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

Gary is interrupted by his wife asking him something. He stops walking and pauses in the doorway.

WIFEGary, I was thinking of

signing Connor up to those… uh…

Gary’s wife clicks her fingers and pinches the bridge of her nose, attempting to remember.

CONNORThe Air Cadets.

WIFEThat’s it.

GARYOh, okay! I tell you what, we’ll see how the next few weeks go and we’ll have a think about it.

Gary leaves the dining room and makes his way up the stairs. He gets halfway up before his wife calls him.

WIFEGary, where you going?

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

GARYI’m just going on the laptop

for a bit.

WIFE(whispering to herself)

Gonna have to restrict the bloody internet access for

that man one day…

Gary 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.

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. 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 RASCALOV(As he takes off Gary’s gag and tape around his wrists and ankles)

We 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?

GARY(shakes head in

fear)No, no…

Rascalov puts his arm around Gary’s shoulders, and helps him up.

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

I know.

ALEXEI RASCALOVActually, I’ve never been so happy for someone to actually

get here alive.

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.

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…

GARYI’ve caused it all myself… I just want to help my family

get out of this.

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.

ALEXEI RASCALOVWe both know where you’re going Gary. You said it

yourself. I’ll see you there.

Alexei’s monologue is interrupted by shots of Gary’s family’s possessions being taken, and a hitman appearing at their door and drawing a gun.

We also see Alexei walking away from Gary’s body in the warehouse as his bodyguards drag it away.

We switch between those two scenes as well as Alexei talking to Gary in purgatory delivering his monologue.

ALEXEI RASCALOVWe’re the same, Gary. Once you get involved with this

side of living there’s no way out of it. It sucks you in

like a black hole and you and your loved ones are tied to it for the rest of your life.

Gary closes his eyes just as he did in the warehouse, but when he opens them again, Alexei is gone.

We fade to a clip of Gary meeting with his contact and saying a certain important line.

GARY(Flashback)

I’ve caused it all myself… I just want to help my family

get out of this.

Gary takes a step out of the frame.

CUT TO BLACK

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