Okja Page #11

K:

(in Korean - to Mija)

It will be like Okja's hiddencamera show!

Mija is still confused.

MIJA:

You want to send Okja to America?

To this laboratory?

JAY:

(nodding)

I'm sorry. That was indeed ourplan. Rescue Okja, replace theblack box, and let Mirando retake

Okja.

Mija can't believe what she's hearing.

JAY (CONT'D)

But don’t worry. They won't hurtOkja. They wouldn't dare. She needsto be perfect for their beautypageant. Whatever tests they'll doon her in there will need to be

harmless.

Mija nods but looks concerned.

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JAY (CONT'D)

You have to trust us. We've been

planning this mission for a longtime. We have a detailed plan onhow to rescue her from the event in

New York City. We promise to bringher back to you.

We hear POLICE SIRENS growing closer in the background. Jaycarefully puts a hand on Mija's shoulder.

JAY (CONT'D)

If our mission succeeds we'll be

able to shut down Mirando's SuperPig project completely. We'll besaving millions of Super Pigs likeOkja from death.

Jay looks straight into Mija's eyes, pleading earnestly. Mijalooks straight back.

JAY (CONT'D)

But we won't do it without yourapproval.

Mija looks at Jay with a grave expression. The police sirensin the distance get louder...

JAY (CONT’D)

What is your decision?

K translates the last question in a solemn voice.

MIJA:

I'm going back to the mountain withOkja.

She says it just like that - bluntly and squarely. In Korean,

it sounds even more blunt and square. K tries to hide hissurprise, speechless. Jay and the other members eagerly awaithis translation.

K takes a deep breath before saying...

K:

She agrees to the mission.

Neither Mija nor the A.L.F. members notice K's lie. The

members applaud vigorously. Jay gives her a warm, sincerehug, deeply moved. Mija stands there, not knowing what justhappened.

JAY:

Thank you.

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The SIRENS are closer than ever.

The members put on their balaclavas. K opens the small sidedoor of the trailer. Cold wind rushes in.

He yells into his cell phone:

K:

Go!!

He takes out a Ziplock bag from his pocket and puts his mini-

tablet and iPhone in the bag. The members form a single filebefore him and deposit their own cell phones into the bag.

EXT. RIVERSIDE EXPRESSWAY - EVENING

The sun has nearly set. The black semi races through the darkriverside road. We see police cars and Mirando security carschasing after it with SIRENS blaring.

The semi steers toward the railing, so close that we plainlysee the dark river below. While other A.L.F. members hesitate

nervously, Silver limps to the door and fearlessly jumps offthe truck.

SILVER:

Aaaaah - !!

INT. TRAILER, BLACK SEMI

Motivated by Silver, Blond and Red dive off after him. Jay isthe last one to put his cell phone in K's Ziplock bag. He

turns to Mija.

JAY:

Till we meet again.

Jay swiftly dives out of the truck. K winks at Mija as hecloses the Ziplock bag bulging with cell phones.

EXT. RIVERBANK, HAN RIVER - EVENING

A BIKER riding along the bank looks up in surprise when ablack figure jumps from the expressway above and SPLASHESinto the water. SPLASH, SPLASH. Columns of water go up, andthe black figures subsequently swim out of the water one byone. JOGGERS stop and watch the bizarre spectacle.

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EXT. RIVERSIDE EXPRESSWAY / TRAILER, BLACK SEMI - EVENING

Once K jumps, the A.L.F. member who was driving stops the

truck and runs out. He throws his outdated folder phone intothe river and himself jumps off the expressway. SPLASH.

The police cars and Mirando security cars surround the blacksemi. POLICEMEN run out of their vehicles and look down at

the river, defeated. The circular ripples from the lastsplash slowly disperse.

POLICE 1

You swim?

POLICE 2

Uh-uh. Never.

While the Police look for a way down to the bank, theUniformed Mirando Employees open the door of the trailer.

Headlights and red police lights flood inside the trailer toreveal Okja and a wide-eyed Mija standing side by side. Mijatries to hide her confusion and anger, but her eyes are moistwith tears.

AMERICAN NEWS ANCHOR (V.O.)

The Animal Liberation Front...

INT. CONFERENCE ROOM, MIRANDO COMPANY HEADQUARTERS - DAY

ON THE TV:
Amateur footage of A.L.F. members with bolt

cutters and other tools ambushing the Mirando truck in theunderpass.

AMERICAN NEWS ANCHOR (V.O.)

...hasn't been in the headlines for

a number of years, but they areback in the spotlight after today'sextraordinary events.

16 people - including Lucy Mirando, Frank, Johnny, andJennifer - sit around the table and watch the news. They aresilent, their expressions grave. The scene looks exactly likethe photo of Obama, Hillary and the national security teamwatching the Bin Laden raid in the White House situation room-right down to the gestures and the facial expressions.

The only unruffled person among them is head assistant Frank,

who sits in the middle in a leisurely, presidential manner.

AMERICAN NEWS ANCHOR (V.O.)

The group seems to have been highlyorganized.

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ON THE TV:
We see KIM - the Mirando driver - beinginterviewed in front of the truck spray-painted with the"A.L.F." sign. He speaks surprisingly good English.

KIM:

(smiling)

They were fast, organized, and onpoint, like ninjas. No way a salaryman from Mirando could take them.

(laughs)

Mirando is completely f***ed!

Completely f***ed!

A BEEP censors Kim every time he says "f***ed," but he saysit with such emphasis that it is impossible not to read hislips.

The Mirando employees bat their eyes nervously, worried aboutLucy's reaction.

ON THE TV:
A repeat of the news footage of A.L.F. membersrunning in formation.

EXECUTIVE 1

Look at that one!

He points at the blurry figure of Silver, lagging behind.

EXECUTIVE 1 (CONT'D)

Get some exercise, you dick!

He laughs and glances at Lucy for approval. The tension ispalpable.

FRANK:

I wouldn't worry too much, Luce.

The A.L.F technically failed.

EXECUTIVE 1

They weren't even able to take theproduct.

EXECUTIVE 2

This is just a kerfuffle overnothing. We shouldn't make a bigdeal out of it.

EXECUTIVE 1

It actually means the security atour US facilities and main office

is so airtight that they wouldn'teven think about breaking in.

That's why they went all the way toSouth Korea.

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EXECUTIVE 2

The important thing is that the pigis on its way to New York now.

JENNIFER:

(Brightly)

Right! The Best Super Pig Fest will

continue as planned!

Their eyes flicker nervously towards Lucy - who has thus farsaid nothing. Finally, she stirs.

LUCY:

(quietly)

I know what they call me. They callme a psychopath.

JENNIFER:

YOU'RE not a psychopath! THEY'REthe psychopaths, right, Ms.

Mirando? They're narcissists.

Jennifer glances around the conference room, pleased withherself.

LUCY:

Do narcissists wear balaclavas?

FRANK:

Oh, crazy radicals have beencalling us psychopaths since the'60s! You're a psychopath! Your

sister's a psychopath! Your daddywas a psychopath!

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