Bad Boys

FADE IN:

1 EXT. MIAMI LANDSCAPE - NIGHT 1

The sun might be down, but the city is baking. Waves of

heat ascend into the sky while an unmarked van navigatesACROSS the SCREEN.

2 INT. UNMARKED VAN - IN MOTION - NIGHT 2

The driver is EDDIE DOMINGUEZ. And riding in the passenger

seat is a man dressed in black, called FOUCHET. He

looks to the rear.

FOUCHET:

What's taking so long back there?

CUT TO:

REAR:

Where the rest of the gang waits. NOAH, KUNI, FERGUSON,

and CASPER. All dressed in black like Fouchet, exceptfor ANDY. He stands and shows off his Miami PD uniform.

His English is poor, yet he's got a big, happy-to-bealong

grin on his face.

ANDY:

How do I look? Like the real

thing, yeah?

FOUCHET:

Step back and lemme get a good

look at you.

CLOSE SHOT - REAR VIEW MIRROR

THROUGH which Eddie can watch the action. Andy stepsfurther to the rear, almost to the door, facing thefront.

FOUCHET:

Tell me again about your

assignment, Andrew?

ANDY:

I'm the decoy.

FOUCHET:

Right you are.

Over the seat Fouchet reveals a SHOTGUN. BOOM!

2.

3 EXT. VAN IN MOTION 3

Andy's body is blown through the rear doors as the van

turns a corner.

4 INT. VAN - FOUCHET 4

He dials 911 on his cellular phone.

distressed.

Fouchet sounds

FOUCHET:

Please help! I just saw apoliceman shot! Send help.

Hurry! I'm at the corner of...

5 EXT. NEAR DOWNTOWN - VAN - NIGHT 5

A stream of PD CARS haul past, lights blazing and SIRENSon full.

6 EXT. COLONY HOTEL (SOUTH BEACH) - NIGHT 6

Crowds moving up and down Ocean Blvd. Beautiful peoplewalking. Beautiful people watching. MUSIC BLENDS from

nightclub to nightclub. A POLICE RADIO, holstered to the

hip of a street cop. It CRACKLES with:

POLICE RADIO (V.O.)

Report of an officer down. Be

advised, all units. Corner of

Lennox and Taylor.

Slipping by the street cop: Intro MARCUS BURNETT and

MIKE LOWREY. They shimmy through the hotel doors.

A7 INT. COLONY HOTEL - NIGHT A7

Where the buffed DESK MANAGER gets off the phone togreet the effeminate pair.

LOWREY:

Good evening. I'm Mike -BURNETT

-- And I'm Marcus.

LOWREY:

We're lookin' for a couple of ourLatin friends who checked in a

little while ago. You mightremember them?

(CONTINUED)

3.

A7 CONTINUED:
A7

BURNETT:

No chest hair. And packin'.

DESK MANAGER:

I'm sorry. But our guest list isprivate.

LOWREY:

Oh, didn't they say? There's

going to be party! It's

B.Y.O.B.O. -(

leans in close)

The B.O. stands for baby oil.

BURNETT:

Maybe you can come. Get off after

you get off?

All three of them laugh.

DESK MANAGER:

Well, now that you mention it.

They were kinda cute. Suite 202.

7 INT. COLONY HOTEL - STAIRWELL - NIGHT 7

Lowrey and Burnett clip on their shields and unholstertheir guns. The posing is over. This is business.

A8 INT. COLONY HOTEL - SUITE 202 - NIGHT A8

On the table are two briefcases. Each opened. One

containing cocaine. The other, cash. A pistol nextto each.

REVEAL the dealers. Two young Dominicans seated acrossfrom the TV, getting high, drinking beer and laughing outloud at the Spanish language version of Time Traxx.

Then -

BANG! The door's kicked in and Lowrey's first through.

Burnett on backup.

LOWREY:

Police! On the floor!

But the dealers split, rolling out of their chairs. One

goes left and the other, right.

CUT TO:

4.

B8 BEDROOM B8

Lowrey tackles the first dealer to the floor. A LATINA

girl screams. Lowrey unfortunately looks and takes ahard fist across the ear from the dealer. Angered,

Lowrey swings his pistol up underneath the perp's jawand knocks him through the bathroom door. Lowrey cuffshim to the sink. Meanwhile... Back to:

8 LIVING ROOM 8

Burnett's in trouble. He's still got his gun in hand.

But the other dealer has him pinned underneath the legsof a chair.

BURNETT:

Lowrey!

Burnett stomps the bad guy's instep. The guy buckles.

Burnett rolls away and stands in front of a window, justin time to see the angry Dominican heading straight forhim.

A9 EXT. COLONY HOTEL - CONTINUOUS ACTION A9

Burnett and the other dealer come crashing out onto thebalcony, then over onto an awning, rolling off onto someoccupied cafe tables. Patrons scatter. Uniformed copsmove in to assist.

9 LOWREY 9

appears soon after, walking down the hotel steps, leadingthe Latina in his cuffs, and wearing his jacket.

BURNETT:

(scraped, bruised,

pissed)

Nice backup.

LOWREY:

What?

We TILT UP as POLICE HELICOPTER flies overhead.

10 EXT. MIAMI BEACH SKYLINE - TITLE SEQUENCE - NIGHT 10

As OPENING TITLES RUN and MUSIC POUNDS -- we FLY OVER the

causeways, waterways and hotels that line the beach.

Something is happening in the balmy city as we CRUISEdowntown and ZERO IN ON...

5.

11 EXT. MIAMI'S OLDEST POLICE STATION (DOWNTOWN) - NIGHT

The HELICOPTER ROARS low over the rooftops toward thecauseway bridge.

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12 EXT. POLICE STATION - ROOFTOP - FOUCHET - NIGHT 12

As the helicopter passes over, he appears from behind alarge exhaust port. Casper, Ferguson, and Noah behindhim, all wearing high-tech miner's helmets with built-inradio headsets, and an array of high-tech tools.

FOUCHET:

It's time.

The team crosses the roof to a huge air conditioningunit. They climb inside, carrying a six-foot-long metalcase and what looks like a black scuba tank.

13 INT. AIR UNIT/SHAFTS

Though it's windy and cramped in here, at least it'scool. From a prone position, Fouchet puts on his nightvision goggles and reveals a palm top computer. Quicklyhe scrolls through the labyrinthine schematics loadedonto the unit. TILT DOWN to see the various ducts.

Endless. Bottomless. But clearly, Fouchet's a man whoknows his way.

13

14 INT. POLICE STATION - SERIES OF SHOTS - NIGHT 14

Seemingly empty.

booking.

From squad rooms to locker rooms to

15 INT. EVIDENCE ROOM - GUARD STATION 15

OFFICER BILL O'FEE, 50s, reads a magazine and drinkscoffee. Video monitors in front of him show the

different lockers inside the evidence room. We see one

room with stacks upon stacks of heroin.

16 IN AIR UNIT 16

The team, attached to cables, slide into the building'sguts and disappear. STATIC CRACKLES:

FOUCHET:

We're in. Start the video.

6.

17 EXT. POLICE STATION - ALLEY - NIGHT 17

Kuni finds the conduit he's looking for, splices it,

cuts into it with a Makita battery-powered circular saw,

then attaches a handheld high-8 video machine and startsthe video feed. The unit is strapped to the conduit.

18 INT. GUARD STATION - NIGHT 18

The MONITORS FLUTTER, then STABILIZE. Turning the page,

O'Fee sugars his coffee.

19 INT. TRASH CHUTE ROOM - NIGHT 19

An air vent smashes to the floor. Two guys pull themetal case inside the room.

20 INT. EVIDENCE ROOM - HEROIN LOCKER - NIGHT 20

BANG! Another air conditioning vent grate crashes tothe floor. Their headlights blazing, two men clamberinto the cavernous room, Fouchet along with Casper. This

is the special Drug Holding Room: The lock cuts like

butter and the steel door is yanked open. One hundred

million dollars in heroin. Each kilo brick is stampedwith a distinctive octopus logo.

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