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FADE IN
HALLWAY
AMANDA
Bye mom…bye daddy!
AMANDA’S MOTHER
(worriedly)
Bye baby, I’ll miss you!
AMANDA
Ohh mom, I’ll only be gone for a week.
Besides, we hardly see each other since
I’ve been in college anyways.
AMANDA’S MOTHER
I know, but still, you’re traveling all
the way down to Mexico. It’s my job to
worry.
AMANDA’S FATHER
Yeah honey, you watch out down there and
take care of yourself.
AMANDA
Dad, I’ll be fine! I’m going to be with
Michael and his friend Brendan, not to
mention my friend Julie. We’re hanging
out as a group for the whole time, we’ll
be safe.
AMANDA’S FATHER
I hope so, I don’t want to regret my
decision to let you go down there.
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AMANDA
(laughs)
Ohhh dad, like you had a choice in the
matter.
AMANDA’S FATHER
Hey let your old man think that he still
has some power in his family.
She gives them a big wave upon seeing them pull up.
AMANDA
I have to go now.
AMANDA’S FATHER
OK, if you run into any problems, just
head to the American consulate.
AMANDA
Dad, you watch too much Dateline NBC.
AMANDA’S FATHER
That may be so, and I may be an over
protective dad, but I’m just looking out
for you.
AMANDA
I love you dad.
AMANDA’S FATHER
Love you too honey.
Amanda excitedly runs across the yard and into the waiting
car.
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Once in the car, Amanda leans over and gives her boyfriend,
Michael, a tall, good-looking guy in his late teens, a kiss
on the lips.
AMANDA
Spring Break!!!
AMANDA
Let’s turn the music up! It’s time to
party!
MICHAEL
Yo guys, this Spring Break is going to be
sick!
BRENDAN
You got that right! I’m hoping for
legendary, epic stories!
AMANDA
Well I’ll try my best to deliver those
stories.
MICHAEL
Hey, don’t try too hard, ok baby? I want
you all to myself.
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AMANDA
Mike, I didn’t mean it like that! I’m
just going to have fun and get drunk,
that’s all!
JULIE
I’m so excited! No school for the next
week, no worries…
BRENDAN
(interrupts her)
And we’re going to a place where we can
legally drink!
BRENDAN
How awesome is that?!? We don’t have
to worry about our fake IDs getting
confiscated or underage drinking
citations.
MICHAEL
Cancuuuuunnnnn!
AMANDA
This place is beautiful.
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MICHAEL
And so are you…
MICHAEL (cont’d)
Come, let’s check-in so that we can hit
the beach.
MICHAEL
Margarita time!
AMANDA
Woo hoo!
MICHAEL
Come, take a cup.
MICHAEL
Ice, we need ice.
BRENDAN
I’ll grab some.
Brendan picks up a trash can, dumps out the trash and runs
out the door to get ice.
MICHAEL
Let’s do a quick drink here then head
down to the beach.
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AMANDA
Sounds good. I bought a new bikini just
for the trip. Here, check it out.
Amanda goes through her suitcase and takes out her new
bikini to show Michael. He walks over to feel it.
MICHAEL
Wow, that looks nice. I hope you enjoy
putting this on now as much as I’ll enjoy
taking it off later.
JULIE
Ewww, gross! Come on guys.
Brendan walks back into the room with a trash can full of
ice and puts it down on the table.
BRENDAN
OK, I got the ice!
JULIE
Ice in a trash can? Classy!
BRENDAN
Hey, it’s Mexico! This is probably the
cleanest thing we’re going to put into
our mouths this week.
All four of them huddle around the table and finish making
their margaritas.
MICHAEL
Especially for Julie, assuming she blows
you this week Brendan.
AMANDA
Nice, really nice.
JULIE
Talk about class.
BRENDAN
Asshole.
MICHAEL
I’m just screwing around.
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MICHAEL (cont’d)
OK, put your cups up. Here’s to a kick
ass Spring Break in Cancun!
AMANDA
Let’s listen to some tunes!
MICHAEL
Turn it up Amanda!
Once Amanda turns up the stereo, all four of them get into
the middle of the room and start dancing together as they
drink their margaritas.
AMANDA
This is the life Mike.
MICHAEL
(drowsy)
It certainly is.
AMANDA
Let’s move down here.
MICHAEL
And do what?
AMANDA
I don’t know, do we have to work?
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MICHAEL
If we want to live, yes.
AMANDA
OK, well maybe you can become a bartender.
MICHAEL
I like that, what would you do though?
AMANDA
(thinking)
I don’t know, maybe a be shot girl.
MICHAEL
(laughs)
A shot girl? I was thinking more like
a tourist guide, or hotel concierge, for
you. Don’t those shot girls have to put
test tubes of booze in their cleavage
and have sweaty, disgusting men drink
them out? I don’t know, I thought I
saw that on a Wild On E! show once.
AMANDA
(thinking)
Yeah, maybe a tourist guide is better.
MICHAEL
Ohhh you’re dead, you’re so dead!
JULIE
Beautiful day isn’t it?
AMANDA
Yeah, it is. It’s hot though.
JULIE
The water’s nice and cool.
AMANDA
Good idea, I think I’m going to take a
(MORE)
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AMANDA (cont’d)
dip while the boys horse around like a
couple of kids.
JULIE
They are so immature, aren’t they?
AMANDA
Yeah, yeah they are. But we love them
anyways.
JULIE
Yes we do.
AMANDA
OK, I’m going in.
JULIE
I’ll stay with the blanket.
LATER ON
MICHAEL
Yo, let’s go to the bar, my buzz is
wearing off.
BRENDAN
Yeah, we’ve done enough stressful
activity for the day anyways.
Michael and Brendan run over to the blanket where the girls
are laying on their stomachs. Michael playfully drops the
football on Amanda’s ass; she flips over in anger.
AMANDA
Jerk!
MICHAEL
Have you girls had enough sun yet?
AMANDA
Yeah I think we’re good. We don’t want
to end up too burnt on the first day.
MICHAEL
Good, we’re heading up to the bar over
there to get our drink on.
JULIE
Sounds good, let’s do it.
MICHAEL
Can I get four beers and a funnel please?
AMANDA
A funnel?
MICHAEL
Hell yes! We’re on vacation!
BRENDAN
Spring Break!
The bartender comes back carrying four beer cans and a long
funnel and gives them to Michael.
MICHAEL
OK, who’s up first?
BRENDAN
Lemme show the girls how it’s done.
MICHAEL
OK, you ready?
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BRENDAN
Yeah.
Michael opens the can of beer and pours it into the funnel,
he lifts it up and Brendan pounds the beer in seconds.
MICHAEL
Chug! Chug! Chug!
After he’s done, Brendan takes the hose out of his mouth,
shakes his head and gives Mike a high five.
BRENDAN
Damn that was good!
MICHAEL
Who’s next?
AMANDA
I’ll do it.
Amanda takes the hose, gets low to the ground and puts it
in her mouth.
MICHAEL
You ready honey?
AMANDA
Go for it dear!
Amanda funnels the beer much more slowly than Brendan but
she does do it with only minimal spilling.
MICHAEL
OK, Julie your turn.
JULIE
Ohh, I don’t know, I’m not much of a
funnel girl.
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MICHAEL
Come on don’t be a wimp.
BRENDAN
Honey, don’t embarrass me. Do it.
JULIE
(reluctantly)
OK, OK, OK, I’ll do it.
(pause)
I don’t even know what to do.
BRENDAN
Grab the hose.
BRENDAN (cont’d)
And get down on your knees.
Julie gets down on her knees and places the hose over her.
MICHAEL
Yeah, like you’re blowing Brendan.
AMANDA
Hey, be nice.
MICHAEL
I’m just trying to help her visualize
funneling so that she can do it.
Imagine the hose is Brendan’s dick…
MICHAEL (cont’d)
…and this beer is his sperm.
JULIE
Ewww, gross.
AMANDA
Mike, please stop it!
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MICHAEL
(laughs)
OK, OK, OK, I’m sorry.
MICHAEL
You ready?
JULIE
(mumbles)
Yeah.
Michael opens the beer can and pours it into the funnel,
then he lifts it up very slowly.
Julie starts drinking the beer very slowly until the hose
slips out of her mouth a few seconds later and the beer
spills all over her bikini soaking her.
MICHAEL
Ha, ha, nice.
BRENDAN
Here, I’ll take care of that.
JULIE
Ewww, gross.
BRENDAN
You didn’t think that when I was doing
that to you last night.
JULIE
Well, that was different.
MICHAEL
Ahhh, Julie, you’re funny. You couldn’t
even do a funnel! What are you, eight
years old?
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JULIE
OK big mouth, why don’t you do one?
MICHAEL
I don’t mind if I do.
MICHAEL
Excuse me, can I get two more beers
here?
The bartender drops off two more beer cans for him.
Michael grabs them and puts them next to his other beer.
MICHAEL
Watch this. You mere mortals looked
cute pounding a beer. I’m going to do
three.
MICHAEL
That’s what I’m talking about! See
Julie, that’s how you do it!
BRENDAN
Let’s get more beers.
AMANDA
And margaritas.
AMANDA
Such a beautiful day, it really is.
MICHAEL
You know what would make this day even
more beautiful?
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AMANDA
No, what?
MICHAEL
Recreational drugs.
BRENDAN
Like what?
MICHAEL
I don’t know, weed, coke, crystal meth.
Whatever man, I just want to get fucked
up.
BRENDAN
Well, we’re in the right country to do
that.
JULIE
How are we going to score some drugs?
MICHAEL
It’s fucking Mexico! It shouldn’t be
too hard to find drugs here.
(looks at Brendan)
Brendan for your sake I hope Julie gives
good head, because there’s not much up
there in the brain department.
JULIE
Screw you Mike. And what is your
fascination with blow jobs anyway? This
is like your third reference to it today.
MICHAEL
What can I say? I love head. Right
Amanda?
AMANDA
Keep me out of this.
MICHAEL
Anyways, I figure we can buy some drugs
off some street corner around here. It
should be as easy as that.
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BRENDAN
What about those guys over there? They
look shady, they might have some drugs
to sell.
AMANDA
Brendan, you are such a racist. You
think just because they’re Mexican,
they’re drug dealers?
BRENDAN
Well, yes.
AMANDA
So stereotypical.
MICHAEL
There’s only one way to find out. Let’s
go over there.
AMANDA
You know what, you guys can figure this
out on your own. Just find some dope
and tell us later what we owe.
MICHAEL
Fine. Brendan, you rolling with me?
BRENDAN
Yeah, I’m going.
MICHAEL
Let’s go then.
MICHAEL
(coughs)
Hola.
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BRENDAN
Donde esta ingles?
MICHAEL
(whispers)
Dude, you just completely butchered that
line.
BRENDAN
(whispers)
No I didn’t.
MICHAEL
(whispers)
Yeah, you did.
BRENDAN
(whispers)
I doubt it…don’t forget I took two
semesters of Spanish in high school.
MICHAEL
(whispers)
This is awkward, should we just walk
away?
BRENDAN
(whispers)
No, we got this far, we have to go through
with it.
MICHAEL
Habla ingles?
JUAN CARLOS
Yes, we speak English. What do you boys
want?
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BRENDAN
(nervously)
Ummmm, we were just ummmm, looking for,
ummmm, we were thinking about maybe,
ummm, well, you know, ummm.
JUAN CARLOS
Are you guys OK?
PACO
(whispers)
Gringos.
JUAN CARLOS
(laughs)
You got that right.
MICHAEL
Look, we’re just trying to score some
weed. Maybe coke too if we can find it.
Do you know where we can find some?
JUAN CARLOS
We can help you out in your predicament.
BRENDAN
(smiles)
Ha, I knew it!
MICHAEL
(whispers)
OK, no need to gloat.
BRENDAN
Sooo, what can we get, how much is it?
JUAN CARLOS
Whoa, whoa, whoa essa. Not here, too
(MORE)
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MICHAEL
OK, where then.
JUAN CARLOS
There’s a house two blocks down from
here, halfway down that road on the left.
Meet us there in a half an hour. There
you’ll be able to buy whatever you want,
in absolute safety.
MICHAEL
Sounds good.
JUAN CARLOS
Paco, give them the address.
JUAN CARLOS
Make sure you’re there in a half an hour
sharp. We don’t like to be kept waiting.
JUAN CARLOS
Make sure you bring cash too.
Juan Carlos and Paco finish their beers and walk away.
MICHAEL
Those dudes were kind of scary.
BRENDAN
Yeah, that must mean they’re good drug
dealers. I bet they have some grade A
shit.
MICHAEL
I guess that’s one way to look at it.
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JULIE
So what’s going on?
AMANDA
Did you get anything?
MICHAEL
We have to meet them at a house down the
street in a half an hour then they’ll
sell us stuff.
JULIE
So they were drug dealers?
MICHAEL
It sounds like it. I mean they haven’t
proved that they have any drugs yet, but
it sounds promising.
BRENDAN
Let’s grab another drink then we’ll head
over there.
JULIE
We’ll?
BRENDAN
Yeah all four of us. It’s on the way
back to the hotel so I figured we’d all
go there.
AMANDA
I don’t know, it sounds a little scary,
to go to a house down an alley way to
score some drugs.
BRENDAN
Oh come on, I’m sure this happens all
the time around here, all the time.
It’ll be fine.
MICHAEL
Besides, we don’t want you girls walking
around this city by yourselves. You’re
safer with us.
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AMANDA
OK, fine.
MICHAEL
Do you know where we’re supposed to be
going?
BRENDAN
I’m not sure. I mean I think we’re on
the right street, I just don’t know which
house it is.
MICHAEL
It is kind of tough to see the numbers
on these houses.
MICHAEL
I’m going to bet that this house here is
the place we’re looking for.
JULIE
Why do you think that?
MICHAEL
Look around, none of these other houses
have a car in their driveway worth more
than $500. This house has not one, but
four nice sports cars in front of it.
I don’t think that’s a coincidence.
BRENDAN
That makes sense.
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MICHAEL
Brendan, check that cocktail napkin again.
BRENDAN
49. This is it.
MICHAEL
OK, let’s do this.
BRENDAN
Let’s pool our money first so we don’t
have to stand in the house and fiddle
around with our money in front of the
dealers.
MICHAEL
Good idea.
Amanda and Julie reach into their purses and fish out some
money.
AMANDA
I have $80 on it.
JULIE
I have $60.
Brendan and Michael both reach into their pockets and pull
out money.
BRENDAN
I have $150.
MICHAEL
I got $150 too.
MICHAEL
OK, let me handle this. I’ll do the
talking and negotiating too.
AMANDA
Fine with me.
MEXICAN TEENAGER
Yo.
MICHAEL
Hi, we were invited over here from the
bar down the street about a half hour
ago.
The four enter a dark, mostly vacant house where the only
light is provided by the sunlight that manages to peek
through the windows which are mostly covered up.
MICHAEL
(innocently)
Hi, we’re here to buy some drugs.
The young Mexican walks back into the room followed by Juan
Carlos, whose holding a cigar in his hand.
BRENDAN
(innocently)
Hey, it’s the guy from the bar…
Paco also walks into the room so that now the Americans are
outnumbered by the Mexicans.
BRENDAN
And it’s the other guy from the bar,
Paco.
JUAN CARLOS
I’m Juan Carlos.
MICHAEL
(nervously)
I’m Mike.
JUAN CARLOS
What can I do for you?
MICHAEL
We’re looking to party.
JUAN CARLOS
I know that, what exactly are you looking
for?
MICHAEL
As much blow as $440 can buy.
JUAN CARLOS
I think we can do that. You got the
cash?
MICHAEL
Yes, yes.
(reaches into his pocket
and takes out the money)
First we have to see the product.
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JUAN CARLOS
(menacingly)
Oh really?
MICHAEL
(nervously)
Well, if you don’t mind.
JUAN CARLOS
OK.
(turns around to Paco)
Paco, go measure it out.
(looks back at the Americans)
Anyone want to go with him?
MICHAEL
(looks to his friends)
No, we’re fine here.
JUAN CARLOS
Very trusting of you, don’t worry we
won’t screw you.
MICHAEL
(whispers)
Are you OK?
AMANDA
(whispers)
Yeah.
JUAN CARLOS
So you all down here for spring break?
MICHAEL
Yeah, we’re in college and came down
here to blow off steam.
BRENDAN
…and party.
MICHAEL
Hence the coke.
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JUAN CARLOS
I hear you, that’s cool. Where are you
from?
MICHAEL
Just right out of Chicago, a suburb
around there.
JUAN CARLOS
You’re women are very beautiful.
MICHAEL
(nervously)
Thanks.
JUAN CARLOS
Very beautiful.
He takes a big puff from his cigar and blows the smoke
right in Michael’s face as a sign of intimidation.
MICHAEL
(coughs)
Thank you for that.
JUAN CARLOS
I’m sorry, did you say something?
MICHAEL
(nervously)
Ummm, no.
JUAN CARLOS
First time down here?
MICHAEL
Yeah, first time.
JUAN CARLOS
Once you get your stuff, how are you
going to celebrate?
MICHAEL
(confused)
What?
JUAN CARLOS
Where are you all partying tonight?
MICHAEL
Oh, I’m not sure.
BRENDAN
We were thinking about hitting up Senor
Frog’s tonight. I’ve heard it’s awesome.
Party Central.
JUAN CARLOS
Senor Frog’s, good place. Nice vibe.
Paco comes back into the room carrying a bag of coke and
hands it over to Juan Carlos.
JUAN CARLOS
Well, here you are.
(takes the money out of
Mike’s hands)
Enjoy the party.
MICHAEL
Thanks.
The four Americans walk over to the front door and Julie
opens it.
JUAN CARLOS
If you need anything else during your
stay in Cancun, you just come back, OK?
MICHAEL
Sure.
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As Amanda walks out the door, she turns back and sees a
couple of the Mexicans staring at her again. She quickly
leaves.
Paco closes the door once all four of the Americans walk
out. Juan Carlos walks over to a window and moves the
curtain slightly to watch them walk down the street.
PACO
There walks some fine-looking American
bitches.
JUAN CARLOS
You got that right.
PACO
So fine.
JUAN CARLOS
It sounds like they’re going to Senor
Frogs tonight.
PACO
I guess we know what we’re doing tonight
then.
JUAN CARLOS
Yeah, I’d like to get to know those girls
a little bit more.
PACO
We could make some serious money off of
them.
JUAN CARLOS
Yeah, especially that blonde one.
MICHAEL
That was a little nerve-racking.
AMANDA
A little? That’s an understatement.
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BRENDAN
Ohhh it was fine.
BRENDAN (cont’d)
And we got party favors now!
AMANDA
Those guys were scary.
MICHAEL
(sarcastically)
Yeah and thankfully Brendan was nice
enough to tell them where we’re going
tonight for some reason.
BRENDAN
Relax, they were fine, they’re harmless
little drug dealers.
MICHAEL
Well I wasn’t comfortable telling them
what we were doing tonight, you should’ve
just followed my lead.
BRENDAN
Whatever.
AMANDA
Those little Mexican guys were staring
at me the whole time. It’s like they
were undressing me with their eyes.
MICHAEL
(laughs)
You’re just imagining things babe.
Look you’re hot, you’re ridiculously hot,
I know that; but you can’t think that
every hard up guy is undressing you with
their eyes. Seriously.
AMANDA
I know that Mike, but they made me
uncomfortable.
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JULIE
Amanda’s right, did you not see that
creepy Juan Carlos guy rub my face?
BRENDAN
Oh come on Julie, maybe that’s how they
greet people in Mexico. It’s not like
we know all the cultural nuisances down
here, we’ve only been in Cancun for a
few hours.
MICHAEL
Look, let’s forget about all this. We
got our stuff now let’s go and party.
AMANDA
Fine by me.
BRENDAN
OK, OK, OK my turn.
BRENDAN
Arrrgh, this coke is awesome!
AMANDA
Looking good honey!
MICHAEL
I’m feeling good babe! Let’s party!
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BRENDAN
Have a party favor first.
MICHAEL
I don’t mind if I do.
BRENDAN
Hey Jules, I heard that if you put coke
on your dick it makes it go numb, can I
do that and you snort it off of me?
JULIE
(hits him in the stomach)
Ewww, you’re so gross sometimes.
BRENDAN
Thought I’d just ask.
Michael takes out some more coke from his pocket and takes
a quick hit then he gives some to Amanda so that she can
take a hit.
MICHAEL
Should we go hit up the club now?
BRENDAN
Yeah, let’s do it!
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MICHAEL
You good Amanda?
AMANDA
(throws her arms up in
the air)
Let’s party!
Amanda grabs her purse and digs through it to find her pack
of Trident chewing gum.
AMANDA
First though, anyone want a piece of
gum? We don’t want to hit the club
without having minty-smelling breath.
MICHAEL
Yeah, I’ll take a piece.
JULIE
Me too.
BRENDAN
And me.
MICHAEL
(points to the table)
Brendan, grab the coke for the club.
BRENDAN
Ahhh yes, we don’t want to forget the
most important thing.
Brendan grabs the bag of coke on the way out the door.
Michael grabs Amanda’s hand and drags her over to the bar.
The bartender walks over to the end of the bar and starts
pouring shots into the mouths of guys and girls standing
with their backs to the bar and their heads tilted back.
She makes her way along the bar until she gets to Michael.
MICHAEL
Hey.
She spits the shot into his mouth then leans all the way
over to make out with him.
This lasts for a few moments until Amanda pulls him away
from her.
AMANDA
(angrily)
What are you doing?
MICHAEL
It’s Cancun baby!
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BRENDAN
I want in on that!
The bartender just pours the shot down his throat like any
other normal customer.
BRENDAN
(disappointedly)
Hey where’s my kiss girl?
MICHAEL
(laughs)
Ohhh, diss!
JULIE
Awww, honey I think you’re quite hot.
BRENDAN
Thanks Julie, come on let’s get back on
the dance floor.
Brendan grabs Julie’s hand and leads her back onto the
dance floor. Meanwhile, Amanda is angrily staring down
Michael.
AMANDA
So are you done making out with other
girls mister?
MICHAEL
Stop, it’s no big deal. Come on, it’s
Spring Break Cancun! Stuff like this is
bound to happen.
AMANDA
No big deal, huh?
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MICHAEL
No.
AMANDA
Stuff like this is bound to happen, huh?
MICHAEL
Sure.
AMANDA
OK, we’ll see how you like it.
Amanda jumps onto the bar and sits on it, then she grabs
the megaphone from off the top of the bar.
AMANDA
(yells)
OK all you players and pimps…who wants
to take a body shot!
MICHAEL
What are you doing?
AMANDA
Come and get it boys!
A guy immediately leans over and takes the shot off of her
body then grabs a lime off of the bar and sucks it.
AMANDA
Next!
Another guy walks up and licks the salt off of her, then he
drinks the shot out of her navel and leans over to suck the
lime of her mouth.
Amanda grabs the back of his head to keep him down there
and makes out with him.
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Once done the guy turns around to his buddies and high-
fives all of them.
AMANDA
Mike, this is so much fun, doesn’t this
look fun?
MICHAEL
OK, you’ve had your fun, you’ve proved
your point, are you happy?
Michael picks up Amanda and carries her off the bar as the
other guys around him boo, he finally puts her down several
feet away.
AMANDA
Hey baby, why are you being like this?
It’s Spring Break Cancun! Stuff like
this is bound to happen.
MICHAEL
OK, I get it. I’m sorry!
AMANDA
That’s all I wanted to hear. You’re
not going to kiss anymore bartenders,
are you?
MICHAEL
No way, baby.
AMANDA
Good!
MICHAEL
Let’s get back on the dance floor, OK?
AMANDA
Yes, I just want to be with you anyways.
Michael grabs Amanda’s hand and leads her back to the dance
floor.
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Juan Carlos and Paco follow the two with their eyes while
keeping a safe distance from them.
PACO
Those Americans do like to party.
JUAN CARLOS
Stupid Americans.
PACO
There’s the other two JC.
JUAN CARLOS
Yep, I see them.
PACO
What do you want to do?
JUAN CARLOS
We can’t get too close since they’d
recognize us…call the boys in.
PACO
No problem.
Paco takes his cell phone out of his pocket and walks away
to get some quiet.
BRENDAN
This is the life my man!
MICHAEL
I know, I’m drunk!
BRENDAN
Me too!
JULIE
Enough with all this talk.
(grabs Brendan’s face)
Shut up and kiss me!
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BRENDAN
I can’t say no to that.
MICHAEL
Oh god, get a room you two!
BRENDAN
We might have to in a few more minutes!
BRENDAN
Oh my god, oh my god, this is amazing!
Our girlfriends are making out with
each other!
MICHAEL
I don’t know what to say, I’m speechless,
I’m without speech.
BRENDAN
This is like my wet dreams come true.
MICHAEL
I don’t know exactly how I feel about
you having wet dreams about my girlfriend,
but OK.
BRENDAN
You know what I mean.
MICHAEL
Yeah, it’s cool.
BRENDAN
This is great! Look, if they start
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MICHAEL
Cancun man.
BRENDAN
Canfuckingcun.
MICHAEL
Let’s move in.
Julie and Amanda slowly turn from making out with each
other to making out with their boyfriends.
MICHAEL
Ahhh jeez, again with the cigarettes.
AMANDA
Hey, I only smoke when I drink.
MICHAEL
But you drink all the time.
AMANDA
So?
MICHAEL
I’m just worried, those things will kill
you.
AMANDA
What are you my mom?
MICHAEL
No, I just care about you.
MICHAEL
(coughs)
Thanks, you’re acting like that drug
dealer now.
AMANDA
Kiss this baby!
MICHAEL
OK drunk girl.
Michael walks over to the bar again while the guy dancing
with Amanda gets a little physical with her – grinding with
her, lifting up her leg, putting his hands on her ass.
AMANDA
Creep!
AMANDA
(hiccups)
What are you doing baby?
MICHAEL
Just drinking another beer.
AMANDA
Can I join you?
MICHAEL
Of course. I even got you another beer.
MICHAEL
So what do you want to do tomorrow?
AMANDA
How about we just stay in our hotel room
all day tomorrow and fuck?
MICHAEL
OK, we can definitely do that but then
again we can do that back at my dorm
room in the States anytime. I thought
maybe we could do something tomorrow
that we can’t do in Chicago.
AMANDA
Like what?
MICHAEL
I don’t know, like parasailing or a
nature hike or checking out the ancient
ruins…this is Mexico, they must have
ancient ruins around here, or more
ancient ruins than what we have back
in Chicago.
AMANDA
Let’s go hiking, that way we can have
sex in nature, alongside all the other
animals.
MICHAEL
I am down with that.
AMANDA
I thought you would be my little stud
muffin.
MICHAEL
How are you liking Cancun so far?
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AMANDA
I love it…
AMANDA (cont’d)
…and I love you.
Amanda starts kissing Michael all over his face. While her
back is turned from her drink, the shady Mexican next to
her slips a pill into her beer cup which quickly dissolves.
At about the same time, the bartender gives him a new beer.
He takes it and walks away.
MICHAEL
OK, OK, OK baby, you’re tickling me.
AMANDA
I’m going to be doing a lot worse to
you when we get back to the room later.
MICHAEL
Let’s get back on the dance floor.
AMANDA
Wait, I need to get my beer.
Amanda grabs her beer, takes a large sip from it and walks
with Michael back to the dance floor and up to Brendan and
Julie.
BRENDAN
Gimme another bump Mike.
MICHAEL
Geez, another one?
BRENDAN
Yeah, I’m jonesing for more.
MICHAEL
You my friend are a drug addict.
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BRENDAN
Maybe so, but I need a hit.
MICHAEL
Go easy on it though, I don’t want to
have to make another stop to that drug
house tomorrow. Pace yourself.
BRENDAN
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
MICHAEL
Are you OK?
AMANDA
Yeah, yeah, I’m fine.
MICHAEL
Are you sure?
AMANDA
Yeah, I’m cool.
BRENDAN
Mike, Julie wants to get laid real bad.
JULIE
(hits Brendan on the arm)
Hey, like you don’t?
BRENDAN
We’re going to go christen the hotel room.
MICHAEL
OK.
BRENDAN
What are you guys up to?
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MICHAEL
Well we’re certainly not going to go back
to the room with you all. We’re going
to hang out here for a little bit longer.
BRENDAN
OK, well, give us 45 minutes before you
barge in.
JULIE
45 minutes? You’re being quite generous,
are we going to do it eight times?
BRENDAN
Baby I’m so drunk and so fucked up I’ll
probably need the full 45 minutes to
come.
JULIE
Amanda, don’t worry; just give us 30
minutes, tops.
MICHAEL
Sounds good.
JULIE
Amanda, are you OK?
MICHAEL
Yeah, she’s fine. I think she’s just
tired.
JULIE
OK, well if that’s the case, give us
just 25 minutes.
After a while the room starts spinning for Amanda and she
starts having double vision.
MICHAEL
Amanda, I’ve been holding it as long as
(MORE)
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MICHAEL (cont’d)
I can, but I really need to go pee.
Will you be OK here by yourself?
AMANDA
Yeah.
MICHAEL
Are you sure?
Amanda grabs her forehead and shoos him away with her other
hand.
AMANDA
Yeah, yeah, I’ll be fine.
MICHAEL
OK, I’ll only be gone for a minute or
two. You can come with me to the bath-
room.
AMANDA
No, I’ll just hang out here. I’m a grown-
up, I can handle myself.
MICHAEL
OK, suit yourself.
Juan Carlos and Paco are standing close to the exit and
notice her stumble out.
JUAN CARLOS
Call Miguel, tell him to get the van
ready.
He taps his foot on the ground to pass the time and checks
his watch to make sure he hasn’t been gone for too long.
JUAN CARLOS
There you are girl!
AMANDA
(confused)
What?
JUAN CARLOS
Ahhh, come on, you already forgot me?
I sold you and your friends some stuff
earlier today.
AMANDA
(confused)
What?
JUAN CARLOS
Wow, you must really be fucked up.
Poor American girls, they never know
when to say when.
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AMANDA
(confused)
What?
MEXICAN PATROLMAN #1
Hey look over there, that blonde girl
looks like she might be in trouble!
MEXICAN PATROLMAN #2
Let’s check it out.
MEXICAN PATROLMAN #1
Excuse me gentlemen.
PACO
Officers, is there a problem?
MEXICAN PATROLMAN #2
I guess that all depends on what you’re
up to this evening and what you’re
doing with this white girl here.
PACO
We’re just escorting this fine young
lady back to her hotel to make sure she
gets home OK.
MEXICAN PATROLMAN #1
Miss, are you OK?
MEXICAN PATROLMAN #1
Miss?
MEXICAN PATROLMAN #2
OK, maybe you guys should just leave
this girl alone.
Juan Carlos, whose back has been to the cops the entire
time, finally turns around to face them.
JUAN CARLOS
What we’re doing with her is none of your
concern.
The two cops look mortified after seeing Juan Carlos since
they obviously recognize him.
JUAN CARLOS
You know who I am, right?
MEXICAN PATROLMAN #2
(nervously)
But of course Juan Carlos.
JUAN CARLOS
It’s in your best interest to turn around,
walk the other way and forget what you
saw here.
Both patrolmen look back and forth a few times between Juan
Carlos and the helpless Amanda before answering.
MEXICAN PATROLMAN #1
For us to do that, we’ll need a little
incentive.
JUAN CARLOS
I can respect that.
Juan Carlos reaches into his pocket, takes out a few bills
and gives them to the patrolman.
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JUAN CARLOS
That’s all you get, but it should be good
enough for just minding your own business.
MEXICAN PATROLMAN #1
Gracias senor.
JUAN CARLOS
Get going.
MEXICAN PATROLMAN #2
Life’s too short to go against the Cancun
Drug Cartel.
MEXICAN PATROLMAN #1
At least we made some money out of it.
The cops slowly drive through the intersection and past the
group of Mexicans and Amanda. They look right at Amanda,
who is close to passing out and is being propped up by a
couple of the Mexicans.
JUAN CARLOS
Now it’s just you and us.
JUAN CARLOS
Too bad we couldn’t get your cute brunette
friend, but if anyone were to ask me,
I’d say we got the much prettier one.
JUAN CARLOS
Get her in there.
Paco and the others help Juan Carlos put Amanda in the back
of the van. Once that’s done they all get in and drive off
quickly.
MICHAEL
(yells)
Amanda! Amanda!
MICHAEL
Go fuck yourself asshole, I’m looking
for my girlfriend.
Having walked through the whole place and not seeing her,
he walks up to the bartender behind the bar.
MICHAEL
Excuse me, but have you seen a cute,
blonde American girl about five feet
six, five feet seven, blue eyes…drunk?
Michael looks around the club and sees that most of the
girl’s are cute, drunk American blondes.
MICHAEL
(deflated)
Point taken.
Michael runs into the street from the club then takes out
his cell phone and dials Amanda’s number. It rings several
times then goes to voicemail.
AMANDA (O.S.)
Hi, you’ve reached Amanda, I can’t
come to the phone right now so please
leave a message and I’ll get back to
you as soon as I can.
MICHAEL
Amanda, Amanda, it’s me, where are you,
where did you go? Call me as soon as
you can, I’m worried.
He puts his phone back into his pocket and looks up and
down the street, then he yells out.
MICHAEL
(yells)
Amanda! Amanda!
Michael runs up from the street and heads towards the front
entrance of the resort.
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LOBBY
Michael runs through the lobby, past the concierge desk and
towards the elevator bank.
HOTEL CONCIERGE
(yells)
Hey, slow down there!
(to himself)
Stupid, drunk over privileged American
kids.
Julie and Brendan are under the covers of their bed and
Julie is in the middle of moaning when Michael barges in.
BRENDAN
What the hell, bro?
JULIE
Yeah, didn’t we say 25 minutes? It’s
been, it’s been like only 17-18 minutes.
MICHAEL
Where’s Amanda?
BRENDAN
(confused)
What?
MICHAEL
Amanda, did she come back here?
BRENDAN
What, do you think we were having a
threesome?
MICHAEL
This is serious Brendan.
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BRENDAN
No, I haven’t see her. What happened,
I thought she was with you at the club?
MICHAEL
She was, but I went to the bathroom and
when I came back she was gone. Just
disappeared.
BRENDAN
Really?
JULIE
She wasn’t looking good when we left her,
I hope she didn’t wander off.
MICHAEL
Me neither.
(pause)
Shoot! I knew I shouldn’t have left her
alone in the club. Shoot!
BRENDAN
Calm down, I’m sure she’s fine.
MICHAEL
Calm down? Calm down? I can’t calm down.
We’re strangers in a strange land, she
doesn’t know her way around. Plus,
we’re Americans, it’s not like we’re
that well liked outside of the US.
JULIE
Mike, now you’re just being ridiculous.
MICHAEL
(yells)
Amanda! Amanda!
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BRENDAN (O.S.)
Mike, you’re not going to find her that
way.
MICHAEL
I’m going downstairs to the concierge to
see if he can help.
BRENDAN
I’ll throw on some pants and a t-shirt
and will meet you downstairs.
MICHAEL
Thanks.
JULIE
I hope Amanda is OK.
BRENDAN
I’m sure she’s fine. She got too fucked
it, it happens. I’m sure it happens
hundreds of times a night in this city,
if not thousands of times. She’s
probably passed out at a bus stop along
the road, remember when we walked by
those bus stops tonight, how many people
did we see passed out there? Nine?
Ten people? I’m sure the cops will find
her and bring her back to the hotel.
JULIE
You’re probably right, but we should still
help Mike to find her.
BRENDAN
Of course, of course.
(pause)
Can we help him after we finish having
sex though?
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JULIE
Ohhh come on, don’t you think the mood
is ruined?
BRENDAN
Baby, the mood can never be ruined for
me.
(grabs the remote control)
Let me just get a movie from Spank-O-
Vision to rev my engine again.
JULIE
Come on Casanova, put your clothes back
on and let’s go meet up with Mike.
LOBBY
HOTEL CONCIERGE
You Americans are all the same, aren’t
you?
MICHAEL
(confused)
What do you mean?
HOTEL CONCIERGE
You’re all spoiled. You come down here
to our beautiful city and destroy it.
You drink, you party excessively, you
vomit in our streets, you break stuff,
wreck our hotel rooms, fight with the
natives. And then you’re shocked when
one of you go missing due, undoubtedly,
to the overindulgence of drugs and
alcohol.
MICHAEL
Let me know when you’re done lecturing me.
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HOTEL CONCIERGE
I see this happen all the time. I will
call the cops for you, they’ll come,
maybe ask a question or two, but they
really won’t be able to help. They have
bigger things to worry about, like an
ongoing drug war…a drug war, mind you,
that’s being funded by American kids
like you and your insatiable appetite
for drugs.
MICHAEL
I should fucking hit you.
BRENDAN
Whoa, whoa, whoa don’t do that Mike.
I’m sure this prick is willing to help
us if we only ask nicely.
MICHAEL
Fine.
(regains his composure)
Sir, will you please call the cops for
me so I can find my missing girlfriend?
HOTEL CONCIERGE
Since you’re a guest of the resort, I
am forced to do that for you, so I
will.
Moving her legs wakes her up; she is still completely dazed
and is barely awake.
PACO
So what are we going to do with her?
JUAN CARLOS
Probably hold her for ransom. Look at
her, she seems like she comes from money.
She looks as though she has a family
that would care terribly if she went
missing and would do anything to get
their little baby back.
PACO
That’ll probably take a little while to
facilitate, what are we going to do with
her in the meantime?
JUAN CARLOS
Well I don’t want her having any chance
of escaping, she’s worth a lot of money
to us. So watch, here’s what we’re going
to do with her in the meantime.
Juan Carlos puts his arm behind Amanda’s neck and gently
lifts up her head.
JUAN CARLOS
Hey, hey, you OK?
JUAN CARLOS
Paco, grab that box on the TV.
Paco grabs the box, walks over to Juan Carlos and gives it
to him.
Juan Carlos opens the box and takes out a needle. He grabs
Amanda’s arm, taps it to find a vein then injects her with
heroin.
Amanda’s eyes roll back in her head and she lays back down
on the couch.
JUAN CARLOS
We’re going to keep her drugged up so
she can’t resist her captivity.
JUAN CARLOS
Sleep my dear, sleep.
JUAN CARLOS
Paco, I’m going to get some sleep, but
make sure there’s someone in here guarding
her at all times.
PACO
No problem.
LOBBY
BRENDAN
So Mike, do you want to play a video
game while we wait? I saw that they
have an arcade somewhere around here.
JULIE
Brendan, don’t.
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BRENDAN
What? I’m just trying to take his mind
off of things.
MICHAEL
Thanks Brendan, but I’m good.
MICHAEL
Officers, hi I called you all, I’m
Michael.
CANCUN COP #1
Ahh yes.
MICHAEL
That’s right officer.
CANCUN COP #2
How long has she been missing for?
MICHAEL
I don’t know, I guess an hour, an hour
and a half now.
CANCUN COP #1
Really? That’s it?
MICHAEL
Yeah, what difference does it make how
long she’s been missing for? The point
is she’s missing.
HOTEL CONCIERGE
I’m sorry, I tried to talk him out of it,
but he was adamant.
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MICHAEL
Is there’s a problem officers?
CANCUN COP #2
Kid, we have a lot better things to do
then chase around Cancun looking for
your drunken girlfriend.
CANCUN COP #1
Yeah, we have real crime to fight. We
don’t have time for these games.
MICHAEL
(shocked)
I don’t believe this.
CANCUN COP #1
Did you see her get abducted?
MICHAEL
No.
CANCUN COP #2
When was the last time you saw her?
MICHAEL
I went to the bathroom at Senor Frogs
and left her behind on the dance floor
and when I came back about 10 minutes
later, she was gone.
CANCUN COP #2
And I’m assuming she was drinking?
MICHAEL
Well, yes.
CANCUN COP #2
Heavily?
MICHAEL
I guess.
CANCUN COP #1
Was she on any other substances?
MICHAEL
(takes a step back)
No, of course not.
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CANCUN COP #1
No drugs?
MICHAEL
No, not at all. She’s not into that.
Actually she’s pretty much against that
kind of stuff.
CANCUN COP #2
But she was drinking heavily?
MICHAEL
Yes, I already told you she was.
MICHAEL
(annoyed)
Is there something funny?
CANCUN COP #1
Kid, you just need to relax.
MICHEAL
What do you mean?
CANCUN COP #2
Your girlfriend is probably passed
out on the beach. I’ve seen tons
of guys and girls going to the bars
around here, drinking too much,
thinking it’d be cool to take a dip
in the water; getting down to the
beach and passing out even before
they make it into the water.
CANCUN COP #1
It happens all the time.
MICHAEL
Maybe, but my Amanda wouldn’t do that,
she’s more responsible than that.
CANCUN COP #2
That’s what they all say, everyone thinks
that their friend or girlfriend wouldn’t
do this or that but then they come down
to Cancun and turn into someone different.
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CANCUN COP #1
Look, I bet she’ll turn up tomorrow
morning and you’ll all have a funny
story to share. She’ll come back.
CANCUN COP #2
And if she doesn’t, call us in 24 hours
and for a modest fee of $5,000 American
dollars we’ll work on finding your friend.
MICHAEL
(confused)
Wait, what? I have to pay you to find
my girlfriend?
CANCUN COP #1
That’s right.
MICHAEL
But you’re the police?
CANCUN COP #1
We are, but we also have a six month back-
log of missing people cases to deal with.
CANCUN COP #2
If not a year.
CANCUN COP #1
If you want us to help you look for her,
you’ll need to pay us.
MICHAEL
That’s ridiculous!
CANCUN COP #1
That’s Mexico.
MICHAEL
That’s extortion!
CANCUN COP #2
Call it what you will, but that’s the
price you’ll have to pay.
MICHAEL
Fine, I’ll just call the police department
and get someone who isn’t corrupt.
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CANCUN COP #2
Good luck with that, I can tell you in
all seriousness that this is standard
operating procedure.
MICHAEL
It can’t be.
CANCUN COP #1
Believe us, it is. Go ahead, waste your
time with another officer, you’ll just
get the same offer. I can bet you that.
BRENDAN
This collusion is unbelievable.
CANCUN COP #1
Payment would need to be in cash as well.
JULIE
This can’t be happening.
One of the cops reaches into his pocket and gives Michael a
card.
CANCUN COP #2
Here, if she doesn’t show up in 24 hours,
and you care to find her, call us.
CANCUN COP #1
Remember, cash…upfront.
MICHAEL
Upfront?
CANCUN COP #1
Yes, upfront; if we’re putting time into
this case we’ll need the cash first.
MICHAEL
Fine.
CANCUN COP #2
Good night…and good luck.
MICHAEL
Is everyone in this city against us?
JULIE
It seems like it.
BRENDAN
Maybe we should just call home.
MICHAEL
I don’t want to have to do that until
we know she’s missing. I don’t want
to alarm anyone, especially her parents.
They find this out and they’ll blame
me and hate me forever.
JULIE
Michael they won’t blame you, they’ll
just care about getting Amanda back.
MICHAEL
The sun’s coming up, I’m going down to
the beach to look for her.
JULIE
OK, we’ll go with you.
MICHAEL
No, Julie, you stay back just in case
she comes back to the hotel. Brendan,
come with me.
(pause)
Let me call her one more time though.
He pushes her skirt up, pulls her top down around her waist
and mounts her. He grabs her breasts and forcibly kisses
her, Amanda, unable to resist, just lays there in a daze.
Her eyes are open but she’s helpless to do anything.
The room is still spinning for her and, although she sees
this guy on top of her, she is so disoriented that she’s
helpless to do anything about it.
He stands up, pulls his jeans up, fixes Amanda’s shirt and
skirt to cover her up, walks back over to his spot on the
other side of the room and sits back down to watch over
her.
PACO
Is everything OK in here?
AMANDA’S RAPIST
Si.
PACO
I thought I heard a noise?
AMANDA’S RAPIST
No.
PACO
OK.
MICHAEL
Where the hell is she?
BRENDAN
Don’t worry Mike, we’ll find her.
MICHAEL
(yells)
Amanda! Amanda!
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BRENDAN
Mike, Mike. Calm down, it’ll be OK.
MICHAEL
Oh really, you think? I’m not so sure
that it’ll be OK. My life is falling
apart. There’s no telling what happened
to Amanda.
BRENDAN
Let me check in with Julie and see if
she came back to the hotel.
MICHAEL
I’d hope she would’ve called us if she
came back.
BRENDAN
Let me just check with her.
JULIE (O.S.)
Hello.
BRENDAN
Hey it’s Brendan, you got anything?
JULIE (O.S.)
(deflated)
No, not yet.
BRENDAN
OK, let me know if you hear anything.
BRENDAN
Sorry Mike, nothing yet.
MICHAEL
Fuck!
BRENDAN
We’ll find her Mike, we’ll find her.
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MICHAEL
Hey, is that her?
BRENDAN
Where?
MICHAEL
(points down the beach)
There, down there. That blonde girl,
it looks like she’s sleeping on the
beach.
(excitedly)
I think that’s her!
BRENDAN
(yells)
Mike, don’t get too excited, it might
not be her!
MICHAEL
Amanda!
Michael gets down on his knees and forcibly pushes the girl
over in order to see her face. Once he sees she’s not
Amanda, he falls back onto the beach, disappointed.
MICHAEL
(deflated)
Shit, I’m sorry.
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MICHAEL
I don’t want that, again I’m sorry.
I’m just looking for my girlfriend,
she’s missing.
MICHAEL
(shakes his head)
Damn.
BRENDAN
Mike, let’s go. Let’s get out of here.
She’s not around here.
MICHAEL
I’m falling apart Brendan, I’m falling
apart.
BRENDAN
We’ll find her Mike, we’ll find her.
LIVING ROOM
PACO
Ahhh, she’s awake again.
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Paco finds her wallet and looks through it, he examines her
driver’s license.
PACO
Amanda Beckett of Chicago, Illinois.
Yes, I remember your little guy friend
saying that you were all from Chicago.
Well Amanda Beckett, what does your dad
do?
AMANDA
(softly)
He’s…an…engineer.
PACO
Engineer? Good money in that field,
right?
AMANDA
(softly)
He…ummm, he makes a decent living.
PACO
How much do you think he’d pay to see
his little girl again?
Amanda looks around the room and finally realizes that she
doesn’t know where she’s at.
AMANDA
(confused)
Where am I?
PACO
Your new home.
AMANDA
(confused)
Who are you?
PACO
I’m your guardian.
AMANDA
Who?
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PACO
Let’s see what else you have in here…
a cell phone.
PACO (cont’d)
…a pack of gum.
Paco takes a piece of gum out and the pack and puts it in
his mouth.
PACO (cont’d)
…and that’s pretty much all you have.
You’re a little low maintenance, I’m
surprised.
JUAN CARLOS
We might have a change of plans. Come
on, stop playing around with her purse
and come into the kitchen.
PACO
What about her?
JUAN CARLOS
Don’t worry, Miguel will watch her.
Paco stands up and walks out of the room with Juan Carlos.
KITCHEN
PACO
So what’s up?
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JUAN CARLOS
The girl, we might have a new plan for
her.
PACO
We’re not going to hold her for ransom?
JUAN CARLOS
Maybe not.
PACO
We’re not going to let her go, are we?
JUAN CARLOS
No, but I am working on a new revenue
stream for her.
PACO
So what’s the new revenue source?
JUAN CARLOS
I had a meeting with the Yucatan Cartel
earlier this morning about the usual
business and they mentioned how they’re
launching a new business venture.
PACO
What’s that?
JUAN CARLOS
(eyes light up)
Human trafficking.
PACO
Human trafficking?
JUAN CARLOS
Yeah, think of it like white slavery.
I made a deal with them, we split the
profits.
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PACO
How will this work?
JUAN CARLOS
We kidnap girls from here in Cancun,
teenagers, girls in their early
twenties, then we transport them a
few hours west to the Port of Yucatan.
There, the cartel will take possession
of them and ship the girls over to
Thailand or another Southeast Asia
country where they will be sold into
prostitution or whatever else they’re
needed for. Quite frankly, I don’t
care what they do with these bitches
once they take possession of them.
PACO
Sounds like an intense plan, but once
these girls land in Asia, how are they
going to be forced into prostitution
day in, day out?
JUAN CARLOS
Look, I don’t know the details, and I
don’t need to know the details, but I’m
assuming the constant presence of mind-
altering drugs in their system will keep
them in line.
PACO
So when are we moving her?
JUAN CARLOS
She’s going to be our test run, to make
sure the route and transport runs
smoothly…we’re going to move her this
afternoon.
PACO
It’s almost sad to see a girl like that
being sold into slavery.
JUAN CARLOS
Paco, when you look at her, I don’t want
you to see a hot American blonde piece
of ass, I want you to see pesos…a lot
of them.
JULIE
OK, let’s take a step back and think
about this for a moment.
MICHAEL
What’s there to think about? She’s gone
missing!
JULIE
Yes, but we have to think about whether
this was totally random or if this was
planned.
MICHAEL
(surprised)
What, you think she planned all this?
You think her master plan was to start
a new life in Mexico?
JULIE
No, I’m not saying that at all. But
what if, what if, her disappearance
wasn’t random at all? What if somebody
was watching her and saw the perfect
opportunity to kidnap her when they
saw us leave the club and saw you go
to the bathroom?
MICHAEL
Like who?
JULIE
(thinking)
I don’t know.
BRENDAN
Well let’s think about this for a
moment, Julie may be on to something.
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MICHAEL
Friggin’ Brendan.
BRENDAN
(confused)
What did I do?
MICHAEL
Yesterday, you told those drug dealers
where we were going at night, Senor
Frog’s. Damn it! They probably cased
the joint looking for us.
BRENDAN
Oh come on, that’s ridiculous! Those
guys were just a bunch of two-bit punk
drug dealers.
MICHAEL
Were they?
MICHAEL (cont’d)
I knew you shouldn’t have said anything
to them!
BRENDAN
I was just making small talk to ease
the tension and pass the time. Those
guys were scary, I thought I’d try to
connect with them on an emotional level.
MICHAEL
By telling them where we, and our hot
girlfriends, were going to hang out and
get stupidly drunk at night?
BRENDAN
This is too much to handle, I need a hit
of coke.
MICHAEL
Stop, that’s what got us into this
trouble in the first place.
BRENDAN
You don’t know that for sure.
MICHAEL
Well regardless, we need all our wits
about us so no more of that shit until
we find Amanda.
BRENDAN
Fine.
JULIE
So what do you want to do?
MICHAEL
I want to check out this drug dealer
angle.
JULIE
OK, and how are we going to do that?
MICHAEL
We’re going to go back to that rundown
house that we went to yesterday.
JULIE
You’re crazy. You’re absolutely crazy!
MICHAEL
It’s the only thing I can think of. How
else are we going to find them?
BRENDAN
So you’re just going to walk right up
to the house, knock on the door and ask
them if they stole your girlfriend?
MICHAEL
Yes.
BRENDAN
Really?
MICHAEL
Yes.
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BRENDAN
And you’re going to do this yourself?
MICHAEL
Well not without help.
BRENDAN
You know I’m there for you, but I think
we’ll still need more help.
MICHAEL
I agree. That’s why we’re going to buy
some guns for protection.
JULIE
(shocked)
Are you kidding me?
MICHAEL
It’s the only way.
JULIE
Mike, if you really think these guys are
responsible, why don’t we call the police?
MICHAEL
(laughs)
The police? You saw how they treated us
last night. They’re not going to help
us. No way, no, we have to do this.
JULIE
OK, fine, I’m on board.
MICHAEL
No you’re not. Your job is to continue
waiting around here in case Amanda comes
back.
JULIE
I can help though.
MICHAEL
I know you can, but it could get dangerous.
BRENDAN
I mean we’re talking about getting guns
here. I won’t let you get in harm’s way
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BRENDAN (cont’d)
like that. Me and Mike will take care
of this.
MICHAEL
Speaking of that, we’re wasting time
just sitting around talking. Let’s
start doing.
BRENDAN
Where are we going to get guns?
MICHAEL
It shouldn’t be that hard, it’s Mexico.
It took us only a few minutes to find
drugs yesterday, how hard could it be
to find guns?
BRENDAN
You make it sound like you think guns
are being sold on every street corner.
Maybe we should just ask the concierge?
MICHAEL
Good idea.
MICHAEL
Look, you don’t like me and I sure as
hell don’t like you. You think I’m
spoiled prick and I think you’re a
pretentious asshole. But the fact
remains that my girlfriend is still
missing and no one in this godforsaken
town wants to help me out. So I’m going
to take matters into my own hands, which
means that I need to find a gun. That’s
right, since no one is willing to help
me, I am actually contemplating going
out and buying a gun. Ridiculous I
know, but I don’t think I have any
other option.
HOTEL CONCIERGE
So what do you want from me?
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MICHAEL
Where the hell can I buy a gun?
HOTEL CONCIERGE
Why should I help you? You and your
friends have been nothing but a pain
in the ass ever since you checked in
yesterday.
MICHAEL
Because this girl is someone’s daughter.
(pause)
Don’t you have a daughter, or a niece
that you care about?
(pause)
My girlfriend is out there somewhere,
she could be in trouble, she could be
hurt, but regardless I know she’s alone,
even if there are people around her,
and she’s in this country for the first
time. I’m sure she’s scared.
(pause)
Forget about me, just think about how
this girl’s dad will feel if his precious
little daughter doesn’t come back home
to him.
HOTEL CONCIERGE
Look, I don’t know any actual gun
dealers, but I do know where you can go
to buy a gun.
(hands the piece of paper
to Mike)
Go to the Snakes Den Marketplace, it’s
a short cab ride away. It’s this big
open-aired market in a rough part of
town where vendors come and set up shop
to sell their wares. You can find
anything there, even guns, you just
have to ask the right person.
MICHAEL
Thanks.
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HOTEL CONCIERGE
(sincerely)
Good luck.
MICHAEL
Excuse me, sir. As you know we’re
going to the Snakes Den marketplace.
MICHAEL
We’re looking to buy guns.
MICHAEL
We’re just trying to right a wrong.
BRENDAN
This coming from a guy who lives in a
country where thousands of your citizens
are killed each year to drug violence?
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BRENDAN
Of course, blame someone else for your
problems.
MICHAEL
Brendan, calm down.
(to the driver)
Do you have any idea where we can by
guns at the marketplace? Who we can
talk to?
MICHAEL
I’ll give you the $100 if you take us
to the exact place we need to go. No
games.
BRENDAN
Do you know where you’re going?
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MICHAEL
I know, don’t mind him, he’s an idiot
sometimes and he doesn’t know when to
shut up all of the time.
MICHAEL
That’s hard to believe a guy like that
exists in Mexico.
JAMAAL
It’s good, it’s good. What can I do you
for?
JAMAAL
These are your friends?
JAMAAL
(laughs)
Of course…forever the businessman.
JAMAAL
OK, follow me. Even I don’t do this
kind of business out in the open.
JAMAAL
You see, if the cops saw me selling guns
out in the open, they’ll shake me down
for a percentage, cutting into my profit
margins. I’m just a poor vendor trying
to make ends meet, so I can’t have that
happen.
BRENDAN
The friggin’ man, trying to get his piece
of everything; especially from the
working man. It’s just not right.
Jamaal, the taxi driver and Michael all look at him like
he’s crazy.
JAMAAL
How do you like it?
MICHAEL
It shoots right?
JAMAAL
It does, but bullets are extra.
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MICHAEL
OK, I’ll take it…and one for my friend
too.
JAMAAL
Excellent. I’m sure you’ll be quite
happy with your purchase, it carries
quite a punch.
MICHAEL
Good.
JAMAAL
What do you boys need guns for anyways?
MICHAEL
You ask a lot of questions don’t you?
JAMAAL
(laughs)
Hey, it’s all good man. I don’t care,
I just want to get paid.
LIVING ROOM
JUAN CARLOS
It’s time, let’s move out.
(looks at one of his Mexican
associates)
Drive the van up to the house.
The young Mexican races out of the house to get the van.
JUAN CARLOS
Paco, grab the girl.
JUAN CARLOS
You guys come with us, we’ll need some
muscle; you never know what might happen
when the money changes hands.
(yells)
Miguel, get over here.
JUAN CARLOS
Miguel, we’re going to be gone for a
couple days taking care of this. Watch
over things while we’re away, handle
our business, take care of all the
stupid Americans that come by looking
for a fix.
MIGUEL
No problem boss.
Juan Carlos looks out the window and sees the van pull up
to the house.
JUAN CARLOS
OK, let’s go.
After everyone else enters the van, Paco lays Amanda down
in the back of the van, gets in and closes the back door.
JUAN CARLOS
Let’s go.
The van drives off the lawn and up the street. It makes a
turn at the intersection and enters traffic.
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The van passes Michael and Brendan who are walking along
the street heading to the dirt road that leads to the drug
house.
BRENDAN
Any idea what we’re going to do when we
get to the house?
MICHAEL
I haven’t thought that far ahead yet.
BRENDAN
Well maybe you should since we’re only
about five minutes away from it.
MICHAEL
OK, fine. We’re going to knock on the
door and politely ask whoever answers it
where Amanda is. If they don’t tell us
and I get the feeling that they’re lying
then I’m going to draw my gun and force
them to tell us.
BRENDAN
OK. What if there are six guys there?
MICHAEL
Then we’ll take them by surprise.
BRENDAN
Ohhhkay.
MICHAEL
Look, these guys probably cater to a
bunch of goofy, American kids just
looking to get high and not knowing
any better.
BRENDAN
Like us.
MICHAEL
Yeah, like us. They’re never expecting
a bunch of gun-toting guys that look like
us showing up and getting in their grill.
BRENDAN
They’re drug dealers, don’t you think
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BRENDAN (cont’d)
they’ll be prepared for anything, I
mean considering that they’re in a
house full of drugs and cash?
MICHAEL
I’m not saying they won’t have guns in
the house; I’m just saying we can surprise
them.
BRENDAN
How so?
MICHAEL
By acting like two goofy American kids
just looking to get high.
BRENDAN
I can do that.
MICHAEL
I know you can.
(pause)
With all that said, let’s hope there
aren’t six guys in the house. I’d be
happy with just two.
BRENDAN
Yeah, me too.
(pause)
Have you ever shot a gun before?
MICHAEL
Only at Dave & Buster’s, they have all
those cool shooting games so I’ve put
some time in on that. You?
BRENDAN
No, but my older brother had the gun
that went with the original Nintendo,
so I used to target shoot on Duck Hunt
and Hogan’s Alley, I was pretty good
too.
MICHAEL
I was more of a Gumshoe guy myself.
BRENDAN
Ohh, I liked that too.
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MICHAEL
(sarcastically)
OK, so it sounds like we’re fully
qualified to be carrying a loaded
firearm.
Brendan takes out his gun from his waistband and waves it
in the air.
BRENDAN
Hell yeah!
MICHAEL
Jesus Brendan, are you crazy!?!
BRENDAN
What?
MICHAEL
Do you want us to get shot right here?
Look around, this isn’t the type of
neighborhood where we should be whipping
out a pistol, because these people will
shoot first and not even bother to ask
questions later.
BRENDAN
OK, OK, OK.
MICHAEL
Just be cool. Can you try being that
for a few minutes, please?
BRENDAN
Man I’m always cool.
MICHAEL
No you’re not.
BRENDAN
49.
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MICHAEL
Here we are.
(pause)
Follow my lead. Don’t do anything until
I do it. If you see me draw my gun,
you have to be right there with me. No
hesitation.
BRENDAN
I got you.
MICHAEL
(takes a deep breath)
Let’s do this.
MIGUEL
What’s up?
MICHAEL
We’re here to ummm, buy some drugs.
MIGUEL
Who sent you?
MICHAEL
Juan Carlos.
MIGUEL
Come in.
MIGUEL
So, what do you want?
MICHAEL
I don’t know, we just want to get fucked
up, so I guess maybe we’ll take some
weed or something?
BRENDAN
Yeah, we just want to get high, high.
MIGUEL
Weed, huh? OK, I can do that for you.
MICHAEL
(goofily)
Awesome, that’s great, because me and
my friend really want to get stoned.
BRENDAN
Yeah and hopefully it’ll help us hook up
with chicks. It is Cancun after all.
MIGUEL
You’ll have to excuse me for a moment.
Most of my associates are busy taking
care of other business so I’ll have to
get the baggie myself.
MICHAEL
No problem, take your time.
BRENDAN
I’m nervous.
MICHAEL
Me too.
BRENDAN
When are we going to do this?
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MICHAEL
Patience. All in good time, when I see
an opening.
BRENDAN
OK because I think this gun is giving me
a rash on my waist and, you know, that
could end up spreading to my balls.
MICHAEL
Don’t worry, your balls will be fine.
BRENDAN
How do you know that?
MICHAEL
Just shut up Brendan.
MIGUEL
I got your stuff. You got the money?
MICHAEL
Ahhh yes, the money, sorry this is the
first time I’ve ever bought drugs, but
I figured screw it we’re down here in
Cancun having fun in the sun, we might
as well make it a total party.
BRENDAN
(awkwardly)
Party!
MIGUEL
OK, well this is the part where you give
me the cash and I give you the drugs.
MICHAEL
Before I give you the cash, can I ask
you a question?
MIGUEL
What.
MICHAEL
My girlfriend, Amanda, a very cute,
young blonde went missing yesterday.
(MORE)
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MICHAEL (cont’d)
We haven’t been able to find her any-
where. I bet guys like you have their
ears to the ground around here, you
know I bet you hit up the clubs every
night.
MIGUEL
(calmly)
I go out.
MICHAEL
So have you seen a girl like that?
MIGUEL
Kid, cute blonde girls grow on trees
around here, they’re everywhere.
MICHAEL
That might be true, but did you see a
blonde girl get in some trouble last
night, maybe someone that was taken
advantage of by a guy or a group of
guys, maybe someone who was possibly
abducted?
MIGUEL
(shakes his head)
No, didn’t see anything like that.
MICHAEL
OK.
MIGUEL
I hope you find your girl though.
Unfortunately there’s some senseless
violence going on in this city, I only
pray she hasn’t fallen victim to that.
MICHAEL
Me too.
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BRENDAN
(surprised)
What the hell did you do that for? He
didn’t tell us anything yet.
MICHAEL
Don’t worry, I didn’t try to kill him.
Michael stands up, grabs the pack of chewing gum and shows
it to Brendan.
MICHAEL
Look, this is Amanda’s pack of gum!
BRENDAN
Are you sure?
MICHAEL
Definitely, she gave us all a piece from
it yesterday.
Michael runs over to Miguel, kneels over him and grabs his
shirt.
MICHAEL
(yells)
Where is she? Where’s Amanda!
MIGUEL
I don’t know what you’re talking about.
MICHAEL
I’ll blow your fucking head right off.
Tell me.
MICHAEL
Brendan, get my back. Shoot anything
that enters this room.
BRENDAN
Gotcha.
Brendan takes out his gun, stands right by Michael and does
a 360 around the room to make sure no one sneaks up behind
them.
MICHAEL
Tell me where she is dickhead! Donde
esta bitch?!?!
MIGUEL
OK, OK, I’ll tell you, just don’t kill
me.
MIGUEL
They just left with her.
MICHAEL
Who?
MIGUEL
My associates.
MICHAEL
Where are they taking her?
MIGUEL
They’re driving her to some drop off
point. I don’t know where.
MICHAEL
Why?
MIGUEL
I don’t know.
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MICHAEL
(yells)
Why?!?!?!
MIGUEL
OK, OK, OK, they’re selling her to some-
one that is transporting her to Thailand.
MICHAEL
Why Thailand?
MIGUEL
I don’t know, I think she’s being sold
into prostitution or something like
that. I don’t know for sure, none of
us know for sure, we just care about
getting paid. We don’t care about her.
MICHAEL
Well I do.
BRENDAN
How are we going to find her?
MICHAEL
This guy is going to drive us to them.
MIGUEL
I’m shot!
MICHAEL
In only one leg though, you have another
one to drive with.
MIGUEL
I’m going to bleed out though.
MICHAEL
You won’t if you help us.
MIGUEL
OK, fine, just help me.
MICHAEL
Brendan, go to the kitchen and get a towel.
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MICHAEL
You’re lucky I’m pre-med and know how
to do this sort of shit. You’re going
to help us, right?
MIGUEL
I don’t know if I can find them though.
I don’t know where they went.
MICHAEL
Don’t worry, I have faith you can figure
it out.
(pause)
You have a cell phone?
MIGUEL
Si.
MICHAEL
It’s on you?
MIGUEL
Si.
MICHAEL
You got wheels?
MIGUEL
Si, it’s in the driveway.
MICHAEL
Good, let’s go then. Get up!
MIGUEL
I can’t.
MICHAEL
Brendan, help me.
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Michael and Brendan help Miguel stand up and they walk over
to the front door.
Brendan walks out of the house first and stands on the lawn
to watch the street as Michael helps Miguel out of the
house and over to his car.
MICHAEL
Drive.
Once they get on the road and start driving, Michael shoves
Miguel’s cell phone in his face.
MICHAEL
Call your boss or whoever it was that
took my girl. Find out where they’re
going.
(pause)
No funny business.
MIGUEL
Juan Carlos, this is Miguel, we had a
little bit of an issue at the house just
now.
MIGUEL
Law enforcement was snooping around.
MIGUEL
No, it was the federal police.
MIGUEL
Nothing really, just looked around and
took off quickly.
MIGUEL
No, it seemed like they were looking for
something specific.
MIGUEL
They said they were going to come back
for another inspection.
MIGUEL
They didn’t say.
MIGUEL
What should I do if they come back?
MIGUEL
For how long?
MIGUEL
Where are you guys?
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MIGUEL
Port of Yucatan.
MICHAEL
Take us to the Port of Yucatan then.
AMANDA
(confused)
Where am I?
JUAN CARLOS
Mexico.
AMANDA
Where in Mexico?
JUAN CARLOS
Out in the country.
AMANDA
I’m supposed to be in Cancun.
JUAN CARLOS
Your plans changed.
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AMANDA
Why am I tied up? Who are you guys?
Why am I in this van?
JUAN CARLOS
Paco, the American’s asking too many
questions, take care of that.
PACO
You fucking bitch!
Paco grabs her hair and drags her away from the back door,
she turns around again and continues kicking away.
PACO
I should kick your ass!
PACO
I could use some help here.
One of the other Mexicans jumps over the seat to help Paco.
JUAN CARLOS
I can’t believe Paco needs help fighting
one little American bitch. Embarrassing.
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PACO
She’s tougher than you think.
(to his associate)
Here, grab her legs.
Paco takes a needle out of his pocket, grabs her arm and
injects her with heroin.
Her eyes roll to the back of her head and she falls back
passed out and hits the floor with her head.
JUAN CARLOS
Are you done playing around with her?
PACO
Feisty bitch.
JUAN CARLOS
Get back up here.
Paco climbs back over the seat and sits down along with the
other Mexican who helped him.
JUAN CARLOS
(looks at the driver)
How much time until we’re there?
JUAN CARLOS
Very good. That’ll get us there right
on time.
Juan Carlos rolls his window down all the way and sticks
his head out to enjoy the wind blowing through his hair.
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MICHAEL
You’re not dicking us around, are you?
If you drive us to the wrong place or
you try to stall us, we won’t shoot
you, we’ll torture you. We’ll pull
over to the side of the road, drag you
out to the middle of nowhere, torture
you and leave you for dead.
BRENDAN
Yeah, Dick Cheney is a distant relative
of mine, you do know who Dick Cheney is,
right? Your worst fucking nightmare to
a guy like you. You don’t want to fuck
with us or we’ll waterboard your ass.
MIGUEL
I’m taking you to the place, I swear, I
swear.
MICHAEL
OK, I’m watching you…
MICHAEL (cont’d)
…but one bad move and I’ll blow your
balls clean off.
MIGUEL
What do you think you’ll be able to do
if you find them though?
MICHAEL
(he corrects him)
When we find them.
MIGUEL
Surely you know you’ll be vastly out-
numbered. What are you going to do?
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MICHAEL
I usually don’t think that far ahead.
MIGUEL
Your going to be outgunned too. They’re
going to look at your little, baby
handguns and laugh. They’ll all have
automatic weapons on them. You won’t
even make it out of the car.
MICHAEL
Let me and my friend worry about that.
BRENDAN
(nervously)
Yeah, ummm, we should start worrying
about that, shouldn’t we Mike?
MICHAEL
I got it all under control Brendan.
(pause)
Where is this place anyways?
MIGUEL
The Port of Yucatan, it’s about an hour
fifteen minutes, an hour and a half away.
It’s where we usually do our import /
exports from. This is the first time
we’ve ever done this though.
MICHAEL
Done what?
MIGUEL
Exported a human.
MICHAEL
For your sake you better hope we don’t
get there too late.
MIGUEL
And for your sake too.
MICHAEL
Can’t this damn car go any faster?
MIGUEL
I’m driving as fast as I can, any faster
and the car will break apart.
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VAN DRIVER
Juan Carlos, we’re getting a little low
on gas.
JUAN CARLOS
OK, I saw a sign a couple miles back for
a gas station up ahead. We’ll re-fuel
there and stretch our legs.
They continue driving along the highway and it’s only a few
seconds until they see the gas station on the horizon.
JUAN CARLOS
There it is, up ahead. You see it?
VAN DRIVER
Yeah, I see it.
JUAN CARLOS
(looks at the driver)
Fill up the car.
(pause)
Paco, let’s grab a smoke outside.
Juan Carlos turns around and looks at the Mexican who raped
Amanda sitting behind him.
Juan Carlos leans into the van through the rolled down
window and looks at Amanda who is still passed out in the
back.
JUAN CARLOS
Resting like a baby. So beautiful.
PACO
So pure too.
JUAN CARLOS
Not anymore.
JUAN CARLOS
Paco, make sure you pick up some water
for the girl. I want to make sure she’s
hydrated. I don’t want her looking like
shit for the cartel, we need top dollar
for her.
You can feel the heat and humidity inside as there is only
one ceiling fan working and it’s rotating very slowly.
JUAN CARLOS
Paco, grab some of those cheese doodles
over there.
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AMANDA’S RAPIST
Damn girl, I wish you were awake so I
could tell you how fine you tasted. A
good piece of American ass like yourself
was exactly what I needed this morning.
Amanda finally frees her hands from the rope by being able
to loosen the knot and slips out of it. Then she quietly
unties the rope around her ankles.
AMANDA’S RAPIST
Damn!
VAN DRIVER
She’s escaping!
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PACO
Juan Carlos! Juan Carlos! The girl!
She’s running away!
JUAN CARLOS
You guys chase her down.
(hits the van driver on the
arm)
Let’s take the van.
The car honks it’s horn, swerves to avoid hitting her and
continues speeding down the highway.
AMANDA
What the fuck asshole!?!
The van peels out on the dirt in front of the gas station
and speeds down the highway towards Amanda.
JUAN CARLOS
If you weren’t so valuable to me, I’d
kill you right now.
AMANDA
Go ahead, I’m already dead.
JUAN CARLOS
Boom!
JUAN CARLOS
Will you watch her this time around?
They open the back door; Juan Carlos picks up the rope from
the floor and pushes it into Paco’s chest.
PACO
Yes JC.
Paco takes Amanda and forces her into the backseat of the
van.
Once Juan Carlos gets into the van, they drive off and
continue down the highway.
JUAN CARLOS
Paco, give her more heroin and throw
her on the floor in the back again.
(pause)
We need to calm her down.
PACO
Shut her up.
Amanda’s eyes grow wide and fearful when she sees Paco
preparing the needle.
JULIE
Hey, it’s me. Anything yet?
BRENDAN (O.S.)
No, you?
JULIE
No, nothing. I’m going stir crazy here.
Just pacing back and forth waiting. I’m
a nervous wreck.
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BRENDAN (O.S.)
I know baby, hang in there. I have a
feeling we might find her soon,
hopefully.
JULIE
OK, bye, love you baby.
BRENDAN (O.S.)
Love you too.
MICHAEL
Was that Julie?
BRENDAN
Yeah.
MICHAEL
Anything?
BRENDAN
Nope. And she’s getting anxious, very
anxious.
MICHAEL
Aren’t we all.
MIGUEL
We’re getting close.
MICHAEL
Almost game time.
MIGUEL
(grabs his shot leg)
You are going to take me to the hospital
after this, right?
MICHAEL
Let’s handle things one at a time, I just
want to get my girlfriend back right now.
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MIGUEL
Come on man! I’m shot! I don’t want
it to get infected!
MICHAEL
(yells)
No, you come on man! You’re only in
this situation because your boys stole
my girlfriend! Don’t blame me for
this shit!
BRENDAN
Just drive man, drive.
MIGUEL
OK, don’t shoot!
MICHAEL
OK, like my boy just said, drive. We’ll
get you help after we find my girlfriend.
MIGUEL
I’m trying.
PACO
Looks like the girl is coming to again.
JUAN CARLOS
She must be getting used to the heroin.
PACO
Shall I give her another hit?
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JUAN CARLOS
No, we’re almost at the drop point, I
want her to witness all of this.
PACO
Are you sure?
JUAN CARLOS
Yeah, it’ll be fine.
Paco and his associate turn around and lift Amanda up and
over the seat. They sit her between the two of them, she’s
still pretty disoriented but she’s alert.
JUAN CARLOS
Welcome back.
AMANDA
(dazed)
Where are you taking me?
JUAN CARLOS
You’ll see. It’s a surprise.
AMANDA
(cries)
I just want to go home.
(pause)
I just want to go home, I just want to
go home.
(pause)
I miss my mommy and daddy. I miss my
little brother.
JUAN CARLOS
Don’t worry, we’re sending you to a place
where you’re going to be very loved.
PACO
Yeah, you’ll probably be loved 20-30
times a day sometimes.
JUAN CARLOS
(laughs)
That’s the truth.
(MORE)
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AMANDA
(crying)
Why are you doing this to me?
JUAN CARLOS
It’s business.
AMANDA
If it’s business then my dad will pay
you any ransom you want to get me back,
trust me, he will.
JUAN CARLOS
I don’t doubt that, but our trafficker
will pay us more, trust me.
AMANDA
(to herself)
Why? Why? Why?
VAN DRIVER
We’re coming up to the port.
JUAN CARLOS
I see it.
AMANDA
Help! Help! I’m being held captive!
Please help!
The security guard casually looks into the van then at all
the Mexicans. Juan Carlos manages to flash a little smirk
to him.
AMANDA
Are you deaf?!? These guys have kid-
napped me! Help, please!
JUAN CARLOS
(smiles)
Thank you.
AMANDA
No, no, this can’t be happening!?!?
AMANDA
What the hell was that?
JUAN CARLOS
In Mexico, everyone has their price.
The van drives towards the water where a large cargo ship
is docked and a black Escalade is parked in front of it.
MIGUEL
We’re almost to the port.
BRENDAN
There’s got to be security there, right?
MIGUEL
Ohh yes, a lot of it, it’s controlled by
the Yucatan Cartel.
MICHAEL
(sarcastically)
Ohhh great.
MIGUEL
But don’t worry, I got a way around it.
Just promise you’ll get me to a hospital.
MICHAEL
I will, I will.
MICHAEL
Pull over I need to piss.
MIGUEL
Now?
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MICHAEL
Yes now.
BRENDAN
Really? You have to go right now? Talk
about losing your focus.
MICHAEL
(yells)
I have to piss now!
MIGUEL
OK.
MICHAEL
Brendan, stay here and watch him.
Michael gets out of the car and walks a few feet away from
the car and onto the grass.
With his back to the car, he takes a deep breath then turns
around, rushes back to the car and fires two shots to
Miguel’s head through the open window.
BRENDAN
Why the hell did you do that?!?
MICHAEL
You heard it yourself, the port is
controlled by the Cartel. We would not
have made it through the front gate of
the port alive. Trust me.
BRENDAN
Well how are we going to get in the port?
MICHAEL
I don’t know, we’ll figure it out. Come
on, help me with him.
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Brendan gets out of the car and helps get Miguel out of the
car by pushing him over to Michael.
They carry Miguel about twenty feet off of the road and
drop his body in an area of tall grass.
BRENDAN
We’re just going to leave him out here?
MICHAEL
We don’t have time to do anything else,
I need to find my girlfriend.
BRENDAN
What if someone finds him?
MICHAEL
Don’t worry, the vultures will take care
of him in no time. Whatever, his boys
took my girl, he got what he deserved.
The two are shocked to see how much blood is covering the
windshield, especially around the driver’s seat area.
BRENDAN
Holy shit!
MICHAEL
Look around for a towel or something.
The two look around the floor of the car for any sort of
towel or blanket, Brendan finally finds one in the back
seat and grabs it.
BRENDAN
Here.
MICHAEL
You should probably use the towel first.
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BRENDAN
(confused)
What? Why?
MICHAEL
You have his blood all over your face.
Brendan wipes his face with the towel and sees all the
blood wiped off from his face.
BRENDAN
(shocked)
Holy Christ!
MICHAEL
I know.
MICHAEL
That’s good enough. It’ll have to do.
The white van parks a few feet behind the black Escalade.
The Mexicans sit quietly in the van for a few moments until
there’s finally movement from the Escalade.
JUAN CARLOS
Time to make the drop. Paco, come with
me.
Juan Carlos and Paco slowly get out of the van and approach
the three men.
The three men from the rival cartel stand firm in front of
Juan Carlos and Paco.
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JUAN CARLOS
Gentlemen, good afternoon.
JUAN CARLOS
So much for small talk.
JUAN CARLOS
Well, without further ado, let me
introduce you to our product.
With the signal, two associates drag Amanda out of the van
and forcibly pull her over to Juan Carlos and Paco.
JUAN CARLOS
I know it will be, we have an endless
supply of these blonde beauties in
Cancun.
Michael jumps out of the car and runs to the fence with
Brendan trailing behind him. He sees a lone cargo ship
sitting at a dock in the distance and points it out to
Brendan.
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MICHAEL
They must be transporting her out in
that cargo ship. It’s the only one I
can see.
BRENDAN
Do you see Amanda?
MICHAEL
No, I don’t. I see a couple cars close
to the ship though, she must be in one
of them.
BRENDAN
So what now?
MICHAEL
We’ll take them by surprise.
Michael scales the fence and jumps over it onto the port
property. Brendan is caught off guard but quickly follows
Michael by jumping the fence as well.
The two guys run over to the Humvee; Michael gets into the
driver’s seat and Brendan gets in the passenger’s side.
HUMVEE DRIVER
Hey! Come back here!
The driver starts chasing the Humvee for a few feet but
quickly realizes that he can’t catch it, so he just chucks
his wrench in its general direction.
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INT. – HUMVEE
BRENDAN
(points)
There she is, look!
MICHAEL
I see her.
The two rival cartel groups are finishing up their deal for
Amanda by the cargo ship.
JUAN CARLOS
Good doing business with you.
JUAN CARLOS
Next week, same time.
JUAN CARLOS
She’s all yours.
AMANDA
No, no, no! Please no!
goons restrain her and start leading her towards the cargo
ship.
Juan Carlos and all of his associates get into the van.
JUAN CARLOS
Let’s head back to Cancun.
INT. – HUMVEE
MICHAEL
Take that assholes!
The van is being crushed and moved across the road until
it’s smashed against a wall.
JUAN CARLOS
Get out! Get out! Get him!
VAN DRIVER
I can’t! It’s stuck!
Michael puts the Humvee in reverse and aims for the group
of cartel members leading Amanda to the ship.
Michael slams his foot down on the gas and speeds right
towards the three guys holding Amanda.
Michael hits one of the goons head on; the guy goes flying
in the air, lands on the windshield and falls off the hood
and onto the ground.
BRENDAN
Come on! Come on!
MICHAEL
Get in!
The cartel leader and a few of his associates jump into the
Black Escalade and speed off to follow them.
INT. - HUMVEE
BRENDAN
Hurry up Mike, the Escalade is catching
up to us.
MICHAEL
Well we got all sorts of problems now
don’t we? We’re coming up on the front
gate with all those guards and their
pretty little machine guns.
BRENDAN
What are we going to do?
MICHAEL
Hang on!
FRONT GATE
Not slowing down, the Humvee speeds right for the gate.
The guards scramble to get out of the way once they realize
the Humvee isn’t stopping.
The Humvee crashes right through the front gate and speeds
onto the highway. The force of the crash knocks over a
huge wooden pole that was standing by the gate. The pole
falls down across the gate, blocking the exit.
The cartel leader jumps out and hits the hood of his car in
frustration.
The guards jump over the pole and run onto the highway to
continue shooting at the Humvee, but it is already far down
the road.
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MICHAEL
Are they following us?
Brendan looks in his rear view mirror and sees the port far
away in the distance. He can also barely see the guards
shooting at them anymore.
BRENDAN
No, we’re good, no one’s following us.
We’re safe.
AMANDA
Can we go home now?
DISSOLVE TO BLACK
INT. – AIRPLANE
Having gone through hell, all four of them just sit there
in silence with blank expressions on their faces.
FADE OUT