12 Rounds Page #4

Synopsis: Uniformed New Orleans PD officer Danny Fisher earns his promotion to detective to his near-rather lucky, albeit brave, arrest of ruthless terrorist arms-dealer Miles Jackson, whose girlfriend Erica Kessen got accidentally killed during the dirty FBI-operation. Exactly a year later, Miles has escaped and blows up Danny's house as foretaste of a Herculean race to accomplish twelve near-impossible tasks against the clock, otherwise his kidnapped wife Molly will be killed. Yet at the end, another master-plan is suspected.
Director(s): Renny Harlin
Production: 20th Century Fox
 
IMDB:
5.6
Metacritic:
38
Rotten Tomatoes:
30%
PG-13
Year:
2009
108 min
$12,200,000
Website
393 Views


do you know about this stuff, Danny?

Eighth-grade geography, brother. Let's go.

[Hank]

Okay, read 'em back to me.

No, no, no, no. Twenty-nine degrees,

Yeah. Got it.

That's my brother's firehouse.

- [Cell Phone Ringing]

- Ooh-hoo-hoo!

[Man]

All right. Who's up?

Hey, bro. We're doing an all-day Ping-Pong

tourney. Why don't you come on down?

- You at the station?

- Why are you shouting?

Get everybody out. There may be a bomb

in the house. I'll be there in two minutes.

[Man]

Movin' out now.

I need the computers patched.

I need a full phone bank.

Yeah, they're clear upstairs.

- Everybody out?

- Yeah.

Danny, you really think this guy

put a bomb in the firehouse?

This guy blew up my house. He took Molly.

I have no idea what he's gonna do next.

Fifteen seconds.

He said he was gonna call a

particular cell phone here.

Everybody, cell phones out.

Five, four, three, two, one.

[Cell Phone Ringing, Faint]

You hear that?

It's right there. It's right there.

[Rings]

- [Rings]

- [Woman] Can I help you?

Hey, Jansen.

Give me a second.

- Hello?

- [Miles] Look at that, Danny. Right on time.

You've just earned yourself

extra minutes on the next task.

- [Fire Call Signal Rings, Blares]

- Go. I'm on three.

And speak of the devil,

there's the bell for Round 4.

There's a fire

in the Orleans Savings and Loan.

In the memory chip

of the phone you're holding...

are the numbers of two security deposit boxes

located on the 10th floor.

To win, simply grab those boxes...

by 5:
55 exactly...

or there's gonna be an early knockout.

You gotta be shittin' me.

Uh, not enough time.

I'm just gonna come in.

Yeah. I'll be right there.

Hey, hey. Tel-com is up on your phone.

They just think they found the van

that Miles used to take Molly.

I'm gonna go back and set up a war room,

all right? You okay?

Hey, hey.

Hey, hey, hey! Focus.

Molly needs you to focus.

All right?

We gotta do this.

You gotta help me find her.

When have I ever

let you down before? Huh?

You're right.

All right?

Go get this done.

- Detective Fisher?

- Yeah.

Ray Santiago, F.B.I.

This is Inspector George Aiken.

We understand that Miles Jackson's

resurfaced in the area.

- What'd you just say?

- Miles Jackson.

- We heard he tried to contact you-

- Yeah, yeah, yeah.

The guy breaks out of prison,

F.B.I. knows about it, and nobody tells me?

- We understand that you're upset, Danny-

- It was none of your business.

You can keep on crying about

what you did and didn't know...

or you can tell us everything that happened

this morning since you woke up.

That is, if you want your girl back.

- Engine two, let's move out.

- Danny, you catching a ride?

We're your best chance, Danny.

Tell us what we wanna know,

we'll tell you what you wanna know.

- [Siren Wailing, Horn Blowing]

- You better talk as fast as they drive.

[Chattering, Exclaiming]

There was a prison break

in Florida two weeks ago.

Miles and the inmates took the guards,

killed the warden...

and demanded 30 cars

to drive out of the prison.

- And you gave them to them?

- Wasn't exactly our choice, Danny.

The bureau gave them cars

with kill switches and remote door locks.

The inmates get three blocks away from the yard,

National Guard comes in...

puts everyone back in their cells.

- Everyone except Miles.

- Would you please just shut up?

You're killing me with the whining.

You have no idea

what you're up against, do you?

I know you "arrested" him,

but you still don't know.

The fact Miles Jackson

has your girlfriend-

mmm, that interests me very little.

The fact that he's done something

that he never does...

the fact that he's

shown himself in the city-

that interests me quite a bit more.

You wanna catch Miles?

That's fine.

I wanna keep Molly alive,

and I know what I gotta do.

Just stay the hell out of my way.

I guess he didn't hear me

about the whining.

Sir, this is exactly what Miles wants.

We should stop Danny

before somebody gets hurt.

Danny? What, are you best friends now?

If Danny keeps playing the game,

Miles is distracted.

Miles is distracted,

he might make a mistake-

and I'll bury him.

Come on!

- Dave.

- Danny.

- How much time?

- Six minutes.

[Man]

Let's go! Let's head up the south stairwell.

Smoke on 10, guys.

Come on. Let's go! Let's go!

Let's go.

Let's get a line up there.

Let's go!

Keep moving! Keep moving.

The guys are going up the stairwell now!

Come on, guys.

Let's move it!

[Chattering]

Listen up!

Listen up.

I need everybody.

All right. Thirty-two minutes ago,

Molly Porter was taken from the Canal Street ferry.

We need every security camera, every

possible witness, every vehicle plate number.

This a**hole calls again,

I wanna know where he is.

I wanna know what he's doing.

I wanna find him before he so much as thinks...

about touching one hair on her head.

This could be your girlfriend,

could be your wife.

Could be any one of us.

All right.

This a**hole cannot win.

[Firefighters Chattering, Shouting]

- [Man] We got some spare air bottles?

- [Coughing]

All right.

Clear that backroom!

- Dave!

- Yeah.

Watch yourself.

[Grunting]

[Coughing]

How much time?

Two minutes.

Hold this.

It's 590. 591.

Right there.

[Grunting]

[Beeping]

Danny.

- [Exhales]

- [Cell Phone Ringing]

[Miles]

Surprise!

Sometimes victory is not

all it's cracked up to be.

Eh, Danny? Round 5!

Two pounds of explosives

packed inside one of these boxes.

You now have less than seven minutes

to cross the 23 city blocks...

between here

and the Nicholls Street Wharf.

Arrive at the wharfany later,

the bomb goes off.

The other box contains

the clue to the next round.

See, in your time constraints,

you might wanna use the fire truck for this one.

Oh, yeah. And don't forget

to wear the hat and use the siren.

Seven minutes?

We won't even be out of the building

in seven minutes.

That's if we take the stairs.

Danny!

[Man]

Ten is clear! Repeat, no fire!

Just a bunch of smoke bombs!

What are you doing?

Get them all out of the building!

You got gloves?

Give them here.

When you get out of here, you get to Atlanta,

you find Mom and you stay with her.

Make sure she's safe.

I don't want this guy havin' another chance.

- Anchor this down.

- Danny-

Anchor it down!

Danny, you can't do this!

[Man Shouting, Indistinct]

[Exclaiming, Shouting]

Oh, shoot!

Do you see that man?

[Man]

Folks, I'm gonna ask you to back up, please.

[Grunting]

[Gasping]

[Man]

You got triage ready to go?

- Danny!

- [Groans]

Everybody accounted for?

Have 'em all respond on tac channel two.

They're moving out now!

Hey, what are you doing?

Look out!

- [Engine Revs]

- You, out of the truck now!

- Hey, what are you doin'?

- [Horn Blows]

[Siren Wailing]

[Horn Blowing]

[Danny On Phone]

Did you get the trace?

No, he's using an encrypted signal.

We can't even pull a number to start a trace.

- [Siren Wailing]

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