25 to Life

Synopsis: An urban drama about a parolee trying to be a better father to his daughter as he struggles for perceptive in his life.
Genre: Crime, Drama
Director(s): Frank Nunez
Production: Laguna Productions
 
IMDB:
4.4
Year:
2008
90 min
35 Views


25 TO LIFE (2009)

Motherf***er!

How does that p*ssy taste huh?

Motherf***er! You liked, right?

How does it taste like ?

It tastes good?

you like white p*ssy?

But I did not do anything!

I have not done anything!

Shut up, motherf***er!

- Let me ...

- Shut up!

Get away from me, b*tch!

You are f***ing stupid!

You are an idiot!

I'm the man of the house!

Who the the f*** is he?

Shut the f*** up!

Who is he?

Did I get you out of there,

huh motherf***er?

I told you u can get out of here?

Listen to me!

Look, please!

He's the plumber!

I guess you could say I make bad decisions

when I get emotional

everything become a blur

My words my actions

oblivious to the pain

around me, blinded by my own rage

dictated by my own faith

Sorry bro, just passing the street.

I am not your f***ing bro

Tony! we're going to be late

for my moms

- did you see a cross here?

- No, no cross .

- don't you see an intersection, motherf***er?

- No, I don't see.

Listen, you f***ing gangster.

you think this is a game white boy?

Tony, let him go!

let him Go

...you white piece of sh*t!

you woke up Ruby!

You happy?

Let him go. lets go!

man f*** this, see what you f***ing did!

Tony! we're gonna be late for my mom!

There was only a matter of time before my hatred

torned my family apart.

What?

F***ing tired of this sh*t!

Come on, this motherf***er jumped in front of us

It's always everybodies fault.

what about your child?

what about your child, huh?

he jumped in front of us!

what you want me to do?

I want you to stop, and f***ing let him go.

you never let anything go

all right, im tired of hearing this sh*t please!

wait a second, the cops are here.

cops, prison, What can I say...

give u time to reflect on two things.

your Angry at everyone

you feel did you wrong

and the things that matter the most

im tired of being angry

and the only trully innocent person

in this f***ed up mess is my daughter

my only hope is that she

can forgive me when I get out

i love u babe

you know I Normally don't

do pro-bono cases

But Jenny can be quite persuasive

I'll go back, sometimes question her case.

So, you want to see your daughter again?

Yes I do.

I filed all the paperwork for you and i've got

you setup with a visitation date.

it's not much, but it's the best we could do.

It is also my job to inform you that one more

screw up

one more offence

there's nothing I can do for you.

You'll be facing 25 to life

it's time to go home, Tony.

but you failed, Ernie!

No, You failed!

You understand that! failed, not once

not twice, but three times

No! Ernie,

If you run...

I will find you!

I'm out of favours.

Kind of like baseball...

Three strikes and you're out!

And you walk back to the dugout.

With a bunch of men, you'll be showering,

but for a long time.

You did two and a half out of three years,

that's pretty good.

You gotta place to stay, money?

i don't half around here, boy.

So when I ask you a question, I expect you

to give me a verbal "yes" or "no".

is that understood?

Yeah.

So, what's the most important thing in your life?

My daughter.

- You sure about that?

- yeah, I am sure.

All right.

my name is officer Jesse Southern.

I need to be your enemy or your friend.

I suggest you choose the latter.

So no homies, no drugs...

Your veteran will talk about getting you

a job on monday.

See Nancy Caladay.

another routine.

Hey... Antonio!

Dont follow his footsteps.

i know your father

Youdon't know my father.

- 25...

- to life.

Don't make me repeat myself.

Take it, get yourself a newspaper,

and get yourself a job!

hey, baby.

You remember me?

I missed you.

Ruby? who is it?

Who is at the...?

Go back inside.

When did you get out?

About a week ago.

I am taking care of some business.

So what's up?

Can I speak to my daughter?

I already wrote you several letters,

about what I want you to do.

Yeah...

About those letters, the answer is no.

Dont!

Dont put your hands on my door!

This is my goddamn door!

you step back or i'll call the cops

Let's start over.

I am sorry

You are sorry.

One sorry son of a b*tch!

two years hasnt changed sh*t.

She's really big now.

How is she doing in school?

She's the smartest one in her class.

Smart, just like her dad.

You ever think about us?

You need to move out.

Everything all right?

when they let you out?

Sup b*tch?

long time no see, huh!

No,no not here!

No!

Don't bring this sh*t to my house !

if you can't respect him, go away.

25 to life without white boy laying a finger

on my little girl.

It's exactly what i'll be serving

that's my ruby

Her life still has a shot

And i'm gonna do everything I can

so she can gets that shot

people say you cant runaway from your past.

but your past will always come back to hunt you

I just hope I can prove them wrong

when did you get out, homie?

Last week.

were you staying at Carls?

i'm staying at my ladies, Jenny.

Right.

You know when you were locked up,

mom's pad got raided again.

She went down with him , homie.

they're both locked up.

Give me a holler for a minute, homie.

Streets is high right now,

Youngsters fighting over some petty sh*t.

They got some white boys, they owe me

some major gibbs.

You're down helping me collect?

I just got out.

I aint trying to f*** up my parole.

Sh*t never stopped you before homie.

allright, then.

do me a favour.

Take care of this for me.

couple of days.

i did you a favour, you remember homie?

I did you a big favour.

you put on your daughter that you'd

return that favour.

I'm not trying to get into anything like that.

The only person that I owe anything to,

is my daughter.

And I owe her not get locked up again.

the way I see it...

You put it on your daughter, so i'm

gonna get what you wanted.

Did you miss me?

of course I missed you, Tony!

so how did your job interview go?

it went.

yeah.

so how did ruby react to you?

- she's still tripping.

- Yeah.

did that lawyer I got you help?

I mean I know sometimes he doesnt file sh*t

on time and he doesnt return calls but...

Tony cheer up!

Everything is gonna work out, you'll see.

yeah, we'll see.

so...

where do you keep the tequila nowadays?

yeah, I know.

yeah.

Can I get some water?

Yes, you can.

There's so much things that I didnt

have the chance to tell you yet.

So did you hear that your moms house got

raided again?

yeah, I heard.

I saw her a couple of months back,

she said she's going to see you.

She also said that she was cleaning up.

But I doubt that, she look like sh*t.

So how is work?

It's okay.

You take care of that cashier

and made manager yet?

No, not yet.

Not yeah, huh?

I wanted you to ask Roberto,

if he needs some help.

I got to get a job soon.

Yeah.

Hey, Isaiah turned 10 right

before you got out.

He really want to see you.

Really?

I wanna see him too.

My dad died while you were gone.

Are you allright?

yeah, for what that f***er

did to me and my sisters,

I could care less if he rots in hell.

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