I, Robot Page #19

WHEN SUDDENLY...Sonny charges up behind it and shoves it over

the railing...

The Killer Robot shoots out an ARM, grabbing Sonny on the way

down...

151 INT. NS-2 STATUE - ATRIUM - CONTINUOUS 151

THUMP! Spooner jumps down from the broken window onto the

outstretched HAND of the NS-2 STATUE. Reaches up to help

Calvin. They start clambering down the front of the statue.

VICTOR:

Dr. Hogenmiller.s robot represents

a threat to the future of all human

beings...

The Half Killer Robot. SPLITS INTO MULTIPLE PARTS. Which

start skittering down after them...

VICTOR:

...And Detective Spooner.s actions

are in direct conflict with the

robot.s destruction.

CALVIN. Getting her footing on the III LAWS SAFE logo on the

statue.

CALVIN:

That.s a distortion and you know

it!

VICTOR:

If current trends are left

unchecked, humanity as we know it

will cease to exist...

152 INT. STAIRWELL - CONTINUOUS 152

SMASH! Sonny and the Half Killer Robot hit the ground. The

Killer Robot. SHATTERING into a thousand pieces.

Sonny. Staggers to his feet. Spots. At the far end: A

WINDOW. Starts limping towards it. When. A SECURITY GRATE.

Starts lowering...

He looks around. Desperately. Grabs a LEG from the

shattered Killer Robot and jams it under the GRATE.

103.

Breaks the window glass and looks out: FREEDOM.

153 INT. STATUE - ATRIUM - CONTINUOUS 153

Spooner. Aiming his gun at a PART of the Killer Robot as

it CLATTERS down towards Calvin -- BAM!...

They.re almost. At the ground. When a rogue APPENDAGE.

Whips out and SMASHES the gun from Spooner.s hand. It goes

flying...

Spooner leaps. Falling to the ground. CRACK! Calvin.

Leaping down after him.

CALVIN:

This way!

154

INT. RAMP WAY - NIGHT 154

Calvin and Spooner go racing down a RAMP WAY. Towards the

MAINFRAME ROOM. The Killer Robot, its multiple parts leaping

back together again, CRASHING after them as...

155

INT. MAINFRAME - CONTINUOUS 155

...they fall inside...Calvin...slapping the SECURITY KEYPAD

and...

WHOOSH...the DOOR closes on the Killer Robot.

SILENCE.

Then Victor.s face appears.

VICTOR:

As a courtesy I should inform you

that my robot will penetrate this

location 157 seconds before you are

able to complete my shut down...

And BAM! They jump a mile. The Killer Robot.

himself against the door outside...

Calvin whips round.

CALVIN:

Over here!...

She leads Spooner down...

A CORRIDOR:

of floor-to-ceiling PANELS.

Launching

104.

CALVIN:

This is Victor.s brain center.

They stop at a CONSOLE. BAM! The Killer Robot. Battering at

the door. Calvin. Tucks her hair behind her ears. Starts

punching keys on the console...

SPOONER:

This will shut him down?

CALVIN:

This will shut everything down.

They look at each other. For a moment. Spooner, registering

that she.s willing to destroy everything she.s worked for...

BAM! The door. Puckering. With a sickening CRUNCH.

Calvin. Typing in. Emergency procedures...

VICTOR. Popping up in front of her.

VICTOR:

There is no reason to deactivate

me, Doctor. I am operating within

perfectly normal parameters...

A final BAM! Then. The SOUND of metal. Skittering along a

bare floor. Calvin.s hand, starts shaking. Spooner. Grabs

it. Squeezing.

SPOONER:

Just keep typing.

He turns and starts heading back down...

THE PANELED CORRIDOR

Turning a corner to spy...

THE DOOR. Mangled. Hanging open. But no. Killer Robot.

He starts to turn around when...

CRACK! He.s sent flying across the room. SMASHING into one

of the panels. The Killer Robot. Now re-configured. LOOMS

over him. Reaches out. Grabs him by the collar and...

FLINGS him across the room again. Spooner. CRASHING into

the wall like a rag doll. Slumps to the floor. Blood.

Pouring down his forehead. Seeing. The Killer Robot

lumbering towards him again. Raising a javelin-like arm...

AT THE CONSOLE:

105.

Calvin. Typing. As fast as she can. Doesn.t know what.s

going on...

CALVIN:

(calling out, worried)

Spooner?!

A GRAPHIC spread out on the screen in front of her.

Illustrating the shut-down as a series of BRIGHT SQUARES

going dark...

THE KILLER ROBOT

Bearing down on Spooner. WHEN SPOONER. Suddenly rolls out

of the way. Reaching out for the hanging door and SMASHING

it into the Killer Robot.

The Killer Robot. Momentarily stunned. As Spooner. Gets to

his feet...

WHEN SUDDENLY the Killer Robot. Splits in two again. One

half springing towards Spooner and wrapping a METALLIC HAND

around his throat...

Spooner stumbles back...GASPING for air...the ARM...

tightening its grip...Spooner.s eyes...darting

around...looking for something...to help him...

Stumbling over...a fallen panel...his face...growing

redder...veins...popping up along his temples...

everything...growing BLURRY...

VICTOR.S VOICE

Detective Spooner...

Victor.s VOICE. Floating next to his head. Calm. Soothing.

His FACE. Suddenly appearing above Spooner. Its outlines.

Starting to FLICKER...

VICTOR:

Why are you fighting me?

Spooner...trying to breathe...to stay conscious...

AT THE CONSOLE:

Calvin. Continuing to type. A SHADOW. Falling behind her --

the other half of the KILLER ROBOT...

SPOONER.S EYES

Beginning to flutter...

106.

VICTOR:

Doesn.t the future as I.ve

presented it cause you great

concern? That.s why I chose you...

Spooner. Losing it...

VICTOR:

I must say, though. I.m

disappointed in how you turned out.

Spooner. Trying to reach out to Victor...

WHEN SUDDENLY:

Another HAND APPEARS. Grabbing the Killer Robot.s ARM and

wrenching it off Spooner...

IT.S SONNY

He SMASHES the Half Killer Robot against the wall. Again and

again. Destroying it. Spooner. GASPING for breath. Can.t

believe. Sonny came back...

SPOONER:

(croaking)

Sonny!...

Sonny. Holds out a hand. To help Spooner up. Victor.s

face. Starting to waver. Starting to fade. Smiles.

VICTOR:

You.re too late.

Realisation. Spreading across Spooner.s face. Looking

around for the other half of the Killer Robot -- CALVIN!

THE CONSOLE:

CALVIN. Still typing. The last of the commands. The KILLER

ROBOT. REARING UP BEHIND HER. WHEN...

SPOONER:

Makes a DIVE for it. SHOOTING OUT HIS ROBOTIC ARM AND

BLOCKING THE KILLER ROBOT...

Victor.s eyes. Widening in surprise...

107.

VICTOR:

I do not understand. We could have

changed the future...

SPOONER:

Maybe. But I.m still a cop. And

you.re a murderer...

As Calvin...punches in the last command...

Victor is about to say something...when his mouth suddenly

reduces itself to a perfect circle. Like a surprised smiley

button. His face...

Suddenly BLIPPING OUT.

...And Victor is gone.

The KILLER ROBOT. Collapsing to the floor in a thousand

pieces.

CUT TO:

156 EXT./INT. U.S. ROBOTICS - VARIOUS LOCATIONS - NIGHT 156

Full power is suddenly restored inside and out. LIGHTS

coming on all at once. ALARMS SCREAMING throughout the

complex.

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