The Rock Page #14

BEHIND A COLUMN - S.E.A.L.s REIGERT and BOYER stare into the

floodlights.

HUMMEL:

Your unit is covered from an elevated position, Commander. I'm not going to=

ask again.

ON THE MEZZANINE

CPTS. FRYE, DARROW and PVTS. COX, MCCOY, have their weapons

trained; they're pumped and trigger happy.

HUMMEL:

Don't do anything stupid, Commander.

No one has to die here.

COMMANDER ANDERSON You men following the General: You are United States=

Marines and under oath you forgotten that? We all have shipmates we=

remember - some of 'em were sh*t on and spit on by the Pentagon - that=

doesn't give you the right to mutiny.

HUMMEL:

That's a nice speech, Commander. I heard plenty like it in the Pentagon and=

on Capitol Hill. They all added up to zero. Pretty words aren't gonna get=

you out of this, Commander. Now abort this mission. Goddamn it,=

abort.

BEHIND THE COLUMN - S.E.A.L. BOYER, just 20, having never

seen combat, is trembling with fear, indecision.

S.E.A.L. BOYER It's us or them, Reigert, f*** they're gonna waste us=

...

S.E.A.L. REIGERT

Get a grip on yourself ....

ON THE MEZZANINE - PVT. COXIS BOOT nudges a TILE which has come loose from=

its mortar. The tile inches to the edge of the mezzanine. Then it falls=

......

BOYER, reacting to THE FALLING TILE, brings up his machine

gun and fires A SUSTAINED BURST in its direction --

And all hell breaks loose. THE MARINES fire in unison. A

cruel withering fusillade.

--- THE S.E.A.L.s in the middle of the floor take the brunt of it. They=

gamely return fire. But they're hit. Again. Again. Again.

IN THE DRAINAGE HOLE - Goodspeed, Mason, and Lt. Shepherd listen (and=

watch, when the view allows) in utter horror to the firefight above.

Lt. Shepherd scrambles up the ladder. Goodspeed grabs him.

Tries to pull him down.

GOODSPEED:

Don' t do it.

S.E.A.L. SHEPHERD

Let go of me.

Lt. Shepherd climbs the ladder.

IN THE SHOWER ROOM - ANDERSON takes a bullet in his leg. His automatic=

blazing, he takes a bullet in the forearm. The chest. The shoulder.

-- THREE MARINES on the mezzanine are hit and killed.

-- LT. SHEPHERD climbs out of the drainage pipe and comes up firing. He=

instantly takes a bullet through the visor, killing him instantly. =

SHEPHERD falls to his knees and pitches over, falling face first into=

--

THE DRAINAGE HOLE, where SHEPHERDIS lifeless eyes come face-to-face with=

Goodspeed, who nearly passes out, then looks away in horror.

S.E.A.L.S BEHIND THE COLUMNS return fire. They're hit,

picked off.one by one.

-- MARINE COX AND MCCOY fire a 50 CAL. GUN (as powerful as anti-aircraft or=

anti-tank round) through the column, killing REIGERT and=

BOYER.

HUMMEL:

HOLD YOUR FIRE HOLD YOUR FIRE ....

INT. DRAINAGE PIPE UNDER SHOWER ROOM - NIGHT

Suddenly the-firing stops. Goodspeed and Mason freeze. Thinking fast,=

Mason rips the TAC RADIO from Shepherd's helmet, takes his 9 MM PISTOL and=

MACHINE GUN, and his SAW-TOOTHED KNIFE AND SHEATH, and climbs=

down.

Goodspeed, indecisive at first, clambers down after Mason.

INT. PIER 39 - MOBILE COMMAND TRAILER - NIGHT

ON THE VIDEO MONITOR - An image transmitted from Anderson's helmet camera. =

Anderson has fallen, so this is at ground level. We see corpses and near=

corpses.

SANCHEZ:

It's over.

F.B.I. TECHNICIAN

We've still got movement. Numbers eleven and twelve. That's Goodspeed=

and.... Mason.

F.B.I. DIRECTOR WOMACK

If mason's still alive, it's not over.

INT. ALCATRAZ - TUNNELS UNDER SHOWER ROOM - NIGHT

=B7Mason and Goodspeed exit the drainage pipe. Goodspeed is panting, nearly=

hysterical.

GOODSPEED:

We're never gettin off this island.

INT. PIER 39 - WAREHOUSE - NIGHT

CARLA peers through a crowd of F.B.I. TECHS huddled around video and audio=

monitors. She freezes, her hands covering to her mouth at the sound=

of:

GOODSPEED:

(over tac radio)

.... god Jesus we're gonna die

Sanchez, agitated, exits the Command Trailer with Director

Womack. They huddle, speaking in hushed voices.

SANCHEZ:

You told me I am on a "need to know" basis. Well goddamn it, I need to=

know. Who the f*** is John Mason. Start talking, Director, or I swear I=

will go to the press.

A tense pause. Then Womack sighs, and his voice travels

back three decades ...

F.B.I. DIRECTOR WOMACK

1962. J. Edgar Hoover is head of the F.B.I., some say the country. It's no=

secret the esteemed Mr. Hoover kept microfilm files on prominent Americans=

and Europeans. de Gaulle, British members of Parliament, even the Prime=

Minister. The man had dirt on everyone in the world,

A174 INT. ALCATRAZ - TUNNELS UNDER THE SHOWERS - NIGHT

Goodspeed, slumped in a corner, watches Mason arm himself.

He is a different person. Alive. Now in his element. pops the clip on=

Shepherd's g mil gun. Inspects it. Unsheathes the saw-toothed knife. =

Sheathes it.

174 INTERCUT - PIER 39 COMMAND CENTER / ALCATRAZ TUNNELS

F.B.I. DIRECTOR WOMACK The British sent over their best operative, John=

Mason, to steal it.

MASON grabs Shepherd's machine gun, pops the clip.

F.B.I. DIRECTOR WOMACK

Our agents caught Mason at the Canadian border but with no microfilm. It's=

never been found. So Hoover held him without trial. The British claimed=

they didn't know him.

SANCHEZ:

What about the daughter? why didn't

Hoover use her as leverage?

F.B.I. DIRECTOR WOMACK

He died in 1972. She wasn't born yet Today it's a different Bureau and no=

one wants to touch this.

SANCHEZ:

My god, you're not saying ...

MASON slides the clip back in the machine gun. Tests the

action. obviously comfortable with firearms ...

F.B.I. DIRECTOR WOMACK

John Mason has been incarcerated

without trial on American soil since

1962.

(MORE)

F.B.I. DIRECTOR WOMACK (cont'd) He knows our most intimate secrets of the=

last half century. The alien landing at Roswell, the truth about the=

J.F.K. assassination.

INT. ALCATRAZ - TUNNELS BELOW SHOWER ROOM - NIGHT

F.B.I. DIRECTOR WOMACK (O.S.)

John Mason was an S.A.S. trained killer, one of MI-6's best operatives ever=

-

John Mason was one of the most dangerous men on earth.

MASON, armed and dangerous for the first time in 33 long years, faces=

Goodspeed. Brings his machine gun up. Goodspeed raises his -9 mil pistol=

in self-defense.

GOODSPEED:

Don't shoot me.

Mason was actually slinging it over his shoulder...

MASON:

For christ's sake.

Mason trudges down the tu=3Del. Goodspeed follows him.

GOODSPEED:

Wait. Where're you going?

MASON:

Off this island. You mind?

GOODSPEED:

Yes I mind. I mind very much.

From the tac radio in Mason's hand:

SANCHEZ (O.S.)

(over tac radio)

Goodspeed, Goodspeed, come in.

MASON:

You've got a phone call.

Mason throws the tac radio at Goodspeed's feet and trudges

off. Goodspeed grabs the tac radio.

GOODSPEED:

It's me sir.

SANCHEZ (O.S.)

What is happening? Where's Mason?

GOODSPEED:

He says he's leaving the island sir.

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