The Dark Knight Rises Page #15

CATWOMAN:

Well, what do you know?

Catwoman opens the safe. Nothing inside. She frowns.

EXT. GOTHAM STREETS - CONTINUOUS

Bane slips between two cruisers who tear after the Batman.

He jumps up onto a concrete barrier, then down to the mouth

of an outflow pipe. He glances at the entire Gotham Police

Department descending on one man. Disappears into the pipe.

EXT. GOTHAM STREETS - CONTINUOUS

Shoeshine Man glances into his pack - the program beeps,

finished. He looks back to see the Bat-Pod racing at him,

ducks as it comes alongside...riderless. Shoeshine Man looks

up, confused. WHUMP! His hostage is ripped off the bike by a

low-flying dark shape.

Shoeshine Man lays down the bike in a shower of sparks,

rolls off dazed. Batman grabs him.

BATMAN:

WHAT WERE YOU STEALING?!

Shoeshine Man stares. Unafraid. Batman rips the computer

from his pack. The screen reads:

APPLICATION COMPLETE

Blinding light and noise as police choppers descend - sirens

everywhere. Batman grabs the USB drive from the laptop. He

jumps on the Bat-Pod - pauses, taking in the sight of

thousands of police, cars, choppers, dogs, closing in.

57.

POLICE VOICE:

(OVER LOUDSPEAKER)

STEP AWAY FROM THE BIKE!

Batman looks at the line of stopped traffic. An empty car

transporter is below the on-ramp... Batman fires the cannons

at the transporter, the near ramp crashes down, and Batman

roars towards it - mounts it and jumps onto the on-ramp...

INT. DAGGETT'S PENTHOUSE - CONTINUOUS

Daggett angrily grabs some ice cubes for his drink.

DAGGETT:

After eight years he has to pick

tonight...

STRYVER:

He's drawing the cops off Bane...

Daggett watches, intrigued.

INT. BLAKE'S CRUISER - CONTINUOUS

Foley shouts down the phone.

FOLEY:

How did you let him go?!

COP:

(OVER RADIO)

He's got a lot of firepower -

FOLEY:

And you don't?! We're not letting

one nut with a bad attitude and

some fancy gadgets run this town

down, you hear me?!

COP:

(OVER RADIO)

He's heading back downtown...

FOLEY:

(EXCITED)

Then he's as dumb as he dresses -

close it down, gentlemen!

58.

EXT. GOTHAM STREETS - CONTINUOUS

Thousands of police jockey to pursue the Batman as he races

back into the downtown area.

EXT. DOWNTOWN STREET - CONTINUOUS

The Bat-Pod tears along, pursued by a phalanx of cruisers,

choppers overhead. More cops appear at the far end of the

boulevard.

The Bat-Pod executes a ninety-degree turn, flipping over as

it goes, then guns into the darkness of a large blind alley.

Cruisers and choppers block the mouth of the alley. Blake

arrives last, his cruiser sealing the bottleneck. Foley

swaggers out.

FOLEY:

Like a rat in a trap, gentlemen...

Foley reaches for a loudhailer. VARRROOOOM!! A noise from

the alley that none of the cops have heard before...

VETERAN COP:

You might have the wrong animal

there, sir -

Spotlights smash on and a massive dark cyclone roars out of

the alley, spinning the choppers sideways, dual rotor

downdraft forcing all the cops to the ground.

The Bat, now black, thunders up and over the entire Gotham

PD. Blake slides up to Foley. Dry.

BLAKE:

Are you sure that was him?

Foley looks at Blake. Thrusts the loudhailer at him.

INT. HOSPITAL ROOM - CONTINUOUS

Gordon, still hooked up to machines, watches TV. He smiles.

ANNOUNCER:

(ON TV)

Police are keeping quiet about the

prospect of a return by the Batman,

but eyewitness accounts seem the

clearly suggests the type of...

59.

INT. DAGGETT'S PENTHOUSE - NIGHT

Daggett watches the TV coverage, concerned. Stryver enters.

STRYVER:

Bane says the Batman interfered,

but the task was accomplished.

DAGGETT:

What about the men they arrested?

STRYVER:

He says, and I quote, they would

die before talking.

DAGGETT:

(GRINS)

Where does he find these guys?

Daggett gets to his feet, relieved, moves to his inner

office.

Open the champagne...

INT. INNER OFFICE, DAGGETT'S PENTHOUSE - CONTINUOUS

Daggett comes through the door, calling back.

DAGGETT:

And can we get some girls in here?

CATWOMAN (O.S.)

Careful what you wish for.

Catwoman grabs him, throws him across the room. His back

slams against the wall - he draws a gun, but - WHACK! -

Catwoman pins his wrist to the wall at shoulder height using

the high heel of her boot. He whimpers as she leans in.

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