The Rock Page #2

SGT. CRISP

Sorry sir, you realise the importance

of these exercises.

EL:

(to Callahan)

Ten men who could have been terrorists are out there doing whatever they=

damn well please to your compound, Colonel. Here you sit with your ass=

chained to a f***ing radiator. This is not a tight ship. I would not want=

to be in your shoes in the morning.

Sgt. Crisp hits the FRONT GATEIS OPEN BUZZER and follows

Hummel out of the room.

EXT. ARMY WEAPONS COMPOUND - FRONT GATE - NIGHT

The gate swings open. TWO HUMVEES enter the compound.

EXT. CHEMICAL WEAPONS BUNKER - NIGHT

The marines use a 'rabbit tool, (hydraulic, compact and powerful) to pry=

open the bunker's steel doors. They rush down a hallway.

CHEMICAL WEAPONS BUNKER - INTERIOR HALLWAY - The marines

rush up to another steel door and quickly pry it open.

INT. C.B.W. BUNKER - NIGHT

A refrigerated storage room for chemical weapons. Storage tubes are=

labelled:
V.X. POISON GAS. Across the room are rockets labelled: 55 115 MM=

BOLT ROCKETS.

Using the TRACK HOOK SYSTEM in the bunker's ceiling, the marines move the=

V.X. CHEM ROUNDS and BOLT ROCKETS to the waiting humvees. It's very fast,=

like clockwork.

EXT. ARMY WEAPONS COMPOLIND - FRONT GATE - NIGHT

The Humvees, followed by Hummel in his Suburban, roar out of

the compound. CUT TQ:

INT. H " EL'S SUBURBAN - NIGHT

Hummel on a c.b. radio:

A textbook exercise, gentlemen.

Rendezvous in eleven hours.

EXT. F.B.I. FIELD OFFICE, FT. DIETRICK, MD. - DAY

Establish headquarters for chemical/biological weapons.

INT. F.B.I. OFFICE - CHEMICAL/BIOLOGIAL DIVISION - DAY

A WINDOWED DOOR stencilled "Chemical/Biological Weapons Division." A RUBBER=

DART hits the glass and drops into A TRASH CAN next to the=

door.

ISHERWOOD (V.O.)

Son of a b*tch...

GOODSPEED (V.O.)

You owe me five dollars, Marvin.

ACROSS THE ROOM - BILL GOODSPEED, 30, and partner/trainee MARVIN ISHERWOOD,=

25, feet up on desks, with toy guns. This is Man's Boredom. A ceiling fan=

circles. Isherwood yawns; scratches neck with his gun barrel.

GOODSPEED reloads. Aims. Fires.

THE DART hits A CARDBOARD TARGET across the room which activates a Rube=

Goldberg series of events ending in a PLASTIC GIRL being ignited in a PAN=

OF CHEMICALS.

GOODSPEED, without even getting up, casually sprays the pan

with flame retardant foam.

ISHERWOOD:

(yawns)

I was told this was exciting work.

GOODSPEED:

Patience, Marvin. It has its moments.

.A KLAXON sounds. Isherwood smiles excitedly.

INT. F.B.I. CHEMICAL WEAPONS - BASEMENT CORRIDOR - DAY

Isherwood follows Goodspeed down a grimy, off-white corridor illuminated by=

antiseptic light. This is an older building. Hasn't been refurbished and=

shows it.

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