The Killer Page #6

4/6/92 D.G.. M/.H. 10.

Jenny accompanies herself on an electric keyboard.

Wears dark glasses...

JEFF:

sits alone at a table.

Nursing a drink.

Watching her --

As the K)NG continues...

EXT. KAI TAK AIRPORT - DAY

A 747 bumps down on the tarmac.

Taxis to the terminal --

INT. TERMINAL - PASSPORT CONTROL - KAI TAK - DAY

Chang and a UNIFORMED COP wait by the passport control desk.

The Uniform directs Chang's attention to A BLACK MAN in a dark suit.

Chang approaches him.

CHANG:

Excuse me, are you F.B.I. Agent Lee?

LEE:

How'd you guess?

CHANG:

Welcome to Hong Kong. I hope you will have a

productive visit.

LEE:

Thank you. I look forward to getting acquainted.

CHANG:

Your first visit to Hong Kong?

LEE:

Yes. My first time here.

CHANG:

My superiors are looking forward to meeting you.

LEE:

It will be my pleasure, I'm sure.

This completes the official bullshit.

They look at one another.

Smile.

4/6/92 D.G.. V/.H. I l.

INT. ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE HQ - SUPERINTENDENT ROGERS'

OFFICE - DAY

The space still feels grandly colonial.

Overhead fans.

Parquet floors.

ROGERS sits behind his desk, examining Lee's credentials.

English, middle aged.

Uniformed.

ROGERS:

I've been asked to give you all the help I can. I'm

afraid that will be very little. We have rather a lot of

our own problems just at the moment.

LEE:

The man in the picture is wanted on Federal charges

in the United States.

He points to a PHOTOGRAPH in the dossier in front of Rogers.

Rogers picks it up.

INSERT - PHOTOGRAPH

A candid shot of Jeff in a restaurant --

OFFICE:

Rogers drops the photo.

ROGERS:

As I told you on the telephone, neither his name nor

his picture shows up on our computer.

LEE:

Our sources say that he's living in Hong Kong...

Rogers is reading the file.

ROGERS:

He's charged with "depriving a citizen of his civil

rights"..? You'll pardon me, but this seems a rather

trivial offense...

LEE:

He deprived this citizen of his civil rights by putting

seven bullets in his head and body.

ROGERS:

I'm told there are hundreds of murders a day in your

country. What's so special about this one to take you

so far out of your jurisdiction?

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