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nowhere without a ghetto pass!

  DRIVER

  Ghetto pass? Man, I thought this Dexilvania shit was over last night!

  Hench #1

  It ain’t over till Dex says it’s over! Now you wanna go over the bridge into America you gotta pay for a ghetto pass!

  The driver behind him sitting in a sedan rolls down her window and inquires-

  DRIVER #2

  Ghetto pass? Is that like EZ Pass?

  HENCH#1

  Make it easier for you to cross this bridge. Of course if you give a brotha your phone number a brotha could look the other way-

  driver #1

  Yo, why you entertaining this nigger! Ain’t no such thing as a ghetto pass!

  DRIVER #2

  Look I wanna get to work! How much is a ghetto pass?

  hench#1

  That’s gonna be three hundred dollars one way. Every day.

  Driver #2’s eyes grow wide and she becomes irate

  DRIVEr #2

  $300! A day! Nigger are you crazy!

  HENCH#1

  Yo, that’s the law! You don’t like it go someplace else!

  DRIVER #2

  I will. Once I get across this bridge!

  HENCH#1

  That’ll be $300.

  Driver #2

  I ain’t got $300.00

  HENCH#1

  Well, you gonna have to give me something-

  Hench looks down at his crotch and smiles as-

  An alert trooper spots-

  TROOPER

  Yo man, it’s the Gub’mint!

  A CONVOY OF HUMVEES AND TANKS

  COMING OFF THE ON THE CROSS BRONX EXPRESSWAY

  The Hench gets stops macking and-

  HENCH#1

  Yo, excuse me fo’ a minute.

  Charges towards the-

  off ramp

  Where the convoy is hitting the city streets.

  Hench#1

  Yo, this is Loo-Looteniant Commander Jenkins! You are ordered to stop in the name of Dex!

  The tank stops in front of the Hench. He’s quaking in his boots as the cannon is-

  Pointed directly at him. A loudspeaker broadcasts-

  John

  This is the United States Military. We are giving you one chance to surrender.

  The troopers, just local street kids are nervous as-

  Soldiers rush out of the Humvees with machine guns, bazookas much bigger than the troopers’ cheap MAC-10’s.

  Seeing the action on the street between the soldiers and the troopers-

  People scramble out of their cars and run for their lives.

  DRIVER #2

  THEY SHOOTING! THEY SHOOTING

  DRIVER #1

  I’m getting the hell up outta here!

  Hench #1 is knocking his knees at the sight of the tank cannon on him. FWOOSH! The roar of Military jets above-

  Makes him go to make a run for it. The scared Hench runs to a-

  Nearby BLACK SUV

  To make his getaway. Before he reaches the car the tank-

  SHOOP! Fires a missle. KABOOOM! The SUV explodes into a fireball knocking the Hench halfway across the street. In the face of such superior firepower, no one is stupid enough to raise a gun as-

  The tank

  Points its cannon on the Hench. A wet stain is on the seat of his pants. Tears are in his eyes as he pleads for his life.

  hench#1

  Please don’t kill me! Please don’t kill me! I was only following orders!

  The Tank lid flips open. Hench peers up as-

  John gets out of the tank. He approaches the hench who is praying.

  John

  I take it you surrender.

  A scared Hench is in tears as he shakes his head.

  john

  Lieutenant Commander. Man please. You wouldn’t even make private in Uncle Sam’s army son.

  A Sergeant approaches John as he tells him-

  JOHN

  Sergeant, secure the Bridge. And get this boy a fresh pair of draws.

  Reporters film the scene as-

  The crying Hench is taken into custody. John gets into a Humvee and leads the convoy as-

  int. WEBSTER HOUSES Apt 16L – MORNING

  Dex watches the TV news with a nervous Marcia.

  insert

  News on the TV screen

  Reporter

  This Just in…US forces have just taken the 145th Street Bridge. Wait President Obama is coming in from the White House to speak to the country about what’s going on in the South Bronx.

  The broadcast changes to the-

  WHite house oval office

  Where President Obama begins his address.

  President Obama

  My fellow Americans. Right now U.S. forces are taking Swift action to put down the occupation of the South Bronx. This act of aggression by Dexter Wilson and his terrorist organization the Drug Exchange Cartel will be met with the full might of the United States Military. I have faith in Sergeant John Williams and our Brave men and women of our armed forces that they’ll be able to do their jobs. Until they complete their mission, I ask all the residents of the South Bronx to remain in their homes and let us do our jobs to put down this terrorist insurrection.

  As the reporter starts talking about John Williams-

  BAM! Hench #3 rushes into the apartment so scared he’s practically crapping his pants-

  Hench#3

  Yo Dex, they coming for us!

  DEX

  I heard.

  HENCH #3

  What we gonna do?

  Marcia rubs it in. She smiles at Dex and asks him.

  Marcia

  Yeah, what are you gonna do Dex?

  HENCH #3

  Niggers got jets and tanks shit! They gonna fuck us up!

  Dex isn’t fazed by the military onslaught. He jumps off the sofa and grabs Marcia-

  Dex

  I’ma fuck them up.

  Marcia

  What?

  DEx

  Time to execute the prisoner.

  Dex his Hench and Marcia head downstairs to the-

  EXT. WEBSTER HOUSES courtyard – Morning

  Marcia struggles as Dex leads her down the walkway near the-

  WEBSTER AVENUE street Sign

  Where his henches ties Marcia to the post. She isn’t fazed.

  MArcia

  Burned at the stake. This is orginal.

  DEX

  Only way to get rid of a witch like you.

  Marcia

  And here I was I thought I would be executed by firing squad-

  Dex

  Nah, that’s too easy for you.

  HENCh

  Yo Dex, what we gone use for kindling?

  A trooper notices a pile of-

  confiscated ITEMS

  Including an American flag still on its pole, bibles, newspapers, books, and Mama’s picture of Jesus. He grabs the American flag and tells Dex-

  TROOPER

  This stuff will burn up nice.

  DEX

  I like the way you think.

  As Dex’s Troopers set up the confiscated items as fodder for the bonfire, A resilient Marcia stands her ground.

  Marcia

  You know you can’t beat John-

  DEx

  Soldier boy may get the victory but I’ma deny him the spoils of war.

  A Hench takes Mrs. William’s picture of Jesus and drops it at Marcia’s feet below the American Flag while-

  IN THE SKY

  AIR FORCE ONE

  IS-

  MOVING

  Towards New York City

  SECRET SERVICE

  (V.O)

  Mr. President Are you sure this is safe? No sitting president has gone to an active battlefield before-

  PRESIDENT OBAMA

  (V.O)

  I want to be there when we can declare victory in Operation Swift Action.

  Air Force One lands at-

  LAGUARDIA A
IRPORT

  On a private landing pad. President Obama gets off and gets into his limo-

  Which is part of a convoy that is-

  Moving

  Into local traffic. The President tells his driver-

  President Obama

  Take me to the Webster Houses.

  As President Obama is headed out of Queens-

  In the Bronx

  John’s convoy is making its way cross-town and turns onto-

  149th STREET and third avenue

  Where it’s utter chaos. PBRRRAAP! Troopers fire guns in the air. People run for their lives as Troopers-

  TROoper

  Ya’ll ordered to evacuate under orders o’ King Dex the first!

  TROOPER #2

  GET THE FUCK OUTTA HERE!

  Have setup a roadblock on the main thoroughfare where all the shops are. As people scramble for cover-

  An MRAP moves past John’s Humveee and-

  SMASH! Bursts through the barrier of vehichles knocking the black civilian cars over. BRRAPP! Troopers on the roof rain down fire at the convoy as-

  John and a battalion of America’s finest soldiers jumps out of their vehicles with M-16’s drawn and-

  BRRRRRRRAPPPPP! Blasts at the rooftops. Shot up Dex’s Troopers drop off the roofs onto the-

  pavemeNT

  CRUMP! With a thud- and

  Parked cars

  CRASH! Exploding the glass out of them. And-

  AWNINGS

  CRUMP! Throught he vinyl and onto a Korean Grocer’s fruit stand.

  Troopers who weren’t incapacitated by the MRAP and the gunfire charge into attack mode as John gestures for his troops to hold back. He tells them-

  John

  I’ll take it from here.

  Hench #2 leading the attack tells the troopers to-

  HENCH #2

  Smoke that sucka!

  Energized and glowing with the powers of the Executive branch-

  John goes into action BRRRAP! Troopers fire mac-10’s and Uzis at John and-

  Miss him with their lousy aim. In the middle of the bullet barrage-

  SMACK! CRUNCH! John punches out Dex’s troopers SMASH! Another goes down with a dropkick to the chest. Seeing men getting knocked out-

  A group of Troopers gets the idea to Jump John en mass and-

  UGGGGH! Get flipped off in a show of might.

  BEHIND JOHN

  Hench#2 has-

  A bead on John with his nine and-

  BLAM! Gets a shot off-

  But with lightning fast reflexes-

  John hears the scream of the bullet and-

  ducks and dodges the bullet turns and-

  Grabs an uzi off the ground and sprays Hench #2 with a shower of bullets-

  That splatter his blood on the wall of a nearby-

  Dr. Jays

  Next to a graffiti tag. Hench #2 slumps to the ground in a pool of warm blood as John turns around and tells his soldiers-

  JOHN

  Secure the area. I’m going after Dex.

  Soldier#1

  On your own sir?

  A GENERAL 60, in BDUs approaches and gives the soldier a look.

  GENERAL

  Of cours on his own