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123 CONTINUED:
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"Transfer?" -- "Yes" -- TRANSFERRING.

One.

GABRIEL:

Let her go.

STANLEY:

Stanley jumps up and runs over to Marco.

his gun to the back of Stanley's head.

Gabriel puts

STANLEY:

Now, goddammit, it's done.

her go!

Let

Gabriel looks at one of his boys who is checking it witha different laptop. He nods. Marco drops the girl.

GABRIEL:

Well, that was fun.

A MERC holding a cell phone.

MERC:

Joy says the plane is ready.

GABRIEL:

Well, 'bout time for us to leave.

STANLEY:

They'll never let you escape.

You've gone too far.

GABRIEL:

Au contraire. Do you hear that?

(beat)

That's the sound of America

watching.

123A EXT. BUS 123A

We MOVE UP THROUGH the roof of the bank, the sky isfilled with the THUMPING of NEWS HELICOPTERS.

124 INT. BUS - DAY 124

They lead the hostages, including Stanley, onto the bus.

He is pushed down into the back.

GABRIEL:

(to the driver)

Let's roll.

(CONTINUED)

96A.

124 CONTINUED:

The driver pulls the door lever and it closes.

The bus pulls into gear and slowly moves forward. The

cops and FBI agents just stare vacantly at the bus.

124

124A OMITTED 124A

125 INT. STARBUCKS COFFEE SHOP - DAY

ROBERTS:

You just gonna let them drive thefuck on outta here?

(CONTINUED)

125

97.

125 CONTINUED:
125

A.D. JOY

There isn't a free cop in ahundred miles that isn't on his

ass. He wants a plane. He'll

get a plane.

125A EXT. SANTA MONICA AIRPORT - DAY 125A

A G5 sits waiting on the tarmac.

cover positions around it.

SWAT teams move in to

125B INT. STARBUCKS COFFEE SHOP - DAY 125B

A.D. JOY

He won't get away. We'll take

them at the airport. Let's go.

They exit. Roberts tosses the paper he was reading downon the table and walks out, shaking his head.

CLOSEUP - NEWSPAPER

The headline reads, "U.S. SENATOR JAMES REISMAN (GEORGIA)

FOUND DEAD, VICTIM OF FREAK FISHING ACCIDENT."

125C EXT. STARBUCKS COFFEE SHOP - DAY 125C

Joy and Agent Thomas jump in a waiting car, ready to headtoward the airport. Roberts watches them, then commandeers

another vehicle, tearing ass after the bus.

126 EXT. BUS - DAY 126

The bus rolls down the street. Slowly one by one, carwith flashing lights after car with flashing lights pullsup behind it until a convoy rivaling that of theSugarland Express has built up. Choppers drop out of theair, shadowing the bright yellow school bus.

126A EXT. BUS - DAY 126A

Gabriel's voice booms from speakers on the exterior ofthe bus.

GABRIEL (V.O.)

I don't think any of us want arepeat of this morning. Keep atleast a hundred yards from thisbus at all times and I want the

airspace for five miles clear.

98.

127 INT. BUS - MOVING - DAY 127

GABRIEL:

(dropping the mic

and turning to the

hostages)

Ladies and gentlemen, we will be

in your lives for approximately 55

more minutes. This bus has just

become your new yard. So sit

back, think happy thoughts, and

this will be over before you can

say 'cat in the hat.'

Gabriel, smiling, turns to Stanley.

GABRIEL:

Whaddaya think, Stanley?

STANLEY:

You'll never get away. Even if

they have to kill everyone on

the bus.

GABRIEL:

Really? Five hundred bucks says I

do. Tell ya what, Stanley, I'll

even spot you the five bills.

Gabriel walks to the front of the bus, puts on a headset,

and keys a mic.

128 OMITTED 128

thru thru

132 132

99.

133 INT. BUS - DAY 133

We are moving through the city. Behind the bus, a hugecaravan of police cars and SWAT trucks follow.

Stan, c'mere.

GABRIEL:

Stan slides out of the seat and walks to the front with

Gabriel. All the hostages' eyes are on him. At the

front he looks at Gabriel.

Take a look.

GABRIEL:

Cops block off side streets as the convoy, ala TheGauntlet, rolls through L.A.

Gabriel seems to be in complete control, despite beingsurrounded by every law enforcement officer within ahundred miles.

133A INT. BUS - DAY 133A

Stan turns to Gabriel, angry. He grabs him, pushing him.

STANLEY:

How the f*** can you justify allthis?

GABRIEL:

You're not looking at the bigpicture.

Gabriel pushes him backward against the hand rail.

GABRIEL:

Stanley, here's a scenario. You

have the power to cure all of theworld's diseases. But the pricefor this is that you must kill asingle, innocent child. Could youkill that child to save the world?

No.

STANLEY:

GABRIEL:

You disappoint me, Stanley.

the greatest good.

It's

Silence for several beats.

STANLEY:

How about ten innocents?

(CONTINUED)

100.

133A CONTINUED:
133A

GABRIEL:

Now you're getting it. How about

a hundred?

Gabriel becomes intense.

GABRIEL:

How about a thousand? Not to save

the world, but just to preserve

our way of life.

STANLEY:

No man has the right to make that

decision. You're no different

than any other terrorist.

GABRIEL:

You're wrong, Stanley. Some men

are put here to shape destiny, to

protect freedom, despite the

atrocities they must commit. I am

one of those men. Thousands die

every day for no reason at all,

where is your bleeding heart for

them? You give your twenty

dollars to Greenpeace every year

and think you are changing the

world. What countries will

harbor terrorists, when they

realize the consequences of what

I will do? Did you know I can

buy nuclear warheads in Minsk

for forty million each? I buy

half a dozen, I even get a

discount.

The driver, looking at his watch, says something to

Gabriel in French.

Gabriel replies to the driver, also in French.

CLOSEUP - DRIVER

as the driver shifts down.

CLOSEUP - DRIVER'S FOOT

Pressing down the accelerator.

(CONTINUED)

100A.

133A

CONTINUED:
(2) 133A

CLOSEUP ON SPEEDOMETER

Nudging toward eighty.

STANLEY:

What the fu -

GABRIEL:

I saw Sugarland Express, Stan.

Didn't like the way it ended.

We see a sign that says "LAX." The bus turns off before

they get to the sign.

134

OMITTED 134

135

INT. BUS - DAY 135

STANLEY:

I thought we were going to the

airport.

GABRIEL:

Misdirection, Stanley.

The bus hurtles down a road toward a bridge over the LA

river.

CLOSEUP ON ONE OF HOSTAGE'S EYES

WIDER:

One of the mercs in the front speaks French again.

Gabriel looks around. He smiles.

GABRIEL:

Listen...

Faintly, we can hear powerful ROTORS APPROACHING.

GABRIEL:

Gentlemen...

Stanley looks out the window as two of the mercs scramble

through hatches in the roof.

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