RESIDENT EVIL: AFTERLIFE
by
Paul W.S. Anderson
Based on Capcom's videogame “Resident Evil”
Current revisions by
Paul W.S. Anderson, 07-12-09
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(310) 247-0300EXT. TOKYO - SHIBUYA STATION DAY.
Rush Hour. The human traffic pouring out of the train
station is a sight to behold. 3 million commuters on a
busy day. And this is a busy day.
TIME LAPSE photography causes a million people to race by
in a matter of seconds.
EXT. SHIBUYA STATION - HACHIKO EXIT DAY.
Busy commuters hurtle by in a TIME LAPSE blur -
conservatively dressed Businessmen, pressed for time,
pushing past glamorous Kogal girls in Burberry scarves
and Louis vuitton handbags, hurrying on northward to the
fashion stores of Harajuku.
Ganguro and Yamanba “bad girls” lounge against the statue
of the faithful dog HACHIKO, smoking cigarettes and
talking trash.
A crush of busy, vibrant humanity.
EXT. SHIBUYA CROSSING DAY.
Massive neon signs tower above the crossing. They
advertize all the major Japanese Corporations - SONY,
TOYOTA, MATSUHISA, UMBRELLA
This is the famous intersection where thousands of
pedestrians cross in a sixty second scramble. ‘heir
movements accelerated by the TIME LAPSE photography.
But suddenly the Time Lapse SLOWS to normal speed and
then to SUPER SLOW MOTION.
We pick out a lone figure in the midst of the crush. A
shapely TEENAGER dressed in the latest J. POP fashione
platform shoes, schoolgirl mini, knee high socks, tight
cropped top.
As she turns however, we see her once beautiful face is
pale and lifeless. Her movements are uncoordinated and
her eyes unfocused.
CLOSE ON THE TEENAGER ~~
As she turns and takes a BITE out of @ passing
BUSINESSMAN .
SHOCKED commuters are splashed with ARTERIAL SPRAY.4
ARTEL SHOT --
As the wounded Businessman falls back, the Teenager
clambers on top of him, ripping into his flesh. THE
CAMERA PULLS BACK as horrified commuters flee and the
panic spreads. Within moments, the whole of Shibuya
Crossing is in chaos.
The Camera continues to drift back 1,000s of feet into
the air as night falls. We see the whole of Tokyo laid
out before us. As the chaos spreads, explosions rip
through the city and fires rage out of control. Then,
block by block, the lights of the city blink out. Tokyo
is dying.
SUPER ~~
RESIDENT EVIL: AFTERLIFE
EXT, SHIBUYA CROSSING - ARIEL SHOT NIGHT.
The same ARIEL SHOT as before, but now things have
changed. The once crowded landmark is deserted.
Decaying bodies litter the crosswalk. Crashed cars are
everywhere. The storefronts are burnt and broken - their
neon lights unlit.
This is a city of the dead.
SUPER --
4 YEARS LATER
EXT, SHIBUYA STATION - HACHIKO EXIT NIGHT.
The familiar statue of Hachiko - the faithful dog
awaiting the return of his master - is unchanged. But
everything else has gone to wrack and ruin. Overturned
cars, smashed storefronts, bullet marks everywhere.
ANGLE ON --
A lone UNDEAD. The sole movement in this dead street.
Behind her crooked Prada sunglasses and peeling skin, she
looks strangely familiar.
We follow her slow aimless progress for a while and then,
without warning, her head EXPLODES.
ANGLE ON ~~