True Lies Page #9

87 EXT. PARK - NIGHT

ON HARRY, running. Ahead is a MOUNTED COP. Harry doesn't

break stride, heading right for the cop on the horse. The cop

turns, surprised, a split second before-- Harry pulls him off

the horse and slams him to the ground (he's wearing a helmet).

HARRY:

Federal Officer in pursuit of

suspect! Sorry.

Harry is in the saddle and galloping after Malik before the cop

can get his gut out of the holster to stop him.

MALIK roars through the park on the Kawasaki. He looks back,

amazed to see Harry charging after him on a horse. They

scatter joggers and bicyclists, people walking their dogs.

TRACKING WITH THEM as they rocket through the park. Malik

leaves the winding path and goes straight through the trees.

Harry charges through some rollerbladers who go sprawling.

Malik fires his Beretta straight back at Harry, emptying it.

He drops the pistol and crouches over the bike, twisting the

last bit of throttle out of it. They are going flat out,

through the trees, in a kinetic blur.

88 EXT. STREET - NEAR MALL - NIGHT

Gib, panting and heaving, pulls his car into traffic. The Unit

Seven car pulls out as well, up the block.

GIB:

Harry, what's your twenty?

89 EXT. PARK/ STREETS - NIGHT

Harry is legging the police horse hard. He has his reigns in

one hand, his Glock in the other. It's the wild west.

HARRY:

Westbound in the park... suspect

is on a motorcycle... he's going

to come out on Franklin. Hang

on--

Harry leaps a park bench like he's in a steeple chase.

HARRY (CONT'D)

I want you on 14th in case he

turns south. And I need Seven on

the north side to box him in.

90 INT. /EXT. GIB'S CAR - NIGHT

Gib is weaving furiously through traffic. He slides into a

turn.

GIB:

Copy that.

HARRY:

And make it fast. My horse is

getting tired.

ON GIB, mouthing "Your horse?"

91 EXT. STREET - NEXT TO PARK - NIGHT

Malik explodes through the bushes and out onto the street.

Cars skid around him, out of control. He turns south. Weaving

through traffic. Harry leaps the hedgerow behind Malik and

gallops among the spun-out cars. He goes right over the hood

on one which is blocking his path. The driver ducks as the

horse's hoof cracks the windshield.

92 EXT. STREET/ HYATT REGENCY HOTEL - NIGHT

Up ahead traffic is stopped, jammed tight at a light. Malik

goes into the oncoming traffic lanes, which are empty. Gib's

car slides around the corner in a blare of horns and comes

barrelling down the street toward him. Gib cranks the wheel

the slides the car broadside, blocking both lanes. Malik locks

up the brakes and the bike slides to a stop. Then the

terrorist pops the clutch and wheels the bike around-- Jumping

the curb and going straight at the entrance of THE HYATT

REGENCY HOTEL.

Bellmen and guests scatter as the bike roars right at them.

The sliding doors and opening for a bellman coming out with

bags and Malik blasts past him into the lobby.

HARRY ducks, galloping through the doors after him.

93 INT. HOTEL - NIGHT

Acres of marble and red carpet. Liveries porters. Guests

dressed for evening, the men in suits, diamonds on the women.

And sudden pandemonium as Malik roars through the lobby, with

Harry charging along behind him. Malik guns it across the

lounge, knocking over tables. He gets air at the top of the

steps going up to the RESTAURANT.

Harry swerves to avoid a panicking guest and finds himself

careening toward the JAZZ QUARTET at a full gallop. He gathers

the animal and LEAPS (in glorious SLOW MOTION) over the

bassist, who is diving for the carpet. Harry and horse land

deftly and then he urges his mount right up the steps after

Malik.

94 INT. HOTEL RESTAURANT - NIGHT

Malik roars between the tables, looking around wildly for a way

out. Harry charges in, ducking to avoid the chandelier.

Waiters, trays, dinners, tables... everything seems to be

flying at once as people dive out of the way.

95 INT. HOTEL - MAIN HALL - NIGHT

MALIK skids out into the main hall by another door, and sees--

the ELEVATORS. The door is just closing on one of them. He

guns it and slides through the doors.

HARRY RIDES out of the restaurant in time to catch a glimpse of

Malik as the doors close.

96 INT. SCENIC ELEVATOR - NIGHT

Harry canters the horse into the next elevator, which has just

been boarded by an older couple. He has to practically lie

down on the horse to fit through the door. The animal barely

fits, nose to tail, in what turns out to be--

A GLASS ELEVATOR with a view of the whole atrium of the hotel

as it rises, right to the top of the building. Harry looks

through the glass at the elevator car next to him, fifteen feet

away. Malik is inside, punching a button. He glances up and

sees Harry. There eyes meet for a moment, just before Malik's

car ascends rapidly. Malik's malevolent glare is etched on

Harry's retinas.

The older couple is jammed against the side-wall by Harry's

panting, snorting horse. It clomps around the tight elevator.

The woman is trying to crawl between her husband and the wall.

HARRY:

Can you just press the top floor,

please.

The man nods mutely and complies. Their elevator takes off,

rising after Malik's.

97 INT. HOTEL LOBBY - NIGHT

Gib runs in with Faisil and Keough. They follow the path of

destruction, growing more and more amazed. Gib yells to one of

the porters.

GIB:

The guy on the horse?!

The porter points at the elevators.

98 INT. / EXT. SCENIC ELEVATORS - NIGHT

Harry has slid off the horse to get next to the control panel.

He can look up at an angle and see Malik in the car above him.

His thumb hovers over the emergency stop button. If Malik gets

out at any floor, Harry will have a moment to react and stop.

Malik can look down and see this. He knows Harry's got him.

He just keeps going, floor after floor, using the time to

think.

The older woman is still just staring, trying not to breathe.

The horse flicks her in the face with his tail.

99 INT. /EXT. ROOFTOP - NIGHT*

The rooftop has a spectacular view of the city. TRACKING WITH *

Malik as he comes out of the elevator, rides to the far edge of *

the roof and slides to a stop. He looks down twenty stories.

THE SECOND ELEVATOR arrives. The doors part and Harry comes *

out, with his Glock poised and ready. He sees Malik revving*

his bike. The terrorist brodies the bike into a fast one-

eighty and speeds back toward the edge of the roof. Amazingly,

he increases speed, ROARING RIGHT OFF THE EDGE, ARCING THE

BIKE SUICIDALLY OUT INTO SPACE!

Harry rides to the edge in time to see Malik, on his bike,

CLEAR A 60 FOOT JUMP and SPLASH INTO THE ROOFTOP POOL of a*

LOWER BUILDING next to the hotel!

Harry is out of control now, seeing the guy setting away. He

wheels his mount and charges across the roof to get some

running space. Then he turns again, back toward the edge Malik

jumped from. He kicks the horse's flanks and yells HAAHH!!

The horse's hoofs thunder on the roof as they go full tilt

toward the edge.

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