Collateral Damage Page #11

145 INT. MOMPOS JAIL - CELL - NIGHT 145

The jail might be old, but the cells are secure enough.

They're also unsanitary and thoroughly unpleasant.

Gordy and Armstrong are led in by the federales. The Fat

Federale has Armstrong's hat. He looks it over,

wondering why Gordy wanted it. Then decides he could

give a f*** and tosses it to Armstrong. Clangs the celldoor shut and locks it. Leaves shaking his head.

FAT FEDERALE:

Gringos...

Armstrong's still unsteady on his feet and sits down onthe metal bunk.

ARMSTRONG:

That stun gun wasn't cool.

Armstrong looks down at himself.

ARMSTRONG:

Haven't peed my pants in a real

long time.

GORDY:

(beat)

You shouldn't have helped me.

ARMSTRONG:

Yeah, well, I guess all these

a**holes down here are just

starting on my nerves.

Gordy's silent. It's over. He's come up short. He's

going home.

ARMSTRONG:

So what the hell did you do to

land us in here? And don't jerk

me around, eh?

Beat. Gordy sits.

GORDY:

The Wolf killed my wife and son

in New York.

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ARMSTRONG:

... Oh, you're that guy, eh? I'm

sorry, man... And what, you camedown here to even things out?

Gordy just looks at him.

ARMSTRONG:

Did you even have a plan?

GORDY:

Yeah. Go to Caguan, find The Wolfand kill him.

Armstrong just shakes his head. Beat.

146 DOOR TO CELL AREA 146

BANGS open. Federales lead in two men -- the two

guerrillas surprised earlier by the heavy-camouflagedinfiltrators. The federales are armed with batons and

stun guns, taking no chances. It's clear the rebels

weren't brought here without a struggle, either -- bothare cut and bruised. The tougher-looking of the two hastaken a real beating. This beaten man is jammed face-

first against the bars of Gordy's cell. He makes eyecontact with Gordy while the other rebel is unbound andput into a cell. Then the beaten man is shoved into the

cell. A solid, brick wall separates them from Gordy andArmstrong. Armstrong's seen the patches on theiruniforms. To Gordy, sotto -E.

L.C.

ARMSTRONG:

Beat. Armstrong sees the look on Gordy's face.

of a warning -By

way

ARMSTRONG:

If you can't kill them, don't eventalk to them.

The GUERRILLAS are MURMURING in the other cell. One of

them LAUGHS. OFF Gordy, listening to the LAUGHING...

147 INT. GORDY AND ARMSTRONG'S CELL - NIGHT 147

Two or three A.M. Armstrong's dozing. Gordy's stilllistening to the MURMURING of the REBELS on the otherside of the wall, when...

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There's a flurry of activity outside the cell area. The

door opens. Soldiers enter with some federales.

Gordy watches the soldiers move past his cell. Rocha is

with them. And then...

Brandt appears at the bars, looks in at Gordy.

BRANDT:

Enjoy your trip?

Gordy stands, approaches.

BRANDT:

We asked you to leave it to us.

GORDY:

And you guys still haven't got

him.

BRANDT:

It's not over yet... The guys next

door are in The Wolf's elite

bodyguard unit. Where he goes,

they go. We're gonna ask

questions. And we're gonna get

answers... And you're staying

right here till our bomber's dead.

Brandt goes. Moments later, a TORTURED SCREAM is heard

on the other side of the brick wall, waking Armstrongwith a start.

148 EXT. MOMPOS - VARIOUS SHOTS - NIGHT 148

In a field near Mompos, a canopied truck backs intoposition. Men in guerrilla uniforms with ELC patches getout and pull back the canopy, revealing mortar tubespointing skyward on a bed of sand.

149 ELC GUERRILLA 149

unit armed with AK-47s and Light Anti-Tank Weapons(LAWs) infiltrates the town.

150 ANOTHER TWO-MAN ELC GUERRILLA TEAM 150

sets up a single mortar position overlooking the town.

One of the men checks his watch. Beat. He signals. The

other man drops a MORTAR down the tube. WHUMP.

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151 TWO MORTARS 151

go in the tubes on the truck. WHUMP, WHUMP.

152 ANOTHER ANGLE 152

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! A water tower, the Mompos firestation and the town's power supply are direct hits.

WHUMP, WHUMP, WHUMP...

153 INT. JAIL - CELLS 153

People react to the sounds of the MORTAR ATTACK on the

town. The lights go out. Brandt, Rocha and their men

quickly lock the guerrillas in their cell and head out.

154 EXT. JAIL 154

As MORTARS CONTINUE to fall on the rest of the town, the

unit of guerrilla infiltrators open up on the front ofthe jail with LAW ROCKETS.

155 EXT./INT. JAIL 155

KA-BOOM! The front door and wall of the jail

disintegrate under the multiple LAW attack.

156 NEW ANGLE 156

Brandt, Rocha and the soldiers, approaching the frontdoor inside, are hammered by the massive concussion ofthe BLAST and flung across the room, apparently dead.

157 ANOTHER ANGLE 157

The powerful, concussive shock-wave channels into thecell area. Gordy's slightly protected by a wall.

Armstrong, standing at the bars, is thrown into theopposite wall and knocked unconscious.

158 GUERRILLAS 158

charge inside with AKs BLAZING. Surviving soldiers andfederales SHOOT back.

The blasts have caused fires in the building. Severed

wires spark, creating more fire. Flames begin to spreadthrough the tinder-dry structure.

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The guerrillas take out the soldiers and federales, withfew casualties to themselves. They make their way towardthe cell area.

EXPLODING AMMO and stored FUEL CANS accelerate the fire.

159 NEW ANGLE 159

The guerrillas reach the cells. Two men see Gordy anddraw down on him. The others move to the next cell.

Guerrillas plant small explosive charges on the hinges ofthe cell containing their two captured comrades. Beat.

The HINGES BLOW. The beaten man and the rebel with him

are freed, and the guerrillas quickly retreat the waythey came.

Gordy sees flames spreading into the cell area.

160 GUERRILLAS 160

exit the fiery jail past Brandt. We see Brandt's not

dead.

161 EXT. MOMPOS STREET - OUTSIDE JAIL 161

A truck pulls up. The guerrillas get in. The TRUCK

SCREECHES OUT as...

162 4X4 162

full of sicarios SKIDS onto the street, far ahead of the

truck. The sicario driving punches it, and...

163 TWO TRUCKS 163

ROAR toward each other. A game of chicken. With GUNS.

Men in both vehicles OPEN UP -- the sicarios with magnumsand Uzis, the guerrillas with AKs. SLUGS RIP throughautomotive steel. Casualties are taken. When...

164 SICARIO 164

driving the 4x4 receives a round in the forehead, cranksover the steering wheel, and...

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165 SPEEDING 4X4 165

does a Paris-to-Dakar road rally flip, twisting andsomersaulting, and...

166 NEW ANGLE 166

The 4x4 catapults completely over the guerrillas' truck,

disintegrating into spare parts and dead occupants, as...

167 GUERRILLAS 167

ROAR off.

168 EXT./INT. JAIL 168

A severely-dazed Brandt, bleeding from the nose and ears,

slowly gets to his knees, crawls out of the burningbuilding and collapses outside.

169 INT. GORDY AND ARMSTRONG'S CELL 169

There's fire and smoke everywhere. Gordy picks up themetal bunk and slams it against a wall. Slams it again.

Breaks the metal apart. Then levers a long side rail inthe cell door. He heaves. Heaves again. The fire's

licking at him, but Gordy's undeterred. He heaves again,

and...

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