Cash Only Page #4

Synopsis: Elvis Martini is in deep trouble. He's in big debt to bookies and his daughter's school and his building is about to be foreclosed on. He finds cash in an evicted tenant's apartment and it briefly keeps the wolves at bay, but it brings out an even bigger wolf. His daughter is kidnapped and Elvis has 24 hours to come up with $25K. Cash only.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Director(s): Malik Bader
Production: Nickname Projects
  1 win.
 
IMDB:
6.1
Metacritic:
71
Rotten Tomatoes:
100%
NOT RATED
Year:
2015
91 min
46 Views


- I'm about to...

F*** you!

Elvis, what's wrong? Why are

you treating me like this?

- [Elvis] F***ing...

F***.

- What?

(distorted music)

- Come on, you have to get up.

Elvis? Elvis!

Elvis, look at me, you have to

get up!

Elvis, there's someone

downstairs.

Come on.

- Len!

Len!

F***. Lula?

- [Blerta] Lula? What happened

here?

- Oh, f*** me.

- [Blerta] Elvis? Elvis,

I think she's really hurt.

Lula! Lula, say something!

- Hey, hey, look...

Look, you got Leka's keys?

- Yeah.

- Get her to a hospital.

I'm sorry, baby.

Len! Len!

Len!

- [Phone] Hey, it's Rolexa,

you know what to do after the

tone.

- Rolexa, call me back, please.

Look, let us handle this before

it gets out of our hands.

Everything's gonna be straight,

I promise you, call me.

Okay? Call me, please.

F***, Rolexa.

F***ing b*tch.

Agh, you f***ing a**hole.

(tense music)

F***ing b*tch.

You're getting f***ing high,

huh?

Oh f***.

Oh sh*t.

What the f*** did you do?

F***!

(tires screech)

Oh sh*t. Oh f***.

(phone rings)

Hello? Hello?

- [Phone] What's up, Elvis?

- Where's my daughter, man?

- [Phone] You know, everybody,

they have a weak spot, King.

Any dog can go down.

- I'll let you know

where Rolexa's place is,

bring me back my daughter

please.

- [Phone] You play games,

your girl gonna get it

just like Rolexa.

- No, no, I'm not playing games,

man,

what do you want from me?

- [Phone] 25 Gs, dog, by

midnight.

- 25 Gs for what?

I got nothing to do with

you and Rolexa's business.

- [Phone] Your property,

your liability, my man.

My 10, 5 for interest,

10 for inconvenience.

By midnight,

and you have her back in

better shape than you left her.

- She's just a kid, please, man.

- [Phone] No police either, or

she die.

- Okay, okay, no cops, let

me just hear her voice,

just wanna make sure she's okay.

- [Phone] Keep your phone

charged.

- F***!

(phone rings)

- Yeah, man?

- Agroni, look, I got a big

f***ing problem. Where are you?

- In shop.

- We gotta talk.

Stay there, bro, stay at

the shop, I'm coming now.

(dogs bark)

I'm telling you, man,

I don't have anything.

6,000, man, that's all I got,

man.

Take it or leave it Elvis, come

on.

And I'm f***ing begging you,

bro.

I need 10, the bank's

gonna take the building.

- You know how much I like the

car,

but that's all I can give you,

man.

Okay, I give you six, and

I'm gonna loan you two.

- Listen to me, I need 10.

Please, man.

- Here.

Here's two more.

Man, I need this back, man.

- Okay, okay.

- I'm broke like you now, man.

- Oh, come on, man, you're

killing me.

- Just to get around, man,

please.

- Here, here.

Here is your Lamborghini, take

it.

- Kush.

- What the f***, man?

You losing the building,

you don't say sh*t?

- I'm not losing the building,

man,

what are you talking about?

- Bank served all the tenants,

man.

You dirty motherf***er.

What am I gonna do with my crop?

You could have f***ing

said something, man.

- Look, man, look right

here, I paid the bank.

- I don't f***ing trust you,

man, that's bullshit, man.

F*** you, man. You could

have f***ing told me.

- Kush, listen to me, I'm

in some deep sh*t, man.

My daughter got snatched.

Yeah. If you don't believe me,

go look in my f***ing place.

I swear to God. I need you

to borrow me some money.

I'll hit you back, and you

can live here for free.

- You're full of sh*t, man.

- [Elvis] I'm not full of sh*t,

man.

- You know what? Bad things

happen to bad people.

- Come on, Kush, man. You

gotta f***ing believe me, bro.

- I'm chopping my crop,

and I'm f***ing out of here

tomorrow.

- Kush, why you gotta be

like that, man? Come on.

Just like that, huh, Kush?

- Yeah, like that.

And I don't want you

f***ing down here, man.

Leave me the f*** alone.

- F***. F***.

Hi.

(phone rings)

Hello?

- [Phone] I was calling

about the apartment for rent,

is it still available?

- Yeah, it's actually a nice

place.

You know, I've been getting

calls for it all week,

why don't you...

You know what, you come

by in the next hour,

I'll waive your first month's

rent.

Just bring a security deposit,

I won't even check your credit.

- [Phone] Really?

- Yeah, just come by here,

you could check it out,

it's a nice place.

- [Phone] Okay.

- Okay, great.

- [Phone] I come by to see it.

- Okay. Bye.

I need 20 keys, man.

- 20?

- Yeah, 20.

(tense music)

Oh f***.

Hey, Jamal, this is Elvis

Martini, man.

You called me last week

and left me a voicemail

at the place for rent?

You still looking for a spot or

what?

Okay, great.

No cheques though, that's the

only thing,

I'm not charging the security

deposit,

I'm not gonna check any credit,

it's a special we got going.

If you could just bring

cash, that would be great.

Can you get by at like, six?

Hey, Mustafa, this is Elvis

Martini.

You called last week

about a place for rent.

Henry, hey man, you called me

last week

about the apartment for rent?

Hi, Jenny?

Hey, Jose.

Oh, it's beautiful man,

it's a hipster place, bro.

Few kids is okay, it's got

one bedroom, it's fine.

Yeah, Ben, the building's safe.

It's a very clean neighborhood,

it's all old Polish ladies here.

Yeah, we got a special,

there's no security deposit,

no credit check.

Right, no, no, it's a special,

cash only. Just bring cash.

Yeah, cash is cool.

Just bring cash, and

that way if you like it,

it'll speed it up.

You wanna come by and check it

out?

If you can get by tonight,

we could do something.

6:
05 works, right?

6:
10 works?

6:
15.

6:
20.

6:
25.

Yeah, man, 6:
45.

Just bring cash and I'll see you

at 6:
50.

Jamal? I'm Elvis, how you doing?

- Nice to meet you.

- You guys here for the showing?

You wait in the hallway if you

want.

So, just take a look around,

if you have any questions,

just let me know, man.

- [Jamal] Carpet's looking a

little rough.

- Yeah, we can like,

simonize it or some sh*t.

Shampoo it nice.

I mean, it's just a good area,

man.

Look, I really don't feel

like being here all day, man,

I got all these people here,

you seem like a really nice

guy, you were here first,

so what do you think,

man, you wanna do this?

- If it's cool with you, I

could be in by the first.

- All right,

you brought that cash we talked

about?

- Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Absolutely, absolutely.

- 500 right?

- [Jamal] 500 even, you can

count it.

- Like we talked about, perfect.

Got the key right here.

I ain't gonna count it, I trust

you, man.

When we go outside, you know,

just out of respect for them

because they came here,

just act like, you know,

you're still thinking about it.

How do you spell your last name?

All right, Jamal, thanks

for coming out, man.

- I appreciate it.

- Do you wanna come in?

Okay, just take look around.

(tense music)

- It smells a little

bit like weed in here.

- No, it's from the paint, man.

Two, four, six, eight,

10, 12, 14, 16, 18. 15, 16.

F***.

F***!

F***ing sh*t.

Where the f*** am I gonna get

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Nickola Shreli

Nickola Shreli (born July 30, 1981) is an American actor, producer, and writer. He has appeared in Abduction, Low Winter Sun, Hostel: Part III, and Cash Only, which he also wrote and produced. more…

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