The Rock
- R
- Year:
- 1996
- 136 min
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BEGIN MAIN 'TITLE SEQUENCE:
An impressionistic montage:
A SILHOUETTED MAN in front of mirror dons his Marine dress blues. Spit=
polish shoes laced. Medals clipped to jacket. All in CLOSE-UP. We never=
see him fully.
The Man puts HIS HAT squarely on his head. EYES glint.
On the man's dresser: MARINE MEMORABILIA. Three Purple Hearts, photos of a=
WOMAN (his wife), PHOTOS OF MARINES in combat locales. TIGHTER into the=
photos, we HEAR PANICKED VOICES, EXPLOSIONS, NOISES OF BRUTAL=
COMBAT.
IMAGES:
Through smoke, a desperate MARINE PRIVATE who knows he will never be=rescued... TWO MARINES walk up to a farmhouse door; through the screen we=
see a MOTHER AND DAUGHTER who know what the news will be...
IMAGES:
A MARINE COLOUR GUARD carries a COFFIN... Now we are the coffin as=a FLAG drapes down on us.
placed into a YOUNG WOMANIS HAND.
Now we're in ARLINGTON CEMETERY. Images of the cemetery are reflected in=
wet puddles, as the SPIT-SHINED SHOES walk past images of the TOMB OF THE=
UNKNOWN SOLDIER a ROW OF GRAVES comes into focus
A1G CLOSE-UP on the MARINE'S HAT, and his EYES. Suddenly AN
EXPLOSION and we see --
A MARINE in a jungle, radioing for help: ,You gotta get us outta here sir,=
Jesus, they're all over us... ! And an' EXPLOSION ends the communication=
...
AII CLOSE-UP on the MARINE'S EYES and FADE IN:
EXT. ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY - MORNING
Two groundskeepers on "ride 'em" lawn mowers, BENNIE and MARLIN, smoke=
Camels and watch the MARINE OFFICER from the opening montage. He's alone,=
across the cemetery.
BENNIE:
You'll get used to him. Every Sunday morning - rain, snow, holidays nothin,=
keeps him Away.
ACROSS THE CEMETERY
Brig. Gen. FRANCIS XAVIER HUMMEL stands before a headstone:
BARBARA MCLEAN HUMMEL 1946-1996.
HUMMEL:
Hi Barb. The house sold yesterday. I know, I know, the market's=
depressed.
(MORE)
HUMMEL:
(cont I d) Anyway, I'm leaving the area. Some things I have to do. Things=
I couldn't do while you were here. Maybe you would have approved. Hell, I=
know you wouldn't have.
(beat)
I've tried everything and I can't seem to get their attention. But now=
they'll learn how it feels on the other side. Let's hope it elevates their=
thinking.
Hummel puts new flowers on the grave. Walks off.
EXT. ACCESS ROAD TO ARMY WEAPONS COMPOUND - NIGHT
Heavy rain. A road next to a heavily guarded bunker facility. A canvas=
covered ARMY TRUCK blows a tire in the road. The DRIVER gets out. =
Inspects the tire.
INT. ARMY TRUCK - NIGHT
FOUR MARINES in black suits dive through a hole in the
truckbed floor into a MANHOLE IN THE ROAD.
EXT. ARMY WEAPONS COMPOUND - FRONT GATE - NIGHT
Three ARMY M.P.s at the front GUARDHOUSE. GENERAL HUMMEL pulls up in a=
SUBURBAN. The M.P.s immediately recognise him and stand more=
rigidly.
ARMY M. P.
General Hummel, sir. It's an honour.
Is the Colonel expecting you, sir?
HUMMEL:
Held better be. This is a security
inspection.
ARMY M. P.
Yes, sir!
The M.P. waves Hummel in, saluting crisply.
INT. GRATED STORM DRAIN IN BUNKER COMPOUND - NIGHT
The four marines from the truck are waiting, readying arms. The leader is=
looking at his watch. Gives a hand signal to the others, and up they go=
--
EXT. BUNKER COMPOUND - NIGHT
The four marines emerge from the storm drain and move toward
covered positions in the compound.
200 YARDS AWAY - TWO ARMY "MAGAZINE CHECKERS" emerge from a
building with clipboards, on routine check.
INT. BUNKER SECURITY BUILDING - NIGHT
The Army M.P.s escort General Hummel inside. THREE ARMY GUARDS spring up=
from their SURVEILLANCE MONITORS. Everyone's nervous, in awe, rigid at=
attention. COLONEL CALLAHAN emerges from an adjacent room,=
sleepy-eyed.
COLONEL CALLAHAN
General Hummel! This is a surprise!
HUMMEL:
That's the idea, Colonel.
EXT. BUNKER COMPOUND - WATCH TOWER - NIGHT
Two marines position themselves outside the door to the
bunker compound's elevated watch tower.
=B7EXT. BUNKER COMPOUND - NIGHT
Below the watch tower, the ARMY MAGAZINE CHECKERS approach. Marines 1 and 2=
spring out, armed with M-16s with over/under grenade launchers They shoot=
BEAN BAG projectiles at the Army Guards, who collapse, dazed.
INT. BUNKER COMPOUND WATCH TOWER - NIGHT
Marines 3 and 4 burst inside the watch tower. The guards inside spring up. =
BOOM BOOM, they're hit by bean bag projectiles, propelling them out the=
windows of the watch tower. They fall 10 feet and lie unconscious.
EXT. BUNKER COMPOUND - NIGHT
Marines 1 and 2, now in MAGAZINE CHECYERIS UNIFORMS, move to the BUNKER=
DOOR. They open the door with the Magazine checker's CODED CARDS.
INT. CHEMICAL WEAPONS BUNKER - NIGHT
Two ARMY GUARDS, playing poker, look up at the entering marines. Marines 1=
and 2 walk straight up to the Army Guards, holding them at bay with M-16s. =
Before any words are spoken, one of the marines injects each of the guards=
with a VACCINE PISTOL.
INT. BUNKER SECURITY BUILDING - NIGHT
Four more marines led by SGT. CRISP enter, holding Col.
Callahan, General Hummel and the Army Guards at bay.
SGT. CRISP This is a security exercise, sir. We've fully breached and=
infiltrated your compound. I'm afraid you and your men are my prisoners,=
sir.
The marines begin cuffing the Army Guards to the radiator
and taping their mouths.
SGT. CRISP
Sorry sir, you realise the importance
of these exercises.
EL:
(to Callahan)
Ten men who could have been terrorists are out there doing whatever they=
damn well please to your compound, Colonel. Here you sit with your ass=
chained to a f***ing radiator. This is not a tight ship. I would not want=
to be in your shoes in the morning.
Sgt. Crisp hits the FRONT GATEIS OPEN BUZZER and follows
Hummel out of the room.
EXT. ARMY WEAPONS COMPOUND - FRONT GATE - NIGHT
The gate swings open. TWO HUMVEES enter the compound.
EXT. CHEMICAL WEAPONS BUNKER - NIGHT
The marines use a 'rabbit tool, (hydraulic, compact and powerful) to pry=
open the bunker's steel doors. They rush down a hallway.
CHEMICAL WEAPONS BUNKER - INTERIOR HALLWAY - The marines
rush up to another steel door and quickly pry it open.
INT. C.B.W. BUNKER - NIGHT
A refrigerated storage room for chemical weapons. Storage tubes are=
labelled:
V.X. POISON GAS. Across the room are rockets labelled: 55 115 MM=BOLT ROCKETS.
Using the TRACK HOOK SYSTEM in the bunker's ceiling, the marines move the=
V.X. CHEM ROUNDS and BOLT ROCKETS to the waiting humvees. It's very fast,=
like clockwork.
EXT. ARMY WEAPONS COMPOLIND - FRONT GATE - NIGHT
The Humvees, followed by Hummel in his Suburban, roar out of
the compound. CUT TQ:
INT. H " EL'S SUBURBAN - NIGHT
Hummel on a c.b. radio:
A textbook exercise, gentlemen.
Rendezvous in eleven hours.
EXT. F.B.I. FIELD OFFICE, FT. DIETRICK, MD. - DAY
Establish headquarters for chemical/biological weapons.
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