Rush Hour 2 Page #3

Lee and Carter dash around the corner to see the gangsters

SWARMING UP THE SCAFFOLDING. Lee wastes no time going after

them. With a running start, he JAMS A FOOT on the wall and

VAULTS to the BOTTOM RUNG, GRABS HOLD AND SWINGS UP.

CARTER:

Hang on, Lee. I'm coming.

Carter jumps to grab hold of the scaffolding. NOT EVEN

CLOSE. He backs up -- he's gonna take a running start!

ABOVE - LEE REACHES 4 GANGSTERS. They all tear off the

LENGTHS OF BAMBOO and square off. The clatter of wood

against wood as they beat at each other. Wrestling over his

pole, Lee FLINGS TWO of the GANGSTERS over the edge.

BELOW, Carter has hold of the bottom rung, STRAINING MIGHTILY

to pull himself up. Just as he gets his chin above the

bar... snap! It BREAKS and he drops. Then...

WHAM! WHAM! The two gangsters CRASH LAND ON EITHER side of

CARTER. HE takes one look at their pain.

CARTER (CONT'D)

Forget this...

He dashes into the stairwell. ABOVE, the last two GANGSTERS

come at Lee. He stomps down, levering up floor boards, which

SEE-SAWS them off-balance. With the advantage, he BATTERS

them with his bamboo pole and knocks them off. He climbs

after the GANGSTER LEADER.

ON HU LI and the GANGSTERS

Coming over the crest of the hill, seeing Carter climbing up

the hill.

EXT. ROOF - CONTINUOUS

Lee pulls himself up onto the roof, takes a few steps when

WHAM! He is clocked by a 16-foot BAMBOO POLE. Lee TOPPLES

OVER THE EDGE! We see his adversary for the first time.

HU LI - AGILE, GORGEOUS...DANGEROUS

As she steps to the edge... BOOM! The STAIRWELL DOOR FLIES

OPEN and CARTER EMERGES. Gun low and ready. Hu Li is gone.

CARTER:

(out of breath)

Freeze! Nobody move!

Carter goes to the edge and sees Lee hanging on a pole below.

Carter is blind-sided by Hu Li.

She takes one sultry step towards him, then twists her heel

and WINDMILLS a HARD KICK that sends Carter FLYING OFF THE

ROOF!

He falls along the side of the building. He manages to grab

the end of a BAMBOO POLE that juts out from the scaffolding.

LEE IS RIGHT THERE NEXT TO HIM!

They're hanging side-by-side, holding on for their lives. Hu

Li looks down at them. She has no weapon to finish them off.

She turns and runs, disappearing in the night.

CARTER AND LEE:

holding on with all their strength. The bamboo is starting

to bend.

CARTER (CONT'D)

All I wanted was a little mu-shu.

LEE:

Try to land on your feet.

Carter looks down at a rancid dumpster below them.

CARTER:

I can't believe I flew ten-thousand

miles for this sh*t.

The POLE BREAKS

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