Rush Hour Page #19

She points to a SWITCH on the front of the vest.

JOHNSON (cont'd)

Don't touch. It's a back up. Short

fuse. Five...maybe ten seconds.

CARTER:

I'll cover you.

At that moment, the van is hit hard with automatic fire. Johnson throws

herself over Soon Young as Carter and Lee dive out the back door.

INT.THE HALL

Carter and Lee jump behind the Buddha. Gunfire erupts from all

quarters.

CARTER:

(to Lee)

Go!

Lee takes off for the escalator. He runs half way up when Russ appears

at the top. He's bleeding badly and staggering.

RUSS:

(to Lee)

Griffin...the elevator.

Russ collapses. Lee looks up. A hundred and fifty feet above him, we

see a catwalk below the skylights that make up the roof. The catwalk

leads to AN OPEN ROOF DOOR.

Lee scans the ceiling and spots an ENCLOSED LADDER that leads all the

way up to the catwalk. He takes off.

CUT TO:

INT. AN ELEVATOR

Griffin keys his mike.

GRIFFIN:

(into radio)

Plan B. Meet me on the roof.

INT. THE HELICOPTER

The pilot is just getting ready to set the chopper down in the parking

lot. He aborts and pulls full power.

The chopper starts to rise.

INT. THE HALL

Lee reaches the ladder, PUTS THE BOMB JACKET ON and starts climbing.

ON CARTER:

He runs up the escalator and bends down to Russ. He's alive but hurt

bad. Carter turns and sees SANG running and firing BELOW HIM.

Carter leaps off the escalator and lands on Sang.

INT. THE ELEVATOR

Griffin looks down at the detonator in his hand. For a second he looks

like he's going to push the button. But he hesitates.

INT. THE LADDER

Lee is flying up it at superhuman speed. When the inside ladder proves

too slow, he switches to the outside GUARD CAGE and climbs that.

ON SANG AND CARTER

Sang is kicking the sh*t out of Carter. Carter gets in one punch and

Sang hits him three times and sweeps his feet out from under him.

EXT. THE ELEVATOR

The doors open and Griffin walks out onto the catwalk that runs just

below the ceiling. He looks down.

GRIFFIN'S POV

Below him, the battle still rages, but FBI agents are getting the upper

hand.

Griffin holds up the detonator. His thumb covers the button.

LEE'S VOICE

Looking for this?

Griffin looks up and sees Lee, breathing hard, on the other side of the

catwalk. He's pointing to the bomb that he's wearing.

Griffin fires two shots at Lee that ricochet off the catwalk railing.

Lee hits the floor of the catwalk.

INT. THE HALL

Two of Griffin's men are cut down by Whitney as they try to escape up

the escalator.

ON SANG AND CARTER

Sang KICKS Carter in the face and he goes down. Sang practically

stumbles over Carter's gun and picks it up. Carter staggers to his

feet.

Sang points the gun at Carter and c*cks it.

CARTER:

That's my gun, mother f***er.

Carter's hands fly, doing Lee's routine. Suddenly, the gun ends up in

Carter's hands.

Sang leaps for the gun. Carter drills him in the forehead.

INT. THE CATWALK

Griffin fires at Lee as he tries to make his way around to the roof

door. Lee CRAWLS. Suddenly, a ROAR starts a second before we see the

CHOPPER rise into a hover.

Griffin runs around the catwalk for the door.

Lee looks up and sees a ROPE AND PULLEY hanging over the abyss. He

leaps for the railing and dives out into space.

He catches the rope and starts riding it to the other side of the

catwalk.

Griffin sees him coming and fires on the run. He misses. Clicks. The

gun is empty. He throws his gun and hits Lee in the HEAD with it. Lee

almost falls and then:

WHAM! Lee runs right into Griffin. They crumple on the catwalk.

INT.THE HALL

Things are under the control of the FBI.

Carter is holstering his gun when he hears Griffin's shot. And then a

second later, the gun smashes into the marble floor.

He looks up and sees them fighting on the catwalk.

INT. THE CATWALK

Griffin tries to push a groggy Lee off him but he won't let go of his

legs. Griffin starts beating Lee over the head with the suitcase. It

POPS open and ten million dollars flutters out like confetti.

Lee pushes through the money, stands up and grabs Griffin. Griffin

tries to get away and HITS THE SWITCH ON THE JACKET.

They both stop and look at each other in panic. Then Griffin HEAD BUTTS

Lee. Lee starts to go down, but instead, he HEAD BUTTS Griffin back.

Griffin crumples.

Lee holds him, wriggles out of the vest and PUTS IT ON GRIFFIN. Then he

looks down, tips them both over the railing and THEY FALL.

WHACK! Lee grabs THE BOTTOM OF THE CATWALK as he goes by.

Unfortunately, Griffin woke up and is holding onto Lee's foot. Lee

kicks once. Twice. The third is a charm.

Griffin falls backwards toward THE BUDDHA POOL. He falls and falls, all

the while looking back up at Lee. He hits with a huge splash.

CLOSE ON:

Griffin's face under water. He's still alive. KABOOM!

INT. THE HALL

A SHOWER OF WATER falls over the hall. Everybody gets wet.

DISSOLVE TO:

EXT. MUSEUM -- LATER

The FBI is escorting the bad guys out of the building. Sang is escorted

out by the CORONER. Han approaches Lee. Extends his hand.

HAN:

I owe you everything.

LEE:

Only your friendship.

Lee looks around at all the BROKEN ART.

LEE (cont'd)

It is so sad. So much beauty ruined.

So much of our culture gone.

HAN:

Yes. But...

(pointing)

Life goes on.

He's pointing to Soon Young who is in the arms of her mother. Lee

smiles.

ON CARTER:

He's standing next to Whitney at the top of the escalator. Both Carter

and Whitney are SOAKING WET from the water explosion.

Whitney is just hanging up a cellular.

WHITNEY:

(to Carter)

He'll be OK. Russ is a tough son of a

b*tch.

CARTER:

Tell me about it.

WHITNEY:

He was just doing his job.

CARTER:

So was I.

LEE VO:

And me too.

Lee is standing behind Whitney. Whitney looks a little embarrassed now.

WHITNEY:

(mumbling)

And the FBI appreciates it.

Whitney walks away.

CARTER:

Prick.

Carter looks at Lee and points up to the ladder that leads to the

catwalk.

CARTER (cont'd)

You got circus blood in you?

LEE:

Shortcut.

Carter laughs and looks down the escalator.

ON JOHNSON:

She's sitting on the last step. She's SOAKING WET too. Her hair and

dress are ruined. She looks depressed.

Carter walks down to her.

CARTER:

You OK?

JOHNSON:

We saved the girl and got the bad

guys, didn't we?

CARTER:

Yeah. So why you look do down?

JOHNSON:

Look at me! My dress is ruined. I look

like sh*t.

CARTER:

Not to me. Never to me.

Johnson stares at him for a long beat.

JOHNSON:

How about a lift home?

CARTER:

Absolutely. I'll even let you ride in

the front seat.

DISSOLVE TO:

INT. 747 -- NIGHT

Lee is seated, eyes closed, listening to MUSIC over his headphones.

Carter walks down the aisle and takes the seat next to him.

CARTER:

Yo, what's up?

Lee opens his eyes. Smiles.

LEE:

What a surprise!

CARTER:

FBI calls up my ass, says they need

help in Tokyo. Like I'm supposed to

drop everything.

LEE:

It's Hong Kong, not Tokyo. My country

asked for the best. I told them that

was you. Now I will show you around

my Œhood.

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