Catch That Kid Page #4

Synopsis: This is the story of a twelve-year-old named Maddy. Maddy and her adventurous father have always shared a love for mountain climbing. Their hobby, however, has a disastrous effect when a devastating accident on Mount Everest injures his spine, paralyzing him forever--unless he gets a very expensive operation. Determined to procure the money to pay for his surgery, Maddy decides to recruit two of her friends, a computer genius and a mechanical whiz kid, to help her pull off a risky heist. They plan to break into the local super-high-tech bank, which holds a vault suspended 100 feet off the floor, and get to its safe. To complicate matters even further, Maddy's mother works as the security chief at that very bank. Regardless of what obstacles she faces, Maddy is determined to get to the funds her father needs, by using the amazing climbing skills he taught her.
Director(s): Bart Freundlich
Production: 20th Century Fox
  1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
5.2
Metacritic:
33
Rotten Tomatoes:
12%
PG
Year:
2004
91 min
$16,532,227
Website
120 Views


Careful, Maddy.

- Maddy! Camera!

- Careful.

I gotta get Chad and Ferrell

out of that security booth.

Don't worry. We got it covered.

And strike, and strike,

like a cobra!

Aaah.!

- Haah! Hoo!

- Oh!

- Lieuten...

- Ohh!

Lesson one, Chad.

Never take your eyes

off the enemy.

Take this for a test drive.

Dude, the way your feet smell,

it's just...

it's not normal.

Whoo!

God, Gus!

Oh, my God.

- Gotcha.

- What's that?

Motion detected, north staircase.

Check the monitors.

Check the monitors!

I don't see anything.

That's when your enemy is their most

dangerous... when you can't see them.

This is a test.

I just know it.

I'll go downstairs,

make a round.

- You stay here...

and take care

of your... privates.

You stay in this booth!

Okay, it worked.

Well, sort of... Ferrell's gone. But now

Bad Chad's alone in the security booth.

Just hold on. We'll think of something.

I got it.

I'm gonna distract him.

When I give the signal,

get into the elevator. I'll meet you there.

Hey, Maddy,

what's the signal?

- Maddy!

Get away from Chad!

He's a lunatic!

My brother's crazy. He really thinks

he's a cop. This wasn't part of the plan.

Maddy, don't go in there.!

Hi.

What are you doing here?

I was at the party.

I was totally bored.

What are you doing?

Just my job.

You look different.

- Why are you such a jerk to your brother all the time?

- Well...

You know

he completely idolizes you.

- Gus?

- Yeah.

To him, you're like

Yao Ming or Shaq.

Well, which one?

There's a big difference.

Yao Ming.

- Definitely Shaq.

- You think?

- Yeah, I think so.

- Sweet.

He thinks you're gonna be a great cop.

He told me.

Come downstairs with me. The police chief

is here to check on Mom's security system.

You could show him how serious

you are about yourjob.

Ferrell told me not to

leave the booth, but...

I just came from the party.

Don't worry. He's not down there.

She winked at me.

- So Gus really thinks I'm cool?

- Yeah.

Maybe that's the signal.

Go.

Where's the chief?

That's what I love about this... the wave

it sends through the body. Unbelievable.

Oh, God.

Come on, Maddy.!

Come on.!

- Come on!

- Maddy, come on!

- Hurry!

- Come on!

All right,

go to 22.

Freeze.! Red light.

Go, go, go, go!

- Red light!

- How long do we have to stay like this?

- Go!

- Red light!

Green light.!

Go, go, go, go!

- All right, you guys.

- I'm online.

- All right, Max.

I'll be right back. I just gotta

go bust this bank so we can save Dad.

Gimme five.

Yeah!

Bye-bye.

- Red light.

Green light!

- Red light.

Go!

Austin.

Check.

Do you see

any dogs in there?

I'm searching now. Nothing in the cages.

They must be somewhere else.

It's all clear. Okay.

- Camera panning... off.

- No, Max! No!

Go back, Maddy!

Austin?

- Max, no! Not the camera!

This is not a toy.

No, not a toy.

- Austin!

- Max!

Okay, I got it. Go.

- How do you know the dogs aren't gonna be on the other side?

- I don't.

But I guess we find out.

Whoa, that's high.

Good-bye, my babies.

- Just don't look down. You'll be fine.

- What is this?

Another door?

How do you open this one?

Open sesame!

This one doesn't even

have any numbers on it.

Whoa! Cool!

- Mr. Ferrell... Uh, Lieutenant Ferrell?

- Breaker, breaker! I saw something in sector five.

- I'll be right up.

Don't get your panties in a wad.

Whoa.

Maddy,

we are so grounded.

Say good-bye

to my X-Box...

my iPod,

my go-cart.

Gonna have to take out the trash,

do the dishes...

massage Grandma's cold feet.

- What?

L-I saw something

in sector five.

In that region.

- Sector five, huh?

- Mm-hmm.

I was just in

sector five!

That was me,

you idiot!

Did I ever tell you the story

about the boy...

who cried "sector five"

one too many times?

Huh?

Holy...

That's where they keep

all the money?

Thanks a lot, Mom.

And this is

Mr. Brisbane's office.

- Just look at that view.

- Someone's coming. Get down.

- Hold on.

So, I finally have you

all to myself.

Well, I like to come up to Mr. Brisbane's

office when I know he's not here...

It's way too high to climb.

There's gotta be some way to bring it down.

Then come help me look.

Gus!

Gus, come help me!

Holy...

- You know Planet of the Apes?

- Mm-hmm.

I was in that movie.

- I love that movie!

Whoa! That's fresh!

- What'd you do?

- I don't know. I just stepped on this dude's eye.

These numbers match the ones

all over the wall.

They're safety deposit boxes.

I bet you

if we press one...

Whoa.

My mom's gonna kill me.

Retract 3212.

Hit 2357.

Mama...

That's right.

Come to mama.

Oh, yeah!

- Mr. Hart...

- And that concludes

our tour of the ninth floor.

Let's get you

back to the party.

- Stockholders.

- Huh.

This is gonna work.

Maddy, you can't climb.

This is too dangerous. You'll never make it.

- I'm doing it.

- Austin...

you've gotta hack in the main... whatever

and find some way to bring down the safe.

- Maddy's gonna kill herself.

- Check.

- Searching now.

- Gus, I love you. Now, do what I say.

Okay? 5344.

I'm searching for the hydraulic controls

for the safe, but...

you guys,

I can't find anything.

- What's going on in there?

- 2244.

- You don't wanna know, dude.

- I do wanna know.

What's next?

- Gus!

- Sorry.

You're killin' me here, dude.

Focus. Retract 4232.

- Good evening, everyone. How are you?

Having a wonderful time, are we?

Terrific.

To our generous

board of directors...

here's to the only type

of success that really matters:

Financial.

Cheers.

Okay, Gus. Last one.

Security breach.

- Security breach.

- And now...

Security breach. Security breach.

Do something.

Do something now.

Anything.

- Oh, shoot. Tape?

- Austin, the tape. Run the tape.

- Okay.

Mr. Hartmann,

the alarm has sounded.

Take it easy. It's only me.

Just turn the alarm off.

- I should let out the dogs.

- Calm down, princess.

- It's fine. Just...

Really. No.

Nothing to worry about. It's...

I'm right here.

Just turn off the alarm.

Should I, uh...

Kill the alarm.

- Well, it seems that our security system works.

Yes. It's just a false alarm,

everyone. So why don't we all...

just relax and enjoy

this wonderful party?

- What do you say? Wonderful. Please.

- Something's goin' on here.

I'm gonna find out what it is.

Eyes on the monitor!

I can do this.

Maddy, be careful.

Huh!

Maddy, my parents grounded me for a week

when I left my bike outside.

Imagine what they'll do

if they catch us now.

W-We'll figure out a different way.

It's too dangerous.

She's not listening to me.

She clearly doesn't understand.

She's climbing up this stupid wall, and...

Austin, maybe she'll listen to you.

That would be a first.

I wonder if you can finish

the eighth grade in prison.

Oh, wait. If we're in jail,

our parents can't ground us. Right?

Come on.

This cannot be happening.

The cam's stuck.

It's stuck.

Twenty feet from the summit, my gear stuck.

There was this perfect crack

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Michael Brandt

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