Rush Hour Page #14

An open suitcase is filled with stacks of U.S. CURRENCY. The suitcase

is shut. Han is in the room with Russ, Whitney, and other agents.

It's almost eleven thirty. Whitney is explaining an electronic device

to Han.

WHITNEY:

... one will be inserted into the

suitcase, the other will be on you.

After you make the drop --

The phone rings. Han picks up.

HAN:

Yes.

MAN'S VOICE

You have what I asked for?

HAN:

I do.

MAN'S VOICE

Pack it into black garbage bags.

Throw the bags into a garbage dump in

the alley behind the Fang Shan

Restaurant in China Town. You have

twenty-nine minutes left.

The phone clicks dead. Russ stands.

RUSS:

Let's go.

CUT TO:

A MAN - INT. OFFICE - FANG SHAN RESTAURANT -- CONTINUOUS

hangs up the phone. Back to us. A DOZEN MEN in the room, among them

Sang and Chung. A knock. Sang opens the door. It's the HOSTESS.

She whispers something to Sang.

He then crosses to ANOTHER MAN at a desk.

SANG:

Someone has asked for Juntao.

The man turns now and we see it is Griffin.

CUT TO:

FBI - SHOTS -- CONTINUOUS

moving into action. SPECIAL TACTICS TEAM loading up. Cars pulling out

of the Chinese Consulate Compound. The AMBASSADOR'S JAGUAR leads the

way. Russ in the seat next to him. Whitney in the back.

CUT TO:

VIDEO MONITORS - INT. FANG SHAN OFFICE -- DAY

Six video monitors keep tabs on the restaurant. On one monitor, Carter

is sitting at his table, studying a menu. He orders something from an

ATTRACTIVE ASIAN WAITRESS. She moves away and Carter's eyes follow her

figure.

Griffin and Sang watch him.

SANG:

Maybe I have seen him. I'm not sure.

GRIFFIN:

Bring him up.

Sang heads for the door when ANOTHER MONITOR catches Griffin's

attention. The MONITOR reveals the Hostess seating a MAN at a table.

It's Lee.

GRIFFIN:

Wait!

Sang turns at the door. Griffin is staring at the screen.

GRIFFIN:

Get the girl.

EXT. FANG SHAN RESTAURANT - BACK ALLEY -- DAY

PANEL VAN waiting. Back doors are open. Shu exits the restaurant,

large sack (Soon Young inside) over his shoulder. He puts the sack

into the Van.

INT. FANG SHAN RESTAURANT - MENS ROOM -- CONTINUOUS

Carter is at the urinal when he HEARS the VAN DOORS CLOSE from a

partially open window. Then SOMEONE SPEAKING IN MANDARIN. Sounds

urgent. He moves to the window, climbs up onto the sink.

CARTER'S POV

He can see SHU talking with the DRIVER OF THE VAN, Chung. Then another

man exits the restaurant and we just get a glimpse of him before he

gets into the van. It's Griffin. The only non-Asian Carter has seen

in awhile. And the only British accent he's heard.

GRIFFIN:

Make sure they do not leave.

Griffin pulls the van door shut and the Van moves quickly down the

alley. CALIFORNIA LICENSE - LIK.

CARTER - INT. MENS ROOM -- CONTINUOUS

He notes the LIK, until the bathroom door opens behind him. ANOTHER

MAN enters, giving Carter a look as he's still on the sink, looking out

the window. Carter takes a deep breath.

CARTER:

Ooo, man, what died! Whew! That

wasn't me! Your own don't do that to

you. AIR! Jesus....!

Carter exits. Man gives him a look.

INT. KITCHEN - FANG SHAN RESTAURANT -- CONTINUOUS

The attractive waitress pours a white powder into a pot of tea. She

puts the pot onto her tray with a cup.

INT. FANG SHAN RESTAURANT -- CONTINUOUS

The restaurant is now full of PEOPLE eating lunch and ordering. Carter

waits at the table. Sees Sang with two men behind him crossing toward

him.

Lee is sitting across the room. Half hidden behind a menu. He watches

Sang approach Carter. The waitress delivers the tea to Lee. He smiles

politely.

ATTRACTIVE WAITRESS

(in Mandarin)

Have you decided yet?

Lee, not wanting to take the menu down, shakes his head. The waitress

departs. Lee's attention goes back to Carter. But he takes a sip of

the tea.

Sang stops at Carter's table.

CARTER:

Are you Juntao?

Sang eyes him.

CARTER:

We have to talk. Or my client? He's

gonna talk and save himself.

SANG:

Upstairs.

Carter goes with Sang and the two men following.

Lee waits until they are in the hallway, then he gets up and goes after

them.

INT. HALLWAY -- CONTINUOUS

Lee sees the men take Carter up the stairway. TWO WAITERS come out of

the kitchen. Lee enters the MENS ROOM.

INT. MENS ROOM -- CONTINUOUS

Empty except for Lee. Lee waits, giving the waiters time to pass.

Then reopens the door. Stairway clear. Lee moves quickly up the

stairs. But stops partway up. Has to steady himself just for a

second. He's definitely light headed.

INT. OFFICE -- CONTINUOUS

Door opens. Sang enters, followed by Carter and two men.

CARTER:

Alright, if the shoe don't fit, you

can't convict, you know what I'm

sayin' here?

WHACK! Sang spins and throws a FOOT into Carter's face. He slams to the

floor.

SANG:

(in Mandarin)

Search him.

The two men pick up a dazed Carter and Shu starts searching him.

CUT TO:

FBI - SHOTS -- CONTINUOUS

Converging on Chinatown. Russ looks at his watch.

CUT BACK TO:

INT. SECOND FLOOR HALLWAY -- CONTINUOUS

Lee moves up the stairs to the SECOND FLOOR. The door to the office is

partially open. He sees CARTER GET SHOVED AGAINST a wall.

Someone is coming out of the office. Lee quickly goes back down the

stairs. Almost hits another waiter as he goes back into the MENS ROOM.

INT. MENS ROOM -- CONTINUOUS

Lee waits. Thinks. He opens the door, sees another waiter moving past.

LEE:

Excuse me.

The waiter turns. Lee smiles.

INT. STAIRWAY -- CONTINUOUS

A waiter moves up the stairs, tray of food held high. Not until he gets

to the SECOND FLOOR and looks up from the tray do we see it's Lee. He

moves to the office. Stops again. Bit of dizziness. But he's okay in

a second.

INT. OFFICE -- CONTINUOUS

Carter is shoved back against the wall again.

CARTER:

Hey, I'm a lawyer! You can't do this

to a lawyer. You get in some deep

sh*t for this kinda treatment.

Carter watches as the men go through his wallet. Sang looks at his

watch. Says something in Chinese to the men. Two of them move to

Carter.

They pick him up. Drag him to the door. A knock. Everyone stops. One

of the men opens it. Tray of food. Sang turns away. Lee enters,

glances at Carter. And Carter suddenly pulls his arms away from the

men.

CARTER:

I'm tellin' you, when I sue, I win!

Carter's outburst draws Sang's attention. And Lee takes advantage -

swinging the tray of food at him. The metal tray smashes into Sang's

head, food flying.

The men charge Lee. Lee swings the tray, smacking the first two in the

heads, blocking a punch from a third, then flinging it like a frisbee

at Shu, catching him in the forehead.

CARTER (cont'd)

(shocked)

Damn, you're good!

Carter gets immediately decked by two guys who run into the room.

LEE:

L.A.P.D. Nobody move!

Lee snaps open Carter's i.d. with so much attitude that it flies out of

his hand, across the room. Hitting one of the men in the face.

LEE:

Oh no...

Carter gets up and turns on his two. Punching one in the gut, hitting

the other in the chin.

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