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HONOR

Screenplay

by

Sam Bass

Registered Sam Bass

WGAw 2018 S. Broadway
Little Rock, AR. 72206
501/240-3253
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HONOR

FADE IN:

EXT. JUNGLE, HONDURAS - DAY

A warm breeze ripples through the thick jungle undergrowth.

Leaves on the trees rustle, covering the immediate sounds
of the jungle. SAMUEL SEVIER, A six feet tall, two hundred
pound, blonde man moves cautiously through the foliage.

SUBTITLE APPEARS - HONDURAS, SOUTH AMERICA, 6:OO P. M.,

DECEMBER 1999

Sam turns his head up to look. He sees a Huey helicopter

is flying very high above him. Suddenly sparks fly from the
cockpit of the chopper and then smoke. The helicopter
wobbles and losses power. It begins to drop nose first.

The helicopter is so close to Sam he can smell the oil and

hot metal of the burning U. S. Marine Corps aircraft
smoldering in the sky as it goes out of sight into the
jungle.

Sam moves toward the crash location.

SAM (V.O.)
My name is Sam Sevier, this hell on
Earth is my life. I was like every
other person once and I want to be
again.

Sam is heavily armed; his sharp blue eyes scan the area for
any possible trouble.

Sam quickly and quietly moves through the thick green

jungle. In a minute he is at the crash site.

Sevier cautiously stops outside the perimeter of the

wrecked smoking black Huey helicopter. His cautious eyes
scan the thick foliage.

He alertly moves to check the still bodies in the chopper.

The Marine pilot, a young Captain is dead.

(CONTINUED)
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CONTINUED:

The pilot is curiously heavily armed with an m-16 rack

beside his seat and a nine millimeter strapped to his
shoulder with four ammunition magazines hanging from the
strap. Sam quickly checks the weapons and goes to the
passenger, a middle-aged diplomat, he is also dead and
armed as heavy as the pilot is.

The dead diplomat’s bleeding hand clutches a cast aluminum

briefcase with a USMC and State Department seal on the
exterior. From the way the case is sealed with locks and
“Top secret tape”, this pouch is important.

Sevier attempted to take the pouch from the dead man. He

pulls the case and it comes to the end of a chain bolted to
the case and the floor of the helicopter.

Sam fishes in his camouflaged pants pocket for a key. He

takes the key out. Suddenly gun fire rips thorough the
metal of the chopper next to him. He falls back from the
shock of the attack.

Sam goes back to the case. He struggles with the key to

unlock the case from the floor over the body of the
diplomat. More bullets riddle the area next to him as he
finally unlocks the case and crashes into the jungle bush.

Sam powerful middle aged body slides to a stop and pauses

behind a huge tree while he regroups, trying to figure out
what happened as he begins to put his weapons on the ready.

He un-slings his rifle and raises it, aiming in the area

the bullets came from. He waits.

An old enemy by the name of KAUFMAN, becomes slightly

visible. He is a strong one eyed East German that is aging,
but still very rugged.

Sevier sees another enemy, the right hand man of the East
German. PEUTIGOT, is a tall dark man, his face is always
covered by dark sunglasses and his head with a black beret.
He is a renegade French secret service agent.

(CONTINUED)
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CONTINUED:

The duo are relentless and today they have help, Cuban
Security Men.

SAM (V.O.)
(continuing)
My old enemy Kaufman, is an out
of work East German agent. He is
here to take this valuable pouch
and sell it via the Cubans, his
new best friends. This day will
end badly for one of us.

The German yells out in very good English with a German

accent.

KAUFMAN
Sevier, give us the pouch and
we’ll call it even.

Sam looks toward the East German’s location as he answers.

SAM
Sounds good, except for the pouch
part. I see you brought your turn
coat Frenchman. I’m sure his
country is proud of him.

The German is confident.

KAUFMAN
Let’s not get personal. I could remind
you of your lack luster career. But,
let us forego the insults.

The expression on Sam’s face tells that he enjoys toying

with Kaufman.

SAM
Mr. Kaufman, did you just insult
me?

Kaufman is irritated.

(CONTINUED)
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CONTINUED:

KAUFMAN
If you don’t give me the pouch, I’ll
let our Cuban friends kill you, then
I will kill you for putting my eye
out. That was not right.

Sam is amused.

SAM
You’ve become so harsh.

Kaufman’s eye squint as he becomes more irritated.

Kaufman and his partner look at each. Kaufman yells out.

KAUFMAN
Laif wille enden hierin.

They charge with three Cubans across the jungle floor,

straight for their old enemy.

Sevier is calm as he fires his automatic rifle. He hits

two Cuban Security Men running with Kaufman and Peutigot.
They roll to the ground dead.

His two old enemies immediately take cover.

Sevier hears a twig crack, and turns. A Cuban security man

is behind him. They fire their weapons at the same time.

The Cuban goes down, mortally wounded.

Sam is hit six times across the flake jacket, chest area
and one time in the head. He falls and lies still.

The German moves within thirty feet of Sam. He stands

behind a huge tree, partially visible.

Sam is recovering. He sits up ready to fire his weapon.

SAM
Sorry about your bad luck, Mien Kaufman.
I thought we could just walk away.
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(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:

Sevier quickly shoots two times for effect. The German is

hit in the kneecap and forearm. He goes down wreathing in
pain.

The Frenchman quickly takes cover.

Sevier checks his own wounds. A piece of shrapnel from the

jacket is imbedded in his chest. He pulls the three inch
long sliver out with considerable pain. Sevier checks the
area quickly.

The German still squirms on the ground from the pain. He

crawls for cover away from his weapon that is too far to
recover without being shot again.

Sevier touches his head. Today he is very lucky, the bullet

has torn a small part of his scalp away, but he is still
strong and alive. He bleeds freely from the wounds.

Sam compresses the blood flow while watching the area for a
target.

The wounded German and his partner are the only ones left.

The ambitious dark man tries to move closer.

Sevier fires at him keeping the man pinned down.

The dark man tries again.

The American‘s marksmanship pays off, as he hits his target

in the shoulder. The dark man falls to the ground clutching
his wound.

SEVIER
Hey, Mien Kaufman, don‘t follow me,
leave it here. You should never have
done this.

Kaufman has a determined tone as he grits his teeth in pain

KAUFMAN
We will get the pouch.
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(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:

Sam smiles.

SAM
Maybe I should just shoot you now.

Kaufman looks at his wounds and his injured friend, then

back at Sam.

Kaufman is in thought.

KAUFMAN
I see what you mean. Your point is
taken with great enthusiasm.

Sam takes a moment to criticize Kaufman before he leaves.

Sam stares at Kaufman’s position.

SAM
You are suppose to be discrete. You
idiots are going to cause an
international incident. By the way
don’t follow, I’ll put a bullet in
your weak ass heads.

The German and the dark man nods in agreement.

Sam moves out hoping there are no further wrath from this
unexpected affair.

SAM (V.O.)
(continuing)
I don’t want to take their lives over a
damn case filled with today’s secret
bullshit that be tomorrows discard.
Unlike in movies, I will only take a
life if absolutely necessary.

EXT. DEEP JUNGLE

Sevier moves swiftly through the jungle, as if he is not

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wounded. One thing he has always had is a constitution like

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:

a mule, and, he is trained well.

Sam follows the rushing blue river just inside the tree
line of the jungle. The sounds of the jungle keep him on
alert.

He moves around a small hill in the bend of the river.

Suddenly, He is face to face with three men. Everyone is on

guard clutching their weapons. They appear to be either
Bandito or Rebels. Their rifles are unslung and pistols
struck in their belts. The leader speaks in good English.

BANDITO NO. ONE

Are you the German, we are suppose
to meet?

Sevier looks at them not speaking, just thinking.

BANDITO NO. ONE

(continuing)
Sorry, we’re late, what happen
to you?

Sevier answers in English with a German accent.

SAM
I had a harder time getting this
pouch than I thought.

The bandit looks him over.

BANDITO NO. ONE

Why do you speak English?

Sam is cool when he answers.

SAM
That was our agreed on language,
one we both understand, were you
not informed?
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The bandit smiles and nods suspiciously.

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:

BANDITO NO. ONE

Where are your men?

Sam is still cool about his answer.

SAM
Dead.

The bandit warms up to him a little.

BANDITO
The American?

Sam looks him in the eye.

SAM
Dead.

The bandit has an easy manner.

BANDITO
Then it is over, you don’t need
us?

Sam nods, yes.

SAM
I have to go. You will be paid for
your trouble.

Sevier turns to walk away, hoping he has pulled it off.

The Honduran speaks almost perfect English without and
accent.

BANDITO
We do not believe you.

Sevier turns to the bandits.

They raise their rifles.

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Sevier goes for his shoulder holster and comes out with his
forty-five automatic as the Bandits fire their weapons.

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:

Sam fires his automatic pistol, hitting two of the men in

the chest.

The leader dives for cover behind a clump of rocks, he has

dropped his rifle.

Sevier moves cautiously toward his enemy.

The Bandit stands and fires his automatic pistol, four

times but misses.

Sevier fires twice more at the same time.

The Bandit is visibly scared.

Sevier moves closer staying covered and fires his weapon

one time more.

The Bandit shoots four more times and his trigger clicks,
he is empty.

Sevier moves to him.

The Bandito surrenders.

SAM
I don’t know who you are, but you
should get a different line of work.

Sevier puts his pistol to the man’s head.

The man closes his eyes and sweats.

Sevier turns his pistol to the ground and fires.

He hits the bandit square in the foot. The man screams and
grabs his wounded foot as he sits on the ground rocking in
pain.
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Sevier speaks as he turns and walks away.

SAM
(continuing)
I see you again, I’ll aim higher.

EXT. JUNGLE, ALONG RIVER AT THE FOOT OF A HIGH RIDGE -

AFTERNOON

Sam makes his way out of the jungle nursing his wounds. He
walks along the side of the rushing riverbank.

Sam stops and takes his key out to open the case and check
its precious contents. He cuts the tapes with his knife and
opens the case.

There is a schematic and two computer chips in a heavy

brushed aluminum case. Sam puts it away and moves up the
steep ridge over looking the river to a small knoll.

Sam is at the top, he locates a good spot for cover and

sits overlooking the river below.

SUB-TITLE APPEARS - HONDURAS, SOUTH AMERICA, FEBRUARY 2000,

TEN MILES NORTH OF THE SOUTHERN BORDER

SAM (V.O.)
All of this for two tiny ultra high
speed computer chips developed by
two Brazilian computer nerds to speed
the war machine. These men will change
the face of warfare, this month.
Everybody wants the chips and this
crash, is anyone’s opportunity to get
them. I am two thousand miles from
home, waiting on my pick-up. I feel
vulnerable and weak nursing my wounds,
not good for a man that survives on his
strengths. I am fifty-one years old, a
very old agent is forty. I sit here past
my prime in a South American jungle, hoping
to sell information to the United States
Intelligence Community or anyone
sanctioned by them. I now realize life
is so very important and not to be wasted.
Today, I have broken all the rules.
I was not discreet, leaving bodies
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unburied and people alive to tell the

story. This lonely time makes me think
(MORE)

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED:

SAM (V.O.) cont’d

of home and old loves. I always
remember, Suzanne. We have kept in
touch since we were twelve.
I passionately love her, still.
Suzanne is married with two children, we
still talk often, it keeps me going. My
life has taken many roads and she has
always been there for me. Not with me,
but for me. I miss her. This peaceful,
but dangerous valley reminds me of the
good old days.

INT. HOLLYWOOD HIGH SCHOOL

TEENAGE SAM, a good looking blonde teen sees a dark blonde

small girl go by.

SUB TITLE APPEARS: TWELVE YEARS LATER.

TEENAGE SUZANNE GREGORY, passes smiling at him.

Sam is heart struck, he watches her with a passion.

EXT. HOLLYWOOD HIGH SCHOOL

Sam walks from the school building to the parking lot.

He passes a black nineteen sixty-five Chevrolet Malibu

super sport convertible.

Suzanne gets out and walks to Sam as he passes. She stops

him smiling and kisses him deeply.

Then stops and looks into his eyes.

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SUZANNE
I had to do that. I have a thing for
you.

Teenage Sam smiles.

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:

SAM
I had it for you too.

They kiss again and hear a male anonymous voice.

ANONYMOUS VOICE
Get a room.

Suzanne Smiles and looks at him.

SUZANNE
Listen Sam, I’m sorry we didn’t
get together sooner, but, I’m
moving. My father has been
transferred.

Sam looks like he has lost his best friend.

SAM
Suzanne, I’ll see you again.

Suzanne smiles.

SUZANNE
We won’t. That only happens in
the movies. Time will pass and
you’ll find someone else.

Sam shakes his head, no.

DISSOLVE TO:

EXT. GROCERY STORE - DAY

An eighteen year old Sam walks to a nineteen-sixty-three

Chevrolet Super Sport and gets in.
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INT. SIXTY-THREE CHEVY

SHIELA, a very pretty, brunette girl, sits in the drivers

seat inside the car. She smiles and they drive away.

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:

SUB-TITLE - GLENDALE CALIFORNIA, NORTH LOS ANGELES, 1965

INT. APARTMENT

Music plays on the stereo-”Wild Thing”. Sam is on top of

the pretty girl. He pushes hard against her and she pulls
him closer, breathing hard. They relax and roll over on
their backs.

Sam smiles.

SAM
You’re the best teacher I ever had.

She smiles.

SHIELA
I’m a substitute teacher. Listen Sam,
summer is almost over and I’m going
to Texas to teach. This will be our
last time together.

Sam rolls over on her and kisses her deeply.

SAM
I’ll come see you.

Suzanne looks at him passionately.

SHIELA
No Sam, I’m to old for you. Let’s
part friends.

Sam nods and smiles.

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She smiles and starts making love again.

INT. DRAFT BOARD OFFICE

Sam sits in an interview with the draft board, board

members.

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:

SUB-TITLE APPEARS: GLENDALE CALIFORNIA, 1968

MR. PAINE is the leading draft board member. He is a

middle-aged man with a short haircut.

MR. PAINE
What do you think of the armed
services.

Sam is casual.

SAM
Don’t know, never been there.

The draft board member smiles.

MR. PAINE
Do you want to be?

Sam looks at Mr. Paine.

SAM
No.

MR. RILEY, The second in charge board member is in his

thirty’s, a handsome young man.

MR. RILEY
Are you in school?

Sam nods.

SAM
Yes, senior at the university.
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MS. ELLIS, the middle-aged lady that managers the draft

board office smiles at Sam.

MS. ELLIS
Thank you, we’ll let you know.

Sam nods and walks out.

DISSOLVE TO:

INT. FEDERAL BUILDING

Sam stands in his underwear along with fifty other men in a

line against the wall.

SUB-TITLE - THIRTY DAYS LATER

A military doctor stands with a large and bold looking army

sergeant looking over a clipboard with a list of the men’s
names on it.

The middle aged, tough looking Marine is GUNNERY SERGEANT

CARL VAUGHN. He walks to the group of people and glances up
and down the line.

Sam glances at the sergeant.

In Sam’s background, the sergeant moves to the front and

starts pointing and talking to each person as he walks down
the line. He passes out draft information to the people he
speaks to.

CARL
You’re in the Army, You’re in the Navy,
You’re in the Marine Corps.

A young looking agile kid behind Sam, counts down the line
as the sergeant counts and figures out who is going to be
in which service. The kid speaks to Sam.

KID
Hey, I want to be in the Marines,
switch places with me.

Sam looks at him like he is crazy.

SAM
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What, are you nuts?

The kid rushes.

KID
Come on man, hurry.

Sam is only to glad not to be in the Corps.

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:

They switch places.

The sergeant stops in front of the kid.

CARL
You’re in the Marine Corps.

He looks at Sam and hands him a slip.

SERGEANT
(continuing)
And you are too, asshole.

Sam looks at him and speaks quietly.

SAM
Thanks shit head.

The sergeant glances back at him and smirks as he moves on

down the line passing out slips with draft information on
them.

CARL
You’re in the Army, you’re in the
Navy, you’re in the Marine Corps.

Sam is disappointed.

SAM
Shit, I’m going to Canada.

EXT. GOVERNMENT BUILDING

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Sam walks outside, with his head down. A beautiful frosted

blonde girl grabs his hand smiling. Sam turns to her.

It is Suzanne, his best friend and lover.

SUZANNE
Hey, lover, what’s the problem?

Sam is grime. They hug and kiss.

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:

SAM
The son-of-bitches are drafting me
and that damn sergeant, put me in
the Marines, I got two weeks.

She smiles very big.

SUZANNE
We had better make the best of
it.

Sam smiles and they walk down the street hand in hand.
Suzanne reaches over and playfully pinch his butt.

Suzanne looks up at Sam.

SUZANNE
(continuing)
I missed you Sam, still love me?

Sam smiles and nods, yes.

EXT. THE WHEEL MOTEL

The motel is a blaze in spring flowers and custom cars. The

local hang out for teenagers breaking in their new found
sex drives.

SAM (V.O.)
I kissed her good by. I then did
my duty so my family wouldn’t be
embarrassed. I went to the Marines
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and that is where my life changed.

CUT TO:

EXT. CITY STREET

Sam stands near a parked recruit pick-up bus bound for Camp
Pendleton, California. Suzanne pushes his long hair back
over his ear and kisses him passionately.

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:

A barking Marine Sergeant yells out to Sam.

SERGEANT
Come on recruit. The entire Marine
Corps is waiting on you.

Sam kisses her again, rush to the bus and gets inside.

The bus starts and pulls away while Sam waves to Suzanne
standing on the street curb watching him go.

EXT. U.S.M.C. RECRUIT DEPOT, SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, FRONT

GATE

The recruit bus moves through the front gate and stops near
a parade ground.

SUB-TITLE APPEARS - MARINE CORPS RECRUIT DEPOT, SAN DIEGO

CALIFORNIA

Two drill sergeants emerge from the building and start

yelling inaudible phases. The recruits pile off the bus.

The sergeants form the men into a rough platoon, all

standing on yellow footprints. The drill sergeants scream
obscenities at them to march right and stand up straight.

DRILL SERGEANT NO. ONE

Move out, you low life civilians. Follow
the sergeant dead ahead.
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They march into a receiving center.

INT. MARINE CORPS RECEIVING CENTER, CAMP PENDLETON

CALIFORNIA

DRILL SERGEANT NO. TWO

Sit.

The men sit on the concrete floor in the gymnasium.

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED:

A strutting gunnery sergeant walks out and stands in front

of the men.

GUNNERY SERGEANT
All right, scum bags, strip. We going
to send your skuzzy civilian clothes
back to mommy and get you some brand
new green ones with little designs on
them.

They all strip down.

The two drill sergeants walk and watch the men to keep
order.

The gunnery sergeant watches and coordinates.

GUNNERY SERGEANT
(continuing)
Move out to the supply room, through
the door with the sign on it for you
simple people.

The young men follow one another to a supply room just off
the center of the building.

INT. MARINE CORPS RECRUIT SUPPLY CENTER, CAMP PENDLETON

CALIFORNIA

Young men are walking down a long line made up of raw

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recruits. Marines behind a counter are asking them their

sizes and handing them oversized pants, shirts, boots and
underwear.

The gunnery sergeant yells out orders as he struts back and

forth.

GUNNERY SERGEANT
When you get your shit, get out. Sit in
your last location. Move it ladies this
is not a social.

DISSOLVE TO DAWN:

EXT. INFANTRY TRAINING REGIMENT, CAMP PENDLETON CALIFORNIA

Three hundred Marine recruits wearing utility uniforms run

up a steep hill.

At the top of the hill, a sergeant yells and starts calling

names.

SERGEANT
Mail call. Anderson, Albright, Gold
Dowell, Sevier.

The men gather around and take their mail.

Sam takes his letter and opens it. He reads. A tear rolls
down his cheek.

CLOSE ON LETTER - DEAR SAM, I KNOW WE HAD SOMETHING VERY

SPECIAL BUT BECAUSE OF OUR SEPARATION, I HAVE FOUND SOMEONE
ELSE. I AM SO SORRY. WE ARE TO BE MARRIED IN JUNE. LOVE,
SUZANNE.

DISSOLVE TO:

EXT. DECORATED TENT, MARINE RECRUIT DEPOT

The sides of the tent are rolled up and rows of folding

chairs sit waiting for friends and relatives of the
recruits. People are being seated.

Sam is in Marine dress uniform waiting in a standing

formation to be called to receive his graduation
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certificate.

A Colonel calls name after name and the recruits go to him

to pick up the certificate and reseat themselves.

COLONEL
Private Larry Colburn, Private Jerry
Daniels. Congratulations, gentlemen.

Sam stands motionless.

He looks across the crowd.

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:

COLONEL
(continuing)
Sam Sevier.

Sam walks to the podium.

Sam’s mother, father and uncle applaud and smile. ANTHONY,

Sam’s mid forties uncle, a picture of a Marine is in full
sergeant major uniform stands and applauds his nephew.

Sam smiles and acknowledges them as he leaves the podium.

The colonel concludes.

COLONEL
(continuing)
Many thanks to all of the families
that came today. Refreshments are
in the back and all of the graduates
are free for the rest of the day.

The recruits stand and begin to mingle with their families.

Sam goes to his family. His father and Anthony shake his
hand and his mother hugs him.

Anthony hands Sam a paper and speaks softly to him.

ANTHONY
Take that to the commanding major at
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building four eighty two tomorrow.

You’ll be taken care of.

Sam has a blank look on his face.

CUT TO:

INT. MARINE HEADQUARTERS MEETING ROOM, BUILDING FOUR EIGHTY

TWO, CAMP PENDLETON

Sam walks into a large office with chairs around conference

tables for seating. Fifty Marines sit at the tables.

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:

The commanding major sees him.

MAJOR McCORMICK
Come in, get seated. You are here today
to be interviewed for officers candidate
School.

Sam is surprised, but seats himself as the major looks on.

Cut TO:

INT. OFFICE, HEADQUARTERS, CAMP PENDLETON

Sam sits with Major McCormick.

MAJOR
Vietnam is taking a toll on our Officers
Corps. This opens up fields of opportunity
for you as a candidate.

Sam smiles.

SAM
No thanks, Major. I just want to do my
time and go home.

The major had been nice, He is now cold and coarse.

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MAJOR
Typical hippie type.

The major stands.

In walks Uncle Anthony, decked out in his dress Sergeant

Major uniform.

Sam smiles.

SAM
Hey, Uncle Brownie.

The major looks at Anthony.

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:

MAJOR
Sergeant Major, I thought your
Name is Anthony.

Anthony smiles.

ANTHONY
Yes sir, nickname from back home.

The young major excused himself with great respect toward

Anthony large card of battle ribbons on his chest, the
badge of a real warrior.

Anthony steel blue eyes spark with pride and ability. His
eyes hone in on Sam.

ANTHONY
(continuing)
Hey, Sam boy, how the hell are you?
Sounds like you’re having a little
problem here, making up your mind.
I’m sure we can work this out.

Sam shakes his head, no. Uncle Anthony is nice, until he

speaks. He pats Sam on the back and grins like the cat that
cornered the mouse.

ANTHONY
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(continuing)
I love you, boy. You’re my brother’s
youngest and my favorite nephew. I’m
going to help you be the man you are
meant to be. I gotta give you the
speech. So listen up. You have two
brothers in Forced Recon. Stand tall.
You are going to use that one hundred
and seventy I. Q. God gave you to be
everything you can be. Today Sam, is
your day. You will be an Officer in
this man’s Marine Corps. A decision
you will never regret.

Sam is reluctant.

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:

SAM
Right. Why start, then I won’t have
to regret it.

Anthony pats him on the back.

ANTHONY
It’s all planned for you boy. All
you have to do is be there.

Sam is totally against it.

SAM
I’m not interested, I don’t even
understand the concept of I. Q.,
much less the one hundred seventy
part and this war stuff, I’m out.
This sucks.

Anthony smiled and signed Sam’s name then patted him on the
back.

ANTHONY
Hang in there big boy, it’s worth
it.
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EXT. MARINE CORPS FORCED RECONNAISSANCE SCHOOL

Sam walks into Force Reconnaissance training camp, the

facility that molds the Marines Corps elite Special Forces
troops.

CLOSE ON - Sign over entrance: ”MARINE CORPS FORCED

RECONNAISSENCE SCHOOL. HELL IS A PLACE ON EARTH, FOR THE
ENEMY OF FORCED RECON”.

Sam speaks to himself and another recon recruit standing

next to him.

SAM
You gotta be kidding. I’m not elite.
Dam, I’m not even average, but I’m
sure this is hell on earth.

EXT. CONDUCE VIRGINIA OFFICER’S TRAINING CAMP

Sam and a group of twenty men run and jump across a large
mud hole.

CLOSE ON – a nearby sign: “MARINE CORPS OFFICERS ARE METAL

OF ALL MEN.

INT. FLAMINGO HOTEL AND CASINO, LAS VEGAS NEVADA

Sam has a short hair cut. He is at a poker table playing

cards with a very pretty woman sitting with him, another
young woman walks up and sits beside him.

Sam smiles and lays his hand down.

Everyone throws in their cards. Sam smiles and rakes in the

poker pot.

EXT. FLAMINGO CASINO

Sam walks out alone. He sees a woman he knows and

reluctantly smiles at her. She come to Sam and hugs him.

LINDA
Oh Sam, it’s so good to see you. I
really missed you since we broke up.
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Sam smiles.

SAM
Kind of hard to miss me, while you
were sleeping with all of those
other guys.

She tries to be sincere.

LINDA
I learned my lesson. I’d do anything
to get you back.

Sam looks into her eyes with suspicion.

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED:

SAM
You knew I was here, how could you
know?

She smiles.

LINDA
I’ve been looking for you, you leave
a wide trail. I want to make things
right between us.

Linda puts her arms around him. Sam just stands there
uninterested.

SAM
Things are right enough.

CUT TO:

INT. FLAMINGO CASINO HOTEL ROOM

Sam and Linda lie in bed. She looks at him.

LINDA
Let’s make a family and start the
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good life.

Sam smiles and rolls over.

CUT TO:

EXT. LAS VEGAS WEDDING CHAPEL

Sam and Linda leave the chapel. She holds a bouquet. They
get in a cab and drive away.

INT. CONDUCE VIRGINIA SPECIALIST DISPATCH CENTER

Sam is in a test booth his eyes being examined by a doctor.

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED:

The doctor is talking to an assistant that is taking notes.

DOCTOR
Extreme night vision, fear factor
is not present, probably due a birth
defect. One hundred percent on his
physical condition. Recommended for
specialty operations of some sort.

Sam frowns.

DISSOLVE TO:

INT. BAR, OKINAWA JAPAN

Sam sits at the bar drinking a beer.

Sam goes the pay telephone and makes a call. A male voice
picks up.

MALE (TELEPHONE V.O.)

Hello.

SAM
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Suzanne, please.

A male voice answer.

MALE (V.O.)
Hello, I can hardly hear you.

Sam looks at the phone and slowly hangs up.

EXT. JUNGLE, FIELD RECONNAISSENCE, SOUTH VIET NAM

Sam is in the jungle with a troop of eight Marines on

patrol.

SUB-TITLE APPEARS - SOUTH VIET NAM, MARINE RECONNAISSENCE

MISSION

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED:

SAM (V.O.)
I have found pride in what I am doing,
but I hate the discipline. I have the
pride of the Corps now. Once a Marine,
always a Marine, Semper Fi. I hope the
hell I don’t get killed trying to live
up to all of that.

Sam wades through the thick jungle, his eyes search the
area.

Sam and his eight men break into a clearing.

EXT. MARINE BASE CAMP MCKENZIE, STEALTH OPERATIONS COMMAND

CENTER, JUNGLE, SOUTH VIET NAM

Sam and the Marine patrol move past well-armed sentries and
into a Marine camp in the middle of no where. Heads of the
enemy decorate the front gates.

A group of twenty Navy Seal Team members sit in a circle

around their commander just inside the gate. The Marine
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patrol passes as the officer speaks.

SEAL TEAM NAVAL OFFICER

Listen up, I’m giving a fifth of your
favorite booze for the head of any
Charley and a crisp new hundred.

The Marine patrol moves on to their quarters.

INT. TENT MARINE BASE CAMP MCKENZIE, STEALTH OPERATIONS

COMMAND CENTER, JUNGLE, SOUTH VIET NAM

Sam lies down on his cot and relaxes.

A man lies across from him with his cap over his face. He
is the newly promoted SERGEANT MAJOR, CARL VAUGHN, and the
man from the draft physical. He speaks to Sam.

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED:

CARL
I’m Sergeant Major Vaughn, Call me
Carl, when the men aren’t around.

Sam smiles and nods unable to see his face.

A buck sergeant walks in.

MESSENGER SERGEANT
Lieutenant Sevier, your up, they drew
your name at headquarters. Got a
quick recon of enemy movement, North
of here. Sorry about your luck at
this early date.

Sam nods.

SAM
Gather the patrol, I’ll be there in a
minute.

The sergeant leaves.

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Sam sits on the side of his bed and checks his rifle, then
his pistol.

CARL
Nice to meet you Lieutenant.

Sam smiles.

SAM
Call me Sam, when the men are not
around.

Carl, half-asleep doesn’t look up from under his cap and

speaks.

CARL
Good luck today.

Sam smiles and speaks as he leaves the tent.

SAM
Thanks.
EXT. DEEP JUNGLE, SOUTH OF BASE CAMP MCKENZIE

Eight men troop through the jungle on patrol deep in enemy

territory.

A soldier, second from the front of the column draws a map

as he move through the jungle and writes notes.
Sam walks with a captain.

CAPTAIN
Look sharp, we’re a long way from
help.

The patrol moves across a small creek when a Platoon of

Viet Cong open up, with automatic weapons fire.

Suddenly, they rush forward firing almost in the Marines

faces.

Four Marines go down almost immediately.

The remaining Marines moves to the side and into the jungle
to recover and return fire.

Two more Marines are cut down as they fight.

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Sam looks around and he realizes he and another Marine are

the only ones left and have been pushed into a trap in a
last stand on a peninsula with a ten feet deep pool of
water surrounding them.

A sniper begins to shot at them and keeps them pinned down.

Sam jumps up and tries to return maximum fire, but is

deterred by the sniper bullets hitting all around him. He
gets off two shots.

Sam and the soldier take cover the best they can behind
some washed up logs. The gunfire on them is relentless.

The two Marines counter the waves of attacks and

successfully hold them off.

Suddenly a wave of ten enemy are advancing firing their

weapons.

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:

Sam’s’ partner is hit almost immediately.

Sam puts a magazine in his rifle and positions to fire.

The enemy attacks again. Sam fires his weapon very

accurately.

Three Viet-Cong soldiers fall, then two more.

Sam keeps firing. He stops and changes magazines in his

rifles and fires again. It’s down to Sam. He has ten rounds
plus five in his forty-five pistol.

They attack again. Ten men charge.

Sam fires into the charging mob.

Man after man falls as they get closer and closer. Six of
his enemies have fallen.

Sam counts his bullets. He has three bullets for his rifle
and five for his pistol against four enemy left.
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He lies there in firing position watching. The sniper he

forgot about, fires two shots right beside him.
Sam wheels around and starts to do rapid fire, then stops,
remembering he has three bullets in his rifle.

The sniper’s head pops up.

Sam fires one shot.

The man is hit and falls from a low branch. Suddenly he

jumps up wounded and runs toward Sam firing his weapon.

Sam fires again.

The sniper goes down.

Sam quickly checks his magazine. He has one bullet left.

At the same moment the four remaining enemy troops charge
Sam.

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED:

Sam fires his last rifle bullet and throws his rifle down.

The bullet takes one man down, the remaining three keep
coming.

Sam waits for them to get closer into a quality pistol

range. He waits as they get closer and closer screaming and
firing their weapons.

The first attacker is within fifty-feet.

Sam fires and hit him in the chest.

The remaining two men are right behind their fallen

comrade.

Sam fires at the second and misses.

His enemies return fire.

Sam fires again and hits the nearest enemy, he drops.

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The last man stops and stalks him from cover to cover.

Sam looks at his pistol and checks it. He has one bullet
and his survival knife. Sam speaks to himself.

SAM
I gotta get out of this business.

His enemy is moving closer. He is close enough but all he

can see is his leg behind a bush.

Sam aims at his kneecap. He fires.

The enemy yelps and begins to fire at him wildly.

Sam hears the man’s rifle click.

The man begins to reload.

Sam charges him.

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED:

The enemy soldier is frantically trying to load.

Sam is on him. He kicks the rifle from his hands and stand
over him.

The enemy soldier tries to get up to fight. Sam thrust his

survival knife deep into his chest to be sure he doesn’t
get up.

Sam goes to one of his men and ponders for a moment what
has happened.

He picks up his rifle and moves to a radio lying next to

his dead radioman. Sam gets on the radio.

SAM
Base camp Zebra. Come in Base Camp
Zebra.

Sam lies the radio on the ground.

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It is getting dark. Sam picks up his enemy’s weapons and

ammunition, then moves to a large tree in the distance and
sits with his back against it.

DISSOLVE TO NIGHT:

Sam is dozing off. He awakes abruptly. Sam can hear people

moving through the jungle near him. He sits perfectly still.

DISSOLVE TO MORNING:

Sam wakes up and cautiously looks around.

He hears people moving toward him. Sam locks and loads an

AK-forty seven. He waits ready for a fight.

A patrol breaks out of the jungle. They are an American

Army recon patrol.

Sam grins real big.

DISSOLVE TO:

EXT. CAMP KCKENZIE

From high on a hill Sam leaves the reconnaissance army

patrol and walks toward his own camp in the distance on the
next hill.

INT. CAMP KCKENZIE

A very young Marine private sits inside a ring turret with

twin fifty caliber machine guns mounted on it. His nervous
eyes scan then area.

Suddenly a sniper fires at the young boy. The bullet hits

near him.

The young soldier goes wild and begins firing in the

general direction of the sound.

EXT. CAMP MCKENZIE

Sam is nearing his camp when suddenly fifty caliber bullets

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begin to hit all around him. He dives for cover into the
dirt.

INT. CAMP MCKENZIE

The young private is still firing into the thick woods and
the general area. Trees are flying apart and falling to the
ground.

He stops and looks. It is quiet.

EXT. CAMP MCKENZIE

Sam looks up from the ground.

INT. CAMP MCKENZIE

The kid-private sees him and cheerfully waves for Sam to

come on in.

EXT. CAMP MCKENZIE

Sam just lies there watching and shakes his head, no.

The young private jumps from his guns and runs to Sam and
picks him up.

PRIVATE
Come on man, hurry, there’s a sniper
That’s been shooting at me for two
Months. Sorry I shot at you, I was
nervous.

Sam just looks at him. They get up and run for the camp, as
the sniper shoots at them again.

SAM
Nervous my ass, you’ve moved on
to paranoid.

CUT TO:
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INT. SAM SEVIER’S TENT, CAMP MCKENZIE

Sam walks into his tent.

His friend is lying on his cot in the same position he was

when Sam left.

FRIEND
Glad you’re back asshole.

Sam smiles and sits on the side of his cot.

SAM
Thanks, shit head.

A MAJOR PARKS walks in with a Red Cross representative.

MAJOR PARKS
Sevier this is Red Cross representative,
Stone. You are to write your x-wife. She
complained you are to write her, your
child needs to hear from you.

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:

Sam smiles.

SAM
I write my child all the time. I
don’t write my x-wife, whore.

The major is commanding.

MAJOR PARKS
Write it and end this.

The major hands him a post card.

Sam takes a pen from the Red Cross person and writes on the
post card.

CLOSE ON THE CARD - “Wish you were here.” Sam Sevier.

The major smiles and takes the card.

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Sam nods as they leave.

Sam’s friend still lying on his cot speaks.

FRIEND
Domestic problems? Do you need
anything asshole?

Sam Smile.

SAM
No thanks, but thanks for the thought
Dumb ass.

EXT. NAVY RIVER PATROL BOAT

Sam rides on the speeding riverboat with his five-man team.

He watches the shoreline.

SAM
Look alive, there is cong out there.

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED:

At the same time Sam finished speaking, mortar rounds

exploded in the water near the boat and machine gun fire
strafed the hull.

Immediately the boats gun crew returned fire with fifty

caliber machine guns mounts on the deck of the ship and a
rocket crew fire rockets. The fight last about a minute and
it is silent.

Suddenly two separate mortar rounds hit the deck of the

boat blowing up the gun crew, leaving gapping holes in the
deck and side of the boat below the water line. Water pours
in. The boat commander turns for shore. Sam men lay down
rifle fire as they move closer.

The boat slows and is sinking.

Sam looks at his men.

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SAM
Take only weapons and ammo. Swim to
shore. When you hit the shoreline
form on me.

Gunfire hit the water and the sinking boat. Sam’s men are
over the side and swimming for shore. Sam follows.

A Navy man on the sinking boat takes a fifty-caliber

machine gun and fires at the shoreline covering the men in
the water.

EXT. JUNGLE SHORE LINE

They come out of the water shooting. Sam follows yelling to

his men.

SAM
Flank’em, swing left.

He points to two men.

Sam fires his weapon to defend.

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:

SAM (V.O.)
We rode up river with the Navy to
retrieve some prisoners for C-I-D
questioning, that day I learned
to swim with a rifle and ammunition
and I might add I was quite good.

Sam hears gunfire and sees Viet Cong soldiers falling from
cover after being shot.

A Marine Force Recon team comes out of thicket.

The team leader of the other recon team walks to Sam. It

is his brother, Matthew, nick-named, Pig.

Sam jumps up and hugs him.

SAM
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I never thought I would see you

here.

Pig smiles.

PIG
Me either little brother. Rall is
here too, I heard he’s up North of
here on an operation with the C-I-D
capturing prisoners for
interrogation.

Sam hugs his neck.

SAM
I miss you guys, Pig.

Pig is serious.

MATHEW
Call me Mathew, now.

Sam nods.

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED:

Mathew smiles and roughly hugs his brother’s neck.

CUT TO:

INT. TENT, CAMP MCKENZIE

Anthony walks in. Sam and his friend are lying on their
cots. Anthony walks to Sam. He looks at the friend.

ANTHONY
Give us a minute.

The friend gets up and leaves.

ANTHONY
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(continuing)
Sam, Rall and Mathew were killed this
morning on a mission.

Sam is in shock. He stares straight ahead then begins to

cry like a baby.

SAM
Do mother and dad know?

Anthony is very sad.

ANTHONY
I’ll call them, when I leave here.

Sam is grieved.

SAM
This will crush mother.

Anthony pats him on the back.

ANTHONY
A chopper will pick you up, so
you can go home. I’ll see you
there.

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:

Anthony hugs his nephew and leaves.

Sam makes the sign of the Catholic cross and sits with
tears in his eyes.

Carl comes in.

CARL
Sam, the coppers early, get your
stuff together.

Sam doesn’t move.

CARL
(continuing)
I’ll help ya.
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Sam smiles through his tears.

SAM
Thanks Carl, you’ve been a good
friend.

The friend is packing Sam’s sea bag.

Sam takes it and finishes. He smiles at his friend and

turns, walking out.

CARL
I’m sorry.

Sam turns and looks at him nodding.

CARL
(continuing)
Be safe.

Sam walks out.

CARL
(continuing)
Asshole.

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED:

Sam smiles and speaks as he walks.

SAM
Thanks, Carl.

His friend smiles.

DISSOLVE TO:

EXT. LOS ANGELES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

Sam walks from the airport.

A car pulls to the curb. Sam looks in.

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Suzanne is there to pick him up.

SUZANNE
Your mother told me you were coming. I
told her I’d pick you up.

Sam smiles and gets in the car.

Suzanne drives away. She turns into a parking garage.

INT. PARKING GARAGE

Suzanne’s car stops in a remote area of the parking garage.

INT. SUZANNE’S CAR

Suzanne sets the parking brake and looks at Sam.

SUZANNE
I missed you baby.

She leans over and kisses Sam deeply. Sam pushes her back.

SAM
Where is your husband.

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:

Suzanne looks deep into his eyes.

SUZANNE
Not now Sam, I need you as much as
you need me.

She pulls Sam to her and kisses him again with more
passion. Sam returns the kiss.

In a moment Suzanne in sitting on top of Sam unzipping his

pants and pulling up her skirt to reveal her naked body.
She squirms with a passion over Sam.

CUT TO:
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INT. FUNERAL PARLOR

Sam sits with Suzanne, his father, mother and Anthony while
a priest talks about his brothers in the caskets before him.

PRIEST
These fine young brothers, were always
dedicated to family, nation and their
religion. You will be missed, old
friends.

Sam sadly looks on as Suzanne comforts him.

People in the parlor stand and pass the bodies in review.

Sam stands with his family. He moves past his brother’s

coffins, expressionless while tears roll down his cheeks.
Sam walks out the side door of the viewing area.

CUT TO:

INT. SAM’S TENT, CAMP MCKENZIE

Sam walks back into the tent fresh back from the United
States still dress in a summer dress uniform.

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:

Sam’s friend lies on his cot as if he had never moved.

SAM
I’m back.

Carl doesn’t look.

CARL
Welcome home asshole.

Sam smiles as he puts his sea bag on his cot.

SAM
Thanks dumb ass.
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EXT. MOUNTAIN TRAIL, NEAR CAMP MCKENZIE

Sam drives a jeep inside the camp. He stops at a large tent

with a small hand painted sign beside the entrance.

CLOSE ON THE SIGN - “WELCOME TO CAMP MCKENZIE, HOME OF THE

NAÏVE.”

Sam smiles about the sign.

A Marine Captain walks out. He pulls the sign up and tosses

it inside the tent.

CAPTAIN
Dam comedians.

The captain gets in the jeep. The handheld radio Sam is

carrying is full of radio traffic.

Sam drives through the front gates and on into the jungle.

Sam stops on a hill overlooking a valley.

CAPTAIN
(continuing)
Drive down in the valley.

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED:

Sam looks at him.

SAM
The Navy is getting ready to shell
that area, anytime now.

The captain is firm.

CAPTAIN
That’s an order, drive.

Sam shakes his head, no.

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The captain is angry he gets out and walks into the valley.

CAPTAIN
(continuing)
I’m court marshalling your ass
when we get back.

Sam just watches him go.

SAM
If you get back?

The captain is down in the valley looking around.

Suddenly shells begin to blow up all around him. He is

blown into the air.

Sam watches and picks up the handheld radio. He keys it.

SAM
(continuing)
Headquarters, able one, come in.

A loud male radio voice comes over the speaker.

RADIO (V.O.)
Go ahead.

Sam looks toward the injured captain.

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED:

SAM
This is Lieutenant Sevier. I am at
grid seven, map three twenty nine
on recon, order three thirteen. I
need a medivac for a casualty. The
Navy blew up the captain, Camp
McKenzie’s C.O.

The Radio is silent for a moment.

RADIO (V.O.)
Roger, grid seven, map three twenty
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nine, order three thirteen, blown

up captain. Will do lieutenant.

Sam smiles.

CUT TO:

INT. LOS ANGELES AIRPORT

Sam gets off of the airplane in full uniform with a very

pretty Vietnamese woman, SUZY NYUGEN. They walk to the
front doors.

Sam’s father, mother and Anthony meet them. They all hug.
Sam’s mother looks at her son with relief.

MOTHER
I’m so glad you’re home.
(Looks at Suzy.)
Welcome to the family, Suzy. I’m
so glad Sam and you are going
to make a home together.

DISSOLVE TO:

INT. LUXURY HOTEL - DAY

Sam walks into the hotel lobby.

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED:

SUB-TITLE - LUXURY RESTAURANT, N. LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA

He sees his friend Vladimir and Vladimir’s cousin, Urie.

They sit at a dining table in a remote corner.

Sam goes to them. They greet each other and Sam sits down.

VLADIMIR
Glad you could come, Sam. When Anthony
told me you were back. I told Urie,
(Points to his cousin.)
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this is my cousin Urie Peraskin, you’re

the man for the job he has. Let me first
say, I am your father’s accountant only.
I am referring you. I am not involved.

Sam shakes hands with Urie. Urie is kind and almost meek.
He speaks in broken English.

URIE
Vladimir, said you are the man that
can solve my problems.

Sam smiles and listens.

VLADIMIR
Urie, is a good man and he has made
loans to men of poor character that
have threatened him when he ask for
payment. I think, they will pay you
without threat. You are a man of
high character and grit. Besides you
have watched your father conduct
business and know these things.

Sam smiles

SAM
Let’s see, these guys are local con
men, and they screwed Urie around.
What makes me the perfect choice is,
I’m a friend, with no money and uncle
Anthony ask you to help me out.

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:

Vladimir smiles.

Urie nods energetically.

URIE
Yes, they are in Las Vegas and I
will pay five thousand dollars
upon collection.

Sam smiles and nods.

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EXT. APARTMENT BUILDING, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - MORNING

Sam stops his inconspicuous dark Chevrolet sedan in front

of the apartments. Suzy Nyugen walks out of her apartment
and gets in the car. The car drives away.

INT. VEHICLE

Suzy smiles at Sam and caresses his cheek.

SUZY
Dam, where have you been? I haven’t
seen you for so long, baby. You
should have stayed married to me.

Sam is glad to see her.

SAM
I was around. When Vladimir called
and offered me this job, I thought
of you, he said you were still
around.

She grins.

SUZY
Why me, love? I’m just you x-wife.

Sam looks her over.

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED:

SAM
You’re tough and I could always
depend on you.

She smiles.

SUZY
Let’s make these monkeys pay and get
back, so we can party.
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Suzy is tough, fun and loyal. She smiles lovingly at Sam.

EXT. CITY STREET, LAS VEGAS

Sam stops his car across from the pawnshop that the two
brothers own.

Urie walks to Sam’s window as he and Suzy wait.

URIE
Hello, Sam, I will ask for money and
they may refuse, if they do, I will
turn it over to you. Ah, why do you
have a girl.

Sam grins.

SAM
She’s my back up.

Urie nods with a question on his face.

URIE
Okay, let’s try for know violence?
Their names are Horace and Izard.

Sam nods and smiles.

SAM
With names like that they’re probably
mean as hell from all of the harassment
they got from birth.

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:

Sam, and his friend get out of the car. He and Suzy walk to
the front door of the pawnshop with Urie and enter.

INT. PAWN SHOP

HORACE, a big man is cleaning a Colt automatic pistol. He

looks up with a smirk as Sam, Suzy and Urie enter.
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IZARD is looking over some jewelry before him. His smile is

arrogant.

Urie is a gentleman.

URIE
Gentlemen, I have come to be paid
for the loan I made to you.

The brothers are silent for a second then break out

laughing in his face.

Sam feels the act is insulting. He reaches over the counter

and slams Horace, into the counter top two times and holds
him by the hair of the head.

The other brother reaches for a shot gun.

Sam reaches inside his coat for him nine-millimeter

automatic, before he can get it out. Suzy passes in front
of him.

Suzy has Izard covered, very quickly and discretely from

under her coat, with a three-fifty-seven Colt revolver. She
gives him a look and a choice.

The brothers decide Urie is right. They nod to each other.

IZARD
You operate on Mafia tactic now? You
charge like it too. Damn foreigner.

Izard holds his hands in plain sight as he goes into his

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED:

cash box to pay. He counts down one hundred thousand

dollars.

Sam and Suzy are surprised.

Urie takes the money and looks at Sam.

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URIE
You are two quick to act.

Sam cracks the brother’s head on the counter top again very
hard and lets him drop to the floor.

SAM
You want me to talk them to death.

He moves to Urie and counts five thousand dollars from his

hand full of money.

He then turns and takes five thousand form Izard’s cash box
for Suzy and hands it to her.

Urie starts to speak.

Sam holds up his finger for him to be quiet.

Sam looks at the brother that Suzy has covered.

SAM
(continuing)
Late fees.

Urie is quiet.

Izard kneels to help his downed brother.

Sam, Suzy and Urie back out of the shop watching the
brothers.

HORACE AND IZARD’S P.O.V.

INSIDE TO OUTSIDE - The brothers’ watch Sam and Suzy get

into the car and drive away from their storefront window.
Then Urie drives away in his new Mercedes.

INT. VEHICLE

Sam is smiling and looking at Suzy.

SAM
Damn foreigner.

She kisses him and grins.

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SUZY
He’s just timid. Let’s party.

They drive on.

DISSOLVE TO:

INT. SAM’S APARTMENT - NIGHT

Sam lies in bed with Suzy. She has taken charge and is
ravaging Sam. Suzy gets on top of him and laughs.

SUZY
I love this.

Sam laughs.

SAM
Yeah, it’s perfect, for the
moment.

Suzy kisses him deep and passionately. The telephone rings.

She picks up the phone.

SUZY
Hello, Urie, you weasel.

Sam takes the phone and listens for a few seconds.

SAM
Okay, sure, I’ll be there.

Suzy smiles.

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED:

SUZY
Is he pissed about that extra five
grand you took for me.

Sam shakes his head, know.

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SAM
He’s pissed because you called him a
foreigner.

Suzy smiles.

SUZY
Son-of-a-bitch is a damn foreigner.
Only loyal to George Washington.
Me I’m a loyal American, thanks to
you marrying me, my Lion. I kinda
wished we had married for love,
instead of a green card.

Suzy kisses him passionately again.

DISSOLVE TO:

EXT. SHIP YARD, LOS ANGELES CALIFORNIA - NIGHT

Sam talks with Vladimir and Urie while waiting on a launch

to pick him up.

SAM
I’ll bring him back that’s what I do.
First, let’s get something straight,
Urie was an asshole about the way I
Handled Vegas, so I charged him for
his bad attitude.

Vladimir smiles.

VLADIMIR
Urie is not mad about the money he
made a mistake saying anything.
Right, Urie.

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:

Vladimir looks at Urie.

Urie reluctantly nods in agreement.

Sam smiles.
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SAM
Glad you care so much, Urie. You…

Urie looks at him.

URIE
I am sorry Sam, please bring my
uncle home.

Sam smiles and pats Urie on the head. His boat arrives in
the background and Sam turns to go.

VLADIMIR
Sam, our uncle is important to
us, bring him back safe.

Sam nods and moves on to the launch.

SAM (V.O.)
That night I almost felt sorry for the
heartless bastards. Vladimir and his
family operated like the Mafia, without
the reputation. I’m on my way to get
their thug uncle out of jail in Haiti.
He is being held indirectly for the
Russian Government on some kind weak
charges to detain him. They had appealed
to the U. S. Government but got no help.
These men are wealthy and they want their
brother safe in the States. They did say
the Government told them if the uncle was
able to get to the States they would give
him asylum. There was not much time, so
the assholes offered me the job.

DISSOLVE TO:

EXT. SHIP DOCK, HAITI

Sam helps unload cargo from a rusted older ship.

SUB-TITLE APPEARS - HAITI

CLOSE ON - over head sign on the dock: HAITI, STAR OF THE

CARIBBEAN.
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Sam looks at the sign, then at the ship and a crudely armed
dock guard. He smiles.

The guard nods.

EXT. PORT AU PRINCE, HAITI NATIONAL JAIL

Sam stands in the dark of a building across from the Port

Au Prince main national jail.

Sam walks across the street wearing a Port au Prince

Policeman uniform. Everything is quite. Sam walks inside
the jail.

INT. PORT AU PRINCE JAIL

A desk sergeant and one guard are on duty.

Sam smiles and breaks out a thermos and pours coffee in to
their cups.

SAM
Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee.

The two smile an sip.

POLICE SERGEANT
How did you get this job? We don’t have
white policemen.

Sam smiles and pours coffee.

SAM
It’s a long story. When I first moved
here and got married, I…

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED:

The Haitian policemen drink their coffee. Sam sips at his.

The men go to sleep.

Sam opens the cell door and explained to Joseph.

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SAM
(continuing)
Come on, Urie and Vladimir sent me.

Joseph quickly follows.

EXT. HAITIAN STREET

They move quickly to an old car and get in. Sam drives
toward the coast in the distance.

EXT. HAITIAN OBSCURE PORT

Sam gets out of the car and jumps on board a thirty-foot

cigarette boat. Joseph is directly behind him. They motor
from the bay and head for Jamaica.

A Haitian patrol boat tries to come along side, but is not

fast enough and quickly falls behind firing their ancient
deck weapons.

Sam looks up and sees another patrol boat moving directly

in front of him with men firing automatic weapons at he and
Joseph.

Sam cuts to the left and scraps across the bow of the
patrol boat creating a high wake.

Three of the men on desk fall into the water.

Sam speeds on.

The sun is coming up in the distance.

Sam can see the city and Montiego Bay, Jamaica in the
distance.

EXT. REMOTE DOCK, JAMAICA

Sam motors into the dock slowly.

His eyes check every detail. Sam docks at a fuel pump.

An attendant comes out.

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ATTENDANT
Yeah man.

Sam smiles.

SAM
Top it off.

The attendant begins to fill it.

ATTENDANT
Where you headed man.

Sam is friendly.

SAM
If the weather holds, the keys.

The attendant smiles.

ATTENDANT
In Florida, man?

Sam nods.

ATTENDANT
(continuing)
Long haul man for such a small boat,
you gotta fuel in Cuba probably. No
worry the weather is good. Don’t
dally man, that weather may not
hold.

Sam agrees and gives the man his money. He and Joseph motor
on.

Sam motors into the keys.

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:

Suddenly a United States Coast Guard shore boat motors

behind him and a loud speaker blast out.

COAST GUARD LOUD SPEAKER (O.S.)

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Boat number R-one-four-five-eight-nine,

slow and follow this craft.

The Coast Guard boat cuts in front of them and speeds on.

Sam follows.

The Coast Guard boat makes a quick turn into a small inlet.

They motor to a Government slip and dock. A Coast Guard

sailor motions for Sam to dock next to them.

Sam motors in and ties off.

Three men in black suits come and take Joseph away.

Sam watches.

Urie and Vladimir get out of a limousine and greet Joseph.

Joseph and the men get in the limousine and drive away.

The young sailor walks next to Sam.

COAST GUARD SAILOR

The men in black, must be in trouble.

Sam smiles.

SAM
No, he’s rich. He’ll be with his
own kind in Washington.

The sailor nods.

EXT. COWBOY BAR - NIGHT

Sam walks from the bar. He is tired and depressed. Sam has
been drinking more than he should. He is in a bad mood.

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:

SUB-TITLE APPEARS - LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA

SAM (V.O.)
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I hoped for a rebirth when I got

home. I can’t seem to settle. I
just want something to change my
life. I quit the work with bastards
like Vladimir and Urie, thinking,
this is know way to live. Now, I’m
just getting by, both monetarily and
mentally. I really need to get my
life going in a quality direction.

Sam gets in his truck and sits there for a moment just
staring ahead.

A cowboy stops at his truck window and taps on the glass.

COWBOY
Hey, Get out of that truck, I’m gonna
kick your ass.

Sam rolls his window down. He pulls a Dan Wesson three-

fifty-seven magnum from under his seat and puts in the
man’s mouth.

SAM
Say your prayers, big mouth. It’s
your lucky day if you’re looking
to commit suicide.

The cowboy’s eyes get big and he shakes his head know.

Sam smiles.

SAM
(continuing)
I don’t hear you praying.

He speaks in garbled tone.

COWBOY
Now I lay me down to sleep.

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:

Sam smiles.
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SAM
I could shoot you with ease. I am
enjoying your fear. You think you
should screw with people like me?

The cowboy shakes his head, know.

Sam puts his gun away and the cowboy leaves.

Sam drives away.

INT. SAM’S VEHICLE

Sam is sad.

SAM
Sorry, man. I’m a little out of it
now.

A police car pulls in behind Sam with the lights on. Sam
pulls over and gets out.

EXT. CITY STREET

The policeman gets out with his gun drawn.

POLICEMAN
Put your hands on the truck and
spread’em.

Sam complies.

The cop pulls his nightstick out and punches Sam in the
ribs. Sam turns from the pain. The cop pushes him back into
position on his truck.

SAM
Come on man, I’m stressed out. This
is not good for me or you.

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:

The cop hits Sam again and doubles him over. He takes out
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his handcuffs.

POLICEMAN
Not so big now, are ya little man.
That was my brother you drew down
on.

He slaps Sam across the back with his stick.

Sam flips. He quickly turns and hits the cop as hard as he

can in the mouth and temple.

The cop goes down and spits teeth on the ground.

Sam removes his weapon and throws it in the street gutter.

Within seconds, police cars slide to a stop and ten cops

are on Sam beating him within an inch of his life.
Sam, gets his licks in. He knock a cop down and then
another.
Suddenly ten cops are on him beating and kicking Sam.

INT. LOS ANGELES COUNTY JAIL

Sam woke up sore and hurting all over. His face is swollen
and cut all over with a huge bruise around his blood shot
eye. He looks up and in comes three police officers. They
beat him again.

Sam breaks free for a moment and hits an officer knocking

him down and then another. He turns to the remaining
officer and one comes from the floor and grabs his arms as
the standing officer hits his face and stomach.

DISSOLVE TO AFTERNOON:

SUB-TITLE APPEARS - TEN DAYS LATER

Sam has a beard and his face is beginning to heal. He lies

on his back and reads a book.

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED:
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A jailer comes to Sam’s cell door.

JAILER
Sevier, get cleaned up. You’re going
to court in ten minutes.

Two cops come in and grab Sam. He jerks away and has a
harsh stare for them. The closest cop starts for him. The
second pulls his arm.

COP
Don’t, he’s due in court.

He turns to Sam.

COP
(continuing)
You know the drill.

Sam puts his hands on the wall and the guard pulls them
down one at a time to hand cuff him. The two officers walk
out with Sam.

INT. LOS ANGELES COUNTY COURT

Sam moves into the courtroom. He walks to a chair escorted

by two Sheriff’s deputies and sits down.

Sam sees his old friend’s Vladimir and Urie seated near the
front with Vladimir’s attorney.

The judge turns to Sam. A bailiff speaks.

BAILIFF
Defendant Samuel Sevier will rise.

The Judge looks at Sam from his perch.

JUDGE
Samuel Sevier you are charged with
seven counts of assault and one of
attempted murder. How do you plead.

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:
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A legal aid lawyer stands and is interrupted by another

attorney.

ATTORNEY
Excuse me your honor. May I speak?

The judge nods yes.

ATTORNEY
(continuing)
I now represent Mr. Sevier and I will
enter his plea.

He looks at the legal aid attorney. The attorney shrugs her

shoulders and sits, looking over her files.

The judge is curious.

JUDGE
Mr. Wayne I don’t doubt your credentials.
When did this representation begin?

The attorney smiles.

ATTORNEY
This morning your honor. If you have
an interest in saving the court time,
I will continue.

The judge nods.

ATTORNEY
(continuing)
We have come to a plea bargain with the
district attorney’s office.

The district attorney stands.

DISTRICT ATTORNEY
We have your honor. In view of the
defendant’s good civil and war
record we have agreed to two years
probation.

(CONTINUED)
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CONTINUED:

The judge slams his gavel down.

JUDGE
So ordered, you’re free to go, Mr.
Sevier, next case.

Vladimir, Urie and the attorney follow Sam outside.

INT. COURTHOUSE HALL

Sam turns to Vladimir, Urie and his attorney. Sam smiles at

Urie.

SAM
Thanks for your help.

Vladimir nods.

VLADIMIR
Slow down, Sam, you’re on a bad road.

EXT. CONVENIENCE STORE

Sam drives up to the front, stops his car and goes inside.

INT. CONVENIENCE STORE

Sam is picking up some snacks. A rude dirty looking guy

bumps into him hogging the isle.

Sam’s temper is flaring. He stares at the guy.

DIRTY MAN
What you lookin at bitch.

Sam turns without warning and sweeps his feet from under
him with his own leg and when the man tries to get up, Sam
straight arms him, head on in the face and back down the
dirty man goes slamming onto the concrete floor.

(CONTINUED)
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CONTINUED:

The rude man starts to get up again.

Sam gives him an elbow to the temple. His eyes roll and
down he goes.

Sam stands over the rude man for a moment waiting for him
to get up.

Everyone in the store is staring.

Sam puts his snacks back and looks at the people.

SAM
He was rude.

Everyone nods in agreement.

Sam walks out of the store.

EXT. POOL SIDE VLADIMIR’S APARTMENT

Anthony walks from the street next to Sam, Vladimir and

Urie lounging beside the pool.

Sam looks at him as he stops beside Sam.

ANTHONY
Sam, I need to speak to you.

Sam nods.

Anthony is impatient with Sam.

ANTHONY
(continuing)
Privately.

Sam nods.

Vladimir and Urie excuse themselves.

Anthony sits next to Sam.

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(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:

ANTHONY
(continuing)
Listen Sam, you are running with a bad
crowd. I want you to get away from them.
I’ve been working for the president. I
want you to come to work for him too.
Some days we are soldiers, other days we
are agents. We special handle discrete
situation. Aren’t you tired of doing
nothing with your life?

Sam shakes his head know.

Anthony stands.

ANTHONY
(continuing)
You think about it. I’ll get back
to you.

Anthony walks away.

Sam stares straight ahead.

DISSOLVE TO:

INT. VLADIMIR’S APARTMENT

Sam, Vladimir and two other men sit around drinking and
talking with the pool visible through the large front
window.

SAM
You want me to collect from that
low-life dealer on fifth street?

Urie smiles and starts to answer.

A knock is heard at the door. Sam gets up and answers. He

opens the door.

Carl, Sam’s old friend dressed in a dark suit stands in

the doorway.
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(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:

CARL
Hello asshole.

Sam smiles and nods.

The other men are silent, staring at Carl.

CARL
(continuing)
You are to come with me, per
Anthony Sevier.

Sam looks at him.

SAM
Okay Dumb ass.

CUT TO:

EXT. MARINE CORPS AIRBASE, EL TORO CALIFORNIA

Carl and Sam are boarding a military plane at the air base.
The aircraft door closes behind him.

EXT. WATERGATE BUILDING WASHINGTON D.C.

Anthony greets Carl and Sam as they exit a black government

suburban at the Watergate building and walk inside.

INT. WATERGATE BUILDING, WASHINGTON D.C.

Sam walks down the hall with Anthony and Carl. He suddenly
sees Suzanne. Carl and Anthony pause. Anthony pulls on
Carl, and goes into an office across the hall.

SUZANNE
Sam?

Suzanne moves to Sam and hugs him as if he is the only

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person for her.

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:

Suzanne stops and looks at Sam and then kisses him. She
stops and looks at Sam.

SUZANNE
(continuing)
Where have you been. I tried to find
you. I missed you so much.

Sam is not as enthused as she is.

SAM
The last time I heard from you, you
were married.

Suzanne takes Sam by the hand and leads him to a vacant

conference room.

INT. CONFERENCE ROOM, WATERGATE BUILDING, WASHINGTON D. C.

They are inside and the door closes. Suzanne gets close to
Sam and kisses him deeply. She stops and looks into his
eyes.

SUZANNE
I could never resist you.

Sam smiles.

Suzanne kisses him again, then stops looking into his eyes.
She touches his face.

SUZANNE
(continuing)
You still love me?

Sam just looks at her.

Suzanne kisses him again. She stops and looks at him.

SUZANNE
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(continuing)
Well, I still love you.

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:

Sam still is just looking at her thinking.

SAM
You are married.

Suzanne kisses him again.

SUZANNE
Don’t spoil it Sam, This moment
is so perfect. Like a fairy tale.

Suzanne kisses him.

SUZANNE
(continuing)
I want to see you again.

Sam just looks at her.

CUT TO:

EXT. TRAVEL LODGE SUBURBAN WASHINGTON D. C.

A nearly new Lincoln sedan stops in front of a room.

Suzanne gets out and unlock the front door.

She looks back at the car and goes to the car’s passenger
door and opens it. She takes Sam by the hand and pulls him
from the car to the room.

INT. TRAVEL LODGE SUBURBAN WASHINGTON D. C.

Suzanne shuts the door and turns to Sam embracing him.

SUZANNE
Now’s the time Sam, show me you
love me.
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Sam looks into her eyes.

Suzanne kisses him.

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:

SUZANNE
(continuing)
I love you. I always have.

Sam kisses her and they lie on the bed. He stops and looks
at her.

DISSOLVE TO:

INT. WASHINGTON TRAINING FACILITY

Anthony is with Sam when a department head, DIANA McCARTY,

a very attractive middle aged woman comes in to give him
orientation.

DIANA
Hello Sam, I’ll up date you. The
training is in counter espionage.
After two years of foreign service
you may come back here to train.
You will work full time or be on
call. You work by contract only.
That means you are an independent
not a government employee.

Sam understands the disassociation. She smiles and hands

Sam a brown envelope.

DIANA
(continuing)
Your first assignment.

EXT. AIRPORT, MUNICH GERMANY

Sam and Carl leave the airport in a rented car through the
gates of the rental company.
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EXT. AUTOBAHN

Sam and Carl’s black sedan drives onto the autobahn via an
entry ramp.

INT. BLACK MERCEDES

Carl drives down the autobahn. Sam sits silently.

SAM (V.O.)
We are on our way to pick up a high level
defector. The man and his wife are to be
guaranteed safe passage per our government
officials and the powers on Wall Street.
This defector is some kind of financial
genius and both Wall Street and our
government want him for our economic wars
and our own economy.

Carl looks at Sam.

CARL
You’re new, so let me take the lead
on this.

Sam nods.

DISSOLVE TO:

The rental car turns off the Autobahn onto a very rural
road and with in a short time they arrive at a border
crossing out post between East and West Germany.

SUB-TITLE APPEARS – EAST-WEST GERMAN BORDER

The East German’s guard building sets on the banks of a

small creek next to a stone bridge spanning to the West.

One West German Guard mans his post, while across the long
bridge are four East German Guards.
Sam’s partner paces in front of the car, keeping the Guards
attention.

Sam waits in the dark near the narrow creek that runs under
the bridge, about four hundred yards from the crossing.
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He hears guard dogs moving through the woods across the

border. Sam sees a car stop at the East entrance to the
border bridge.

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED:

A beautiful woman gets out dressed for sex. She shows her
papers and has the entire attention of the Eastern Guards.

She is okayed to cross and the walk begins. At the same

time a man surfaces on the West Side of the creek, in the
dark shadows of the trees. I gave him the password.

SAM
Four.

He answered.

DEFECTOR
Leaf clover.

Sam helps him out of the water and he moves toward the rear
of his car.

Sam reveals a cut down M-fourteen, full-Automatic rifle

slung over his shoulder by a leather strap, under his
overcoat as he quickly moves to the car.

Sam’s eyes are glued on the guards.

The woman finally has crossed the bridge.

All guard’s eyes are on her slinky dress and fine body.

She begins to kiss Carl wildly. Carl loves the moment.

The guards appear disappointed turn and go about their

business.

An East German agent in a dark suit appears and quickly

walks toward the two of them with one hand in his pocket.
The West German guard steps from his guard shack.

The East German pulls out a large caliber automatic and

fires at the guard, he takes cover, and then the agent
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fires at the woman. Sam opens his coat and let go five
rounds.
The splinters fly from the bridge. One hits the German in
the eye. The German fires back at Sam and he shoots back
hitting him in the hand.

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:

He goes to his knees in pain.

The guards including ours are yelling for us to stop.

The East Germans pick-up their agent and go back to their

side.

The West German urges us in perfect English to go quickly.

WEST GERMAN GUARD

Go, I know who you are, go.

Carl and Sam look at him curiously.

WEST GERMAN GUARD

(continuing)
I speak English this well, because my
Father is from Queens.

Carl and Sam grin and smile.

Sam and his partner and the woman get into the car and they
quickly drive away.

INT. VEHICLE

Carl has lip stick all over his face.

CARL
Where’s the guy?

Sam is suddenly aware.

SAM
Dam, I forgot him.
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There is silence.

A muffled voice comes from the trunk.

DEFECTOR
Let me out.

INT. REMOTE CABIN

Sam, Carl, the woman and the defector sit around a wooden
table in the middle of the room of the remote cabin in the
woods.

CARL
Shouldn’t have used your weapon.

Sam looks at Carl earnestly.

SAM
Well Romeo, What was I suppose to do
let him shoot you?

Carl just looks at him then at the defectors.

CARL
Okay, are you declaring anything.

The defector puts his hands in his pockets and begins to

pull out diamonds, hands full of perfect diamonds.

The woman begins to take diamonds from her underwear and

the man more from his coat. Carl counts the diamonds and
give the man a receipt.

CARL
(continuing)
This receipt will get your property
back when you hit New York.

EXT. LAGARDIA AIRPORT, NEW YORK CITY

Carl and Sam arrive in New York from Germany and are
exiting the airport. A sign is visible as they exit.

CLOSE ON SIGN - “THANKS FOR FLYING WITH US, LAGARDIA

INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, NEW YORK.”
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A man comes to Sam.

DRIVER
Sir your car is here.

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:

Sam looks at the man with a question on his face. The

driver opens the door for Sam and turns to Carl.

DRIVER
(continuing)
Sir your car is there.

He points to a limousine behind the one Sam is waiting to

get into.

Sam shrugs.

SAM
See you at the office, dumb ass.

Carl smiles.

CARL
Okay, asshole.

Sam gets in the limousine.

INT. LIMOUSINE

Suzanne is smiling dressed very sexy in a low cut black

dress.

Sam sits.

SAM
Where is your husband?

Suzanne looks at him lovingly.

SUZANNE
Don’t spoil it Sam. We are going to
the Plaza for the night and dinner,
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then to a beautiful thoroughbred horse

ranch for the weekend. Just love me
baby.

Sam just looks at her.

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:

Suzanne pulls Sam close to her. She kisses him passionately.

INT. PLAZA HOTEL ROOM, NEW YORK CITY

Suzanne and Sam are kissing in bed. They stop. Sam looks at
her.

Suzanne becomes serious. She looks into Sam’s eyes gazing

for a moment.

SUZANNE
I love you baby, Love me back. My
life is complicated now, but it
won’t always be that way.

Sam kisses her lightly on the cheek.

EXT. THROUGHBRED HORSE RANCH, RURAL, UP STATE NEW YORK

Sam kisses Suzanne leaned against a tree in the woods. They

stop.

SUZANNE
What you going to do Sam. Since you
got back.

Sam smiles.

SAM
This agent stuff is not really for me.
I think I’ll take a leave of absence
and go to Fort Worth Texas. That’s where
our family came from. I just want a
normal life.
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Suzanne caresses him.

SUZANNE
You were never normal honey.

DISSOLVE TO:

INT. PHOENIX SAVINGS AND LOAN, FORT WORTH TEXAS

Sam sits at a desk listening to an elderly lady speak as he

takes care of her business with the saving and loan.

ELDERLY WOMAN
You are so lucky to have this job. The
senator has managed this place for
five years now. I’m sure you two will
be great friends. Welcome to Texas,
boy.

Sam smiles.

The manager, Bob Meadows, a state senator and probably the

sneakiest back stabbing individual that lived this century,
but he is rich and gets away with it, stops at Sam’s desk,
as he starts to speak Sam’s phone ring.

Sam pick’s it up.

SAM
This is Sam, Sure dad. I’ll be there.

The senator is rude.

SENATOR
Speak to your pop on your own time, son.

Sam looks at him.

SAM
That’s my father you are talking
about. Shut the fuck up and another
thing, my brother just died. I’m
taking funeral leave. No, fuck you,
I quit and if you say anything about
my father again, I’ll break your nose,
sir.
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Sam steps forward and pushes him out of the way as he walks
out.

SENATOR
You can’t talk to me that way.

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:

Sam smile and talks as he walks.

SAM
Yes I can, I’m a tax payer asshole.
when you abuse your office, you get
abused.

The senator looks at him.

SENATOR
To hell with you and your…

Sam abruptly turns to look at the senator.

The senator cowers and hold his hands up.

SENATOR
(continuing)
Don’t go nuts. Let it go.

Sam walks out the front door.

INT. FUNERAL PARLOR

Sam is at the funeral, sitting with his mother and father
and his brother’s two daughter.

His brother’s oldest daughter speaks.

DANA
Daddy loved you. I’m sorry we didn’t
have a better relationship with you.

Sam smiles and pats her with large tear in his eyes..

DISSOLVE TO:
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EXT. POOL SIDE, FRONTIER HOTEL, LAS VEGAS NEVADA

Sam sits poolside at the casino. A waiter tells him he has

a phone call. Sam goes to the outdoor bar and picks up the
phone.

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:

SAM
This is Sam.

Sam’s mother speaks to him.

MOTHER
Sam, Dana is dead. Come home.

Sam stares into space.

SAM
All right mother, I’ll be there
tonight.

EXT. FUNERAL HOME

Sam walks to the door. His mother and father are there with
a young man.

Sam’s mother hugs him. His father pats him on the back.

His mother looks at him presenting the young man.

MOTHER
This is Murphy, Dana’s husband’s
son.
(She looks at Murphy.)
Tell him Murphy.

Murphy is a quiet introvert.

MURPHY
I over heard my dad say, he killed
her.
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Sam studies Murphy. Sam’s father looks at him.

FATHER
The police can’t do anything, we got
to do something. Murphy here is a
convict and the police won’t take
his word.

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:

Sam’s mother intervenes.

MOTHER
Honey, take Murphy to the car. I
want to talk to Sam for a moment.

Sam dad smiles. He and Murphy leave.

Sam mother looks at him with love in her eyes.

MOTHER
(continuing)
Sam, I never ask you to do wrong,
but I ask you now to take revenge
against the bastard that killed
our grandbaby.

She starts crying. Sam comforts her.

DISSOLVE TO:

EXT. REMOTE AREA, DESERT NEAR LAS VEGAS NEVADA

DANA’S HUSBAND a slim greasy looking man sits in a Ford

sedan. His hands are wired together and attached to the
steering wheel with clothes hangars. Another man is in the
background pouring gasoline all over the car and him.

DANA’S HUSBAND
Why are you doing this. What the hell
do you want?

A splash of gas hits him in the face. The man gasp. In a

moment the car and the man are suddenly on fire. He screams
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at the top of his lungs. The man in the background walks

away.

INT. WATERGATE BUILDING, DIANA’S OFFICE, WASHINGTON D. C.

Sam walks into the foyer. A secretary holds out a greeting

card for him.

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:

Sam takes it and acknowledges her. He opens the card.

CLOSE ON THE CARD - “Welcome back asshole! We got a job,

come see me. Carl”

Sam smiles and speaks to himself.

SAM
Thanks dumb ass.

The secretary gives him an angry looks. Sam looks at her

with apologetic eyes.

SAM
(continuing)
Not you.

DISSOLVE TO:

EXT. CITY STREET, JUAREZ MEXICO

Sam and Carl walk down the street.

SUB-TITLE APPEARS - JUAREZ, MEXICO

CARL
Our job is to stop the Colombian
drug flow and live to tell.

Sam smiles.

SAM
I love Mexico, everyone is so,
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normal.

Carl smiles.

CARL
Listen they got a tunnel from this
side of the border to the U.S. side.
We gotta plug the hole.

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED:

Carl and Sam turn the corner.

They see a large house sitting on a ridge with the United

States in the background.

The house is dark looking and heavily guarded inside and

out.

Sam and Carl walk toward the residence, then stop and watch
casually from a hundred or more feet away.

Sam sees a backpacker.

The backpacker walks to a side gate of the house grounds.

Sam and Carl walk behind him as he buzzes for a guard. Sam
shoots the guard as he opened the gate with a silencer.
They drag the backpacker with them.

INT. RESIDENCE

Sam walks to the back door of the house and has the
backpacker buzz. A guard opens the door and Sam shoots him.

They move inside and through the house and as Sam leaves
the kitchen, he dispatches two more guards and two back
packers.
A guard that Sam does not see comes out of the tunnel and
shoots Sam in the rib cage, his vest stopped the bullet.

Sam shoots the man in the throat.

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Two more backpackers come from the living room. Sam drops
them with single shot each.

INT. GARDEN ROOM

Sam burst into a garden room, ready to fire his weapon. A

man, a woman and two young children sit at a table eating.
They all freeze.

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED:

Suddenly the man goes for his gun under his belt in the
small of his back.

Sam hits him with the barrel of his weapon and takes the
gun away.

Sam takes some duct tape from his bag slung around his neck
and begins to tape the man to the chair.

He looks at the woman and children.

SAM
You understand English?

She nods, yes.

SAM
(continuing)
I don’t want to hurt you and your
children.

Sam tapes her and the children to the chairs.

The man looks at him with anger.

Sam moves into the tunnel. Carl’s sees him and moves to the
tunnel entrance to guard and wait.

Sam yells out from deep in the tunnel.

SAM (OS)
You still there shit head?
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Carl yells back.

CARL
Got ya covered asshole.

A few seconds passes and Sam exits the tunnels. Carl waits
on the guard.

A man comes through the front door. He sees Carl and Sam
and raises his hands.

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:

Sam takes him and duct tapes the man to a nearby chair and
searches him for papers and/or I. D.

Carl watches impatiently.

CARL
(continuing)
Come on we don’t have much time.

Sam smiles and looks at his watch.

SAM
We got four minutes.

Carl nods.

Sam moves to the woman and children. He opens his knife.

Their eyes get big and the man protest from behind his
taped mouth.

Sam cuts the woman and children loose.

The woman sits still looking at Sam.

Sam is kind.

SAM
Go with your children. Quick now.
You’ve got three minutes to clear
the area.
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The woman speaks in a pleading voice.

WOMAN
What about my husband?

Sam is firm.

SAM
Know, he stays. You are the widow
of this cartel boss. Go, do better
next time.

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:

The man mumbles and protest under his taped mouth.

She takes the children and leaves.

Carl urges.

CARL
Come on Sam, It’s gonna blow.

Sam exits with Carl.

The men tied to the chair scream out, trying to get loose.

EXT. RESIDENCE

Sam and Carl rush from the house and quickly move down the
street. They turn and sees two packers buzzing the bell by
the back door.

Suddenly the tunnel blows. The front of the house is blown

out and the back packers are blown into the street.

Sam smiles and looks at Carl.

SAM
Happy Cinco DeMayo.

Carl smiles curiously.

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Sam and Carl walk around the corner out of sight.

The residence burns huge and high.

EXT. JUAREZ STREET.

Sam and Carl are standing at the airport watching airplanes

taxi to their hangars.

Sam leans against and old car and reads the newspaper
dressed in an airport maintenance man uniform. Carl sits in
the driver’s seat watching and eating a burrito also

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:

dressed in an airport maintenance uniform.

CLOSE ON NEWSPAPER - “AMERICAN AND MEXICAN AUTHORITIES

UNCOVER A SECRET DRUG TRAFFICKING TUNNEL.”

SAM
Carl do you ever wonder if we are
the bad guys. I mean we kill and
maim for a living.

Carl speaks without looking at Sam watching the airport.

CARL
Hell Sam, I’m a soldier, that’s what
we do. Although, I will be glad when
I’m out of this shit. It’s getting to,
stupid.

Sam nods.

SAM
Me too, buddy.

Carl looks at his friend.

CARL
Look, those dopers have changed
their traffic pattern. I guess
we’re still on for this. I mean
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I was told to get rid of em.

Sam looks at Carl.

SAM
Don’t you know for sure?

Carl nods.

CARL
Yeah, let’s go.

Carl and Sam move to the airport gate and enter by showing
a guard, an I. D.

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:

Sam and Carl go to a row of very expensive Beechcraft twin

engine airplanes. They begin to check the engines.

Carl quickly installs pipe bombs in three airplanes and

activates them.

They exit the airport and go to their car and get in.

INT. CARL AND SAM’S CAR

Carl drives away.

Sam looks at Carl.

SAM
Drive ten miles South, I’ll show
you where.

EXT. DESERT, TEN MILES SOUTH OF JUAREZ

Carl and Sam’s car stops behinds a hill and they get out.
The two of then walk to a plateau and sit down.

SAM
Well they should start showing up
anytime. I feel good, we’re blowing
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about forty million at a pop out of

the sky.

Carl nods.

An aircraft flies low in the distance. Suddenly it blows up

and falls to the ground in a fire ball.

Carl watches calmly.

A second plane flies from the distance. It blows up into

flames and falls to the ground.

CARL
That’s eighty million.

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:

A third plane is on the horizon. It blows up and falls in

flames.

Carl looks at Sam solemnly.

CARL
Let’s go home.

EXT. FORT BLISS ARMY BASE TEXAS, FRONT GATE

Carl and Sam drive into Fort Bliss Army base front gate.

A guard looks at their I. D. cards. His phone ring in the

guard shack.

Another guard looks at them then back to the phone and back
to them again as he speaks on the phone. He walks to them.

ARMY GUARD
Gentlemen, report to the ranger unit
Commander, building four fourteen.

Carl and Sam nod and drive on.

INT. FORT BLISS ARMY BASE, BUILDING FOUR FOURTEEN, OFFICE

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OF THE COMMANDING OFFICER

Sam and Carl shake hands with an Army Ranger, full colonel.

COLONEL
Gentlemen, I understand you are the
men to know in South America.

Carl and Sam look at each other.

COLONEL
(continuing)
Your boss has loaned the two of you
to me, I have a very important job
for you.

CUT TO:

EXT. JUNGLE, BELIZE SOUTH AMERICA

Carl and Sam drive across county in an old one/half ton

army truck.

SUB-TITLE APPEARS - BELIZE, SOUTH AMERICA

CARL
You’re the man to see for South America,
that gets us baby sitting for the Army,
because they don’t want to do it.

Sam smiles.

SAM
The boss said this woman is important
to the free world. So, we gotta help
her.

Carl smiles.

CARL
Right. They are always the important
one. What about us aren’t we important.
Hell. I’m important.

Sam smiles and rolls his eyes.

SAM
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Okay Carl. You are very important.

Don’t melt down.

Carl nods in his moment of importance.

CARL
Dam right. I’m somebody.

FRANCHESCA MARCOS, a beautiful woman stands beside the dirt

road wearing pheasant clothes, she waves for Carl and Sam
to stop.

They look at each other and shake their heads know and
drive on.

They pass Franchesca and leave her in a cloud of dust.

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:

She stops her foot and mutter to herself.

FRANCHESCA
Stupido.

Sam and Carl drive into Belize City. They stop at a hotel,
get out and go inside.

INT. BELIZE CITY HOTEL

Sam goes to the desk as he starts to speak, Franchesca

walks in.

FRANCHESCA
Are you Sam?

Sam nods.

She looks at Carl.

FRANCHESCA
(continuing)
Are you Carl?

Carl shakes his head, know.

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FRANCHESCA
(continuing)
Come with me.

They follow meekly. She goes to a semi-private area of the

hotel bar and sits. Carl and Sam sit with her.

FRANCHESCA
(continuing)
I am the person you are to help. My name
is Franchesca Marcos. The colonel you
met at Fort Bliss is my brother. My
father is Senator Alfredo Garcia.
your job is to retrieve my son from
Cuba. He is there with his grandmother.

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED:

Sam and Carl look at her with a reluctant gaze.

EXT. CUBAN MOORING DOCK

Sam and Carl stand on the deck of a small sea going fishing
boat.

Carl looks at Sam.

CARL
Watch this fisherman. Francesca says
He’s okay, but it pays to be careful.

Sam smiles and nods.

SAM
Life really rich when you’re around
Carl. Don’t ever change.

The small fishing boats captain come to them.

BOAT CAPTAIN
We are coming into Cuba now, remember
you are East German tourist on a
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fishing trip. We’ll fuel up and do

some maintenance while you pick up
Francesca’s son. His grandmother
will bring him. You know where to go?

Sam and Carl nods.

EXT. CUBAN PORT, DOCKING AREA

The boat docks and ties off. Carl and Sam get off and go
after the boy.

EXT. CITY STREET

They walk and see an old woman watching them. They stop and
she stops.

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:

Carl and Sam split up.

The old woman follows Sam.

Sam turns a corner. The old woman turns the corner. Sam
stops and turns.

Carl come up behind her and put his hand on her mouth as he
holds her arm.

Sam looks deep into her eyes.

SAM
Who are you?

The old woman speaks.

OLD WOMAN
Eee knee meanie.

Sam and Carl look at her.

Sam and Carl are a total blank. Then a light comes on for
Sam.
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SAM
Minee moe.

Carl doesn’t understand.

CARL
What?

Sam smiles.

SAM
Let her go. I forgot there is a
pass word.

Carl lets her go and shakes his head.

OLD WOMAN
Come, let us go.

She walks on. Carl and Sam follow.

EXT. CUBAN PORT, DOCKING AREA

Carl, Sam, The young boy and the grandmother stop next to
the fishing boat.

The boy hugs his grandmother. She holds back tears.

Sam and Carl get on the boat ramp. Sam takes the boys hand.

A local policeman yells out.

CUBAN POLICEMAN
Alto.

Everyone freezes in place.

Two lower ranking policeman join the policeman that first

spoke.

Sam and Carl are looking around considering going for

weapons stashed on deck.

Suddenly the fishing boat captain steps in.

BOAT CAPTAIN
I’m sorry sir. We are just fueling. I
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Don’t speak Cuban, I am Jamaican and

these two are East German’s they don’t
understand anything. Do you speak
English.

The policeman is curious.

CUBAN POLICEMAN
Yes, Who is the boy?

The captain is confident.

BOAT CAPTAIN
He is working for me today, to help
with these two tourist. His grandmother
needs the money.

Grandmother tries to look innocent and poor.

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED:

The policemen looks each person over and their eyes scan
the boat.

CUBAN POLICEMAN
Have you paid for your fuel?

The captain nods.

CUBAN POLICEMAN
(continuing)
Get underway.
(He looks at grandmother.)
I’ll walk you home, grandmother.

Sam, Carl, the boy and the captain get on board the fishing
boat.

Grandmother and the policeman walk away.

The two remaining police watch the boat leave.

EXT. BELIZE PORT

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The fishing boat is docking. The boy jumps from the boat
and runs to his mother Franchesca. The boy hugs his mother.

The captain gets off the boat and takes a sealed message.
He looks at it and passes it on the Carl.

Carl opens the letter and reads. He looks at Sam with

disappointment in his eyes.

CARL
The agency is not funded. They are
out of money.

Sam is surprised.

SAM
So does that mean we are fired.

Carl smiles and takes Sam to the side.

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:

CARL
Know, It means we do one of two things
to keep us going. It’s a tradition. We
either sell drugs or rob a bank that
has drug money.

Sam looks at Carl.

CARL
(continuing)
Are you crazy? That’s against the
law.

Carl is patient.

CARL
(continuing)
Sam, we shot people, blow things
up and generally piss on the law
everyday. We are agents, we don't
go by those laws. We need money
to operate on. It is sanctioned
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by the department. Hell, we don’t

even have money to get home.

Sam nods. A government car stops near them. Sam and Carl
get into the car and it drives away.

DISSOLVE TO:

EXT. FIRST NATIONAL BANK, PRINCE PORT FLORIDA

Sam and Carl walk toward the bank. Sam casually looks
around the area to be sure there are no problems.

SUB-TITLE APPEARS - PRINCE PORT FLORIDA, SUBURBIA NATIONAL

BANK

SAM
This is wrong. We’re criminals. This
is going to put a cloud on my
Government Service.

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:

Carl is calm.

CARL
Know body will know, this place just
has a thousand people in it. The bank
is tiny. Know one will give a shit.

Sam rolls his eyes as he and Carl wearing dark and long
wool overcoat and redheaded wigs, pull their black ski mask
down over their faces and walk inside, bordering on the
ridiculous.

INT. BANK

Sam’s heavy overcoat opens slightly to reveal a short

barrel model twelve, Winchester, pump shotgun slung from
over the shoulder. Sam also keeps his trusty forty-five
automatic slung under his arm with plenty of magazines
attached to his shoulder holster.
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Carl locks the ancient door behind them with a chain and
pad lock.

Sam quickly shows his shotgun.

SAM
Get on the floor in the middle of
the room.

Sam looks at the teller.

SAM
(continuing)
Teller stand where you are, if you
set the alarm I will shoot you.

The teller grins nervously in compliance.

TELLER
We don’t have any alarm. No body would
steel these guy’s money, except you
of course.

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:

Sam smiles.

SAM
I love honesty.

Sam takes the teller to the safe, they go inside the large
vault.

INT. VAULT

Sam starts filling all of the bags he has with cash,

showing the teller how he wants her to help bag it up. When
he finishes. He sits the woman on a stool in the vault and
pulls her dress up revealing her stocking covered legs.

She appears frightened. Sam takes a bound stack of one

hundred dollar bills and stuffs them in her stocking next
to her thigh. She smiles and pulls her dress down.
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Sam turns and gets another bag and begins filling it.

SAM
Lot of money in here for a small
bank.

She nods.

TELLER
Drugs, Dealer’s deposit here, Colombian.
Probably fifty million.

Sam smiles.

SAM
That’s what you meant, get you some
more then.

The teller smiles and pulls up her loose fitting dress

stuffing bound packets of one hundred dollar bills in her
stockings and panties. She pads her butt heavily with the
bills.

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:

The teller smiles and looks at Sam.

TELLER
This is the nicest robbery. I ever
been in.

Sam is amused.

Sam comes out of the vault, looking back at the clerk

signaling her to stay behind. He looks at Carl.

SAM
Let’s go.

Sam and Carl exit the bank. Sam looks at Carl.

SAM
(continuing)
This is too much. When this is
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over I’m getting out. I hate it.

Carl nods and they get in their very fast four door Ford
Fairlane car.

INT. FORD FAIRLANE

While Carl drives they both take off their red wigs and
hoods.

Suddenly Carl the driver turns off the highway. In a minute

they are next to their regular federal agency car on the
shore of a lake.

They both jump out and open the trunk of the agency car.
Carl and Sam dress in suits looking the part of federal
officers.

CARL
I hate this shit too. This is not
right.

Sam looks at him with remorse.

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:

SAM
I thought you said this is right.

Carl composes.

CARL
I did, but I was lying to you and
myself.

Sam smiles.

SAM
Like you said, we are government types
shooting people, blowing things up and
now robbing for the better good. Robbing
is probably better than shooting it out
in a jungle somewhere.
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Carl is amused. Another agent drives up and gets out not

speaking.

He takes the bags from the robbery car. The agent writes
out a receipt. And throws it in the car seat. The agent
drives away.

Sam watches him go and opens the trunk smiling.

SAM
(continuing)
Oh, you forgot, to late.
(Two bags of money lie
in the trunk.)
I guess we’ll just keep this for
operating capital.

Carl smiles.

CARL
Yeah so long turd. I forgot to tell
you Sam, we got an assignment in
Honduras.

Sam smiles.

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:

SAM
Okay, let’s go first class.

DISSOLVE TO:

EXT. JUNGLE HONDURAS, SOUTH AMERICA

Sam and Carl stand on tree covered rim over looking a

beautiful valley chewing on unlit big cigars and wearing
Hawaiian shirts.

SUB-TITLE APPEARS - HONDURAS, SOUTH AMERICA

Carl looks at Sam.

CARL
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This is where I get off. I’ll pick

you up in thirty days right here.

Sam smiles.

SAM
All right, I want to go home after
this for good, so show up. I depend
on you.

Carl smiles.

CARL
I’ll be here. Listen training
rebels is a touchy business be
careful. You don’t know who your
friends are.

Carl departs though the jungle taking off his Hawaiian

shirt and throwing it on the ground with his cigar.

A monkey is on the cigar and shirt checking it out. He

smell the cigar and throws it away. The monkey takes the
shirt up into the tree with him.

Sam walks into the quiet valley.

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:

Sam cautiously meets a rebel on the trail. Sam takes his

shirt off as they walk away down to a camouflage tee-shirt
and puts it and the cigar in his backpack.

EXT. VILLAGE

The man and Sam arrive in the village. A quiet and clean
looking middle-aged man, ALFRED LOYA, sees them and walks
toward Sam and his new guide. Alfredo shakes Sam’s hand.

ALFREDO
You are our America Trainer? I
am Alfredo Loya, leader of this
freedom army.
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Sam looks him over.

SAM
I am Sam.

Alfredo is cordial. He guides Sam to a place to sit in an

open cabana.

ALFREDO
Please sit. We will eat.

They sit and two women serve food. Sam looks them over.

ALFREDO
(continuing)
Do you know when the money comes
to pay the soldiers. We need
weapons too.

Sam is formal.

SAM
Yeah, the money is in the bank in
Jamaica. I will get cash to pay
your soldiers and weapons will be
here before your attack on that
weasel dictator Horrea.

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:

Alfredo smiles.

ALFREDO
They have been moving against us at
every opportunity. We must hurry.

Sam hears a limb crack near the cabana.

He pulls out his forty-five automatic. Alfredo positions

himself with his rifle.

The dictators Government Troops attack the village with

full force.

There is gunfire from almost every direction. The fight was

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on. Alfredo’s troops begin to fight back.

Alfredo’s men stand and fight like professionals.

Sam looks around the area as Alfredo shoots at the enemy

soldiers.

Sam moves for better cover.

A Government Soldier rips five rounds in front of him.

Sam turns into a one room shanty.

He steps out the back of the shack, a bullet hits him dead
in the shoulder plate of his flake jacket. Sam falls back
into the shack.

INT. SHACK

Sam checks his shoulder. He realizes his armored vest

stopped the bullet. Sam waits for the soldier to check his
kill.

Right on schedule, the enemy soldier enters the small room

looking around.

Sam turns and puts two bullets in his chest, then cuts out
the back door.

EXT. SHACK

Sam moves out the back.

Three more soldiers open up on him.

Sam goes back inside and retrieves the dead soldier’s A-K-
forty-seven, checks it for load and moves out to flank the
three soldiers.

The first one sees him and opened fire.

He and Sam go Wyatt Earp, face to face, heads up. Rifles’

blazing it was Sam’s lucky day.

The second and third soldiers fire at Sam as he drives

behind a stone wall.
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Sam now can see twelve Government Soldiers, five dead and
seven still fighting.

Sam’s eyes scan the area. He sees none of his rebel

counterparts dead.

Sam aims at the soldier’s location waiting for them too pop
up to shoot.

Up they come and he makes short work of them. The soldiers

fall to the ground dead.

More gunfire can be heard out front of the village.

Sam looks toward the front.

He sees two of Alfredo’s men dead.

Sam moves out and skirts the Government Troops.

He gets close enough to fire, they see him and opened up on

Sam.

Alfredo and his two men see and blazed away at the
government soldiers.

Sam sprays the area of his enemy.

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:

It is quiet the smoke clears all of the Government troops

are dead.

Alfredo and one of his men are left standing.

Sam smiles at them and holds up his pistol in a sign of

victory.

Alfredo smiles.

Alfredo looks at his dead men and back at Sam.

Sam speaks out as he stands.

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SAM
You still want to be a freedom
fighter?

Alfredo nods.

ALFREDO
We will fight to the last man.

Sam goes to him and pats Alfredo on the back.

SAM
Combat gives you the best men and
future leaders for your new democratic
country. It’s a game of attrition,
survival of the fittest. You’re a
good leader and you have fine soldiers
everything will turn good for you.

EXT. AZULE MISSION HONSURAS SOUTH AMERICA

Sam travels home through the deep jungle. He can see the
Azule Mission in the distance.

SUB-TITLE APPEARS - AZULE MISSION, HONDURAS, SOUTH AMERICA

He can see a small boy, running toward him from the mission
in the distance.

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:

Sam puts his hand on his pistol.

BOY
Sam, Sam, Papa said, bad men are
going to take the nuns and priest
hostage, come, help.

The boy pulls on Sam.

SAM
Go back, I will follow.

The boy takes off running back toward the village.

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Sam rushes through the thick jungle.

When he arrives, the rebels are already there, but haven’t

done anything, they are just sitting in the plaza talking.

He can’t believe what he sees. The bandit Sam had shot in

the foot is there with a bandage on his foot. He appears to
still be the boss.

Sam shakes his head, knowing he should have shot him in the
head instead of the foot.

Sam stays stealth in the tree line waiting and watching the
activity.

The bandits began to lock and load, the priest and nuns
come out of the Mission under guard from a bandit.

The leader raises his pistol toward them.

Sam immediately takes aim, he fires

The bullet hits the bandit leader in the ear.

The bandits three men scatter.

Sam shoots two more before they can get away.

The third man runs.

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:

Sam follows, blasting through the thick jungle. He stops to

see if he can hear the running man. The jungle is silent.
The man has stopped and is hidden.

Sam gets off the trail and begins to hunt. He hears a leaf
brush against a limb. Sam stops and listens, it does it
again.

Sam can finally see his hip pocket through the leaves up in
a tree.

Sam aims and fires. The soldier falls from a low tree limb.
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Sam fires again as he falls.

The man is dead.

Sam walks to the location of the leader with the lame foot.

He is gone.

Sam’s eyes scan the area. He is cautious, then moves on to

the priest and nuns.

SAM
Are you all right?

They acknowledge.

PRIEST
Thank you.

Sam smiles at the holy people.

He turns to jungle and nearby people.

SAM
There will be know more killing of
religious people or I will have your
ass on a stick for all to see. Heathen
on a stick, dead. And the bastard that
got away. I will be hunting him until
he is dead.

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:

Sam walks away.

EXT. JUNGLE

Sam goes to a concealed cave and enters.

INT. CAVE

Sam removes some rocks and pulls out a radio.

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SAM
Honduras one to Sarratoga four-four.
Honduras one to Sarratoga four-four.

A radio voice comes on.

SARRATOGA (RADIO V.O.)

Go ahead Hondo one.

SAM
Do you read go code, two-four-nine-
seven-three.

The ship quickly answers.

SARRATOGA
You have a go, Hondo one. Project
Harpoon is operational. I say again,
Project harpoon is a go.

Sam answers with a reluctance.

SAM
Roger, Sarratoga. This is my last job,
Maybe I’ll see you around.

The ship answers.

SARRATOGA
Looking forward to it Hondo one.
Enjoy your retirement.

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:

SAM (V.O.)
The coded message from the Sarratago is
clear. I am on my way to Kuwait to a safe
point for a meet.

Sam checks his weapons and picks up some concealed

ammunition. He leaves the cave.

DISSOLVE TO:
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INT. U.S. MARINES HUEY HELICOPTER – DUSK

Sam is strapped into a back seat, on an the old Marine Huey

helicopter.

His eyes survey the various pitched battles below. The

helicopter radio sounds off.

HELICOPTER BASE CAMP (V.O.)

Chopper three eight one. Irqaui Troops
have invaded Kuwait. Operation Desert
Storm is on. All Allied air traffic
Proceed to you launch and/or safe
point. I repeat, Desert Storm is on,
it is a go. Operation Desert is a go.

SAM P.O.V.

Sam can see Iraqi troops massing all along the border
between Iraq and Kuwait, while a few others are motoring by
in caravans out of Kuwait.

BACK TO SCENE

The helicopter lands and Sam gets out.

EXT. KUWAIT, PERIMETER OF BATTLEFIELD

He goes to ten men standing by a tent a hundred feet away.

A military commander is talking to them inauditably.

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:

SAM (V.O.)
The plan is for my group of specialty
agents to move into Kuwait to determine
what is happening with the Iraqis. My
part here is to pick up one of our own,
a captured American agent that could be
used for propaganda and maybe killed
if they find out what he has been doing
in their country.
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The men disperse and move across the grounds toward all
terrain vehicles. They get in the vehicles and speed toward
the border.

EXT. KUWAITI DESERT, WESTERN BORDER

Sam moves into Kuwait driving an Iraqi military jeep. He is

disguised as an Iraqi courier soldier.

SUB-TITLE APPEARS – KUWAIT-IRAQI BORDER, LATE JANUARY

The occupying Iraqi Army is moving in on the main border

highway to Kuwait.

Sam turns off the highway and drives toward a remote

building about a half mile from the troop movement.

He stops his jeep on the side of the building and looks

around.

An American made helicopter, painted with Iraqi makings

sits a hundred feet away. It has landed with a politician
of some kind.

The Iraqi men get out and talk on their way inside the
building.

SAM (V.O.)
They say the Americans and the British
are moving against them. They say many
other countries are getting in the fray
too. Fighting is all over Iraq.

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:

In seconds bombers and fighter are over us in full force,

the fight is on, ground to air, air to ground and hand to
hand.

Sam takes this opportunity and moves to the chopper.

The politician and the pilot pull pistols to fight.

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Sam fires his automatic pistol as he walks.

The two men go down.

Sam gets in the waiting chopper and flies away from the
fight.

An American Huey helicopter gunship falls in behind Sam

dead on his tail.

Sam tries to evade the American.

Sam flies into a deep valley between two hills and cuts
left and then left again.

He flies down an old hillside dirt road, the American has

been lost.

INT. IRAQI HELICOPTER

Sam pulls maps from a pouch on the floor of the chopper and
flies West.

EXT. MOUNTAIN CAMP, IRAQI INTELLIGENCE FORCE

Sam lands his chopper. The camp is under attack.

Sam can see a man tied to a truck in the distance. He
rushes toward the man.

Sam can see it is Anthony.

Two armed Iraqi men come from a tent. He can sees the men
are headed for his chopper.

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:

Sam and the two men have a shoot out with pistols, gun
fighter style. Anthony Yells out to Sam.

ANTHONY
Stop Sam, they are friendly.
Stop.
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The shoot out stops the men and Sam stare at each other.
Sam moves slowly to Anthony and cuts him loose.

SAM
You all right Uncle?

Anthony smiles.

ANTHONY
Hell, yeah, you’re here.

Anthony and Sam move toward the helicopter. Anthony motions

for the two men to follow him. They all load on the
aircraft.

INT. HELICOPTER

Sam flies away from the U.S. aircraft attacking the camp.

He gets on the radio.

SAM
American aircraft this American agent,
Samuel Sevier. Please do not fire on
this aircraft. Please do not fire. I
have Iraqi markings, but I am friendly.
Please do not fire. I am American agent
Samuel Savier.

An F-fourteen drops in behind Sam’s helicopter, twenty

miles back and closing.

PILOT F-FOURTEEN
We read you. If you are friendly land
You will be taken as a P-O-W.

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:

Sam smiles and looks at Anthony. He turns his attention to

flying and speaks on the radio.

SAM
Agreed, thanks man.
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Sam lands the helicopter in the desert near some high rocks.

A platoon of Marines overtakes them.

Anthony and Sam get out of the helicopter.

ANTHONY
We are American agents. These two
men are friendly’s. They are
defectors, asking asylum.

The Marines do not speak they take all four of them into
custody, binding the men with plastic straps and lining
them up.

The officer in charge is on the radio. He looks at his top

sergeant.

OFFICER
Check that one for a scare on his chest.
(points to Sam)
Right side.

The sergeant looks at the scare on Sam’s chest and nods to

the officer.

The Captain puts his radio speaker to Sam’s head. Carl is

on the radio.

SAM
Thanks, Carl.

CARL (RADIO V.O.)

No problem Asshole.

Sam smiles.

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:

SAM
Well thanks anyway dumb ass.

The captain looks at them.

CAPTAIN
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Let’em go.

The soldiers cut them loose.

CAPTAIN
(continuing)
Good luck, we gotta move out you’re
on your own. I sorry, but we gotta
take the chopper out, orders.
(He points.)
Base camp is that way, three miles.

Sam acknowledges. They all turn and start walking. The

helicopter blows up in the background.

EXT. AMERICAN MARINE BASE CAMP

Sam and the others walk toward a hidden sentry. Before they
can say anything the secluded guard speaks from his fox
hole.

BASE CAMP GUARD (O.S.)

Halt, are you agent Sevier?

Sam yells back.

SAM
Yeah, two of us. Plus these
friendly’s.

The guard is amiable. He stands and points.

BASE CAMP GUARD

Come on in, Some guy named Carl said
you would be here. You are to move
over to the flight area and wait.

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:

Sam and his people walk into the fortified camp toward the
flight deck.

SAM (V.O.)
From the base camp we were moved to
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a ship and debriefed. They finally

gave us a chopper ride to Saudi
So we could get a ride back home.
When I arrived back at my own base
camp in Saudi, I had a message to
immediately go to a previously
specified meeting point for an
assignment. This is my final final
mission. I have had it. Can’t go
any more. I hate this business. It
never ends. The killing and deceit
are more that a man can bare some
days.

EXT. AIRCRAFT CARRIER

Sam and the others get out of a helicopter and are escorted
toward the ships helm.

EXT. HONDURAS, SOUTH AMERICA

The bloody Sam sits on a ridge waiting to be picked-up by

his contact.

SUB-TITLE APPEARS - HONDURAS, SOUTH AMERICA, EARLY FEBRUARY

SAM (V.O.)
I have finally made my way back here
to meet my counterpart to go home for
good. My job here is security for a
diplomatic air transport. I set up
ground agents along the flight path
in my area, in case the aircraft goes
down, so we can recover any secret
or top secret diplomatic papers or
(MORE)

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:

SAM (V.O.) cont’d

goods being transported as well as
personnel. Now, the job is done, I sit
here waiting for my ride. This is my
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last job for the government. I am

tired and ready to go home. All of my
life I searched for who I am and why
our world is like it is. After
everything, I never discovered the
world’s answers, but, after all of
the bad and good, I now know the most
important thing is family and honor. I
am an honorable man and life is best
lived with honor in it.

Sam’s radio sounds off with helicopter blades beating the

air in his foreground.

CARL
Where are you ass blossom?

Sam smiles as the helicopter comes over the horizon

directly in front of him.

SAM
Right in front of you, dummy.

Suddenly Sam is shot and falls over.

CARL (RADIO V.O.)

Sam, are you there. Sam!

Sam lies on the ground his eyes open. Blood runs from under
his body.

The bandit Sam had shot in the foot and ear, hobbles to a
standing position over Sam.

He raises his pistol to shoot Sam in the head to be sure he

is dead.

Suddenly Sam rolls over and shoots the bandit in the

throat.

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:

The bad man grabs his throat and stumbles, falling to the
ground.
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Carl hovers his helicopter over head.

Sam shoots the bandit in the head.

The bandit falls to the ground dead.

Sam looks down at him and speaks on his radio.

SAM
Come and get me meatloaf. We’re
going home.

Carl’s cheerful radio voice speaks.

CARL
Roger, let’s go home.

Carl lands the helicopter.

FADE OUT:

THE END