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Screen Play In Progress Draft

FADE FROM BLACK.

In A DARK ALLEWAY.

THREE INDIVIDUALS ARE IN AN ALLEYWAY TOGETHER. ONE INDIVIDUAL IS

PINNED DOWN TO THE FLOOR BY A PERSON CALLED BEN WHEREAS THE THIRD

PERSON CALLED JACK WATCHES THE INDIVIDUAL.

JACK: IT’S NOT TOO LATE, YOU KNOW.(JACK PROCEED TO STARE DOWN AT THE

INDIVIDUAL AS HE LEAN AGAINST THE WALL OF THE ALLEYWAY)

INDIVIDUAL: NOT TOO LATE FOR WHAT? (INDIVIDUAL TRIES TO RAISE HIS

HEAD SLIGHTLY, BUT BEN STAMP ON HIS HEAD TO BRING IT TO DOWN TO THE

GROUND. INDIVIDUAL LET OUT A GROAN OF PAIN)

JACK: TO CONFESS YOUR CRIMES. IF YOU DECIDE TO DO IT NOW, I’LL MIGHT

LET YOU OFF THE HOOK.

INDIVIDUAL: (TAKE A DEEP BREATH AND EXHALE IN SLIGHT PAIN) FINE I

DID IT. IT WAS ME THAT RATTLED MICHAEL OUT TO THE COPS. (UPON

HEARING THIS, THE TWO MAFIA MEMBERS EXCHANGED EYE CONTACT WITH EACH

OTHER AS JACK GIVES THE SIGNAL TO BEN. BEN PROCEEDS TO GET A GUN OUT

OF HIS JACKET. INDIVIDUAL CATCHES A GLIMPSE OF THIS.)

INDIVIDUAL: WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!? YOU’RE TAKING BACK YOUR WORD. (BEN

READY THE GUN INTO POSITION AS HE WAIT FOR THE SIGNAL FROM JACK.)

CAMERA CUT TO JACK.

JACK: (GET A CIGARETTE OUT OF HIS POCKET AND PUT CIGERATTE IN HIS

MOUTH) I NEVER SIGNED A CONTRACT WITH YOU (JACK LIGHT UP CIGERATTE

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AS HE TAKE A PUFF. THIS IS THE SIGNAL THAT BEN IS WAITING FOR.

GUNSHOT IS HEARD AS BEN SHOT INDIVIDUAL)

CAMERCA CUT TO BEN.

BEN: I’LL GET THE BAGS AND YOU GET THE CAR READY.HERE’S THE KEYS.

(TOSS THE KEYS TO JACK)

(JACK CATCHES KEY, BUT PHONE GOES OFF IN THE DISTANCE, BOTH OF THEM

TRACE THEIR EYES TOWARDS THE NOISE COMING BEHIND THE TRASHCAN. BOTH

MEMBERS WALK TOWARDS THE TRASHCAN)

(JACK GET THERE FIRST AND GRABBED ONTO MARI’S HAIR AND YANKED HER

OUT BY HER HAIR AND PULLED HER OUT FROM HER HIDING SPOT BEHIND THE

TRASHCAN. MARI SCREAMS IN PAIN WHILE SHE SHOUTED INTO HER PHONE THAT

SHE HOLD IN HER RIGHT HAND WHILE STRUGGLING AGAINST BEN.)

MARIA: WILL, HELP ME! THEY’RE GOING TO KILL ME! (JACK PUT GLOVED

HAND OVER HER MOUTH WHILE BEN SNAP MARI’S PHONE FROM HER HAND AND

HANGED UP. BEN PROCEED TO PUT PHONE IN HIS POCKET)

*

CAMERA CUT TO WILL ENTERING HIS APARTMENT. (WILL PLACED HIS GYMBAG

IN THE PASSENGEWAY. WILL WALKED INTO THE KITCHEN AS HE GETS HIS

PHONE OUT FROM HIS POCKET. WILL NOTICE HE HAVE A VOICEMAIL AND

DIALLED THE NUMBER AND PUT THE PHONE ON SPEAKER AS HE PLACED THE

PHONE ON THE WORKTOP.)

(WILL PROCEED TO GET A GLASS AND FILL THE GLASS WITH WATER AS HE

PLACED IT UNDER THE TAP THAT BELONGED TO THE SINK. HIS HUMMING AND

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THE RUNNING WATER CREATES A MOMENT OF CALM. BEFORE THE SUDDEN

QUIETNESS IS INTERRUPTED BY THE VOICEMAIL.)

VOICE MAIL: WILL HELP ME! (WILL LOOK STARTLED AND IN A STATE OF

SHOCK AS HE LISTENED TO THE VOICE MAIL. IN A STATE OF PANIC, WILL

DROP HIS GLASS INTO THE SINK AND RUSHED TO HIS PHONE)

(WILL PICKED UP PHONE) WILL: MARI, WHAT’S WRONG!?!? (WILL WAIT FOR

AN ANSWER TILL HE REALISED THAT IT’S A VOICEMAIL WHILE THE VOICEMAIL

COME TO AN END.

(IN A STATE OF SHOCK, WILL STAND THERE IN SILENCE WHILE HE LOOKS AT

HIS PHONE. WILL PROCCEED TO RING MARI AGAIN BUT IT GOES STRAIGHT TO

VOICEMAIL. IN RETURN WILL STARE AT HIS PHONE IN A NUMB STATE.)

(THE PHONE BUZZ AND ON AN IMPULSE WILL ANSWER THE CALL HOPING THAT

IT’S MARI DESPITE THE CALLER ID SAYING UNKNOWN)

WILL: MARI?

UNKNOWN ID: NO THIS ISN’T MARI BUT I KNOW WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO HER.

WILL: (WILL TAKE A DEEP BREATHE.) WHAT HAPPEN?

UNKNOWN ID: MEMBERS OF A MAFIA THAT MY UNIT HAVE BEEN KEEPING AN EYE

ON FOR MONTHS HAVE KIDNAPPED HER.

WILL: WHAT?! WHO ARE YOU?

UNKNOWN ID: YOU CAN CALL ME IVAN AND I WORK WITH THE POLICE. ARE YOU

INTERESTING IN GETTING YOUR GIRLFRIEND BACK IN ONE PIECE?

WILL: ………YES I AM.

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UNKNOWN ID: BE READY TO MEET ME TOMORROW THEN. I’LL MESSAGE YOU THE

DETAILS OF THE LOCATION. (BEFORE WILL CAN SAY ANYTHING, IVAN HANG UP

BUT A MOMENT LATER WILL, LOOK AT HIS PHONE AGAIN SINCE HE HEARD A

BUZZ SOUND FOR A MESSAGE. AS WILL LOOKED AT HIS PHONE HE SEE A

MESSAGE THAT HAVE AN ADDRESS IN IT.

*

CAMERA CUT TO IVAN SITTING AT HIS DESK AS HE NOTICED WILL STANDING

OUTSIDE THEIR OFFICE. (DESMOND WHOSE SITTING ON IVAN’S DESK MOTIONED

WILL TO COME IN WITH HIS ROLLED UP NEWSPAPER.)

(WILL ENTER BUT IS ON GUARD AS HE REFUSED IVAN’S SIGNAL TO SIT DOWN

ON THE CHAIR IN FRONT OF HIS DESK WHILE IVAN SMILE IN AMUSEMENT

WHEREAS DESMOND CHUCKLES.)

DESMOND: WE’RE NOT YOUR ENEMIES.

WILL: TRUE BUT I DON’T KNOW WHO YOU GUYS ARE EITHER.

IVAN: IF YOU SIT DOWN WE’LL BE GLAD TO TELL YOU.(IVAN GESTURE ONE

LAST TIME AT THE CHAIR AND RECULTANTLY WILL DECIDE TO SIT DOWN)

WILL: WHERE’S MARI?

IVAN: SHE’S UNDER THE CUSTODY OF A MAFIA RUN BY A TOP CRIMINAL

CALLED JANE WILSON.

WILL: AND? SO WHAT YOU’RE THE POLICE RIGHT GO AND GET HER BACK.

IVAN: IT’S NOT THAT SIMPLE UNFORUNATELY THAT’S WHY WE CALLED YOU IN.

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(WILL GROW FRUSTATED AND STAND UP FROM HIS CHAIR. HE LEAN FORWARD

WITH HIS HANDS ON IVAN’S DESK WITH HIS FACE INCHES AWAY FROM IVAN’S

FACE.

WILL: DO YOUR BLOODY JOB!

IVAN: NOW WILL CALM D-

(DESMOND CUT OFF IVAN AND LET OUT A WHISTLE) DESMOND: CALM DOWN,

LOVER BOY.

(WILL GRAB ON TO IVAN’S TIE AND PULLED HIS FACE TOWARDS WILL. THEIR

FACES ARE INCHES APART FROM EACH OTHER AS THE TWO EXCHANGED EYE

CONTACT WITH EACH OTHER)

WILL: CALL ME THAT AGAIN AND I-

DESMOND: DO WHAT? (DESMOND SMIRK AT WILL AS WILL’S GRIP TIGHTENED ON

HIS TIE BEFORE IVAN INTERRUPTED THEM)

IVAN: IF YOU WANT TO SAVE YOUR GIRLFRIEND WILL, LET GO OF OFFICER

DESMOND RIGHT NOW OR I’LL ARREST YOU RIGHT NOW FOR ATTEMPTED

ASSAULT.

(WILL LET GO OF DESMOND’S TIE AND PROCCEED TO SIT DOWN AGAIN WHEREAS

DESMOND JUST WATCHES HIM WITH A SMIRK ON HIS FACE WHILE IVAN LET OUT

A COUGH TO SIGNAL DESMOND TO BEHAVE HIMSELF)

WILL: WELL WHAT’S YOUR PLAN THEN?

IVAN: WE WANT YOU TO BECOME A POLICE OFFICER AND TRAIN UNDER US.

ONCE YOUR TRAINING IS COMPLETE, YOUR FIRST AND LAST ROLE IS TO ACT

AS A UNDERCOVER’S MOLE FOR US BY BECOMING A MEMBER OF JANE WILSON’S

MAFIA. TOGETHER WE CAN BRING DOWN HER MAFIA ONCE AND FOR ALL.

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WILL: WHY CAN’T YOU RESCUE MARI RIGHT NOW?

DESMOND: BECAUSE LOVER BOY, JANE WILSON AND HER MAFIA ARE VERY GOOD

AT GETTING RID OF EVIDENCE. WE CAN’T EVEN FIND ANY CCTV FOOTAGE OF

YOUR GIRLFRIEND GETTING KIDNAPPED BY THE MAFIA.

IVAN: SO IF YOU WANT TO SAVE YOUR GIRLFRIEND. THIS IS YOUR ONLY

OPTION. (IVAN RUMBLES BEHIND HIS DESK AND PULLED OUT A FILE FROM THE

CABINET OF HIS DESK. HE PLACED THE BROWN FILE ON THE DESK IN FRONT

OF WILL)

DESMOND: ONCE YOU’LL TAKE THAT FILE, THERE’S NO GOING BACK.

(WILL GLANCES AT THE FILE BEFORE HE SPEAK)

WILL: HOW’S LONG THE TRAINING?

IVAN: WELL NORMALLY IT’S TAKE ABOUT FOUR MONTHS BUT SINCE YOU’RE AN

GYM INSTRUCTOR AND THIS IS A SPECIAL CASE YOUR TRAINING WILL TAKE

ABOUT TWO MONTHS LONG.

(WILL CLOSES HIS EYE FOR A MOMENT AND EXHALES A BREATH, BEFORE HE

PLACED A HAND ON THE FILE AND TAKES IT.)

WILL: THIS BETTER WORK.

IVAN & DESMOND: IT’S ALL DOWN TO YOU NOW.

*

2 MONTHS LATER. CAMERA CUT TO WILL WALKING DOWN THE ROAD AS HE

SPEAKS INTO HIS PHONE. HE IS TALKING TO IVAN ON THE PHONE.

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WILL: SO YOU WANT ME TO FIND THE SOURCE THAT HAS BEEN SUPPLYING

DRUGS TO JANE’S MAFIA? HOW IS THAT CONNCETED TO MARI?

IVAN: ONCE WE HAVE EVIDENCE OF THE MAFIA’S CRIMES AND YOU PINPOINT

THE DRUGS SUPPLY’S LOCATION THEN WE CAN DO A RAID AND ARREST ALL OF

THEM. ONCE WE GOT JANE IN OUR CUSTODY WE CAN QUESTION HER ABOUT

MARI.

WILL: ALRIGHT, I GET IT SO MY FIRST STEP IS TO IMPRESS JANE WHEN

I’LL GET TO THE RESTAURANT AND GAIN HER APPROVAL.

IVAN: YES THAT’S THE PLAN.

WILL: HOW THE HELL DO I DO THAT THOUGH?

IVAN: THAT’S A GOOD QUESTION, WILL BUT THAT ALL DEPEND ON JANE.

REMEMBER WHATEVER HAPPEN DO NOT REVEAL YOUR IDENTITY OR YOU’LL BE

DEAD.

WILL: ALRIGHT, WELL THAT SHOULD BE EASY ESPECIALLY WITHOUT THE WIRE

THAT YOU WANTED ME TO HAVE. I’M NEARLY THERE ARE THE MEETING PLACE.

IVAN: GOOD LUCK, WILL.

(WILL END THE CALL AND PLACED HIS NOKIA PHONE IN A POCKET THAT IS

HIDDEN BY HIS COAT AS HE WALKED INTO THE BUSY RESTAURANT.UPON

ENTERING, HE SEE A YOUNG LADY BY THE BAR TAKING SHOTS AND WILL WALKS

TOWARDS HER AND SIT ON THE STOOL NEXT TO HER.)

WILL: JANE?

(JANE PUT HER SHOT OF VODKA DOWN ONTO THE BAR TABLE WHEREAS SHE

CLICKED HER FINGERS. WILL LOOK CONFUSED FOR A MOMENT TILL HE FEELS A

HAND WRAPPED AROUND HIS NECK. IN THAT MOMENT, WILL REALISED THAT

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JANE’S CLICKING WAS A SIGNAL TO ONE OF HER MEMBERS TO STAND BEHIND

WILL AND PLACED HIS HAND ON WILL’S THROAT WHEREAS WILL TRY TO PLAY

COOL AND START TO LAUGH.)

WILL: DID I HIT A SORE SPOT? (AS WILL SAYS THIS, THE GRIP AROUND HIS

THROAT TIGTHEN.)

JANE: NO, YOU JUST SURPISED ME THAT’S ALL AND I DON’T LIKE SUPRISES.

(JANE STANDS UP FROM HER STOOL AND MOTION WILL AND THE MEMBER BEHIND

HIM TO FOLLOW HER. WILL OBLIGED SINCE HE DOESN’T HAVE ANY CHOICE AND

IN A HIDDEN CORNER THERE’S A DOOR THAT JANE OPEN AND SHE WALK DOWN

THE DIMLY LIT STAIRS. WHEREAS WILL AND THE MAFIA MEMBER FOLLOW HER

DOWN THE STAIRS. THE STAIRS LEAD TO AN EMPTY ROOM WITH DIM LIGHTING,

IN THE CENTRE THERE IS A TABLE AND TWO CHAIRS. THE TABLE HAVE A

BOTTLE OF VODKA AND TWO GLASSES SHOTS ON TOP OF IT.)

(WILL IS FORCED TO SIT ONTO THE CHAIR AND THE MAFIA MEMBER STAND

BEHIND HIM WHILE JANE SIT ON THE OTHER CHAIR AND FILL THE GLASSES

WITH VODKA.)

JANE: SO WHO ARE YOU? (JANE PICK UP ONE GLASS OF VODKA AS SHE SIP

HER GLASS)

WILL: I’M SOMEONE THAT YOU WANT.

JANE: OH REALLY? WHAT CAN YOU OFFER ME?

WILL: UNDYING LOYALTY.

JANE: WELL YOU NEED TO PROVE YOURSELF TO ME, TOMORROW COME VISIT ME

AGAIN TO AND COMPLETE THE TASK THAT I HAVE PLANNED FOR YOU.

WILL:

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