Awakening the Zodiac Page #2

Synopsis: The story follows a down-on-their-luck couple who discovers a serial killer's film reels. They decide to take the law into their own hands, risking everything for the chance at a $100,000 reward. It isn't long until they find themselves in the killer's lethal cross-hairs.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Director(s): Jonathan Wright
Production: Bunk 11 Pictures
  1 win & 4 nominations.
 
IMDB:
4.8
Rotten Tomatoes:
45%
R
Year:
2017
100 min
56 Views


you'd never store

evidence like this

in your own name, right?

Well...

"San Francisco

police department

re-opens zodiac case."

Which is exactly why

you call the police.

No, no, you're not

looking close enough.

Look where it says,

"reward for evidence

leading to the zodiac killer."

$100,000.

Boo-yah!

Divine intervention.

Come on, baby.

This could be my

ticket to Costa Rica.

You guys are nuts.

Zoe, there are

a million theories

on the Internet

that the zodiac

filmed his kills.

I've seen my fair share of

America's most wanted.

This is not enough evidence

to prove anything.

No, you're absolutely right.

All we have to do

is find out who

they belong to,

and then we have

something worth

100,000 f***ing dollars.

Hey, Mick?

I gotta go, I gotta go do,

um, Ellie's hair.

I'll be in the vehicle.

She'll be fine.

She's been this way

since Freda closed the salon.

Are you sure

we can make some

money off this thing?

I don't know, man,

but I do know that

that's the guy on the film.

Here.

You take it,

you put it in a safe place

because these could

be our meal tickets.

We go 50-50,

you want to do this with me.

Come on, man.

We already know where

the first stop is, right?

Fifty-fifty.

Fiddy-fiddy.

$50,000 each.

I'll let you know.

Okay.

Evening, ray.

Good night, ray.

Baby.

Come on, come to bed.

We can talk

about this tomorrow.

Um, there's

nothing to talk about.

It's a lot of money.

Do you hear yourself, Mick?

Because you are talking, um,

about a serial killer, so...

I know.

Good. So, there's

nothing to talk about.

Baby, I get a vote

in this, too. We are

talking about $100,000.

Mick, I let you convince me

to move to this shitty town.

Oh...

I let you convince me

to sell my mama's jewelry

to pay rent and

pay the bills...

Hey, hey,

what'd you want me to do?

You were out of work.

That's not fair

because I am doing

my part in this, okay?

I did Ellie today,

i have somebody tomorrow...

And that helps, but, baby,

i am not making sh*t

mowing lawns and

throwing out trash.

So, your solution is

hunting a serial killer

for a reward?

It's $100,000.

Good night.

Hey, baby.

You left without

saying goodbye.

I know, you were sleeping

and I didn't want to wake you.

Look, Mick, I don't

want to fight with you.

Neither do I.

I can't believe I'm

about to say this,

but, um... oh, lord Jesus.

If you honestly think

this thing is legit,

then let's do it.

Are you sure

you're up for this?

No, but that's real money,

and we're running

out of options.

This could be the one

we're been waiting for, baby.

I hope so.

All right,

let me check back in

with Harvey then.

Great, love you.

Love you, too.

All right.

This is Tina. Uh-huh.

Tina,

why'd you change the lock

on my locker?

I gotta get in there...

I've heard it

all before, honey.

Just come by

the office tomorrow

and make

a partial payment, okay?

All right.

All right.

Oh, jeez.

All right, harv, we're in.

You mean Zoe said yes?

Oh, shut up,

and let's just get to work.

Shut up, Harvey.

What is that smell?

Yes, this is

perchlorethylene.

It's like a pedicure

for this old film.

It, like, pulls off any sludge

and restores moisture.

Yeah, so,

it won't burn up again.

Huh. Well, aren't you a trick.

You should give me your reel,

so I can clean it up.

Oh, our reel is

doing just fine, harv.

Well, I hope you

have it hid good

'cause it's half

the key to our fortune.

We heard you

the first time, harv.

It's taken care of.

We're gonna talk to

Tina at the u-store-all.

Yep.

And find out who

actually rented this locker.

Oh, good idea.

Now, I wanna see

the rest of that

crap we bought.

All right.

Which one is it?

This one right here.

What the hell?

Where's all the crap?

I sure as hell

hope Tina moved it.

Ugh!

What the hell?

Ugh...

She's always here.

Tina, it's Mick.

Where are you?

I need to get some things.

Call me back asap, huh?

Yeah, I don't get this.

She's always here.

Honey, I'm sure it's fine.

I'm sure she just ran

out to get a bite to eat

or something.

God damn it.

Jeez.

What, are you gonna

go in, guns-a-blazing?

Break in the joint?

I don't know, maybe

just have a look around.

Oh, no, oh.

Oh, my god.

This is a very bad idea.

Get down.

Okay,

this is perfect.

Okay.

Okay, what are we doing?

This is the locker number.

I want you to check

the computer, I'll check

the filing cabinets.

You realize that you seem

oddly comfortable

with all of this.

Honey, we haven't been

out of the trailer in months.

This is the most excitement

I've had in years.

I'll tell what,

if you play your cards right

and don't say anything mean,

you might just

get lucky tonight.

Oh, is that right?

That is right.

Okay, get to work.

Yeah.

I mean,

i wouldn't mind some...

Get to work!

All right. Okay.

Files are labeled

under customer names.

Yeah, mine, too.

What about customers

who haven't paid

their bills or...

Yeah, arrears.

Yeah.

Okay, it's a long list.

It's a woman.

It's under a woman's name.

Okay.

Okay, that's gotta

cut it down.

Um, you ready?

Yeah.

Try "hilly martino."

Hilly martino.

All right, found it.

That is locker number 84.

Oh, that's not it. Okay...

Um, Elsa carlingson.

Elsa... yeah, nope.

Okay, Betty ferguson.

Betty ferguson.

Betty ferguson.

Locker number 45.

We got it.

Shh. Don't get too excited.

Uh...

Says she hasn't

paid in three weeks.

Good lord.

That's how long

before they start

selling your stuff?

That's rough.

They're not f***ing around

at the u-store-all.

You got an address?

Yup, let's go.

Wait, you mean tonight?

Get the hell outta here.

I don't wanna nose around

some serial killer's house

in the middle

of the night, right?

Copy that.

Copy that.

Right.

This is so crazy.

Tina?

Tina?

Hey, Mick,

come on, let's go.

Is that you?

Mick, come on.

Let's go, babe.

Hey!

Mick, come on, let's go.

Please?

Stay in the truck.

I got this.

What are you doing, Mick?

Hey!

Who's there?

I suggest you show your face

before I crack it open.

Mick, come on.

No, no, no.

Babe, come on, please?

This is your

last warning, bro.

Mick, come on, now!

Hey.

Honking the horn,

seriously?

Let's go.

You f***ing crazy?

I'm not the one sitting there

holding the shovel

in his hands.

Let's get out of here.

Who was that guy? God!

I don't know,

but I wanna call harv,

share our intel, huh?

Please, lock your door.

Oh, my god.

That was crazy!

I can't believe we did that.

Hot damn.

That was amazing.

That was nuts.

That was a whole lotta crazy.

You're a whole lotta crazy.

You're crazy.

Thank you.

Off.

Yes.

Off.

My hands are stuck,

my hands are stuck.

It's okay,

I'll take them outta there.

It's okay.

Oh, Jesus Christ, ray.

Oh, sorry, man,

didn't mean to wake you up,

just ran out of beer.

You scared the sh*t

out of me.

Do you know what time it is?

Sorry, Mick.

Oh, it's all right.

I can't sleep,

anyway. Grab me

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Jennifer Archer

Jennifer Archer (born 1957) is an author of young adult/teen fiction, women's fiction and romance born in Cleburne, north central Texas. Her novels typically have strong female protagonists, and have been nominated for numerous awards. Archer holds a bachelor's degree in Business Administration from West Texas A&M University, and after graduating she worked in the fields of oil and gas accounting, real estate management, and the pharmacy and medical equipment industries, before becoming a full-time writer. She is a frequent speaker on the topics of creative writing and pursuing dreams, and has presented numerous talks and workshops for educators, students, writers' organizations and bookstores. Her novels for adults have been published with Dorchester Publishing and Harlequin Books, and her novels for teens with Harper Teen. She is also the co-author of Happiness Rehab: 8 Creative Steps to a More Joyful Life Body and Soul, Archer's debut novel, was released in 1999. Once Upon a Dream, her second novel, spent several weeks on Borders Books' bestseller list for Paranormal Romance, and was chosen by Amazon.com as one of the 'Best New Romances' for the month of January 2001, and was a 2001 P.E.A.R.L. Finalist (Paranormal Excellence Award in Romantic Literature). Archer finished in the finals twice in Romance Writers of America's Golden Heart competition, was a 2006 finalist for the prestigious Rita Award with her mainstream women’s fiction novel The Me I Used to Be, and her novel Sandwiched was a 2006 nominee for a Romantic Times Bookclub Magazine Reviewer’s Choice Award. The Texas Library Association selected her novel Through Her Eyes for the TAYSHAS high school reading list, and for the Spirit of Texas Reading Program - Middle School. Archer currently resides in Amarillo, Texas. more…

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