Title: The Extraction Credit: written by Author: Test Script Draft date: 2026-04-06 ==== EXT. ROOFTOP - MEXICO CITY - NIGHT A sprawling cityscape glitters below. JACK REEVES (40s, ex-military, scar across his jaw) crouches behind an air conditioning unit, binoculars pressed to his eyes. Through the binoculars: a fortified compound three blocks away. Armed guards patrol the perimeter. Jack touches his earpiece. JACK I count twelve on the outside. How many inside? DISPATCH (V.O.) Thermal says another eight. Plus the package. JACK Twenty hostiles. One extraction target. Lovely. He slings a tactical bag over his shoulder and moves to the roof's edge. EXT. ALLEY - MEXICO CITY - NIGHT Jack drops from a fire escape, landing silently. He presses against the wall as a patrol vehicle passes. He checks his watch: 11:47 PM. He moves through the shadows toward the compound. EXT. COMPOUND PERIMETER - NIGHT Jack reaches a drainage grate at the compound's east wall. He pulls a small cutting tool from his bag and works the bolts. A guard's flashlight sweeps nearby. Jack freezes. The light passes. He removes the grate and slides into the drain. INT. DRAINAGE TUNNEL - NIGHT Cramped, wet, dark. Jack crawls through the tunnel using a red-filtered headlamp. Rats scatter ahead of him. He reaches a junction and checks a hand-drawn map. JACK (whispering) Left fork, thirty meters, then up. He crawls left. INT. COMPOUND - BASEMENT - NIGHT Jack pushes up through a floor grate into a dimly lit basement. Stacked crates everywhere. He draws his suppressed pistol and listens. Footsteps above. Two sets, moving away. He crosses the basement to a steel door. Locked. He pulls a bypass kit from his bag and works the lock. It clicks open in twelve seconds. INT. COMPOUND - GROUND FLOOR CORRIDOR - NIGHT Jack moves down a concrete corridor, back to the wall. Security camera ahead — he pulls a small device from his pocket and aims it. The camera's red light blinks off. He rounds a corner and comes face to face with GUARD #1. A brutal, silent fight. Jack disarms the guard, puts him in a chokehold. The guard goes limp. Jack drags him into a side room. INT. COMPOUND - STAIRWELL - NIGHT Jack climbs the stairs, pistol leading. He pauses at the second floor landing — voices in Spanish behind the door. He waits. The voices move away. He opens the door slowly. INT. COMPOUND - SECOND FLOOR - NIGHT A hallway lined with doors. At the far end, GUARD #2 and GUARD #3 stand outside a reinforced door. Jack checks his options. A ventilation shaft above him. He holsters the pistol, jumps, grabs the edge, and pulls himself up. INT. VENTILATION SHAFT - NIGHT Jack crawls above the hallway. Through a vent below, he can see the two guards. He pulls two smoke canisters from his bag. Drops them through the vent. The hallway fills with white smoke. Shouts from the guards. Jack drops through the vent, lands between them. Two precise strikes. Both guards are down in four seconds. INT. COMPOUND - HOLDING ROOM - NIGHT Jack kicks through the reinforced door. Inside: a bare room with a single chair. DR. SOFIA NAVARRO (30s, bruised, defiant) is handcuffed to it. SOFIA About time. Jack cuts the cuffs with bolt cutters. JACK Can you run? SOFIA Can you get us out of here? An alarm blares. Red lights flood the corridor outside. JACK That answers that. Move. He hands her a spare earpiece and they exit into the hallway. INT. COMPOUND - SECOND FLOOR - NIGHT They run. Jack fires twice behind them as guards pour from a doorway. Both shots hit. JACK Stairs — go left! They hit the stairwell. Gunfire chases them, sparking off the metal railing. EXT. COMPOUND - COURTYARD - NIGHT They burst through a ground floor exit into an open courtyard. Floodlights snap on. Guards converge from two sides. Jack pulls a flashbang from his vest. Throws it. BANG — blinding white light. In the chaos, Jack grabs Sofia and they sprint for the east wall. JACK Over the wall. I'll boost you. He cups his hands. Sofia steps up and scrambles over. Jack follows, bullets pocking the concrete around him. EXT. STREET - MEXICO CITY - NIGHT They drop onto a narrow street. A black SUV screeches around the corner — RAMOS (30s, driver, cool under fire) behind the wheel. RAMOS Get in! They dive into the back. Ramos floors it. INT. SUV - MOVING - NIGHT Jack reloads. Sofia catches her breath. SOFIA Who sent you? JACK People who want you alive. SOFIA That narrows it down to almost nobody. Rear window SHATTERS — pursuit vehicle behind them. RAMOS Hang on! Ramos cuts hard left through a market street. Stalls explode as the SUV plows through. The pursuit vehicle follows. Jack leans out the window and fires at the pursuit vehicle's tires. Third shot connects — the vehicle swerves and crashes into a storefront. EXT. HIGHWAY - NIGHT The SUV merges onto a highway. City lights fall behind them. Silence in the car. Ramos checks the mirror — no pursuit. RAMOS Airstrip is forty minutes out. Jack nods. He looks at Sofia. JACK You're going to have to tell them everything. The lab, the formula, all of it. SOFIA I know. JACK They won't be happy about what you found. SOFIA That's why they tried to kill me. EXT. DESERT AIRSTRIP - NIGHT A small prop plane waits on a dirt runway, engines running. The SUV skids to a stop beside it. Jack, Sofia, and Ramos exit. PILOT waves them toward the plane. JACK (to Ramos) Burn the car. RAMOS Already planned on it. Jack and Sofia board the plane. INT. PROP PLANE - NIGHT They settle into seats. The plane taxis and lifts off. Through the window, they watch the SUV ignite below — Ramos standing clear, lighter in hand. SOFIA Where are we going? JACK Somewhere they can't reach you. SOFIA Does that place exist? Jack doesn't answer. The plane climbs into darkness. EXT. COMPOUND - NIGHT The compound is in chaos. Guards shout, lights sweep the surrounding blocks. COLONEL VEGA (50s, cold, scarred) stands in the holding room, staring at the empty chair and cut handcuffs. An AIDE approaches. AIDE They escaped east. Vehicle lost them on the highway. VEGA Find the pilot's name. Find the airstrip. Find the plane. He picks up the cut handcuffs. VEGA And find whoever sent the soldier. FADE OUT.