A Man Apart Page #5

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
761 Views


What the f*** would you do?

Ask yourself that.

You talk about the hospital,

the nightmares.

What would you do if she died?

Hi. You've reached

the Vetter residence.

We can't get

to the phone right now.

Sean, knock it off!

We're a little busy,

but we'll call you back.

Thanks.

Yo, Sean, it's "D." Pick up.

Yo, Sean.

Yo, man, trust me,

you gotta think this through

before you make a move.

I'm tellin' you,

think it over, man.

You hear me?

Yo, Sean, what up?

You got all your people here?

Man, we ready.

Yo, you don't have to

go through with this.

This is how we roll.

Stacy was like family.

Plus I got some new sh*t

I want to test out.

I can't let you

roll without me, man.

It's on, dog.

I got some extra vests in the car.

Let's move!

Get the f*** down!

Get the f*** down!

Everybody stay down!

The f***...?

Move!

Move! Move!

Stay down! Stay down!

Move!

You thought I wasn't

gonna find you?

The f***, man?

Get up, f***er!

Stay down!

- Yo, watch these motherfuckers!

- I got these motherfuckers!

When are you

dropping the money?

I don't know.

When are you dropping

the f***in' money?

- Soon as I make the call!

- Get up!

Make the f***in' call.

Use the satellite phone.

God damn!

Hurry up, man!

And don't try that smuggler talk.

I speak it fluently.

New York Pizza.

Yeah, we're having a party.

I'd like to order some pizza.

Cheer the f*** up!

You want it right now?

Party already started.

We've got some really

hungry people here.

That's just excellent.

What would you like on your pie?

Everything.

Is that gonna be cash,

check, or charge?

Cash, check, or charge?

Cash.

What's your location?

Devil's Playground.

That's gonna take a little

longer than 30 minutes.

I'll see you there.

Ladies and gentlemen,

please put your seatbacks

and tray tables

Into their upright position.

We are about to make

our final descent

into the middle

of f***in' nowhere.

Qu pasa, Joe?

Is this f***in' beautiful or what?

I think I'm gonna open a salon

three miles north of here,

'cause people

all around the world, Joe,

they just want to look pretty.

'Cept for you, of course.

Don't move, Joe. I'll get the door.

Man, I don't know

how you stayed alive this long.

Get the f*** in the car!

Get in the car!

All right! Jesus!

Big Sexy, get rid of him

and come back for the truck!

See ya, Joe.

So you're not a hairdresser.

You tellin' me this punk is Diablo?

- Whoa. I'm not Diablo, man.

- Shut up.

No, he's not Diablo,

but he's gonna take us to Diablo.

Yeah, I'm gonna

take you guys to Diablo...

or not.

What are you gonna do, man?

You gonna shoot me?

F*** you!

You're not gonna do sh*t!

Push comes to shove,

you're just a f***in' cop!

What did you say?

Don't bury me! Come on!

Don't want to

tell the truth, do you?

Okay, bad f***!

So you say

you never seen him before?

I've never seen him.

I don't know his name.

- But you ran drugs for him.

- That's the way it works.

He's f***in' lying.

...the way it works!

Assuming this worked,

what was gonna happen next?

Assuming this worked,

what was gonna happen next?

The airstrip...

Stop.

They have a house

south of the border.

I drop the cash, I just walk.

It would have been a done deal.

It's still gonna be.

Sean, money's ready.

When we get there,

you keep that personality thing

going, all right?

You understand me?

Qu pasa, fellas?

Oh, just "turbulencia,"

you know.

Get that for you.

Oh! I didn't tell you?

My girlfriend

lives near the airstrip.

Yeah. And we went to the Red

over there in Barstow...

Some drinks...

Cerveza, nachos,

couple of laughs.

You guys need to relax.

No, you got to...

Damn!

Let's go! Let's go!

Straight ahead.

They stopped.

I thought we

closed this place down, man.

I know a way in.

We separate,

we meet back here.

Shut up!

I'm going left.

Yo, man,

if anything happens to you...

I'm going left.

Nothing's gonna happen.

You're going home.

Diablo.

So this is what

the devil looks like.

Why?

Why'd you take my wife?

You think I am the one.

You should have stayed

out of Mexico,

and perhaps your wife

would still be alive.

Die!

Come on.

Let's go.

It's not over.

Sean, come on! Keep moving!

Stay with me. Come on.

Stay with me.

Sh*t! Come on.

Keep moving!

Come on. Let's go.

From the wreckage,

officials believe

the gunmen attacked

with semiautomatic weapons,

killing two

Bureau of Prisons officers

and injuring several others.

The specifics are being withheld

until the investigation

is complete,

but we believe that

the gunmen were able

to spring cartel leader

Memo Lucero,

who was serving

two life sentences

for a string of murders

and trafficking of narcotics.

The prisoner

was being transferred

to a maximum

security prison outside L.A.

I signed the transfer.

It is not your fault

that Lucero busted out, okay?

Yeah,

but I recommended it.

They say he's

somewhere in Mexico, man.

He's not in Mexico,

Demetrius.

How do you know that?

I'm taking Frost's advice.

I'm taking a little time.

Sean, where you at?

Don't worry. I'm in a good place.

I'm recovering.

Just give me

a call soon, all right?

Okay.

This will only take a second.

I got all the time in the world.

I tracked you for seven years.

You never went

to the same place twice.

Until you came home.

I told you you had no idea

what you were

getting yourself into.

If you'd stayed

out of my business,

your wife would still be alive.

Your arrogance killed her,

not me.

Like your arrogance coming here!

Do you think you can come

into my domain and kill me?

If I wanted you dead,

you would be.

Finish the job.

I know that you're

with me in spirit.

But I still miss you.

You okay?

Who picked the stone?

We all did.

Yeah, she would have

liked that.

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