Rush Hour Page #7

CARTER:

Just like home, huh? I never been to

China, but...

(looks at Lee)

... I guess this must be pretty much

it, huh? Dragons and sh*t.

Lee just stares at the garish design. He is not happy.

LEE:

I thought you were taking me to the

consulate.

CARTER:

Oh yeah, but this is on the way. And

you gotta see John Wayne's footprints.

Everybody does. It's almost like a

law. You can't believe how small his

feet were for a dude that big. Tiny

god damn feet!

Carter leads Lee to the foot prints in cement.

But a BUS LOAD OF ASIAN TOURISTS starts to move in, swirling around.

Carter looks at the foot prints for a beat, really getting tired of

this job. Then he turns to Lee and... is CONFRONTED BY THE BUS LOAD OF

ASIANS. Lee is no where to be seen.

CARTER:

Lee?

(no Lee)

Lee!

A COUPLE of the ASIAN TOURISTS turn to him. Carter starts searching

through the tourists. Trying to pick him out.

Lee moves quickly through the Asians, smiling and commenting on the

concrete memorials, just like he's a tourist. And Carter can't pick

him out.

CARTER:

Lee!

Carter suddenly sees him. His back to us. Grabs him from behind and

spins him around.

CARTER:

Hey, I was callin' --

Then he realizes it's not Lee.

CARTER:

Sh*t! Where'd he go?! LEE!

As Carter turns and confronts more ASIAN FACES, we SEE LEE slip past

him in the b.g.

CARTER:

This ain't funny, man. I know you're

in there!

Carter turns, SEES ANOTHER BUS LOAD OF ASIAN PEOPLE unloading.

CARTER:

Oh no, man, no!

Carter pushes through the tourists. And finally SEES Lee across the

street, hailing a cab. Carter can't believe it.

CARTER:

Hey! What're you doin'?!

Lee turns, sees Carter. The cab is still too far away to get into. So

Lee goes running after it.

CARTER:

Hey! Hey!

Carter takes off after him.

EXT. HOLLYWOOD BLVD -- AFTERNOON

Lee darts right across traffic - gymnastically moving through the flow

of traffic. HORNS HONK. A car skids to a stop, almost hitting him,

but Lee vaults over it.

Carter sees the maneuver, can't believe it. Continues after him,

trying not to get flattened.

CARTER:

Come back here!

Lee grabs onto the back of a MOVING BUS, climbs up on top.

FROM ATOP THE BUS

Lee looks back at Carter. Carter is pouring on the speed, catching up

to the bus. He's going to catch Lee. Lee looks off the side at ANOTHER

BUS COMING THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION.

CARTER:

lunges at the bus, grabbing hold.

CARTER:

Don't do this! You're gonna get hurt!

We're going to the Consulate, right

now, I swear --

Carter climbs up just in time to see --

LEE:

-- leap from the bus to the OTHER BUS moving in the opposite direction.

He lands hard, grabbing hold.

CARTER:

He watches in disbelief as Lee is now moving down the street in the

opposite direction. Carter starts back down the bus as fast as he can,

jumping the last four feet, right into the path of a CAR, which swerves

to avoid hitting him, into the path of ANOTHER CAR. HORNS HONK. CARS

SWERVE.

Carter runs down Hollywood Blvd. toward La Brea as we SEE --

LEE:

-- JUMP ONTO THE TOP OF A MOVING VAN which is next to the Bus. Then

jumps from the VAN to a GARBAGE TRUCK just making the turn down La

Brea. Disappearing around the corner.

EXT. STREET - HOLLYWOOD AND LA BREA-- AFTERNOON

Carter reaches the corner in time to watch the Garbage Truck heading

toward Sunset Blvd. But he can't give up. What would he tell Russ? He

lost his assignment?

He starts running after the Garbage Truck. And as Carter runs past

CAMERA CRANES ACROSS TO ANOTHER DELIVERY TRUCK moving the opposite

direction.

And ON TOP OF THE DELIVERY TRUCK is Lee, staying low, watching Carter

run his poor tired ass off in the wrong direction.

Lee looks around quickly. A YELLOW CAB is moving down the cross

street.

INT. YELLOW CAB -- AFTERNOON

The DRIVER is cruising when a MAN seems to DROP from the sky right in

front of him. The Driver slams on the brakes and skids to a stop at a

smiling Lee.

CUT TO:

EXT. CHINESE CONSULATE -- NIGHT

The taxi pulls up in front and Lee exits. Heads for the entrance. TWO

FBI AGENTS (WILLIS and GEIGER) watching. One speaks into a HEADPHONE.

FBI AGENT WILLIS

(into headset)

We have a man in a taxi. License

plate 2NRB 998. About five ten.

Asian.

INT. CHINESE CONSULATE - HAN'S OFFICE -- CONTINUOUS

Whitney gets the call. Turns to Russ. Coffee cups and take out food

spread around.

WHITNEY:

Got someone dropped off by a cab.

Asian.

Everyone perks up.

EXT. CHINESE CONSULATE ENTRANCE -- CONTINUOUS

FBI Agent Geiger stops Lee.

FBI AGENT GEIGER

Can I help you?

LEE:

Help. Yes. I must see the Ambassador.

FBI AGENT GEIGER

About what?

LEE:

May I please see him? It is very

important.

FBI Agent Willis walks up.

FBI AGENT WILLIS

Why don't you tell us why you need to

see the Ambassador? We'll decide if

it's important.

LEE:

It is about his daughter, Soon Young.

That's the magic word. Things happen fast.

FBI AGENT GEIGER

Hands on top of your head!

FBI AGENT WILLIS

(into head set)

He asked about the Ambassador's

daughter.

FBI Agent Geiger reaches for his gun. And Lee reacts.

INT. CHINESE CONSULATE - HAN'S OFFICE -- CONTINUOUS

WHITNEY:

He asked about the daughter.

RUSS:

Get Œem!

BACK TO LEE AND THE TWO AGENTS

Both agents are on the ground looking up at Lee who is holding their

guns. Wondering what happened. And sure they are about to die.

FBI AGENT GEIGER

(into head set)

Code nine, code nine!

The agents are frozen, fear on their faces. It looks like Lee is going

to kill them. But suddenly he throws their guns into the bushes.

LEE:

You just don't understand. I was

invited.

Lee moves toward the entrance and SEES SIX MORE AGENTS coming at him.

Lee can't believe it. What is going on?!

WHITNEY:

There he is!

Lee darts across the driveway and around the corner of the house.

ON LEE:

He runs across a patio. Suddenly, a side door on the house opens and

TWO AGENTS run into his path. WITHOUT BREAKING STRIDE, he twirls and

takes one of them out with a kick.

The second throws one punch, two and hits AIR. Lee chops four times and

the guy ends up in a hedge.

Whitney, Geiger and Williams come around a corner.

The agent lying on the patio points.

PATIO AGENT:

He went up!

They look up at a WALL on the side of the house. Beyond it is the

Consulate Compound.

AGENT WHITNEY:

(into mike)

Secure the area!

EXT. THE COMPOUND-NIGHT

Lee is below the wall, in the bushes, silently making his way into the

large back yard area.

He hears someone coming. He hops up onto one of the Jacaranda Trees and

starts climbing.

INT. RESIDENCE -- NIGHT

The Agents run into the house, head for the doors. Whitney runs up the

stairs. Other agents behind.

INT. AMBASSADOR'S BEDROOM -- CONTINUOUS

The Ambassador is pacing. Chi-Ying is sitting. She has been crying.

The commotion outside finally reaches them. We HEAR MEN YELLING. The

door bursts open. Whitney enters.

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