A Man Apart Page #4

Synopsis: Sean Vetter and Demetrius Hicks are members of the DEA who are fighting an ongoing drug war on the California/Mexico border, they are most successful at it because of their edge of growing up on the street and being thugs converted to cops. The DEA busts one of the major players by the name of "Memo" Lucero and imprison him in the United States but then a major player named Diablo then takes over the business and now he is now the major player targeted by Vetter and his team. But when Vetter's wife is killed in a botched hit organized by Diablo, he seeks revenge against those responsible and in the process has to seek help from the imprisoned Lucero in order to catch Diablo. But in the process, Vetter and Hicks have to fight their way up the chain to get to Diablo but it's easier said than done when all Vetter can focus on is revenge...
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Director(s): F. Gary Gray
Production: New Line Cinema
  1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
6.1
Metacritic:
36
Rotten Tomatoes:
11%
R
Year:
2003
109 min
$26,183,197
Website
800 Views


Eighteen? You gotta be

kidding me, man.

- What?

- You're wasting my time.

All right, all right. Wait up.

- Sixteen.

- Sixteen?

I can't believe I just said that.

- Who pays them prices, cops?

- You got some nuts on you.

You want to do business

with me or not?

Aw, f***, man,

you're killing me here.

All right, look, we can do fifteen.

You know how f***in' tight

it's been around here.

Anything less than fifteen,

I'm cuttin' my own throat!

We could do fifteen.

All right. Jesus!

Hey, guys.

Want a dance, honey?

No, thanks.

Joe, buy him a dance.

We need to loosen him up.

He's so... serious.

Get the f*** off my lap.

F*** you!

You should have

more respect for yourself.

What's your deal, bro?

You a f*ggot?

What did you just say to me?

You call me a f***in' f*ggot?

What the f*** you standing up for?

We got a problem here?

The f*** you looking at?

There's not a problem.

Come on, sit down.

You kill me, man.

I'm hoping

you're a good businessman,

'cause if you are, there's

a whole lot more business for you.

There's nobody else

out there right now.

But don't ever talk to me

like that again.

Don't ever try to disrespect me.

I don't care who is around.

Where I'm from, you talk like that,

you get punched in the face.

It's just business.

Now, look, here's the deal...

you get a car, something clean,

meet me 2:
00 Friday

at Utro's by the harbor,

right there near berth 73.

My people will be there.

You switch keys with them...

- Who loves you?

- You.

The man that runs this organization

calls himself Diablo.

This man is Jack Slayton.

Everything we have leads to him.

What the f*** are you reading?

Does that have anything to do

with what we were talking about?

If you don't want

to be here, get out!

Get on with it.

The second move...

The second big move is to flood

the whole entire West Coast

with more coke

than we've ever seen before

in a straight-up hostile takeover.

If that happens, we're

right back where we started.

We shouldn't have

gone to Mexico.

We can do this.

We can shut them down

before they become

the next dominant cartel.

It's very important to me.

They're ruthless.

Come into your f***in' home.

This is Mobile One.

Approaching

entry point unsecured.

How's it going?

Good.

Where's your clowns?

They wanted to

meet up with you later, man.

You all set?

Yeah, I like these rims.

Yeah, thanks, man. Pull in.

I got the all right.

Everybody in place?

We got Mobile Two

on the waterfront. That's covered.

Exit road is secure.

This is C.R. Team,

behind Utro's. Got it covered.

There's your boy.

How you doin'?

Just making sure

you're not wired, that's all.

What are you doing?

I'm not wired, man!

That's what every cop says.

Hey...

Where do I know you from?

You don't know me.

You want to do business or not?

- Is that all of it?

- All there, to the penny.

You're lucky, you know.

Yeah, I'm lucky

to be back in business.

We're taking over the corridor.

You know that, don't you?

Anybody who fucks with Diablo...

Come on. F***.

Remember that cop

who took down the big man?

We took care of

his stupid b*tch wife.

So you took care of

his stupid b*tch wife?

Any b*tch who marries a cop

has got to be stupid.

The keys are in the car.

Take care.

You killed my wife,

you motherf***er?

Damn!

Red is on waterfront.

Get in here!

You mother!

Hold on.

We've got

an L.A. Sheriff's unit coming in.

Think we ought to move in?

- Stay in place.

- This one ours?

That's not our guy.

I repeat, that is not our guy.

Negative!

It's not one of ours!

Move in!

F***!

Code 13!

We've got an officer down!

F***in' son of a b*tch!

F***!

F***in' monkey cocksucker!

F*** you!

Motherf***er!

Oh, sh*t!

Boss, you wanted to see me?

Yeah, Sean, come in.

Sit down.

Sean, you're done.

- Boss, it was a setup.

- It was a disaster.

You lost it

in the middle of an operation,

and now

three officers are dead.

Boss, I'm sorry.

I know I f***ed up,

but you can't take away my...

This is all I have left.

I'm sorry, too, Sean.

I'm sorry about...

I'm very sorry about Stacy...

She was like a daughter to me.

What you need is

some time to grieve.

You're going to take six months.

We'll do a psych evaluation

at the end of that time,

and then we'll see

where we're at.

I remember

when you gave me this.

How proud it made me.

You said I was part of the family.

I grieve every day.

You know what it's like not being

able to go into your own home?

I don't know

what the hell I'm doing.

This takes time.

Yo, Sean.

Yo, man,

what the hell was that?

They said it was a setup.

What do you think?

I let my emotions take over.

I lost it out there.

I can't help this anymore.

They took my badge.

You're beating against

a billion-dollar business.

You alone are trying

to bring down a monster.

As a cop, that's impossible.

You must become a monster.

She must have been

a good woman.

She was a wonderful woman.

And a wonderful wife.

Met her when I was 15.

I don't know what

would have happened to me

if she hadn't come into my life.

She was all I ever had.

What's the one thing a man

like me won't touch in this business?

The end product, the end result.

The money.

I know where the money

is being safe-housed.

You'll have to follow it to Mexico.

But in Mexico, you'll be alone.

But you must give me your word

you'll get me out of here.

I'm not safe here.

I need a transfer.

Tell me where it is.

- You haven't painted this place yet?

- You sound like Candice.

I'm gonna come by this weekend

with a couple of cans of paint.

What's going on, man?

I just staked out the place.

I need four guys.

Staked out what place?

I found out where the money is.

Sean, you should let

the department handle this.

I'm gonna be back for you

in a little while.

You should really

let Frost handle this.

Have you

seen Rachel anywhere?

I haven't seen her.

She's probably in the house.

All right.

She doesn't want me here?

Things ain't been

so cool around here.

You know when we came

to visit you in the hospital?

That freaked Rachel out.

She asked me

when was daddy next

to be laid up there in the hospital,

tubes all in my face

and my chest.

I'm sorry

about the family thing.

Big Sexy's in.

Sexy?

You went and got Se...

No. Let me

tell you something, man.

We ain't no gangbangers no more.

I know we're not gangbangers.

Then what's with Sexy?

I'm using

whatever resources I have.

Let me tell you something...

I just came here to get you.

I'm gonna be back later.

We'll work this out.

Don't bother to come and get me.

I'm not rollin'.

That's right. You f***in' up.

You out of control, man.

How am I f***in' up?

Everything you do is messy,

and I got to clean up

after your sloppy ass.

But that's not my fault

if somebody gets out of line.

I'm not f***in' with you.

How could you turn your back on me,

as long as we been rolling together?

You f***in' up, and I'm

not about to risk my family!

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