Direct Action Page #5

Synopsis: Frank Gannon, a veteran cop, is being hunted by his fellow police officers after they learned he has betrayed the brotherhood and exposed to the feds wide scale corruption of the LAPD. He has one day left to prove his case and survive.
 
IMDB:
5.2
R
Year:
2004
97 min
42 Views


l can't believe this guy.

What can't you believe?

No honor.

No loyalty.

No honesty.

What are you talking

about? Honor? What?

The guy's a cop!

The guy's a rat! okay?

He's starting to sing !

Smart up!

Don't get

my blood up, alright?

lt's about you, and about

me and about the money. lt's

about us! That's it! Alright?

Now you wanna do it.

You do it now.

(Grimes)

Frank. l got the DMV photo

and info back on this Khalid

Manseur who owned the van.

But there's something

strange. Licenses are

good for five years,

but this was renewed

only after one.

The original

was a diplomatic license.

But I checked

with Social Security.

This guy's a mechanic.

So why does a car

mechanic from Lyndon Hill

carry a diplomatic license?

Good point.

l'm going over to the DMV

and have my guy run

a full check on this.

l'll find out.

Watch yourself.

(Grimes)

You guys

on your way back here?

We'll be right there.

Honey. Tell me

you're not going.

l gotta help Frank

with something, honey.

l'll be back

in a half an hour.

Besides, Frank is

on his way over here.

Okay?

It'll be alright.

[phone rings]

(Espinoza)

Frankie. We got the family.

So l want you

to pay attention.

In 15 minutes

l want you to be

at the old tire factory.

lf you're late,

l'm gonna get nervous

and gonna f***ing kill them all.

l don't wanna

kill the children,

do you understand me?

So bring the hooker

and it's all good.

Looks like

the boys got caught

with their pants down.

Yeah. They must've

been sleeping on the job.

(Jackson)

Feds.

(Phil)

Yeah, Feds.

(Grimes)

Sh*t. No. No.

No. Frank.

Stone's got them.

Stone's got them.

We gotta go.

Okay.

Let's go.

Ross!

(Frank)

No trade.

They're gonna try

to kill us for sure.

(Frank)

Seven of them,

three of us.

(Jackson)

Yo, Gannon.

Make that five.

Phil?

Yeah. Why not? Five.

(Loretta)

God.

(Phil)

Alright. See you

in the inside. Let's go.

(Frank)

Check. Ed,

stay on the line.

(Grimes)

We'll be listening.

[phone rings]

Stick to the plan.

(Grimes)

Yeah. I know what to do.

Frank. l was part of it.

Of what?

Of the Unit.

Let's just say

l wasn't as thin

as you. Alright?

l needed the money.

but l swear to God,

l never shot anybody.

l never killed anybody.

This investigation,

if something

would've happened and

you'd have found out later--

l just don't want you

to think that l wasn't

on your side, man.

l was always on your side.

Partners. Right?

Okay.

You know what to do.

Yes, sir.

(Espinoza)

Hold it right there,

Frankie boy.

He's clean.

(Espinoza)

You goddamn f***.

What were you thinking about?

(Espinoza)

You cast us a bunch

of sh*t, Frankie boy.

Where is the girl?

You first.

So Frank, you've

been kind of rough

on the work force, pal.

(Stone)

That's how l got

drafted into this.

(Stone)

But hey, you me, the guys.

All together again.

[chuckles]

Kinda like

the old times, huh?

[child cries softly]

(Loretta)

lt's okay kids,

we're gonna be fine.

(Katy)

Uncle Frank, help us!

(Stone)

So, Frank,

you f*** with us,

the kiddies go kaboom!

(Stone)

Okay?

(Loretta)

Frank!

So, where's the whore?

(Frank)

l gotta make a call.

[releases hammer]

Nice and easy, Frank.

Nice and easy.

Yeah.

(Grimes)

We heard it all.

Let's do it.

That's it. Let's go.

(Frank)

They'll be here

in five minutes.

Frank.

l don't wanna testify.

(Frank)

l just want

the money, like you.

(Bryant)

Do you think we're

f***ing brain dead?

(Espinoza)

No. No. No.

Sh. Sh. Sh.

What are you

saying, Frankie boy?

Are you saying you're in?

Yeah. What the f***

are you saying, b*tch.

Go ahead.

What are you saying?

Let's hear him out.

Are you saying

you're in, Frankie boy?

[brakes screech]

[gunshot]

Agh !

(Stone)

Go!

Yeah !

Uncle Frank!

You'll be fine.

Come on, kids.

(Katy)

Where's Daddy?

Just go. Just go.

(Frank)

Come on.

(Frank)

Let's go.

(Frank)

Come on, let's go.

(Ross)

Come on.

(Ross)

Come on,

get in the car.

Let's go. Up. Up.

Alright. Let's go.

Yeah !

(Frank)

Run to the truck. Go!

Keep your heads down.

[drone]

Look out!

(Ross)

He's gone.

He's gone. He's gone.

Go back in the car.

And get the kids to a

safe place, okay?

Everyone okay?

Yeah.

Let's go.

(Jackson)

Wait up! l got something !

(Bryant)

What the hell

do we do now?

(Stone)

Just listen to me

and remember,

As long as we get the money

we get on that plane, then

screw everybody and everything.

We just gotta get

through this, okay?

Just keep your

mind on the money.

Everything is good?

Yeah. Everything's great.

And the rest of the men?

With the law.

What?

They didn't

f***ing make it, okay?

Didn't make it.

Look on the bright side.

There's more money

to go around.

Okay? And that should

take the sting outta of it.

Millions.

Yeah.

[sighs]

Okay.

Show time.

(Stone)

l know you're hurting, pal.

But hang in. Money

will make it all better.

(male)

Did you hear me

crying for my mother?

Yo, it's Bill.

l got a situation.

(Bryant)

Mr. Woo.

This is Khalid Manseur.

(Woo)

Mr. Manseur.

Your reputation precedes you.

We'll check the goods first.

Partners.

No, Frank!

You know who

you are up against.

l'm a caring

kind of guy.

(Grimes)

Partners.

(Grimes)

Right.

l know it

doesn't help,

but it's not your fault.

He chose to do this. This

is what he wanted to do.

He wanted to stand

up for what was right,

just like you, Sarge.

(Jackson)

l got something.

We, meaning the Agency,

ran this task force in

Afghanistan, in the 80s,

named after

a freedom fighter

killed by the Russians.

Khalid Manseur.

Now, eight agents,

some of the local,

some of them Americans

all used

that same code name.

Get a load of this.

(Ross)

Khalid Manseur,

two faces, two

licenses, same name.

(Ross)

l guess that they

were part of that

Afghani task force.

l guess so.

Your agent

killed this morning?

He's probably on it too.

l'll know pretty soon.

They'll give me a list of

all the agents involved.

(Ross)

And I found this

on one of the guys.

lt's an internet map.

What is that for?

l was thinking

that it was a

symbol, or a date

or the time,

maybe 4:
00 o'clock.

20 minutes.

You think that's

where they are?

Why don't we

just wait for the Feds?

Where are you guys going?

What about Loretta?

The kids? Adrianna?

You take care of them.

Jesus, l'm a government

agent, not a baby sitter.

(Frank)

Bring some fire power.

Meet us at l-5

exist 60.

That's right. l n 15 minutes.

Well, that's all the time

you got, Lopresti.

Excellent.

Now we can

do business.

(Bryant)

Don't worry. l'm on it.

Alright. Look.

l'll take care of my end,

you take care of your end.

The thing is,

we gotta find them.

We gotta go in

without Lopresti.

Without backup?

You okay with that?

Absolutely.

Hey, Sarge.

l'll take some

of that gum now.

How many guys you got?

(Lopresti)

Tactical unit choppering up.

Until then l only got four.

l'm lucky we got four.

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Greg Mellott

Greg Mellott is best known for winning an Emmy for the film "Dream No Little Dream" on the life of Robert S. Kerr. Mellott was responsible for writing and directing the 2008 Emmy documentary. Mellott also wrote and directed "The Grand Energy Transition," a documentary on the book of the same name written by Robert Hefner III, which covers energy, natural gas, and his life story. Mellot works alongside Jackie Chan and David Chan, producer of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Mellott produced the 2016 internationally televised film Behind the Water with activist Fraser kershaw. more…

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