Militia Page #18

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-We watch as Olsen singles out each militia member. Screaming

at each other...

NOAH (V.O.) (CONT'D)

...To make them tear themselves

apart...

-Hubbel loads his gun next to Keating.

NOAH (V.O.) (CONT'D)

And we plant the seed of society

being torn down...

-We see Beckmann on the radio. Calling out to the other

militias...

NOAH (V.O.) (CONT'D)

The chaos they were preparing for,

actually happening...

100.

-We see a room of policeman, one in particular on the radio,

calling back, pretending to be militia men...

NOAH (V.O.) (CONT'D)

...Spreading. Making them believe

the others were following along.

That the country started some

revolution together. And off they

go...

-The militia in the warehouse as the policeman shines a

flashlight through the loading bay windows. All of them

huddled up against the wall...

NOAH (V.O.) (CONT'D)

Coming together as the stereotype we

needed them to be...

-The militia stands. Guns in hand. Pointed at the SWAT...

BACK TO:

NOAH (CONT'D)

An ex-Aryan Brotherhood member, with

ties to cop murders. A missing highway

repairman responsible for five deaths.

Some kid plotting to shoot up his

old high school. These aren't a loss.

These are pieces on a board being

used for a bigger play.

(beat)

A northern Michigan militia is found

with automatic weapons...

-The AR 15's...

NOAH (V.O.) (CONT'D)

Armor piercing rounds...

-The boxes of ammunition in every locker...

NOAH (V.O.) (CONT'D)

Plans to 'attack a police funeral'...

-Noah finds Keating's Catcher in The Rye in his locker. His

eyes assessing the discovery. Figuring out how to use it.

-Gannon then slams it on the floor between them...

NOAH (CONT'D)

And a single town's almost tragedy

turns into the country's reason to

end...

(re:
militia)

This.

(MORE)

101.

NOAH (CONT'D)

(beat)

No more militias. No more backwood

psychopaths with automatic rifles.

No more lunatics who can go buy a

machine gun and walk into a school.

A single night gives us all a tipping

point to end this.

Gannon watches his little brother become something he never

thought possible. His jaw clenches to hide his awe.

NOAH (CONT'D)

They believed they weren't alone in

this. But really...

Noah looks up at Gannon. Saying it as if he means him...

NOAH (CONT'D)

They're part of nothing. Except what

we needed them to be.

Gannon's eyes shatter. Paralyzed by the information. Then:

GANNON:

You got them to fire on you, but you

can't prove actual intent. You can't

prove you didn't fire on innocents.

NOAH:

You're right. We couldn't. But you

could...

Noah's words hit Gannon like a sucker punch of realization...

FLASHCUTS:

-Gannon watches Morris admit his plan to carry out the

shooting on the police...

NOAH (V.O.) (CONT'D)

What if you bring in the best

interrogator the police ever had?

The tape recorder between them. On and recording.

-Keating pontificates madly over the CB radio. Illustrating

his reasons for wanting to attack and kill cops.

NOAH (V.O.) (CONT'D)

Someone who's made people confess to

things they never did countless times?

The video camera, on and recording his performance...

102.

NOAH (V.O.) (CONT'D)

Someone who knows we track signals

and will keep the militia on a

defensive, unreachable lockdown...

-The militia members throw their cellphones into the trash...

BACK TO:

NOAH (CONT'D)

You did perfectly, Gannon. Better

than we could've imagined.

Then...

GANNON:

You'll never get away with it. They'll

catch you.

NOAH:

Who?

Gannon removes his pistol from the back of his jeans and

raises it...at Noah.

The Patrolman sees it. Levels his gun at Gannon.

PATROLMAN:

DROP THE WEAPON!

Noah looks up at his brother. Cold. Lifeless. Staring at his

sibling with curious intrigue, as if he's watching a pawn

trying to pretend it's a knight.

Kowalski and the others follow suit and take aim at Gannon...

KOWALSKI:

DROP THE WEAPON! RIGHT NOW!

All Gannon's attachment to Noah, gone. Drained dry from the

shock...

FEMALE OFFICER:

PUT DOWN. THE GUN.

Gannon looks into this stranger's eyes who used to be his

brother. Listening to the surrounding cops SCREAM at him.

Those who faked him out. Voices in his head...

Then Noah says it. Easy and effortless and cold and true.

NOAH:

Put it down, Gannon.

A beat.

103.

Gannon lowers the gun. He can't do it.

Noah scrambles to his feet. He walks away from Gannon,

cautiously, like from a stranger you don't trust just yet.

Gannon calls out. His voice trembles like a kid left out...

GANNON:

Why wouldn't you just tell me?

Noah stops. Looks back at Gannon.

GANNON (CONT'D)

You knew the whole time. Everything

I just did.

(beat)

Why wouldn't you just tell me?

Noah stares at Gannon, almost shocked by the idiocy.

NOAH:

Gannon, I'm sorry. You're...

(beat)

You're not a cop anymore.

Noah turns, and walks back to the police. Gannon watches...

FLASHCUT-

Roman walks back to the group of cops in the woods...

BACK TO:

The cops pat Noah on the back as soon as he gets to them.

Kowalski calls out...

KOWALSKI (O.S.)

Guns down!

Every cop lowers their gun.

Gannon looks at the officers all staring at him.

Looking at Gannon's disheveled appearance almost like seeing

a rumor get confirmed.

Gannon looks around the warehouse. The scene. The dead

militia.

Kowalski approaches Gannon. A pity in his eyes that could

almost read as genuine care. He looks around the scene as

well. Nothing to say between them.

He pats Gannon on the arm.

104.

KOWALSKI (CONT'D)

Take care of yourself out there.

Gannon gives him no reaction. Kowalski turns, walks back to

his squad car. Then he calls out...

KOWALSKI (CONT'D)

You know...

(beat)

We could use some help.

Gannon stays still. Kowalski opens his cruiser door. He looks

out to Gannon...

KOWALSKI (CONT'D)

You comin'?

Gannon's face in darkness, black as oil. He looks out at

Kowalski...

FLASHCUT-

Gannon hunts in the woods alone...

BACK TO:

He stays still outside the warehouse...

FLASHCUT-

Gannon dresses the deer outside his trailer. Alone.

BACK TO:

He stays still as the police LIGHTS paint him blue and red...

FLASHCUT-

Gannon cooks dinner in the double-wide trailer's kitchen. He

sits in his single chair, eating alone.

Gannon lies asleep in the trailer's bedroom, The TV on.

BACK TO:

Gannon looks over at Kowalski waiting at his car. He sees

Noah standing there. Standing amidst a sea of cops.

Kowalski. Marlowe. Alive and well. Staring at him.

Waiting for him.

FLASHCUT:

105.

Roman stands surrounded by the cops in the wooded road.

Staring at Gannon like ghosts.

BACK TO:

Gannon's face, completely blue and red from the cop lights...

Gannon nods.

GANNON:

Yeah.

CUT TO BLACK.

'M I L I T I A'

THE END.

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