The Atom -- The opening scene

The Atom -- The opening scene

A Screenplay by DarrinReay
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After the discovery of a mutated child upon a mysterious island and the theft of a nuclear weapon, an elite force is sent to investigate, only to be welcomed by two brothers who want them dead.

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                                        "THE ATOM"
               FADE IN:
               EXT. ROCKY CLIFFS - DAY
               Making our way over large, dominating cliffs as the sun in
               the sky beams down on the evergreens.
               A noise echoes through the air. Growing to a peak as it gets
               louder until we come to hear that the noise is TRAFFIC.
               Muffled voices can be heard until --
               A large city comes into view. Two skyscrapers stand tall in
               the centre, towering over everything. This is the great city
               of ROYALRICH.
               EXT. ROYALRICH CITY STREET - CONTINUOUS
               Rush hour. Thousands of people walking past this very street
               every minute -- talking on their phones, bumping into one
               another, and the occasional argument breaks out. 
               Daylight suddenly turns to moonlight and the people from the
               street begin to slowly fade out as night falls. It's like a
               ghost town. 
               An engine roars through the street as a BLACK VAN pulls up to
               the sidewalk. The back doors open, THREE MEN exit. 
               They all wear BALACLAVA'S with SILENCED MACHINE GUNS at arms
               length. 
               The van pulls away, the three ARMED MEN run up a flight of
               stairs, towards two large wooden doors. Writing engraves into
               the wood: ROYALRICH CITY BANK. 
               They move right, rushing around the building and up a flight
               of metal stairs.
               EXT. ROYALRICH CITY BANK, ROOFTOP - CONTINUOUS
               The leader, WILSON, rushes towards a skylight while the other
               two, SMITH and REV, take care of the cameras. 
               The skylight opens up, WILSON drops down rope and the other
               men approach.
                                    REV
                         Time?
                                    WILSON
                         Five minutes.
                                    SMITH
                         Let's do this.
               They all FAST ROPE down through the skylight, right inside of
               -- 
               INT. ROYALRICH CITY BANK - CONTINUOUS
               Automatic lights fill the screen up with life. REV and SMITH
               rush to take care of the security cameras. 
               WILSON heads to the large, wooden doors. He goes into his
               rucksack, removes two devices -- carefully handling them --
               and places one on either side of the door. 
               ON DEVICE, red lines shoot across each other, soon turning
               invisible. 
               He turns, picks up his rucksack and heads to REV and SMITH.
                                    WILSON
                         The devices are in place, let's hit
                         the vault and get our payment. 
                                    REV
                               (alarmed)
                         Sh, do you hear that?
               There's silence in the room... not a single sound can be
               heard. But then a faint sound begins accelerating rapidly
               into beeping until there's an EXPLOSION.
               A set of doors at the far end of the room blow open. THREE
               MEN in HEAVY BODY ARMOR rush into the room.
               These are THE SHADOWS.
                                    GHOST
                         Stay where you are, we have this
                         place completely surrounded! 
               There's a small pause and a lot of tension as all six men
               point their guns at one another. 
               WILSON fires his weapon, just missing THE SHADOWS as they
               duck for cover. 
               CUT TO:
               EXT. ROYALRICH CITY STREET - NIGHT
               The street is no longer empty. POLICE CARS, SWAT VANS and
               HELICOPTERS surround the bank. All of their weapons pointed.
               A NEWS HELICOPTER flies overhead to catch the action.
               CUT BACK TO:
               INT. ROYALRICH CITY BANK - NIGHT
               THE SHADOWS hide behind the counters, readying up their
               weapons. GHOST -- the Captain -- goes to his comms unit.
                                    GHOST
                               (into comms unit)
                         HQ, this is Ghost. Hostiles are
                         armed and dangerous, I repeat, they
                         are armed and dangerous. Do we have
                         the green light to shoot? 
                                    HQ (O.S.)
                               (through comms unit)
                         Negative, Ghost. Hostiles are in
                         possession of the information we
                         require. They are to be captured
                         alive, HQ out. 
               GHOST removes his comms unit, his face full of anger.
                                    GHOST
                         S**t!
               His team member, SHADE, turns to him.
                                    SHADE
                         It's three of them against the
                         entire RoyalRich police force. They
                         aren't getting away. 
                                    GHOST
                         Yeah, you're right. 
               The third member, SOUL, crawls over. 
                                    SOUL
                         Let's take these a******s down. 
                                    GHOST
                         Yes, let's. You both flank in
                         either direction, and once you've
                         reached their position, release the
                         flashbomb and end this s**t,
                         tonight! I'll get their attention.
               SHADE moves to the right, staying as low as possible while
               SOUL heads to the left, doing the exact same. 
               GHOST stands up, fires a couple of shots and ducks back for
               cover. 
                                    GHOST (CONT'D)
                         Wilson, give yourself up. This is
                         over! 
               WILSON pauses, panicking as he removes his balaclava.
                                    GHOST (CONT'D)
                         Come in with us, tell us who you
                         sold the Atom to. You do not want
                         to be responsible for the death of
                         millions of innocent people!
                                    WILSON
                         If there is one thing that I've
                         learned in my line of work,
                         Captain, is that there are no
                         innocent people.
                                    GHOST
                         Tell us who has the weapon, tell us
                         what their target is! 
               WILSON opens fire once again, the bullets just miss GHOST'S
               head. 
               SHADE moves forward, grips his gun and raises it up, knocking
               a bit of debris onto the ground. 
               SMITH hears this and turns to SHADE. 
               Time freezes. Everything goes silent until heavy heartbeats
               can be heard. 
               SHADE has no time to react as SMITH has already open fired at
               him. The body armor blocks most bullets but one hits his
               neck, killing him instantly. 
               SOUL watches in horror, his eyes widen. He grips his gun and
               jumps from behind cover...
                                    SOUL
                               (screams)
                         No!
               ... Then he opens fire at SMITH, shooting him through his
               head. 
               WILSON ducks back for cover but then almost immediately jumps
               out and fires one bullet which pierces the body armor, and
               hits soul in the heart.  
               GHOST watches in horror as his team is killed before his
               eyes. 
                                    GHOST
                               (into comms unit)
                         We have officers down, all units,
                         converge on the bank!
               CUT TO:
               EXT. ROYALRICH CITY STREET - NIGHT
               POLICE, SWAT and DOGS all make their way to the bank in
               perfect formation. 
               Two OFFICERS approach the doors carrying a BATTERING RAM.
               They swing it and the doors smash open. 
               One of the OFFICERS goes to fire but a hand slams the gun
               down. 
                                    OFFICER
                               (whispering)
                         They are to be captured alive,
                         officer. 
               That OFFICER walks through the set of doors. The RED LINES
               appear brightly and the OFFICER is cut into TINY PIECES.
               The rest of the POLICE and SWAT open fire through the doors
               but the bullets are disintegrated by the lasers. 
                                    SWAT
                         Bank is booby trapped, everyone to
                         the back!
               All OFFICERS make their way around to the bank.
               CUT TO:
               INT. ROYALRICH CITY BANK - NIGHT
               Debris smashes against GHOSTS face, bullets just missing him.
                                    HQ (O.S.)
                               (through comms unit)
                         HQ to Ghost. The bank is booby
                         trapped, exit the building and meet
                         SWAT.
               GHOST watches his fallen teammates, he shakes his head.
                                    GHOST
                         Like hell.
               He points his gun around the corner, closes one eye and aims.
               A deep breath is taken... then a gunshot is fired. The bullet
               hits REVS leg.
               REV falls to the floor, screaming in agony. 
               GHOST then swings right, keeping out of sight as WILSON
               reloads his weapon. 
               He reaches SHADES body... then searches his body until he
               removes a GRENADE. The pin is pulled and then thrown at
               WILSON.
               BOOM! They are both blinded by a FLASH GRENADE. WILSON
               stumbles back, disorientated. 
               GHOST rushes towards WILSON, jumps over the counter and
               smacks him in the face. WILSON drops to the ground.
               GHOST turns to REV, handcuffs his hands to the counter but
               WILSON stands and approaches. 
               He throws a punch which is missed, then another, and another
               and one more. All of which are missed. 
               GHOST swings a punch, connecting hard and then he pushes
               WILSON against the wall.
               He throws a five punch combination and deals one final blow
               which knocks WILSON back against the device, cutting him into
               tiny pieces. 
                                    GHOST (CONT'D)
                         Yeah... rest in pieces you son of a
                         b***h. 
               GHOST approaches REV.
                                    GHOST (CONT'D)
                         Tell me, where are the brothers
                         targeting? 
                                    REV
                         There target is... everywhere.
                               (laughs)
                         You can't stop them. The apocalypse
                         is coming. 
                                    GHOST
                               (into comms unit)
                         HQ, this is Ghost. Wilson is down,
                         I repeat, Wilson is down. We have
                         one survivor. I am bringing him in
                         for interrogation.
                                    HQ (O.S.)
                               (through comms unit)
                         Copy that, Ghost. ETA for chopper
                         is --
               Static and then silence. The comms are offline as is all
               electricity. 
                                    GHOST
                         What the hell is going on?
               CUT TO:
               EXT. ROYALRICH CITY - NIGHT
               The entire city goes dark. Nothing can be seen apart from the
               odd flashlight as people make their way onto the streets. 
               CUT BACK TO:
               INT. ROYALRICH CITY BANK - NIGHT
               There's a rumbling noise. GHOST approaches the open doors of
               the bank and looks towards the two skyscrapers.
               GHOST POV, there's an object falling towards it. It's a
               MISSILE. It hits the skyscraper and --
               -- BOOM!
               A point of light fires into a NUCLEAR BLAST. Wind, dust and
               light passes through the city, destroying everything in its
               path as a mushroom cloud rises.
               The cloud of smoke reaches the bank, filling the screen with
               BLACKNESS.
               OVER BLACK:
               A television flickers to life.
               A figure appears on screen. He's dressed in a LARGE, HOODED
               BLACK CLOAK which covers his entire face but his mouth.
               This is SALAZAR.
                                    SALAZAR
                         Ladies, gentlemen, and children. I
                         come to you today as a prophet.
                         Prediction number one: today is the
                         beginning of the end of the world.
               The television turns to static and we --
               CUT TO BLACK:

© 2014 DarrinReay


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