Plane Scene screenplay

This is the original script for the Plane Scene, penned by Bravo Nolan and his brother Jonathan.

1

Racing along a cratered dirt road, and we are -

INT. LAND CRUISER JOSTLING OVER UNEVEN TERRAIN - DAY

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

EXT. AIRSTRIP, EASTERN EUROPE - DAY

An airstrip overlooking a grey city rocked by artillery
fire. A bland CIA Operative, flanked by Special Forces Men,
stands in front of a commuter plane. CIA Man watches the
Land Cruiser pull up, hard. The Militia Men jump out of the
vehicle.

The Driver shoves the bespectacled man in front of the CIA
Man.

2

CIA MAN
Dr. Pavel, I’m CIA.

Dr. Pavel nods, nervous. CIA Man hands the Driver a
briefcase.

DRIVER
He wasn’t alone.

CIA Man, confused, spots the Hooded Men. He turns to Dr.
Pavel.

CIA MAN
You don’t get to bring friends.

DR. PAVEL

(shaken)

They are not my friends.

DRIVER

Don’t worry, no charge for them.

CIA MAN

Why would I want them?

DRIVER

They were trying to grab your

prize. (Smiles.) They work for the

mercenary. The masked man.

CIA MAN

(excited)

Bane?

The Driver nods. CIA Man turns to his Special Forces Men.

CIA MAN
Get ’em on board - I’ll call it in.

EXT. SKIES OVER MOUNTAIN RANGE - DAY

The commuter plane struggles over snow-capped mountains.

INT. MAIN CABIN, COMMUTER PLANE - CONTINUOUS

The three Hooded Men kneel by the cargo door, handcuffed.

CIA Man grabs Hooded Man 1.

CIA MAN
What are you doing in the middle of

my operation?

3

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

The flight plan I just filed with
the Agency lists me, my men, and

Dr. Pavel here. But only one of

you.

CIA Man opens the cargo door. Special Forces hang Hooded Man
1 out into the howling wind - CIA Man shouts above the wind.

CIA MAN
FIRST ONE TO TALK GETS TO STAY ON

MY AIRCRAFT! (Cocks weapon.)

SO...WHO PAID YOU TO GRAB DR.

PAVEL?!

Nothing. CIA Man fires out the open door and the Special
Forces yank Hooded Man 1 back in, clubbing him quiet.

CIA MAN
HE DIDN’T FLY SO GOOD! WHO WANTS TO

TRY NEXT?!

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

CIA MAN
TELL ME ABOUT BANE! WHY DOES HE

WEAR THE MASK?!

The prisoner says nothing. CIA Man presses the gun to the
man’s hood - he cocks the gun...nothing.

CIA MAN
LOT OF LOYALTY FOR A HIRED GUN!

THIRD PRISONER (O.S.)

Or he’s wondering why someone would

shoot a man before throwing him out

of an aeroplane.

CIA Man turns to the Third Prisoner. Shuts the cargo door.

CIA MAN
Wiseguy, huh? At least you can

talk. Who are you?

THIRD PRISONER

We are nothing. We are the dirt

beneath your feet. And no one cared

who I was until I put on the

mask...

CIA Man, wary, approaches the Third Prisoner - pulls off his
hood, revealing a dark mask with a breathing apparatus. The
eyes behind it are cold. Still. This is Bane.

4

BANE
Who we are does not matter. What

matters is our plan.

CIA MAN

(fascinated)

If I pull this off, will you die?

BANE

It would be extremely painful.

CIA MAN

You’re a big guy -

BANE

For you.

CIA MAN

(unnerved)

Was being caught part of your plan?

BANE

Of course. Dr. Pavel refused our

offer in favor of yours. We had to

know what he told you about us.

DR. PAVEL

Nothing! I said nothing!

CIA MAN

Why not just ask him?

BANE

He would not have told us.

CIA MAN

You have methods.

BANE

Him, I need healthy. You present no

such problem.

CIA Man laughs for the Special Forces’ benefit. A heavy bass
tone is rising. The Sergeant looks out the window.

EXT. SKIES OVER MOUNTAIN RANGE - CONTINUOUS

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

5

INT. MAIN CABIN, COMMUTER PLANE - CONTINUOUS

The plane lurches. The noise is building.

SERGEANT
Sir?

CIA MAN

Well congratulations, you got

yourselves caught. What’s the next

step of your master plan?

BANE

Crashing this plane...

EXT. MOUNTAINS - CONTINUOUS

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

INT. MAIN CABIN, COMMUTER PLANE - CONTINUOUS

The Spacial Forces react to the turbulence from the plane
above. CIA Man looks at Bane.

BANE
(rising)

With no survivors.

A Special Forces soldier spins around - an Armed Man is
outside the window. Bang -

EXT. SKIES OVER MOUNTAIN RANGE - CONTINUOUS

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

INT. COCKPIT, COMMUTER PLANE - CONTINUOUS

The Pilots battle the controls as the plane tilts forward.

6

INT. MAIN CABIN, COMMUTER PLANE - CONTINUOUS

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

EXT. ATLAS MOUNTAINS - CONTINUOUS

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

INT. MAIN CABIN, COMMUTER PLANE - CONTINUOUS

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

EXT. SKIES OVER MOUNTAIN RANGE - CONTINUOUS

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

INT. MAIN CABIN, COMMUTER PLANE - CONTINUOUS

An explosion takes off the rear door of the cabin - the
Armed Men drop through the smoke on cables.

A body bag is lowered into the cabin. Bane lies it on the
seat backs next to Dr. Pavel and unzips it to reveal a body
the same age and build as Dr. Pavel.

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

An Armed Man pulls Hooded Man 1 up through the cabin and
out. Bane stops Hooded Man 2.

7

BANE
Friend. They expect one of us in

the wreckage.

The man nods, unhooks himself, takes Bane’s arm.

HOODED MAN 2
Have we started the fire?

BANE

(nods)

The fire rises.

Hooded Man 2 hands Bane his line. Bane clips it around Dr.
Pavel, takes out a knife and cuts Dr. Pavel’s seat belt. Dr.
Pavel panics, flails. Bane takes his arms. Gentle.

BANE
Calm, Doctor. Now is not time for

fear...

Bane slides Dr. Pavel out of his seat. They hang in the
vertical, windblown cabin. Bane takes out a detonator.

BANE
That comes later.

Bane presses the detonator - the cabin drops from around
them, revealing the terrifying drop to the peaks below. Dr.
Pavel screams as they are hoisted up towards the transport.