The Pacifier

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FADE IN:

EXT. PACIFIC OCEAN - DAY

A fishing boat pushes over choppy water. FOUR GUN TOTING

.

MEN on Jet Skis wearing black wet suits and goggles

escort the boat. Flying above it is a HELICOPTER.

INT. FISHING BOAT/CONTROL DECK - CONTINUOUS

A SERBIAN MAN captains the wheel. SERB 2 scans the

horizon with binoculars. He checks the GPS system, then

his watch, then speaks into his throat mic. All italics

are Serbian w/ subtitles:

SERB 2

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Fifteen minutes to delivery.

EXT. PACIFIC OCEAN - CONTINUOUS

The JET SKIER in the lead weighs in on a radio.

INT. SEA HAWK 1 - CONTINUOUS

The HELICOPTER PILOT weighs in.

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PILOT:

All clear from above.

EXT. SKY - CONTINUOUS

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The camera descends as the boat passes, and dives beneath

.

the surface.

EXT. PACIFIC OCEAN - CONTINUOUS

The droning of engines becomes less pronounced. Foam

from the boat and skis bubbles.

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Calm. Then from out of nowhere five NAVY SEALs wearing REBREATHERS

appear, in neat formation like the Blue Angels.

JET PROPELLED BACKPACKS push the SEALs through the water.

.

The LEAD SEAL:
SHANE WOLFE, points upwards. All eyes

follow his finger to the underbelly of the boat above.

From his belt, Shane takes a steel wand with an adhesive

disc attached, aims it at the fleeing boat and FIRES.

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A cable shoots up -- THUD... The disc sticks to the

boat’s hull. Shane pushes a button on the wand retracting

the cable and drawing himself closer.

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Dangling from the cruiser, Shane fixes a BOMB to the

hull. He releases himself from the boat and speeds away -

2.

BOOM. A dense explosion sends ripples through the water

and ELECTRICITY crackling around the boat.

INT. FISHING BOAT/CONTROL DECK - CONTINUOUS

A SURGE of ELECTRICAL FORCE blasts from the control

panel. SPARKS fly.

The two Serbian Men jolt backwards -- WHAM -- and hit the

wall. All the needles inside all the dials go LIMP. The

roar of the engines DIES and the boat STOPS.

EXT. PACIFIC OCEAN, UNDER THE BOAT - CONTINUOUS

Shane slips inside the hull, through the new hole.

INT. SEA HAWK 1 - CONTINUOUS

The chopper slows to a hover. The Pilot looks below.

PILOT:

What’s happening?

EXT. PACIFIC OCEAN - CONTINUOUS

The jet skiers protectively circle the injured boat in a

SYNCHRONIZED SWIMMING move, and the Jet Ski drivers are

simultaneously YANKED below the surface: a split second

later they’re replaced by our SEALS (ALSO IN BLACK WET

SUITS AND GOGGLES) -- the switch happens in less than a

second, way too fast for anyone to notice.

INT. FISHING BOAT/CONTROL DECK - CONTINUOUS

The shaken Serbs climb to their feet.

SERBIAN 2

What happened?

They look around, and see the SEALS, on the jet skis: In

the masks they are indistinguishable from the GUN-TOTTING

MEN they switched paces with. All seems clear. Serb 1

pushes on the throttle... nothing.

SERBIAN 1

We’ve been hit. We’re taking on water.

Suddenly the boat lists -- and water pours in, under the

cabin door. They spring into action!

SERBIAN 1 (CONT’D)

Grab the professor, quick!

3.

EXT. DECK - CONTINUOUS

Serb 1 rushes out, shouting orders: He alerts four ARMED

GUARDS and the Jet Ski drivers (now our Seals).

SERBIAN 1

Something must be below us! Shoot! Shoot!

The Armed Guards fire relentlessly into the water. Serb 2

rushes below deck.

INT. SHIP’S HOLD - CONTINUOUS

PROFESSOR CHARLES PLUMMER, bound to a chair and gagged,

tries to YELP as the room begins to flood with water.

INT. SHIP’S CORRIDOR - SIMULTANEOUS

Serb 2 runs down steps to the lowermost hold. He tries to

force the door open. When it finally opens, he is forced

back by a three foot wall of water.

INT. SHIP’S HOLD - CONTINUOUS

Professor Plummer panics, as the water rises up to his

mouth He struggles, but can’t get free. Up to his nose,

over his head.... He’s gone.

Then Shane Wolf rises out of the water, hauling the

Professor up. He cuts the Professor’s GAG. Plummer

screams. Shane removes his mouth piece. Shane doesn’t

seem the slightest bit fazed by the circumstances.

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SHANE:

Lieutenant Shane Wolfe, United States

Navy. I’m gonna get you outta here. But

you have to do exactly what I say, when I

say it. My way -- no highway option. Do

you copy?

(Plummer nods, terrified.)

Where’s the briefcase?

The Professor gestures across the room, where a metal

BRIEFCASE is floating. Shane calmly HANDCUFFS it to his

own waist. As the water rises, to the roof.

PLUMMER:

How did you know where I...

Shane sticks the mouth piece into Plummer’s mouth, giving

him his oxygen.

EXT. ON THE DECK - SIMULTANEOUS

4.

The Armed Guards stop shooting into the water. One of

our SEALS calls out to them, in PERFECT SERBIAN:

SEAL:

KEEP SHOOTING!

The Guards fire again. The SEAL speaks into his neck mic.

SEAL (CONT’D)

Give it a second, they’re almost out of

ammo.

The Seal calls out: “shoot more, more!” They do, until

there’s nothing but empty CLICKS from their guns.

SEAL (CONT’D)

Now Lieutenant. Chopper’s four meters at

your 10 o’clock.

INT. SHIP’S HOLD - CONTINUOUS

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Just before the water envelopes him and Plummer...

SHANE:

(into his mic)

I’ve got the Prof and the case. First

round’s on me back at Virginia Beach.

Shane takes a deep breath, and pulls himself, the

Professor and the briefcase UNDER the water.

EXT. OCEAN’S SURFACE - MOMENTS LATER

Shane and the Professor rise to the surface as the boat

falters behind them. Shane pulls out a retractable

CROSSBOW. It clicks open and he shoots a CABLE into the

belly of the helicopter above him.

SHANE:

Hold on.

INT. HELICOPTER - A SECOND LATER

Shane appears at the Pilot’s door, holding the Professor.

Shane addresses the Pilot in perfect SERBIAN.

SHANE:

You know how to swim?

The Pilot nods, terrified. Shane TOSSES the Pilot out.

Shane swings into the hot seat and grabs the controls,

pulling the Professor in behind him.

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5.

ON THE SURFACE OF THE WATER - CONTINUOUS

The SEALS on the Jet Skis SALUTE Shane in the chopper,

then disappear gracefully back into the water.

INT. HELICOPTER - CONTINUOUS

Shane smiles, clearly he loves this kind of day. He looks

beside him, the Professor looks terrified. The Professor

takes out his mouth piece.

PLUMMER:

Oh my God. I can’t believe you... how’d

we... That was the most incredible...

Shane sticks the mouth piece back in the Professors’

mouth, shutting him up.

SHANE:

Better keep that on ‘til we get to the

rendezvous point.

PLUMMER:

(through the mouth piece)

Why? Poison gas?

SHANE:

(re:
the oxygen)

No. I’m just not big on chit chat.

EXT. MOUNTAIN CLEARING - A LITTLE LATER

A Pave Hawk SH-60 helicopter, rotors whirling slowly,

waits. Shane’s chopper appears from behind a tree line

and sets down atop the mountain by a stream.

Shane and Charles sprint from the chopper towards the

waiting Hawk. Charles stops Shane.

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