This scene occurs just after Brenda discovers MacLeod's photo on Moran's Desk.



CUT TO:

YUNG DOL KIM

Alone in a rising elevator. An oriental with mahogany skin, obsidian eyes, guard's uniform and cap, carrying a huge sword.

He watches the floor numbers, stops at 40. The doors open. He creeps out into:

AN EMPTY, CARPETED HALLWAY

Silence. Gliding past silent offices, he spots:

A FIGURE WITH A SWORD IN AN ALCOVE

Swinging, he slices off the figure's head. It rolls into the light. He stares down at it. It's plastic. He has destroyed a mannequin.

Behind him, CROAKING LAUGHTER. Kim turns. The Kurgan appears with his weapon, amused by his little joke.

KURGAN
Such a brave warrior.
(suddenly ice-cold)
Let's see how you can
handle the real thing.

The Kurgan charges, battering Kim into:

AN OFFICE

filled with rows of computer desks. The Kurgan goads Kim, side-stepping blows which SMASH files and phones. He's like a giant cat playing with a helpless mouse.

KURGAN
You fight like an old
woman, Kim. You're
disgusting.

No longer amused, the Kurgan becomes a one-man wrecking crew. He chases Kim, blitzing the office. The brilliance of his swordsmanship is staggering. unexpectedly:

Kim drops his sword on the carpet. Behind him, through a window, the lights of Manhattan.

KURGAN
What are you doing?
Pick up your sword.

KIM
Tradition, once more?

KURGAN
It is all we have.

KIM
It's no longer enough.
I'm tired, Kurgan. Four
hundred years without
release. Let's be done
with it. I want peace.

KURGAN
I will give you peace.
(raising sword)
There can be only one.

He cuts off Kim's head. A shimmering energy flashes between the corpse and Kurgan.

He starts to glow. Computer-screens EXPLODE. From nowhere, a terrifying wind starts blowing. Pares fly. Water-coolers CRASH to the floor.

The window IMPLODES, sucking Kim's body out into space. It falls 40 floors.