DELIVER ME FROM EVIL

bySam Carpenter

Unit 11 Short film

We hear echoed, washed out noises of shouting, struggling and a door slamming. It is clear that this is the sound of a man being kidnapped.

INT. DIRTY WAREHOUSE - NIGHT

CUT IN

The camera flashes as the bag is removed from our main character’s head in this POV shot. We are in a dirty warehouse, with a dark blurry figure approaching us.

DARK FIGURE(Non-english accent)

You know why you’re here.

Man starts to pace around in the shadows.

DARK FIGURE(Raised voice)

You have… disappointed me. I trusted you, and you have not delivered what I expected.

INT. FAMILY HOME - SMALL DINING ROOM - AFTERNOON

We cut to a small family sitting at the dinner table, in complete silence other than the clinking of cutlery and plates. The family all look sad, as well as concerned for the father.

The father starts to wipe his mouth with a napkin and get up from the table.

WIFEGary, are you even going to stay? Or are you gonna go straight back

upstairs again?

Gary shows a look of frustration on his face as he makes his way up the stairs.

He enters his room and opens up his laptop. He returns to a game of online Texas Hold ‘Em poker.

We see a few close-ups of Gary’s face as he plays, and then a shot of the screen as he goes bust and is eliminated.

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GARYFor f*ck’s sake!

Gary slams the laptop shut, and breaks the screen. He leans back in his bed, closes his eyes and lets out a large sigh.

INT. DIRTY WAREHOUSE - NIGHT

DARK FIGURESo… Gary. Do you have my money?

The camera pans around from the man in the suit to Gary in the chair. He is beaten up, with tape over his mouth, tied to a chair.

Close-up camera shot shows the tape being torn from Gary’s mouth. He writhes in pain and lets out a groan.

GARY(In pain)

*coughs* Bloody hell… Where am I…

The man comes out of the shadows, into a crack of light, revealing his face.

A look of terror sweeps across Gary’s face as he sees who it is.

ALEXEI RASCALOVI have… annoyingly… had to keep an eye on you. I knew your history when you came to our… business,

but I took a risk. You would have helped our cause a great deal if we had received the amount owed.

One of Rascalov’s guards hands him a pair of scissors.

ALEXEI RASCALOVWe have received 13,000 pounds from you. I would call that

commendable, if I didn’t know how much you owed.

Rascalov crouches down to Gary’s level.

ALEXEI RASCALOVSo what have you done with our

interest Gary? Have you not been able to gather it up?

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GARY(shakes head in fear)

No, no…

Rascalov puts his arm around Gary’s shoulders, snips the duct tape around his arms and legs, and helps him up.

ALEXEI RASCALOVNo, shhh. shush… it’s okay. It’s okay. You have a family, I know.

Rascalov shouts and throws Gary to the floor.

ALEXEI RASCALOV(raised voice)

But I know I won’t be making that mistake again.

Gary is kicked multiple times on the floor by Alexei.

ALEXEI RASCALOVPeople like you are the reason people like us can’t survive…

Gary is kicked again, multiple times.

ALEXEI RASCALOVMy father always hated liars… and

cheats… and…

Rascalov delivers the biggest kick so far.

ALEXEI RASCALOVGambling.

A small smile mixed with anger, pain and tiredness sweeps across Alexei’s face.

ALEXEI RASCALOVYou’re going to see your family

now, Gary. Then and only then will you understand how much you have

taken from me.

Alexei pulls a pistol from the lining of his suit jacket and loads it.

As the gun is pointed towards Gary’s head, he starts to cry, as well as his face being covered in blood.

The gun moves down from Gary’s face to Gary’s heart - Gary closes his eyes and scrunches his face in fear of the shot.

We hear a single gunshot and the screen goes to black.

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We hear ringing in our ears getting quieter as the screen remains black for a few seconds.

INT. DARK SMOKEY MYSTERIOUS ROOM - TIME AND DATE UNKNOWN

FADE IN

The room is full of smoke and mirrors, with Gary standing in the middle.

The camera rotates around Gary, he has a confused look on his face. We hear audio clips and short flashbacks that look at the events that lead up to Gary’s kidnapping.

EXT. UNDER A BRIDGE - FLASHBACK - TIME AND DATE UNKNOWN

GARYI’m gonna have to do it… I’ve got

nothing left.

UNKNOWN CONTACTOkay…

Gary’s contact rubs his chin and contemplates Gary’s request.

UNKNOWN CONTACTI know a guy.

We quickly flash through a few images of money figures online, and quickly see Gary at the dinner table again, followed by the poker incident and his kidnapping.

We hear a distant shout of ‘Gary!’ - Gary turns his head to the left and sees two silhouettes of a woman and a child. The space to his left has a light blue tinge to it, and seems pleasant.

The silhouettes fade away. Gary turns to the other side, which has a red tinge to it. ALEXEI emerges from the mist with his gun drawn, and points it at Gary’s head. Gary closes his eyes just as he did in the warehouse, but when he opens them again, Alexei is gone.

Gary slowly turns to the red side of the room - he takes a step out of the frame.

CUT TO BLACK

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SCENE INDEX

INT. DIRTY WAREHOUSE - NIGHT 1............................

INT. FAMILY HOME - SMALL DINING ROOM - AFTERNOON 1........

INT. DIRTY WAREHOUSE - NIGHT 2............................

INT. DARK SMOKEY MYSTERIOUS ROOM - TIME AND DATE UNKNOWN .4

EXT. UNDER A BRIDGE - FLASHBACK - TIME AND DATE UNKNOWN 4.