Mad Max 2 Page #5

The-black-on-black travels slowly through the shimmering

desert. The only sounds are the rumble of the engine

and the whistle of the wind.

As the car crests a rise MAX looks ahead and sees a

large kite - in the shape of a man's grinning face

hovering above a dune.

MAX leaves the DOG to guard the car ilnd, carrying a

Jerry can and a tyre iron, cautiously makes his way

across the sand.

14. ON THE DUNES. DAY.

From the top of the dune MAX sees that the kite is

tethered to an abandoned vehicle: a primitive version

of a gyrocopter - little more than a motor, a seat and a

rotor mounted on a chassis.

A set of footprints leads from the gyrocopter, up a dune

and disappears into the distance.

Slowly MAX approaches the vehicle, skirting around it,

looking for a trap. Nothing moves except for the

flurries of sand whirling across the dunes.

15. THE GYROCOPTER. DAY.

Carefully, MAX reaches up and taps the gas tank: empty.

As be straightens up, he hears a low hiss.

MAX freezes. Only inches away a snake, coiled around

the vertical shaft of the gyro, is poised to strike...

They stare at each other.

The snake strikes... MAX springs.. hand flashing ...

catching it by the neck.

He holds up the snake, grinning, about to kill it.

The head and shaft of an arrow emerge from the sand

behind him. It is followed by the frame of a crossbow

and a man's face, spitting sand, a length of rubber hose

clenched in his teeth. This is the GYRO CAPTAIN.

GYRO CAPTAIN:

Don't hurt that snake!

MAX turns. The CAPTAIN emerges from his shallow grave,

motioning with the crossbow.

GYRO CAPTAIN:

Put him back... gently!

MAX lays the snake on the rotor.

GYRO CAPTAIN:

Sounded like a big V-8 to me. I

guess I got myself some guzzolene.

He raises his bow, aiming at Max's head, preparing to

fire.

MAX:

The car's booby-trapped. Touch

those tanks and BOOM! You'll blow

yourself apart.

The CAPTAIN looks quickly in the direction of the

black-on-black, and back to MAX. He gestures with the

crossbow.

GYRO CAPTAIN:

Drop the weapons... Now back up.

MAX throws down the tyre iron and unhitches a bolster

which contains a sawn-off shotgun. The CAPTAIN slings

the gunbelt over his shoulder.

16. THE DESERT ROAD - MAX'S CAR.DAY.

MAX walks backwards towards his car. The CAPTAIN tense,

crossbow trained on MAX, follows him across the dune.

GYRO CAPTAIN:

You're quick, I'll give you that.

Never seen a man beat a snake.

Never. Reflexes, that's what you've

got. Me? I've got brains.

He taps his head as they arrive at the black-on-black.

GYRO CAPTAIN:

Now, where's this booby-trap?

MAX reaches under the car. His hand groping for a

machete clipped to the chassis. His fingers wrap around

the handle.

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