The Belko Experiment

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(CAR HORNS HONKING)

(INDISTINCT CHATTERING)

(HONKING CONTINUES)

Listen, listen. No.

Greg, no! I need

those files this morning.

(CHUCKLES) Come on, man.

You can't be that lazy.

(BOY GIGGLES)

GREG:
It's not my fault.

(GREG CONTINUES INDISTINCTLY)

(GASPS)

Made myself!

Made myself!

Yeah, made yourself.

That's great. Very impressive.

Made myself!

(SNIFFING)

Come on, man!

What's going on?

Is there a bomb threat or something?

Who are you?

Where's Wilmar?

ID, please.

You're kidding?

Here you go.

(MEN ARGUING IN SPANISH)

Why are they

sending that man home?

Open the trunk, please.

(ENGINE IDLING)

(MUSIC PLAYING ON CAR STEREO)

(SIGHS)

(VOLUME INCREASES)

(MAN SINGING IN SPANISH)

(INAUDIBLE)

(INAUDIBLE)

(BEEPING)

VINCE:
Okay.

Here's your company ID.

Make sure they spelled

everything correctly.

Mmm-hmm.

Company credit card.

Company telephone.

Keys to your company car.

It's a Honda, in Section H,

westside of the lot.

And, last but not least,

keys to your new apartment.

(SOFTLY)

I got you a corner.

You have the address,

correct?

Yeah. Yes.

Okay, and you saw

the doctor yesterday?

For the tracer,

you mean?

It's for your

own protection.

There's dozens of kidnappings

every year here in Colombia,

usually from

companies like ours.

But, with that sucker, they can locate

you anywhere, anytime, no problem.

Hmm.

Bogot treating

you good so far?

Yeah.

(CHUCKLES)

Don't be scared, Dany.

Belko likes the transition

of its homespun employees

to go as smooth as possible.

So, if you have any

questions whatsoever,

just come to me

or Raziya here, okay?

Hi.

(MAN SPEAKING DUTCH)

(SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY)

(SPEAKING DUTCH)

(SPEAKS SPANISH)

MAN:
In English? Sure.

Belko is

a non-profit organization

that facilitates American

companies in South America

in the hiring of

American workers.

(KEYBOARD CLACKING)

(COMPUTER CHIMES)

(CHUCKLES)

What the f*** is that?

It's a little corn cob dude.

Mike, it looks like

someone's eaten off of it.

It's a gift for you.

No.

Here.

Let's put him right here.

Ew! That's disgusting.

I don't want it.

It's good luck.

He wards off werewolves.

Maybe it'll work on Wendell.

(MUFFLED) A**hole.

(SOFTLY) My God!

The man just

does not get it.

Hey, what?

Maybe we should

slow things down.

Mike, I'm barely divorced.

Got married too young.

No, I got married too stupid.

And I'm not any smarter.

Oh, that's great

for me then!

Mr. Norris. (CLEARS THROAT)

Hey, Barry.

Mike.

Leandra, will you set up

that Caracas call for 2:00?

I'll put it through.

(BOTH LAUGH)

(SIGHS)

PowerPoint files from these

documents in two hours, please.

All right?

(MUSIC PLAYING FAINTLY)

What?

Uh, yes.

Okay. Two hours.

I'm Roberto.

I'm Dany.

Leota, will you stop being a

b*tch and introduce yourself?

You're an ass, Roberto.

I've already introduced myself.

Yeah.

And we're going

to be friends

and we're going to ostracize you.

(LIPS SMACKS)

(LEOTA CHUCKLES) She doesn't

even know to spell "ostracize."

(LEOTA CHUCKLES)

LEOTA:
Oh!

Cute, no?

I don't know.

He's a little too normal for me.

(SCOFFS) Honey, normal

people do not work at Belko.

Oh, Keith.

One's loose.

Oh, sh*t. Okay,

all right, here I come. (LAUGHING)

Tickles.

Oh, yeah.

Obviously, that's John.

Oh, although,

he prefers to be called Jake.

He thinks it makes

him sound tough.

(LAUGHS) Well, he looks

very, very tough.

He thinks

you're very pretty.

Honey, believe me.

One more bad date, and I am there.

Oh, guard your heart.

He's a total "love 'em and leave 'em"

kind of guy.

Just 'cause he has

a very short lifespan.

He doesn't have commitment issues.

(LAUGHING)

Hi, Mike.

Hey, how are you?

Terry, where is everybody?

I don't know, mate. They sent all

the locals home at the gate.

Mmm, Mike. Next time, you got to

come with us to the rain forest.

Check it out.

The bats let you come right up and

stroke 'em. The kids were in heaven.

Wow.

(CHUCKLES)

Next time, buddy, yeah?

Yeah, totally.

Looks like fun.

(PHONE RINGING)

Security.

Hey, Evan,

it's, uh, Mike Milch up in systems.

Yes, sir.

Hey, uh, who sent all

the Colombian nationals home?

Central. They sent me

an email this morning

saying there was some kind of

security concerns.

I figure somebody made

some threats somewhere

and got 'em

all worked up.

Who are those new guards?

I don't know. They ain't friendly, though.

They got some big-ass dogs.

Yeah.

You have any idea

why they would be

heading into that

old hangar next door?

I don't know, man.

I'll check it out.

(MICROPHONE FEEDBACK WHINES)

THE VOICE ON PA:

All employees,

no matter what you're doing,

please stop and lend me

your full attention.

Hey, it's Jesus!

Shh!

There are currently 80 of you

in the building.

MIKE:
What is that?

Intercom?

Do we have an intercom?

THE VOICE:
In eight hours,

most of you will be dead.

Your chance of survival increases

by following my orders,

and excelling at the tasks

I place before you.

Your first task

is simply this.

Murder any two of your fellow

employees within the next half hour.

(LAUGHING)

How they are killed, or how

they are chosen to be killed,

is of no consequence.

But if there are

not two dead bodies

in the building

within 30 minutes,

you will face repercussions.

What the...

Not a clue.

Hey, all the lines

are dead.

AGNES:
What did that man say?

(SHOUTS) He wanted us

to kill each other?

Panicking is not gonna

help anybody, Agnes.

Calm down, it's okay.

Anything?

No. Nothing.

Calmly, we need to

evacuate the floor.

Mikey, come on.

It's a joke, man.

Yeah, probably, yeah.

But still.

Okay.

Break time.

Hey, let's not take

the elevator, okay?

Let's use the stairs.

Why?

It's less risky.

We're all gonna die.

(CHUCKLING)

Hey,

where you going?

(BEEPS)

(GASPING)

WOMAN:
What was that?

What's that noise?

Just go.

Head on down, okay?

Mike, come on.

I'll be right there.

Hey, are you

trying the police?

Yeah. Reception's

usually fine here.

What in bloody hell?

(GRUNTING)

VINCE:
Wendell!

Wendell? Wendell,

you're gonna break your foot.

(ALL CLAMORING)

No! How is this connected to the

security check this morning?

I don't know, sir!

God damn it!

(ELEVATOR BELL DINGS)

I just validate, okay?

Hey, Bud.

What do you think, Mikey?

What's this all about?

I don't know. You think you

got a way to get through it?

Blowtorch could do the job,

but I don't know how thick it is.

It could take a while.

What if we try cutting through

one of the walls first?

Wouldn't it be easier to

try to get through cement

than get through whatever that is?

No, no, no.

This metal surrounds

the entire building.

So the whole building's covered?

Yeah.

It's worth a shot, though, right?

The blowtorch?

It's worth a try.

I'll make a call.

Hey, where you guys going?

Roof. See if we can get

someone's attention.

Got anything?

Still nothing.

Thought we'd get a shot here

in the lobby, but...

Can you guys

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