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INT. STOLEN CAR - MOVING - LATER RAIN GUSHES down. Jack stews silent. The car moves down a HIGHWAY, intermittently illuminated by oncoming headlights. TYLER JACK STEPH AND MECHANIC TYLER JACK TYLER JACK TYLER JACK TYLER JACK Opposing HEADLIGHTS get closer fast... JACK Tyler turns the wheel and the car gets into the proper lane. The other car flies PAST, HORNING SOUNDING... JACK TYLER JACK TYLER JACK STEPH AND MECHANIC JACK TYLER JACK Tyler steers the car into the opposite lane, accelerates... JACK TYLER STEPH MECHANIC TYLER JACK TYLER JACK TYLER Jack fights to turn the wheel, but Tyler uses both hands. JACK The oncoming truck HONKS and FLASHES its LIGHTS. It moves to the other side of the road. Nearing impact with the oncoming truck, the truck ROARS past, spraying water, HORN BLASTING. Jack looks at Tyler with dead eyes. JACK TYLER Tyler steers the car into the opposite lane again. Jack keeps the grip, turns the wheel...the car swerves... JACK TYLER JACK TYLER JACK TYLER Jack takes his hands off the wheel. JACK Tyler accelerates. THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD: a STALLED CAR ahead on the side of the road, surrounded by flares. Jack and Tyler's eyes stay locked as the car drifts onto the shoulder...heading for the stalled car. Their faces are illuminated by the lights of the flares. They SMASH into the stalled car -- AIRBAGS INFLATE! The back of the car whips around and carries it into a ass-over-tea-kettle ROLL down a hill. The car finally hits the bottom, lying on its roof. EXT. OVERTURNED CAR Tyler crawls from the passenger side. He walks around...opens the driver's side door and drags Jack out into the mud. Steph and the mechanic climb out the broken rear window. JACK (V.O.) Tyler sits beside the stunned, wounded Jack. TYLER INT. PAPER ST. HOUSE - JACK'S BEDROOM - LATE NIGHT Jack lies in the bed, traumatized, and Tyler sits nearby. TYLER Tyler stands up, takes his briefcase and gives Jack's head a pat. TYLER Jack makes a move with his hand, but the door closes behind Tyler. INT. JACK'S ROOM - DAY Jack opens his eyes, awakening to sunlight thru the window. JACK (V.O.) INT. UPSTAIRS LANDING - DAY Jack slowly pushes open the door to Tyler's room. JACK The room is empty. Jack closes the door -- on the door there are hundred of DRIVER'S LICENSES; a sign above them: "HUMAN SACRIFICES". INT. LIVING ROOM - DAY Jack comes downstairs...finds DOZENS OF SPACE MONKEYS. JACK (V.O.) INT. KITCHEN - CONTINUOUS Jack enters. Space monkeys render fat, and make soap. They pinch HERBS, adding them to the mix. They add VODKA. Off to the side, a couple monkeys stir a vat of RICE. JACK (V.O.) FRECKLED SPACE MONKEY JACK (V.O.) Jack moves to the landing. FOOD COURT MAITRE D' JACK (V.O.) INT. PAPER ST. HOUSE - OFFICE - LATER Jack enters. Space monkeys shuffle papers and NEWS CLIPPINGS. Walls are lined with FILES, each labeled with s STREET ADDRESS, under SIGNS: "Mischief", "Disinformation", "Arson". Jack's eye lingers on a file with a street address. He starts flipping through the file. ANGEL FACE, with his face injured from the last fight with Jack, comes to take the file from him. ANGEL FACE JACK ANGEL FACE JACK As Angel Face replaces the file, Jack notices -- A LYE-BURNED KISS-SCAR on the back of Angel Face's hand. INT. LANDING Jack comes up the stairs. JACK (V.O.) INT. KITCHEN - MOMENTS LATER Jack picks up a BOTTLE of VODKA and goes out. EXT. BACKYARD - NIGHT Jack takes a swig of vodka, smokes. In the background a Space Monkey WHACKS an APPLICANT with a BROOM. Other space monkeys tend the garden. JACK (V.O.) Jack drops his cigarette in the gravel, steps on it. A Space Monkey immediately comes to clean it up. JACK MARLA'S VOICE (O.S.) Jack turns, sees Marla with an overnight bag. JACK MARLA JACK MARLA JACK Marla stares at Jack, miserable. She turns and walks away. Jack watches her go. There's a LOUD COMMOTION from the house. VOICES SHOUTING. Jack heads to the back door... INT. KITCHEN - CONTINUOUS Jack enters. The Mechanic crawls, bleeding from a gunshot wound to the LEG. Space Monkeys begin a rudimentary job of treating the wound. Other Space Monkeys carry in the DEAD BODY in BLACK CLOTHES and SKI MASK, putting it on the table. MECHANIC JACK Space Monkeys stare at the body. MECHANIC EXT. SCULPTURE PARK - NIGHT (FLASHBACK) A SCULPTURE adorned with a giant GLOBE on top. MECHANIC (V.O.) One space monkey talks to his walkie-talkie. SPACE MONKEY A SERIES of EXPLOSIONS blasts the GLOBE free. It ROLLS... MECHANIC (V.O.) THE GLOBE ROLLS downhill... MECHANIC (V.O.) The GLOBE arrives at the lobby of a HOTEL...BROADSIDES a limo, RICOCHETS...ROLLS directly into the front of a closed ARROSTO coffee bar, SMASHING windows...DECIMATING coffee push-parts. EXT. PARK - AERIAL VIEW (FLASHBACK CONTINUOUS) Bob, Steph and the Mechanic split up, running O.S. MECHANIC (V.O.) HARSH VOICE INT. KITCHEN - NIGHT (RESUMING) JACK MECHANIC Jack pulls the ski mask off the corpse -- it's BOB, with a gunshot wound to the HEAD. STEPH JACK Jack walks away from the corpse, distraught, holds his head, turns to look back, his eyes filling with tears. MECHANIC ANGEL FACE Jack looks around in disbelief. JACK ANGEL FACE Several Space Monkeys gather around Bob's body. JACK Space Monkeys stop. Jack gets between them and Bob, SHOVES a few Space Monkeys back... JACK ANGEL FACE JACK STEPH JACK MECHANIC JACK Everyone stares at Jack. MECHANIC STEPH JACK ALL SPACE MONKEYS JACK Jack backs away, surrounded, PUSHES his way out of the room. INT. TYLER'S ROOM - MOMENTS LATER Jack barges in, goes to the desk, rifling through drawers. He finds FLIGHT COUPONS, USED and UNUSED. The used coupons have flight information, including the destination cities. The PHONE RINGS. Jack answers it. JACK INTERCUT WITH... INT. POLICE STATION - DETECTIVE STERN'S OFFICE DETECTIVE STERN Jack in panic, HANGS UP. INSERT - AN AIRPLANE TAKES OFF Jack sits stiffly in a seat. JACK (V.O.) EXT. AIRPORT - NIGHT Jack hurries from the terminal, runs to a TAXI... JACK (V.O.) INT. BAR - DAY Jack enters. He moves to the bar. The BARTENDER talks with two other guys, all with FIGHT BRUISES. JACK BARTENDER The bartender WINKS at Jack. INSERT - AERIAL VIEW - ATLANTA SKYLINE - NIGHT JACK (V.O.) INSERT - AERIAL VIEW - CHICAGO SKYLINE - DAY JACK (V.O.) INSERT - AERIAL VIEW - DALLAS SKYLINE - NIGHT JACK (V.O.) INT. DRY CLEANERS - DAY The PROPRIETOR, his head bandaged, is confronted by Jack. JACK BANDAGED PROPRIETOR JACK BANDAGED PROPRIETOR Jack gives up, shoves his way out the door. INT. AIRPORT - DAY JACK (V.O.) INT. TAXI - NIGHT Jack sits in the back seat. As the taxi moves, Jack sees in different corners men FIGHTING. JACK (V.O.) INT. SPORTS BAR - DAY TVs shows football. Jack is seated with TWO BRUISED PATRONS. BRUISED PATRON #1 JACK BRUISED PATRON #1 BRUISED PATRON #2 JACK BRUISED PATRON #1 BRUISED PATRON #2
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INT. AIRPLANE - NIGHT Jack sits awake. Everyone around his is asleep. JACK (V.O.) EXT. MID-TOWN STREETS -DAY Jack steps off the sidewalk... EXT. CITY ALLEY - DAY The alley's deserted. Jack hafts to rusty CELLAR DOORS. He opens the doors, looks around, heads downstairs.... INT. DANK BASEMENT - CONTINUOUS Jack enters this dark basement, walks ahead in dim light. The place is damp and empty. Jack stops, looks down. JACK (V.O.) At his feet -- DRIED BLOOD on the concrete floor. INSERT - AERIAL VIEW - PHOENIX SKYLINE - DAY JACK (V.O.) INT. ANOTHER BAR - DAY Jack walks in. The place is empty. He walks to a KITCHEN DOOR, opens it and peers in at...a GROUP of KITCHEN WORKERS solemnly stand in a circle chanting... KITCHEN WORKERS They see Jack and they stop chanting. MAN'S VOICE (O.S.) JACK WOUNDED BARTENDER JACK WOUNDED BARTENDER JACK WOUNDED BARTENDER JACK WOUNDED BARTENDER JACK WOUNDED BARTENDER The Bartender holds up his hand, shows the KISS SCAR on the back of his hand. JACK (V.O.) INT. HOTEL ROOM - NIGHT Jack bursts inside, out of breath, runs to grab the phone, punches a number. INTERCUT WITH... INT. MARLA'S ROOM - SAME Marla answers. MARLA JACK MARLA JACK MARLA JACK MARLA JACK MARLA JACK MARLA JACK MARLA JACK (V.O.) JACK MARLA JACK MARLA JACK As Marla HANGS UP, Jack stares the receiver, dazed... TYLER'S VOICE Jack spins, dropping the phone -- Tyler's sitting on an armchair opposite him. JACK TYLER JACK TYLER JACK Tyler shakes his head, extremely irritated. JACK TYLER Jack sits on the side of the bed, face to face with Tyler. JACK TYLER JACK TYLER JACK FLASHBACK - HALLWAY - NIGHT COMMISSIONER JACOBS checks his tie in the mirror, goes to open the door of the MEN'S BATHROOM -- FACE TO FACE with JACK. INT. HOTEL - RESUMING TYLER JACK FLASHBACK - MEN'S BATHROOM - NIGHT CLOSE ON JACK, who's standing above Commissioner Jacobs. JACK INT. HOTEL - RESUMING TYLER JACK FLASHBACK - INT. KITCHEN - LATE NIGHT JACK is sitting alone, BURNING the BACK OF HIS HAND WITH LYE. INT. HOTEL - RESUMING TYLER JACK TYLER FLASHBACK - EXT. PAPER STREET HOUSE - BACKYARD - DAWN JACK INT. HOTEL - RESUMING JACK TYLER JACK FLASHBACK - EXT. PAPER ST. HOUSE - BACKYARD - NIGHT Jack stands in the yard, vodka in hand, yells at Marla. JACK MARLA INT. HOTEL - RESUMING JACK TYLER FLASHBACK - EXT. LOU'S TAVERN PARKING LOT - NIGHT Two guys are getting out of the back door. They see JACK PUNCHING HIMSELF. INT. HOTEL - RESUMING TYLER FLASHBACK - CURBSIDE - NIGHT JACK sits ALONE on the curb, talking to someone beside him, but nobody's there. He hands the beer to "someone" and the beer crushes to the ground. JACK INT. HOTEL - RESUMING TYLER FLASHBACK - INT. LOU'S BAR BASEMENT - NIGHT JACK stands surrounded by eager fight club members, under the bare bulb, talking and behaving like Tyler... JACK INT. HOTEL - RESUMING Jack listens Tyler, his mouth hangs open. TYLER FLASHBACK - BUILDING - NIGHT THE PARKER MORRIS BUILDING. JACK, Angel Face, Steph, Bob and another GUY rappel down the side, SPRAYING GREEN PAINT. JACK is "Tyler" in demeanor, mannerisms, speech... JACK TWO WINDOWS SHATTER OUTWARD. INT. HOTEL - RESUMING JACK TYLER JACK TYLER INT. HOTEL - RESUMING JACK TYLER FLASHBACK - TYLER'S BEDROOM - NIGHT JACK is on top of Marla, sweating, making violent love... INT. HOTEL - RESUMING JACK TYLER Jack stands up. JACK TYLER Jack stands, trying to absorb, feeling ill -- he suddenly FAINTS to the bed, OUT COLD. JACK (V.O.) INT. HOTEL ROOM - PRE-DAWN Jack's eyes snap open. The telephone is next to him on the bed and the phone's off the hook. Jack remembers the previous night...and runs to the door. INT. HALLWAY The room door SLAMS OPEN as Jack bursts out of the room, carrying his suitcase, SPRINTING for the STAIRWELL... INT. LOBBY - MOMENTS LATER Jack hurries to the front door, his suitcase half-broken open, passing the front desk. A DESK CLERK calls after him. DESK CLERK JACK The clerk follows the length of the counter, waves a PAPER. DESK CLERK Jack goes to desk -- snatches the bill, studies it: many NUMBERS. JACK DESK CLERK Jack looks at the clerk. JACK Jack freezes. EXT. AIRLINE CABIN - IN FLIGHT - DAY Jack stares out the window, his face set hard. JACK (V.O.) INT. PAPER ST. HOUSE, LIVING ROOM / KITCHEN - DAY Jack walks to find the place EMPTY and DESERTED. He continues on into the KITCHEN, gawks at BATHTUBS and CANISTERS holding vast amounts of liquid. There are HOSES, GAS MASKS, BEAKERS, TEST TUBES and PUMPS. JACK He sees a BOTTLE labeled "NITRIC ACID." JACK (V.O.) FLASHBACK - INT. KITCHEN - NIGHT TYLER INT. KITCHEN - RESUMING JACK INT. TYLER'S ROOM - LATER Jack sits by the phone, pulls out the HOTEL BILL, runs his finger up and down the list of PHONE NUMBERS... Jack's finger stops to a NUMBER. He dials, phone to his ear. VOICE JACK VOICE Jack sees a file on the wall: "1888 FRANKLIN STREET.." VOICE JACK VOICE Jack looks all the files on the wall... VOICE JACK VOICE JACK VOICE JACK VOICE Jack HANGS UP, and dials the next number on the bill. DIFFERENT VOICE Jack sees a file: "2160 PICO BOULEVARD." He throws the phone, pocketing the bill. He grabs ALL THE FILES. EXT. MARLA'S HOTEL - SUNSET Marla walks out the lobby doors, lighting a cigarette. Jack's TAXI halts and Jack's getting out of the cab, laden with files. JACK Marla makes a sharp turn, walking away. Jack follows, hugging the files to his chest, catching up. He grabs her arm, but Marla pulls away. JACK MARLA JACK MARLA JACK MARLA Marla heads into a DINER. Jack follows. JACK INT. DINER - MOMENTS LATER Marla sits on a BOOTH. Jack sits across from her. MARLA JACK Jack sees A WAITER with a BLACK EYE next to him. JACK WAITER MARLA JACK MARLA JACK WAITER JACK The waiter snaps to attention and leaves. Jack looks to the pass-through WINDOW into the kitchen where THREE COOKS with STITCHES in their faces. MARLA JACK MARLA JACK MARLA JACK Marla's getting up to go, but Jack rises, fed up, takes her by the arm, putting her back to her seat. MARLA JACK Marla crosses her arms. Jack collects himself. JACK MARLA JACK MARLA JACK MARLA JACK MARLA Everyone looks at them. Marla's getting upset, tears coming to her eyes. MARLA JACK MARLA JACK MARLA Marla gets up. Jack tries to grab her, but she's gone, heading to the door. JACK EXT. DINER - MOMENTS LATER Jack pushes out the door, files under one arm, catching up... JACK MARLA JACK MARLA Jack spots a BUS idling further up the street. JACK Jack stops in front of the bus. The bus stops. The BUS DRIVER opens the door. SOUNDS of HORNING from other cars behind the bus can be heard. JACK He pulls MONEY from his pocket holding out to Marla. JACK Marla hesitates, but finally takes the money from Jack's hands and walks toward the bus. Jack turns away, not to see the bus. MARLA JACK Marla stands at the doors of the bus, heartbroken, gives one last look at Jack. MARLA JACK Marla gets on the bus. MARLA Jack finally turns to look at her. MARLA DOORS HISS SHUT. The BUS LEAVES, heading away. Jack seems relieved. THROUGH THE BUSS WINDOWS: the bus is filled with BALD MEN IN BLACK: SPACE MONKEYS. Jack doesn't see them. The bus speeds away. Onboard, Space Monkeys, subdue Marla. Jack leaves running. INT. POLICE STATION - SUNSET Jack runs to the front desk, crazed, dumps the armload of files on the desk in front of the DESK SERGEANT... JACK INT. INTERROGATION ROOM - LATER Detective Stern and THREE DETECTIVES stand, staring at Jack, who's seated. On the table are the phone bill and the files. JACK STERN JACK STERN Stern leaves. A beat, then, the remaining detectives smile at Jack with REVERENCE. DETECTIVE ANDREW JACK DETECTIVE ANDREW DETECTIVE KEVIN DETECTIVE WALKER Jack stands up. DETECTIVE ANDREW DETECTIVE KEVIN JACK DETECTIVE KEVIN JACK DETECTIVE WALKER JACK DETECTIVE ANDREW They GRAB Jack and force him on his back on the table. They pull Jack's PANTS completely off, tosses them aside. Jack SCREAMS. Detective Walker holds Jack's legs. JACK A KNOCK at the door. DETECTIVE ANDREW DETECTIVE WALKER Detectives Andrew and Kevin block view of the table as Detective Walker opens the door with a crack. DETECTIVE WALKER STERN DETECTIVE WALKER Detective Walker glances back at the other Detectives, leaves, closing the door. JACK Detective Andrew has a knife and Detective Kevin has a rubber band. Jack kicks and screams and writhes. The Detectives wrangle him, but with more difficulty now that Walker's gone. DETECTIVE KEVIN DETECTIVE ANDREW DETECTIVE KEVIN DETECTIVE ANDREW As Detective Kevin is almost above Jack, Jack's free hand PULLS Kevin's GUN and points at him. Kevin backs off. Jack gets up, gasping for air. JACK Andrew drops the knife. Jack takes the files from the table. JACK The Detectives get down on the floor. JACK Jack heads to the door, opens it and leaves the room. INT. POLICE STATION, HALLWAY - NIGHT Jack, without pants, comes out of the door. He runs to the stairs and gets away from the back door. EXT. STREET - MOMENTS LATER Jack SPRINTS down the middle of the street, gun in hand, looking like a complete madman. Cars almost hit me. Jack points the gun to a car. JACK Some of the files fall, Jack takes them and runs. EXT. SIDEWALK - NIGHT Jack's still running, gun in one hand, files in the other. IN SLOW MOTION... JACK (V.O.) RESUME NORMAL SPEED... EXT. BANK BUILDING - LATER Jack, sweating and panting, stops, looks...then heads toward the building with the address "1888 Franklin Street.". He throws the files in a trash-can. A police car turns...Jack turns away. He heads to the lobby. EXT. 1888 LOBBY - LATER Jack tries the door -- locked. TYLER'S VOICE Jack turns and sees TYLER nearby. JACK TYLER Jack lifts a cast iron bench, runs forward -- RAMS it into the glass. The bench immediately recoils from the glass, SLAMS Jack's groin! Tyler APPEARS behind the DOOR, laughing. Jack falls to his knees, doubled over. Then, he rises, SHOOTS the glass...Tyler DISAPPEARS. INT. 1888 LOBBY Jack pushes through the broken glass. He sees a sign "GARAGE ESCALATORS." He sprints to it... INT. GROUND LEVEL - PARKING Jack enters, looks -- no cars. He bolts to the STAIRS... INT. TOP-LEVEL PARKING AREA - 7TH FLOOR Jack enters, heaving. Again NO CARS, except for A TRUCK. Jack heads toward it. He looks inside the front seats. He heads to the back of the car. He opens the back door of the truck sees: NINE LARGE CANISTERS, heavily-WIRED. INT. TRUCK - CONTINUED Jack gets inside to find the BOMB. There's a DIGITAL CLOCK, ticking down from "25:55"...TYLER appears in the back of the car. JACK TYLER JACK TYLER JACK TYLER JACK TYLER JACK TYLER JACK Jack looks back to the BOMB, wipes sweat from his face. Jack moves to pull the lid off one CANISTER, looks inside... TYLER Jack starts finger the MANY WIRES, sorting them. JACK Tyler APPEARS in the front passenger seat. TYLER Jack chooses one wire, GREEN, holds it in his fingers. TYLER Jack twists the GREEN WIRE around his finger. TYLER Jack PULLS the GREEN WIRE and the digital clock STOPS. Jack chuckles. TYLER Tyler PUNCHES Jack in the face. Jack falls down, out of the truck. INT. TOP-LEVEL PARKING AREA - 7TH FLOOR Tyler comes out of the truck, closes the doors, locks and throws away the keys. Jack points the GUN to him. JACK INT. SECURITY OFFICE - CONTINUOUS Banks of SECURITY MONITORS sit unmanned. ON ONE MONITOR: Jack aims the truck--nobody else is there. INT. TOP-LEVEL PARKING AREA - 7TH FLOOR - CONTINUOUS Jack aims...FIRES! One bullet BREAKS the back window of the truck. TYLER Tyler approaches Jack, Jack backs off, always aiming Tyler with the gun. JACK He FIRES again. Tyler gets pissed off. TYLER Tyler PUNCHES, knocks the gun out of Jack's hand. Tyler PUNCHES Jack in the face. Jack falls down. Jack scrambles to his feet, running backwards. TYLER Jack turns to a corner, Tyler's there: He PUNCHES him again in the face. INT. SECURITY OFFICE - CONTINUOUS Banks of SECURITY MONITORS sit unmanned. ON ONE MONITOR: Jack is seen on the floor, ALONE, WRESTLING HIMSELF. He swings his left hand up, punching empty air, then swings his right hand -- PUNCHING himself in the side of the head... INT. TOP-LEVEL PARKING AREA - 7TH FLOOR Jack stands, runs, tries to go under the truck. Tyler grabs his foot, taking off his SHOE. He hits Jack's head with the shoe. Jack goes behind the truck. Tyler follows him. Jack falls down again, and Tyler KICKS Jack's leg. Jack SCREAMS in pain. INT. MAIN LOBBY Tyler throws Jack, smashing the glass of the lobby door. They FIGHT viciously, bloodied. Tyler grabs Jack's hair, heading toward the stairwell. SECURITY MONITOR P.O.V.: Jack's got his hands behind his head, pulling himself. INT. STAIRWELL The stairwell is empty. Tyler GRABS Jack from his shirt and THROWS him in the stairwell. Jack's in the bottom of the stairwell, unconscious. Tyler leaves. FADE TO BLACK: INT. LARGE SOCIAL ROOM - TOP FLOOR - NIGHT CLOSE ON: Jack as he SNAPS AWAKE. Tyler is standing in front of him, holding the GUN in Jack's MOUTH. Jack looks around with his eyes... PULL BACK TO: This huge room is being remodeled. TYLER JACK (V.O.) TYLER JACK Tyler removes the gun from Jack's mouth. TYLER JACK TYLER Tyler approaches the window. TYLER Tyler heads toward Jack. He PUSHES the chair on which Jack is seated, and it SLAMS to the window. Jack sees through the window, below a BUS idles. The doors open and MARLA's dragged out, kicking and screaming carries by SIX SPACE MONKEYS... JACK TYLER MARLA (O.S.) They carry Marla into the BUILDING ENTRANCE. JACK TYLER JACK TYLER JACK TYLER JACK TYLER JACK TYLER JACK TYLER JACK TYLER JACK TYLER JACK The gun DISAPPEARS from Tyler's hand and APPEARS in Jack's. TYLER Jack stares at the gun a long time...Jack brings the gun up, PUTS THE GUN ON HIS LOWER JAW. Tyler cocks his head. TYLER JACK TYLER JACK TYLER JACK Their eyes are locked, unblinking. Long silence. Jack PUTS THE GUN IN HIS MOUTH. EXTREME SLOW MOTION: Jack's fingers squeezes the trigger...KABLAM! -- Jack's cheek INFLATE with gas. His eyes bulge. BLOOD files out from his head. The WINDOW behind him SHATTERS. SMOKE wafts out of his mouth and tear ducts. RESUME NORMAL SPEED as the GLASS FALLS behind Jack. Tyler stands, in gun smoke, eyes glazed, sniffs the air. TYLER Jack slumps to his chair. Tyler falls...Tyler hits the ground. The back of Tyler's head is BLOWN OPEN, revealing blood, skull and brain. TYLER'S BODY IS GONE. Suddenly a group of Space Monkeys burst into the room, moving forward Jack. STEPH TALL SPACE MONKEY STEPH Steph DROPS the beers on the floor. Jack quakes, holding the side of his head; a ragged hole blown in his CHEEK. He's bleeding hard, but he's alive. STEPH JACK MECHANIC JACK TALL SPACE MONKEY JACK Jack looks to the Space Monkeys, trying to get his eyes to see. TWO SPACE MONKEYS enter with MARLA. One hold a gun to Marla as she struggles. JACK MARLA JACK MECHANIC JACK The monkeys release Marla. Only the short Space Monkey is left with Marla and Jack, while the others are leaving, hesitantly. MARLA JACK MARLA JACK MARLA JACK INT. ELEVATOR - CONTINUOUS The SPACE MONKEYS stare at Marla and Jack. ONE SPACE MONKEY SECOND SPACE MONKEY INT. LARGE SOCIAL ROOM - TOP FLOOR - CONTINUOUS MARLA Marla crouches, takes out wadded TISSUES and tries to apply them to Jack's wound. JACK The space monkey rushes to find some gauze. MARLA INSERT: "Where is my mind?" by the Pixies. JACK MASSIVE EXPLOSION...the glass walls rattle...Jack and Marla look -- OUT THE WINDOWS: A BUILDING EXPLODES; collapsing upon itself. Then ANOTHER BUILDING IMPLODES into a massive cloud of dust. Jack and Marla are silhouetted against the SKYLINE. Jack looks Marla, reaches to take her hand. JACK Marla looks at him. ANOTHER BUILDING IMPLODES and COLLAPSES inward...and ANOTHER BUILDING...and ANOTHER... The FILM SLOWS, then ADVANCES ONE FRAME AT A TIME -- SHOWING SPROCKET HOLES on the SIDES. EACH FRAME is an IMPLODING BUILDING -- then, ONE FRAME IS A PENIS. Then the IMPLODING BUILDING again. SPEED UP frames, LOSE THE SPROCKET HOLES, RESUME NORMAL SPEED... FADE TO BLACK:
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