Break Night

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[Jimmy] I committed my first

major felony when I was 10.

[gentle music]

I boosted my first

car when I was 11.

By the time I was 13 it

was grand theft, robbery,

assault with intent.

I pulled a safe out of the

back wall of a pawn shop

on my 17th birthday.

When I was 23 a judge told me

I should stay out of trouble,

keep my nose to the grindstone,

this place was the

land of opportunity.

Then he sentenced

me to four years.

F***in' land of opportunity.

Some people actually

believe that sh*t.

[gentle music]

[buzzing]

[metal clanging]

[groaning]

So how bad do you wanna

get out of here, Jimmy?

Take a wild f***ing guess.

[Sills] I hear you got a

month left on your stretch,

something like that.

Four weeks, three

days actually.

Plus I owe another two

years once when I get out.

Doesn't look to me like

you're gonna make it.

That seems to be

the popular sentiment.

[Sills] Little problem

with the Aryan Brotherhood

is the way I heard it.

F*** that.

F*** them.

A bunch of pussies.

And they go by the Army

of the White Dragon,

not the Aryan Brotherhood.

They're a little

sensitive about that.

What's the beef?

Who can say?

This place is a f***ing zoo.

One day a couple of

convicts get the idea

that you're gonna

move Nickel Deck

for them up on their

tier, you tell 'em no.

A couple of f***

your mothers later,

they're looking to fit

you with a prom dress.

[Sills] Not your

cup of tea, I take it?

Dress wasn't my size.

I'm guessing the Aryans

weren't too happy about that.

What can I say, Wayne?

The male ego is a fragile thing.

Lots of people move

junk into this place

through the Aryans, Jimmy.

Pull a couple strings

and see to it in 52 days

you walk outta here instead

of getting carried out.

Did I take a bullet for

you in another lifetime

and I don't remember?

Huh, what's the catch, Wayne?

What's one night of your

life worth to you Jimmy?

[chuckling]

I'm still sitting here.

But I hear the words toss and

salad in the same sentence,

my ass is back in

general population.

[Sills] I'm

talking about a job.

One night's work, that's all.

What kinda work?

Well, considering that

I'm me and you're you,

take a wild f***ing

guess what kind of work.

I don't push buttons

on guys, Wayne.

You mean not anymore.

I know the crew?

Does it matter?

New outfit, money

from down South.

A guy named Nesto Diaz.

Nesto Diaz.

Last I heard he was down

in f***ing South Gate

pulling drive-by's

with Romeo Mendoza.

Since when do you broker

work for the Barrio Boys?

Since Romeo got

shanked in county

by one of the 8th Street

Orientes a couple years back.

Barrio Boys are dead

as disco, Jimmy.

It's a new ballgame and

Diaz is calling the plays.

So he was lookin' for somebody

and my name just

magically pops up?

F*** off, Wayne.

This ain't a

social call, Jimmy.

I'm here 'cause Nesto

called your number.

I got a job, I do it.

No reason to get nasty.

Why don't you go ask Lloyd?

[Sills] Lloyd doesn't

have the toolbox.

Not like yours, Jimmy.

Toolbox for what?

This mysterious whatever

it is you maybe want

- me to do?

- Lloyd's the one

who gave you to us, Jimmy.

And they say loyalty's dead.

[Sills] Got him out from

under Diaz apparently.

He owes him?

Everybody does.

He's been buying up debt.

The American way.

One night.

You do this, Diaz says

you're free and clear.

You don't,

I don't know,

I guess the Aryans paint

you with Revlon number five

and stick a shank in your ear.

So what's it gonna be?

I'm listening.

[yodeling]

Frankie and Johnny

was sweethearts

Oh Lord how they did love

Swore to be true to each other

True as the stars above

He was her man

He wouldn't do her wrong

Frankie went

down to the corner

Just for a bucket of beer

She says mister bartender

Has my loving Johnny been here

He's my man

He wouldn't do me wrong

I don't want to

cause you no trouble

I ain't gonna tell you no lie

I saw your lover an hour ago

With a girl named Nellie Bligh

He was your man

[metal clattering]

Jimmy.

Lou.

[Louly] When did you get out?

This morning.

You don't live

here anymore, Jimmy.

[Jimmy] Come on, Lou.

Open the door.

I'm not doing this.

[Jimmy] Open the door.

What if I don't?

Well then I'll take this

door right off the hinges.

[metal rattling]

Just go away.

Okay, my P.O. says I get caught

consorting with any known

felons he'll put me away.

Or I have to suck him off,

I can't remember which.

[Jimmy] That's cute.

What do you want?

Come on.

I've been out three hours.

This is the first place

I've been to, come on.

[Louly] You mean

after you bought a gun?

Uh-uh, look it.

Clean.

Two minutes, Lou, two minutes.

[door creaking]

So how was life on the inside?

You could have came and

visited me and found out.

[Louly] You could

have written me a letter

and told me about it.

You still working at

that card club downtown?

No.

Not for a couple months.

The owner got it in his head

that part of my job description

was giving him a blowj*b in

the back seat of his Plymouth.

I'm at the Circle 3 now.

That Russian place?

Czech, I think, or Ukrainian.

These guys keep shooting each

other every five minutes.

I can't keep track.

I see you changed your hair.

I like it.

I get better

tips as a brunette.

What do you want, Jimmy?

[Jimmy] Just

come by to say hi.

Give me that.

Gimme.

That's new.

Oh.

I'm sorry, does

Doctor Frankenstein

not like the way his

monster turned out?

[Jimmy] Aren't

you being dramatic?

Here, look.

What the hell is this?

Come on, open it.

Jeez.

See, I remember

when I got sent up

you had to pawn that

one your mom gave you,

so figured, you know...

It was my

grandmother's, actually.

And it was in her family

for 100 years before that.

But gee Jimmy,

this is swell, too.

Tell me, why do I get a feeling

that there's some old lady

on the Greyhound

down from Ironwood

wondering what happened to

the chain around her neck?

I see you're still

collecting these records, huh?

[Louly] Yeah.

Yeah, I seem to have a

thing for anachronisms.

Just like old times.

I tee it up, you take a swing.

[chuckling]

[Louly] Oh, look at that.

Jimmy's go to move.

Easy smile, self

deprecating remark.

Look, if you're standing there

waiting for me to suggest

that we go into the bedroom

to f*** for old time's sake,

you're gonna be standing

there a long time.

What can I say, Lou?

It's a slippery slope you

let a man come inside you.

F*** you.

You know what I think?

I think probation's

making you mean.

That's what I think.

No, I think it's

just you, Jimmy.

[thudding]

[lighter igniting]

If you don't have the stomach,

the door's right there.

I got something

set up down South.

Other side of the

border, Veracruz.

[Louly] Veracruz?

You mean Mexico?

Yeah, Mexico.

It's good.

It's legitimate work, too.

Legitimate work?

Yeah, yeah.

It's like 90% legitimate.

[scoffing]

Your first day out

and you're already talking

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