Lone Survivor Page #8

DIETZ:

Three?

AXE:

Three, soft Compromise. Terminate

the compromise.

Axe stares at Murphy. Third choice is obvious.

Murphy looks up to the mountain top a mile behind them.

MURPHY:

Can we get a signal from that

mountain?

47.

DANNY:

I thought about that. Probably. I

don’t f***ing know.

More dog barking, goat baying, bells ringing. The kids are

staring rage into the eyes of the Americans.

DANNY (CONT’D)

We gotta do something boss.

MURPHY:

Yea.

Murphy walks back down to Luttrell and Axe.

MURPHY (CONT’D)

What do you think?

LUTTRELL:

They don’t seem to like us very

much.

MURPHY:

Yea.

A pause. Reality setting in.

AXE:

Shah’s down there. We let them go,

Shaw disappears. Mission fails.

MURPHY:

What? Kill them.

Axe stares at Murphy.

Murphy staring at Axe. Realizing how serious he is.

AXE:

We are compromised Mike.

Marcus spits out some chew. Looking down, he shakes his head.

A pained grin plasters his face.

LUTTRELL:

Sh*t.

48.

MURPHY:

Danny?

Danny takes a long look at the goat herders. Finally...

DANNY:

I don’t give a sh*t what you

decide. I’m not a lawyer. Just tell

me what to do Murph. You’re the big

bucks, earn em’.

Murphy turns to Marcus.

MURPHY:

Marcus?

LUTTRELL:

I don’t know Mikey.

Luttrell takes his time. The goats sound like they arehowling. The vibe on the mountain is becoming deathlyserious.

LUTTRELL (CONT'D)

I don’t know. I don’t like it. We

kill them. Yea ok. We kill them.

Bury them. They get found. Thenwhat...

AXE:

Then what?

LUTTRELL:

I’m just saying. It ain’t gonna beprivate. Gonna be out there for thewhole f***ing world. CNN -- SEALs

kill goat farmers. I don’t want

that legacy, bro. I’m not killinggoat farmers. Not feeling that.

49.

AXE:

I’m not either, but the

Old man’s Tali and these kids can

shoot better than you can.

LUTTRELL:

Let’s just tie ‘em up and get the

f*** out of here.

AXE:

We tie them up, we have no control

over when they get found; get free.

I will die before I let them

dictate when we die. I will not

end up showing your body -- your

head -- on television. On the

Computer. No way, they do not get

that vote.

LUTTRELL:

Then let’s just get the f*** out of

here.

AXE:

I will do this, I will kill them

right now. They will not harm you

or me or my wife or your wife or

any of our unborn children. No.

These people are death and I will

not f***ing bow to this.

MURPHY:

You want to kill, Axe? Really?

That’s your position?

AXE:

I want to be playing golf with

Freddie Couples on Pebble Beach,

but I’m having a little trouble

getting a tee time.

LUTTRELL:

If we kill these kids, it’sInternational news. CNN doesn’t

care about Rules of Engagement.

SEALs kill kids. That’s the story.

Forever.

Tight on the guys taking this in. Murphy paces, staringintensely at one of the goat kids.

MURPHY:

Axe what’s your call?

49A.

Axe stares at Murphy.

AXE:

(sad grin)

My final answer?

50.

MURPHY:

Your final answer.

AXE:

Kill them.

This hits hard.

MURPHY:

Danny?

Dietz stares at the tied up kids.

DANNY:

It’s your call bro.

MURPHY:

You don’t have an opinion?

DANNY:

Yea I have an opinion. Twoopinions. One is that for therecord I don’t give a f*** whatanyone thinks about what the fuckwe do up here. We do what we do.

What we have to do. That’s it.

That’s our business.

MURPHY:

What’s two?

DANNY:

Two is, this is the Navy and you’rethe boss and your job is to be theboss and my job is to do what I’mfucking told.

MURPHY:

Ok.

DANNY:

So you tell me what to do and itwill be done.

Murphy looks to Marcus.

MURPHY:

Marcus what’s your call?

Luttrell seems to get that with Danny out, Murphy’s for

letting them go, Axe wants them dead - he’s the tie-breaker.

51.

LUTTRELL:

(slowly shaking his head)

No. I’d rather fight them straightup. I don’t want to kill thesekids.

ON MURPHY.

Thinking. He looks around the area. Looking for a burial

spot. Stabbing at the stone earth with his M4. Clearly no

soft earth anywhere close.

MURPHY:

(quiet)

F*** me.

Murphy stares down at the Afghan village. Then long and hard

at the three Afghans. Finally turns back to goat herders.

DANNY:

Look at them. They f***ing hate us.

We don’t know how many Hajji’s they

have down there. We can’t let them

go.

LUTTRELL:

So now you have an opinion? I

thought you were standing by

waiting for your orders?

AXE:

This opp is a soup sandwich. Beenso from the beginning. The pitch.

The rope. Worst comms that I’ve

ever seen. Soft intel, we are notwearing vests, have no heavyweapons, are weak in numbers....

It’s a cursed opp.

MURPHY:

Starting to feel like a cursed opp.

LUTTRELL:

It’s not a cursed opp. There are nofucking curses. Just Afghanistan.

That’s all. Everyday man. Devil’sasshole.

AXE:

Shah just killed twenty marineslast week and we’re on him. We’ve

come this far and these people hereare him. They are a part of him. Welet them go.

(MORE)

51A.

AXE (CONT'D)

We’re letting him go and why in thefucking world does he have theright to do that to us?

Axe is starring at LUTTRELL.

52.

AXE.

Seriously Marcus. Why does he havethe right to do that to us?

LUTTRELL:

I don’t see it that way.

MURPHY:

So what is your f***ing call bro?

LUTTRELL:

Let them go. Shut it down.

Silence.

So if Murphy was taking a vote it seems like it’s one votefor killing them, one vote for letting them go, Danny isneutral.

This is all on MURPHY.

Murphy turns away from them, looking down the steep pitchedmountain. The village far below.

Murphy thinks. Looks at the young kids. The old man.

MURPHY:

Here’s what we’re gonna do. Pack

up. Everything. We’re gonna let ‘em

go and we’re gonna make the peak.

When we make the peak were gonna

make Comms. We’re calling QRF and

we’re getting out.

Silence as the guys take in the plan. Luttrell lets out ahuge breath.

MURPHY (CONT’D)

That’s what we’re going to do.

DANNY:

Roger that.

LUTTRELL:

Yes sir.

MURPHY:

Let’s move it.

Quick Shots.

The guys quickly breaking down their gear.

The goat boy watching confused.

52A.

The older Goat herders. Defiant. Steel-eyed.

53.

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INT. SEAL TOC. BAGRAM. 41

Kristensen, Patton with Petty Officer Dan Healy, James Suh

and some COMMS guys.

The Comms guys trying to get Spartan 01 back on line.

COMMS GUY:

Spartan 01, Spartan 01, over.

Kristensen is on the phone, communicating with J-Bad TOC

KRISTENSEN:

When was your last contact withSpartan 01?

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EXT. J-BAD TOC. 42

The two Blackhawks standing by with the two Apaches.

The Apache pilots are firing up their engines.

Musslemen comes out of a pilot station.

MUSSLEMEN:

Where are you guys going?

APACHE PILOT:

We just got called North. By anArmy 372, evidently they took somesmall fire.

MUSSLEMEN:

We’re QRF, bro.

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