12 Rounds Page #5

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
417 Views


- What's that sound, Danny?

- I'm driving a fire truck.

- Are you sure that's such a good idea right now?

Oh!

[Horn Blows]

Call the bomb squad!

Get them to Nicholls Street Wharf! I gotta go!

Stay with him.

[Horn Honks]

- Hey! Look out!

- [Screaming]

[Chattering, Laughing]

[Siren Wailing, Horn Blowing]

[Screaming]

[Fast Beeping]

No, no, no!

What are you doin'?

Yo, hey! Hey! Chill!

Sorry!

[Horn Honking]

[Tires Screeching]

- [Siren Stops]

- Shut down the timers, Miles. I'm here.

Well done, Danny, but I'm sorry to say,

you seem to be a bit late to the party.

[Bell Dings]

[Beeping]

It was the bell. The bell signals

the start of the next round.

Oh, you're finally starting

to get the hang of this.

I wanna speak to Molly.

How about I do you one better?

How about I show her to you?

As I said, the clue to the next round

is in the box you so deftly hung on to.

You put two and two together...

you might have quite the reunion.

Tell me you didn't kill anybody

with that thing.

I need a saw.

[Man] All right. Let's drain this thing

and get it back to the yard.

It's clear.

- Thought you guys were gonna catch him.

- We switched out your SI M card.

We're tapped into your phone.

We can track you wherever you go.

Miles will call again, Danny. When he does,

keep him on the line for 30 seconds.

- That's all we need.

- Miles's phone's encrypted. You can't trace it.

That's funny.

We're the F.B.I., not Mayberry P.D.

All we need is 30 seconds.

All teams, listen up, listen up!

We have a location.

It's the Hotel Monteleone.

I repeat. It's the Hotel Monteleone.

I need SWAT, and I need K-9,

and I need all of you there. Now!

[Sirens Wailing]

Get the elevators shut down.

Secure the street. K-9 unit inside.

- Get against the wall.

- Down! Everybody down!

Blue team, seal all the exits.

I need snipers on the roof.

Shut down all communication in and out

of the building, and start with the dogs.

Ray, pull the tapes.

I need to know what room this key is for.

- Where's your control room?

- [Man] Right this way.

[Santiago]

Thank you.

It's clean.

- Clear!

- Clear. Fisher!

Fisher.

Come on, come on, come on.

Where are you?

- He was here.

- I got nothing.

- Ray, get the teams ready to act.

- All right.

That's it. That's Miles.

Stop it right there.

- What time was this?

- It was, like, 30 minutes ago.

- He's writing something down.

- [Man] It's a sign.

What's it say?

"We're still here."

All the exits are locked down.

All right. We just found Miles on camera.

Stand by for location.

Yeah, hold on. He's, uh-

He's talking to somebody.

- They're leading him somewhere.

- Who is that?

It's Willie.

- I'm gonna go find Willie.

- Show me everything. I need a location.

So, Miles rented the S.U.V. last week

in Lafayette, left a dummy address.

We're tracking the I.D. on the security deposit

boxes and known accomplices, but so far nothing.

What are we missing? This guy doesn't

plan everything and not leave a trail.

- Let's go over the prison break again.

- All right.

Miles and the boys take the yard.

But Miles is the only one who escapes.

How many of these guys got into cars,

but wound up back in their cells?

Forty-three.

But the F.B.I. already talked to 'em all.

- Get me the warden on the phone.

- You got it.

He gave Miles the access code

to the security elevator.

It goes all the way to the basement.

I'll meet you there.

Hey, sorry if I did

something wrong before.

This guy, he had all the right papers.

Said he was here to service

the air-conditioning.

It's okay. You didn't know.

- This thing still works?

- One of the oldest in the city.

[Motor Whirring]

I led him this far. Said he'd go

the rest of the way on his own.

Wait. Those air-conditioning ducts-

they go straight to the top?

- Yeah. They vent out to the roof.

- Take me there.

[Motor Engages]

[Men Chattering On Radio]

[Radio Chatter Continues]

- Sir, we're clear. There's no sign of Miles.

- So where's Fisher?

[Motor Stops]

- Tell me that's normal.

- Uh-

- No service.

- Well-

- What's this for?

- There's supposed to be a phone there, right?

Yeah, but-

Told ya I'd show her to you, Danny.

[Molly]

"Danny.

"If you're viewing this,

Round 6 has already started.

"I'm sure you've met

your new friend, Willie.

"Sorry, Willie.

Nothing personal-

"just the wrong place at the wrong time.

"At the conclusion of this message-

"you'll have 60 seconds...

"before the elevator

free-falls to the ground.

"With 60 seconds, limited resources...

"and Willie's unfortunate girth...

"there's only time

for one of you to survive.

"Who lives and who dies-

that is your decision.

"For the lucky, the clue to Round 7

is framed in the lobby.

For the other,

at least you'll be a lot thinner."

Danny, he made me read this to you.

Is that for real, man?

- I can't die. I got a wife and kids.

- Where's the security hatch?

- I got a radio.

- There's no time. How do I open this thing?

- You gonna leave me here?

- No. Watch the clock.

- The latch! On top! Look for the latch.

- I got it.

Stay right there.

I'll get you out.

Sh*t, I can't fit through there.

- All right, big man, let's go.

- I can't. It's too far.

You gotta pull. It's your only hope.

Give me your hand.

- Come on. Let's go. Up!

- [Grunting]

- Come on. You can reach.

- It's too far, man.

- Come on. You can make it.

- [Both Grunting]

- [Elevator Creaking]

- [Danny] Pull!

[Screams, Groans]

Willie, come on!

Come on!

You gotta get up, buddy.

Come on.

- How much time?

- Less than 40 seconds!

That means we need to work together.

Come on, buddy.

- Don't let go! Don't let go!

- I got you! I got you!

- [Straining]

- Pull, Danny!

I don't wanna die.

[Grunting]

- Come on!

- [Grunting] Don't let go!

- You're almost there.

- [Elevator Creaking]

[Groaning]

Made it!

I can't believe I made it.

Oh! My back!

I can't move.

Willie, the elevator's gonna fall.

I need your hand.

You gotta get on the ledge.

I need you on the ledge.

I can't! I can't!

My back!

- You can make it!

- I got it!

- [Screaming]

- Willie!

[Groaning]

[Groaning]

[Man On P.A.] All teams, commence

evacuation of three-city-block radius.

- Let's go. Keep moving.

- High-pressure gas leak in hotel.

All teams, reposition to clear

three-city-block radius.

[Man]

Clear the area! Evacuate the mint!

Go! Move!

[Man On Radio]

All battalions, evacuate the area. Staging "B."

- [Radio Chatter Continues]

- [Man] Okay, Captain.

[Coughing]

[Man]

That's affirmative.

[Echoing]

People, back! Back!

[Willie's Voice]

I can't die. I've got a wife and kids.

You did everything you could.

Danny. Miles didn't give you enough time.

- [Cell Phone Ringing]

- [Aiken] Hold it. Hold it. Get me Terry.

Somebody bring me Terry.

Come on. Set it up.

- [Slaps Hood]

- All right.

Thirty seconds.

- Yeah?

- [Miles] Danny, you sound upset.

I did everything you asked, Miles.

[On Cell Phone]

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