SPRINGS at her!

88 INT. TIA’S FLAT. BEDROOM - THAT MOMENT 88

TIA and DIMPLES leap onto furniture. TIA flips the LAMP

around and starts BASHING the CREATURE with the base.

DIMPLES throws a colorful DUVET over the CREATURE. It

FLAILS, inadvertently wrapping the duvet around itself.

Attack The Block - FINAL SCRIPT (Inc. Reshoots) 10.11.10 68

88 CONTINUED:
88

DIMPLES grabs an UMBRELLA and STABS while TIA rains

down lamp-stand blows.

89 INT. TIA’S FLAT. FRONT ROOM - THAT MOMENT 89

MOSES is TRAPPED. The CREATURE clambers over the

ARMCHAIR, going in for the kill.

MOSES swings back his scimitar sword. THUNK! It STABS

deep into the plasterboard wall behind him.

MOSES tugs. It’s STUCK. Oh sh*t.

The CREATURE opens its JAWS right in MOSES’ FACE! Not

roaring but INHALING with a horrible suction sound.

SHHHUNK!!! A KITCHEN KNIFE sweeps up and IMPALES its

JAW from beneath. Right up through its BRAIN.

The CREATURE FREEZES. MOSES looks across to see SAM,

now bearing the dead CREATURES weight on her knife.

MOSES tugs his sword free from the wall. SAM lets the

creature DROP, the knife still embedded in its jaw.

The exchange a look.

Then MOSES moves solemnly towards the spot where DENNIS

fell. The others gather around him. Wind BUFFETS them.

TIA:

You know that little one you

killed before? That was a

mistake.

DIMPLES:

They weren’t going for us. They

were going for you.

TIA:

Actions have consequences you

know Moses.

DIMPLES:

Everywhere you go bad things

happen.

TIA:

Stay away from us Moses.

At that moment, FIREWORK FLASHES throw a huge MONSTROUS

SHADOW over them. Another CREATURE, clambering in

through the shattered window.

Attack The Block - FINAL SCRIPT (Inc. Reshoots) 10.11.10 69

90 INT. CORRIDOR - THAT MOMENT 90

The GANG spill into the corridor. MOSES SLAMS the

SECURITY GATE closed behind them.

Rate this script:4.0 / 1 vote