SE7EN (1995)
(William is driving the police car, David is sitting next to him leaning on the seat
and facing John who is sitting in the back seat.)
David :
Do insane people like you realize that they are insane. When you were feeding
that fat man till his death, while sitting there in that room full of shit and
vomit, did the thought come to your mind. Like, how the fuck did it turn out
like this.
John :
When you see a man too fat to stand on his feet, a man who spends his life
lying in court and defending rapists and murderers for his benefit or a
woman who is so ugly on the inside that she will chose death over a life
where she is not beautiful on the outside or even when you see a
disease spreading whore and choose to ignore and walk away without
doing anything, do you realize how insane you are or you just brand
these people insane and move forward with your life without a care. It is
very convenient for you to call me insane.
David :
Neither you nor I am special enough to teach others what they should or
should not do.
John :
I am not special, but my work is. My work will teach them.
David :
This is almost funny, because nobody will remember you or your work in about
a month.
John :
You are saying this because you haven’t seen it yet.
William :
I can’t help wondering, how does a person turn out like you. How messed up a
past one has to have.
John :
My past is irrelevant. But Detective William, do you regret your past when you
go to sleep alone at night. Do you feel jealousy when you see David and Tracy
together …
David :
What the fuck did you just say?
John :
It’s a shame how cheap people from your department are.
William :
I decided to not be surprised at all by anything while coming here. But seeing
the way you are mocking me, I will be very surprised if you said that you don’t
sleep alone.
John :
I do not envy while sleeping alone. I accepted a long time ago that these are
the sacrifices that the divine path demands.
William :
I am sure that you believe this. But I also think that you are not stupid enough
to miss out the glaring contradiction.
John :
What contradiction?
William :
If you were walking the divine path and you had to kill those people and make
them suffer out of necessity, then you should not have enjoyed it, because you
did enjoy torturing them, didn’t you?
John :
Since when is it wrong to take pleasure is one’s work. You will see soon
enough, that I do not deny the wrath that I feel when I see such degenerate
people, my blood boils every moment I spend in this society. It does not mean
that my work becomes any less divine because of this.
David :
You are not some messiah, you are just a lunatic filled with illusions of
grandeur.
John :
David, you should thank me, you will be remembered because of my work.
Now your life has some meaning because of my work.
(John first looks out of the window then looks at William.)
John :
Now turn right, we are almost there.
David :
I don’t think we are just going to pick up two more dead bodies, are we John?
There is no surprise in that. You should have prepared something to feed the
papers.
John :
My work will not just feed papers. It will inspire generations. People will
wonder about it, they will be puzzled by it. Books will be written about it, but
no one will be able to completely …..
David :
Shut the fuck up. Just shut up.
John :
Do you see the tall building over there. That’s where we are headed.
(The car stops in front of a very disfigured tall building, the building looked like
a den for drug addicts, it was located in a very remote part of the city.)
Officer in the helicopter :
The car just stopped in front of a building. All three of them are getting out. I
think they are about to enter the building.
Command centre :
Tell them to stop. We don’t know what the fucker has prepared inside the
building.
Officer in the helicopter :
We are not able to contact them. It seems like signal jammers are placed inside
the building. Should we close in on them?
Command centre :
No. Stay where you are and keep an eye on all the exits. Our team is on the
way. We are going to get the building surrounded and enter.
(Everyone got out of the car. John moved inside the building and David and
William followed him while David was pointing his gun at John’s head. John
stopped in front of the elevator and stretched out his hand to press the
button.)
David :
Stop. Don’t touch anything.
John :
We need to go to the third floor.
(David opened the elevator door, they all got inside, William pressed the
button for the third floor. The door opened when they reached the third floor.
David moved forward and stopped in front of a door. This door seemed much
better than any of the doors in the building.)
John :
We have reached our destination.
(David enters the room first, holding his gun tightly. Very thick metal bars
stretched from ceiling to floor vertically, separating the room into two equal
halves. There is a strong metal door at the centre of the separation, with a
combination lock closing it securely. Tracy is laying there unconscious on the
other side of the metal bars. An engine of some car is hanging right over her
head by a metal chain which is connected to a stop clock through a pully. The
clock is reading 4 minutes and 27 seconds. Both David and William are shocked
at this sight. David runs towards Tracy and starts shaking the metal bars.)
David :
Tracy, wake up ….. (screaming)
John :
It was supposed to be 5 minutes. We are a little late.
(David pulled his gun furiously to John’s face and cocks it.)
David :
What the fuck is this supposed to mean? (fiercely)
William :
I am not able to contact the command centre.
(William moves toward the lock and holds it in his hand. He aims his gun
towards the lock and shoots.)
John :
Neither you can break the lock, nor you can expect any help to arrive in such a
small amount of time. Only I know the combination to the lock and I have no
intention of killing such a lovely lady for no reason.
(David grabs john by his throat and presses his gun on john’s head.)
David :
Tell me the combination right now motherfucker, or I will …..
John :
I am not sure you have so much time to waste.
David :
What the fuck do you want.
John :
Kill the envious old man and I will tell you the combination.
David :
Motherfucker, what did you say. Are you fucking kidding me.
(David looks at William.)
William :
We don’t have much time, just do it.
David :
There has to be some other way. Just think.
William :
Tracy is pregnant.
David :
What?
William :
I am a retired old man, I have no reason to live. This is probably for the best.
John :
He needs to die for the same thing he envied so much.
David :
This is exactly what he wants. I cannot do this.
(William aims his gun towards his head and shoots himself.)
John :
1-2-7
(David stood still for a few seconds without moving. Then he ran towards the
lock and entered the combination. The door opened, he ran inside, grabbed
Tracy by her leg and pulled. At the same instance the time on the stop clock
ran out and the car engine fell. It just missed Tracy’s head. David pulled her
even closer and hugged her. He looked towards John who was smiling. He
aimed his gun towards John and shot him in the face. He stood up and shot
him two more times.)