Sound of Metal Page #8

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INT. GALLERY SPACE/LOUNGE, FREEPORT – CONTINUOUS

The Staff Member brings Neil an espresso. The Protagonistsubtly checks his watch...

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INT. TRANSPORT PLANE – CONTINUOUS

Mahir points past the Guard –

MAHIR:

You gonna eat that?

The Guard turns – Mahir GRABS him from behind, Rohan stuffs a

COTTON PAD over the Guard’s face, rendering him unconscious.

They ROLL him into the catering-truck lift... Mahir pops outand signals ANOTHER GUARD...

THREE GUARDS have been dumped into the truck lift – Rohan

sends it DOWN, SEALS the plane door. Mahir approaches thecockpit as the PILOTS perform checks – SHOWS THEM HIS GUN...

MAHIR (CONT'D)

Alright, lads?

INT. CORRIDOR, FREEPORT – CONTINUOUS

The Staff Member leads Neil and the Protagonist into thevaults...

INT. TRANSPORT PLANE – CONTINUOUS

At gunpoint, the Pilots nervously pull back from the hangar.

Rohan checks the stacks of GOLD BARS secured in the rear.

EXT. APRON, OSLO AIRPORT – CONTINUOUS

The plane is TOWED back onto the taxiway and lifts itsengines, easing forward...

INT. TRANSPORT PLANE – CONTINUOUS

Rohan SLASHES the restraining straps – CROUCHES behind thepile of gold – pulls out a GRENADE – GRABS the nearest goldbar and STUFFS it into his waistband before PULLING THE

PIN...

INT. VAULTS, FREEPORT – CONTINUOUS

The Staff Member shows Neil and the Protagonist into a vault.

Neil puts down his briefcase – pulls out the frameddocuments.

EXT. TAXIWAY, OSLO AIRPORT – CONTINUOUS

The transport plane BARRELS down the taxiway...

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INT. TRANSPORT PLANE – CONTINUOUS

Rohan TOSSES the grenade behind the gold at the tail of theplane and DUCKS as it BLOWS –

EXT. TAXIWAY, OSLO AIRPORT – CONTINUOUS

BLASTING a hole in the rear of the plane... GOLD BARS POUROUT, CLATTERING ACROSS THE TARMAC...

INT. VAULTS, FREEPORT – CONTINUOUS

Hearing the distant explosion, the Protagonist and Neil startPACKING AIR... the Staff Member stares at them, quizzical –

NEIL:

(between breaths)

Yoga.

INT. COCKPIT, TRANSPORT PLANE – CONTINUOUS

Mahir forces the Pilots from their seats –

EXT. TAXIWAY, OSLO AIRPORT – CONTINUOUS

The INFLATABLE SLIDE BURSTS OPEN, DRAGGING on the asphalt, asthe Pilots roll onto it, SCRAMBLING DOWN to the ground,

ROLLING AWAY from the giant plane...

INT. COCKPIT, TRANSPORT PLANE – CONTINUOUS

Mahir TURNS the stick HARD LEFT, AIMING AT THE REAR WALL OF

THE FREEPORT –

INT. TRANSPORT PLANE – CONTINUOUS

Rohan lowers a ladder behind the forward landing gear – heand Mahir climb down –

EXT. TAXIWAY, OSLO AIRPORT – CONTINUOUS

Mahir and Rohan jump down onto the asphalt, racing backbetween the wheels as the giant plane SMASHES INTO THE BRICKWALL OF THE FREEPORT, ERUPTING IN A MASSIVE EXPLOSION...

INT. VAULTS, FREEPORT – CONTINUOUS

The vault is ROCKED by the explosion – ALARMS SCREAM – DOORSSTART CLOSING – Neil looks, panicked, at the Staff Member –

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NEIL:

Ten seconds, right?!

The Staff Member BOLTS – PUSHING PAST THEM – they take a lastgulp of air – GAS HISSES IN. They pull apart the frames ofthe documents, BREAKING THEM INTO LOCK-PICKING APPARATUS –

lockpicks, small crowbar – they go to work on the INNER DOOR,

PRYING open a panel – HOT-WIRING it – the door SLIDES UP –

INT. CORRIDOR, FREEPORT – CONTINUOUS

They BURST into the corridor, GASPING – the door SLAMS DOWNbehind them – they HUSTLE down to the next vault door – getto work. The door opens, they GULP AIR, then RACE inside –

INT. VAULT 2, FREEPORT – CONTINUOUS

– round the corner past RACKS, CRATES, some BROKEN – stop atthe next door, the Protagonist picks the lock – his PICKBREAKS – Neil BOLTS back to where they entered – theProtagonist STRUGGLES, pulling out pieces of the pick – Neilgets to the first door –

NO HANDLE – the Protagonist uses a different tool – NeilSMASHES the door, full-blown PANIC – he looks to the end of

the vault where the ROLLER DOOR is BROKEN at the bottom,

halide gas HISSING OUT –

Neil races towards it – the Protagonist gets his door OPEN –

Neil STUMBLES past – the Protagonist DRAGS him through thedoor –

INT. INNER CORRIDOR – CONTINUOUS

They lie GASPING. Neil hears something, looks around –

NEIL:

(urgent whisper)

There’s someone in here with us!

The Protagonist is up, moving down the corridor...

They arrive at two doors, side by side: the Rotas vault. Theyeach work on a door. Neil’s OPENS –

NEIL (CONT'D)

Need a hand?

The Protagonist works his door... nothing.

PROTAGONIST:

Actually, yes.

Neil leans over, hits ‘ENTER’, the door OPENS.

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INT. ROTAS VAULT – CONTINUOUS

The Protagonist enters a room, one side of which is a LONGGLASS WINDOW. Neil is on the other side of the glass, in anIDENTICAL ROOM. There are BULLET HOLES in the glass. At theend of each room is a tube, like a sealed in REVOLVING DOOR.

The Protagonist’s feet crunch BROKEN GLASS...

Neil examines BULLET HOLES in the wall opposite the glass.

WISPS of SMOKE gather near the holes – Neil reaches up –

PROTAGONIST:

Don’t touch them –

NEIL:

What the hell happened here?

The Protagonist sees a STRIPPED AUTOMATIC PISTOL on thefloor. He picks it up, thinking –

PROTAGONIST:

It hasn’t happened, yet.

Neil looks at the Protagonist, quizzical – A LOUD HUM STARTSUP from the revolving door... the Protagonist looks down –

MOVEMENT beneath his feet – the DEBRIS – SMOKE GATHERS – the

revolving doors ROTATE, OPENING – a BLACK-CLAD FIGURE in aGAS MASK LEAPS BACKWARDS from the tube – reaching behinditself to GRAB the stripped automatic in the Protagonist’shand –

On Neil’s side an identical BLACK-CLAD FIGURE LEAPS out

FORWARDS – knocks Neil over, moving for the vault door –

A SLIDE jumps into the Backwards Figure’s hand – heREASSEMBLES the gun in the Protagonist’s hand – a MAGAZINEjumping up to LOAD IT – BLAM!

A bullet is SUCKED OUT OF THE WALL – THROUGH THE GLASS –

‘HEALING’ THE BULLET HOLES – the Protagonist STRUGGLES withthe Backwards Figure – whose REVERSE MOVEMENTS seem ALIEN andIMPOSSIBLE –

Neil gives chase – RACING out of the vault door –

The Backwards Figure pulls the Protagonist sideways, liningup his head with the next bullet hole – BLAM! GLASS FLIES UP

as the shot JUST MISSES the Protagonist’s head –

INT. CORRIDOR, FREEPORT – CONTINUOUS

Neil CHASES the Forwards Figure down the corridor –

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INT. ROTAS VAULT – CONTINUOUS

The Protagonist STRUGGLES – the Backwards Figure PUSHES himtowards the next bullet hole, STRANGE REVERSE GROANING

building in its throat, behind the black gas mask, the GROANPEAKING AS the Protagonist takes his PICK and STABS theBackwards Figure in the arm and SMACKS the Figure’s gun outof its hand – it BOUNCES out the door –

The Figure RISES into the Protagonist’s arms – PULLS himbackwards – we can’t tell if it’s PUSHING or the Protagonistis PULLING as they move backwards through the door –

INT. CORRIDOR, VAULT – CONTINUOUS

The Figure PUSHES/PULLS the Protagonist down the corridor –

INT. CORRIDOR, FREEPORT – CONTINUOUS

Neil RACES around a corner, GRABS the Figure’s MASK, whichCOMES OFF – he looks, SURPRISED, at the Figure’s face, WHICHWE CANNOT SEE, then TURNS, RACING back the way he came...

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