Trailer Opens
(cackling sounds over a dark screen, light begins to show illuminating a table full of evil looking chemicals and assorted flasks, and a few tongs. screen fades to black)
Morgan Freeman (voice over): I once heard a man say that the only thing that matters in life, the only thing that truly matters, is what you do with the time given to you.
(image appears on screen, flickering bright lights that illuminate someone's feet pounding over wet asphalt, its dark all around, the person is carrying a flashlight which constantly strobes over the camera, blinding the view. The camera is shaky, the man is grunting, running hard. He's wearing Reeboks. screen fades back to black)
Morgan Freeman: That man's name was Mike Humbleton. Ever heard of him? *chuckles* No, I didn't think so. He's better known by his other moniker. The Night Owl.
(Screen glows again, illuminating the silhouette of a man leaning back in a swivel chair. He cackles loudly. The image fades to Morgan Freeman talking to a man outside the view of the camera. He's in a library. The shelf behind him is full of Harry Potter books)
Morgan Freeman: He's the man responsible for killing your family.
(Screen fades again to black, the sound of police sirens pierces through, the camera returns to a crime scene, multiple cars and an ambulance outside of a burning apartment. the view switches to a close up of a man's face. it's Noah Wyle)
Noah Wyle: (murmuring, blood on his face) Oh my god. I'm the protagonist... (struggles to wonder why all of his experience on E.R. couldn't save his family)
(scene switches to an old dusty laboratory, with Noah sitting down at a table and Morgan pacing around him wearing a super-fresh lab coat)
Morgan Freeman: The Night Owl is a chemist. One of the best. He killed your family with a new type of chemical weapon, never before heard of. He's planning on selling this weapon to the highest bidder, probably Lebanese terrorists. You were the only person who stood in his way, the only person with the right CIA connections. He made one mistake when he killed your family. He failed to kill you.
Noah: I don't know what to do.
Morgan Freeman: You're the only person who can stop the Night Owl. The only person with the knowledge of where he'll be next.
Noah: I hear he's like a phantom, it's impossible to catch him. I wouldn't know where to start.
Morgan Freeman: He's a chemist. I suggest we fight chemistry with chemistry.
(scene switches to a montage of brief glimpses into Wyle's training. He's pouring chemicals into beakers, lighting Bunsen Burners, Morgan Freeman is teaching him how to tie an apron)
Morgan Freeman (voice over): I'll teach you everything you need to know. How to mix, how to burn, how to effuse. I'll teach you how to make the periodic table your most powerful weapon.
(scene changes to Noah Confronting Wyle on the Golden Gate Bridge. the San Francisco bay underneath appears to be made out of jello)
The Night Owl (played by a demure Robin Williams): You think you know Chemistry? (camera zooms up on Wyles face) You don't know the first thing.
(a car explodes next to Wyle, bubbles of carbon dioxide rip apart the sky overhead, the camera flashes through a tumultuous and jagged array of scenes, bubbling water, fades to black. scenes switches back to a library, Noah is sitting down next to Morgan Freeman.)
Noah: What happened to you? You used to be one of the greatest chemists in the world. You could stand up to the Night Owl.
Morgan (looks into the distance): No, I can't.
Noah (angry): Why not?! What happened to you?
Morgan: A long time ago, I made a mistake. I've been running from it ever since.
(Noah is silent, for the first time ever, seriously rethinking his career)
(scene changes to a sweeping aerial shot of a city, perhaps Quebec, at night. scene changes to a cargo plane flying through dense clouds, pummeled by rain and thunder. A montage of scenes showing the Night Owl preparing his evil toxin, meeting with suspicious looking Middle Eastern men, scenes filled with armed gunmen and rusty warehouses. Camera finally returns back to Morgan Freeman's face, focusing on his old eyes staring into the distance)
Morgan (voice over): Once upon a time, the Night Owl and I weren't so different.
*Swelling of dramatic music, original score by Hans Zimmer, reminiscent of the Crimson Tide Theme*
(Rapid progression through action scenes, Noah fighting in a dark cave, spraying bullets from a machine gun that is glowing bright blue and spraying happiness from an exhaust port. scenes of Noah fighting deep underwater, battling a shark. scenes of the Night Owl and Noah waging an epic chemistry battle on the windswept ice of a glacier in the Arctic Circle, Noah passionately kissing a woman, a bus full of children teetering on the edge of a broken Bridge)
Morgan (voice over during these scenes): I once heard a man say that the only thing that matters in life, the only thing that truly matters, is what you do with the time given to you.
(camera changes to a scene where The Night Owl is holding a flask with glowing green liquid inside up in his hand and laughing maniacally)
Morgan (voice over): Well, what are you going to do? Are you going to make it worth it?
(final scenes show Noah punching the Night Owl in the face, wincing in pain because he's a lover, not a fighter, Morgan Freeman laughing next to a roaring fire in the library, the screen fades to a dark blue which, as the camera zooms out, is revealed to be chemicals bubbling inside of a flask suspended over a burner in a dark room. the screen fades to black. words appear)
COMBUSTION REACTION
3-7-08
Directed by Michael Bay
3-7-08
Directed by Michael Bay
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