Rush Hour 2 Page #2

CARTER:

Sh*t. C'mon, get up here and help me

out.

Reluctantly, Lee gets on stage. More looks from the Chinese

as Carter speaks, Lee translating.

CARTER (CONT'D)

Okay, all the Triads and ugly women go

to that side, all fine ass women on this

side.

Nobody moves. Carter fires two more shots in the ceiling.

CARTER (CONT'D)

Let's try this again. Who here knows

Ricky Tan, raise your hand.

Nobody moves.

CARTER (CONT'D)

Who here is named Lee? Raise your hand.

Nobody moves.

CARTER (CONT'D)

Now I know you're lying.

The crowd still hasn't moved. Except in the back, where Lee

spots several GANGSTERS leaving. As Lee runs off stage --

CARTER (CONT'D)

(as they run out)

I come back and catch y'all singing

Michael Jackson and you're all going to

jail.

EXT. RAVEN CLUB - NIGHT

Lee and Carter run into the street, just in time to see HU LI

and several gangsters round a corner.

CARTER:

Stop! LAPD!

Lee takes off and chases them on foot.

EXT. HONG KONG STREET - NIGHT

EXT. HONG KONG STREET - NIGHT

The far end of the street is BLOCKED BY MARKET STALLS. The

GANGSTERS look around frantically. An apartment building is

under CONSTRUCTION, massive BAMBOO SCAFFOLDING top to bottom.

Their only way out is UP.

Lee and Carter dash around the corner to see the gangsters

SWARMING UP THE SCAFFOLDING. Lee wastes no time going after

them. With a running start, he JAMS A FOOT on the wall and

VAULTS to the BOTTOM RUNG, GRABS HOLD AND SWINGS UP.

CARTER:

Hang on, Lee. I'm coming.

Carter jumps to grab hold of the scaffolding. NOT EVEN

CLOSE. He backs up -- he's gonna take a running start!

ABOVE - LEE REACHES 4 GANGSTERS. They all tear off the

LENGTHS OF BAMBOO and square off. The clatter of wood

against wood as they beat at each other. Wrestling over his

pole, Lee FLINGS TWO of the GANGSTERS over the edge.

BELOW, Carter has hold of the bottom rung, STRAINING MIGHTILY

to pull himself up. Just as he gets his chin above the

bar... snap! It BREAKS and he drops. Then...

WHAM! WHAM! The two gangsters CRASH LAND ON EITHER side of

CARTER. HE takes one look at their pain.

CARTER (CONT'D)

Forget this...

He dashes into the stairwell. ABOVE, the last two GANGSTERS

come at Lee. He stomps down, levering up floor boards, which

SEE-SAWS them off-balance. With the advantage, he BATTERS

them with his bamboo pole and knocks them off. He climbs

after the GANGSTER LEADER.

ON HU LI and the GANGSTERS

Coming over the crest of the hill, seeing Carter climbing up

the hill.

EXT. ROOF - CONTINUOUS

Lee pulls himself up onto the roof, takes a few steps when

WHAM! He is clocked by a 16-foot BAMBOO POLE. Lee TOPPLES

OVER THE EDGE! We see his adversary for the first time.

HU LI - AGILE, GORGEOUS...DANGEROUS

As she steps to the edge... BOOM! The STAIRWELL DOOR FLIES

OPEN and CARTER EMERGES. Gun low and ready. Hu Li is gone.

CARTER:

(out of breath)

Freeze! Nobody move!

Carter goes to the edge and sees Lee hanging on a pole below.

Carter is blind-sided by Hu Li.

She takes one sultry step towards him, then twists her heel

and WINDMILLS a HARD KICK that sends Carter FLYING OFF THE

ROOF!

He falls along the side of the building. He manages to grab

the end of a BAMBOO POLE that juts out from the scaffolding.

LEE IS RIGHT THERE NEXT TO HIM!

They're hanging side-by-side, holding on for their lives. Hu

Li looks down at them. She has no weapon to finish them off.

She turns and runs, disappearing in the night.

CARTER AND LEE:

holding on with all their strength. The bamboo is starting

to bend.

CARTER (CONT'D)

All I wanted was a little mu-shu.

LEE:

Try to land on your feet.

Carter looks down at a rancid dumpster below them.

CARTER:

I can't believe I flew ten-thousand

miles for this sh*t.

The POLE BREAKS

SUPER THE TITLE:

RUSH HOUR 2:
REMEMBER THE DRAGON

INT. LEE'S UNMARKED POLICE CAR - LATER THAT NIGHT

Carter and Lee drive through Hong Kong, the two men riding in

silence, bruised and covered in garbage.

CARTER:

You lied to me.

LEE:

I'm sorry.

CARTER:

You're sorry. I got somebody's old

chopsticks stuck in my ass, so don't

tell me you're sorry. Just take me

home.

LEE:

No time. There was an explosion at the

American Embassy today -- two American

translators were killed.

Carter takes this in. Can't believe his own bad luck.

CARTER:

So that Ricky Tan, he's the one who blew

up the Embassy?

EXT. MONASTERY SCHOOL - EARLY MORNING

Lee and Carter walk into a massive COURTYARD, where thirty 12

year olds are going through their warm up routines.

MASTER FU, 60's, wears a BLACK ROBE as he teaches his kids.

CARTER:

I'm telling you right now, I'm tired of

this sh*t. There's two billion Chinese -

let one of them be your partner.

LEE:

This won't take long.

Master Fu barks out a barrage of SHAOLIN FIGHTING STANCES.

MASTER FU:

Dragon kick!

Like well-trained army, the students YELL AND KICK HARD.

MASTER FU (CONT'D)

Lotus block!

The students YELL and form an "X" with their arms. Master Fu

notices Carter and Lee watching from the back.

MASTER FU (CONT'D)

Twisting Tiger!

No response. The students exchange baffled looks.

MASTER FU (CONT'D (CONT'D)

(staring straight at Lee)

Twisting Tiger!

Lee may be a big rusty, but he puts on a sh*t-kicking move

that leaves the students blown away. Lee smiles, basking in

the glow...

...until he sees Master Fu's disappointment.

MASTER FU (CONT'D)

Didn't I teach you to always arch your

back?

LEE:

(bowing, humbled)

Yes, Master.

While Lee follows Master Fu, Carter stands in front of the 12

YEAR OLDS, who sit motionless around a fighting circle.

Carter starts stretching his legs, warming up.

CARTER:

I was watching you kids. My name is

Carter, LAPD, and I'm a third degree

black belt. At least that's what I tell

the girls at the Holiday Health Spa

where I work out.

Carter throws a series of QUICK PUNCHES, but the kids have no

reaction.

CARTER (CONT'D)

Let me give you kids some tips. The key

to Kung Fu is the follow through. Why

don't you stand up.

THE KIDS DON'T MOVE, no reaction. Carter continues to throw

punches.

CARTER (CONT'D)

Go ahead, kick me, hit me. I'll show

you how to block. Come on, stand up,

give me your best shot -- try to kick

right to my head.

The kids still don't move. Carter, working up a sweat from

shadow fighting, takes off his JACKET, DRAPING IT over the

HOLY BUDDHA behind him -- a mistake. He swings back around

to face the kids and NEVER SEES THE KICK that sends him

flying back onto the mat. He looks around and sees ALL of

the kids STANDING, in FIGHTING POSITION.

CARTER (CONT'D)

That's pretty good. Which one of you

kids did that?

INT. COURTYARD PATHWAY - CONTINUOUS

Lee and Master Fu walking.

LEE:

I need your help, Master. I'm seeking a

man who used to train with you. He's

become a killer - the worst kind of

animal.

MASTER FU:

Animals kill only from hunger or fear.

The man you seek is lower than a

serpent.

(faces Lee)

...he kills for money.

In the b.g., we see the kids leaping acrobatically over

Carter from all sides. Carter, frustrated, tries to grab the

kids out of the air as they fly by, but they elude him. They

disappear O.S.

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