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Synopsis: During a special operations training mission in Panama, four U.S. soldiers are killed mysteriously, and their leader, Sgt. Nathan West (Samuel L. Jackson), goes missing. A military investigator, Capt. Julia Osborne (Connie Nielsen), has trouble convincing the two survivors to talk about what happened that night. A more experienced investigator, Tom Hardy (John Travolta), is brought in to crack the case. However, when the survivors do start talking, their stories differ from one another.
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Production: Sony Pictures Entertainment
  3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.5
Metacritic:
34
Rotten Tomatoes:
21%
R
Year:
2003
98 min
$26,536,120
Website
1,029 Views


OSBORNE:

Hurricane knocked out our Mainframe,

so all we have are their dogtags.

Cadets Raymond Dunbar and Levi Kendall-

HARDY:

Levi? Who names their kid Levi

OSB0RNE

Senator Jonathan Kendall, of Ohio.

HARDY:

Christ... Remind me to thank Bill

for mentioning that on the phone-

OSBORNE:

Kendall Junior is still in surgery,

so he won't be available to answer

for his name or anything else for

another hour - the cadet we're talking

to first is Dunbar.

HARDY:

He's in interrogation?

OSBORNE:

Yes.

HARDY:

Move him.

10.

OSBORNE:

Why?

HARDY:

Because interrogation rooms look

suspiciously like interrogation rooms,

which doesn't exactly put people at

ease. Is he cute?

OSBORNE:

Excuse me?

HARDY:

Is Dunbar cute?

OSBORNE:

(pissed)

That is the most unprofessional-

HARDY:

Is he handsome, self assured, carry

himself well, does he look you in

the eyes or down at the floor, does

he have good bones, suggesting good

breeding, does he slouch or sit up

straight - these are important

questions, as they reveal a great

deal about this man's character so

please get over yourself for two and

a half seconds and tell me is he

cute?

Osborne stares at him. She finally nods.

HARDY:

Thank you. At some point in there

I'm gonna rub my nose. When I do,

go at him with everything you got.

OSBORNE:

Good cop/bad cop?

HARDY:

Something like that.

She starts to go make preparations.

HARDY:

Oh, and Osborne? You have any donuts

around here?

INT. FORT MCKINLEY -- CORRIDOR -- MORNING

As two M.P.'s escort RAYMOND DUNBAR (the "Bigger Man") into

11.

INT. COFFEE ROOM -- MORNING

A small cluttered room with the shades drawn. A folding

table has been set up in the middle of it with a chair on

each side. Dunbar takes a seat in the far chair. Takes in

his surroundings as the MP's leave, locking the door.

INT. FORT MCKINLEY -- CORRIDOR - MORNING

Hardy and Osborne head towards the Coffee Room.

OSBORNE:

I questioned him for three hours and

he didn't make a sound. You don't

have a badge, he won't talk to you.

HARDY,

Ten bucks says I have him talking in

under three minutes.

Osborne starts the timer on her digital watch.

OSBORNE:

Go.

INT. COFFEE ROOM -- MORNING

Dunbar looks up as they enter. Hardy smiles, cheerily.

HARDY:

Cadet Dunbar, good morning! I'm Tom

Hardy and I believe you've already

met Officer Osborne. I understand

you had a rough time of it last night?

No response. Hardy takes a seat across from the cadet.

HARDY:

Not talking, huh? You probably just

want to get some food and some sleep.

They feed you yet?

No response. Hardy reaches into his pocket. Pulls out a

DONUT.

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James Vanderbilt

James Platten Vanderbilt (born November 1975) is an American screenwriter. He is best known for the films Zodiac, White House Down, The Amazing Spider-Man, and The Amazing Spider-Man 2. more…

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