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EXT: NYC - ESTABLISHING - NIGHT
NEW YORK CITY, PRESENT TIME
The bright lights of New York City light up the sky-line.
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INT: CLUB - LATER
The music is pulse pounding, the floor is packed with wall to wall PARTY GOERS.
We see 5 CLUB GIRLS, dressed sexy and seductively dancing above the crowd on platforms. WISEGUYS are wearing their usual
$3,000 suits. They are enjoying the spread in the members only lounge with this week's trophy girl wrapped around their
arm. While Smoking fine Cubans and dropping $750.00 on bottles of Louis Roederer Cristal like it was water. BEAUTIFUL
WOMEN, surround the club's bar flirting with powerful and notorious wiseguys. Smiling, laughing, having drinks and giving
more than just a little late-night conversation.
Off duty rookie cop PETER SPENCER is at the club. He is among the Party
Goers dancing with a GORGEOUS GIRL.
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INT: CLUB OFFICE - LATER
OCB AGENTS, GIANNI RUSSO and JACK CARBONE, are deep under-cover. They
are making a deal for some heavy weight with GINO BOSCO. A moment later BENNY MARCHETTI brings over a kilo of White
China and places it on the table.
BOSCO
(Pointing)
This shit right here.
You'll be able to move it with these fuckin' snow-birds like this...
(Snaps his fingers)
trust me,
they go bananas over this shit.
(Looks at Benny)
Benny!
Marchetti takes out a knife and passes it to Jack. He inserts the blade
into the bag and pulls it out, catching some powder on the tip. He places it to his tongue and washes the powder around in
his mouth.
JACK
Beautiful!
BOSCO
What did I tell ya?
JACK
Alright. So gimme a number?
BOSCO
20 a key.
GIANNI
You know the goin' rate on a boat for this shit is 16 a key.
MARCHETTI
Look, anything lower than 20 we'll be fuckin' ourselves.
GIANNI
Ya know, I feel like I'm gettin' jerked here. But it ain't
by my hand. You wanna dick around? We can take our business somewhere else.
MARCHETTI
Relax, man. Where gonna do business.
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INT: CLUB - LATER
Spencer is sitting at table with the girl talking and having a drink.
GORGEOUS GIRL
Here's my number.
She hands Spencer her number. He takes her number and puts it in his
pocket.
Suddenly he notices big time wiseguy ANTHONY ROMERO walking toward a door
in the back of the club. Spencer sees Romero enter.
SPENCER
(Under his breath)
I'll be damned.
GORGEOUS GIRL
Did you say something?
SPENCER
Nah. I didn't say nothing.
GORGEOUS GIRL
Ok. Then just give me a ca--
SPENCER
Hold that thought baby!
Spencer get's up out of his chair, and heads for the door. He tries
to use the crowd as his cover. He looks around to see if the coast is clear, then sneaks through the door.
Wiseguy FRANK SICERO is standing at the bar with A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN having
a drink. Suddenly he notices Spencer enter. He puts down his drink and rushes off in a hurry to see what is going
on.
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INT: CLUB - CONTINUING
Spencer draws his gun. He is cautiously sneaking around while scoping
the area out. He observes the area for a while longer. Suddenly he hears movement coming from a room up-ahead.
He quietly sneaks up to the door-way. He stands beside the door with his back pressed against the wall and his gun raised.
He peaks in and spots Romero in the room, packing a brief-case full of White China. Spencer then moves in and points
his weapon at Romero.
SPENCER
Hold it right there, NYPD!
Romero closes the brief-case. He turns toward Spencer quickly with the
brief-case in his hand.
SPENCER
(continuing; Nervous)
You move again and I'll take your
head off. You got that asshole
ROMERO
You ain't gonna do shit.
SPENCER
Just shut up scumbag and don't move.
Suddenly Sicero comes from behind Spencer and smashes him in the back of his
neck with a baseball bat. Spencer drops to the floor like a sand bag and blacks out. Romero kicks his gun away.
Sicero then kicks spencer over on his back and steps on his chest. Romero grabs his arms and wraps his wrists in duct
tape. Sicero then starts to chop away at Spencer's knee caps with the baseball bat. His legs are broken and bloody.
Spencer starts becoming conscious. His eyes bulge with torment and pain, he screams with agony. But no-one can
hear him over the music in the club. Romero then bends down close to Spencer and puts his hand over his mouth.
ROMERO
How's it feel? Hurts like a bitch doesn't it, cop?
I bet you wish you never even stepped foot in this fuckin place now.
Romero takes his hand off his mouth and gets up and walks away. Spencer
starts screaming again.
ROMERO
Shut'em up.
Romero looks at Sicero. Sicero pulls out his gun, stands over Spencer's
body and puts two shots into his head.
ROMERO
Now get this piece of shit off my floor and get rid of him.
SICERO
Charlies?
ROMERO
Yeah.
Sicero exits. Romero walks over and grabs the brief-case.
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INT: CHARLIES BASEMENT - LATER
Spencer's body is laying on a tarp. We see bloody body parts stuffed
inside a few construction buckets. Beside the buckets we see a large bag of cement. Sicero and CHARLIE are wearing
surgical gloves cutting up the rest of Spencer's body with a variety of bladed tools. They have blood on their clothes
from cutting up the body.
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INT: CLUB OFFICE - LATER
They are still talking business.
BOSCO
So how much weight we talkin here?
JACK
200 keys, sealed and delivered.
BOSCO
That's a tall order, but ain't a problem.
GIANNI
Good. We cap the deal at 14 a key.
BOSCO
14 a key? you guys are killin' me.
GIANNI
What are you bitchin' about? That's an easy 2.8 mill you just made
for sittin' on ya ass.
Suddenly Romero enters the room, he looks at Marchetti.
ROMERO
Now.
Marchetti walks over to Romero and they step out into the hallway.
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INT: CLUB HALLWAY - CONTINUING
Marchetti and Romero are talking.
MARCHETTI
Something wrong, boss?
ROMERO
Yeah somethin's wrong. We just had a situation with some
cop in the back room. What the fuck is goin' on here, Benny.
MARCHETTI
I have no idea. I've been in the office all night, ask
Bosco. But is everyhing ok now? Was it taken care of?
ROMERO
Yeah it was takin' care of, but that's not my job, that's your
fuckin' job to make sure that things like this don't happen. For all we know there could be a thousand other bulls runnin
around this joint. What do you know about these two?
MARCHETTI
There clean, there with Paulie's crew in Chicago.
ROMERO
I don't care who you think there with. Take care of them
just to be sure. If they are with Paulie's crew, I'll deal with the heat personally.
MARCHETTI
Ok.
Marchetti walks off; he enters the office.
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INT: CLUB OFFICE - CONTINUING
Bosco is talking business and Marchetti gives Bosco a look.
GIANNI
So we cap the deal at 14 a key, right?
BOSCO
Actually there has been a change of plans.
GIANNI
What the fucks the problem now?
BOSCO
You are bitch!
Bosco draws a gun on Gianni.
FIGHT / ACTION CHOREOGRAPHY
1. Gianni pivots to the out-side of the attack. He grabs Bosco's wrist
using both hands. Holding his wrist and the gun away from his body, Gianni applies the wrist lock (we hear a break)
2. Gianni takes control of his arm and directs the muzzle of the gun down
the front of Bosco's pants. He slides his finger over the trigger guard of the gun (Over Bosco's finger) and pulls the trigger,
shooting him in the groin.
3. Bosco drops to the floor and curls up in a fetal position, with his hands
between his legs holding the penetrated area. He is bleeding profusely. Blood is seeping through his fingers, covering
his hands. His pants are soaked in blood around the groin and leg area of his pants.
4. He is shaking and hemorrhaging from the nose and mouth.
5. Marchetti then grabs Gianna in a choke hold and puts a gun to his head.
MARCHETTI
(To Jack)
Get back or hero over here dies.
6. Jack holds Marchetti in his sights with his gun.
JACK
Just put the gun down and no-one has to get hurt.
GIANNI
(To Jack)
Cut the small talk and just kill
this motherfucka.
MARCHETTI
(To Gianni)
Shut the fuck up! I'll blow
your fuckin' head off.
GIANNI
Fuck you, blow this, scumbag.
MARCHETTI
I said shut the fuck up or your a dead-man.
GIANNI
You wanna shoot me, come on shoot me or are you too much
of a chicken shit asshole. You ain't got the balls to pull that trigger.
(To Jack)
Take the fuckin' shot Jack
7. Jack takes the shot and shoots Marchetti in the head and kills him. Jack
just stands there with his gun lowered looking at Gianni for a moment.
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INT:
CLUB - LATER
5 WISEGUYS are walking through the club.
WISEGUY 1
(To everyone)
I want this fuckin' place locked down.
You understand me?
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INT: CLUB - LATER
Gianni opens the door slightly and peaks out. He turns and looks at
Jack with an expression of readiness.
GIANNI
Clear.
Jack nods his head at Gianni as a signal to go. Gianni and Jack start
to move as they blend in with the crowd of party goers. Their guns are at their side. Gangster 1 is searching
the club and notices them in the crowd. He comes out of nowhere wheeling a knife and goes to attack.
ACTION / FIGHT CHOREOGRAPHY
1. Gangster 1 goes to cut Gianni, he moves out of the way and Gangster 1 catches
Jack in the arm. Gianni looks toward Jack.
GIANNI
Jack!
2. Gangster 1 tries to catch Gianni off guard with a direct thrust to the
stomach with the knife. Gianni quickly turns around, simultaneously steps back with his leg and to the out side of the attack,
and grabs his wrist. He leads him in a circulr motion (180 degrees)then clothes lines him. Gangster 1 goes slamming on his
back. Gianni then shoots him twice while he is laid out on the floor.
3. Gangster 1 is dead.
GIANNI
You okay?
Jack is holding his arm.
JACK
I'll live.
4. Gianni and Jack move out.
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INT: CLUB - CONTINUING
There are 5 GANGSTERS looking down the hallway of the club. They stop at the
corner of the hallway and look both ways.
GANGSTER 2
These guys ain't down here.
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INT: CLUB - CONTINUING
Jack and Gianni start to look and sneak around the club cautiously. Moments
later, Jack points to his ear. Gianni stops, crounches low and peaks from around the corner of the wall. He notices
5 Gangsters he turns toward Jack and raises 5 fingers.
Jack is still bleeding he holds his arm and winces from the pain.
GIANNI
Let me take a look at that?
Jack is sitting with his back against the wall as Gianni is crouched down.
Gianni takes a look.
JACK
What's the damage?
GIANNI
He got ya pretty good.
Gianni rips a piece of his shirt off.
GIANNI
This should stop the bleeding, hopefully.
He ties the ripped piece of his shirt around Jack's arm.
GIANNI
Now just sit tight and give that arm a rest.
JACK
I'll be ok, kid.
GIANNI
Your sittin' this one out Jack. I don't want you bleeding
to death. Don't worry, I got these fuckers.
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INT: CLUB - CONTINUING
The Gangsters are standing in the hallway. Gianni turns the corner.
GIANNI
You looking for me asshole?
ACTION/FIGHT CHOREOGRAPHY
1. All the Gangsters surround him.
2. Suddenly Gangster 1 comes running toward Gianni and throws a punch. Gianni
steps inside the attack in a circular motion, grabs him by the wrist, pulling his arm downward and his body off balance.
He applies a pushing motion to the side of his head, throws him to the floor.
3. Gangster 2 applies a fore-fist strike. Gianni blocks it by applying
a forearm block (Palm up). Gangster 2 applies another a fore-fist strike, Gianni blocks it by applying a forearm block (Palm
up), Gangster 2 applies a fore-fist strike, Gianni blocks it by applying a forearm block (Palm up), Gangster 2 applies a fore-fist
strike, Gianni blocks it by applying a forearm block (Palm up), Gangster 2 applies a fore-fist strike, Gianni blocks it by
applying a forearm block (Palm up),
4. Gangster 2 applies a fore-fist strike, Gianni spins out-side of his attack,
grabs his wrist. He applies a palm strike to the side of his head, applies the wrist lock, brings him to his knees then
kicks him in his face.
5. Gangster 3 throws a hook punch at Gianni, he ducks the punch, grabs Gangster
3 by the hair. He pulls his head back and applies a hammer fist to his nose. Then steps behind his legs and applies a reverse
clothes line using a knife-hand strike.
6. Gangster 4 & 5 are coming at Gianni from the front as Gangster
1 comes from behind and goes to reach for him. Gianni spins around Gangster 1 until he is behind him. He then guides him into
Gangster 4 & 5. They collide. They are laid out on top of one another.
GIANNI
Well that was fun.
(Dusting his hands off)
He moves out.
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INT: CLUB - CONTINUING
GANGSTERS 6 & 7 are trying to make it through the crowd.
GANGSTER 6
Move! Get the fuck outta my way.
They aren't letting them through. Gangster 6 & 7 pull out their
guns and start shooting their way through the crowd. Blood is splatering everywhere. People are dropping like flies
and running for cover.
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INT: CLUB - CONTINUING
Gansters 6 & 7 make their way through the crowd, they see Gianni and Jack.
They start shooting at them. Gianni and Jack are running and ducking. They dive for cover out of sight. Gangster
5 & 6 are looking around for them.
JACK
Jesus Christ! What did we get our selves into?
GIANNI
Deep shit.
Jack looks at Gianni
JACK
Well since we're up to our ears in it, let's get our selves the fuck
out of it. This is what we're gonna do. I'm gonna lay some heavy cover down. You better move your ass cause
I don't know how long I can hold these motherfucka's off. You know what to do. Check the place out, see if everything's
clear. Remember you bang heads with anyone you make sure they stay burried.
Gianni is preparing himself to move out.
JACK
You ready
Gianni nods
Jack starts firing at Gangster 6 & 7; Giani starts running. They return
fire at Jack. Jack and Gangster 6 & 7 are exchanging bullets in a blazen gun-fight. Gangster 6 runs out of amo and
has to reload. Gangster 6 is still letting off shots.
Jack thinking of a way to end this quickly, he looks under the table.
He notices a clear shot of their feet. He takes 4 shots and hits his target. They fall to the floor holding there feet
and screaming.
Jack makes his way over to them and secures them with his gun.
JACK
(continuing; To Gangster 6 & 7)
You know
you get the death penalty for killing a cop?
GANGSTER 6
(In agony)
We didn't kill no cop.
JACK
You came close enough. So long boys!.
Jack shoots both of them dead and goes to look for Gianni.
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INT: CLUB - LATER
Gianni is sneaking through the club.
ACTION/FIGHT CHOREOGRAPHY
1. Gangster 8 comes at Gianni. Gianni tries to shoot him, but his gun jams.
Gianni, tosses the gun. Gangster 8 throws a fore-fist strike, Gianni blocks it with a forearm block.
2. Gangster 8 throws a downward strike toward the mid-section. Gianni circles
out side the attack while scooping up the punch from underneath. (Hand Position: Palm up.) He lifts Gangster 8's arm
toward his own face. (Hand Position: Back of palm facing him) causing Gangster 8's elbow to bend, while simultaneously stepping
in toward Gangster 8 and driving his fist into his face throwing him on his back.
3. Gangster 9 runs up and grabs Gianni with both hand by the collar.
GANGSTER 9
I got him.
4. Gianni strikes his ribs with the blades of his hands an breaks his grip.
Then claps Gangster 9 in the ears. He grabs his ears. Gianni then takes him by the back of the head leading it forward and
down. He kicks him in the lower part of the leg, sweeping him to the floor.
GIANNI
Come again.
5. Gangster 10 throws a punch, Gianni blocks, Gangster 10 throws a punch,
Gianni side steps it. Gangster 10 throws a hook, Gianni ducks it. Gangster 10 throws a punch, Gianni steps outside the attack,
blocks it. He then reaches over his wrist and grabs it from the inside and spins him. As Gangster 10 returns to the
starting position after the spin Gianni grabs his head, then twists it and breaks it.
6. Gangster 11 approaches Gianni from the front, Gangster 12 from the back.
Gianni quickly hits Gangster 11 in the temple with a ridge-hand strike. The applies a back kick to Gangster 12's stomach.
He then turns around and hits Gangster 12 with a double palm strike.
Gianni just stares at the bodies for a moment.
Jack comes around the corner, he notices all the gangsters laid out on the
floor.
JACK
(Shocked)
What the fuck hit these guys? The "L"
train?
GIANNI
Gimme your back up.
Jack hands Gianni his back up and a couple extra clips. Gianni snaps the pipe
back.
GIANNI
Let's end this once and for all.
Gianni and Jack sneak off.
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INT: CLUB - CONTINUING
Gianni and Jack are making their way through the club and notice Romero looking
around.
JACK
Suprise, fuck nuts.
Romero turns around. He is startled and goes to shoot at them.
GIANNI
This ones on you.
Gianni steps aside and lights up a cigarette. Jack open fires and empties
his clip in Romero. His body lays bullet riddled in a pool of blood.
We hear police sirens.
JACK
Now they decide to come, after it's over? What a bunch of pussies.
Gianni laughs. They start to walk away, Jack is holding his back.
GIANNI
(Playfully)
What are ya fallin' apart on me Jack?
Ya ever think you're gettin' too old for this job?
JACK
Don't let the gray fool ya. I'm still young enough to kick
your ass cowboy.
GIANNI
In your dreams grandpa!
They walk off.
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