The Rock Page #17

Mason swings again But Hendrix is waiting for it.

Hendrix grabs the swinging pipe and pulls Mason into Cart

3!

IN CART 3 - HENDRIX AND MASON FIGHT SCENE

Mason's sprawled on the floor of the cart. Hendrix levels his M-16. Mason=

whipsaws the legs under Hendrix, bowling him over, the M-16 falling away=

from the cart.

Mason and Hendrix get to their feet.. They trade blow after

blow as the Cart ROARS through the tunnel.

IN CART 1 ~ GOODSPEED looks over his shoulder at Mason and Hendrix locked in=

mortal combat. He pulls the CART BRAKE. Cart 1 begins slowing down. CART=

2 (Scarpettils) rams into it. Now Carts 1 and 2 are together. And on comes=

--

CART 3 - Hendrix knocks Mason to the floor of the cart. Hendrix dives atop=

Mason, strangling him. mason's head is bent over the front lip of the cart.=

Mason looks down the mono-rail track. To his horror he sees CARTS 1 and 2=

slowing down ...

IN CART 1 - GOODSPEED realizes that his cart is going to ram Mason's=

outstretched head. He releases the brake, and Cart 1 picks up speed=

...

IN CART 3 - Hendrix draws the knife. Hendrix raises the knife. With his=

last strength, Mason rolls away. Hendrix plunges the knife down, missing=

Mason, him momentum carrying his head and shoulders over the front lip of=

the cart. Mason SCREAMS at Goodspeed.

MASON:

BRAKE! ! !

IN CART 1 ~ GOODSPEED pulls the cart brake and --

-- CART 3 SLAMS into CARTS 1 and 2 at 20 m.p.h., crushing

Hendrixls head and torso between Carts 2 and 3.

The collision knocks Mason off Cart 3, SLAMMING his head against the tunnel=

wall. Mason falls unconscious.to the tunnel floor, while --

-- CART 1 is shoved by the collision across.a DITCH OF WATER

in the tunnel floor. GOODSPEED groggily gets to his feet.

Jumps down from the cart.

GOODSPEED:

Mason!

In the midst of this PVT. ROYCE runs up. Sees Mason concussed, helpless. =

Royce draws his GLINTING KNIFE. Kneels over Mason. He's going to cut his=

throat.

GOODSPEED:

Wait.

Royce lowers the knife. Looks across the ditch at Goodspeed. The ditch is=

20 ft. wide and filled with dank, stagnant water and we've seen dank,=

stagnant water before.

GOODSPEED:

Pretty easy killing an unconscious man.

How about trying me? Punk.

(beat)

What,re you waiting for? Limp dick.

ROYCE:

I am going to f*** you up something fierce. You rolled the wrong number,=

shithead. You crapped out.

And ROYCE begins to wade into the ditch. And GOODSPEED is looking at the=

water, waiting... ROYCE is waist deep now. Royce feels something. He=

winces. Looks down at --

FIVE COTTONMOUTH SNAKES, fangs wide and white, plunging into him. Royce=

screams. His knees buckle. He falls to his knees in the water. A=

COTTONMOUTH stuck to his neck... Royce SHRIEKS again ...

And slides gently under the water.

GOODSPEED:

I rolled snake-eyes. Shithead.

Goodspeed, hand over hand on the monorail, eases the cart across the=

stagnant ditch. Hops out. MASON gets to his feet. The two exchange a=

look.

MASON:

Limp dick?

GOODSPEED:

It's all I could think of.

They stumble off down the mono-rail.tunnel.

MASON:

I think I've got arthritis.

INT. WHITE HOUSE - NIGHT

General Kramer, C.I.A. Director Amway, chief of Staff Hayden

Sinclair and Security Advisor Louis Lindstrom.

HAYDEN SINCLAIR The President arrives in three hours. His directive is to=

string Hummel along until the airstrike is operational.

LOUIS LINDSTROM:

What's the word from Mojave, General?

GENERAL KRAMER:

(grim)

They're going as fast as they can.

A corrugated aluminum hangar. SUPER:

Mojave Desert

United States Air Force Testing Facility

INT. U.S.A.F. TESTING FACILITY WAREHOUSE - NIGHT

Looks like a Formula One garage. ROCK MUSIC blares.

Eight GUIDED MISSILES (finned, 8 feet long) hand from hoists in various=

states of repair. U.S.A.F. TECHNICIANS hover over the missiles.

IN A CORNER - JIMKY FISK and LARRY GILER consult.

LT. FISK

We're f***ed, cap'n.

CPT. GILER

Are we f***ed with a pencil or are we

f***ed with a baseball bat.

LT. FISK

We're f***ed with a telephone pole. (turns to the missiles)

we can arm em with Willy Peter, no problem, but negatory pn smart bomb=

capability.

CPT. GILER

What are you saying?

LT. FISK

The pilots are gonna have to drop em manually. We're talkin, retro, baby. =

We're talkin' World War II.

INT. ALCATRAZ - BEHIND "CHINA ALLEY" - NIGHT

Mason and Goodspeed emerge from the mono-rail tunnel. The launcher on China=

Alley is in the b.g. Suddenly, from the loudspeaker above them:

HUMMEL (V.O.)

(loudspeaker)

Attention Navy Seals, attention.

Mason and Goodspeed freeze.

GOODSPEED:

He thinks we're Seals.

HUMMEL (V. 0. )

(loudspeaker)

Congratulations. You've taken some things of mine. I can't convince you to=

return them so I'll put on someone who can.

A pause. Then A MALE VOICE. Nervous. Quivering.

MALE VOICE (V.O.)

(loudspeaker)

Hell... hello.

EXT. ALCATRAZ - PRISON EXERCISE YARD - NIGHT

LARRY HENDERSON, 48, stands at the end of the exercise yard in a SPOTLIT=

AREA. Capt. Darrow has his .45 placed against Larry's left=

temple.

HUMMEL:

Tell them your name and age.

LARRY HENDERSON My n...name is L... larry Henderson. I'm=

forty-eight.

HUMMEL:

Good Mr. Henderson, continue ...

LARRY HENDERSON:

I d don't know who you are, but

p please, there's a gun

EXT. ALCATRAZ - BEHIND CHINA ALLEY - NIGHT

Mason and Goodspeed, crestfallen, listen.

LARRY HENDERSON (V.O.)

(loudspeaker)

...and they're going tooh god...

(through tears)

...please don't kill me

Larry's quivering voice trails off. Replaced by:

HUMMEL (V.O.)

(loudspeaker)

Convinced? Mr. Henderson hopes so.

You have two minutes.

Goodspeed turns to Mason.

GOODSPEED:

I'll go.

MASON:

Wrong.

GOODSPEED:

What, vou?

MASON:

I'm not the chemical weapons expert.

GOODSPEED:

Good point. Okay here, take 'em.

Goodspeed unpockets the V.X. ROCKET'S GUIDANCE CHIPS. Hands

them to Mason. Mason heaves them into the bushes.

GOODSPEED:

What are you doing?

MASON:

Now they only have three rockets left.

GOODSPEED:

What about Mr. Henderson?

MASON:

Hummel's a soldier, not a murderer.

GOODSPEED:

Wait.

MASON:

(stops; turns)

Find the rockets. If they're guarded,

kill the men guarding them.

GOODSPEED:

I... I don't know if I can do this.

MASON:

There's only one way to find out. I'll

try to give you time. And

Goodspeed....

(tosses Goodspeed his

ATROPINE SYRINGE)

Don't be an idiot. Put that on.

Mason moves off into the night.

GOODSPEED:

Well thank-you, thank-you very much.

Goodspeed creeps toward the China Alley rocket launcher.

EXT. CHINA ALLEY - NIGHT

Goodspeed moves under the grated, multi-level structure of china Alley. =

Looks up through the grate. The ROCKET LAUNCHER sits on the grate on the=

level above him.

EXT. MAIN CELL BLOCK - NIGHT

Mason walks down the middle of the cell block toward the

opening to the exercise yard.

EXT. ALCATRAZ - PRISON YARD - ONE MINUTE LATER - NIGHT

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