The Pacifier
FADE IN:
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
.
Fifteen minutes to delivery.
EXT. PACIFIC OCEAN - CONTINUOUS
The JET SKIER in the lead weighs in on a radio.
The HELICOPTER PILOT weighs in.
.
PILOT:
All clear from above.
EXT. SKY - CONTINUOUS
.
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.
.
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 eyesfollow 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.
.
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.
.
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.
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.
.
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
.
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.
.
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.
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