Beast of Burden Page #6

Synopsis: Sean Haggerty only has an hour to deliver his illegal cargo. An hour to reassure a drug cartel, a hitman, and the DEA that nothing is wrong. An hour to make sure his wife survives. And he must do it all from the cockpit of his Cessna.
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Director(s): Jesper Ganslandt
Production: Momentum Pictures
 
IMDB:
3.6
Rotten Tomatoes:
33%
R
Year:
2018
89 min
110 Views


- Okay.

SEAN:
Anything to break

into the ignition.

- [TRANSMISSION BREAKING UP]

- [GRUNTS]

- What? I can't hear you.

- [CLICKING]

SEAN:
Okay, Jen, there's

got to be something...

No, they didn't leave

anything, Sean.

JEN:
I can't do it!

It's not impossible. You

need to keep trying.

[CRICKETS CHIRPING]

[ENGINE HUMMING]

[SOBS] Where are you, Sean?

JEN:
Where are you?

Jen...

SEAN:
You're gonna get better.

I'm going to make sure of that.

So please, please, please...

Okay. [SOBS] Okay.

Goddamn it, come on, Jen!

There he is.

- Mallory...

- Not yet.

I don't know. I mean, I just...

I don't f***ing know.

Come on, there's got to be...

I don't know.

I don't f***ing know.

There's gotta be something.

[PANTING]

[SOBS] Okay, I'll try.

I'll try.

[CLATTER]

Oh.

What?

What? Jen, talk to me.

- SEAN:
Jen?

- I found the keys.

Sh*t! Really? That's fantastic.

Okay, hurry! Come on!

SEAN:
Sh*t, start the car!

Come on, hurry, hurry, hurry!

Flare.

Jen, just start the car.

You try starting a car

with your hands tied!

Okay, [STAMMERING] I know.

I know it's hard, but just...

you gotta focus,

you've got to do this, Jen.

- [CLATTER]

- [GRUNTS]

Uh, okay. okay. Uh...

Sh*t, sh*t!

Okay, uh, Jen, just you get

that thing started,

and I think I can handle

these guys.

[PLANE ZOOMING]

[ENGINE SPUTTERING]

[PLANE ZOOMING]

MALLORY:
Damn it!

- Okay, how you doin', Jen?

- Stupid thing won't... [GROANS]

What the f***? Get ready!

- Okay, I got it, I got it.

- Yes!

Go, go, go, Jen! Go!

[ENGINE REVVING]

- [GLASS SHATTERS]

- [GUN SHOOTING]

Come on, Jen! Keep going!

[JEN PANTING]

SEAN:
Are you okay?

JEN:
They shot out the tire!

- No, no, no, no, no.

SEAN:
Shoot! Shoot,

shoot, shoot!

- JEN:
What? What's going on?

- Nothing. It's fine.

Uh, no, it's all okay.

I just, uh,

need to figure out

where to land.

No matter what happens,

you don't stop driving.

[JEN PANTING]

SEAN:
Just keep driving.

Don't stop driving, Jen,

no matter what.

I'm sorry.

[SEAN SCREAMS]

[JEN PANTING]

JEN:
Sean!

Sean! Sean!

SEAN:
[GROANING]

JEN:
Sean!

[BOTH GROANING]

JEN:
Are you okay?

JEN:
I got you. I got you.

- JEN:
Okay.

- SEAN:
Go. Go.

- [FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING]

- [BREATHING HEAVILY]

[CRICKETS CHIRPING]

[JEN GASPS]

[SIREN WAILING]

[CAR DOOR OPENING]

- MAN:
Get on the ground!

- [MEN CLAMORING]

They got 'em.

[CLAMORING CONTINUES]

- POLICE:
On the ground. Now!

- SEAN:
It's okay. It's okay.

- MAN:
Stay on the ground.

- Lay down. It's okay.

MAN:
Show me your hands!

- We got 'em.

- It's okay.

JEN:
Okay. It's okay. It's okay.

[GUN FIRES]

MAN:
Shoot 'em! Shoot 'em!

- SEAN:
Come on. Run! Run!

- [MAN SHOUTING]

[SHOOTING CONTINUES]

[GROANS]

[BOTH PANTING]

- [JEN SCREAMS]

- [SEAN GRUNTS]

[GUN FIRES]

[WATER RIPPLING]

[JEN BREATHING HEAVILY]

[WHISPERING] Stay here.

Stay here.

[SEAN BREATHING HEAVILY]

Okay. Okay.

[FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING]

- [GUNSHOT FIRES]

- [GROANS]

[JEN SCREAMS]

[BOTH GRUNTING]

Jen! No! Jen!

[SEAN GRUNTING]

[BOTH GRUNTING]

[BOTH BREATHING HEAVILY]

It's over!

[GROANING]

[BOTH GRUNTING]

[BOTH BREATHING HEAVILY]

[BIRDS CHIRPING]

SEAN:
Jen...

SEAN:
Jen?

[AIRPLANE ENGINE DRONING]

[LAWNMOWER WHIRRING]

- [BABY COOS]

- [CAR DOOR CLOSES GENTLY]

[JEN SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]

[DISTANT DOG BARKING]

[JEN SINGING SOFTLY]

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