The Killer Page #15

4/6/92 D.G., ~W.H. 25.

LEE:

Shoots.

EDDY R WOMAN:

The bullet SLAMS Eddie in the head.

He drops the gun and the Woman.

Blown backward on to a seat --

The Woman falls to the floor --

Her body constricts.

Shock.

Convulsions.

Coronary.

STREETCAR:

Lee makes sure Eddy's dead.

Immediately begins giving the woman CPR.

Pounds on her chest.

Breathes into her mouth and nose.

People standing around frozen --

LEE:

Help me! Goddammit! Help me!

As a WOMAN kneels to aid him --

INT. CONFERENCE ROOM - ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE H.Q. -

DAY:

Rogers, Chang and Lee.

Several suited POLICE COMMISSIONERS.

COMMISSIONER:

He should be deported and shipped out on the next

plane.

ROGERS:

He was on special assignment at my request.

COMMISSIONER:

We don't have enough cowboys and kung fu killers

of our own? You have to turn some trigger happy

American G-man loose on the streets with a gun?

ROGERS:

It was in the line of duty...

4/6/92 D.G., V'.H. 26.

COMMISSIONER:

On a crowded bus. With a woman directly in his line

of fire.

LEE:

This guy had just killed a cop, shot two innocent

bystanders -- More innocent lives were in danger so I

shot him. You think I should have waited for him

to shoot me? Maybe a few more civilians?

COMMISSIONER:

The woman died of a heart attack. You might as

well have shot her.

ROGERS:

Just a moment. He shot one of the most vicious

criminals in the Colony. That the woman died is

regrettable...

COMMISSIONER:

(Incredulous)

Regrettable ..?

ROGERS:

Tragic, if you like, but not due to any irresponsibility

or dereliction on his part.

COMMISSIONER:

He should never have been on the street with a gun.

ROGERS:

That was my decision. And I will take full

responsibility for it.

COMMISSIONER:

Yes, you will.

Silence.

There's nothing else for the Commissioner to say.

Rogers knows it.

CHANG:

I think he ought to get a medal for killing the son of a

b*tch.

INT. CORRIDOR - ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE H.Q. - DAY

Lee, Chang and Rogers leave the conference room --

LEE:

You're a stand up guy. Thanks.

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