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If a nuclear war broke out, you could run the country from

down here.

Gibbons takes an elevator up.

INT. SAM TANNICK'S OFFICE - NIGHT

The office is expensive yet devoid of personality, reflecting

the shadowy nature of it's owner. One wall is GLASS, looking

down on the information room. SAM TANNICK, grizzled NSA chief,

looks down at the activity below.

SAM TANNICK:

Come.

Gibbons enters, stands by the desk.

GIBBONS:

Evening, Sam.

Sam remains in shadow.

SAM TANNICK:

What do you have?

GIBBONS:

Not a whole helluva lot. His final

transmission was mangled. About

something or someone called "Ahab".

Whatever it is, it cost him his life.

SAM TANNICK:

He was the best there was. That makes

three agents lost.

GIBBONS:

They're ruthless and they have a lot

of firepower. It's only a matter of

time before they figure out how to

deploy Silent Night. Then we're gonna

have a catastrophe on our hands.

SAM TANNICK:

Silent Night in the hands of a bunch

of impertinent cowboys

GIBBONS:

We're gonna have to step in, Sam.

Those CIA boys couldn't find a clown

in a field of cactus. Let me take

care of it.

SAM TANNICK:

How will you fix it?

GIBBONS:

I'll go in with a team. But first

I'm going to need some intel. I'll

have to put someone inside, someone

new, someone they won't see coming.

One of their own.

SAM TANNICK:

So you'll dredge the bottom again.

You've done that before. The results

were... uneven.

GIBBONS:

You wanna find out about rats, ask a

rat. I've had my people put together

a talent pool. I downloaded it to

your desktop.

Gibbons snaps on the giant FLATSCREEN on Sam's desk. He starts

cycling through PHOTO AFTER PHOTO of TOUGH LOOKING MEN.

GIBBONS:

The usual prospects. Convicts,

contract killers, murde...

SAM TANNICK:

The scum of the Earth.

GIBBONS:

But programmable. And expendable.

SAM TANNICK:

I've seen enough. Turn it off.

Gibbons clicks off the screen.

SAM TANNICK:

They're degenerates. There's not a

man in there that would give a damn

if the Chinese took over.

GIBBONS:

That's exactly why we need them.

Sam sighs, stares out at the information room.

SAM TANNICK:

Get these "scum", Mr. Gibbons, bring

them in. Test them. Train them. Find

your man.

CUT TO:

EXT. SKYSCRAPER - DOWNTOWN LA - NIGHT

The huge ARCO TOWER rises up towards a moonlit sky.

We see ACCOMPLICE #1 (TRAVIS PASTRANA) sneak up and take

position behind a FOUNTAIN.

ACCOMPLICE #2 (CAREY HART) sneaks across a roof and takes

position overlooking the fountain position of #1.

ACCOMPLICE #3 (DAVE MIRRA) takes up position in the second

story window of a FLOPHOUSE HOTEL down the street.

A MESSENGER (BOB BURNQUIST) skates up to the front of the

skyscraper with a PACKAGE. He gets the attention of the

SECURITY GUARD inside. The Security Guard unlocks the door

and lets him in.

Just then a VAN pulls up and ACCOMPLICES #4 (SHAUN PALMER)

and #5 (MAT HOFFMAN) hop out. They open up the back and a

BICYCLE is rolled out of the back by a MAN IN A HOODED JACKET.

Jacket Man rolls the bike to the skyscraper and enters the

lobby.

INT. SKYSCRAPER LOBBY - NIGHT

The Security Guard is checking his computer.

SECURITY GUARD:

Crump... I'm sorry, no one by that

name.

K The Guard glances up as Jacket Man gets into an ELEVATOR.

SECURITY GUARD:

Hey! You can't go up there!

The Security Guard rushes to intercept him. The Messenger

kicks his skateboard out, TRIPPING UP the Security Guard.

The Messenger hauls ass out the door. The Security Guard

pulls out his WALKIE-TALKIE.

SECURITY GUARD:

We've got an intruder in the express

elevator!

INT. ELEVATOR - NIGHT

The button for "91 - ROOF ACCESS" is lit up. Jacket Man waits

patiently.

INT. 91ST FLOOR - NIGHT

This fancy office is empty for the night. The STAIRWELL DOOR

opens and a PLATOON of SECURITY GUARDS rushes in. They take

Up position in front of the elevator doors armed with BILLY

CLUBS and TASERS.

DING! The elevator arrives and the door swings open. But

there's NOBODY INSIDE.

One Guard steps forward and suddenly a bicycle SWINGS DOWN

from the ceiling, TAGGING HIM IN THE FACE. He falls back,

TASERING another Guard.

Jacket Man drops down onto his bike and pedals through the

chaos before the Guards know what hit them. There's a CURVY

PIECE OF ART in the room, some kind of modern art statue.

Jacket Man rides up the artwork like a ramp and does a

TABLETOP AERIAL over a DIVIDER. He hits the ground pedalling,

the Guards hot after him.

Jacket Man enters a HUGE OPEN ROOM with a FIELD OF CUBICLES

in the middle. He bunny hops onto a desk and SLIDES TO A

STOP. He tosses back his hood and we get a good look at him

for the first time.

He is XANDER CAGE. He's got a shaved head, bizarre TATTOOS

all over his body and multiple PIERCINGS. He's lean and

heavily cut, even dangerous looking.

The Guards charge at him and he HOPS up onto the top of the

CUBICLE WALL. This thing is maybe FOUR INCHES WIDE and FIVE

FEET TALL.

He pedals across the top of the cubicle wall, the Guards

scrambling after him.

Xander bunny hops over one guy's head onto the next set of

cubicles and pedals hard. The Guards fall all over themselves

trying to catch him.

At the other end Xander catches air and lands on a CONFERENCE

TABLE. He does a WHEELIE across it's length with Guards

closing in.

Xander springs up and does a TAIL WHIP, knocking them back

with his rear wheel. He lands and pedals to the stairwell

untouched.

EXT. THE ROOF - NIGHT

Xander bursts out of the stairwell to the top of the TALLEST

BUILDING IN DOWNTOWN LA. He climbs on a RAISED PLATFORM.

From here he can drop down onto another level that is strewn

with SATELLITE DISHES and MICROWAVE RELAYS.

Guards rush onto the roof and try to corral him.

Xander tears off his jacket, revealing a BACKPACK on his

back and VIDEO CAMERA on his chest. He pulls out a ROAD FLARE

and SPARKS IT. We see there are SOAKED RAGS tied to his

SPOKES.

He LIGHTS THEM with the flare. Then he TOSSES THE FLARE off

the building.

EXT. STREET LEVEL - NIGHT

The Accomplices see the flare drop. #'s 1, 2 & 3 pull CAMERAS

OUT and start filming.

EXT. THE ROOF - NIGHT

Xander races around the roof like a trapped animal. He evades

Security Guards, picking up speed.

With Guards right behind, he drops off the TOP PLATFORM and

lands on a massive SATELLITE DISH.

Using the dish as a ramp, Xander LAUNCHES himself OFF THE

TOP OF THE BUILDING. We're talking 90 some stories here.

He spins through the air, his bike on fire. He's doing end

over end backflips. One... Two... Three... Four...

He's looping through space on his bike, a crazy man on a

flaming bike against a backdrop of sleek skyscrapers and

night lights.

The stunt is covered by the various Accomplices and Xander's

own chest camera, in SUPER 8 and DIGITAL VIDEO, from four

different angles.

Xander ditches the bike, kicking it away from him and plummets

towards the ground.

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