Mad Max 2 Page #16

MAX raises the Bear Claw arm to PAPPAGALLOIS face. We

see that the crossbow strapped to the forearm is still

loaded.

MAX:

The Kid?

PAPPAGALLO:

I had to leave him... he was pinned

to the rig...

MAX:

You left him there? With them?

Alive?

PAPPAGALLO:

There was nothing I could do.

MAX throws PAPPAGALLO out of the vehicle and takes the

driver's seat...

PAPPAGALLO is left standing in the dust as MAX swings

the Lone Wolf machine around...

169. THE TANKER WRECK. DAY.

WEZ is sitting at the wheel of the Humungus machine. He

and the THREE OTHER MARAUDERS - all on bikes -

accelerate away from the tanker. Dead bodies litter the

ground.

WEZ urges the OTHER THREE on, pursuing the Lone Wolf

machine.

As the Humungus machine winds around the bend, we see

the Lone Wolf vehicle approaching over a distant

hillcrest.

170. UNDULATING HIGHWAY. DAY.

MAX guns the vehicle over the rise...

Over his shoulder we see the Humungus machine, 400 yards

away, approaching at terrific speed...

MAX steels himself... 300 yards.

The two vehicles are on a direct collision course...

200 yards...

The two victims have been taken from the front of the

Humungus machine and something else is in their place...

MAX sees that it is the FERAL KID, lashed there - upside

down...

He throws the wheel, sending the vehicle into a slide,

spinning clear of the Humungus machine.

The Lone Wolf vehicle spins around... thud! into the

bikes of TWO MARAUDERS flanking WEZ.

The third - a MOHAWK BIKER - follows WEZ.

As soon as MAX has the Lone Wolf machine under control,

he guns the two engines and is off after WEZ.

171. HUMUNGUS MACHINE. DAY.

As the vehicle approaches, we see the KID, his head

inches off the bitumen... WEZ looks back to see MAX

overtaking the MOHAWK BIKER.

172. THE LONE WOLF MACHINE. DAY.

As MAX overtakes the MOHAWK BIKER, he twitches the

wheel... the big car swipes the bike... sending the

MOHAWKER sailing off the road.

The Lone Wolf surges away, catching up to the Humungus

machine.

173. THE HUMUNGUS MACHINE. DAY.

WEZ looks back at the approaching machine. He floors

the accelerator, "red-lining" the engine...

As the Humungus machine surges into camera we do a

track, in zoom, on the FERAL KID'S face, turning the

camera through 180 degrees.

174. THE KID'S UPSIDE DOWN POINT OF VIEW. DAY.

We are upside down as we rocket along the curving,

undulating, highway, through a flock of birds...

towards a puddle of water... as the water splashes on

the lens...

CUT TO:

The Humungus vehicle as it roars through the water,

passing a startled PAPPAGALLO walking along the road...

MAX rockets past moments later.

175. THE LONE WOLF MACHINE. DAY

MAX raises the Bear Claw arm as he closes in on WEZ,

drawing alongside the Humungus machine...

176. THE HUMUNGUS MACHINE. DAY.

WEZ reaches down... to the toggle the switch next to

the nitrous oxide bottles... waiting for the right

moment...

He flicks the switch...

He is thrown back by the massive acceleration... the

Humungus machine surges away from camera...

177. THE LONE WOLF MACHINE. DAY.

MAX doesn't have time to aim the crossbow still attached

to the bear claw arm.

He fires, the arrow disappearing in a blurr...

The Humungus machine thunders away, rocketing along the

open highway... eating up the white line...

Upside down, the FERAL KID is terror-struck: the

Humungus machine roars straight into a wide curve,

leaving the road, continuing out into the wasteland.

The Humungus machine charges through the salt bush...

178. THE LONE WOLF CAR. DAY.

Over MAX'S shoulder, we see that the vehicle is

slowing...

MAX follows it out into the wasteland...

The vehicle comes to a halt...

Cautiously, MAX draws alongside: WEZ sits stock still,

looking out at the desert beyond....

It is not until MAX is alongside his face that we see

the tip of the arrow protruding from his left eye...

On the front of the vehicle, the FERAL KID starts to

sob...

FADE TO BLACK.

179. HILLTOP. POWDER RIVER. DUSK.

MAX stands on a hilltop, overlooking Powder River.

Below him, the convoy - led by the yellow school bus -

moves out across the plain.

A dust trail appears on the horizon, racing to intercept

the convoy.

MAX lifts his broken binoculars: it's the GYRO CAPTAIN,

bumping along in the twisted wreck of the gyrocopter,

its rotors gone, engine screaming.

MAX shakes his head and walks back to the Lone Wolf

machine on the top of the hill.

180. INT. SCHOOL BUS. DUSK.

We see PAPPAGALLO, face set with determination, driving

the yellow school bus.

Once again we hear the Old Man's voice:

NARRATOR (V/O)

Pappagallo led us north... to

safety - to a place in the sun...

In the tenth year, nurturing his

vision of a new world, he died

felling timber.

The LUSTY GIRL rolls her eyes and sighs as the GYRO

CAPTAIN draws alongside her window...

NARRATOR (V/O)

The Captain and the Girl waged war

for years... together they raised

eight children.... And as for me...

The FERAL KID, sitting in the back of the bus, turns to

face us. His bright yellow eyes stare directly into

camera...

NARRATOR (V/O)

... in the fullness of time, I

became the leader - the chief of the

Great Northern Tribe...

DISSOLVE.

181. THE NARRATOR'S FACE.

For the first time we see the Narrator's eyes. They are

bright yellow.

NARRATOR (V/O)

As for the Road Warrior... That was

the last we ever saw of him. He

lives now... Only in our

memories...

Dooh dih deh daw, Dooh dih deh daw, Doodadidalee!

(signifying end music)

FADE TO BLACK.

182. END CREDITS.

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