Notes

THE PLANE SCENE



Written by

BRAVO Nolan



Story by

BRAVO Nolan
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Racing along a cratered dirt road, and we are -



INT. LAND CRUISER JOSTLING OVER UNEVEN TERRAIN - DAY

Three Hooded Men guarded by North American Militia. A third
Militia drives. Next to him is a nervous, bespectacled man.



EXT. AIRSTRIP, EASTERN EUROPE - DAY

An airstrip overlooking a grey city rocked by artillery
fire. A Bane League of Shadows operative, flanked by Eastern European militia,
stands in front of a big plane. Bane watches the
Land Cruiser pull up, hard. The Military Men jump out of the
vehicle.
The Driver shoves the bespectacled man in front of Bane.

2.





Bane
Dr. Pavel, I'm Bane.
Dr. Pavel nods, nervous. Bane hands the Driver a
briefcase.



DRIVER
He wasn't alone.
Bane, confused, spots the Hooded Men. He turns to Dr.
Pavel.



Bane
You don't get to bring brothers.

DR. PAVEL

(SHAKEN)
They are not my brothers.

DRIVER
Don't worry, no charge for them.

BANE
Why would I want them?

DRIVER
They were trying to grab your
prize. (Smiles.) They work for the
Agency. The man in charge.



BANE

(EXCITED)
CIA?
The Driver nods. Bane turns to his mercenaries.



BANE
Get 'em on board - I'll call it in.





EXT. SKIES OVER MOUNTAIN RANGE - DAY

The big plane struggles over snow-capped mountains.



INT. MAIN CABIN, BIG PLANE - CONTINUOUS



The three Hooded Men kneel by the cargo door, handcuffed.
Bane grabs Hooded Man 1.

BANE
What are you doing in the middle of
my master plan?

3.


Hooded Man 1 says nothing. Bane pulls out a handgun.

The flight plan I just filed with
The League lists Masketta Man, Mosquito Man, and
Dr. Pavel here. But only one for
you.

Bane opens the cargo door. Mercenary’s hang Hooded Man
1 out into the howling wind - Bane shouts above the wind.



BANE

FIRST ONE TO TALK GETS TO STAY ON
MY PLANE! (Cocks weapon.)

SO...WHO PAID YOU TO GRAB DR.

PAVEL?!


Nothing. Bane fires out the open door and the mercenaries yank Hooded Man 1 back in, clubbing him quiet.

BANE

HE DIDN'T CRASH SO GOOD! WHO WANTS TO

TRY NEXT?!


The Mercenaries grab Hooded Man 2, hang him out the door.

BANE

TELL ME ABOUT CIA! WHY DOES HE

WEAR THE BELT?!


The prisoner says nothing. Bane presses the gun to the
man's hood - he cocks the gun...nothing.

BANE

LOT OF LOYALTY FOR A GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEE!



THIRD PRISONER (O.S.)
Or perhaps he's wondering why someone would
punch a man before crashing his aeroplane.


Bane turns to the Third Prisoner. Shuts the cargo door.

BANE
Big guy, huh? At least you can
talk. Who are you?



THIRD PRISONER
It doesn’t matter who we are. What matters is our flight plan... No one cared who I was til I learned to fly good.


Bane, wary, approaches the Third Prisoner - pulls off his
hood, revealing a beautiful, dark haired man. The
eyes behind it are cold. So cold. Nothing about his head seems above room temperature in any way. This is CIA.

4.

BANE

(FASCINATED)
If I crash this plane, will you die?

CIA
It would be extremely loyal.



BANE
You're a small guy -

CIA
For you.



BANE

(UNNERVED)
Was being caught part of your plan?

CIA
Of course. Dr. Pavel refused our
offer in favor of yours. We had to
know what he told you about us.

DR. PAVEL
Nothing! I said nothing!



BANE
Why not just ask him?

CIA
He would not have told us.



BANE
You have methods.

CIA
Him, I need healthy. You present no
such problem.

Bane laughs for the mercenaries benefit. A heavy bass
tone is rising. The Mosquito Man looks out the window.





EXT. SKIES OVER MOUNTAIN RANGE - CONTINUOUS

The big plane is dwarfed by a commuter plane
looming over it, dangerously close...

5.





INT. MAIN CABIN, BIG PLANE - CONTINUOUS

The plane lurches. The noise is building.

MOSQUITO MAN
Brother?



BANE
Well congratulations, you got
yourselves caught. What's the next
step of your flight plan?



CIA
Taking charge of this plane...



EXT. MOUNTAINS - CONTINUOUS



The ramp of the commuter opens... Four men leap out on
tethers - dropping towards the big plane, two each
side...





INT. MAIN CABIN, BIG PLANE - CONTINUOUS

The Mercenaries react to the turbulence from the plane
above. Bane looks at CIA.

CIA

(RISING)
With no hired guns!

A mercenary spins around – a soldier is
outside the window. Bang -





EXT. SKIES OVER MOUNTAIN RANGE - CONTINUOUS

Two men shoot through the windows, the other two attach
grapples to the fuselage - give the thumbs up - hoists start
to pull and the tail of the big plane is lifted,
unnaturally.



INT. COCKPIT, BIG PLANE - CONTINUOUS

The Pilots battle the controls as the plane tilts forward.

6.





INT. MAIN CABIN, BIG PLANE - CONTINUOUS

Like lightning, CIA has Bane in his handcuffed arms,
legs wrapped around a seat back, The entire cabin upends.
Tumbling chaos - mercenaries falling - CIA cracks Bane's
neck and drops him onto Mosquito Man- they tumble down the
plane, smashing into the cockpit door with a terminal thud.
Dr. Pavel, strapped in, pushes against the seat in front of
him - the plane vibrates, trying to tear itself apart.





EXT. ATLAS MOUNTAINS - CONTINUOUS

The men climb the tail of the bigger plane as it dangles
helplessly above the mountains. Its wings shear off.





INT. MAIN CABIN, BIG PLANE - CONTINUOUS

CIA breaks his handcuffs as if they were plastic, then
opens his legs and drops down the cabin, somersaulting
gracefully and using his arms to stop himself halfway down,
by Dr. Pavel.



EXT. SKIES OVER MOUNTAIN RANGE - CONTINUOUS

The men attach explosives to the tail, then jump away,
swinging out as the tail explodes.



INT. MAIN CABIN, BIG PLANE - CONTINUOUS

An explosion takes off the rear door of the cabin - the
Soldiers drop through the smoke on cables.
A body bag is lowered into the cabin. CIA lies it on the
seat backs next to Dr. Pavel and unzips it to reveal a body
the same age and build as Dr. Pavel.


CIA rips Dr. Pavel's sleeve - pulls out a length of
surgical tubing - pushes a needle into Dr. Pavel's arm -
runs the tube to the body's arm... Dr. Pavel watches,
horrified, as CIA starts compressions on the body's chest,
drawing Dr. Pavel's blood across the tube and into the
body...


A Soldier pulls Hooded Man 1 up through the cabin and
out. CIA stops Hooded Man 2.

7.





CIA
Friend. They expect one of us in
the wreckage.
The man nods, unhooks himself, takes CIAs arm.



HOODED MAN 2
Have we listed the flight plan?

CIA

(NODS)
We fly good.
.
Hooded Man 2 CIA Bane his line. CIA clips it around Dr.
Pavel, takes out a knife and cuts Dr. Pavel's seat belt. Dr.
Pavel panics, flails. CIA takes his arms. Gentle.



CIA
Calm, Doctor. Now is not time for
talking...
CIA slides Dr. Pavel out of his seat. They hang in the
vertical, windblown cabin. CIA takes out a detonator.



CIA
That comes later.
CIA presses the detonator - the cabin drops from around
them, revealing the terrifying drop to the peaks below. Dr.
Pavel screams as they are hoisted up towards the transport,
and we -