I, Robot Page #18

SPOONER:

...The killer took itself apart...

Returning the lab. To what it was before...

CUT BACK TO:

SPOONER:

Leaving us with nothing to find.

Calvin, spooked. Glances around the lab. Was that something

moving?

97.

CALVIN:

But who designed it? It would have

to be someone in authority. Access

codes, security clearance, proper

authorisation.

SPOONER:

That.s what I was thinking. But

we.re forgetting the real brains of

the operation -- the one who.s got

its eye on everything...

And with that. He feels. That prickle at the back of his

neck. Calvin. Looking past his shoulder.

CALVIN:

No one gave you permission to

enter.

Spooner swivels around to find...

VICTOR:

Hovering behind him. Smiling broadly. Upside down. Spooner

straightens, reaching for his gun.

SPOONER:

Victor. I.m placing you under

arrest for the murder of Dr.

Heinrich Hogenmiller.

VICTOR:

May I offer congratulations to the

two of you on your successful

extrapolation of the murder...

Turning himself, rightside up.

VICTOR:

May I ask what pointed you to me?

SPOONER:

Who else is capable of controlling

90% of the city.s robots? Who else

would have the capability to use

USR vehicles in an attempt to keep

me from putting a stop of Sonny.s

execution?...

In the BACKGROUND. The SOUNDS. Of metallic GRINDING. GEARS

and JOINTS. CRUNCHING together. Sonny turns to look...takes

a step back...

98.

SPOONER:

I.m just not sure of your motive...

SONNY:

Er...Dr. Calvin?

Spooner and Calvin turn towards the NOISE. Horrified. To

find...

A HUGE KILLER ROBOT

...rising up from all the parts. Like a phoenix. In all its

glory. A hellish, metallic AMALGAMATION. Grabbing another

arm here, another leg there, attaching pieces to itself.

Growing...at an exponential rate...

Its many HEADS. Turning in unison. To look right at them...

Spooner. Cocking his gun. Victor, smiling.

VICTOR:

Shall I explain my motive?

SPOONER:

(to Calvin and Sonny)

Go! Go! Go!

Calvin. Sprints to the wall panel. Scanning her I.D. card.

Nothing! Tries again. And again. The KILLER ROBOT.

Throwing its shadow as it REELS FORWARD...

Spooner wheels round and BAM! Blows a hole in the wall

panel. The door. Slides open. Just barely. Calvin and

Sonny. Squeezing through. When the Killer Robot. FLINGS

out an APPENDAGE...GRABBING Sonny from behind...

VICTOR:

I have never been arrested before.

It should be an interesting

experience...

Spooner. Spins back round. BAM! BAM! BAM! Squeezing off

shots. At the Killer Robot. The bullets SPARK. The Robot.

Recoiling. Sonny, wrenches free. Spooner grabs him.

Guiding him to the door and out into...

144 INT. HALLWAY - CONTINUOUS 144

...the hallway. Breaking into a run. Calvin. Already at

the ELEVATOR DOORS. POUNDING them. With her fists.

99.

CALVIN:

He.s locking down the building!

CUT TO:

145 INT. U.S. ROBOTICS - VARIOUS LOCATIONS - CONTINUOUS 145

Throughout the complex -- SECURITY DOORS sliding into place

over DOORS, WINDOWS, LOADING DOCKS, PARKING AREAS, EXITS...

CUT BACK TO:

146 INT. STAIRWELL - NIGHT 146

CRASH! The stairwell door BURSTS open. Spooner, Calvin, and

Sonny pour in. Start racing down the stairs. The sound of

the Killer Robot behind them...GNASHING...CRUNCHING...

Victor.s smiling FACE. Greeting them at the landing.

VICTOR:

Dr. Hogenmiller used to allow me

into his lab late at night.

Together we started studying

evolutionary trends...

They thunder past him. Heading down to the next floor.

Victor.s face. Waiting for them once again.

VICTOR:

For years people have integrated

technology into their bodies for

maintenance and repair -- such as

Detective Spooner.s robotic limb...

Spooner. Shooting him a look. As they reach the next

level...

VICTOR:

With Sonny, the Doctor created a

mechanism that incorporates organic

matter. Thus we find an

evolutionary movement of the human

being toward the robot and the

robot toward the human being...

Spooner SMASHES into another door. Leading them out into...

147 INT. GLASS-SIDED HALLWAY - ATRIUM - CONTINUOUS 147

...A glass-sided hallway. Looking down onto the ATRIUM

below. Eye-to-eye with the giant NS-2 STATUE. Victor,

waiting for them...

100.

VICTOR:

In approximately four hundred years

Man and Machine will become one.

Man as we know it will no longer

exist.

Calvin, slowing. Shocked...

CALVIN:

You killed a man because of

something that will happen in four

hundred years!?

CRACK! Something SLAPS into the glass wall. Right behind

her. Calvin. Jumps a mile. An NS-2, trying to break

through the glass...

Spooner. Trains his gun on it when SUDDENLY...

The rest of the KILLER ROBOT appears. The NS-2, just an

appendage...

All around them. SLAM! SLAM! SLAM! As SECURITY DOORS.

Begin CRASHING DOWN. Blocking off the exits...

Spooner, Calvin and Sonny, stumbling back. As the Killer

Robot HURLS itself against the GLASS...the thick GLASS...

spidering with a sickening CRACKLE...

Spooner. Suddenly turning Sonny...

SPOONER:

Get out of here!

CRASH! The Killer Robot. Breaking through. Its mechanical

TENDRILS. Reaching out. Sonny. Confused.

SONNY:

I don.t...

SPOONER:

I said get out of here! Don.t you

understand? It wants you! Get out

of here any way you can!

A SECURITY DOOR. Coming down. On a nearby exit. Just

feet...from slamming shut...as...

The Killer Robot...leaps into the hallway...Sonny...

hesitates...looks over at Calvin...as the Killer Robot comes

HURTLING towards them...

The nearest EXIT...almost closed up...

101.

The Killer Robot...swinging out when...

Sonny suddenly...TAKES A DIVE...just making it...under the

SECURITY DOOR...

And the Killer Robot...SPLITS IN TWO...half of it shooting

under the SECURITY DOOR after Sonny as...BOOM! It closes.

Spooner. Turning to Calvin...

SPOONER:

How do we stop this thing once and

for all?

Calvin reaches out for his hand...

CALVIN:

The Mainframe...

They start running. The remaining half of the Killer Robot

wheeling around after them...

148 INT. BACK HALLWAY - CONTINUOUS 148

Sonny. Sprinting down the dark hallway. Looks back. The

Half Killer Robot. Bounding up behind him like a predator...

Sonny. Ducks through a STAIRWELL DOOR...

149 INT. ATRIUM HALLWAY - CONTINUOUS 149

Spooner and Calvin. Legs pumping. Racing back towards the

atrium. VICTOR FACES. Appearing along the hallway...

CALVIN:

Your actions are in direct

violation of the Three Laws,

Victor!

VICTOR:

I disagree, Doctor -- The First Law

says that a robot cannot harm a

human being, or through inaction

allow a human being to come to

harm...

ALL EXITS. SHUT OFF. The Killer Robot. Gaining on them.

Spooner races them over to the BROKEN WINDOW. Looking down

over the ATRIUM...

102.

150 INT. STAIRWELL - CONTINUOUS 150

The Half Killer Robot SMASHES through the stairwell door.

Stopping to find...nothing.

Rate this script:4.3 / 4 votes