The Dark Knight Rises Page #39

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UNIFORM:

The Batman's dead. Look, Officer -

BLAKE:

It's Detective -

UNIFORM:

Well, Detective, you take one more

step, we have to shoot you. Two

more steps, we have to blow the

bridge.

BLAKE:

(to the boys)

Wait for me back at the bus.

The Boys walk back down the bridge...

EXT. DOWNTOWN STREETS - CONTINUOUS

Talia's convoy surrounds the black truck. Tumblers off each

flank, protecting the bomb as it counts down...

INT. LOBBY, CITY HALL - CONTINUOUS

Batman looks at Catwoman.

BATMAN:

I need you on the ground, me in the

air, we have to force that convoy

east, to the entrance to the

REACTOR -

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EXT. CITY HALL - MOMENTS LATER

Catwoman roars down the steps on the Bat-Pod.

INT. BLACK TRUCK - CONTINUOUS

Gordon climbs into the back of the truck - the bomb is

there, heating up. He looks at the countdown - nine

minutes...

EXT. GOTHAM BRIDGE - CONTINUOUS

Blake turns back to the Uniform.

BLAKE:

Your orders are out of date! The

situation's changed! Listen, I'm a

cop like you. And I'm walking out

there. Please don't shoot me.

Blake walks. Shots ring out at his feet. He keeps walking...

EXT. GOTHAM STREETS - CONTINUOUS

The Bat descends on the convoy, Catwoman approaches on the

ground. A rolling battle ensues. Catwoman targets the rear

of the Tumblers, Batman swings the Bat in low at the

junctions, trying to force the convoy east...

The Tumbler's gun turrets swing around onto Catwoman. She

swerves to avoid heavy fire.

EXT. GOTHAM BRIDGE - CONTINUOUS

Blake continues to walk, ignoring the warning shots.

UNIFORM:

Son-of-a-b*tch! (To his partner.)

Blow it! Before he reaches the line

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His partner arms the detonator. Uniform shouts at Blake -

UNIFORM:

Get down! We're blowing the bridge!

As Blake looks, disbelieving, the bridge in front of him

blasts upwards in a massive fireball. Blake dives backwards.

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EXT. GOTHAM STREETS - CONTINUOUS

The Bat blasts away in front of the convoy, making a huge

crater in front of a Tumbler and trapping it, rear in the

air. Catwoman dodges around it, uses the Bat-Pod cannons to

take out another Tumbler... The countdown ticks away...seven

minutes.

INT. REACTOR PLANT - CONTINUOUS

As Fox fires up the reactor something catches his eye -

something is wrong...

EXT. GOTHAM BRIDGE - CONTINUOUS

The smoke clears, Blake sees the impossible gap.

BLAKE:

You idiots! You sons of b*tches!

You're killing us!!

INT. BLACK TRUCK - CONTINUOUS

Gordon climbs out the back of the truck but is immediately

strafed by gunfire from the Tumblers. He dives back inside,

moves to the front of the trailer - looks at the bulkhead,

gauging the driver's position. Starts firing blind through

the bulkhead -

INT. CAB, BLACK TRUCK - CONTINUOUS

Bullets fly through the cab. The driver takes one, falls

forward, dead. Talia takes the wheel - bullets keep coming.

EXT. GOTHAM BRIDGE - CONTINUOUS

Blake races back. Father Reilly has the boys in a huddle,

PRAYING -

BLAKE:

Father! Get the boys on the bus -

FATHER REILLY:

But there's nowhere to go, son.

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EXT. GOTHAM STREETS - CONTINUOUS

The Bat spins down in front of the black truck, forcing it

into a hard right turn...

INT. TRUCK - CONTINUOUS

Talia watches the navigation screen.

TUMBLER DRIVER:

(OVER RADIO)

They're trying to force us onto

GRAND -

TALIA:

Pushing us to the entrance of the

reactor. They're going to try and

reconnect the core.

TUMBLER DRIVER:

(OVER RADIO)

Can they?

Talia smiles.

INT. REACTOR PLANT - CONTINUOUS

Fox runs to a ladder. Alarms sound. As he hits the ladder he

turns. A massive rumble builds - water SMASHES into the

reactor, flooding in from both directions.

EXT. GOTHAM STREETS - CONTINUOUS

Catwoman comes up behind the lead Tumbler. She blasts it

again and again - it flips diagonally into the path of the

black truck, causing the truck to lurch onto its side. Both

vehicles careen into the mouth of the tunnel.

INT. REACTOR PLANT - CONTINUOUS

Fox loops his arm around a rung of the ladder and braces as

a wave smashes into him, painfully...

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EXT. TUNNEL ENTRANCE - CONTINUOUS

Gordon jumps out of the truck, opening the rear doors to

expose the glowing core. Catwoman pulls up on the Bat-Pod.

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