Swordfish Page #2

of -

A.D. JOY

The F.B.I. does not negotiate with

terrorists. I assumed you'd be

aware of that.

(answering phone)

Joy.

Roberts picks up an extension.

GABRIEL (V.O.)

Don't talk, listen... When I made

my Dog Day Afternoon analogy, I

was not speaking metaphorically.

We have 22 hostages. Each has

been wrapped with 20 pounds of

C-four explosives.

CUT TO:

7.

7 EXT. BANK 7

SWAT guys making their way to the roof of the bank.

GABRIEL (V.O.)

On top of that we have taped 15pounds of stainless steel ballbearings -8

INT. BANK - ANGLE ON GABRIEL 8

GABRIEL:

-- making them the world's largestwalking Claymore mines.

CUT TO:

9 EXT. BANK - SHARPSHOOTERS 9

aiming down at Gabriel's merc.

The merc is holding up the weeping girl so everyone cansee what Gabriel is talking about. Unbeknownst to him,

red laser aiming dots appear on Gab's merc's chest.

10 INT. BANK - DAY 10

Stanley is being held by two of the well-dressed men.

CLOSEUP ON GABRIEL

GABRIEL:

Around her neck is a radio-

frequency electronic dog collar -11

INT. STARBUCKS - DAY 11

Roberts stops short as he hears this.

look at each other.

He and Joy both

12 INT. BANK - DAY 12

GABRIEL:

Dog walks out of his yard, he getsthe sh*t shocked out of him.

13 INT. STARBUCKS - DAY 13

Hearing this, Roberts stands back up.

(CONTINUED)

8.

13 CONTINUED:
13

ROBERTS:

Stop them -In

SLOW MOTION, A.D. Joy jumps for his radio.

GABRIEL (V.O.)

Same thing -14

INT. BANK - CLOSEUP - GABRIEL - DAY 14

GABRIEL:

-- their yard is this bank.

don't f*** with me.

So,

15 EXT. BANK - SAME TIME 15

SWAT members move into position along the peripheral.

The merc turns toward them. The momentum swings hisshouldered weapon upward in SLOW MOTION.

16 INT. STARBUCKS - DAY 16

A.D. JOY

(into mike)

Hold your -17

EXT. BANK - SAME TIME 17

The SWAT snipers take this weapon movement as anaggressive act and FIRE into the merc, the BULLETSRIPPING into him. He drops. A SWAT-armored vehicle

rushes in -- one of the team jumps out, in an attempt torescue the woman.

18 INT. BANK - DAY 18

No! Noooo!!

STANLEY:

19 EXT. BANK - DAY 19

Hysterical, the hostage runs back toward the bank,

confusing the SWAT guy trying to rescue her. He reaches

for her but she fights him. Finally, he grabs her aroundthe waist and carries her on his shoulder into the street

as she screams toward the bank for help.

(CONTINUED)

9.

19 CONTINUED:

CLOSEUP - HIS FOOT (SLOW MOTION)

as he steps off the sidewalk.

19

ANGLE ON GIRL (SLOW MOTION)

She is screaming nooooo!

CLOSEUP - HIS FOOT (SLOW MOTION)

as it continues its stride.

CLOSEUP - RADIO DOG COLLAR (SLOW MOTION)

Around her neck. The green light blinks to red. BEEP.

NORMAL SPEED.

KABOOM!

BALL BEARINGS RICOCHET against the plate steel of thebank.

20 EXT. STARBUCKS COFFEE SHOP - DAY

The ball bearings bounce across the street and tapagainst the coffee shop.

20

21 INT. STARBUCKS COFFEE SHOP - DAY (SLOW MOTION)

Everyone in the coffee shop looks at each other like,

"What just happened?"

21

22 EXT. STARBUCKS COFFEE SHOP - DAY

As ball bearings roll back into the street.

FADE TO BLACK.

22

23

FADE IN:

TITLE SEQUENCE:

INT. CUSTOMS (LAX) - CLOSEUP ON AXL TORVALDS - DAY

SUPERIMPOSE:
3 DAYS EARLIER

(CONTINUED)

23

10.

23 CONTINUED:
23

AXL TORVALDS enters customs. A thirty-something European

who could easily pass for a season regular on

"Sprockets."

We PULL BACK. Torvalds is watching anxiously as his bags

are torn into like Christmas day at the Griswalds. The

two CUSTOMS AGENTS eye his three laptops suspiciously.

TORVALDS:

(heavy Finnish

accent)

Please be careful -

-- one of the Agents cuts off his plea with a glance.

TORVALDS:

(to himself, almost

inaudibly)

-- that equipment is quite

expensive.

Torvalds is wary of time. After several moments his bags

are being repacked when another passport is found.

The customs official holds up two passports. ANOTHER

CUSTOMS OFFICIAL takes them and walks over to Torvalds.

ANOTHER CUSTOMS OFFICIAL

Mr. Torvalds. Could you step

over here, please.

Torvalds glances at his watch. 1:45 PM.

TORVALDS:

How long am I going to be delayed?

ANOTHER CUSTOMS OFFICIAL

It'll be just a moment.

Torvalds stands to the side, while two customs officials

compare his passports. They step over to a computer

terminal and punch in some data. It's 1:50 PM.

Torvalds notices a customs department employee wheeling a

cart of confiscated items out of a nearby service

elevator. He pushes the cart out of the oversized

elevator.

Torvalds shoots a glance back to the two officials

discussing his situation.

Torvalds casually picks up his computer case and coolly

walks over to the elevator.

(CONTINUED)

11.

23 CONTINUED:
(2)

Torvalds walks in just as the doors close.

The customs officials conferring look around. Torvalds

is gone. One of them looks up and sees the numberschanging above the elevator.

The customs officials race up to the escalator to the -23

24 INT. MEZZANINE LEVEL 24

Torvalds exits the elevator -- and coolly makes his wayto the pedestrian walkway. He's halfway across it, when-- multiple security teams appear and converge on himfrom both ends.

He's finally wrestled to the ground.

DARK SUIT #2

(flipping a badgein Torvalds' face)

Axl Torvalds. You are under

arrest.

CUT TO:

25 INT. BOARDROOM (WASHINGTON, D.C.) - DAY

SENATOR JAMES REISMAN -- R. (Georgia) strides confidentlyinto a small, windowless boardroom.

25

SENATOR REISMAN:

This better be important, youpulled me out of session.

DARWIN KAPLAN, the President's aide and one of the four

men in the room, definitely the most intense, smilesthinly.

KAPLAN:

Senator, I wouldn't have asked youto come here if it wasn't.

The Senator starts to sit down.

Senator.

Kaplan turns toward the

KAPLAN:

Senator, we just received acommunication that Axl Torvalds

was intercepted entering thecontinental U.S.

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED:

SENATOR REISMAN:

When?

KAPLAN:

Within the last two hours.

According to our source inside the

F.B.I., he was nabbed coming

through customs at L.A.X.

Alone...

SENATOR REISMAN:

Do they know who they are dealing

with?

KAPLAN:

It is unlikely, sir. It was a

routine check and Torvalds freaked

out. They just got lucky.

SENATOR REISMAN:

This ain't good, boys. The Vortex

has used Torvalds before. What do

the feds know?

KAPLAN:

Nothing as of yet. He's refusing

to speak English and the Finnish

consulate has already contacted

the State Department...

SENATOR REISMAN:

So we haven't been compromised?

KAPLAN:

We're not sure. We're working on

that right now.

SENATOR REISMAN:

You better get sure real quick,

son, 'cause someone's cock's

liable to end up on the block on

this one. And I promise you it

won't be mine.

KAPLAN:

Senator, I think we'll be okay

here -

SENATOR REISMAN:

I don't f***ing pay you to think,

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