Alasdair chi original screenplay by: jedd jong yue
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Tell the captain or driver or whatever to raise anchor now! Once the Penguin and his men enter the yacht, the boarding ramp folds up and the anchor is reeled in. The yacht begins to leave the harbour.
cooler than the car. Almost. Batman pushes a button of the dashboard. The windscreen then becomes a heads-up display, showing coordinates and other annotated information. The display highlights the Yellowtail. BATMAN: That is Cobblepot’s yacht. ROBIN: It’s moving out; he knows we’re after him. INT. YELLOWTAIL – NIGHT The Penguin storms out of his stateroom. PENGUIN: I can’t stay on this boat, he’ll find me! Him and that idiot kid sidekick! Get me... backup. And I’m using the sub.
HENCHMAN: Ready the sub. INT. SUBMERSIBLE BAY– NIGHT The Penguin enters the submersible bay, a small room with a tiny one-man submersible painted black and white suspended over a miniature moon pool. The submersible is lowered into the water, and the Penguin is helped inside. Once the Penguin has sealed himself into the submersible, it is dropped into the water. INT. BATBOAT – NIGHT A blip appears on the heads-up display, showing a smaller object originating from the Yellowtail yacht. ROBIN: They jettisoned something. BATMAN: Penguin’s personal escape sub. We’re going to submerge. Batman flips a switch on the dashboard and the ballast tanks fill with water. The Batboat disappears back below the surface. EXT. GOTHAM HARBOUR – UNDERWATER – NIGHT The water is as murky below as seen from the surface. Visibility is dangerously low. The Batboat’s headlights activate, the xenon beams penetrating the brackish ocean. INT. BATBOAT – NIGHT Robin looks out the windscreen as Batman adjusts the controls. ROBIN:
BATMAN: Visibility is terrible, but we have BATMAN (CONT.): ...sonar to see for us. ROBIN: Just like a bat. BATMAN: Exactly. Batman locks on to the Penguin’s sub, which is barely visible and a good distance in front of the Batboat. BATMAN: Locking on... ROBIN: Fire one! Batman flips up a cap on the joystick that steers the Batboat and pushes down on the button. EXT. BATBOAT – NIGHT Two missiles exit from concealed launchers. The missiles leave a stream of bubbles in their wake. EXT. PENGUIN’S SUBMERSIBLE - NIGHT The Penguin steers his submersible to narrowly avoid the missiles. INT. PENGUIN’S SUBMERSIBLE – NIGHT PENGUIN: One thing about penguins... they can seem ungainly on land, but underwater...another story!
What?!
Crippled, the submersible floats dead in the water. INT. BATBOAT – NIGHT ROBIN: Was that like...an EMP or something? BATMAN: Yes, with a three metre radius so we’re not affected. Batman speaks into a radio handset. BATMAN: Gotham Coast Guard? COAST GUARD OFFICER (OVER RADIO): Yes, this is the Gotham Coast Guard. BATMAN: There’s something for you to pick up. I’m sending the coordinates. Batman puts down the radio. BATMAN: We’re done. Let’s head up. EXT. BATBOAT – NIGHT The ballast tanks empty and the Batboat heads for the surface, breaking through the water line. The Batboat speeds away, winding in-between the various ships docked at the harbour, all of a sudden, a figure standing in the middle of the ocean appears. INT. BATBOAT – NIGHT ROBIN: Who’s that?! BATMAN:
ROBIN: Uhhh...styrofoam? Oil? Rubber duckies? BATMAN: Ice. EXT. GOTHAM HARBOUR – NIGHT Mr Freeze is standing on a small platform made of ice, floating in the middle of the harbour waters. He raises his ice cannon and creates a solid wall of ice in front of him. INT. BATBOAT – NIGHT The wall of ice is visible through the windscreen and the boat is fast approaching it. ROBIN: Stop! You’ll hit it! Instead, Batman pushes the Batboat faster. EXT. BATBOAT – NIGHT The Batboat crashes at full speed through the wall of ice. However, Mr Freeze is nowhere to be found. INT. BATBOAT – NIGHT ROBIN: Huh? Where’d he go? EXT. BATBOAT – NIGHT Mr Freeze is on the back of the Batboat. He struggles to climb onto the roof above the boat’s cockpit. He aims the ice cannon down and freezes over the top of the roof to weaken it. Then, he tries to smash through with his fist. INT. BATBOAT – NIGHT The knocking is audible. ROBIN: Uh...someone’s a-knocking. BATMAN: Brace yourself. EXT. BATBOAT – NIGHT Batman launches the boat out of the water. It does a spin in the air, during which Mr Freeze falls off. The Batboat then lands back in the water, creating a large splash. INT. BATBOAT - NIGHT ROBIN: Let’s...let’s not do that again. BATMAN: We’ve dropped him, but we haven’t lost him. EXT. BATBOAT – NIGHT A pillar of ice about ten feet high shoots up from the water, with Mr Freeze standing atop it. Looking down, he aims the ice cannon at the Batboat, but the watercraft avoids the ice cannon rays. Finally, Freeze hit his target. The Batboat is quickly encased in and surrounded by ice, unable to move forward on its own. MR FREEZE: My quarrel is not with you, Batman. Mr Freeze creates a ramp with the ice cannon which he walks down. Then, he freezes the water in front of him to create a path back to land, walking briskly and creating more of the path as he walks. INT. BATBOAT – NIGHT ROBIN: He got us! He actually got us! BATMAN: Brace yourself. ROBIN: What?! Again?! Batman pulls up a lever on the floor next to him. EXT. BATBOAT – NIGHT The cockpit ejects out of the Batboat chassis, leaving the rest of the boat frozen in the water. The cockpit flies twenty or so feet into the air, and then lands in the water some distance away from the chassis as floats form around the base. INT. EJECTED BATBOAT COCKPIT – NIGHT ROBIN:
The windscreen is caked in a thick layer of ice. BATMAN: This won’t do. He presses another button and the windscreen jettisons, falling into the water. What’s left resembles a small speedboat. ROBIN: How about what’s left of the Batboat? Won’t they trace it back to you? Batman does not reply. Instead he presses a button on the dashboard and sets off a sizeable explosion, engulfing the empty chassis in white flames that melt away the ice and destroy the shell of the Batboat. ROBIN: I didn’t mean blow it up. BATMAN: In this line of work, one must learn to... sacrifice. ROBIN: And one must have lots of money, too. BATMAN: It helps. Batman steers the ejected Batboat cockpit back to the docks. On their way, they pass a coast guard boat with a large crane attached to the back. Hanging from the crane and floating on the surface of the water is Penguin’s submersible, which has just been retrieved. Batman pulls up next to the coast guard boat. BATMAN:
COAST GUARD OFFICER: We’re on it. A diver who is already in the water climbs onto the submersible and opens the hatch. INT. PENGUIN’S SUBMERSIBLE – NIGHT The submersible is empty apart from the frogman staring into it. DIVER: It’s empty! ROBIN: He’s escaped! Where would he be now?! BATMAN: The last place he thinks we’ll look. (Turns to Coast Guard officer) Thanks. INT. PENGUIN’S OFFICE – NIGHT The Penguin sits nervously behind the desk in his office, soaking wet and dabbing at his forehead with a towel. He tries to reassure himself. PENGUIN: This is the last place they’ll look. Several bodyguards, a few more than usual, stand guarding the Penguin. They all nod in agreement. EXT. ROOFTOP – NIGHT Batman and Robin are perched on a rooftop opposite the Iceberg Lounge, surveying the lounge using two pairs of long-range binoculars. ROBIN: So we crash in through the skylight? BATMAN:
for this one.
Bruce Wayne! BOUNCER: I know who you are Mr Wayne, but I’m afraid there’s no entry for children under 18.
BRUCE WAYNE: And the penguins. DICK GRAYSON: And the penguins! BRUCE WAYNE: Anyway, isn’t this the Iceberg Lounge AND Restaurant? BOUNCER: Uh...uh... BRUCE WAYNE: What sort of business invests so much in an arctic-themed restaurant and doesn’t open it to kids?
DICK GRAYSON: Wow, this really is something. BRUCE WAYNE: What it really is is a front for half the criminal activity in Gotham. DICK GRAYSON: Shh! Not so loud. Bruce Wayne produces a handheld computer and casually taps at it, as if showing Dick a new game. On the screen are the schematics of the Iceberg Lounge. He taps at it with a stylus. BRUCE WAYNE: These are the schematics for the Iceberg Lounge. The lounge and restaurant Takes up two storeys. Now the Penguin Will be in his panic room, which will be Attached to his office...here.
to be any panic room attached to this office. BATMAN:
sensitive or secret rooms. Batman looks around the room, tapping at the walls. They all sound solid. All of a sudden, the Penguin’s chair slides back, alarming Robin. The Penguin pops out of the revealed secret compartment. He is wielding one of his trick umbrellas. ROBIN: An umbrella? Seriously? PENGUIN: Don’t mock me, boy. The Penguin pushes a button of the wooden handle, and a sharp medium-length blade emerges from the tip of the umbrella. Penguin begins to dodge and parry, as if the umbrella were an epee. Robin retrieves a short stick hanging from his utility belt. It extends into his bo staff. Batman joins the fight, trying to protect Robin. The scuffle continues across and out of the office, and into the lift. INT. ICEBERG LOUNGE PRIVATE LIFT – NIGHT Elevator music plays in the lift, which is large enough for a three-way fight to take place, as Batman, Robin and the Penguin continue to melee. INT. PRIVATE LIFT LOBBY – NIGHT Batman, Robin and the Penguin exit the lift and continue fighting through the lift lobby. The Penguin exchanges his umbrella for another one hanging in the lobby. Batman throws a pellet against the wall as he and Robin run out of the lobby while the Penguin retrieves the other umbrella. The pellet releases thick smoke. The Penguin opens the umbrella, shielding himself and pushing through the smoke. INT. ICEBERG LOUNGE – NIGHT The Penguin chases Batman and Robin into the main restaurant area of the establishment. The patrons panic and some begin to rush for the exit. The Penguin aims the umbrella at Batman and Robin. PENGUIN: I was saving this one for an occasion Just like this! The umbrella is actually a modified automatic rifle/machine gun. He aims the weapon and fires away at Batman and Robin, who dodge the shots. Bullet holes appear in the walls and pillars of the restaurant. PENGUIN: It’s not like I can’t pay for that kind of damage.
BATMAN:
even if he doesn’t.
town without killing a child? ROBIN: Screw you, asshole. PENGUIN: Well, just look how you’ve raised this boy, Batman. BATMAN: I raised him to stand up to... All of a sudden the lagoon begins to bubble. A cold mist emerges from the water. The animals appear confused. A platform of ice about seven feet tall shoots up from the water, the penguins and seals narrowly dodging it. Atop the platform is Mr Freeze. Freeze forms a ramp just as he did in the ocean earlier and walks down it. MR FREEZE: To stand up to evil. PENGUIN: Ah very good, here comes the muscle. ROBIN:
The Penguin ignores Robin. PENGUIN: Now Freeze, help me take care of...business. MR FREEZE: As you wish. Freeze turns the ice cannon on the Penguin. The Penguin slowly reaches into his coat pocket and retrieves the remote control. He waves it mockingly in the air. Mr Freeze does not waver. MR FREEZE: You cannot threaten me. PENGUIN: Of course I can. I threaten the whole city every day! BATMAN: Dr Fries, please... MR FREEZE: As I told you earlier, my quarrel is not with you. Keep out of my affairs.
not to take things... Freeze turns the ice cannon on Batman and flash-freezes him. MR FREEZE: I am finished with taking advice. ROBIN: Hold on one second, you do did not just do that! MR FREEZE: If I must, I will. Mr Freeze flash-freezes Robin as well. The dynamic duo are now nothing but ice statues. MR FREEZE: Back to you. What happened to being an upstanding businessman? PENGUIN: Don’t you understand? It doesn’t matter how you make the money, all that matters is if you make it!
Someone’s parents? Someone’s child? PENGUIN: Yes. I would! MR FREEZE: You are more a monster than I will ever become. PENGUIN: Sure, I may have eccentric tastes. But ultimately, I am a practical man. Take for example the circus that came to town. If they’d just paid me a token sum, they would not have a pair of dead aerialists on their hands. Though I admit, it may have been a mistake to let the kid live. Somebody crosses me, I take care of it. Like I will do with you now, Victor.
removed those batteries. I will now destroy your world, as you have destroyed mine.
MR FREEZE: Everything is incomplete without the falling chandelier. All is silent for a moment. Suddenly, a crack is audible. Mr Freeze spins round to see Batman struggling to escape from the ice. Inexplicably, the ice falls off in chunks, freeing Batman from the encasement. Mr Freeze watches as Batman breaks Robin out of his own block of ice. MR FREEZE: Impossible. Nobody can free himself Without assistance! ROBIN: The man is crazy prepared. Brr. Batman dispenses four pills from a capsule on his utility belt, passing two the Robin and taking two himself. BATMAN: To ward off tissue damage. MR FREEZE: Impressive. I now feel compelled to apologise for doing that. ROBIN: No sweat, Dr Fries. MR FREEZE: However, there is one man who, on the contrary, owes me an apology. Freeze turns to Penguin, still encased in ice. BATMAN: Let me bring him in, Fries. MR FREEZE: No. BATMAN: Killing Cobblepot will not cure your wife’s disease. MR FREEZE: Who said anything about killing him? I will keep him in this state for my amusement, just as I was his.
justice works. MR FREEZE: I will not let a boy lecture me about justice. BATMAN: This boy is in every position to do so. MR FREEZE: You will not deny me my... BATMAN: Your revenge? ROBIN:
Mr Freeze raises the ice cannon and points it at Batman. MR FREEZE: You will not be able to recover so quickly the second time in ten minutes. BATMAN: You didn’t design it to kill. MR FREEZE: No. I was not a killer. ROBIN: Was? MR FREEZE: However, I have learnt that sometimes it is the only way people will listen.
BATMAN:
Robin is silent. Batman touches his finger to his ear. We hear a slightly distorted voice on this other side. VOICE: Commissioner Gordon speaking. BATMAN: Commissioner, the Iceberg Lounge. Now. INT. ARKHAM ASYLUM – NIGHT The Penguin, soaking wet and shivering, is shown being escorted to his cell by two guards in full SWAT uniform. INT. ARKHAM ASYLUM – FREEZE’S CELL Mr Freeze is seen sitting on his bunk in a specially-conditioned low-temperature cell. His face is covered in scars from the exploding glass helmet, which have been treated. MR FREEZE: Now, Batman, my quarrel is with you. EXT. ROOFTOP FACING ARKHAM ISLAND We pull out across Gotham Bay. Batman and Robin are perched atop a rooftop with a clear view to Arkham Island. The Bat-signal comes on, casting the iconic silhouette onto the clouds. Batman looks up, taking a moment to look at it. He then launches his grapnel gun at another building some way across. Robin does the same. Batman leaps first, swinging off into the night, followed by Robin. -END- Directory: scripts scripts -> Swiver by Piers Beckley Stef Morgan scripts -> 1 Introduction 2 2 Software Engineering and Software Paradigms 5 scripts -> Theatricals 229 West 28th Street • 11th Floor • New York, ny 10001 scripts -> Host Programming scripts -> Googly written by Mehul Oza May 11, 2009 int. Day dressing room of cricketers scripts -> 4th Revision 2009 Rico Alago scripts -> 1 Introduction to Databases 2 2 Basic Relational Data Model 11 scripts -> The Umbrella Academy: Trade 1 Apocalypse Suite Based on the Comic Book Series by Gabriel Ba and Gerard Way scripts -> Script box for new patient green light case exceptancetm Download 0.6 Mb. Share with your friends:
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