Direct Action Page #6

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
50 Views


My balls are on the

goddamn vice here.

Alright.

Now listen.

l'm sorry

about Grimes. That's a shame.

Yeah.

Bring your guys

up here in front.

l'll hook around the back.

l wonder where

that tactical unit is.

l'll give them a call.

Alright. Do that.

(Lopresti)

You know.

l needed this

contact, Frank.

Stone's a fool.

I'm not.

Sorry.

[gunshots]

What is that?

That's hunters. l's hunting

season. Let's just finish

this. We're almost there.

Out! Get out!

Ross! Back here!

Come on.

Agh.

(Ross)

Lopresti. He was the leader

of that Afghani task force.

He's in the sh*t. Deep.

(Lopresti)

You're nothing, cop.

You got in the way!

l had the deal of a lifetime.

[gunshots]

[horn]

l'll trade you.

Oh, sh*t!

[crack]

Ugh !

[spits]

Ugh !

[pants]

Sh*t.

[groans]

Ah !

Do good rookie.

Get up!

[groans]

Come on !

(Lopresti)

Alright, Frank!

l got your girlfriend !

[car accelerates]

(Lopresti)

Come on, Frank.

l'm not kidding !

l'll taker her down now!

[groans]

l give up,

Frank. Okay.

[gunshots]

[groans]

(Frank)

Ross?

Sh*t.

(Stone)

The US Attorney here would

have you believe there are

some easy answers to be had.

Well, l'm here to tell

you that there aren't.

We were at war,

ladies and gentlemen.

A war for your streets,

a war for your homes,

a war for your very lives.

And this Unit would

do whatever it takes,

whatever is necessary

to keep you safe.

Now we are winning that war.

And that's really

all that matters here.

l instead of investigating us,

they should be

pinning medals on us.

Yeah ! Yeah, M r. Mayor.

It went great.

Everybody's gonna come

out smelling like a rose.

Yeah.

[chuckles]

Well, thank you, sir.

You, too.

Looking sharp, Captain.

Well, thank you, Frank.

Does that mean

we're gonna be

adult about this?

How'd you like

a share, Frank. Now

that's 12.5 million dollars.

Not too shabby.

What do you say?

You certainly earned it.

You want justice,

is that it, Frank?

Fine!

l got some justice for you.

It was justice for you.

Good luck, Frank.

For the record,

state your name, please.

My name is

Sgt. Frank Gannon.

Okay, Sgt. Gannon,

could you tell this hearing

everything you know

about the Direct Action Unit?

(Reporter)

Sgt. Gannon's

testimony has lead

to widespread investigations

into official corruption

in both city and federal levels.

(Katy)

Hey, look.

There's Uncle Frank.

He's on TV! Hello!

Helped discover

the Afghanistan drug ring

are being praised

by the Mayor and City Hall.

(male over TV)

l'm assuring

the people of this city,

as long as we have

people like this,

coming up to it,

there's nothing

we can't accomplish.

There's nothing

that we cannot do.

This city needs

more people like this.

Real cops. Real citizens.

Real heroes.

l'm assuring the people--

Hey.

So how are

you feeling, Ross?

l'm alright.

You look good.

Well, the Mayor

said you were a

hero, l guess, so--

You'll get

your shield after all.

Yeah?

Yeah.

And you?

Well, they wanna

make me a Lieutenant, so.

l'm still thinking

about it. It means

l gotta go back to school.

Well, if you need any

help with your homework.

Yeah.

Hey, uh,

by the way, what's

your, uh, first name, Ross?

Billie.

Billie?

Yeah. it's nice.

It suits you.

Thank you, Sarge.

You can call me Frank.

So, uh, once you're

back on your feet,

you wanna--

Do you wanna

have some dinner?

Dinner?

Yeah. You know

that thing between

lunch and breakfast?

l'd love to.

Alright, uh,

I know just the place.

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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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