Brawl in Cell Block 99 Page #2

Synopsis: A former boxer-turned-drug runner lands in a prison battleground after a deal gets deadly.
Genre: Crime, Drama
Director(s): S. Craig Zahler
Production: RLJE Films
  4 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.1
Metacritic:
79
Rotten Tomatoes:
92%
NOT RATED
Year:
2017
132 min
1,568 Views


Sounds like you

just gave me one.

I can't give this to Oscar

or Tony or Randolph.

No one elbows guys like those

on a shipment this big.

I need you.

You help me

set up this partnership,

I'll give you two months off

when your little baby's born.

Three.

Done.

We're good.

I'll go.

But if something comes up,

I got the reins.

They shall mind you.

Roman, look at me.

If I say "dump the package,"

what do you do?

Dump.

Amen.

Bradley:
I felt her.

I felt you.

I felt you.

Bradley:
97 days.

Hold right here.

Put your hands

in your back pockets.

Man, f*** you.

I don't give a...

go against me and you

two can swim out on your own

and do the pickup.

Roman, escuchele.

Don't want you shooting

an innocent tarp.

Turn around.

Let's go.

Pedro:

That one.

Pedro:

Ooh, this is yours, blanco?

Bradley:
Gil's.

Get rid of the trunk.

Let's go, bro.

Help make America

beautiful, right?

Pedro:

Pedro:
Uh, chill, blanco.

Tranquilo.

It's only for protection.

Roman:
Pickup's done, blanco.

Try and take this one,

I'll break your jaw.

Bradley:
Dump.

We'll pick them up later.

Roman:
No. I'm...

blanco, release it.

Officer:
Drop your weapons

and put up your hands!

- A little help!

- We shot three.

We need help!

- Run!

- Now!

Man:

Call for backup, now!

You stupid, stupid a**holes.

Get down!

Man:
Officer down!

- Come out right now!

- Eat a dick, pig!

You ready for 9/11 part two?

Man:
Grenade! Go!

No, Jesus, no.

Officer:
Cover me!

Man:
Good night.

Roman:

Eight ball, corner pocket.

Man:
Throw down your weapons!

Roman:

Pig, this is what I'll throw!

Man #1:
Go, go, go!

Man #2:
Dispatch,

multiple 10-53s.

Officers down!

Man:
Freeze!

Hands on your head, now!

Don't move, a**hole!

Give him jewelry.

You want to burn it?

You want to wipe your ass

with it?

You want to cut it up

in little pieces

and send them to putin?

I have one over my front door.

So you're a patriot?

You mind if I sit?

I'm going to assume

that's rhetorical.

Would you rather I leave?

I'm not gonna tell you

anything you want to hear.

And prison will give me

plenty of time

to look at guys I don't like.

What is it that you think

I want to hear?

Hmm?

The names of your associates?

The people who profited

from all your hard work

while they wiped

their dirty asses with that?

You can pretend you don't hear,

but I saw that video.

I saw how you took down

those lowlifes

when they went up

against the police,

even though you could've

got away clean.

I knew before you told me

that you got an American flag

in your home.

You probably got more than one.

I got two.

Because of your

selfless actions,

no police were killed

in that event,

which tells me

that you know the difference

between right and wrong

and that you have

a moral compass.

So help us. Give us some names.

Or give me one important name.

Who are you working for?

I work alone.

Watkins:

Who supplies your crystal?

Some guy.

- Some guy got a name?

- I forgot.

Would you remember

if I showed you a list of names?

Don't like to read.

Won't even see a movie

Well, what would happen

if I read them aloud?

You wouldn't even have

to say anything.

Just nod your head

up and down.

I'll narrow it down for you.

What's your name?

Detective Lawrence Watkins.

That wasn't it.

You find this humorous?

Your tricks are.

Every once in a while,

I see a man in that chair

who could just as easily be

on this side of the table,

a man principled,

who had a run of bad luck

and just went the wrong way.

I'm not gonna talk.

I know that this

is your first offense,

but you're looking

at four years, maybe five.

Do you know

that drug traffickers

actually serve those sentences?

I'm aware that the system

is harder on guys

that distribute drugs

than it is on men

who commit acts of violence

against women and children.

Do you think that's fair?

You ever see

a man with meth mouth?

Hmm?

You ever see the 14-year-old

girl who's addicted...

I'm not gonna argue

with you, Larry.

I'm not gonna give you any info.

I know what I did,

and I know what the sentence

is gonna be.

It's done.

- You have other options.

- I don't.

Your wife told me that

you were gonna have a baby girl.

You'll be in prison

when she says her first word,

and I guarantee you that word

will not be "daddy."

I need to keep it

in good taste.

Yeah, it tasted pretty good.

Sit.

I gave them

your change of clothes.

Thanks.

I got some stuff

I want to say.

Okay.

I don't want you

at the hearing.

I know how it's gonna go,

and there's no point for you

turning up to watch it happen.

I'm not contending the charges.

I want to be there.

I want to be supportive.

Well, that won't be

any good for anybody.

Actually,

it'll make things harder.

There's no reason

for you and the koala to, uh,

go through that experience,

for me to watch you

go through it, so...

Please.

Okay.

It's gonna be four years,

maybe five,

and I have to serve most of it,

if not every damn day.

Sorry.

I will visit as much

as I'm allowed,

and I'll bring our girl.

No.

I don't want the first time

for her to see me

to be in prison.

We'll come up with

something to tell her

when she is old enough

to know something's wrong,

and I'll give her the full truth

when she's old enough

to understand.

Okay.

I'll wait for you.

No matter how long it is.

I will never,

never make that mistake again.

I promise you.

I know.

So that's it, then.

I love you.

I considered

the defendant's plea

of nolo contendre

and also the very serious

nature of his crimes.

I hereby sentence

Bradley darrel Thomas

to be incarcerated

for seven years

at the Franklin r. James

medium security

detention center.

This hearing has come

to its lawful conclusion.

Even on the outside,

that's some dismal sh*t.

You seen those pictures

of that prison in Austria?

Man,

I wish we were going there.

You should aim higher

with your wishes.

Man:
Gentlemen, listen up.

Follow the red line to the door.

Stop there.

Tell your name to the man

with the clipboard.

Bradley Thomas.

Proceed.

Enrique:
Enrique Gomez.

Man:
Welcome to the fridge.

Russell:
Russell Harris.

Irving:
Next.

Return yourself

to the end of the line.

Enrique:
I was next.

I just had to run to...

Irving:

Maintain your place in line,

or you relinquish it.

Take yourself back

to the end of the line.

Enrique:
That's not fair.

I had to run to the bathroom.

Irving:
You're delaying

the entire process

for everybody.

Remove yourself.

- Worse than the dmv.

- Next.

Irving:
Next.

Bradley Thomas.

Do you have a receipt

for the ring?

Receipt? No.

Put it in there.

Why?

Inmates are not allowed

to possess any jewelry

which is a value

of more than $75.

Well, it's made out

of stainless steel.

- It ain't...

- I'm neither a metallurgist

nor a jeweler.

I cannot attest

to its value.

Relinquish it now.

- Sorry. I didn't mean to...

- reclaim your possessions

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S. Craig Zahler

Steven Craig Zahler (born January 23, 1973), known professionally as S. Craig Zahler, is an American film director, screenwriter, cinematographer, novelist and musician. more…

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