信条Tenet Movie Script

A woman?

NEIL (CONT'D)

PROTAGONIST:

If I had to. I’m not looking to make much noise here.

Neil keeps thinking. Signals a waiter –

NEIL:

Vodka tonic.

(gestures at the Protagonist) Diet Coke.

The Protagonist stares at Neil. Neil looks up, confused.

NEIL (CONT'D) What? You never drink on the job.

PROTAGONIST:

You’re well informed.

NEIL:

It pays to be in our profession.

PROTAGONIST:

Well, I prefer club soda.

NEIL:

(grins) No, you don’t.

Neil raps his knuckles on the table, thinking.

NEIL (CONT'D) How’s your parachuting?

PROTAGONIST:

Broke an ankle in basic training.

Singh’s house isn’t tall enough to parachute off of.

NEIL:

(thinks) But it’s bungee-jumpable.

PROTAGONIST:

I don’t think ‘bungee-jumpable’ is a word.

NEIL:

It may not be a word, but it may be your only way out of that place.

(a thought occurs) Or into it, for that matter.

EXT. HIGH-RISE HOUSE – EVENING ARMED GUARDS patrol the balconies.

INT. HIGH-RISE HOUSE – CONTINUOUS Inside one of the magnificent rooms, a middle-aged Indian man mixes drinks. This is SANJAY SINGH.

EXT. LOW ROOFTOP NEXT DOOR TO HIGH-RISE HOUSE – CONTINUOUS Neil and the Protagonist race across the roof carrying a sports bag. Neil pulls out a WINCH, the Protagonist pulls out a large CATAPULT, loops it around two pipes, glancing down into the WALLED YARD at the foot of the high-rise house.

Neil BOLTS the winch to the roof, the Protagonist sights the upper balcony of the high-rise house, FIRES a ball with a line up and over the balcony railing... EXT. HIGH-RISE HOUSE – CONTINUOUS The Protagonist and Neil lie next to each other as the WINCH RUNS, TENSIONING THEIR ELASTIC LINES... they LAUNCH themselves, FLYING UP to land against the side of the building – They RUN SILENTLY UP THE BUILDING, onto the UPPER TERRACES, SHOOTING TWO GUARDS with silenced pistols... INT./EXT. HIGH-RISE HOUSE – CONTINUOUS Sanjay Singh hands a drink to the Woman in the sari. They move out onto the balcony – EXT. BALCONY – CONTINUOUS The Protagonist surprises Sanjay, holds him at gunpoint –

PROTAGONIST:

(to the Woman) Stay back.