Chop Shop Page #4

Synopsis: Alejandro, a resourceful street orphan on the verge of adolescence, lives and works in an auto-body repair shop in a sprawling junkyard on the outskirts of Queens, New York. In this chaotic world of adults, Alejandro struggles to make a better life for himself and his sixteen-year-old sister.
Genre: Drama
Director(s): Ramin Bahrani
Production: Koch Lorber Films
  4 wins & 8 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.3
Metacritic:
83
Rotten Tomatoes:
96%
UNRATED
Year:
2007
84 min
Website
259 Views


We could grab the scooter

and have mad fun.

Come on, it's out this way.

No, I can't go.

I got things to do.

Nah, come on.

We'll just go once around.

Nah, I'll catch up with you

later.

All right, man, let's play

this real game here.

I'm gonna show you a winner.

Come on, Sean,

let's see what you got.

I got six.

I got six.

Do you mind playing

over there, man?

I'm trying to play a game here.

You got no skills anyway.

Yo, the lady's better than you.

Come on.

Sean, you're doing better

and better.

What is he talking about?

That's not true.

That is not true.

The lady is good.

She's good. Stop it.

You cheat.

You're a cheater.

That's right, I said it.

You're a cheater.

Your turn, your turn.

Knocking the chips off the table

here.

Whoa!

What the f*** is going on, man?

This is f***ing bullshit, man.

Come on, you guys.

They're just playing.

Stop it.

Sean, it's not f***ing...

Playing what?

- What is this, man?

- They're just playing.

Come on, man, you're not

taking sh*t seriously.

Shut up, man.

Ahmad, you know what?

Shut the f*** up.

I'm not talking to you,

all right?

Keep the kid over there.

All right, what is this?

Get the f*** out

if you don't like it.

What are you gonna do?

What are you gonna do about it?

Hey, hey, whoa, come on.

- Why you talking sh*t?

- Hey! Hey, hey!

Let me tell you something,

man.

Get the f*** away from me, man.

Ale.

What are you still doing up?

I need to know

who was upstairs today.

Why?

'Cause I'm missing money,

and I just need to know.

- What money?

- M y money.

- Well, did you look carefully?

- Yeah.

- You sure?

- I'm positive.

I searched everywhere.

The person that comes in mind

to me is Lilah.

Again with Lilah?

She was the only one

in the room.

Look, I counted my money

yesterday.

Lilah hasn't been here

since last week.

Who else was here?

Well, Billy and Tony

are always up and down.

Billy and Tony?

But I don't understand

why you would leave

your money there anyway.

Ale, I'm living here.

I got to keep my stuff here,

too.

- Well, how much was it?

- I don't know.

You just told me that you

counted it yesterday.

Look, I'm really upset

right now. I don't remember.

So, what you want me to do?

Nothing.

Look, the van is coming.

Don't worry about it.

We gonna make a lot of money.

Sure.

You gonna make your specials.

You know, they're getting

pretty good.

Okay.

So, who's locking up?

Me or you?

Oh, me.

You sure?

Yeah.

- You sure you know how to do it?

- I'm positive.

Man, we're gonna have to, like,

scrub that sh*t down.

I can't wait to start

driving it.

I'm gonna go like this.

Yeah, we need to fix

the wheel, too.

Move over to the side

a little bit. Watch.

And it's not going no blue.

Yes, it is.

It might be going...

So, no, 'cause we got to

change this.

I don't want the...

All right,

the whole van is white,

and then the tabs like this,

red.

No.

Yeah, like the window,

that, probably this is red.

Yeah, initials right here.

- Ale, let me see the paperwork.

- For what?

Just let me see the paperwork.

Did you guys look inside?

Yeah, it's a little beat up,

but it's all right.

A little beat up?

You already know what specials

you're gonna make, right?

Number one is empanadas.

I knew that was the first one

coming.

Ale, are you stupid

or something?

What?

Look inside this place, man.

All this stuff has got to pass

health code.

They don't do health code

around here.

They don't even care about it.

Ale, man, look at this grill.

Okay, it's got rust on it.

Of course it does, man.

- So what?

- It does.

It says it right here.

Did you even read this?

Look.

Who signed that?

Did you sign it?

I did.

Did you read this?

It doesn't matter.

Ale, it matters.

You're gonna be serving food

out of this kitchen.

And, look,

there's no vents here.

There's holes everywhere.

It's rusted everywhere.

Come on, stop exaggerating.

We could clean that off.

Come on, Ale, man.

With some bodywork

and everything and a paint job,

yeah, it's gonna look fine

on the outside.

But I could fix it.

That's what I was trying to

tell you.

But it's the inside.

It's the kitchen equipment.

You're gonna spend $ 10, 000

to fix that.

- Now you lying.

- Are you serious? $ 10, 000?

He's lying.

Don't believe him.

What are you talking about?

I used to have one of these.

This is used equipment.

You can't fix those things.

You got to buy new ones, man.

Yo, what are we gonna do now,

Ale?

He don't know nothing

about our van.

"Don't believe him," I said.

Ale, how much you pay for this?

How much you pay for this?

$4, 500.

$4, 500?

Are you kidding me?

No, we're serious.

Yo, let's bring it back

to Carlos' uncle right now.

It's too late.

You guys signed the papers.

He's playing us.

Ale, where you going?

Ale.

Hey, Carlos.

What up, Ale?

Whoa, whoa, what's going on?

What's wrong with you, Ale?

- What is wrong with you, man?

- You were lying!

Come on, get off.

Yo, kid, what are you doing?

Relax, relax.

You lied!

You lied about them.

You made me go to your uncle.

You cheated me.

Your uncle took the papers,

right?

Yo, what are you doing?

I swear to God, I don't know

what he's talking about.

I swear to God.

If I find out you cheated me,

I'm gonna f*** you up.

What the hell is going on?

All right, big guy.

You can wait until you have

enough money to fix this,

you can hope that some dumb ass

will come by

and maybe he'll buy it,

but you can't leave it here.

Or I'll give you $ 1, 000, chop it

up for parts, and that's it.

You don't have to worry about

anything. It'll be done.

What do you want to do?

This thing's got to get

out of here.

I got a lot of things going on.

You know that.

Let me know what you want to do,

okay?

This thing's got to be out

by tomorrow.

Ale.

Ale, what's this sh*t I hear

about you ending up

with this van?

Can I have my pay?

No, you can't have

your f***ing pay.

What's the matter with you?

Listen, kid.

Listen to me.

What's going on with you

these days?

You got to straighten

this sh*t out.

Get back to work.

Good afternoon,

ladies and gentlemen.

Welcome to the U. S. Open.

If you are here for the match at

center court, it is sold out.

If you have tickets, please

proceed to center court now.

Aah!

Hey! Stop him! Stop him!

Stop him! Stop him!

Good afternoon,

ladies and gentlemen.

Welcome to the U. S. Open.

If you are here for the match

at center court...

Come on, Ral.

Hurry up, man.

Got to load that truck.

Hurry up, come on.

F***!

What do you want?

- What am I gonna do with that?

- I'm selling it.

Ale, I can't get rid of

this sh*t.

Come on, Ale,

I'm busy right now, all right?

Come back later or something,

all right?

You got something going on?

Ale, I can't do anything

with that sh*t, man.

You sign up, and you get

that phone for free.

Come on.

You got something going on

later?

Ale, I'm f***ing busy right now.

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