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Baines approaches.

BaINES

He’s dead. Crashed.

Ferris winces, then moves on like a general in battle.

FERRIS:

You take command of the chase.

(hands him the map)

Have cars block these intersection.

She heads over to the copter.

BAINES:

Why these?

FERRIS:

Get in the chopper.

He follows her inside, and the copter takes off.

MOUNTAIN ROAD:

Cris takes blind curves at high speed.

CRIS:

Did the doctors ever say why you

couldn’t have kids?

LIZ:

I grew up at Love Canal.

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CRIS:

What’s that?

LIZ:

A neighborhood back East built over

a chemical dump. A bunch of my

friends had birth defects.

(looks back)

I always figured I was lucky just

to be sterile.

CRIS:

Except you’re not. And neither am

I. We’re different, that’s all. We

just had to find the right match.

A look between them.

LIZ:

And somehow we did.

They approach the entrance to the town.

EXT. hendersonville - DAWN

Police vehicles converge on the area, systematically blocking

the intersections that Ferris indicated.

Rick's Police Cruiser

Cris threads his way through town, zigging and zagging down

streets and alleys.

FROM THE HELICOPTER

Ferris sees Cris maneuvering perfectly through the maze,

avoiding imminent traps and confrontation.

BAINES:

(discouraged)

He doesn’t miss a beat.

FERRIS:

(pleased, to herself)

Come to momma.

Cris dodges another trap.

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FERRIS:

(to radio)

Stay after him. Keep the pressure

on.

The bypassed police cars chase after Rick's stolen Cruiser,

which leaves town on a street that merges with a WINDY NARROW

CANYONSIDE ROAD.

BAINES:

(incredulous)

He’s driving right into it...

Up ahead, beyond a blind curve, the road leads to a ONE-LANE

BRIDGE over a DEEP CHASM with RAGING RAPIDS at the bottom.

BAINES:

Sometimes looking one step ahead

isn’t enough.

On the FAR SIDE OF THE BRIDGE, out of sight, beyond a curve,

EIGHT STATE POLICE CARS form a barricade across the road.

INT. Rick's Police Cruiser - day

Having escaped from town, Cris and Liz share a glimmer of

relief.

LIZ:

You make it look easy.

Cris’ expression darkens.

CRIS:

Oh sh*t. Oh no.

Liz

What is it?

CRIS:

I blew it.

They round a curve and the NARROW BRIDGE comes into view.

FAR SIDE OF BRIDGE

Behind the barricade, Ferris’ helicopter comes in for a

landing.

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INT. Rick's Police Cruiser - day

Cris checks his rearview mirror. A six-pack of cop cars are

right behind him. To his left, a steep rock wall. To his

right, a vertical drop-off into the canyon.

Cris drives on, the blood draining from his face.

FAR SIDE OF THE BRIDGE

Ferris strides across the span, Baines in her wake. Arriving

at the barricade, she approaches the biggest state police

car, a HUMMER -- and flashes her badge.

FERRIS:

I need your vehicle.

She walks through the Trooper and gets into his Hummer.

BAINES:

What’s the plan?

FERRIS:

Playing chicken.

BAINES:

Don’t be stupid! He knows what

you’ll do!

FERRIS:

But so do I. And for once, that

makes us even.

She starts up the Hummer. It roars.

THE BRIDGE:

Cris slams on the brakes. Stops the car. Police cars stop

behind him, blocking retreat.

CRIS:

GET OUT! NOW! OR YOU’LL DIE!

She hustles out.

LiZ

What’s going to happen?

cris

We’ll find out.

A quick look good-bye and he drives on.

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HUMMER:

Ferris gathers her determination and floors it.

ON THE BRIDGE:

A game of chicken with a difference.

ON CRIS:

Squinting.

CRIS’ VISIONS:

Fast forward to the HEAD ON COLLISION! Then a COLLAGE of

ALTERNATE CHOICES AND OUTCOMES: Cris swerves; slams on the

brakes; gets shot making a run for the rail; spins out on the

roadbed; crashes over the side, over the side, over the side!

But in every version, the Hummer is unchanging. Unrelenting.

Dead on.

THE BRIDGE - NOW

They’re speeding closer.

FERRIS:

Total focus. No doubts or decisions.

CRIS’ VISIONS:
FAST, QUICK, CONDENSED

The falling car crashes onto the canyon wall, tumbles

downhill, explodes; falls again, this time crashing directly

onto boulders at the bottom...

ON CRIS:

He drives toward a specific segment of railing between two

light posts.

THE BRIDGE:

Rick’s Cruiser crashes through the railing and plunges over

the side of the bridge.

Liz runs to the rail and leans over the side, watching the

Cruiser fall down, down, down through the narrow ravine.

IN THE FALLING CAR

Cris unbuckles his seat belt. Opens the door. Just before

impact, he LEAPS OUT, away from the car.

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BOTTOM OF CANYON

The car smashes into boulders at the shallow side of the

river. A moment later, Cris SPLASHES a few yards away in the

deepest part of the rapids.

ON THE BRIDGE:

Ferris peers down into the canyon.

IN THE RAPIDS:

Cris bobs to the surface and is carried away by the fierce

current. The smashed Cruiser also gets carried into the

river. Fighting the current, Cris watches as the smashed

police cruiser surges ahead of him - then disappears!

Perplexed for a beat, he suddenly understands and desperately

swims for a rock and clambers onto it.

CAMERA pulls back to reveal that Cris is stuck in the middle

of the river -- about five feet from where it drops off into

a WATERFALL!

A HELICOPTER:

flies over him.

ON THE ROCK:

Cris looks for a way out. Seeing none, he jumps!

And is swallowed up in dark thunderous death.

SnapBACK TO:

CRIS:

Still on the rock. Looks up and sees a cable being lowered

from the helicopter. He looks around? Is there another way

out? Out of choices, he reaches for the cable. Misses! Loses

his balance. Flails. At the last second, he steadies himself.

He wants to live.

The cable dangles back into range.

Cris grabs it.

The cable is hooked to A PAIR OF HANDCUFFS.

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FERRIS:

Watches through binoculars as Cris snaps one cuff around his

wrist -- and waits. She shouts into her radio.

FERRIS:

Cuffs on both wrists. Leave him if

he doesn’t.

BAINES IN HELICOPTER

BaiNES

What can he do hanging by one arm?

FERRIS:

I don’t want to find out.

Baines speaks to Cris via loudspeaker.

Baines

Both wrists!

On the rock

Cris, defeated, attaches the second cuff to his other wrist.

He is lifted up into the air, hanging by both arms.

Bridge

Liz sits, handcuffed, in the back of a second U.S. Government

helicopter. Ferris approaches.

FERRIS:

I was wrong about one thing. He is

capable of love.

HELICOPTER:

Descends, with Cris hanging below by a cable. MP’s are

waiting below with a tarp which they wrap around Cris, then

tape him like a mummy, up to his neck. When he’s bound as

securely as Hannibal Lecter, Ferris steps close and gets her

first good look at him.

Ferris

Cris Johnson, we meet at last.

CRIS:

Why does everybody have amnesia but

me?

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FERRIS:

I only ask one thing from you. Give

me a chance to earn your trust.

cris

I did, and you failed.

She seems genuinely surprised.

FERRIS:

Then give me another chance. You

get ‘em all the time.

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