Die Hard Page #32

He raises his weapon...but he only shoot it into the ceiling,

making everyone jump!

HANS:

(shouting)

On your feet, everyone! Upstairs,

now!

(quietly, to Uli)

You'll lock them up there and come

right down...

Uli nods and he and Eddie help herd everyone towards the stairs.

Hans moves forward...grabs Holly himself.

CUT TO:

326 THE MACHINE FLOOR 326

McClane and Karl move towards each other, each sizing the other

up, each looking over the terrain.

MCCLANE:

Better this way, isn't it? I mean,

any f*ggot can shoot a gun.

This time Karl doesn't take the bait. Then, when he

does charge, it's unexpected.

The two men fight brutally, Karl bringing years of martial

training to this moment, McClane bringing nothing but the street.

327 NEW ANGLE 327

MCCLANE:

You should've heard your brother

scream when I broke his f***in'

neck...

Karl steps in quickly with a deadly move. McClane twists free,

slams an elbow into Karl's kidney. Karl backs off, circles

McClane with new respect.

CUT TO:

328 INSIDE AN FBI CHOPPER - IN FLIGHT 328

THROUGH THE CANOPY we SEE another flanking chopper. Johnson

and Johnson are here, helmets and mikes on. Big Johnson checks

aerial maps while Little Johnson checks ammo clips for his

sniper scoped assault rifle.

BIG JOHNSON:

(shouting, to the pilot)

Stay low. They're expecting transports,

not gunships.

LITTLE JOHNSON:

(shouting over the noise

of the rotors)

What do you figure on breakage?

BIG JOHNSON:

I figure we take out all the terrorists,

and lose 20 percent of the hostages...

25, tops.

LITTLE JOHNSON:

I can live with those numbers.

CUT TO:

329 VAULT FLOOR 329

Theo and Kristoff load the bonds into the big cases which carried

all their gear when they entered. As Hans and Eddie come in they

look curiously at Holly.

HANS:

A little bonus for us.

(shoving her forward

violently)

A policeman's wife might come in

handy.

He picks up a CB, speaks into it.

HANS:

McClane! McClane! I have some news

for you...McClane?

330 THE MACHINE FLOOR 330

TILT UP from the CB radio Karl smashed.

Karl and McClane are in the b.g., almost toe to toe, all their

tricks played out, going at it with animal instinct.

331 THE VAULT ROOM 331

HANS:

McClane?

(pause, then on a

new channel)

Karl? Karl?

Nothing. He looks at Theo.

HANS:

Hurry.

332 THE ROOF 332

Uli herds the hostages up onto the roof, pushing the last few

out.

333 LONG SHOT - FBI CHOPPERS - DOWN AVE. OF THE STARS 333

They float toward us, hugging the street, their prop wash

shaking the trees.

334 POWELL AND ROBINSON 334

Following them with their eyes, for once sharing the same opinion.

335 HOSTAGES ON THE ROOF 335

They see their very own Christmas decorations, the friendly

copter lights, and begin to smile and cheer. Uli smiles to

himself, moves towards the door:

336 VAULT ROOM 336

Theo closes the lid of a bond-stuffed case, carries it out of

the room. Holly's eyes follow his exit while the others continue.

HOLLY:

(to Hans, scornfully)

After all your posturing, all your

speeches...you're nothing but a common

thief.

HANS:

I'm an exceptional thief, Mrs. McClane.

And now that I'm moving up to kidnapping,

you should be more polite.

He SLAPS her.

337 MACHINE FLOOR 337

Karl drives McClane back with a sweeping head kick. Another one.

McClane is staggering. He gets in one hard punch and then Karl

charges at him. McClane falls backwards, drives his legs

upwards, propelling Karl into the air:

338 LOW ANGLE 338

Karl goes into a loop of chain hanging over a turbine, becomes

entangled.

339 MCCLANE 339

jumps to his feet, yanks the other end of the chain.

340 KARL 340

is JERKED upwards by the neck. He TWITCHES like a captured

fish -- starts to turn blue:

341 MCCLANE 341

Twists the chain end around a pipe as Karl STILLS. McClane

snatches up his Baretta from the floor, runs out.

CUT TO:

342 CHOPPERS - IN THE AIR 342

We can SEE the tailing 'chopper through the open port of this

one. Big Johnson leans over, slaps the shoulder of his pilot.

BIG JOHNSON:

Just like Saigon, eh, Wally?

PILOT:

My kind of town.

CUT TO:

343 THE ROOF 343

The door rattles. His back to the CAMERA, Uli goes to the door,

OPENS it -- and TWO BULLETS COME OUT HIS BACK. Smoking Baretta

in hand, McClane vaults over the body before it has even stopped

twitching. As the hostages SQUEAL and SCREAM, McClane snatches

up Uli's machine gun, runs out onto the roof. He charges

through the crowd, spots Ginny near the edge of the roof. She

meets him halfway.

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