Prototype Script/ First Draft

“Another Long Night…”

Written by

Dominick Yambao

FADE IN:

EXT. CITY – NIGHT

Establishing shot

INT. /EXT. COURIER’S CAR – NIGHT

DETECTIVE

Shots were fired, some kid left

For dead like a baby in a bin;

Out of sight out of mind.

COURIER gets in the car carrying a briefcase, tosses it on the passenger seat

DETECTIVE

(CONT’D)

I never knew the guy, he might’ve

been okay. Goes to Church, has a

job, maybe even loved his family.

COURIER puts on gloves

DETECTIVE

(CONT’D)

Probably met a mugger on the way

home, or a run-in with THE ARTIST

COURIER checks his mirror

DETECTIVE

(CONT’D)

But here’s how I see it: your

wallet isn’t empty, and some

psycho didn’t carve you up.

COURIER smiles at mirror

DETECTIVE

(CONT’D)

But your ID is gone.

COURIER turns car keys, turns to briefcase

NARRATOR

(CONT’D)

Somebody killed you in this

Rotting city for a reason…

COURIER adjusts wire, looks at window, breathes heavy sigh

DETECTIVE

(CONT’D)

…and I’m not gonna let some

tosser get away with this.

COURIER drives off

EXT. BRISTOL – NIGHT

DETECTIVE

(CONT’D)

Nothing in the papers and no word

From the boys in blue, they’re

‘Playing dumb’ over a dead teen.

DETECTIVE walks toward AUGUSTINE

DETECTIVE

(CONT’D)

Maybe THE GOSSIP knows something?

DETECTIVE

AUGUSTINE…

AUGUSTINE turns to the DETECTIVE, gasps

DETECTIVE

…Or do you prefer

GUS THE GOSSIP?

AUGUSTINE draws her gun. DETECTIVE raises his hands slightly

AUGUSTINE

BACK OFF, I DIDN”T

DO ANYTHING!

DETECTIVE

Well we both know

That’s a lie.

AUGUSTINE releases the safety

DETECTIVE

Relax. I’m the one who called.

AUGUSTINE lowers her gun hesitantly, extends left arm

AUGUSTINE

Well cough it up then.

DETECTIVE reaches into his pocket, and calmly hands some money to AUGUSTINE; she puts her gun away and counts the cash.

DETECTIVE

I’m told you can be a very…

reliable source of information.

AUGUSTINE

Well you heard right. But

What is it that the town

Nutter doesn’t know already.

EXT. ALLEY – NIGHT

COURIER walks into alley

DETECTIVE

CCTV shows that the victim

Was last seen in NELSON ST

HITMAN follows soon after

DETECTIVE

20km away from the scene of

the crime, he was being followed.

HITMAN draws syringe, he injects the COURIER and covers his screams. The COURIER stumbles. The HITMAN raises his pistol, and fires.

DETECTIVE

There was a struggle,

But ended shortly after

The assailant shot him.

COURIER dying on the floor, the HITMAN proceeds to take the briefcase

EXT. BRISTOL – NIGHT

DETECTIVE

I arrived soon afterwards,

But the coppers kicked me

Out before I was finished.

AUGUSTINE

And you need my help because…

DETECTIVE

You and I know the bullets didn’t

kill him, the perpetrator made

it appear like a messy ID theft.

AUGUSTINE shows signs of worry on her face and looks down, leans on wall/rail.

DETECTIVE

He may have been

Carrying a package

 AUGUSTINE

(Sigh) His name is – was

ALAN, he’s an errand boy

 One of many… for THE APE

DETECTIVE

That brute hires kids

to get his mail now?

AUGUSTINE

He uses kids to transfer his

products to his ‘businesses’

normally during the day.

DETECTIVE

Why was ALAN out late?

AUGUSTINE motions the DETECTIVE to get closer.

AUGUSTINE

ALAN was supposed to deliver

a secret package from THE APE.

The steady balance the underworld

Has been building up for years is cracking

DETECTIVE

And it all depends upon a case.