The Corruptor Page #11

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He starts coughing and a pile of blood seeps from his

mouth.

WALLACE:

You're bleeding inside.

SEAN WALLACE:

Wouldn't be surprised...I need the money.

WALLACE:

I don't have it. Not that kind.

SEAN WALLACE:

How much?

WALLACE:

A grand, maybe.

Wallace helps the big man up to his feet...but both

collapse under the weight. They hit the floor heavy.

WALLACE:

Sh*t....Come on, again.

Wallace starts to lift but Sean shakes him off.

SEAN WALLACE:

Would you give it to me if you had it?

Wallace looks at his father.

WALLACE:

I don't think so.

SEAN WALLACE:

F***in honest, like your mother...Screw it then.

Might as well call the hospital.

Sean passes out. Wallace looks at his old man, then

dials 911.

12. HEAVY TRAFFIC

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INT:
APARTMENT BUILDING BAXTER, HALLWAY-DAY

Deng and Ung are coming out of apartment 5C as

Wallace reaches the landing from the stairwell.

WALLACE:

The Fed tip his hand yet?

UNG:

If he has I haven't seen it.

DENG:

Better get in there, he's startin to get pissed at

you.

WALLACE:

What's new.

Deng and Ung move down the stairs as Wallace enters

the room.

INT:
APARTMENT 5C - BAXTER STREET - DAY

The room's filled with surveillance equipment. Chen's

at the window photographing the comings and goings

across the street where Wallace busted the fed days

before.

CHEN:

You're late.

WALLACE:

My father had a fall last night..I had to get him to

the hospital.

CHEN:

Took all night to get him there?

WALLACE:

He fell last night, I found him this morning in the

bathroom.

Chen looks at him suspiciously, then hands him the

camera and touches Wallace's neck.

CHEN:

Looks like he scratched you.

Wallace pulls away and positions himself at the

window.

WALLACE:

When I was carrying him.

CHEN:

He alright?

WALLACE:

Yeah.

Chen sits at a table and deals himself a hand of

solitaire.

CHEN:

He was a cop, right?

WALLACE:

The two five.

CHEN:

Tough beat. Is that why you're here? Prove

something to the old man?

WALLACE:

Is that why you're here?

CHEN:

My old man's dead. I don't have to prove anything

to anybody. How 'bout you?

WALLACE:

Just to you I guess.

CHEN:

That's for sure.

WALLACE:

Why do you have to constantly bust my balls?

CHEN:

I'm educating you while there's time.

Chen lights the smoke as Wallace feigns

embarrassment.

WALLACE:

You mean you care about me?...I don't know

what to say.

CHEN:

Try nothing.

WALLACE:

But I'm overwhelmed. This showing of emotion.

This outpouring of human kindness. The caring,

the warmth. Don't look at me, I think I'm crying.

Chen smiles in spite of himself as Wallace turns

toward the window and spots two ASIANS stepping

from a Lincoln, which drives away.

WALLACE:

These two don't look like junkies.

He picks up the camera and starts snapping away.

Chen crosses to the window, watches through a pair

of binoculars.

CHEN:

No, they don't.

They watch the two youths enter the brownstone.

EXT:
CRUMBLING BUILDING -DAY

...the two YOUTHS enter the brownstone.

INT:
VACANT APARTMENT- BAXTER STREET - DAY

Chen puts down his binoculars.

CHEN (cont'd)

You get pictures?

WALLACE:

Yeah.

Then suddenly, the unmistakable sound of

automatic gunfire rings out from the building

across the street. Wallace's camera freezes

as the gun shots echo across the street.

CHEN:

Sh*t.

Both men have guns drawn by the time they hit the

door.

EXT:
BAXTER STREET APARTMENT BUILDING-CONTINUOUS-

DAY:

Chen and Wallace hit the pavement at the same

moment the two Asian gangsters climb into the

big Lincoln which immediately starts backing out

of the alley.

CHEN:

Police!

Asian gangster's #2's answer is a barrage of

automatic gunfire. Chen responds with one neat

shot through the windshield and into the driver's

head. Gangster#1 wastes no time pushing the

dead driver out from behind the wheel before

Chen and Wallace can reach the car and

continues their getaway at warp speed. Chen

unloads his weapon at the fleeing car before

turning and heading towards the Chevy while

Wallace charges up a narrow passageway to cut

the gangsters off.

EXT:
NARROW CHINATOWN STREET (N.Y.) - DAY

Wallace comes flying out of the alley and into

the street just in time to get off a few shots at

the oncoming Lincoln which barrels right at him

forcing him to jump onto a parked car at the

last minute. Chen races from the opposite

direction hoping to block the Lincoln's path.

Without hesitating, the gang car plows onto the

sidewalk and escapes past the terrified

pedestrians. Chen pulls a 180, Wallace hops in

the passenger seat and the chase is on.

EXT:
SECRET STREET (TOR) - DAY

Wallace and Chen in hot pursuit.

WALLACE:

(in the radio)

This is car seven in green sector, we're in

pursuit of a blue Lincoln Continental, Jersey

plates five, niner, five, alpha, alpha, zulu

travelling south on Park Row, subjects armed

and dangerous. Request road block units on

all lanes.

With Chen and Wallace closing in, Gangster #2

unloads another burst of gunfire. One of the

bullets punctures the windshield, grazes

Wallace's ear, exploding the headrest behind

him. Chen continues to catch up as the Lincoln

makes a sharp left slipping through the cross

traffic. The Chevy's not as lucky, as it gets

clipped in the rear causing it to spin 90 degrees

and slowing their pursuit.

EXT:
PELL STREET (N.Y.) - DAY

The Lincoln moves fast down Pell and hangs a

sharp right careening onto Bowery heading

downtown. Chen and Wallace struggle to keep

up with pedestrians scattering in all directions.

Just as the gangsters reach the first stoplight it

turns green. They pull out into the oncoming lane

cutting in front of the waiting traffic which is

just starting to move. In order to stop them and

pin the Chevy in, gangster#2 lets loose a

barrage of gunfire which mows down the

drivers of the first row of car, pinning the Chevy

behind the bloody roadblock. The Lincoln takes

off to the right. Chen backs up, sees an opening

to an alley parallel to the street and takes off

down it hoping to cut them off.

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