MI3 Part 4

INT.YARD
A car stops in front of Ethan. He gets in the car.

INT. CAR
There are drinks in the limousine. The driver's window rolls down.

DAVIAN'S HENCHMAN
Drink it. No questions.

ETHAN falls asleep after drinking.

INT. ROOM IN SHANGHAI


DAVIAN
Good morning.

An explosive charge is put in Ethan's head.

ETHAN
Jules.

DAVIAN
We've put an explosive charge in your head. Does that sound familiar?
The Rabbit's Foot. Where is it?

ETHAN
I gave it to you.

DAVIAN
Now, I'm going to count to 10 and you're going to tell me
where the Rabbit's Foot is or she dies.


EXT. AIRPORT
Luther, Zhen, and Declan get out of an airplane. Brassel is waiting for them with many agents.

INT. DAVIAN'S BASE

DAVIAN
Do you think I'm playing?

Davian shoots Julia.

ETHAN
Son of a bitch!

DAVIAN
Do you think I'm playing? You don't think I'll do it?

Where is it?

ETHAN
Look at me.

DAVIAN
Where the hell is it?

ETHAN
Look at me. Stay with me.

DAVIAN
Seven!

ETHAN
I am going to kill you.
I swear to God I'm going to...

DAVIAN
Eight!

ETHAN
No, please. Please. Don't do this. Just let her go. I promise you. I promise you.

I can figure out how to get whatever...

DAVIAN
Nine.

ETHAN
Listen to me. I want to help you get whatever you want. But you got to do what's right. What you know is right. No, please...No. No.

DAVIAN
Ten.

ETHAN
Don't!

Davian shoots Julia. Ethan sits, stunned. Davian leaves and talks with Musgrave.

DAVIAN
I pushed him as far as he can go. I know he's not lying.

MUSGRAVE
I understand. I've got some questions I want to ask him first.

Musgrave sits in front of Ethan.

MUSGRAVE
It's complicated. You can't just open the canister. We had to
make sure you brought the real thing. The Rabbit's Foot. Now we know.

Ethan is still in shock. Musgrave reaches toward Julia.

ETHAN
Don't you touch her! Don't you touch her!

MUSGRAVE
Davian's translator, his Head of Security. Remember? At the Vatican she failed him. Ethan, Julia is still alive. Davian wanted to kill you both, but I convinced him otherwise. Julia hasn't seen me. She doesn't know anything. She's clean. She can go on to have a life.
As long as you tell me, what was in Lindsey's message? I know she sent you a microdot from Berlin. Did Lindsey know about me and Davian? Is that why she sent the message to you? Did you read it? Did anyone else see it? Did she know about the work I was doing? Could I be compromised at IMF? Ethan. Ethan. Did she buy that Brassel set her up? Did she buy that?

ETHAN
You told him. That's how Davian knew Lindsey was coming. You told him.

MUSGRAVE
I thought you could get her back. But I wasn't gonna let Brassel, of all people, undo the work I'd done. I took action, Ethan, on behalf of the working families of our country. The Armed Forces, the White House. I'd had enough of Brassel and his sanctimony. IMF Executive
Director. He's an affirmative action poster boy. You grab Davian like he wanted, then what? Davian's a weed. You cut him out, two more spring up just like him the next day. Arrest him? Then what? You use him. Collaborate with him. And it's Christmas. In 18 hours, the Rabbit's Foot will be delivered to its Middle Eastern buyer, and we'll have credible intel to prove it. US Security Council will get a report by this time tomorrow. We're talking a military strike within a week. And when the sand settles, our country will do what it does best. Clean up. Infrastructure. Democracy wins. What was Lindsey's message? You tell me, and Julia walks. It's the only play you have left.

ETHAN
Not till I hear her voice, know she's alive.

MUSGRAVE
Of course.

ETHAN
Put her on.

Musgrave holds a phone to Ethan's mouth.

ETHAN
Jules?

JULIA
Ethan?

ETHAN
When we met, there was a lake near the mountain. What was the lake called?

JULIA
Wanaka. Please, Ethan.

ETHAN
Jules.

JULIA
Ethan, I don't understand...

Ethan bites Musgrave's wrist, then hits him and frees himself. He calls Benji with Musgrave's phone.

BENJI
Benjamin Dunne.

ETHAN
Benji, it's me. Ethan.

BENJI
What? No. Really?

ETHAN
Listen to me very carefully. I need your help. I need to trace the location
of the last call made from this phone.

BENJI
Look, no. Ethan. Shush. They're looking... Everyone's looking for you. Everyone I
know. They're looking... I just looked it up. Okay, you're on Interpol's most wanted list.
And that, by the way, is a spectacular list to be on. Whatever happened, I'm sorry,
but I'm hanging up now right now.

ETHAN
Benji, I don't have time for this. What do you think happened?
I've been set up.

BENJI
I think I like my job. Okay? A lot. All right? And you know
they're gonna be taping this call.

ETHAN
And you know you can erase it. I'm giving you the number right now.
Are you ready?

BENJI
All right. Just hang on. I'm gonna lose my citizenship because of this, you know.

ETHAN
7-3-4-4-2-5-6-4-3-6-7.

BENJI
Okay. Wait. Okay. Hold the line, please. Are you there?

ETHAN
Yeah.

BENJI
Okay. Maybe we can share a jail cell together, you know? If this all goes tits up,
which it will. The location of that number is Shanghai. There, I just told you. Shanghai.
I've just aided and abetted an enemy of the state. Fantastic. Thank you.

ETHAN
Am I close? Use this phone to track my location.

BENJI
Oh, you're there. Well, you're close.

ETHAN
How close? Is the signal in the building?

BENJI
No, no, no. It isn't coming from there. It's in a building one mile to the northeast.

ETHAN
Benji, lead me to the signal.

BENJI
There is one thing. What the hell are you doing in Shanghai?

ETHAN
I'll tell you when I see you.

BENJI
What you...You need to go north.

EXT.BUILDING
Ethan runs through the streets.

ETHAN
Okay, there's a bridge.

BENJI
Get to it, cross it.


BENJI
Make a left. Go three-quarters of a mile along the river.


ETHAN
I got it. I got it.


BENJI
Good, good. That's right.Keep going. Keep going.
Make your next left and then the next one.
And then follow that down 1,000 yards.


ETHAN
A thousand yards.Okay. Okay, okay.

BENJI
Okay, okay. Left. Left.Yeah, that's good. That's good. Keep going. Keep going.

ETHAN
Okay, now look... Hiya. Hi. Benji, where? Benji? Which way do I go?


BENJI
Now take a right.Okay. Go down, left.

ETHAN
Left? I'm going left.


BENJI
Good, good.It's in the second building on your left.The signal bearing's plus or minus three meters from the northeast corner.

ETHAN
I owe you.

INT.HOUSE
Ethan is in the house to help Julia.


ETHAN

Jules. Jules.You're gonna be okay.Oh, God!God!


DAVIAN
I've activated the charge in your head.You have maybe four minutes left.Didn't I tell you she'd call out your name?


JULIA
Ethan. Ethan.No.Please.


DAVIAN
And I told you I was going to kill you in front of her? Well, I'm going to kill her in front of you.


Davian is going to Julia to pick up the gun. But Eathan gets up to tackles Davian and kills him. after that Eathan helps Julia.


JULIA
Ethan? Are you okay? I don't understand what's going on, Ethan.


ETHAN

I know. I know.


JULIA

Just wait.What do those men want from you?

Why are we here? How did you find me? Please, Ethan.What the hell is going on?

Are you okay? Ethan, what's wrong? Okay. Oh, God.


ETHAN
I'm going to tell you everything.You just stay with me.


JULIA
Ethan. What's happening? What are you looking for? We've got to get out of here.


ETHAN
Not yet.They don't have one!

JULIA
What?

ETHAN
A defibrillator.

JULIA
A defibrillator? Ethan? Ethan? Who are these people? What the hell are we doing here?


ETHAN
Good! This is a Beretta 92F. It's a very accurate, close-range weapon.
Don't point it at me.

JULIA
Sorry.

ETHAN
It holds 15 rounds. When the mag is empty, the slide will lock back like this.

JULIA
How do you know so much about this?


ETHAN
To reload, push this button. The empty mag falls out and you shove the other one in,
like the batteries in the flashlight in the kitchen, then release the slide.

JULIA
Why are you giving me a gun?

ETHAN
There could be others. If you have to use it, you stay low. You identify your enemy.
Point and shoot. It's very simple. Point and shoot.

Ethan pulls a wire out of the wall. He plans to electrocute himself.

ETHAN
Stand back. Good. I have a charge in my head. I'm going to die unless you kill me.

JULIA
What?

ETHAN
Throw the switch on and off. Don't forget the off.

JULIA
I can't do that.

ETHAN
You can bring me back. I'll come back.

JULIA
I can't.

ETHAN
You have to! There's no time! Now! Please!

Julia gets ready to throw the switch.

ETHAN
Wait, wait! Wait. Wait. I love you.

JULIA
I love you.

Ethan is shocked and goes unconscious. Julia shoots Musgrave and another man. Then
she tries to resuscitate Ethan.

JULIA
Oh, God. Come on, baby. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight,nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen. Come on, baby.
I need you to come back.

Julia starts to cry.

JULIA
I need you back. Oh, God.

Ethan comes back. He sees the dead men.

ETHAN
You did that? Wow.

They leave the building.

JULIA
So, I was just thinking... I was thinking you might want to tell me why we're in China.

ETHAN
I know. I... I work for an agency. It's called IMF.

JULIA
What does that stand for?

ETHAN
Impossible Mission Force.

JULIA
Shut up.

ETHAN
No, I'm not kidding. You don't understand. Everything I'm telling you is top-secret.

JULIA
You can trust me.

ETHAN
Yeah, I know.

INT. IMF BASE
Brassel talks to Ethan.

BRASSEL
Just wanna show my appreciation for your work.
Call it reparations for anything I might have put you through.
You should know the White House has contacted me.
Now, there's a job that they are very interested
in speaking with you about.


ETHAN
Thank you, but I have a lot to think about.

BRASSEL
You aren't considering quitting, are you, Ethan?

ETHAN
I'm considering going on my honeymoon.

BRASSEL
Have fun.

ETHAN
Thank you.

BRASSEL
Yeah.

ETHAN
Hey, one thing. The Rabbit's Foot. What is it?

BRASSEL
Promise me you'll stay, I'll tell you.


ETHAN
I'll send you a postcard.


BRASSEL
Fair enough.

THE END

Questions
1.  How does Ethan find Julia?
2.  What happens to Davian?
3.  How does Julia save Ethan?