Civic Duty Page #6

Synopsis: Shortly after landing a job, Terry Allen is laid off, starts looking for another circa post September 11, 2001 media frenzy and paranoia with President George W. Bush stating that grief has turned to anger, anger to resolution, and that there are thousands of terrorists in over 60 countries ready to strike. With increasing reports of identity theft, the involvement of wealthy & educated foreigners in terrorist activities, Terry starts suspecting his new neighbor, a middle-easterner, who he stereotypes as 'raghead', 'camel jockey', and 'sand nigger'. His wife, Marla, does not share in his bigotry, but he believes that she has turned her attention from rock-stars to Jihadists. While looking for employment, as well as a loan to purchase a house, he also contacts the Federal Bureau of Investigation as he feels he has sufficient evidence that his new neighbor is structuring money, experimenting with chemicals, and associating with other middle-easterners for devious reasons.
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Director(s): Jeff Renfroe
Production: Freestyle Releasing/Yari Film Group
  1 win & 2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.3
Metacritic:
48
Rotten Tomatoes:
56%
R
Year:
2006
98 min
$54,902
Website
29 Views


Did you call them?

Happening here, terry.

An open line of communication?

Nice coaching job

there, lloyd.

Okay, the point is,

mr. Allen,

You've still

got a chance here.

You can put a stop to this

right now.

Get your life back together.

You've got a chance.

[Police radio crackling,

indistinct]

Why don't you come on out here

and talk to me,

Tell me what's going on?

Come on.

Yeah, sure.

Just let me throw some shoes on.

I'll be right out.

Terry, come on.

This isn't you.

Just let these guys

handle this.

How could you do this to me?

Your wife is genuinely

concerned about you, sir.

Yeah, and i'm worried

about her, too.

Why do you think

i'm doing this?

You had a gun, terry.

I'm sorry.

I didn't know what else to do.

Get hilary down here.

Terry.

Terry! Terry!

Come on.

Come on.

[Marla]:

let me go see him.

Don't touch me.

Let me through.

[Siren wails on approaceases

[Helicopter whirring overhead]

[Man]:
i'm going inside.

Cover the door.

[Guns cocking]

Move! Move! Move!

[C*cks gun]

[Knocking at door]

Mr. Allen.

It's agent hilary.

Well, tell those officers

to get back.

They're not

coming in.

You wanted to

talk to me, right?

And i want everybody

around the building

To back off too!

They're not coming

in, mr. Allen.

They fall back.

It's just me.

Okay?

Well, move away

from the door.

Move to the window!

Okay, i'm here.

Mr. Allen,

i'm not a hostage negotiator.

Well, i could use

your help here.

Can you just listen to me?

Yeah, i can

listen to you,

Mr. Allen, yeah.

I have more evidence

About the money

structuring

This guy's involved

in, all right?

And i want you

to take that evidence,

I want you to use it,

And i don't want to hear

any crap

About what you can

and you can't do.

[Officer]:

on the roof.

Hilary!

Okay.

I just need to know

that mr. Hassan is okay.

You're going to have

to take my word for it.

Well, i'm not gonna

take anything

Unless i know for sure.

I want to see

that mr. Hassan is okay.

Then we have nothing

left to talk about.

Okay, okay, okay!

Wait, mr. Allen.

I did some more work

on his disbursement schedule

From the sons of benevolence,

And there is more than double

The amount of his tuition fees

coming in.

Now, that money

is going somewhere.

They are a legitimate

educational organization.

They are not now,

nor have they ever been,

A sponsor

for for extremist activities.

I do not know

what the extra money is for.

It could be for

any number of things,

But mr. Hassan

Is a model student.

He's a clerk

at a copy center.

He is not someone

that we are concerned about.

You're wrong.

Am i?

You just want this to go away,

don't you?

Yeah, i do.

Mr. Allen,

i want it to go away,

But i assure you

That the information

we have about mr. Hassan

Is accurate. It is correct.

Well, what about

all this chemistry equipment?

What about

the deposit envelopes?

Well, why don't you

let me come inside?

Then i can take a look

at them.

We can talk to mr. Hassan

together, okay?

You and i.

How did you get here

so fast?

I'm sorry?

You've been calling the shots

all along, haven't you?

Oh, i get it.

You want me to take the heat

for this, don't you?

How else are you

going to get out of this?

I called you.

You didn't act

fast enough.

It doesn't matter

whether i'm right or wrong,

You're going to wind up

smelling like sh*t.

That's not true.

You're just here

covering your own ass.

Mr. Allen, listen

to what you're saying.

F***!

[Turning gun barrel]

This is your last chance.

I want to know

Who you're

working for.

I want to know

Who you're working with,

I want to know their names,

And i want to know

where they can be found.

[Speaks arabic]

I swear to god,

i told you everything!

I want to know their names,

And i want to know

where they can be found,

And i want you

to tell me right now.

You don't want

to tell me?

What are you doing?

Tell me.

Tell me the truth.

Tell me now.

Tell me the truth.

Tell me the truth right now.

Just tell me the truth.

Just tell me,

and tell me right now.

Tell me now.

[Sobbing]:
please don't do this.

Tell me.

Please.

Tell me right now.

[Praying in arabic]

[Hassan sobbing,

speaking arabic]

[Thudding]

Go, go, go!

Put the gun down!

Put the f***ing

gun down!

He's moving down the hallway.

Go to the back.

Drop the gun!

Mr. Allen,

we have the building surrounded!

Mr. Allen!

There's nowhere to go!

[Terry panting]

[Knob turning]

[Door creaking open]

Mr. Allen,

it's agent hilary out here,

Just me,

and i'm unarmed.

Nobody else.

It's quite a mess

we've gotten ourselves into.

Mr. Allen,

You were right.

I didn't act fast enough.

And i assure you,

I will look at the envelopes,

I will look at the beakers

as soon as we're done here.

Look, mr. Allen,

I don't know

what you have in your mind

As to the way things work here,

But i don't think

This is as simple

as it looks.

You don't think

i want to be that guy

That busts down every door?

I want to be that guy

That knocks down

every single door

To keep our citizens safe,

To keep

our families safe.

I want to be that guy,

And it frustrates the hell

out of me

That i can't,

And it makes me very angry.

I know you can

understand that.

I'm just saying.

Why? Why was that?

You said some

threatening things

To your boss, right?

What about the job

before that?

You were fired

from that one, too.

Right?

You couldn't

let it go.

Well, they were wrong!

They were wrong,

And that

made you angry.

This is no different.

He pissed you off.

I didn't listen to you.

You got angry,

you acted compulsively.

That we can deal with...

We can get you the help

that you need.

I don't need any help!

Your wife thinks you do, terry.

Terry,

your wife thinks you do.

Come on,

put the gun down.

Put the gun down.

We'll get you the help

that you need.

I said

i don't need any help.

You do not

want to do that.

That goes against

everything you stand for.

I don't know what-

You don't know what i stand for.

You pull that trigger,

you become a terrorist.

[Sobbing]

Is that

what you want?

[Hassan

sobbing softly]

[Gently]:
is that

what you want?

[Sobbing]

Now, j-J-Just...

Put the gun down.

Just put it down.

[Marla]:
terry!

Hey!

Hold her back!

Terry!

[Gun fires]

[Color commentator]:

and welcome back.

Good crowd here today.

Here at eight,

ader

From off the green,

With a putter in his hand.

Let's just see

how he plays this.

Ah... yes!

[Crowd cheering]

He's got it!

Todd olson,

four under,

Bogey-Free,

And within four

of david alcarros,

In the lead here

in our final round.

Well, we mentioned

that after this week,

We go out to hardy park

next week

In san francisco

For the world's

golf championship.

It was at hardy park

some 40 years ago,

At the greater invitational,

Which was the first victory

for george archer.

Terry?

It's 10:
30.

It's okay.

It's the same as yesterday.

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