A Dark Truth Page #6

Synopsis: A former CIA operative turned political talk show host is hired by a disaffected corporate shareholder to expose her company's cover-up of an incident and deaths in an Ecuadorian village.
Genre: Action, Thriller
Director(s): Damian Lee
Production: Magnolia Pictures
  1 win.
 
IMDB:
5.6
Metacritic:
31
Rotten Tomatoes:
8%
R
Year:
2012
106 min
$5,750
Website
140 Views


four people coming in.

I'm gonna text you

the names.

Confirm you received them,

forward and delete.

You got that?

And... and...

Hello?!

Jack?

Yes? - Well, looks like

you're gonna get your money's worth.

When that plane lands,

We've got

to prevent Begosian

From bringing

Francis anywhere

Where he could cause

any more damage.

Because, Bruce,

if we don't, we are finished.

We've gone too far, Doug.

Too far.

Bruce, listen to me.

Francisco Francis

has many enemies.

Violent people who will

stop at nothing

To eliminate him.

They hired

an assassin... tor.

The assassin will kill

jack Begosian

And Francisco Francis.

Our security will kill

the assassin

Because they're there

protecting Morgan.

And Morgan will still

be a liability.

Am I your enemy now, Bruce?

No, but...

What you're doing will

bring down Clearbec, Morgan.

Maybe Clearbec deserves

to be brought down.

You're forgetting all the

good that we have done.

You're forgetting those

thousands of towns and villages

That we provided water for that

otherwise wouldn't have had it.

You're forgetting about all the

lives of the children that we saved.

No, I'm not. But I'm not

forgetting about Ecuador either.

I'm sorry that

that happened. I am.

But you're forgetting

to look at the big picture.

We have to move on.

We have to move forward.

- There's just too much at stake.

- Too much what?

When is it enough, Bruce?

I can't believe you of

all people would say that.

Do you remember

what daddy used to say?

It's never too late

to do the right thing.

Bruce.

Goldman brothers on two.

Robert.

I thought you'd

like to know you're funded.

You have

the $2 billion

For your

south African friends.

Thank you.

Yes?

Hello?

Are you there?

We're funded.

What do you want me

to do, Bruce?

What about your sister?

What do you want me

to do about Morgan, Bruce?

Okay.

We'll pinch them just past

The clock tower

outside the airport.

Tor, you'll take

the kill shots from the roof.

Okay. We gotta

get out of here.

- How was your flight?

- Pretty good, thank you.

- Good. You owe me one, jack.

- Yes sir.

Our subjects are Begosian...

Okay, come on.

We gotta go.

...Francis

and Morgan Swinton.

They're on their way.

Got it. We're green.

Everyone, we're green.

Go to the roof.

When tor takes them out,

I need you to kill him.

Plant this cellphone

on him.

There's 43 calls

to Aguilar.

That should be

a good enough connection.

- Yeah.

- Go.

Is this your service,

jack? Is this your mission?

I guess you can call it that.

Tor... jack Begosian,

Take the shot.

Tor, take the shot.

Tor, take the shot.

What the hell's goin' on?

Take the shot.

Tor, take the shot.

Ecuador, Ecuador, Ecuador!

Everybody down!

Everybody down!

Mama!

Oh!

Tor has turned!

Tor has turned!

Ben, take him out!

Francisco, no!

Stay down, stay down!

Get your family out!

No! Francisco!

No!

Jesus Christ.

Calder,

you son of a b*tch!

We gotta go, move!

Everybody out!

- Let's go, let's go!

- Papa!

Let's go! Let's go!

Mia!

- Let's go! Go go go!

Mia!

In the car! Let's go!

Quick, get in!

Get in!

Get in, quick!

I got it!

Let's go!

These are the pledge- Holder agreements.

- I'll get Raymond to notarize

Get out.

And Goldman wants

to be included...

- Get out!

... Toronto's front street.

Amateur footage that

we have received shows...

... Dressed in suits and armed

With automatic weapons

began a gun battle

After a near-Collision

between two vehicles...

- Yes?

Bruce.

This is salvageable.

Francis is the only one whose testimony

Can possibly hurt us

in court.

He's in the hospital.

I will personally

pay him a visit.

This is

not acceptable, Doug!

Bruce, I will protect

our company,

Our employees,

our shareholders and you.

I will fix this.

...Do not have any leads on

the cause of today's shooting...

A local hospital reports

Francisco Francis,

An eco-Terrorist whose...

As the majority shareholder

in Clearbec,

I promise a full investigation

into what happened in Ecuador.

- Thank you. Thank you, all.

Thank you.

Go. I'll talk

to you later.

Black, no sugar.

- You listened well.

- Thank you.

Why'd you do it?

It's hard to find good radio

talk show hosts these days.

The wind...

It blew

in your favor, jack.

You know,

it's not over...

While Calders still

walking around out there.

You call it.

Head or tails?

Enjets.

Yeah, this is

account number 3714826.

Yes sir.

How can we help you?

I need a g5, please.

Departing when, sir?

I should be ready

for wheels up in about

Three hours.

Yes sir.

Destination?

I'll call back.

What the hell?

A golf bag? Really?

You think

we can't handle this, jack?

There are a thousand ways

to spin this.

Francis is a terrorist.

You're lunatic fringe, jack.

You know that?

You hear me?

You made sh*t like this

disappear a hundred times.

What, you think we can't?

Well, we can.

We can, jack!

Let me tell you

how this is gonna work.

Before your skin

starts to blister,

You're gonna

smell something.

You're gonna smell

your hair

And your eyebrows

as they begin to burn.

Then your eyes,

they're gonna ooze.

They're gonna run

like broken egg yolks.

I know what you did.

I saw what you did.

You're not...

you...

You are not better

than me, jack!

We are exactly alike!

Take a look

at yourself, jack!

We are exactly alike!

I know who you are!

Excuse me,

sir. Did you say "golf bag"?

In a golf bag

Outside the house.

His name is Doug Calder.

He's the man responsible for the

shoot-Out today on front street.

This is jack Begosian,

And for those of you just

tuning in, you are listening

To the new daytime version

of "the truth."

Today I have

with me, the...

The great honor to have

Francisco Francis,

The founder

of la vida campesina movement,

Who brought to light the atrocities

committed by Clearbec in Ecuador.

Francisco,

the floor is yours.

Thank you

for having me, jack.

The reason that

the Clearbec incident

Is so horrible

is that it exposes

The lengths to which

corporate interests will go

In order

to protect themselves.

Absolutely.

We'd like

to hear your thoughts.

Next caller, please.

Hello, this is jack Begosian.

- You're on the air.

- Hi, jack. This is Jeff.

- Hello, Jeff.

- What's gonna happen to Clearbec now?

Well, Morgan Swinton is

The major shareholder

in Clearbec,

And she has promised

To pave a new moral path

for the company.

Her brother, Bruce Swinton,

has been indicted

For conspiracy

to commit murder.

The guy's already

out on bail.

He's got all the money

in the world.

You know how

the system works, jack.

No client's guilty

until they run out of money.

Well said. Thanks for the call.

You know, jack, I think that the

important thing to realize here

Is that the water deal in

south Africa has been stopped,

Just as it was stopped

in Paraguay,

Just as it should

be stopped everywhere.

We are talking

about a natural resource,

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Damian Lee

Damian Lee is a Canadian film director, writer, and producer responsible as well as notable for such films as Abraxas, Guardian of the Universe, No Exit and Ski School. He started his own production company, Rose & Ruby Productions, in the 1980s. more…

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